Decanation Meet Today

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http://www.usatf.org/news/view.aspx?DUI ... 1_14_55_52

Americans to compete in "DecaNation"

Twenty American athletes - 10 women and 10 men - on Saturday, September 3 will participate in the inaugural DecaNation Competition at Charlety Stadium in Paris, France.

Created and hosted by the French Athletics Federation, the event provides a simple, concentrated formula that features national teams from the United States, Russia, France, China, Great Britain, Spain, Poland and Italy in an eight-team competition.

For both men and women, each of the decathlon events will be contested, with one event specialist from each nation competing in each event - 100 m, long jump, shot put, high jump, 400m, 110m hurdles, discus, pole vault, javelin and 1500m. The winner of each individual event will earn 9 points for his or her team, with 7 points for second, 6 for third, and down to 1 point for eighth.

Competing for the Team USA women are: 100m - Tremedia Brice; 400m - Monique Hennagan; 1500m - Jenelle Deatherge; 100m Hurdles - Lolo Jones; High Jump - Erin Aldrich; Pole Vault - Jillian Schwartz; Long Jump - Grace Upshaw; Shot Put - Kristin Heaston; Discus - Becky Breisch; Javelin - Kim Kreiner.

Competing for the men are: 100m - Rae Edwards; 400m - Miles Smith; 1500m - Luke Watson; 110m Hurdles - David Oliver; High Jump - Adam Shunk; Pole Vault - Dan Ryland; Long Jump - Tony Allmond; Shot Put - Dan Taylor; Discus - Ian Waltz; Javelin - John Hetzendorf.

For more information on DecaNation, visit http://www.athle.com/asp.net/main.html/ ... tmlid=2310

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Women's Results

http://bases.athle.com/asp.net/liste.as ... le+Vault+F

Perche / Pole Vault F | F | Finale 1
1 4m60 BOSLAK Vanessa France 059 NPC SEF/82 9
2 4m60 PYREK Monika (Pol) Pologne 000 _HF SEF/80 7
3 4m55 POLNOVA Tatyana (Rus) Russie 000 _HF SEF/79 6
4 4m45 AGIRRE Naroa (Esp) Espagne 000 _HF SEF/79 5
5 4m40 WHITLOCK Janine (Gbr) Grande Bretagne 000 _HF SEF/73 4
6 4m25 SCHWARTZ Jillian (Usa) Etats Unis 000 _HF SEF/79 3
7 3m95 WU Sha (Chn) Chine 000 _HF JUF/87 2
8 3m65 DOLCINI Francesca (Ita) Italie 000 _HF SEF/74 1

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Men's Results

http://bases.athle.com/asp.net/liste.as ... le+Vault+M

Perche / Pole Vault M | M | Finale 1
1 5m70 GERASIMOV Pavel (Rus) Russie 000 _HF SEM/79 9
2 5m65 CZERWINSKI Przemyslaw (Pol) Pologne 000 _HF SEM/83 7
3 5m50 RYLAND Daniel (Usa) Etats Unis 000 _HF ESM/84 6
4 5m40 BUCKFIELD Nick (Gbr) Grande Bretagne 000 _HF SEM/73 5
5 5m30 DOSSEVI Damiel France 033 AQU ESM/83 4
6 5m30 GAZOL Javier (Esp) Espagne 000 _HF SEM/80 3
7 5m20 PIANTELLA Giorgio (Ita) Italie 000 _HF SEM/81 2
8 4m60 WU Jun (Chn) Chine 000 _HF SEM/81 1