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INVADERS' NATHAN AND GORDON IN HEPTATHLON AT USA NATIONALS
June 19, 2003
(INDIANAPOLIS) The Indiana Invaders finished day one of the heptathlon
competition with Olympian DeDee Nathan in fourth and Linise Gordon in
fourteenth at the 2003 USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships on the
campus of Stanford University in Palo Alto, CA.
Nathan started day one of the two day heptathlon competition with a
fourth place finish in the 100 hurdles (14.03 - 974 points), tied for
seventh in the high jump (1.69 - 842 points), second in the shot put
(13.66 - 771 points), and sixth in the 200 (24.98 - 889 points).
Nathan (3476 points), trails by 141 points day one leader Kim
Schiemenz (3617 points)
Gordon, struggled with a slow start in her first outdoor championship
in combined event competition, starting day one with a 14th place
finish in the 100 hurdles (14.68 - 884 points), 14th in the high jump
(1.60 - 736 points), 14th in the shot put (10.04 - 532 points) and 10th
in the 200 (25.05 - 882 points). Gordon will start day two of
competition in 14th.
Team Director Greg Harger said, "Gordon had a challenging first day
gaining critical experience for her future. She came into this thing
ranked 18th and has a chance improve a couple more spots on day two.
Nathan is within striking range of the current leader." Harger added,
"Nathan will be a challenger on day two in what we expect will be
a very close battle."
The 2003 Outdoor Championships, as the grand finale of USA Track
& Field's Outdoor Golden Spike Tour, will be broadcast June 21
on NBC from 4-6 p.m. ET and June 22 on ESPN2 from 4-5:30 p.m. ET.
2003 USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships
http://www.usatf.org/events/2003/USAOutdoorTFChampionships/
For further information on the Indiana Invaders, please contact Greg
Harger at 317 289-4018 or online at: (email)
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