June 20, 2006
Columbia, SC – South Carolina will send four men and six women to compete in the USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Indianapolis, Ind. June 21-25. In addition to USC’s current student-athletes, the Gamecocks will also be very well represented with former alums including Terrence Trammell, Lisa Barber, Otis Harris and Lashinda Demus – all Olympic or World Championship medalists.
The Championships are the final stop of USATF’s 2006 Visa Championships Series, and will be contested at the IU Michael A. Carroll Track & Soccer Stadium on the campus of IUPUI in downtown Indianapolis. It is the selection meet for the IAAF World Cup of Athletics, which will take place later that summer (Athens, Greece). The 2006 USA Outdoor Junior Championships take place concurrently with the Outdoor Championships, as the selection meet for the 2006 World Junior Championships in Beijing, China. The 2006 AT&T USA Outdoor Championships will be televised live on ESPN2 from 6-8 p.m. on Saturday, June 24, and from 5-7 p.m. on Sunday, June 25. All times are Eastern.
In the women’s 400 meter hurdles, 2004 Olympian and 2005 World Outdoor Championships silver medalist Demus looks to defend her title against stiff competition from veteran Sandra Glover, the 2005 World bronze medalist and four-time U.S. Outdoor champion. Three-time Olympian Allen Johnson, a former USC volunteer coach, will face two-time Olympic silver medalist and USC graduate Terrence Trammell in the men’s 110-meter hurdles. Trammell is a two-time World Indoor 60-meter hurdle champion and the 2006 60-meter bronze medalist.
Gamecock Men at USA Track and Field Championships
| Name | Event | Mark/Time | 1st round (PM) |
| Greig Cryer | Long Jump | 7.92m | 6:00, 6/23 |
| Triple Jump | 15.98m | 2:45, 6/24 | |
| Leroy Dixon | 100m | 10.24 | 6:55, 6/22 |
| 200m | 20.70 | 4:50, 6/24 | |
| Thomas Hilliard | 400m hurdles | 50.55 | 4:45, 6/22 |
| Jason Richardson | 110m hurdles | 13.36 | 4:05, 6/24 |
Gamecock Men at USA Track and Field Championships
| Name | Event | Mark/Time | 1st round (PM) |
| Precious Akins | Discus | 56.61m | 5:50, 6/24 |
| Ronnetta Alexander | 100m hurdles | 13.08 | 5:05, 6/23 |
| Nastsha Hastings | 400m | 51.56 | 5:30, 6/22 |
| Brittney James | Jrs. 100m hurdles | 1:30, 6/22 | |
| Jrs. Long Jump | 12:25, 6/22 | ||
| Chiquita Martin | 400m hurdles | 57.78* | 5:50, 6/23 |
| Shalonda Solomon | 100m | 11.07 | 6:30, 6/22 |
| 200m | 22.30 | 5:15, 6/24 |
* – provisional
Former Gamecock Men Competing at the USA Track and Field Championships
| Name | Event(s) |
| Tony Allmond | Long Jump |
| Kenneth Ferguson | 400m hurdles |
| Otis Harris | 400m |
| Rodney Martin | 100m, 200m |
| Terrence Trammell | 110m hurdles |
Former Gamecock Women Competing at the USA Track and Field Championships
| Name | Event |
| Lisa Barber | 100m |
| Miki Barber | 100m |
| Tacita Bass | heptathlon |
| Lashinda Demus | 400m hurdles |
| Tiffany Ross-Williams | 400m hurdles |
| Demetria Washington | 400m |
