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Jackets Head to USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships

June 21, 2005

ATLANTA – Senior Montrell Person and freshmen Jerome Miller and Andy Powlen will participate in the 2005 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships and Junior Championships, June 23-26, in Carson, Calif.

The top three finishers in each event at the USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships will represent Team USA at the IAAF World Track and Field Championships, August 6-14, in Helsinki, Finland. The top two from the Junior Championship meet will qualify for Team USA to compete in the Pan American Championships, July 28-31, in Windsor, Ontario.

Person, a recent graduate from Georgia Tech, will run in the 110-meter high hurdles on Thursday at 8:55 p.m. ET. The Merriville, Ind., native finished 15th in the 110m hurdles at the outdoor NCAA Championships.

Miller, a native of Stafford, Va., will compete in the USA Junior Outdoor Championships and will jump in the finals at 2 p.m. ET on Thursday.

Powlen, a native of Kewanna, Ind., will throw the shot put at the USA Junior Outdoor Championships on Thursday at 12:30 p.m. ET.

Former men’s track standout and top U.S. middle distance performer David Krummenacker (1994, `96-98) will compete in the 800 on Thursday at 8 p.m. ET.

A complete schedule of the meet and results can be found at USATF HOME.

-GT TRACK & FIELD-

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