Mack, Hayes, Johnson, Jackson & Glover shine at World Athletics Final

September 20th, 2004

Tim Mack, Joanna Hayes, Allen Johnson, Bershawn Jackson and Sandra > Glover all won their respective events over the weekend at the 2004 > IAAF World Athletics Final in Monaco. >

> Mack capped off a tremendous 2004 campaign by becoming just the 12th > man in history to clear the six-meter barrier in the pole vault with > his winning clearance of 6.01 meters/19 feet, 8.75 inches. Mack's > performance in Monaco bettered his previous personal best of > 5.95m/19-6.25 set in winning the Olympic gold medal last month in > Athens. >

> 2004 Olympic gold medalist Joanna Hayes also had a successful outing > in Monaco in winning the women's 100m hurdles in 12.58 seconds. Fellow > American Jenny Adams was the runner-up in 12.68. >

> In men's hurdles action, four-time World Outdoor champion and 1996 > Olympic gold medalist Allen Johnson won the men's 110m hurdles in > 13.16 seconds, with Jamaica's Maurice Wignall the runner-up in 13.19. > In the men's 400m hurdles, Americans dominated the action with > Bershawn Jackson winning the contest with a new personal best of 47.86 > seconds. 2004 Olympic Trials champion James Carter was the runner-up > in 48.06. >

> In the women's 400m hurdles, four-time U.S. Outdoor champion Sandra > Glover won the race in 54.57 seconds, with 2004 Olympian Brenda Taylor > placing third in 55.00. >

> In the women's 400 meters, 2004 Olympic 4x400m relay gold medalists > Monique Hennagan (50.20) and DeeDee Trotter (50.60) placed second and > third respectively, as did 2004 Olympic 4x400m gold medalists Derrick > Brew (44.97) and Otis Harris (45.06) in the men's 400 meters. >

> In the men's long jump, 2004 Olympic gold medalist Dwight Phillips > was the runner-up with a best of 8.26m/27-1.25, with 2004 Olympic > silver medalist John Moffitt placing third with a best effort of > 8.05m/26-5. >

> For more information on the 2004 IAAF World Athletics Final, including > the complete results, visit www.iaaf.org. >

> Olympic gold medalist Baird dies >

> Olympic gold medalist and former world record holder George Baird died > on September 4 in Rhinebeck, N.Y. He was 97. At the time of this > death, he was the oldest living U.S. Olympic track and field gold > medalist. >

> Baird led off the U.S. world record-setting 4x400m relay team that won > the gold medal at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics. The U.S. squad won the > race in 3 minutes, 14.2 seconds as Baird led off in 48.2. He was > followed by Fred Alderman (49.4), Bud Spencer (47.8) and individual > 400m champ Ray Barbuti (48.8). >

> Six days later, Baird led off a U.S. 4x440y relay team that ran a > world record of 3:13.4 in London. Other members of that team were > Morgan Taylor, Barbuti and Spencer. >

> A 1929 graduate of the University of Iowa, Baird posted his 47.7 > personal best that same year. He placed fourth in the 1928 NCAA > Championships as a junior. >

> Baird was the subject of a segment on NBC's "Olympic Show" leading up > to the '00 Sydney Games. The segment dealt with George and sprinter > Jimmy Quinn, who had won a gold medal on the 1928 4x100 team. At that > time, they were the two oldest surviving U.S. Olympic track gold > medalists. Quinn, who died this past July, was about six months older > than Baird.

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