60 Meter Sprinting
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7:40 Men's 60 meters Hurdles
World Indoor Record: 7.30, Colin Jackson, '94
Meet Record: 7.48, Greg Foster, '91
Defending champion Allen Johnson, the 1995 world indoor and outdoor champion who recorded the best times in the world in 1995 in both events (7.38 in the 60 meter hurdles, 12.98 in the 110 meter hurdles), faces first-ranked Mark Crear, who defeated Johnson (ranked second globally) in five of eight races in 1995. Two-time Olympic champion Roger Kingdom (#4 world rank), 10-time Millrose Games winner and four-time world champion Greg Foster, Olympic medalists Jack Pierce (#6 world rank) and world indoor silver medalist Courtney Hawkins make this event much more than a two-man battle. Foster holds the U.S. record (7.36) and Kingdom is the second fastest ever outdoors (12.92).
61 Allen Johnson Nike
62 Mark Crear Reebok
63 Roger Kingdom Footlocker
64 Jack Pierce Mizuno
65 Courtney Hawkins Adidas
66 Greg Foster Nike
7:45 Women's 60 meters Hurdles
World Indoor Record: 7.69, Lyudmila Narozhilenko, '90
Meet Record: 7.90, Michelle Freeman, '94
First-ranked Gail Devers, the 100 meter hurdles gold medalist at the 1993 and 1995 World Championships (silver medal in 1991), faces 1994 Millrose winner and meet record holder Michelle Freeman (Jamaica) and 1995 USA Mobil indoor champion Lynda Tolbert-Goode (fourth at the 1002 Olympics, third at the 1993 World Championships). Tolbert-Goode was the Millrose runnerup to Jackie Joyner-Kersee last year, and Freeman was third. Devers, who was also the world's top ranked hurdler in 1993 and 1993, is the U.S. outdoor record holder at 12.46. In the sprints, Devers is the 1992 Olympic 100 meter champion and the 1993 world indoor 60 meter and outdoor 100 meter champion (ranked first in the world). She won Millrose 60 meter titles in 11993 and 1994, and holds the U.S. (6.95), Madison Square Garden (6.99) and Millrose (7.00) records.
211 Gail Devers Nike
212 Lynda Tolbert-Goode Goldwin
213 Marsha Guiadlo Van Nuys, CA
214 Michelle Freeman Reebok/Jamaica
215 Dionne Rose Asics/Jamaica
216 Dawn Bowless Footlocker
7:55 Women's 60 meters Dash
World Indoor Record: 6.92, Irinia Privalova, '93
Meet Record: 7.00, Gail Devers, '94
World and defending champion Gwen Torrence seeks her sixth Millrose win. Torrence won the last four Millrose sprints of the 1980's and had a 49 race indoor win streak last decade. She has come on to become the sprinter of the 1990's - as her 11-medal cache in World Championship and Olympic competition will attest to. Carlette Guidry, the fourth ranked sprinter in the world, two-time Millrose winner (1991-92) and 1995 world indoor bronze medalist, is her prime competition. World-ranked performers Celena Mondie-Milner and Chryste Gaines will also compete. After winning a pair of silver medals at the 1991 World Championships (100m and 200m), Torrence won two Olympic gold medals (200m and 400m relay) and a silver (1,600m relay) at Barcelona in 1992. She plucked a gold medal (1,600m relay), two silver medals (200m and 400m relay) and a bronze medal (100m) from the 1993 World Championships, and returned from Gothenburg, Sweden, last summer with two more gold medals, including the long-coveted 100 meters (and 400m relay).
201 Jackie Joyner-Kersee Nike/Honda
202 Gwen Torrance Atlanta, GA
203 Carlette Guidry Adidas
204 Celena Modnie-Milner Powerade
205 Chryste Gaines Powerade
206 Beverly McDonald Jamaica
8:00 Men's 60 meters Dash
World Indoor Record: 6.41, Andre Cason, '92
Meet Record: 6.52, Andre Cason, '92
Two-time defending champion Henry Neal (6.59 in'95) will have to be at his best to turn back the red-hot Canadian duo of Donovan Bailey and Bruny Surin. Bailey, the 1995 world 100 meter champion ranked first globally, defeated Surin on January 19 in Montreal in 6.54, five days after Surin defeated him in 6.51 Saskatoon. Surin, the 1993 and 1995 world indoor 60 meter champion (ranked third in the world), is the event's second all time performer at 6.45. Foruth-ranked Jon Drummond pits three of the world's top four in the field. U.S. indoor champion Tim Harden, with a 1995 best of 6.54, and 1993 Millrose winner Michael Green (Jamaica), who ran a best of 6.55 last year, round out a field where every competitor truly possesses the skills to win.
51 Donovan Bailey Adidas/Canada
52 Bruny Surin Rebok/Canada
53 Henry Neal Lake Worth, FL
54 Michael Green Adidas/Jamaica
55 Tim Harden University of Kentucky
56 Jon Drummond Nike