Usain Bolt does the pose, Greece 2009, photo by PhotoRun.net.

Bolt-A-Mania arrived in Philadelphia, PA on Thursday evening and his relay team blasted a 37.99!  Penn lived up to its rep, with the USA versus the World package. with the US winning three of the six contested relays. Usain Bolt was time in 8.79 for his relay leg! Next week should be fun, in Jamaica, where Bolt will run the 200 meters and Tyson Gay will run the 400 meters. Wallace Spearmon, Jr ran 20.20 at 200 meters in Drake Relays! Spearmon and Bolt will be in the 200 meters in Kingston next weekend! Drake Relays had some world leaders as well as some great hurdle races! LoLo Jones ran 12.68-and yes, placed second! Kara Patterson of the U.S. set a Drake record winning the javelin, and the men’s mile had six under four minutes, with Boaz Lomong defeating Bernard Lagat in an early season mile!

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EME NEWS (APR 25, 2010)

US WINS 3 OUT OF 6

PHILADELPHIA
(USA, Apr 24): In perfect
conditions and with a record crowd on hand, the big show in Philadelphia this weekend did not disappoint.
Usain Bolt came out, in front 54,310 fans, and delivered a dramatic victory
over Team USA Saturday as
Americans won three of six races at USA vs. The World at the 116th Penn
Relays, writes USATF. Two world leads, men 4×1 and women 4×4 were registered. Jamaica
Gold (composed of Glen Mills Racers TC members) achieved excellent world
leading and meet record 37.90. Mario Forsythe, Yohan Blake, Marvin Anderson and
Usain Bolt with flying 8.79 anchor leg.  USA Blue was second in 38.33
(fast anchor Ivory Williams) and USA Red third in 38.50, Jamaica Black fourth
(38.72, Carter, Frater, X. Brown, D. Thomas). In women 4×100 m US Blue beat Jamaica in
42.74 (L. Barber, A. Felix, M. Barber, Jeter). Jamaicans clocked 42.94 in also strong
composition (Facey, Stewart, Simpson, Fraser). Men´s 4×400 m also win for top
US Team in 3:00.60 (Neville 46.8, Torrence 44.8, B. Jackson 44.6, A. Taylor
44.51) . Great battle for second as Bahamas (Chris Brown as anchor)
achieved 3:02.55 and US Red (Kerron Clement anchor) as third 3:02.64. Women 4×4
was without injured Sanya Richards-Ross but USA Blue still won in 3:26.12 as
Debbie Dunn made a clear lead as first runner (52.2) followed by Demus (51.3),
Trotter (51.9) and Felix (50.7). Jamaica was second in 3:27.72
(Whyte 53.6, N. Williams 50.6, Spencer 52.4, S. Williams 51.0) and US Red
3:28.48. Kenya
took the the distance medley and edged out USA Blue, 9:24.97 to 9:25.02. USA
White was just behind them for third in 9:25.04. The sprint medley relay
historically come down to USA
and Jamaica,
and 2010 was no different. After the first two 200m legs, Schillonie Calvert
and Kerron Stewart had Jamaica in first while Natasha Hastings and Dee Dee
Trotter had USA Blue second. World and Olympic 400m hurdles champion Melaine
Walker broke open a huge lead for Jamaica on the 400m leg, over Olympic silver
medalist Sheena Tosta, but Walker tied up in the last stages of the leg, and
Tosta handed off to 2010 World Indoor 800m bronze medalist Alysia Johnson in
first. Thanks to excellent 800
m split 1:57.48 by Kenia Sinclair took Jamaica won
easily in 3:35.37, with USA Blue second in 3:38.53 and USA Red third in
3:39.55.

BOLT 8.79 FLYER

PHILADELPHIA
(USA):
Usain Bolts 8.79 anchor leg for Jamaica Gold was very special for the full
stadium. His quote as presented by media:  “It was just awesome. It was a
wonderful feeling. There’s nothing like a home crowd for me. So the experience
was wonderful. I love running here. I got the baton pretty much in front, so I
wasn’t really worried about anything else. Over the past two years, I’ve been
surprised by the amount of people that know me, the welcome I get when I go to
track meets. For me, I’m still trying to get used to it, and it’s getting
bigger. I’m really enjoying it. I just come to work and stay focused The crowd always has been wonderful. I haven’t
been here in a while, so I was really looking forward to it.” He also praised
his club team work: “It’s
a very good stepping stone to show that our track club is stepping up and doing well.
Especially on this 4×100, we’ve been doing baton changes for two weeks. We came
here really focused and ready and we came out there and executed.We even marked out
just like the Penn Relays on our track, so he (his coach) was really
into it.” His next
race is next Saturday at Jamaica Invitational over the 200 m. 

SPEARMON
20.20 AND OTHER THREE WL

DES MOINES (USA, Apr 24): At 101st Drake Relays
four world leading marks in invitational events. World medalist Wallace
Spearmon clocked 20.20 (+1.3) in the 200 m. World 2007 finalist LaShauntea Moore
posted season fastest 100 m
11.06 (0.0), her second career best. In the mile 800 m specialist Boaz Lalang
of Kenya
achieved season best 3:56.14 over world indoor champion from Doha Bernard Lagat
3:56.38. Lagat admitted afterwards he is more in training for 3/5 combination
this summer. Chaunte Howard-Lowe cleared 196 in second what is the best of outdoor
season and tried at 199 three times. World indoor champion Christian Cantwell
posted seasons second best 21.69 and had four 21+ throws, second Reese Hoffa
with 20.56. In close hurdles Damu Cherry beat in 12.65 (-0.9) local hero Lolo
Jones (12.68). Men´s race was also close as Ryan Wilson got the win in 13.45
(-0.7) over Dexter Faulk (13.47). Puertorican world medalist Javier Culson
started his season with great 48.67 beating Jamaican Isa Phillips (49.47) at 400 m hurdles. World indoor
relay champion Greg Nixon is good at the beginning of the season with 45.08 win
over world 400 m
medalist Renny Quow of Trinidad (45.69). Women
winner was Jamaican Shereefa Lloyd in 51.84. Great male high jump field did not
produce great marks, Keith Moffat won and Trevor Barry of Bahamas, Jesse
Williams and Tora Harris tied for second, all four 221. Darren Niedermayer with 552 beat on count-back favorite
Derek Miles in pole vault. German guest Nadine Kleinert won the shot put
(18.67).

US SATURDAY ACTION

PHILADELPHIA: In other action at 116th Penn
Relays Texas AM women clocked new US college record and meet record
at 4×200 m 1:29.42, less then two seconds behind the world record. Men of Texas AM won the 4×100 m
in 39.08. Mississippi
State got two titles at
4×200 m in 1:21.49 and 4×400 m 3:04.92 (Tavaris Tate 45.2 split). Women 4×400 m
winners were Jamaican guests of UTech in 3:31.54. In the 4×800 m relays great
battle for men title as Robby Andrews of Virginia took his team home in 7:15.38
over Oregon
7:15.55 (Andrew Wheating as anchor). Tennnessee came close in women 4×800 m to
their last year best time 8:17.91 in 8:18.22. Excellent world leading 12.61
(+1.1) at 100 m
hurdles by Queen Harrison, second Natasha Ruddock of Jamaica improved to 12.87. Ryan
Bailey won the open 100 m
in 10.15 (-0.5), in college finals Jamaican Kimmari Roach achieved life-time
best 10.34 (-0.7). Maggie Infeld got world leading 4:36.40 over the mile. 

LA JOLLA: Becky Breisch achieved excellent 64.38 in women discus
during second day of Triton Invitational. In men discus Jason Young again won
in 66.84 and taking Dutch Eric Cadee as second to new personal best 66.20.
Former olympic and world winner Felix Sanchez of Dominican Republic clocked in flat 400 m solid 45.99. Ryan
Whiting the shot world leader again good 21.26 m. Briton Laura
Turner won both sprints in 11.56 (+1.8) and 23.92 (+1.6).

BERKELEY: Second day of Brutus Hamilton meet
saw olympic heptathlon medalist Hyleas Fountain winning two events. Hurdles in
13.16 (+0.4) and long jump (650, +1.9). Canadian Olivier Collin won the mile in
great personal best 3:57.25.

NORMAN: Terra Evans (20) clocked 11.28 (+1.9) life-time best at
Sooner Invitational.

ASHLAND: Solid hammer by AG Kruger 76.03 at
Ashland Invitational.

OTHER RESULTS

KOBE (JPN, Apr
24-25): Kenyan John Thuo posted world leading 27:15.73 at Hyogo Relay Carnival.
Second Josephat Ndambiri got 27:16.51 and third Kenyan CC champion Paul Tanui
improved to 27:17.61. Best
Japanese Satoru Kitamura as fifth (28:19.01). Kayoko Fukushi posted 31:29.03 in
the women 10 000 m
over debuting Hikari Yoshimoto (31:30.92) and Kenyan Doricah Obare in 31:37.07 personal best.

WAKAYAMA
(JPN, Apr 24): Javelin world medalist Yukifumi Murakami achieved his 3rd best
career mark 82.49 m.

MEDELLIN
(COL, Apr
24): At Ximena Restrepo meet Paolo Villar won the 110 m hurdles in 13.62. Ecuador
record holder Franklin Nazareno was the best in the 100 m in 10.40.

LLEIDA (ESP, Apr 24): Frank
Casanas achieved 62.34 in
discus during first round of Spanish Club Championships. In Oviedo Mercedes
Chilla got 61.84 in
women javelin.

BUENOS AIRES (ARG, Apr 24): 90th Argentinian
Championships started with 420 by Alejandra Garcia in pole vault and 60.28 in discus by German
Lauro

.