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Media contact: Al Heppner
Phone: 619-410-1181
North American Racewalking Institute
June 6, 2003
For immediate release
Olympic Training Center athletes compete at UCSD
La Jolla, CA--With the US Championships less than two weeks away, a large group of athletes from the ARCO Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista will perform their final tune-ups tomorrow. The meet, the 2003 USATF San Diego/Imperial Association Men's Open Track & Field Championship, will be held at the University of Califormia-San Diego (UCSD) Track. Featured athletes include triple jumper Kenta Bell who has the best mark in the world this year and Olympic Racewalkers Curt Clausen, Philip Dunn, and Tim Seaman. Admission to the meet is free and all are encouraged to attend.
Schedule of events with OTC athletes entered (see directions to meet below).
Track events:
12 PM 5 km racewalk
Competitor Best Mark
Curt Clausen 19:35 (US Outdoor Track Record)
Dave Doherty 20:20
Philip Dunn 20:17
Al Heppner 20:07 (National Collegiate Record)
John Nunn 19:26 (3rd fastest US time ever--indoors or out)
Tim Seaman 19:21 (2nd fastes US time ever--indoors or out)
Xavier Moreno Special Guest from Ecuadorian World Cup Team
1:30 PM 110 m hurdles
Micah Harris
2:00 PM 100 m
Josh Norman
Jerome Avery
Field Events
10 AM Discus
Nick Petrucci
12 PM Pole Vault
Kurt Hanna
Jim "Bob" Davis
1 PM Triple Jump
Kenta Bell
Von Ware
Directions:
Take I-5 to Genesee (in La Jolla)
Exit Genesee and go West (towards the Ocean)
Turn left on Torrey Pines Road (at a traffic light)
Take first left onto UCSD campus
Go 1/4 mile and track is on the left side
Feel free to park anywhere as parking is not regulated on the weekends (or so I was told).
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