Reigning world indoor and outdoor men's long jump champion Dwight
Phillips and 2004 U.S. women's Olympic Trials hammer throw champion
Erin Gilreath set stadium records Sunday at the 2004 Norwich Union
International in Birmingham, England. Team USA finished the
competition in second place with 151 points. The Commonwealth Select
team won the event with 153 points.Phillips equaled the fifth best long jump in the world this year with his
leap of 8.35 meters/27-4.75. He currently owns the five best jumps in the
world this season with a best of 8.44m/27-8.25 on May 25 in Mexico
City. Gilreath won the women's hammer throw with a toss of 69.97m/
229-6, after winning at the 2004 Olympic Trials with a throw of 70.42m/
231-0. Gilreath owns the top four marks on the U.S. women's hammer
throw list this year.
Team USA's 4x100m relay squad (John Capel, Leonard Scott, Darvis
Patton, J.J. Johnson) posted a stadium record
with their winning time of 38.62 seconds, and 1996 Olympic gold
medalist and four-time World Outdoor champion
Allen Johnson got back on the winning track in the men's 110m hurdles
with his victory in 13.25 seconds.
The event was highlighted by Russian Yelena Isinbayeva, who set a
new world record in the women's pole vault with
her clearance of 4.89 meters/16 feet, ? inch, despite a severe
crosswind.
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