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Veronica Campbell, Nick Willis Set for Reebok Grand Prix
April 18, 2006 From press release
NEW YORK CITY - Veronica Campbell, the most successful
female track athlete at the 2004 Olympics, and Nick Willis, who last
month won the 1500-meter gold medal at the 2006 Commonwealth
Games, are among the international stars set to compete at the 2006
Reebok Grand Prix on June 3, organizers announced.In Athens, Campbell won two gold medals (200m and 4x100m) and a
bronze (100m) for Jamaica, and recently earned a 200m silver at the
Commonwealth Games in Melbourne. Named the 2004 Sportswoman of
the Year in Jamaica, Campbell's winning time of 22.05 in her 200m
victory in Athens was the fastest in the world for 2004, and no woman
has run faster in the last five years. Willis, from New Zealand, broke the legendary John Walker's 30-year-
old national record for 1500m when he ran 3:32.38 last year in just his
second professional race. A semifinalist at 1500m at the 2004 Olympics,
Willis is a seven-time All-American out of the University of Michigan. They will be joined by Commonwealth Games sprint champions Sheri-
Ann Brooks (100m) and Omar Brown (200m), both of Jamaica; and the
men who rounded out the 1500m medal stand with Willis in Melbourne,
Nate Brannen of Canada (silver) and Mark Fountain of Australia
(bronze.) The Reebok Grand Prix, the only outdoor East Coast meet that offers
head-to-head competition among world-class athletes, was the first
international competition held in the new Icahn Stadium on Randall's
Island when it debuted last year. Tickets, at $30 and $20, are now on
sale at
www.ReebokGrandPrix.com or by calling 1-877-TIX-TRAC. Group
discounts are available. The event, managed by Global Athletics &
Marketing, Inc., begins at 5:30 p.m. June 3 and will be broadcast live on
ESPN2 from 6 p.m.-8 p.m. ET. It is the fourth stop in USA Track & Field's
Visa Championship Series.
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