Jones and Acuff lead Team ASICS at the US Indoor Championships
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Lolo Jones
Amy Acuff
Ryan Hall
Lolo Jones (Baton Rouge, LA), who had to overcome a false start and a gun malfunction in her heat to qualify for the finals, blew away the field to win her third consecutive National Indoor Championship. Her winning time of 7.84 was also fast enough for her to win a second consecutive VISA Championship, an award given to the best performer for the Men and Women this indoor season.
Competing in her last US Indoor Championships, Amy Acuff (Isleton, CA) went out in style by capturing her third straight and fifth overall Indoor National Title in the High Jump. Acuff was the only athlete to clear 1.90m and did not have any misses until she missed 3 times at 1.95m. Sharon Day (San Luis Obispo, CA) cleared 1.85m for third place.
Sara Hall (Mammoth Lakes, CA), running in her first indoor meet of the season, patiently moved her way up from the second pack and ran a personal best 8:53.72 to finish in second place. Hall moved into second place with one lap to go, closed hard, but ultimately ran out of track and could not overtake the leader, losing by less than a 1/2 second.
In the Women's 1500m, Sara Hall came back after her second place finish in the 3000m on Saturday night to finish in third place running 4:19.30.
In Tampa, FL, Ryan Hall won the Gasparilla 15K crossing the finish line in 43.23. Running on his own from the start, Hall started off on American Record pace for the first two miles before the stiff winds and temperatures over 70 degrees took its toll, slowing him down over the last three miles. Hall will next race in the Netherlands' City-Pier-City 1/2 Marathon on the 14th of March and the Boston Marathon in April.
