Courtesy: USATF

Tim Seaman has been named USA Track & Field's Athlete of the Week after posting an American record in the men's 5 km race walk Saturday at the San Diego/Imperial Valley Track & Field Championships in San Diego, California.

The 2003 USA Indoor 5 km race walk champion, Seaman won the race in 19 minutes, 28.66 seconds bettering two-time Olympian Curt Clausen's 19:35.2 mark set on March 7, 1999. Ecuador's Xavier Moreno was second in 19:46.37, followed by the U.S. Army's John Nunn, who was third in 19:58.34 and Clausen who placed fourth in 20:36.36.

Other notable performances last week include Allyson Felix's 22.52 mark Saturday to win the girl's 200m at the 85th California Interscholastic State High School Track and Field Championships at Cerritos College in the fastest time ever run at a high school meet. The senior at Los Angeles Baptist High School bettered the previous prep mark of 22.67 set by Olympic gold medalist Marion Jones in 1992. Felix also won the state title in the girl's 100m with a time of 11.29 seconds. Felix ran the fastest women's 200m time in the world earlier this year in setting the world junior record of 22.11 on May 3 at the Banamex Grand Prix meet in Mexico City.

Now in its third year, USATF's Athlete of the Week program is designed to recognize outstanding performers at all levels of the sport. USATF names a new honoree each week and features the athlete on the USATF Web site. Selections are based on top performances and results from the previous week.

2003 USATF Athlete of the Week Winners: January 7, J- Mee Samuels; January 14, Kevin Toth; January 21, Michelle Collins; January 28, Natasha Hastings; February 4, Regina Jacobs; February 11, Gail Devers; February 18, Terrence Trammell; February 25, James Davis; March 4, Stacy Dragila; March 11, Deena Drossin; March 18, Michelle Collins; March 25, Brenda Taylor; April 1, Deena Drossin; April 8, Shawn Crawford; April 15, Deena Drossin; April 22, Kevin Toth; April 29, Torri Edwards; May 6, Allyson Felix; May 13, Matt Hemingway; May 20, Bershawn Jackson; May 27, Tisha Waller; June 3, Sanya Richards; June 10, Tim Seaman.