Milton Campbell blasts to 200m and 400m world leads
Posted Tuesday, 21 February, 2006
Blacksburg, VA, USA - Sensational world leading times were by established by Milton Campbell, running 200m in 20.42 (indoor personal best) and 400m in 45.81, on Saturday 18 February on a standard 200m indoor oval.
Campbell, 29, who is a two-time World Indoor 400m silver medallist (1999 & 2001), anchored home the USA 4x400m in the 1999 World Indoors in Maebashi, Japan, to a come from behind World Indoor record win (3:02.83), with a split of 44.73.
He is a Reverend Preacher and youth administrator at his church, and is now being coached by Nigeria's Innocent Egbunike, the Commonwealth record holder for 400m outdoors (44.17 - 1987).
His previous fastest times this winter do not appear on the current world lists as they were run on a non-standard outsized track - (200m) 20.61 and (400m) 45.40 - on 28 January in Lexington.
Personal bests:
200m
Outdoor: 20.47 (2002)
Indoor: 20.56 (1998) – bettered by Saturday’s time of 20.42
400m
Outdoor: 44.67 (1997)
Indoor: 45.60 (1999)
Mirko Jalava and Alfons Juck for the IAAF
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