USA Today (Free subscription) | 06/29/2008
Tyson Gay got quite a fright in his first race Saturday. He set a record in his second. Gay broke Maurice Greene's American mark ...
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 06/29/2008
Tyson Gay got quite a fright in his first race Saturday. He set a record in his second. Gay broke Maurice Greene's American mark in the 100 meters by running 9.77 seconds in his quarterfinal at the U.S. Olympic track and field trials. "It tells me I'm in...
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 06/29/2008
Gay breaks Greene's US record in 100 at trialsPosted on Sat, Jun. 28, 2008By HOWARD FENDRICHAP Sports WriterDavid J. Phillip / AP PhotoMarshevet Hooker (4) crosses the finish line ahead of Lauryn Williams, (5) during the women's 100 meter quarterfinal race at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials in Eugene, Ore., Friday, June 27, 2008.EUGENE, Ore. -- Tyson Gay got quite a fright in his first...
Covers.com (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
... Asafa Powell, 9.77 Justin Gatlin, 9.77 Asafa Powell, 9.77 Asafa Powell, 9.78 Asafa Powell, 9.79 Maurice Greene, 9.80 Maurice Greene, 9.82 Maurice Greene. The fastest time set this year has been Jamaican Usain Bolt who set a new world record of 9.72 in New York in May. The 6-foot-5 Bolt is far better known as a 200 meter runner and until now, has been just...
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 06/17/2008
The youth attending Terrell Owens’ football camp for kids in Dallas this summer will have some big-name athletes giving them instruction — including Maurice Greene, the former world record holder in the 100-meter dash from Kansas City, Kan.
Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
... having to deal with the likes of myself, is what I had to go through myself in the days of Maurice Greene and other athletes. It's a new ball game for him and he'll learn a lot from that."While Chambers, who shot to the top of the UK rankings with a time of 10.05seconds in Sofia last week, will start favourite, the trials often bring out the best in everyone.Tyrone Edgar, who is only...
The Independent (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
... having to deal with the likes of myself, is what I had to go through myself in the days of Maurice Greene and other athletes. It's part and parcel of being an athlete dealing with pressure."While Chambers tops the domestic rankings with the time of 10.05sec he set last week in Sofia, he is only 0.01sec ahead of Tyrone Edgar, the 26-year-old who won at last month's European Cup in...
Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
... to the kids about the importance of school and hard work. Three-time U.S. Olympic gold medalist Maurice Greene is scheduled to take part today, along with Cowboys cornerback Adam Jones and Hall of Fame receiver Michael Irvin.
Trinidad Express (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008
... limit. The sprinters who have been finalists after 27 are Linford Christie, McDonald Bailey, and Maurice Greene. That having been said, the ages of the contending West Indian sprinters are as follows: Armstrong 31, Atkins 24, Bolt 22, Brown 24, Burns 25, Powell 26, and Thompson 23. From their ages, times, and proclivity to doubling, the reader will be able to deduce who is likely...
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
... round.His collapse rekindled memories of the 2000 Olympic trials, where both Michael Johnson and Maurice Greene succumbed to injury and failed to qualify for the 200m.It will also raise further questions about the validity of the US selection policy that recognises only the first three past the post, as long as the athletes have reached the necessary qualifying standard.The trials...
Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
... of the 2000 US Olympic trials where both 200 metres world record holder Michael Johnson and then Maurice Greene crashed out of the 200 metres final with injuries. Both missed the Sydney Games in the 200 metres, but won gold in their first-choice events.Gay had won the 100 metres last Sunday in a wind-assisted time of 9.68 seconds, the fastest time ever run under any conditions. He...
San Diego Union (Free subscription) | 07/06/2008
... down in 200 races at the Trials. He won the 200 final at the 2000 Trials when Michael Johnson and Maurice Greene infamously both collapsed to the track, both wincing, both holding their left hamstrings. Both injuries turned out to be cramps – blamed on the blazing hot afternoon in Sacramento and the semifinals coming only two hours earlier – and both went on to win gold medals in...
New York Post (Free subscription) | 07/06/2008
... heal, but a pull would take weeks. It was reminiscent of the 2000 trials when Michael Johnson and Maurice Greene pulled in the 200 final. Injuries underscore the meet's capricious nature, like then-decathlon world record-holder Dan O'Brien not making the 1992 team."If it's a cramp, he's going to be fine. I wouldn't say much more than that if I were him either,'' laughed O'Brien, suggesting...
LA Times (Free subscription) | 07/06/2008
... of the 200 finals at the 2000 U.S. trials, when a much-awaited race between Michael Johnson and Maurice Greene fizzled after Johnson hobbled off the track because of a cramped left hamstring -- at about the same spot Gay did Saturday, starting the curve -- and Greene quit with 80 meters to go because of a strained hamstring.If it means anything, both went on to win gold medals...
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 06/30/2008
Tyson Gay set United States Olympic Trials alight by clocking 9.77sec to erase Maurice Greene's US record in only the second round of the men's 100 metres, writes Tom Knight in Eugene, Oregon.
