Guevara runs world-leading time in 400
Mexico’s Ana Guevara wins
Saturday’s 400 meter run,
edging her nearest competitor
by more than a full second
Mindi Rice
Sports Reporter
Shortly after winning the
women’s 400 meter run in Satur
day’s Prefontaine Classic, Mexico’s
Ana Guevara draped the flag of her
home country over her shoulders
for her victory lap.
Guevara returned to the south
west fence after her victory lap. In
front of a gathering of fans waving
Mexican flags, she threw her victo
ry bouquet into the stands.
Guevara had just run the first
sub-50-second 400 by a woman at
Hayward Field and in the Pre
fontaine Classic. She also set a new
world-leading mark for the year.
“I came to run maybe 50.60 or
something like that,” Guevara said.
“It really surprised me when I
looked at the time. It was very fast.”
Guevara’s time of 49.34 was
more than a second faster than
Tonique Williams of the Bahamas,
who finished second in 50.39. It
also broke Australian Cathy Free
man’s 1998 meet and field record
of 50.02.
Freeman finished fifth in the
seven-woman field. It was her first
international race since winning
the gold medal in the 2000 Sydney
Olympics.
“It was a little disappointing,”
Freeman said. “It’s one of those
days where I wasn’t quite on it.
Guevara had a tremendous time.”
Freeman took a year out of com
peting to rest in 2001. She also
took off 2002 with a thigh injury
and to care for her husband, who
was diagnosed with throat cancer.
“I’m very happy for her,” Gue
vara said. “She’s come back and I
hope she can run very well. I think
for the next year in the Olympics,
it will be a very close race.”
Guevara has gone undefeated in
the 400 meters during the past two
years. Competitors acknowledge a
fierce kick in the last 100 to 200 me
"I broke the 49
seconds, and I want to
break the 48. First race
in the season, 49 is
fantastic. I hope with
the next month, it's
going to be possible to
break the 48."
Ana Guevara
Prefontaine Classic
runner
ters as part of Guevara’s strength.
“I chose to pace myself beside
her and, in fact, I should have gone
out faster,” Freeman said in Lon
don’s Daily Telegraph. “Her strength
is her final 120 meters and that isn’t
mine at the moment.”
Guevara has trained specifically
for that kick and worked on it to
give her a push.
“The last 200 meters is a little
hard, but I worked for it on the
week,” Guevara said. “I felt very
good in the race.”
Immediately after crossing the
finish line, Guevara — wearing an
earwarmer and sunglasses —
paused for a strongman pose. She
then hugged Freeman before she
jogged to her fans in the bleachers.
After the victory lap and victory
flowers, Guevara’s fans swarmed
the fence underneath the Hayward
scoreboard while she was inter
viewed by the media. Between
questions and answers in English
and Spanish, the fans chanted her
name and waved their miniature
Mexican flags above their heads.
Guevara was as happy about her
country as she was for her time.
“The population is very enthusi
astic with me,” Guevara said.
“They hope that I will be a better
source of competition this year.
For me it’s motivation. From here
on in, it’s for my country.”
Guevara, with the help of Mexico,
has set her sights on the Athens
Olympics in 2004. Mexico has nev
er won a medal — gold, silver or
bronze — in a running event. Gue
vara wants to be the first.
“I broke the 49 seconds, and I
want to break the 48,” she said. “First
race in the season, 49 is fantastic. I
hope with the next month, it’s going
to be possible to break the 48.”
The current world record in the
400 is 47.60, set by East Ger
many’s Marita Koch in 1985. Gue
vara’s 49.34 is within 1.1 seconds
of the top times since 1985.
“My coach told me just run to
win — don’t worry about time,”
Guevara said. “I’m surprised with
the time, but it is nice to have my
name in the records.”
Contact the sports reporter
at mindirice@dailyemerald.com.
Women's
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Dragila’s mark of 15 feet, 1 3/4
inches was far from her other
records but was good enough for
a victory over Russia’s Svetlana
Feofanova, the world indoor
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“Any time you win you are ex
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