USATF - Events - 2006 Visa Championship Series

2005 Visa Champions

Their performances outshone the rest!

2005 Indoor Season
John Godina		Angela Daigle

John, a three-time world outdoor champion and two-time Olympic medalist, secured his Visa Championship with a 21.83m shot put throw at the Indoor Championships. The throw, a meet record, earned Godina 1,230 points on the IAAF scoring table.		Angela, a 28 year-old sprinter with just one professional victory to her credit, came out of nowhere to claim the women’s Visa Championship at the Indoor finale. Her world record-tying time of 7.09 seconds gave her 1,203 points putting her just ahead of thrower Erin Gilreath and sprinter Danielle Carruthers.

2005 Outdoor Season
Kerron Clement		Sanya Richards

Kerron took the outdoor season’s men’s Visa Champion title in impressive style, beating out Justin Gatlin who boasted a duel win of the 100 and 200 meters at the Outdoor Championships in addition to a fine performance at the Nike Prefontaine Classic. Kerron’s 400m hurdle time of 47.24 (a personal best) earned him 1261 points and a narrow victory over Gatlin and John Godina at 1253.		Sanya Richards 400m time of 49.28 made her the third fastest American of all time. The Championship-record time gave Sanya 1226 points. Richards run broke a record held since 1997 by Jearl Miles-Clark.