Courtesy: USATF

USA Track & Field's Golden Spike Tour (GST) moves west to the Devaney Sports Center on the University of Nebraska campus this Saturday for the adidas Midwest Indoor Track Classic (aMITC). The meet is the third stop on the Golden Spike Tour, which began January 26 at the adidas Boston Indoor Games and continued February 1 at the Verizon Millrose Games.

The adidas Midwest Indoor Track Classic will be broadcast nationally on ESPN2 from 4-5 p.m. Eastern Time, Sunday, February 10.

Many of the athletes who have won on the 2002 Golden Spike Tour will compete in ten events in Lincoln. Among them are Jeff Hartwig, Larry Wade, Bernard Lagat, Shawn Crawford, Jearl Miles-Clark (pictured), Miesha McKelvy and Amy Acuff.

Other top starts on the track and in the field at the aMITC include Allen Johnson, Dan O'Brien, Adam Nelson, Janus Robberts, Lawrence Johnson and Jenny Adams. See below for full event details and meet schedule.

For more information on the 2002 Indoor Golden Spike Tour, including rankings of top performances and full results from the adidas Boston Indoor Games and the Verizon Millrose Games, visit the USATF Web site, www.usatf.org.

adidas Midwest Track Classic entries
subject to change; all nationalities USA unless otherwise noted.

Men
60m: Aaron Armstrong, Lamar Chisley, Pioneer TC; Shawn Crawford, Mizuno; Mickey Grimes, Nike; J.J. Johnson, unattached; Darvis Patton, unattached; Obadele Thompson (BAR); Terrence Trammell, Mizuno.
The Scoop: Headlining the Verizon men's 60-meters is 2001 World Indoor 60m champion and Olympic silver medalist Terrence Trammell. Also scheduled to compete is Olympic bronze medalist Obadele Thompson of Barbados and Americans J.J. Johnson, ranked No. 7 in the world in 2001 by Track & Field News magazine, and Shawn Crawford, ranked No. 8 in the U.S., winner of the Verizon Millrose Games, and 2001 World Indoor Champion at 200m.

60mh: Dominique Arnold, unattached; Mark Crear, God Speed; Dudley Dorival (HAI); Allen Johnson, Nike; Dan O'Brien, unattached; Terry Reese; Larry Wade, Nike; Adrian Woodley (CAN).
The Scoop: Larry Wade, last weekend's winner at the Verizon Millrose Games, is in a field that includes three-time outdoor world champion Allen Johnson, Dudley Dorival of Haiti, ranked No. 4 in the world in 2001 by T&FN, and Dan O'Brien, Olympic decathlon champion in 1996. They join Mark Crear, Dominique Arnold, Larry Wade, and Terry Reese, in one of the strongest indoor fields assembled in America in recent years.

800m: Daniel Caulfield (IRE); David Kiptoo (KEN); David Krummenacker, adidas; Derrick Peterson, adidas; Bryan Woodward, Nike Farm Team.
The Scoop: Leading the field in the 800 is newly- minted American 1000m record holder, David Krummenacker, who was ranked No. 1 in the United States at two-laps by Track & Field News magazine in 2001. Two weekends ago Boston, Krummenacker broke the 13-year-old indoor AR in the 1000m with his impressive 2:17.85 win. He also won the 800m at the Verizon Millrose Games. Krummenacker will be challenged in Lincoln by Americans Derrick Peterson (ranked No. 2 in the US last year at 800 meters) and 2000 Olympian Bryan Woodward, along with Kenyan standout David Kiptoo.

Mile: Ibrahim Aden-Gedi, Nike; Clyde Colenso (RSA); Charlie Gruber; James Karanu (KEN); Gary Hamer; Bernard Lagat (KEN); Jason Lunn, unattached; Jason Pyrah, Nike; Michael Stember, Nike; Carlos Suarez-Gonzalez (ESP); Kevin Sullivan (CAN).
The Scoop: In the men's mile, Olympic and World Championships medalist Bernard Lagat opened at Boston with a scintillating 3:55.16, then was nipped at the tape by Kenyan countryman Laban Rotich at the Verizon Millrose Games in New York, 3:57.04 to 3:57.36. Both will race in Lincoln, along with Canadian record holder Kevin Sullivan (3:55.80 at Boston), and top Americans Seneca Lassiter and Michael Stember. With an arena record of 4:00.46 and $5000 in bonus money, a tough international field will likely battle for a win in this event and a chance at the prize money that the meet organizers will pay to the winner if he breaks the 4-minute barrier.

Shot Put: Jamie Beyer, unattached; Andy Bloom, Nike; Audrey Borodkin (UKR); John Davis, Santa Monica TC; Steve Ercegvac (SLO); Reese Hoffa, unattached; Adam Nelson, Nike; Janus Robberts (RSA); Brad Snyder (CAN).
The Scoop: Another dynamite field, with Brad Snyder of Canada, ranked No. 9 in the world by T&FN, and Andy Bloom of the U.S. (No. 4 ranked American), added to a group that includes Olympic silver medalist Adam Nelson, and the farthest thrower in the world last year, Janus Robberts of South Africa.

Pole Vault: Russ Buller, Asics; Chad Harting, Mizuno; Jeff Hartwig, Nike; Tye Harvey, New Balance; Lawrence Johnson, adidas; TJ Kloster; Derek Miles, Bell Athletics; Jacob Pauli.
The Scoop: In the Visa men's pole vault at Nebraska, outdoor American record holder Jeff Hartwig looks to win his third straight GST competition following wins in Boston (5.70 meters/18 feet, 8.25 inches) and New York (5.37m/19-3). At the Verizon Millrose Games, Hartwig set a new meet record, defeating indoor American record holder Lawrence Johnson and NCAA champion Derek Miles, who both cleared 5.70m/18-8.25. The Devaney Center record is 5.69m/18-8 is likely to fall with all three athletes scheduled to compete in Lincoln.

Women
60mh: Jenny Adams, Nike; Joyce Bates, Nike; Damu Cherry, Nike; Vonette Dixon (JAM); Lacena Golding-Clarke (JAM); Bisa Grant; Miesha McKelvy, Nike; Donica Merriman, unattached; Alesha Peel, Pioneer TC.
The Scoop: American Miesha McKelvy defeated a top field in the Verizon Millrose Games in 8.04, while Jamaican Lacena Golding-Clarke set a world-leading mark of 7.88 at a meet held last weekend in Stuttgart, Germany. Jenny Adams, ranked No. 3 in the world last year by Track & Field News magazine, will make her season debut at the adidas Midwest Indoor Track Classic.

400m: Monique Hennagan, adidas; Jearl Miles-Clark, New Balance; Lesley Owusu (GBR); Shanelle Porter; Suziann Reid, adidas.
The Scoop: A strong field headed by former World Championships gold medalist Jearl Miles-Clark (No. 2 US in 2001), Monique Hennagan (No. 4 US), and U.S. indoor champion Suziann Reid (No. 6 US). Former Husker Shanelle Porter returns to her collegiate home where she competed until 1995.

Mile: Kelly French (CAN); Mardrea Hyman (JAM); Miesha Marzell; Elissa Reidy; Tracy Robertson (CAN); Sarah Schwald, Nike; Jill Snyder, unattached; Nicole Teter, Nike Farm Team; Jennifer Toomey; Lyudmila Vasilyeva (RUS).
The Scoop: Another international field with top performers Lyudmila Vasilyeva of Russia, ranked No. 9 in the world last year by Track & Field News and second to Regina Jacobs at Millrose, American Sarah Schwald (ranked No. 2 in the US), Jamaican national record holder Mardrea Hyman, and former U.S. national champion Stephanie Best.

High Jump: Amy Acuff, Asics; Erin Aldrich, unattached; Karol Damon, Nike; Nicole Forrester (CAN); Stacy-Ann Grant; Carri Long, Invaders.
The Scoop: Call it a preview of the national indoor championships: besides No. 1 American Amy Acuff, the field includes No. 2 Erin Aldrich, No. 3 Stacy Ann Grant, No. 4 Karol Damon, and No. 5 Carri Long.