Tyson Gay is USA Track and Field Athlete of the Week

Lexington's Tyson Gay

Lexington's Tyson Gay

Lexington native Tyson Gay has been named USA Track & Field’s Athlete of the Week for a second time this season.

The former Lafayette High School and University of Arkansas standout lowered his own American record in the 100-meter dash from 9.71 seconds to 9.69 in Sunday in China at the Shanghai Golden Grand Prix. Gay’s previous record came in last month’s World Championships at Berlin, where he placed second to Jamaica’s Usain Bolt.

Gay’s 9.69 ties Bolt’s winning time from the 2008 Beijing Olympics, matching the second-fastest “legal” time ever. Gay’s race Sunday had the maximum allowable wind, 2 meters per second (about 4 1/2 mph).

Gay also had the fastest 200 meters of the week by an American, 20.21, Tuesday at Szczecin, Poland.

Former University of Kentucky standout and reigning world champion Dwight Phillips had the best long jump by an American during the week, 27 feet, 5 1/4 inches.

Dwight Phillips

Dwight Phillips

LaShawn Merritt

LaShawn Merritt

Allyson Felix

Allyson Felix

Christin Wurth-Thomas

Wurth-Thomas

 

 

 

 

 

Best American marks for the week ending Sept. 20. X — Sunday at Shanghai, China; Y — Tuesday at Szczecin, Poland; Z — Sunday at Talence, France.

MEN

100 — 9.69, Tyson Gay (adidas) X                        American record
200 — 20.21, Tyson Gay (adidas) Y
400 — 45.28, LaShawn Merritt (Nike) X
800 — 1:46.33, Nick Symmonds (Oregon TC Elite) Y
110 hurdles — 13.15, Terrence Trammell (TSA) X
High jump — 7-5 1/4, Andra Manson (Nike) X
Long jump — 27-5 1/4, Dwight Phillips (Nike) X
Shot put — 70-6 1/4, Christian Cantwell (Nike) Y
Decathlon — 8,189, Tom Pappas (Nike) Z

WOMEN

100 — 10.64, Carmelita Jeter (Nike) X                   World leader
200 — 22.37, Allyson Felix (adidas) X
400 — 50.89, Monica Hargrove (unatt.) X
1,500 — 4:07.31, Christin Wurth-Thomas (Nike) Y
100 hurdles — 12.56, Dawn Harper (Nike) X
Pole vault – 13-9 1/4, Jillian Schwartz (Nike) X

Photos courtesy of USA Track & Field

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