Friday U.S. Open press conference excerpts

Friday USA Track & Field hosted a press conference featuring high jumper Jesse Williams, hurdler David Oliver, hurdlers Lolo Jones and Kellie Wells and distance runner Bernard Lagat in preparation for Saturday U.S. Open at Madison Square Garden. Below are the excerpts from the press conference. For more information on the U.S. Open check out www.usopen.usatf.org.

Thursday U.S. Open press conference excerpts

On Thursday American hurdler Dawn Harper along with Jamaican sprinters Veronica Campbell-Brown, Asafa Powell and Nesta Carter answered questions regarding Saturday’s U.S. Open at Madison Square Garden. Below are excerpts from the press conference. For more information on the U.S. Open please see www.usopen.usatf.org.

Nunn named USATF Athlete of the Week

INDIANAPOLIS - John Nunn has been named USA Track & Field’s Athlete of the week after winning the U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Men’s 50 km Race Walk Sunday in Santee, Calif.

News and Notes, Volume 12, Number 4

1. Prep athletes set for U.S. Open 2. Roster announced for Five Nations Match

Fayetteville returns to Visa Championship Series with 2012 USATF Classic

INDIANAPOLIS – A host of USATF’s Indoor Visa Championship Series for the past 10 years, Fayetteville, Arkansas, will host the USA Track & Field Classic February 11 as part of the nationally televised series, USA Track & Field announced Tuesday.

USATF Board welcomes three new members

INDIANAPOLIS – USA Track & Field’s Board of Directors has welcomed athlete and activist Jackie Joyner-Kersee, sports attorney Eve Wright and network television executive Mickey Carter to its ranks. Wright and Carter assume independent seats, while Joyner-Kersee takes the board’s High Performance seat. Board member Steve Miller has been elected to the position of board vice chair.

Nunn wins 2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Men’s 50 km Race Walk

SANTEE, CALIF. – John Nunn won the 2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Men’s 50 km Race Walk in 4:04:38 to lead a fast race that saw multiple American and course records set Sunday in Santee, Calif.

America’s best to compete at U.S. Olympic Team Trials - 50 km Race Walk

INDIANAPOLIS - The defending U.S. champion at the 50 kilometer distance, Benjamin Shorey, and Olympian John Nunn headline Sunday’s field at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Men’s 50 km Race Walk in Santee, California.

News and Notes, Volume 12, Number 3

1. Jeter to receive Sportswoman of the Year Award 2. U.S. Open tickets still available

Flanagan named USATF Athlete of the Week

INDIANAPOLIS - Shalane Flanagan has been named USA Track & Field’s Athlete of the Week after winning the women’s U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Marathon Saturday in a new Olympic Trials record time in Houston.

Powerhouse, full fields announced for U.S. Open

NEW YORK – Madison Square Garden will host perhaps the best and deepest fields it has seen in several years as the 2012 Olympic track & field season kicks off in earnest with the U.S. Open Track & Field event on Saturday, January 28.

Keflezighi; Flanagan win U.S. Olympic Team Trials Marathon

HOUSTON - Two of the fastest races in Olympic Marathon Trials history took place on the same day Saturday in Houston as the six men and women who will represent Team USA in London earned their way on the squad. Shalane Flanagan set an Olympic Trials record of 2:25:38 in only her second marathon, while Meb Keflezighi earned his third Olympic berth by winning the Trials in a personal best time of 2:09:08. Flanagan led a Trials record five women under 2:30 while Meb led four men under 2:10 for the first time in Trials history.

Athlete Spotlight - Erin Taylor-Talcott

You can compare Erin Taylor-Talcott to Danica Patrick, Annika Sorenstam or Michelle Wie. You can draw comparisons to Billy Jean King in the Battle of the Sexes II. Each story helped to shape the culture in their respective sports and that’s exactly what Taylor-Talcott has done.

News and Notes, Volume 12, Number 2

1. Demps commits to track and field
2. Jackson, James, Cantwell commit to Indoor Grand Prix

Carter added to U.S. Open 50m field

NEW YORK – 2008 Olympic 4x100-meter gold medalist Nesta Carter has joined a loaded men’s 50m field at the U.S. Open Track & Field January 28 at Madison Square Garden. The Jamaican replaces Trinidad’s Richard Thompson, who has withdrawn from the race, and gives the field two of the four fastest 100-meter sprinters in history.