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2011 USA Outdoor Track and Field ChampionshipsSport Track and field Founded 1980 Country(ies) United States Related competitions U.S. Olympic Trials Official website USATF Official website The USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships is an annual track and field competition organized by USA Track & Field, which serves as the American national championships for the sport. In years which feature a Summer Olympics or a World Championships in Athletics, the championships serve as a way of selecting the best athletes for those competitions.
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History
The history of the competition starts in 1876, when the New York Athletic Club (NYAC) decided to organize a national championships.[1] Having previously held the NYAC Spring and Fall Games, the seventh edition of the Fall Games became the country's first national track and field championships. The National Association of Amateur Athletes of America (NAAAA), began sponsoring the meeting in 1879, and organised the championships up to 1887. At this point, the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU), a more powerful athletic organisation, began to hold their own version of the national championships. Two national championships were held in 1888, but the NAAAA disbanded after this. The AAU was the sole organizer of the event for the next ninety years.[1]
As a result of the Amateur Sports Act of 1978, the AAU no longer had power over Olympic sports in the United States. A spin-off group, The Athletics Congress, held its first national track and field championships in 1980. The Athletics Congress was renamed USA Track & Field in 1993, and they have organized the annual championships ever since.[1]
Events
The following athletics events feature on the national championships' program:
- Sprint: 100 m, 200 m, 400 m
- Middle distance track events: 800 m, 1500 m
- Long distance track events: 5000 m, 10,000 m
- Hurdles: 100 m hurdles, 110 m hurdles, 400 m hurdles, 3000 m steeplechase
- Jumps: long jump, triple jump, high jump, pole vault
- Throws: shot put, discus, hammer, javelin
- Combined events: heptathlon, decathlon
- Walks: 20 km walk (road) / 20000 m walk (track)
Editions
Records
Championships records[3] Event Men Women Athlete Record Date Ref Video Athlete Record Date Ref Video 100 m Tyson Gay 9.84 (-0.5 m/s) 2007 [4] Marion Jones 10.72 200 m Tyson Gay 19.62 (-0.3 m/s) 2007 Evelyn Ashford 21.88 400 m Michael Johnson 43.44 Sanya Richards 49.27 800 m Rick Wohlhuter 1:43.9 Meredith Rainey 1:57.04 1500 m Alan Webb 3:34.82 [5] Regina Jacobs 4:01.01 3000 m - - Mary Decker 8:38.36 5000 m Tim Broe 13:12.76 Regina Jacobs 14:45.35 10000 m Mebrahtom Keflezighi 27:36.49 Shalane Flanagan 30:59.97 23 June 2011 [6][7] [1] 100 m hurdles — — Gail Devers 12.33 110 m hurdles Allen Johnson 12.92 — — 400 m hurdles Bryan Bronson 47.03 Sheena Johnson 52.95 3000 m steeplechase Daniel Lincoln 8:15.12 Anna Willard 9:27.59 [8] High jump Jesse Williams 2.37 m 26 June 2011 [9] [2] Chaunte Howard 2.05 m 26 June 2010 [10] Pole vault Jeff Hartwig 6.02 m Jennifer Stuczynski 4.92 m [11] Long jump Carl Lewis 8.79 m Brittney Reese 7.19 m (+1.8 m/s) 26 June 2011 [12] Triple jump Willie Banks 17.97 m Tiombe Hurd 14.45 m Shot put Adam Nelson 22.22 m Michelle Carter 19.86 m 23 June 2011 [13][14] Discus throw John Powell 71.26 m Ria Stalman 67.58 m Hammer throw Lance Deal 82.50 m Erin Gilreath 73.87 m Javelin throw Breaux Greer 91.29 m [15] Kara Patterson 66.67 m 25 June 2010 [16] Decathlon
HeptathlonBryan Clay 8832 pts [17] Jackie Joyner-Kersee 6979 pts 20000 m walk (track) Trevor Barron 1:23:25.10 26 June 2011 [18] Teresa Vaill 1:33:28.15 2005 [19] 20 km walk (road) Curt Clausen 1:23:34 Michelle Rohl 1:32:39 2000 [20] See also
- United States Olympic Trials (track and field)
References
- ^ a b c The United States' National Championships In Track & Field Athletics: Introduction. Track and Field News. Retrieved on 2009-09-19.
- ^ http://www.usatf.org/statistics/champions/USAOutdoorTF/sites.asp USATF National Championships sites
- ^ USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships Records. USATF (2007-01-01). Retrieved 2009-09-28.
- ^ USA Outdoor Track & Field Champions Men's 100 m.USATF. Retrieved on 2009-09-28.
- ^ USA Outdoor Track & Field Champions Men's 1,500 m. USATF. Retrieved on 2009-09-28.
- ^ Kirby Lee (24 June 2011). "Carter prevails in epic women's Shot Put battle in Eugene - USA champs, Day 1". IAAF. http://www.iaaf.org/WCH11/news/newsid=60375.html. Retrieved 25 June 2011.
- ^ "10000 Metres Results". www.flashresults.com. 23 June 2011. http://www.flashresults.com/2011_Meets/outdoor/06-23-USAChamps/Results14-1.htm. Retrieved 25 June 2011.
- ^ USA Outdoor Track & Field Champions Women's 3,000 m Steeplechase. USATF. Retrieved on 2009-09-28.
- ^ "High Jump Results". www.flashresults.com. 26 June 2011. http://www.flashresults.com/2011_Meets/outdoor/06-23-USAChamps/Results23-1.htm. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
- ^ Parker Morse (2010-06-27). "Lowe jumps 2.05m, wins over Iowa: USATF Nationals Day 3". IAAF. http://www.iaaf.org/news/kind=100/newsid=57165.html. Retrieved 2010-07-01.
- ^ USA Outdoor Track & Field Champions Women's Pole Vault. USATF. Retrieved 2009-09-28.
- ^ "Long Jump Results". www.flashresults.com. 26 June 2011. http://www.flashresults.com/2011_Meets/outdoor/06-23-USAChamps/Results28-1.htm. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
- ^ Kirby Lee (24 June 2011). "Carter prevails in epic women's Shot Put battle in Eugene - USA champs, Day 1". IAAF. http://www.iaaf.org/WCH11/news/newsid=60375.html. Retrieved 25 June 2011.
- ^ "Shot Put Results". www.flashresults.com. 23 June 2011. http://www.flashresults.com/2011_Meets/outdoor/06-23-USAChamps/Results32-1.htm. Retrieved 25 June 2011.
- ^ USA Outdoor Track & Field Champions Men's Javelin Throw. USATF. Retrieved on 2009-09-28.
- ^ Parker Morse (2010-06-26). "Patterson, Felix steal the show: USATF Nationals, Day 1 & 2". IAAF. http://www.iaaf.org/news/kind=100/newsid=57147.html. Retrieved 2010-07-01.
- ^ USA Outdoor Track & Field Champions Men's Decathlon. USATF. Retrieved on 2009-09-28.
- ^ "20000 Metres Race Walk Results". www.flashresults.com. 26 June 2011. http://www.flashresults.com/2011_Meets/outdoor/06-23-USAChamps/Results21-1.htm. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
- ^ "USA Outdoor Track & Field Champions Women's 20 km Race Walk". USATF. http://www.usatf.org/statistics/champions/USAOutdoorTF/women/w20kmRW.asp. Retrieved 27 June 2011.
- ^ "USA Outdoor Track & Field Champions Women's 20 km Race Walk". USATF. http://www.usatf.org/statistics/champions/USAOutdoorTF/women/w20kmRW.asp. Retrieved 27 June 2011.
External links
- Official website from USATF
- A brief history of the US national championship from Track & Field News
- Past results from Track & Field News
- Past champions
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