Page B6 ¿The I t '¡Unrtlanù (D bsm ter luly 14, 2004 BUSINESS PORTS JOHNSON HURDLES WAY TO ATHENS Sheena Johnson 4 th ree A m eric an s in th e ev e n t co uld be co n ten d ers in th e ir first O lym pics. J o h n s o n ’s 5 2 .9 5 s e c o n d s , Brenda Taylor's 53.36 and Lashinda D em us’ 53.43 are the three fastest in the world this year. "I know ev e ry b o d y ’s g o in g to com e a fter me, so I guess I ’ve ju st g ot to ru n ,” Jo h n so n said . “ I know we have the best h u rd lers in the w orld, so as long as I know that, I th in k I ’ll be O K .” Jo h n so n ’s tim e w as the fastest ev er by an A m erican on U .S. soil and ju st a shade o ff the A m erican reco rd o f 5 2 .61 s e tb y K im B a tto n nine years ago. SACRAMENTO 0 (A P ) — S h een a John so n is o ff to A thens, and not ju st as a young h u rd ler in h er first O lym pics. H er im pressive perform ance at the U .S. track and field trials S u n day ce m en ts her p o sitio n as one o f the favorites fo ra g o ld m edal in th e 4 0 0 -m e te rh u rd le s. In fact, all O n ly o n e ru n n er has a faster tim e in the past fiv e y ears - R u s sian Y u liy a P ech e n k in a in h er w o rld reco rd 5 2 .3 4 last year. Jo h n so n tu rn ed it on in the final few m eters. "I ju s t to ld m y se lf at the eig h th h u rd le I w as g o in g to run all out, no m a tte r w hat leg cam e u p," she said. J o h n s o n , w h o h e lp e d th e U C L A w om en w in the N C A A c h a m p io n sh ip w ith a first-p lace fin ish at the co lleg iate n atio n als in Ju n e w ith a then w o rld -lead in g 53 .5 4 , is co ach ed by Bob K ersee. A m ong K e rse e ’s p rev io u s p u p ils are F lo re n ce -G riffith Jo y n er, Jack ie Jo y n er K ersee. Gai I D evers and V alerie B risco -H o o k s. “ I know h e ’s co a ch e d a lot o f g re a t h u rd le rs ,” Jo h n so n said. “ H e really k n o w s the c o m p e ti tion. H e k now s how to keep m e fo c u s e d .” (AP) — Rudy Tomjanovich. who guided the H ouston Rockets to NBA cham pionships in 1994 and 1995, agreed Friday to coach the Los A ngeles Lakers. T o m ja n o v ic h su c ce ed s Phil Jack so n , w ho co ach ed the L ak ers to three titles in five years. T he team an n o u n ced June 18, th ree d ay s a fte r lo sin g to the D etroit P istons in the NBA F i nals, that Ja ckson w o u ld n 't re turn next season. NBA star spotted scoping real estate in Florida (AP) — Expect to see Shaquille < ’Neal in a Miami Heat uniform O Los Angeles Lakers basketball star Shaquille 0 'Neal chats with reporters after leaving a real estate office in Orlando. Fla., Saturday. (AP photo) Rogers said he did not know which players the Lakers and Heat have agreed to swap. 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