by Larry Eder
LoLo Jones, 2010 USA Champs, June 2010, photo by PhotoRun.net
One of the crazier jobs is being a track & field athlete. Early in the season, if you play your cards right, you can go from Qatar to Japan to China to Rome, all in four weeks! Take the whimsical twitter commentary provided by one LoLo Jones, (twitter.com/followlolo):
“I won the race. Today’s motiviation was jet lag. I realized the faster I get to the finish line, the faster that I can get back to hotel & go to bed.”
Well, Lo Lo Jones won the 100 meter hurdles in 12.93. Sharese Woods won the 400 meter sin 52.68, and Ryan Wilson won the 110m hurdles in 13.73.
On the local side, the Japanese women set a new NR of 43.39 and Koji Murofushi, the rock star of Japanese track & field, took second in the hammer throw!
Koji Murofushi, 2008 Beijing, photo by PhotoRun.net 
08/05/2011
Seiko Golden Grand Prix in Kawasaki
Kawasaki, 08/05/2011
Men’ results
100 Metres – Men Wind: -0.8 m/s
1 Collins , Kim SKN 10.40
2 Rouge-Serret , Aaron AUS 10.42
3 Yamagata , Ryota JPN 10.51
4 Kimura , Shintaro JPN 10.54
5 Eriguchi , Masashi JPN 10.54
6 Zheng , Dongsheng CHN 10.55
7 Magakwe , Simon RSA 10.65
Alozie , Anthony AUS DNS
200 Metres – Men Wind: -0.1 m/s
1 Seoud , Amr Ibrahim Mostafa EGY 20.65
2 Saito , Hitoshi JPN 20.71
3 Takahira , Shinji JPN 20.81
4 Davies , Matt AUS 20.93
5 Abiko , Mitsuhiro JPN 21.32
6 Wroe , Sean AUS 21.55
7 Moore , Kevin AUS 21.77
Fujimitsu , Kenji JPN DNS
800 Metres – Men
1 Yokota , Masato JPN 1:46.87
2 Kaan , James AUS 1:47.25
3 Khoua , Rachid MAR 1:48.44
4 Gurr , James AUS 1:48.54
5 Ryosuke , Awazu JPN 1:49.86
6 Kuchino , Takeshi JPN 1:51.16
Makino , Yasuhiro JPN DNF
Pelik√°n , Jozef SVK DNF
110 Metres Hurdles – Men Wind: -2.2 m/s
1 Wilson , Ryan USA 13.73
2 Shi , Dongpeng CHN 13.78
3 Faulk , Dexter USA 13.79
4 Park , Tae-kyong KOR 13.85
5 Moses , Yume JPN 13.88
6 Tanonaka , Tasuku JPN 13.89
7 Yazawa , Wataru JPN 14.14
8 Furukawa , Yutaro JPN 14.32
400 Metres Hurdles – Men
1 Cole , Brendan AUS 49.60
2 Abe , Takatoshi &
nbsp; JPN 50.17
3 Davenport , Richard GBR 50.35
4 Kawakita , Naohiro JPN 50.42
5 Tamesue , Dai JPN 50.44
6 Imazeki , Yuta JPN 51.51
7 Kino , Tomoharu JPN 53.18
Koike , Takayuki JPN DNS
Pole Vault – Men
1 Sawano , Daichi JPN 5.60
2 Kucheryanu , Sergey RUS 5.45
3 Ogita , Hiroki JPN 5.25
Suzuki , Takafumi JPN NM
Sasase , Hiroki JPN NM
Lanaro , Giovanni MEX NM
Long Jump – Men
Wind
1 Smith , Tyrone BER 8.09 +1.2
2 Watt , Mitchell AUS 8.07 +0.9
3 Sugai , Yohei JPN 8.05 +2.1
4 Crowther , Robert AUS 8.03 +1.2
5 Saruyama , Rikiya JPN 7.87 +1.5
6 Zhang , Xiaoyi CHN 7.79 +1.9
7 Shinada , Naohiro JPN 7.67 +3.1
Hammer Throw – Men
Pts
1 Pars , Kriszti√°n HUN 79.47 79.47
2 Murofushi , Koji JPN 78.10 78.10
3 Nazarov , Dilshod TJK 76.52 76.52
4 Sokolovs , Igors LAT 75.28 75.28
5 Karjalainen , Olli-Pekka FIN 75.14 75.14
6 Pozdnyakov , Anatoly RUS 73.64 73.64
7 Haklits , Andr√°s CRO 69.82 69.82
Javelin Throw – Men
1 Murakami , Yukifumi &nbs
p; JPN 82.90
2 Farquhar , Stuart NZL 81.14
3 Dean , Genki JPN 78.90
4 Zhao , Qinggang CHN 78.40
5 Jung , Sangjin KOR 78.12
6 Hazle , Mike USA 75.77
7 Peacock , Hamish AUS 70.73
4×100 Metres Relay – Men
1 Japan JPN 38.78
2 Japan “B” JPN 38.94
3 PR of China CHN 39.25
4 Japan Junior JPN 39.48
5 Australia AUS 39.53
6 Korea KOR 39.73
7 New Zealand NZL 41.80
Women’ results
100 Metres – Women Wind: -0.4 m/s
1 Anderson , Alexandria USA 11.28
2 Khubbieva , Guzel UZB 11.54
3 Breen , Melissa AUS 11.56
4 Fukushima , Chisato JPN 11.56
5 Miller , Scottesha USA 11.57
6 Takahashi , Momoko JPN 11.70
7 Watanabe , Mayumi JPN 11.77
Sano , Yumeka JPN DNS
400 Metres – Women
1 Woods , Shareese USA 52.68
2 Wineberg , Mary USA 53.27
3 Etim , Margaret NGR 53.52
4 Tanaka , Chisato JPN 54.76
5 Ueyama , Misaki JPN 54.82
6 Shingu , Miho JPN 54.87
7 Sato , Mayu JPN 54.93
100 Metres Hurdles – Women Wind: -0.3 m/s
1 Jones , LoLo USA 12.92
2 Lewis , Yvette USA 13.07
3 Dektyareva , Tatyana RUS 13.23
4 Lee , Yeon-kyoung KOR 13.33
5 Ishino , Mami JPN 13.33
6 Sun , Yawei CHN 13.41
7 Terada , Asuka JPN 13.52
8 Kimura , Ayako JPN 13.59
400 Metres Hurdles – Women
1 Boden , Lauren AUS 55.86
2 Kubokura , Satomi JPN 56.62
3 Spence , Christine USA 56.74
4 Aoki , Sayaka JPN 57.12
5 Tago , Miyabi JPN 57.35
6 Nomura , Yuka JPN 58.03
7 Morosanu , Angela ROU 58.05
8 Miki , Shiori JPN 58.11
Long Jump – Women
Wind
1 Okayama , Saeko JPN 6.61 +2.3
2 Lu , Minjia CHN 6.61 +2.3
3 Wang , Wupin CHN 6.47 +3.5
4 Imura , Kumiko JPN 6.39 +3.8
5 Perkins , Kerrie AUS 6.34 +2.2
6 Penney , Jessica AUS 6.15 +1.9
7 Allen , Linda AUS 6.12 +1.2
4×100 Metres Relay – Women
1 Japan JPN 43.39
2 Australia AUS 43.69
3 Japan “B” JPN 44.62
4 New Zealand NZL 46.12
PR of China CHN DQ
