INDIANAPOLIS, IN - Stacy Dragila has been named USA Track & Field's Athlete of the Week after soaring higher in the outdoor pole vault than any woman in history June 8 at the 2004 IAAF Grand Prix meeting in Ostrava, Czech Republic.

The Olympic gold medalist and two-time world champion, Dragila cleared 4.83 meters/15 feet, 10 inches to break her American record of 4.81m/15-9.25, set June 1, 2001, at the U.S. Open in Stanford, Calif. Her performance is the best ever by any female outdoors and is surpassed only by Russian vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva's indoor mark of 4.86m/15- 11.25.

Four-time U.S. champion Breaux Greer set an American record in the men's javelin throw with his win Friday at the Bergen Bislett Games in Bergen, Norway. Greer won the competition with a best throw of 87.39 meters/286 feet, 8 inches, bettering the previous American record of 87.12m/285-10 by Tom Pukstys on May 25, 1997. Greer's performance is the second best in the world this season.

World-leading performances turned in by U.S. athletes over the weekend included University of Miami junior Lauryn Williams capturing her first NCAA crown by winning the 100m (10.97) at the 2004 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Austin, Texas. The 2003 Pan Am Games silver- medalist, Williams posted the fifth-fastest time in NCAA history. UCLA senior Sheena Johnson won the NCAA 400m hurdles women's crown (53.54 WL) for the second year in a row, becoming just the fourth athlete in NCAA women's history to win this event multiple times. On the international scene, Alan Webb's 3:32.73 in Ostrava also was a world leader.

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.

BEST MARKS WEEK ENDING JUNE 13

MEN

100 - 10.06 Tyson Gay (Arkansas) - Austin, TX 6/11
200 - 20.09 Tyson Gay (Arkansas) - Austin, TX 6/10 U.S. leader
400 - 44.71 Jeremy Wariner (Baylor) - Austin, TX 6/12
800 - 1:45.64 David Krummenacker (adidas) - Bergen, NOR 6/11
1500 - 3:32.73 Alan Webb (Nike) - Ostrava, CZE 6/8 World leader
3000SC - 8:17.93 Daniel Lincoln (Nike) - Ostrava, CZE 6/8 U.S. leader
5000 - 13:35.58 Mike Donnelly (Nike Oregon) - Victoria, CAN 6/11
110H - 13.12 Allen Johnson (Nike) - Ostrava, CZE 6/8
400H - 48.77 Joey Woody (adidas) - Ostrava, CZE 6/8
HJ - 2.32/7-7.25 Andra Manson (Texas) - Austin, TX 6/12 U.S. leader
PV - 5.81/19-0.75 Jeff Hartwig (Nike) & Nick Hysong (Nike) - Zaragoza, ESP 6/8
LJ - 8.29/27-2.5 John Moffitt (LSU) - Austin, TX 6/10
TJ - 17.01/55-9.75 Walter Davis (Nike) - Bergen, NOR 6/11
SP - 20.11/65-11.75 Dan Taylor (Ohio State) - Austin, TX 6/12
DT - 60.24/197-8 Jason Young (Texas Tech) - Austin, TX 6/11
HT - 75.37/247-3 Paddy McGrath (Unattached) - New York 6/9
JT - 87.39/286-8 Breaux Greer (adidas) - Bergen, NOR 6/11 American record
Decathlon - 8171 Ryan Harlan (Rice) - Austin, TX 6/12

WOMEN

100 - 10.97 Lauryn Williams (Miami) - Austin, TX 6/11 World leader
200 - 22.78 Stephanie Durst (LSU) - Austin, TX 6/10
400 - 50.32 DeeDee Trotter (Tennessee) - Austin, TX 6/12 U.S. leader
800 - 2:03.11 Kameisha Bennett (Tennessee) - Austin, TX 6/12
1500 - 4:10.65 Janet Trujillo (Nike) - Victoria, CAN 6/11
3000SC - 9:48.94 Brianna Shook (Toledo) - Austin, TX 6/12
10,000 - 32:01.17 Sylvia Mosqueda (Unattached) - London, ENG 6/12
100H - 12.56 Gail Devers (Nike) - Bergen, NOR 6/11
400H - 53.54 Sheena Johnson (UCLA) - Austin, TX 6/12 World leader
HJ - 1.96/6-5 Tisha Waller (Nike) - Bergen, NOR 6/11
PV - 4.83/15-10 Stacy Dragila (Nike) - Ostrava, CZE 6/8 American record
LJ - 6.65/21-10 Marion Jones (Nike) - Ostrava, CZE 6/8
TJ - 13.55/44-5.5 Vanitta Kinard (Nike) - Warsaw, POL 6/13
SP - 18.26/59-11 Laura Gerraughty (North Carolina) - Austin, TX 6/12
DT - 62.31/204-5 Becky Breisch (Nebraska) - Austin, TX 6/11
HT - 66.88/219-5 Jessica Cosby (UCLA) - Austin, TX 6/12
JT - 56.57/185-7 Katy Doyle (Texas A&M) - Austin, TX 6/11
Heptathlon - 5807 Jacquelyn Johnson (Arizona State) - Austin, TX 6/11