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A track tradition since 1971
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At last year’s Prefontaine Classic, Bernard Williams (4) and Maurice Greene (1) battled to the finish of the 100. Williams will be back
this year defend his title in the 200, but Greene won’t return to Hayward Field.The men’s field is strong despite the absence of Greene.
Balanced Prefontaine Classic
aims to thrill Hayward crowd
■ Sunday’s competition will
showcase talented runners,
jumpers and throwers alike
By Peter Hockaday
Oregon Daily Emerald
Grrr, baby.
Very grr.
Most of the focus of Sunday’s
Prefontaine Classic will be on one
man, Hicham El Guerrouj, as the
international superstar focuses on
breaking the world mile record.
But the star-studded fields in oth
er events might be just as good, and
meet director Tom Jordan knows
how important that balance is.
The mile will only last four min
utes, after all.
“We really want to see the
crowds come back for the regu
lar-season meets because we
want track to be healthy here,”
Jordan said.
The first step is a deep, talented
Pre Classic. Beyond the mile, the
fields in the men’s high jump,
400-meter race, 100-meter race
110 hurdles and pole vault should
help the meet live up to its billing
as one of the top track meets in
the United States.
In the high jump, all the com
petitors have equaled or bettered
the Prefontaine Classic record of 7
feet 8 inches. The field is led by
Sweden’s Staffan Strand, the in
door world leader who jumped 7-8
1/2 in February.
Strand “is one of the top jumpers
in the world right now,” Jordan said.
Enigmatic star Allen Johnson re
turns for a run in the 110 hurdles,
on the same track where he won
the 2001 U.S. title in the event.
Johnson went on to win the world
title to add to his 1996 Olympic
gold medal.
Johnson will face a tough field
that includes Larry Wade, the
third-ranked hurdler in the world
and the one man who has matched
Johnson’s Pre Classic record of
13.12 seconds.
While the hurdles have an
American flavor, the 400 should
have a decidedly international air.
Six of the world’s top-10 runners
will compete in the event, and
three of those six are from outside
American borders. The top-rated
runner is Jamaica’s Gregory
Haughten, ranked second in the
world in the event. Not far behind
is U.S. runner Antonio Pettigrew,
who is ranked fourth internation
ally and won the 400 at the 2001
U.S. Championships.
In the 100, Americans Tim
Montgomery and Shawn Craw
ford couldn’t be closer. In every
way. The two sprinters share the
fastest 2002 international time.at
9.94 seconds and have split the
two times they’ve faced each oth
er. At the 2001 U.S.
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