May 28: Severe weather forces cancellation of IAAF Grand Prix event

The Adriaan Paulen Memorial track and field meet, a Grand Prix competition on the International Amateur Athletic Federation circuit, was canceled Sunday because of severe weather.

Organizers made the decision less than an hour before the scheduled start of the first event.

Violent winds and heavy rain swept across the Netherlands Sunday. Three people were killed by falling tree branches and two were seriously injured.

Britain's latest sprint star, 17-year-old Mark Lewis-Francis, defeated European champion Darren Campbell and the Euro indoor 200m titlist Christian Malcolm in a domestic 100m race on Sunday.

Lewis-Francis ran the Olympic qualifying time with a personal record 10.25 seconds in blustery conditions at Loughborough with Campbell second and Malcolm third.

Although he looks likely to make the British Olympic squad, the teen-ager says his main goal is the World Junior Championships at Santiago, Chile in October.

"I'll be focusing on the World Junior Championship, that's where I know I can do well," he said. "The Olympics would be a bonus but I probably will only do the relay.

"This year's World Juniors will be my last opportunity to win the gold medal there whereas the Olympics will be around for many years to come."

Campbell clocked 10.30 seconds and Malcolm, the current World Junior 100m and 200m champion, crossed the line in 10.32.

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May 19: Is he back? Donovan Bailey runs 10.00w at LSU

Donovan Bailey maybe a closer to regaining his past form than a lot of people may think. After a misreable 1999 season where his best time was a wind-aided 10.19, the 1996 Olympic Champion and former World Record holder has run a wind-aided 10.03 and today came close to running a sub10 again. Bailey ran the 100m in 10 seconds flat with a help of a 2.6 m/s wind behind him. Results:

100 Metres - Final
Wind Reading: 2.6

1. Donovan Bailey       Canada          10.00       
2. Vince Henderson      United States   10.12                      
3. Floyd Heard          United States   10.15         
4. Donovan Powell       Jamaica         10.27                        
5. Glenroy Gilbert      Canada          10.27 

Up next for Bailey, he will be leading a strong Canadian team at the inaugural Aqua- Pura Bedford International Road To Sydney at Bedford Athletics Stadium on Sunday June 4th. Bailey will run at Bedford before flying on to compete at an International in Greece and then returning to his training base in Texas.

Tim Montgomery, an Olympic Silver Medalist and World Champion in the 4x100m won the Georgia Tech Invitational 100m in Atlanta in a time of 10.03 (wind: 1.6). Montgomery's time was the second fastest of the year, behind Maurice Greene's 9.91. Dennis Mitchell ran 10.24 in the finals and Shawn Crawford of Clemson ran 10.16 in the B Final.

100 Metres - Final 1
Wind Reading: 1.6

1. Tim Montgomery      Sprint Capital   10.03 SB
2. Dennis Mitchell     Sprint Capital   10.24
3. Christian Nsiah     Unattached       10.30
4. Lacra Jenkins       S Carolina State 10.30
5. Terrance Trammell   South Carolina   10.31

100 Metres - Final 2
Wind Reading: 1.4

1. Shawn Crawford      Clemson          10.16
2. Virgil Maddox       Oral Roberts     10.31
3. John Stone          Wake Forest      10.39

May 14: Claudinei da Silva opens at home

Pan American Games Gold Medalist Claudinei da Silva of Brazil (PB: 19.89) opened his Olympic season today at the Rio GP, easily winning the 200m in 20.39, well ahead of his nearest competitor Andre da Silva who finished second in 20.6. Other sprinters in Rio on Sunday were Brian Lewis, Daniel Effiong, Brian Lewis, Freddy Mayola, Rohsaan Griffin, Ivan Garcia and Sebastien Keital.

"But I feel confident with the time", the "Pailista" sprinter said. "I expected a time around 20.60 because I am training very hard at this stage of the season: from here I’ll be going to the Netherlands and my next race is the GPII in Hengelo (Adriaan Paulen Memorial), 28 May.

More then 5,000 spectators watched the meet at the Célio De Barros Stadium, just next to the Famous "Maracana" soccer stadium.

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Saturday, May 13 - Hampton Games - Port Of Spain, Trinidad

100 Metres - Semifinal 1
Wind Reading: NWI

1. Sayon Cooper        Liberia          10.47
2. Gentry Bradley      United States    10.52  

100 Metres - Semifinal 2
Wind Reading: NWI

1. Ato Boldon          Trinidad         10.19

100 Metres - Final
Wind Reading: NWI

1. Ato Boldon          Trinidad         10.13
2. Sayon Cooper        Liberia          10.34  
3. Donovan Houssen     Jamaica          10.46 (Right on photo)
4. Troy Dos Santos     Canada           10.55 

More Photos from Ato in Trinidad:

May 13: Upcoming for Bruny

What's next for Bruny? Well, after returning to Los Angeles for some business meetings, he will return to Montreal instead of Texas and train in preperation for a meet on June 10 in Greece.

May 13: Maurice Greene opens with a 9.91, Surin third

Maurice Greene hasn't slowed down at all since his record breaking 1999. He opened the Olympic year with a 9.91 clocking into a wind on a fast track in Osaka, Japan at the opening Grand Prix of the year. Obadele Thompson finished second, well behind in 10.13 and Bruny Surin was fourth in 10.24

"It was a pretty good start," Greene said after the race. "I just wanted to start the season off good and give all of the fans here a good race."

Bruny was not as happy, saying he needs to work on his starts and will do that in the upcoming weeks before heading off to Greece.

Results

100 Metres - Heat One 
Wind Reading: -0.6

1. Bruny Surin         Canada           10.24
2. Tim Harden          United States    10.27
3. Dennis Mitchell     United States    10.32    

100 Metres - Heat Two
Wind Reading: 1.3

1. Maurice Greene      United States    10.20 
2. Obadele Thompson    Barbados         10.23   
3. Shigeyuki Kojima    Japan            10.29  
4. Leonard Myles-Mills Ghana            10.30 

100 Metres - Final
Wind Reading: -0.4

1. Maurice Greene      United States     9.91 WL 
2. Obadele Thompson    Barbados         10.13   
3. Bruny Surin         Canada           10.24
4. Dennis Mitchell     United States    10.28  
5. Tim Harden          United States    10.30
6. Leonard Myles-Mills Ghana            10.32 

May 12: Drummond highlights depleted 100 field

He wears only one sock during races. He postures better than many runway models. He talks. Goodness, he talks.

Jon Drummond likes to say his shtick rates "75 percent genuine enthusiasm and 25 percent game face."

We know this: 100 percent of the time, Drummond cannot be ignored.

Last year at the Modesto Relays, Drummond held court in the infield while Maurice Greene and Ato Boldon pursued a $200,000 prize. Which were faster - Drummond's words or Greene's feet - was debatable.

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This edition of the Road to Sydney Poll asks... Who was the top 100m sprinter of the 90's?

-Donovan Bailey
-Linford Christie
-Frank Fredericks
-Maurice Greene
-Carl Lewis
-Bruny Surin

Click here to vote!

Past Results-

Sydney Poll #1 - Who will win the US 200m Trials?

Michael Johnson - 48%	(17 of 35 Votes)
Maurice Greene - 37%	(13 of 35 Votes)
Rohsaan Griffin - 8%	(03 of 35 Votes)
John Capel - 2%	(01 of 35 Votes)
Other - 2%	(01 of 35 Votes)

Sydney Poll #2 - Of the following, who is most likely to be in the 100m final at the Olympics?

Donovan Bailey - 54%	(17 of 31 Votes)
Leonard Myles-Mills - 29%	(09 of 31 Votes)
Matt Shirvington - 9%	(03 of 31 Votes)
Feddy Mayola - 6%	(02 of 35 Votes)

Sydney Poll #3 - Who do you want to win the 100m in Sydney?

Bruny Surin - 48%	(19 of 39 Votes)
Maurice Greene - 30%	(12 of 39 Votes)
Frank Fredericks - 7%	(03 of 39 Votes)
Obadele Thompson - 7%	(03 of 39 Votes)
Ato Boldon - 2%	(01 of 39 Votes)
Other - 2%	(01 of 39 Votes)

May 6: Bruny Surin opens in Austin

Bruny Surin opened at 100m today in Austin, one more 'training' race before heading overseas. Bruny finished second to a suprising sprinter from Wisconsin, Michael Bennett who ran 10.00 with a strong wind. Bruny was second running a easy 10.08. He felt if he wanted to he could of ran 9.8. Surin also ran the 200m, where he placed third in 20.7 seconds behind Rohsaan Griffin.

Results

100 Metres - Race One

Myers Stadium Record: 10.22 Bruny Surin (CAN)       1999       

Wind Reading: 4.8

1. Michael Bennett     Wisconsin        10.00 
2. Bruny Surin         Unattached       10.08 
3. Vincent Henderson   Asics TC         10.14                  
4. Glenroy Gillbert    Unattached       10.17
5. Jeff Laynes         Unattached       10.18  
6. Donavan Powell      Unattached       10.28  

100 Metres - Race Two

Myers Stadium Record: 10.22 Bruny Surin (CAN)       1999       

Wind Reading: 3.3

1. Rohsaan Griffin     Unattached       10.17   
2. Serge Bengono       Huston-Tillotson 10.29    
3. Eric Frempong-Manso Etobicoke        10.31   
4. B.J. Tucker         Wisconsin        10.35     
5. Okiki Akinremi      Unattached       10.51     
6. Jason Gerald        Huston-Tillotson 10.61         
-  Donavan Bailey      Unattached       SCR  

200 Metres - Race One

Myers Stadium Record: 20.43 Brandon Evans (Texas A&M) 2000          

Wind Reading: 3.1

1. Rohsaan Griffin     Unattached       20.41    
2. Lawrence Armstrong  Texas            20.58    
3. Bruny Surin         Unattached       20.70   
4. Glenroy Gilbert     Unattached       20.81

Oba opened ran in Shizuoka, Japan running 20.95 into a strong headwind of -2.1 m/s. Obadele opened his season on April 15 when he ran 20.16 (+5.0) at the UTEP Sierra Invitational in Texas.

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