2012 US Olympic Trials Day 7, Top 5:
Results & Photos



1. The men's 110m hurdle final was a big race for Aries Merritt who ran a huge personal best of 12.93 to break the 13 second barrier and put himself as #8 on the all-time list in the event.  Merritt led the field with Jason Richardson behind him in a time of 12.98 and Jeffrey Porter with a 13.08 to round out the Olympic spots. A surprise in the race was David Oliver, the bronze medalist in Beijing not making his second Olympic team.  Oliver finished 6th in a time of 13.17.

Place	Athlete Name	Affiliation	Time				Wind		ReacTime
1	Aries Merritt	Reebok	12.93				+1.2		0.138
2	Jason Richardson	Nike	12.98				+1.2		0.185
3	Jeffrey Porter	Unattached	13.08				+1.2		0.157
4	Antwon Hicks	Unattached	13.14				+1.2		0.158
5	David Oliver	Nike	13.17				+1.2		0.165
6	Dexter Faulk	Nike	13.23				+1.2		0.142
7	Ryan Wilson	Saucony	13.24				+1.2		0.179
DNF	Tyron Akins	Unattached							0.17

2. Allyson Felix made a huge statement today in the women's 200 meter final with a big personal best of 21.69 to win the final.  Felix's time puts her in the #4 all-time position in that event and beats her previous personal best of 21.81. 

Place	Athlete Name	Affiliation	Time				Wind		ReacTime
1	Allyson Felix	Nike	21.69		M		+1.0		0.203
2	Carmelita Jeter	Nike	22.11				+1.0		0.165
3	Sanya Richards-Ross	Nike	22.22				+1.0		0.177
4	Kimberlyn Duncan	L S U	22.34				+1.0		0.190
5	Jeneba Tarmoh	Nike	22.35				+1.0		0.213
6	Tianna Madison	Saucony	22.50				+1.0		0.207
7	Bianca Knight	adidas	22.60				+1.0		0.210
8	Aurieyall Scott	U C F	22.68				+1.0		0.19

3. It was men's triple jump domination for World Champion Christian Taylor.  Taylor jumped a mark of 17.63m to punch his ticket to London along with William Claye who jumped 17.55m for second place.  

Place	Athlete Name		Affiliation	Mark		Wind			Rnd 1	Rnd 2	Rnd 3	Rnd 4	Rnd 5	Rnd 6
1	Christian Taylor		Li-Ning	17.63m	57-10 ¼	+0.0			17.63m w: +0.0 (1) 57-10 ¼	FOUL	PASS	PASS	PASS	PASS
2	William Claye		Nike	17.55m	57-7	+0.0			17.55m w: +0.0 (2) 57-7	17.28m w: -1.1 (2) 56-8 ½	17.29m w: -1.1 (2) 56-8 ¾	PASS	PASS	PASS
3	Walter Davis		Unattached	16.69m	54-9 ¼	+0.9			16.69m w: +0.9 (3) 54-9 ¼	16.50m w: -1.9 (3) 54-1 ¾	15.97m w: -2.2 (3) 52-4 ¾	FOUL	16.28m w: -1.4 (3) 53-5	FOUL
4	Omar Craddock		Florida	16.55m	54-3 ¾	+0.5			16.55m w: +0.5 (4) 54-3 ¾	16.49m w: -1.3 (4) 54-1 ¼	FOUL	FOUL	FOUL	14.09m w: -0.9 (4) 46-2 ¾
5	Brandon Roulhac		Shore A C	16.53m	54-2 ¾	+1.2			16.53m w: +1.2 (5) 54-2 ¾	15.71m w: -1.5 (5) 51-6 ½	15.73m w: -2.1 (5) 51-7 ¼	15.55m w: -1.8 (5) 51-0 ¼	15.91m w: -1.0 (5) 52-2 ½	16.43m w: -0.9 (5) 53-11
6	Nkosinza Balumbu		Mizuno / Mission Valley Track	16.39m	53-9 ¼	-2.2			16.18m w: +1.1 (8) 53-1	16.24m w: -0.9 (8) 53-3 ½	16.39m w: -2.2 (6) 53-9 ¼	FOUL	FOUL	14.19m w: -1.4 (6) 46-6 ¾
7	Rafeeq Curry		Shore A C	16.34m	53-7 ½	+0.7			16.34m w: +0.7 (6) 53-7 ½	14.40m w: -0.4 (6) 47-3	15.58m w: -1.6 (7) 51-1 ½	FOUL	16.22m w: -1.5 (7) 53-2 ¾	FOUL
8	Troy Doris		Iowa	16.33m	53-7	+0.6			16.33m w: +0.6 (7) 53-7	15.78m w: -1.3 (7) 51-9 ¼	16.14m w: -1.9 (8) 52-11 ½	15.89m w: -2.0 (8) 52-1 ¾	FOUL	16.12m w: -1.9 (8) 52-10 ¾
9	Aarik Wilson		Unattached	16.28m	53-5	-1.9			15.95m w: +0.4 (10) 52-4	FOUL	16.28m w: -1.9 (9) 53-5
10	Zedric Thomas		Unattached	16.02m	52-6 ¾	-1.4			15.69m w: +0.5 (11) 51-5 ¾	16.02m w: -1.4 (9) 52-6 ¾	15.31m w: -2.3 (10) 50-2 ¾
11	Chris Benard		Arizona State	16.00m	52-6	-0.2			15.97m w: +2.1 (9) 52-4 ¾	16.00m w: -0.2 (10) 52-6	14.81m w: -2.0 (11) 48-7 ¼
F	Ryan Grinnell		Unattached						FOUL	FOUL	FOUL

4. Men's 20,000 meter race walk: Trevor Barron of NYAC started the meet off right with an American record and a meet record in the men's 20000 meter race walk this morning.  Barron walked a time of 1:23:00.10, which beat Tim Seaman's previous American record by 40 seconds. Since Barron was the only athlete to hit the Olympic A Standard time of 1:22:30.00, he will be the only competitor to represent the US in London. 

Place	Athlete Name	Affiliation	Time
1	Trevor Barron	N Y A C	1:23:00.10	A	M
2	Tim Seaman	N Y A C	1:27:29.48
3	Nick Christie	Unattached	1:29:47.30
4	Dan Serianni	World Class Racewalking	1:32:16.26
5	Michael Giuseppe Mannozzi	Miami Valley TC	1:34:12.48
6	Tyler Sorensen	Unattached	1:34:24.52
7	Benjamin Shorey Sr	Shore A C	1:34:45.10
8	Richard Luettchau II	Shore A C	1:37:53.68
9	Ian Whatley	World Class Racewalking	1:42:21.39
10	Jonathan Matthews	Shore A C	1:43:22.82
DQ	Joshua Wiseman	Miami Valley TC
DNF	John Nunn	U.S. Army
DNS	Patrick Stroupe	Unattached

5. The women's high jump final was a a big day for Chaunte Lowe who jumped a height of 2.01 to win the event and also get the meet record which was held by Louise Ritter with a height of 1.99m.  The American record holder secured her spot on the Olympic team along with Arizona superstar Brigetta Barrett and Amy Acuff of Asics.