2013 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships

Kirby Lee

Day 2 of the USA Indoor Track and Field Championships took place on Saturday. And it was a big day for athletes.

The men's heptathlon wrapped up on Day 2. Gunner Nixon set a meet and facility record win with his first indoor heptathlon title with a score of 6,232 points. Nixon recorded four personal bests in the 60m (6.86), shot put (46-10/14.27m), 60mH (7.93) and pole vault (15-9/4.80m) Curtis Beach finished in second with 5,895 points. Beach improved from fifth to second after his win in the final event, the1000m, in 2:33.40.

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Janay DeLoach Soukup won her third USA Indoor long jump title with a leap of 22-1.75/6.75m. The runner-up was Whitney Gipson with a leap of 22-8.25/6.61m, which was a personal best for her.

In the men's long jump finals, Jeremy Hicks won his third title with a jump of 26-2.75/7.99. Michael Hartfield finished second (25-9.26/7.85m) and Mikeses Morse finished third with a jump of 25-1.75/7.66m.

In the women's weight throw, Gwen Berry won the title with a throw of 81-0.50/24.70m. Amber Campbell was second with a toss of 77-8.25/23.68m. On the men's side, Jake Freeman won with a toss of 77-1/23.51m. A.G. Kruger finished second with a 76-8/23.37m throw.

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Will Leer won his first indoor title in the men's 3000m in 8:07.84. Benjamin Bruce was second in 8:16.69 and finishing third was Tommy Schmitz in 8:30.92. Chelsea Reilly won an exciting women's 3000m race. Reilly was pushed from behind by Lisa Uhl and won the race in 9:23.12. Emily Infeld was second in 9:23.24 and Lisa Uhl was third in 9:23.37. Reilly and Uhl both fell to the track at the field line.

Jenn Suhr, set an indoor American and World Record in the pole vault. Suhr won the pole vault by clearing 15-9/4.80m on her first attempt. Suhr then broke the American record with a vault of 16-0.75/4.90m. Once she cleared that, the bar was raised to world record height, 16-5.25/5.01m. Suhr cleared the bar on her first attempt. Finishing behind Suhr was Kylie Hutson. Hutson cleared 15-7/4.75m and that was a personal best for her. With that vault, Hutson became the third best indoor American vaulter.

Day 3 was filled with field event finals. Amanda Smock won her second indoor triple jump title with a leap of 44-2.75/13.48m. Blessing Ufodiama was runner up with a jump of 44-1.25/13.44m. In the men's shot put finals, Ryan Whiting won a national title with his throw of 71-6.25/21.80m. Cory Martin was second with a put of 68-8/20.93m. With that throw Whiting improved his world leading mark. Jordan Scott was the winner of the men's pole vault (18-4.5/5.60m). Inika McPherson claimed a national title in the high jump with a leap of 6-2.25/1.89m. Josh Honeycutt was the men's triple jump with a leap of 54-5.25/16.59m. Rounding out the field events, Michelle Carter won her first national title in the shot put with a distance of 63-8.25/19.41m.

Barbara Pierre won the 60 m dash in a time of 7.08 over Lekeisha Lawson who finished in 7.10. Shayla Mahan was the third place finisher in 7.19. On the men's side, Dangelo Cherry won the 60m dash in 6.49 over Reggie Dixon in 6.54. Jeremy Dodson placed third in 6.58.

Kristi Castlin won a national title in the women's 60m Hurdles with a time of 7.99. Finishing in second behind Castlin was Nia Ali (8.00) and Queen Harrison in 8.01. Omoghan Osaghae won the men's 60mH title with a time of 7.62 over Brendan Ames in 7.72 and Trey Hardee in 7.74.

American Indoor 600m record holder Erik Sowinski defeated Robby Andrews and Tyler Mulder to win the men's 800m in 1:47.09. Andrews finished second in 1:47.13 and Mulder in 1:47.43. Eighteen year-old, Ajee Wilson won the women's 800m in 2:02.64. Chanelle Price was second in 2:02.93 and former Iowa Hawkeye Bethany Praska in 2:03.57.

In the women's 400m dash, Ebonie Floyd won in 52.02 over Joanna Atkins (53.33) and LaSasha Aldredge in 54.43. Three-time Olympic gold medalist and five-time World Championships gold medalist Jeremy Wariner took the men's 400m dash title in 45.82. Marcus Boyd finished behind Wariner in 46.54 and Michael Courtney was third (48.00).

The women's 1 mile run was won by 16 year-old Mary Cain in 5:05.68. Treniere Moser finished behind Cain in 5:06.55 and Brie Felnagle was third (5:06.90). Will Leer won his second title on Sunday in the men's 1 mile run in 3:58.79. Craig Miller was runner-up to Leer in 3:58.90 and Cory Leslie placed third in 3:59.88.