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May 18, 2005

Media Day / adidas Track Classic Athlete Availability

What: Media Day / adidas Track Classic Athlete Availability
When: Wednesday, May 18, 2005, 12 noon to 3 p.m.
Where: The Home Depot Center Track & Field Stadium, California State University, Dominguez Hills, Carson, CA
Parking: Gate I, Lot 4 (enter off University Drive, from Avalon Blvd.)

    Partial List of Anticipated Athletes on the Track and Available for Interviews:
  • Men's 100m: Coby Miller - won Olympic silver in Athens as part of 4x100 relay, 2000 Olympian in 200m, finished 7th in Sydney; John Capel - sub-10 sprinter (PR 9.95), missed '04 Olympic team by 0.09, 2003 World champion (Athletes expected, but not confirmed: Maurice Greene, Leonard Scott)
  • Women's 100m: Angela Daigle (ETA 1 p.m.) - '05 USA Indoor Champion 60m, '05 Indoor Visa Championship Series champion, resident of Carson, also competing in the 200m (Athletes expected, but not confirmed: Inger Miller, Angela Williams)
  • Women's 200m: Allyson Felix (ETA 2 p.m.) - Olympic silver medalist in Athens, World Junior Record 22.18, won Olympic Trials, attends classes at USC
  • Women's 100mH: Michelle Perry - '04 Olympian, Heptathlon (Athletes probable, but not confirmed: Joanna Hayes, Nicole Denby)
  • Women's 400mH: Sheena Johnson - '04 Olympic Trials champion
  • Men's 400mH: Bayano Kamani - 5th in Athens Games and ranked 5th in world by T&F News; Sherman Armstrong - 6th in US Olympic Trials; ranked 7th in US by T&F News, trains with Santa Monica Track Club; Ferdana Johnson - Reached Olympic Trials semifinals; trains with Santa Monica Track Club (Athletes expected, but not confirmed: Kenneth Ferguson)
  • Other probable, but not confirmed, athletes: Tracy O'Hara (PV), Mary Sauer (PV), Jacque Sallberg (Steeplechase) and at least a dozen others

Opportunity for media to pick up meet credentials. Meet credentials will be available for pickup on Media Day if you have completed a credential application. Applications can be downloaded at www.homedepotcenter.com, click on events. Credentials can also be picked up on Saturday 12 noon to 4 p.m. at the track stadium, or at Will Call on the day-of-the-event.

Event Ticket Information
Individual tickets are available at:
- all Ticketmaster locations, online at ticketmaster.com or by calling (213) 480-3232; and
- The Home Depot Center box office and the box office at TEAM LA at Universal CityWalk.
Special discounted group tickets and a special 5-day \"combo\" package which includes tickets to the 2005 U.S.A. Outdoor Track & Field Championships (June 23-26 at The Home Depot Center) are available by calling 1-877-AEG TICKETS (1-877-234-8425).