The 2003 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships was organised by

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and held from June 19 to 22 at the Cobb Track & Angell Field in

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. The four-day competition served as the

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for the United States and also the trials for the

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. It was the second consecutive time that the stadium in Palo Alto had held the combined gender national track and field event. The Cobb Track & Angell Field, connected to

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, was the host of the annual Payton Jordan U.S. Open – a high-profile mixed senior and college level meet. The USA Junior Championships were held in conjunction with the event and the events served as selection for the

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. Senior performances also informed the team selection for the

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sections of the

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and

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Gail Devers Yolanda Gail Devers ( ; born November 19, 1966) is an American retired track and field sprinter who competed in the 60 metres, 60 m hurdles, 100 m and 100 m hurdles. One of the greatest and most decorated female sprinters of all time, she was ...

had a fifth consecutive win in the women's 100 m hurdles, bringing her career total to nine national hurdles titles.

Stacy Dragila Stacy Renée Mikaelson known as Stacy Renée Dragila (born 25 March 1971) is a former American pole vaulter. She is an Olympic gold medalist and a multiple-time world champion. Early life Dragila was born and raised in Auburn, California, no ...

also had her fifth straight win, bringing her total to seven titles.

Marla Runyan Marla Lee Runyan (married name Lonergan; born January 4, 1969) is an American track and field athlete, road runner and marathon runner who is legally blind. She is a three-time national champion in the women's 5000 metres. She is also an athlet ...

won her third straight title in the 5000 m,United States Championships (Women)
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David Krummenacker David Krummenacker (born May 24, 1975) is an American retired middle-distance runner. Background Krummenacker was born in El Paso, Texas. He graduated from Las Cruces High School in New Mexico in 1993 where he won several state track titles a ...

achieved the same feat in the men's 800 m. Hurdler

Allen Johnson Allen Kenneth Johnson (born March 1, 1971) is an American former hurdling athlete who won the gold medal in the 110 metre hurdles at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. He is also a four-time world champion. Born in Washington, D.C., ...

extended his unbeaten streak to four titles, bringing him to a career sum of six.

Breaux Greer Breaux Greer (born October 19, 1976) is a retired American track and field athlete who competed in the javelin throw. After attending Ouachita Parish High School and the University of Louisiana at Monroe, he went on to be the current American r ...

won his fourth title to remain unbeaten in the men's javelin since 2000. There was extensive doping at the competition, with national champions

Kelli White Kelli White (born April 1, 1977, in Oakland, California) is an American former sprinter. She won two gold medals in the World Championships in Paris in 2003. However, on June 18, 2004, she was stripped of her medals, because she tested positive ...

(100 m and 200 m),

Regina Jacobs Regina Jacobs (born August 28, 1963 in Los Angeles) is an American former middle-distance runner from Los Angeles. She had an extended career that included two IAAF World Championships in Athletics silver medals and an indoor world championship ...

(1500 m), Eric Thomas (400 m hurdles),

Kevin Toth Kevin Toth (born December 29, 1967, in Cleveland, Ohio) is an Americans, American former shot put athlete. His personal best throw was in 2003, which places him tenth on the all-time performers list (). In 2004, the United States Anti-Doping Age ...

(shot put), and Melissa Price (hammer) all subsequently having their national titles removed from the record. Then-world record holder

Tim Montgomery Timothy Montgomery (born January 28, 1975) is an American former track sprinter who specialized in the 100-meter dash. In 2005, he was stripped of his records—including a now-void men's 100-meter world record of 9.78 seconds set in 2002—a ...

was also later disqualified, having finished as men's 100 m runner-up. The men's 400 m runner-up Calvin Harrison and women's 400 m hurdles third placer Sandra Glover had their performances annulled due to doping as well.Full Results - Open
USATF. Retrieved on 2015-07-02.

Results

Key:

Men track events

Men field events

was originally runner-up in the men's 100 m, but was disqualified due to doping.

Jon Drummond Jonathan A. Drummond (born September 9, 1968) is an American athlete, winner of gold medal in 4 × 100 m relay at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Career Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Jon Drummond, a graduate of Overbrook High School, is known ...

and

Coby Miller Coby Miller (born October 19, 1976) is an American track and field athlete, who specialises in the sprint events. In his career, he recorded a sub-10 second personal best in the 100 meters and a sub-20 second best in the 200 meters. In the latt ...

were raised to second and third place. * Calvin Harrison was originally runner-up in the men's 400 m, but was disqualified due to doping.

Jerome Young Jerome Young (born August 14, 1976) is an American former track and field sprinter who specialized in the 400-meter dash. He won gold medals with the United States 4 × 400-meter relay team at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics and 199 ...

and

Derrick Brew Derrick Keith Brew (born December 28, 1977) is a 2004 Olympic Gold medalist in the Men's 4 × 400 meter relay for the United States. Earlier in the games he took third in the US sweep of the 400 m. Born in Houston, Texas, he attended Klein For ...

were raised to second and third place. * Eric Thomas originally won the men's 400 m hurdles, but was disqualified due to doping.

Bershawn Jackson Bershawn D. Jackson (born May 8, 1983) is an American track and field, athlete, who mainly competes in the 400 metres hurdles, 400 m hurdles, but also is a 400 metres, 400 m runner. At the 2008 Summer Olympics, Bershawn "Batman" Jacks ...

was elevated to the national title. Joey Woody and James Carter were raised to second and third place. *

originally won the men's shot put, but was disqualified due to doping.

John Godina John Carl Godina (born May 31, 1972) is an American shot putter, whose record includes three World Championship wins and two Olympic medals. He also competes in discus. Godina was born in Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Early life While attending Cheye ...

was elevated to the national title.

Reese Hoffa Michael Reese Hoffa (born ''Maurice Antawn Chism''; October 8, 1977 in Evans, Georgia) is an American shot putter. Reese won the shot put in the 2006 World Indoor Track and Field Championships and in the 2007 World Outdoor Championships. He also ...

and

Adam Nelson Adam McCright Nelson (born July 7, 1975) is an American shot putter and Olympic gold medalist. Nelson competed in three consecutive Olympic Games in 2000, 2004 and 2008. In addition to his gold medal at the 2004 Olympics, Nelson won a silver m ...

were raised to second and third place.

Women track events

Women field events

originally won the women's 100 m, but was disqualified due to doping.

Torri Edwards Torri Edwards (born January 31, 1977) is an American sprinter. She competes in 100 and 200 meters, winning an Olympic medal in 4 × 100-meter relay in 2000. In 2003, she won six medals in major international competitions, including one World Ch ...

was elevated to the national title.

and

Inger Miller Inger Miller (born June 12, 1972) is a retired American track and field sprinter who competed in the 100 metres and 200 m. She is the daughter of Lennox Miller, an Olympic double 100 m medallist from Jamaica. She attended John Muir High Sch ...

were raised to second and third place. *

originally won the women's 200 m, but was disqualified due to doping.

was elevated to the national title.

Allyson Felix Allyson Michelle Felix (born November 18, 1985) is a retired American track and field athlete who competed in the 100 meters, 200 meters and 400 meters. She specialized in the 200 meters from 2003 to 2013, then gradually shifted to the 400 meter ...

and

LaTasha Jenkins LaTasha Jenkins (born December 19, 1977) is an American former track and field sprinter. Having won international medals in the 200 m, she won a silver medal at the 2001 World Indoor Championships and a silver medal at the 2001 Outdoor Champio ...

were raised to second and third place. *

originally won the women's 1500 m, but was disqualified due to doping.

Suzy Favor Hamilton Suzy Favor Hamilton (born August 8, 1968) is an American former middle-distance runner and escort. She competed in the 1992, 1996, and 2000 Summer Olympics. Early life and education Suzy Favor was born in 1968 to Conrad and Rachel (Skundberg) ...

was elevated to the national title. Tiffany McWilliams and Collette Liss were raised to second and third place. * Sandra Glover originally placed third in the women's 400 m hurdles, but was disqualified due to doping. Brenda Taylor was raised to third place. * Melissa Price originally won the women's hammer throw, but was disqualified due to doping. Anna Mahon was elevated to the national title.

Dawn Ellerbe Dawn L. Ellerbe (born April 3, 1974) is a former track and field athlete who specialized in the hammer throw. She is currently the assistant athletic director at California State University, Northridge and a popular fashion model and blogger. El ...

and Jukina Dickerson were raised to second and third place. * The women's steeplechase was a national championship event, but was not part of the selection for the World Championships as the women's event was not added to the competition program until the 2005 edition.

Doping

Doping was widespread at the 2003 USA Championships. A year after the competition, hurdler Brenda Taylor revealed she was offered

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and claimed that she thought she was "the only person that didn't take it". This followed the revelation that several athletes had tested positive for that drug at the championships and received bans from the sport, including

Chryste Gaines Chryste Dionne Gaines (born September 14, 1970, in Lawton, Oklahoma) is an American Olympic athlete who competed mainly in the sprints. Education Gaines is a 1988 graduate of South Oak Cliff High School in Dallas, Texas.Sandra Glover and Eric Thomas and

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. The governing body

was criticised for not acting more quickly in reporting the failed tests. Despite the failed drug test, the American body failed to report this to the

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until after she had won gold medals in both the 100 m and 200 m at the World Championships. Others to later have their national championship results be disqualified for doping were:

, Damu Cherry, Melissa Price,

, Calvin Harrison,

Alvin Harrison Alvin Leonardo Harrison (born January 20, 1974) is an American former track and field athlete who competed in sprinting events. He won a gold medal in the 4 × 400 metres relay at both the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics and a silver medal in the ...

and

. Many of these athlete bans were related to the

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and the use of

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(THG).

World Championships qualification

Automatic byes

A total of five American athletes were eligible for automatic byes into the

as a result of their being the defending champions from the

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. All the athletes used their byes.USA Team Roster
USATF (2003-08-13). Retrieved on 2015-07-02.Team USA for the World Championships in Paris
IAAF (2003-08-14). Retrieved on 2015-07-02. *

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: men's 100 meters *

: men's shot put *

: men's 110 m hurdles * Anjanette Kirkland: women's 100 m hurdles *

: women's pole vault

Non-top three selections

Men's shot put fourth placer

Christian Cantwell Christian Cantwell (born September 30, 1980) is a World Champion American shot putter. He won a silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics and placed 4th at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Biography Cantwell was born in Jefferson City, Missouri. He gr ...

would have been given the fourth national team spot due to Godina's bye, but was omitted as

, whose performance was later disqualified for doping, was chosen instead. Sam Burley, sixth in the men's 800 m, was given the third national team place as the highest finisher with the "A" qualifying standard.

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, fourth in the men's 110 m hurdles, was selected as a result of Allen Johnson's bye.

Tora Harris Tora Lian-Juin Harris (born September 21, 1978) is an American high jumper. He is a Princeton University engineer of Taiwanese people, Taiwanese and African-American descent. Harris is an Olympian, a four-time national champion and two-time bro ...

was given the third men's high jump spot for his fifth-place finish as he was the only other athlete with the "A" standard. Low finishers in the men's discus were selected by merit of having the standard – Nick Petrucci had come fifth while

Casey Malone Casey Malone (born 6 April 1977 in Wheat Ridge, Colorado) is an American discus thrower. His personal best is 68.49 metres, achieved in June 2009 in Fort Collins, Colorado Fort Collins is a List of municipalities in Colorado#Home rule munic ...

was ninth nationally. None of the top three finishers in the women's 5000 m had the "A" qualifying standard so

Lauren Fleshman Lauren Fleshman (born 26 September 1981) is an American runner, coach, author, and retired professional track and field athlete. She was the U.S. 5000 meters champion in 2006 and 2010, and competed at the IAAF World Championships in Athletics in 2 ...

, fourth in Palo Alto, was the United States' sole World Championships representative in the event. Women's discus third placer

Seilala Sua Seilala Maria Sua (born 25 February 1978 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida) is a discus thrower from the United States. Her personal best throw is 65.90 metres, achieved in July 2000 in Sacramento, California. She was inducted into the UCLA Athletics Ha ...

did not reach the standard so fourth place

Kris Kuehl Kristin "Kris" Kuehl (born July 30, 1970) is a retired track and field athlete from the United States, who competed in the discus throw event. Kuehl attended Division III Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota. Kuehl was the 2002 USA champion, ...

was selected instead.

References

Results
Full Results - Open
USATF. Retrieved on 2015-07-02. Day reports *Lee, Kirby (2003-06-20)
An 'easy' 10.04 for Montgomery on Day One of the 2003 US Nationals"
IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-07-02.
White shows scorching speed; Williams bests Montgomery - US Champs, Day Two
IAAF (2003-06-21). Retrieved on 2015-07-02.
Jacobs and Washington on track for repeat in Paris - USA Champs Day Three
IAAF (2003-06-22). Retrieved on 2015-07-02.
White completes double and Pappas sets 8784pts PB - final day of US Nationals
IAAF (2003-06-23). Retrieved on 2015-07-02.

External links

USA Track & Field website
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