Team USA's relay squads shine at Sherbrooke

August 1st, 2004

Team USA’s relay squads shine at Sherbrooke > >

> > INDIANAPOLIS – Team USA won three out of four relay races on the final > day of the 2004 North American, Central American and Caribbean (NACAC) > Track & Field Championships Sunday in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada. > > >

> More than 400 athletes from 28 countries competed at the Universite de > Sherbrooke Athletics Stadium. The NACAC Athletic Association's > Under-23 Championships are held every two years in one of the 32 > member nations of the North America, Central America and Caribbean > Athletic Association, one of six regional athletics associations > affiliated with the International Association of Athletics Federations > (IAAF). >

> > > Team USA men’s squad dominated the competition Sunday in winning the > 4x100m and 4x400m relay races. Paul Felix, Wallace Spearmon, Kyle > Farmer and Ernest Wiggins joined forces in the 4x100m relay to win > easily in 39.03 seconds. The Barbados ‘A’ team was a distant second in > 39.83. Craig Everhart, Benjamin Wiggins, LaRon Bennett and Andrew Rock > had little trouble in winning the 4x400m relay in 3:02.36. The > Jamaica ‘A’ team was the runner-up, well back in 3:05.79. >

> > > In women’s relay action, Dehashia Trotter, Charlette Griggs, Cassandra > Reed and Monique Henderson won the 4x400m relay with little difficulty > in 3:29.10. The Jamaica ‘A’ team was the runner-up, more than six > seconds off the winning time. Team USA’s 4x100m relay team of Lori > Jones, Virginia Powell, Hasani Roseby and Lakadron Ivery lost a > heartbreaker to the Jamaica ‘A’ team. Team USA finished in 43.63, > with the Jamaicans narrowly winning the race in 43.62. > >

> > In individual competition, Team USA’s men’s field event standouts > continued the positive momentum from Saturday by sweeping the top two > spots in two events. The University of Kentucky’s Jeff Chakouian, who > placed third in the shot put at the 2004 NCAA Outdoor Championships, > won that event Sunday with a best of 18.74 meters/61 feet, 5.75 > inches. Dan Taylor of Ohio State University, who was the runner-up at > NCAA Outdoors, finished second after nearly equaling Chakouian’s > winning throw with his toss of 18.73m/61-5.50. Taylor, who placed > third in the hammer throw at this year’s NCAA Championships, placed > second in the hammer Sunday with a best of 63.13m/207-1. >

> > > Americans also went 1-2 in the men’s javelin as the University of > Arkansas’ Eric Brown, who placed third at the 2004 NCAA Outdoor > Championships, won with a best throw of 73.11m/239-10. The University > of Connecticut’s Paul Pisano was the runner-up with a throw of > 70.37m/230-10. > >

> > In other individual events, Baylor University’s Lakadron Ivery won the > women’s 200 meters in 24.42 seconds, with fellow American Amandi Rhett > of Georgia Tech finishing third in 24.37. Also winning for Team USA > was Anne Favolise of Kenosha, Wisc., in the women’s 10 km race walk in > 52 minutes, 12 seconds. Favolise faced a strong challenge from > Mexico’s Daish Gonzalez-Alvarez, who finished just nine seconds back. > >

> > In the men’s 20 km race walk, Matthew Boyles was the runner-up in 1 > hour, 34 minutes, 36 seconds, as Mexico’s Horacio Nava Reza won the > event in 1:33:29. > >

> > Other strong performances were turned in by Dominique Darden of Coral > Gables, Fla., who finished as the runner-up in the women’s 400m > hurdles in 57.02 seconds, and Travis Brandstatter and James Hardee, > who tied for second in the men’s high jump. Both cleared 1.96 meters/6 > feet, 5 inches. > > >

> For complete results from the 2004 NACAC Championships, visit: > http://www.nacac2004.ca/resul/

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