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|  Culpepper Named Athlete of the Week February 11, 2004 Courtesy of USATF
INDIANAPOLIS - Alan Culpepper has been named USA
Track & Field's Athlete of the Week after becoming the first
American to qualify for the 2004 U.S. Olympic Team in
Athens by winning the 2004 U.S. Olympic Team Trials -
Men's Marathon Saturday in Birmingham, Alabama. In winning the second marathon of his career and
qualifying for his second Olympic team (10,000m in 2000),
Culpepper won in 2 hours, 11 minutes, 42 seconds to
defeat runner-up Meb Keflezighi by a five-second margin. A
resident of Lafayette, Colo., Culpepper won $60,000 in prize
money. World leading performances by Americans clocked in
over the weekend at the Verizon Millrose Games included
Gail Devers' 7.76 seconds in the 60m hurdles, Allen
Johnson's 7.43 seconds in the 60m hurdles and Christian
Cantwell's toss of 21.28 meters/69 feet, 9.75 inches in the
men's shot put. Minnesota's Mitch Potter won the 400m
dash in a world-leading time of 46.00 seconds Saturday at
the Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational in Lincoln, Neb. At the 2004 USA Cross Country Championships this
past weekend, two-time Olympian Bob Kennedy won his
second U.S. open men's 12 km title (35:03) on Sunday.
Shalane Flanagan won her first U.S. open title in the
women's 4 km race (12:26) defeating runner-up Carrie
Tollefson by two seconds. In Junior competition, the
University of Colorado's Pete Janson (24:14) defeated
runner-up and Colorado teammate Ryan Deak by a
10-second margin to win the Junior men's 8 km race, while
UCLA freshman Alison Costello won the Junior women's 6
km crown (20:55). On the master's scene, Kathryn Martin broke her own
U.S. Masters women's 50-54 record in the 1,500m by
running 4 minutes, 57.7 seconds at the Long Island
Championships Sunday in New York. Martin's record was
5:02.28, set in 2003. Now in its fourth year, USATF's Athlete of the Week
program is designed to recognize outstanding performers
at all levels of the sport. USATF names a new honoree
each week and features the athlete on the USATF website.
Selections are based on top performances and results from
the previous week. 2004 USATF Athlete of the Week Winners: January
13, Dan Taylor; January 20, Jen Toomey; January 27, Erin
Gilreath; February 3, Jearl Miles-Clark; February 10, Alan
Culpepper. BEST MARKS WEEK ENDING FEBRUARY 8 MEN
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