June 21, 2011

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By Miquel Jacobs
Media Relations Assistant

COLUMBIA, S.C. – Nineteen current, former and future South Carolina Gamecocks are set to invade Track Town USA as the USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships are set to begin Thursday at Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore.

The USA Outdoor Championships and USA Junior Outdoor Championships will both be held Thursday, June 23 to Sunday, June 26. As the fourth event of the 2011 USATF Outdoor Visa Championships Series, the 2011 USA Outdoor Championships will be televised on the following dates:

June 24 – 11:00 p.m.-1:00 a.m. (ET) on ESPN2 with a re-air on June 25 from 1-3 p.m. (ET)
June 25 – 3-4:30 p.m. (ET) on Universal; 5-6 p.m. (ET) on NBC
June 26 – 3-4 p.m. (ET) on Universal; 5-6 p.m. (ET) on NBC

Athletes with University of South Carolina ties competing at the USA Outdoor Championships are:
Men’s 100m (Thur., 8:40 p.m.) – Leroy Dixon (10.17)
Men’s 200m (Sat., 6:25 p.m.) – Leroy Dixon (20.36), Rodney Martin (20.62)
Men’s 110m Hurdles (Fri., 6:45 p.m.) – Terrence Trammell (13.30), Jason Richardson (13.34)
Men’s 400m Hurdles (Fri., 9:30 p.m.) – Johnny Dutch (47.63)
Women’s 100m (Thur., 8:20 p.m.) – Lakya Brookins (11.10), Miki Barber (11.14), Shayla Mahan (11.20), Lisa Barber (11.35), Shalonda Solomon (11.09 – qualified but scratched)
Women’s 200m (Sat., 6:55 p.m.) – Shalonda Solomon (22.47), Natasha Hastings (22.77), Lisa Barber (22.84), Miki Barber (23.10)
Women’s 400m (Thur., 7:40 p.m.) – Natasha Hastings (50.97), Brandi Cross (52.28)
Women’s 400m Hurdles (Thur., 7:15 p.m.) – Lashinda Demus (53.31)

Athletes with University of South Carolina ties competing at the USA Junior Outdoor Championships are:
Men’s 100m (Fri., 2:15 p.m.) – Chris Royster (10.42), Kendall Kee (10.45)
Men’s 200m (Sat., 7:40 p.m.) – Chris Royster (21.36), Eric Winfrey (20.98)
Men’s 400m (Fri., 5:00 p.m.) – Clayton Gravesande (46.60), Eric Winfrey (47.29)
Men’s Javelin Throw (Thur., 3:30 p.m.) – Kaleb Zuidema (220-10)
Women’s 100m (Fri., 2:00 p.m.) – Vashti Bandy (11.75)
Women’s 200m (Sat., 7:15 p.m.) – Vashti Bandy (23.97)
Women’s 400m (Fri., 4:45 p.m.) – Sanura Eley-O’Reilly (53.90)
Women’s 100m Hurdles (Fri., 3:15 p.m.) – Chalese Davis (13.78)
Women’s 400m Hurdles (Fri., 4:05 p.m.) – Amber Allen (58.85)
Women’s Pole Vault (Fri., 1:15 p.m.) – Angela Rummans (4.00m)

*All times listed are ET. Times listed for track events are first round; times listed for field events are finals

FORMER GAMECOCKS
Lisa Barber – Women’s 100m, 200m – 14x All-American at South Carolina from 1999-02
Miki Barber – Women’s 100m, 200m – 20x All-American at South Carolina from 1999-03
Brandi Cross – Women’s 400m – 9x All-American at South Carolina from 2007-10
Lashinda Demus – Women’s 400m Hurdles – 11x All-American at South Carolina from 2002-04
Leroy Dixon – Men’s 100m, 200m – 2x All-American at South Carolina from 2005-06
Johnny Dutch – Men’s 400m Hurdles – 8x All-American at South Carolina from 2008-10
Natasha Hastings – Women’s 200m, 400m – 10x All-American at South Carolina from 2005-07
Rodney Martin – Men’s 100m, 200m – 3x All-American at South Carolina from 2004-05
Jason Richardson – Men’s100m Hurdles – 7x All-American at South Carolina from 2005-09
Shalonda Solomon – Women’s 200m – 11x All-American at South Carolina from 2005-07
Terrence Trammell – Men’s 100m Hurdles – 13x All-American at South Carolina from 1998-00

CURRENT GAMECOCKS
Amber Allen – Junior Women’s 400m Hurdles – Freshman in 2010-11 – SEC Finalist and NCAA Regional qualifier
Vashti Bandy – Junior Women’s 100m, 200m – Freshman in 2010-11 – All-American in 4x100m Relay
Lakya Brookins – Women’s 100m – Senior in 2010-11 – Placed sixth at NCAA Outdoors in 100m
Sanura Eley-O’Reilly – Junior Women’s 400m – Freshman in 2010-11 – NCAA Regional qualifier in 4x400m Relay
Clayton Gravesande – Junior Men’s 400m – Freshman in 2010-11 – SEC Top 8 and NCAA Regional qualifier
Shayla Mahan – Women’s 100m – Senior in 2010-11 – All-American in 4x100m Relay
Chris Royster – Junior Men’s 100m, 200m – Freshman in 2010-11 – All-American in 4x100m Relay and NCAA Regional qualifier
Angela Rummans – Junior Women’s Pole Vault – Freshman in 2010-11 – NCAA Regional qualifier

FUTURE GAMECOCKS
Chalese Davis – Junior Women’s 100m Hurdles – Signed NLI – Hercules HS (Hercules, Calif.)
Kendall Kee – Junior Men’s 100m – Signed NLI – Crest HS (Shelby, N.C.)
Eric Winfrey – Junior Men’s 200m, 400m – Signed NLI – Douglas Byrd HS (Fayetteville, N.C.)
Kaleb Zuidema – Junior Men’s Javelin Throw – Signed NLI – Midland Park HS (Midland Park, N.J.)