Run for the Dream preview

"US Versus the World", at Fresno State, kicks off the 2008 VISA Championship Series. It is part of a high school and college meet, and is more or less a dual meet (but unscored).

Webcast: at USATF.org, 10 p.m. to midnight
Meet website
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Lineup:

Men
55 meters
Dwight Phillips (USA)
Josh Norman (USA)
Lerone Clark (Jamaica)
Adetoyi Duotoye (Nigeria)

600 yards
Bershawn Jackson(USA)
Khadevis Robinson (USA)
Michael Blackwood(Canada)

55m Hurdles
Allen Johnson (USA)
Aubrey Herring (USA)
Charles Allen (Canada)
Decosma Wright (Jamaica)

Pole Vault
Tommy Skipper(USA)
Russ Buller (USA)
Giovanni Lanaro (Mexico)
Taquro Mori (Japan)

Long Jump
Tony Allmond (USA)
John Moffit (USA)
Narc Narcisse (Haiti)
Tyrone Smith (Bermuda)

Shot Put
Reese Hoffa (USA)
Dan Taylor (USA)
Om Prakash (India)
Dorian Scott (Jamaica)


Women
55 meters
Carmelita Jeter (USA)
Angela Daigle (USA)
Shandria Brown (Bahamas)
Natasha Mayers (St. Vincent and the Grenadines).

800 meters
Sherron Rhetta (USA) and
Kim Gildersleeve (USA)
Neisha Bernard-Thomas (Grenada)
Roseline Abroke (UK)

55m Hurdles
Candace Davis (USA)
Damu Cherry (USA)
Vonette Dixon (Jamaca)
Priscilla Lopes (Canada)

High Jump
Sharon Day (USA)
Amy Acuff (USA)
Mireya Beltran (Mexico)
Gaelle Niare (France)

Pole Vault
Jillian Schwartz (USA)
Nikole McEwen (USA)
Ikuko Nishikori (Japan)
Dana Ellis-Buller (Canada)

Long Jump
Jenny Adams (USA)
Tameshia King (USA)
Saeko Okayama (Japan)
Elva Goulbourne (Jamaica)