Robinson leads impressive entry list at Coca-Cola Modesto Relays
By Tom Surber, USATF
Posted Friday, 4 May, 2007
2004 Olympian and two-time defending USA Outdoor men's 800m champion Khadevis Robinson will lead a stellar line-up Saturday at the 66th Coca-Cola Modesto Relays in Modesto, Calif.
Robinson, who will be gunning for his fifth consecutive 800m win at Modesto, is coming off his finest season in 2006 in winning his second consecutive USA Outdoor title and ending the campaign ranked #1 in the U.S. for the third straight year. Robinson's many successes during the 2006 season lifted him to the Track & Field News world top ten rankings for the first time in his career (#7). Robinson, whose appearance at Modesto will mark his 2007 season debut, broke the 21-year-old meet record two years ago by winning in 1 minute 45.35 seconds.
Elsewhere on the track, look for Leonard Scott in the men's 100 meters, who enters this season ranked #3 in the world in that event. The women's 100m hurdles also should be interesting as meet record holder and two-time World Outdoor Championships team member Jenny Adams faces 2001 World Outdoor champion Anjanette Kirkland.
Headlining the field events at Modesto will be reigning Olympic and world outdoor champion Dwight Phillips and reigning Modesto champion Miguel Pate in the men's long jump.
The men's shot put features a typically strong field led by 2007 Indoor Visa Championship Series winner and defending Modesto champion Christian Cantwell, who owns two of the top three throws in the world this year. Two-time Olympic medalist and three-time world outdoor champion John Godina also will be in the field, along with Dan Taylor, who ended the 2006 season ranked #8 in the world.
A highly competitive men's discus field will feature America's top three performers in that event led by defending Modesto and USA champion Ian Waltz, who ended 2006 ranked #4 in the world. He'll be joined by Jarred Rome (world ranked #9) and 2004 Olympian Casey Malone. In the women's shot put, reigning USA Outdoor champion Jillian Camarena, who won at Modesto last year, leads the field.
For more information on the 66th Coca-Cola Modesto Relays, visit: www.modestorelays.org.
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