INDIANAPOLIS - Tim Mack has been named USA Track & Field's Athlete of the Week after winning the gold medal in the men's pole vault Friday at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece.

Mack did not take the lead in the pole vault until he set a new Olympic record in clearing the winning height of 5.95 meters/19 feet, 6.25 inches. The Olympic Trials champion was in second place for most of the competition behind his U.S. teammate and eventual silver medal winner Toby Stevenson. The pair were left in contention for the gold medal when Italian world champion Giuseppe Gibilisco failed for the third consecutive time with the bar set at 5.85m/19-2.25.

Mack's gold medal was the 19th in Olympic competition for American men in the pole vault. Mack and Stevenson's medals from Athens brought the U.S. grand total in Olympic pole vault history to 44.

BEST MARKS WEEK ENDING AUGUST 29

MEN

200 - 19.79 Shawn Crawford (Nike) - Athens, GRE 8/26 World Leader
400 - 44.00 Jeremy Wariner (Baylor) - Athens, GRE 8/23 World Leader
800 - 1:45.31 Jonathan Johnson (Texas Tech) - Athens, GRE 8/25
3000 SC - 8:16.86 Daniel Lincoln (Nike) - Athens, GRE 8/24
5000 - 13:20.29 Tim Broe (adidas) - Athens, GRE 8/25
Marathon - 2:11:29 Mebrahtom Keflezighi (Nike) - Athens, GRE 8/29
50K Walk - 4:11:31 Curt Clausen (NYAC) - Athens, GRE 8/27
110H - 13.17 Terrence Trammell (Nike) - Athens, GRE 8/26
400H - 48.18 James Carter (Nike) - Athens, GRE 8/24
PV - 5.95/19-6.25 Tim Mack (Nike) - Athens, GRE 8/27 Olympic Record
LJ - 8.59/28-2.25 Dwight Phillips (Nike) - Athens, GRE 8/26
DT - 64.33/211-0 Casey Malone (Nike) - Athens, GRE 8/23
JT - 87.25/286-3 Breaux Greer (adidas) - Athens, GRE 8/26
Decathlon - 8820 Bryan Clay (Nike) - Athens, GRE 8/24 U.S. Leader

WOMEN

200 - 22.18 Allyson Felix (adidas) - Athens, GRE 8/25 World Junior Record
400 - 49.97 Monique Hennagan (Unat.) - Athens, GRE 8/24
800 - 1:57.27 Jearl Miles-Clark (New Balance) - Athens, GRE 8/23 U.S. Leader
1500 - 4:06.46 Carrie Tollefson (adidas) - Athens, GRE 8/24
10,000 - 32:18.16 Elva Dryer (Nike) - Athens, GRE 8/27
20K Walk - 1:38:47 Teresa Vaill (Walk USA) - Athens, GRE 8/23
100H - 12.37 Joanna Hayes (Nike) - Athens, GRE 8/24 Olympic Record
400H - 53.83 Sheena Johnson (Nike) - Athens, GRE 8/25
HJ - 1.99/6-6.25 Amy Acuff (Unat.) - Athens, GRE 8/28
LJ - 6.82/22-4.5 Marion Jones (Nike) - Athens, GRE 8/27
HT - 66.71/218-10 Erin Gilreath (NYAC) - Athens, GRE 8/23
JT - 52.18/171-2 Kim Kreiner (Nike) - Athens, GRE 8/25