Bershawn Jackson News

Joe Greene, a former hurdler at Edison in the Rochester School District, launched his professional track and field career Tuesday night in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Former Clayton High track and field star Johnny Dutch ran the fastest 400-meter hurdles of his life Sunday in the USA Track and Field Championships in Eugene, Ore.

Florida will be well represented at the upcoming IAAF world track championships to be held at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin.

Johnny Dutch skipped the proverbial cloud nine in describing his effort at the U.S. Track and Field Championships and went right to could 10.

Gay, who has a bye as defending champion into both individual sprints, raced just once at the US championship in Eugene, but made it count with a wind-aided 9.75sec in the first round of the 100m.

EUGENE - When it comes to the men's 400-meter hurdles, the United States takes a backseat to no country.

Track and field Powell, a Rainier Beach High School graduate, places second to Harper in 100 hurdles: Allyson Felix won her fifth outdoor... Track and field Powell, a Rainier Beach High School graduate, places second to Harper in 100 hurdles: Allyson Felix won her fifth outdoor national title in the 200 meters and Hazel Clark earned her fifth ...

Olympic bronze medalist Bershawn Jackson ran the fastest 400 meters hurdles of the year on Sunday, then predicted an American sweep at the world athletics championships in August.

Erin Donohue's hopes of running in the World Championships of Track and Field are hanging by a thread.

The rivalry between the last two Olympic 400-meter champions, Jeremy Wariner and LaShawn Merritt, won't continue at the USA Track Field Championships in Eugene, Ore.

Usain Bolt, With the Wind, Scores Easy 100-Meter Triumph in 9.77 The 6'5" Jamaican proclaims he got the "second worst start I ever had" in his 100 at the Golden Spike meet in Ostrava in the Czech Republic on Wednesday, but he still managed to win by an enormous margin in a race in which the wind was just over the allowable limit for record ...

In Athletics, it was a good day at the IAAF Golden Spike meet in Ostrava, Czech Republic for both triple Olympic gold medallist and world record holder Usain Bolt and Olympic champion Dayron Robles.

Friday, June 19, 2009 OSTRAVA, Czech Republic: Triple Olympic sprint champion Usain Bolt was helped by a favourable breeze to cover the 100 metre distance here in 9.77 secs, just outside the world record he set in Beijing last year.

OSTRAVA, Czech Republic Olympic champion Usain Bolt clocked a wind-assisted 9.77 seconds over 100 meters at the Ostrava grand prix on Wednesday.

Bolt runs 9.77 in Golden Spike meet Usain Bolt does a victory lap in front of a full house in Ostrava, Czech Republic on Wednesday after winning the 100 metres at a Golden Spike meet.

This year's field at the Northwest Track and Field Classic is expected to top last year's, which drew more than 3,000 athletes.

When Oviedo's Jenny Barringer runs these days, track watchers around the world take notice.

Former world champion Dwight Phillips became the joint fifth-best long jump performer of all time when he leaped 8.74 meters at the Prefontaine Classic grand prix athletics meeting Sunday.

EUGENE, Oregon : In-form American sprinter, Michael Rodgers, ran a world-leading 9.94 seconds and there were no Caribbean wins at the 2009 Prefontaine Classic IAAF Grand Prix meeting at Hayward Field on Sunday.

American Dwight Phillips, the 2004 Olympic gold medalist in the long jump, posted the longest jump in the world - 28 feet, 8 1/4 inches - Sunday at the Prefontaine Classic in Eugene, Ore.