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> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
> Tuesday, July 3, 2001
>
> Banks named Athlete of the Week
>
> INDIANAPOLIS - Former world record holder and three-time Olympic team
> member Willie Banks has been named USA Track & Field's Athlete of the Week
> after setting a world age-group record in the triple jump on Saturday. In his
> first competition since retiring from the sport in 1992, Banks set the new
> 45-49 age-group world record of 14.55 meters, 47 feet, 8.75 inches at the San
> Diego Association USATF Open and Masters Championships. His performance
> bettered the standard of 14.24/46-8.25 set by Dave Quick three weeks ago in
> Long Beach Calif.
> Banks set the world record in the triple jump on June 16, 1985 in
> Indianapolis with a hop, skip and jump of 17.97/58-11.5. The 1985 USOC and
> Track & Field News Athlete of the Year, Banks was inducted into the National
> Track & Field Hall of Fame in 1999.
> Elizabeth Jackson also turned in an outstanding performance last week by
> setting a new American record in the women's 3,000-meter steeplechase.
> Jackson set the new standard on Sunday in winning her specialty in 9 minutes,
> 48.72 seconds at the Norwich Union Challenge in Glasgow, Scotland. Jackson's
> effort bettered Lisa Nye's mark of 9:49.41 set in winning the 2001 USA
> national title on June 23 in Eugene, Oregon. This is the third time this year
> that Jackson has set the American women's steeplechase record.
> Team USA won the Norwich Union Challenge for the third year in a row over
> Great Britain and Russia by amassing 135 points. Great Britain finished a
> close second with 131 points, with Russia, a first time entrant in the annual
> competition, tallying 111 points.
> Other American individual winners in Glasgow included Jon Drummond in the
> 100 meters (10.10 seconds), Kevin Little, 200m (20.31), Seneca Lassiter,
> 1,500m, (3:50.78), Allen Johnson, 110mH (13.31), Angelo Taylor, 400mH
> (49.01), Charles Austin, high jump, (2.25 meters, 7-4.50), John Godina,
> discus (65.54/215-0), Breaux Greer, javelin, (85.74/281-3) and Chryste
> Gaines, 100m (11.19).
> A number of performances last week by U.S. athletes qualify as national
> leaders for the 2001 season including Tim Broe's 8:14.62 in the 3,000m
> steeplechase at the Rome Grand Prix. Broe's performance makes him the
> fifth-fastest American steeplechase performer in history. Other national
> leading marks were turned in by Marion Jones, 100 meters (10.96), Suzy Favor
> Hamilton, 1,500 meters (4:03.10), Tonja Buford-Bailey, 400m hurdles (54.75)
> and Breaux Greer, javelin (85.74/281-3).
> USATF's Athlete of the Week program is designed to recognize outstanding
> performers at all levels of the sport. USATF names a new honoree each Tuesday
> and features the athlete on the USATF Web site. Selections are based on top
> performances and results from the previous week.
> 2001 USATF Athlete of the Week Winners: January 22, Alan Webb; January
> 29, Terrence Trammell; February 5, Stacy Dragila; February 12, Seneca
> Lassiter; February 20, Stacy Dragila; February 27, Andrew Pierce; March 6,
> Maurice Greene; March 14, Dawn Burrell: March 20, Ja'Warren Hooker; March 27,
> Dathan Ritzenhein; April 3, Phillip Dunn; April 10, Relay Team of Maurice
> Greene, Jon Drummond, Bernard Williams and Curtis Johnson; April 17, Rod
> DeHaven; April 24, Elizabeth Jackson; May 1, Stacy Dragila; May 8, Meb
> Keflezighi; May 15, Tyree Washington; May 22, Charles Clinger; May 29, Alan
> Webb; June 5, Justin Gatlin; June 12, Stacy Dragila; June 19, Amy Linnen;
> June 26, Regina Jacobs; July 3, Willie Banks.
>
> TOP OUTDOOR PERFORMANCES, WEEK OF JUNE 30
>
> MEN'S 100 METERS
> 10.01 Maurice Greene at Rome Grand Prix
>
> MEN'S 200 METERS
> 20.37 Ramon Clay at Rethymno, Greece
>
> MEN'S 400 METERS
> 45.76 Milton Campbell at Rethymno, Greece
>
> MEN'S 3,000-METERS STEEPLECHASE
> 8:14.62 Tim Broe at Rome Grand Prix (national leader)
>
> MEN'S 110-METERS HURDLES
> 13.35 Larry Wade at Zagreb, Croatia
>
> MEN'S 400-METERS HURDLES
> 48.51 James Carter at Rome Grand Prix
>
> MEN'S HIGH JUMP
> 7-4.5 (2.25m) Nathan Leeper at Glasgow, Scotland
> Charles Austin at Glasgow, Scotland
>
> MEN'S TRIPLE JUMP
> 55-9.75 (17.01m) LaMark Carter at Glasgow, Scotland
>
> MEN'S SHOT PUT
> 70-1 (21.36m) John Godina at Lucerne, Switzerland
>
> MEN'S DISCUS THROW
> 215-0 (65.54m) John Godina at Glasgow, Scotland
>
> MEN'S JAVELIN THROW
> 281-3 (85.74m) Breaux Greer at Glasgow, Scotland (national leader)
>
> WOMEN'S 100 METERS
> 10.96 Marion Jones at Rome Grand Prix (national leader)
>
> WOMEN'S 200 METERS
> 22.68 LaTasha Jenkins at Zagreb, Croatia
>
> WOMEN'S 400 METERS
> 51.30 Monique Hennagan at Glasgow, Scotland
>
> WOMEN'S 1,500 METERS
> 4:03.10 Suzy Favor Hamilton at Rome Grand Prix (national leader)
>
> WOMEN'S 3,000-METERS STEEPLECHASE
> 9:48.72 Elizabeth Jackson at Glasgow, Scotland (American record)
>
> WOMEN'S 100-METERS HURDLES
> 12.72 Jenny Adams at Zagreb, Croatia
>
> WOMEN'S 400-METERS HURDLES
> 54.75 Tonja Buford-Bailey at Rome Grand Prix (national leader)
>
> WOMEN'S HIGH JUMP
> 6-0.75 (1.85m) Amy Acuff at Rome Grand Prix
>
> WOMEN'S POLE VAULT
> 15-5.75 (4.72m) Stacy Dragila at Rome Grand Prix
>
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