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Adidas Track Classic

The Adidas Track Classic is an American track and field athletics meeting which has taken place annually in Carson, California since 2005. The meeting forms part of the USA Track & Field Visa Championship Series and is also one of the few area meetings where athletes can earn points to qualify for the World Athletics Final. The event has its roots in the Oregon Track Classic, which was sponsored by Adidas until 2005 and was forced to close that year due to lack of funding.

Top athletes from the North America, Central America and Caribbean (NACAC) area compete at the event and a number of national and area records have been set at previous editions. The event is usually held in mid-May at The Home Depot Center, part of the Adidas Performance Institute. Athletes who are part of the Adidas track team often feature prominently and World Champions and Olympic medalists often participate in the event. The competition is broadcast on television in the United States.

Previous editions

After winning the 100 metres at the 2004 edition, Olympic Gold Medalist Maurice Greene walked back to the finish line and took off his shoes as if they were on fire. As part of the planned stunt Allen Johnson rushed onto the track with a real fire extinguisher to put out the shoes, in one of the more famous showboating incidents.

At the 2008 Adidas Track Classic Tyson Gay won both the 100 and 200 meters races, while Megan Metcalfe and Ethiopian Ali Abdosh set world leading times in the 3000 and 5000 meters respectively. Shannon Rowbury won the 1500 meters with the fastest time by an American woman in five years and Jeremy Wariner set the 400 meters meeting record.

In the 2009 edition Anna Willard ran the fastest 3000 meters steeplechase to have been run in the United States and Hazel Clark set a new track record in the 800 metres. LaShawn Merritt, Jenn Stuczynski aka Jenn Suhr, Aheza Kiros and Kerron Clement won their events with world-leading times but Clement's 400 meter hurdles world leading time was disqualified due to a misplaced hurdle. Second-placed Angelo Taylor struck out at the meet organisers for their mistake, saying he would never compete again at the event.

Meet records

Records are correct as of May 17, 2009.

Men

Event	Record	Name	Nation	Date	Ref.	100 m	200 m	400 m	800 m	1500 m
9.94	Maurice Greene	United States	2003
19.91	Wallace Spearmon	United States	2007
44.42	Jeremy Wariner	United States	18 May 2008	first=Lee	last=Kirby	title=Stuczynski soars to 4.90m American Record in Carson	url=http://www.iaaf.org/WAF08/news/kind=100/newsid=44948.html	publisher=IAAF	date=2008-05-19	access-date=2009-05-17}}
1:45.23	Khadevis Robinson	United States	2006
3:32.34	Rashid Ramzi	Bahrain	2006
7:38.11	Markos Geneti	Ethiopia	2005
8:19.61	Markos Geneti	Ethiopia	2006
13:08.64	Ali Abdosh	Ethiopia	18 May 2008
13.17	Terrence Trammell	United States	2007
47.62	Bershawn Jackson	United States	2005
8:25.16	Anthony Famiglietti	United States	2005
5.60 m	Toby Stevenson	United States	2004
8.39 m	Hussein Taher Al-Sabee	Saudi Arabia	2003
17.09 m	Kenta Bell	United States	2005
22.35 m	Christian Cantwell	United States	2004
65.09 m	Jarred Rome	United States	18 May 2008
90.71 m	Breaux Greer	United States	2007

Women

Event	Record	Name	Nation
10.90	Torri Edwards	United States	2007
22.14	Allyson Felix	United States	2005
49.62	Ana Guevara	Mexico	2003
2:01.40	Hazel Clark	United States	16 May 2009
4:01.61	Shannon Rowbury	United States	18 May 2008
8:37.69	Meseret Defar	Ethiopia	2007
9:10.47	Meseret Defar	Ethiopia	2007
12.58	Ginnie Powell	United States	2007
55.57	Tanisha Mills	United States	2005
9:26.85	Anna Willard	United States	16 May 2009
4.90 m	Jennifer Stuczynski	United States	18 May 2008
6.68 m	Grace Upshaw	United States	18 May 2008
13.82 m	Yvette Lewis	United States	16 May 2009
1.98 m	Tisha Waller	United States	2004
Chaunte Howard	United States	18 May 2008
64.71 m	Aretha Hill	United States	2003

References

Lee, Kirby. (2009-05-17). "World leading marks by Merritt, Willard, Stuczynski and Kiros in Carson". [[IAAF]].
[https://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/summer/2005-04-19-oregon-classic-canceled_x.htm Oregon Track Classic canceled, lacks sponsor]. ''[[USA Today]]'' (2005-04-19). Retrieved on 2009-05-17.
[http://www.iaaf.org/WAF09/news/kind=100/newsid=50469.html Middle and long distance duels announced, while Olympic champion Harper joins the hurdles start list in Carson]. [[IAAF]] (2009-05-06). Retrieved on 2009-05-17.
Painter, Jill (2009-05-16). [http://www.dailynews.com/sports/ci_12389199 Felix gets back up to speed at Adidas Track Classic] {{webarchive. link. (June 3, 2011 . ''[[Los Angeles Daily News]]''. Retrieved on 2009-05-17.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NvXhb52bAk How to mock your rivals
[http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gkdMzUWRy0tLQUWomS0pUus_g-xQ Gay wins 100, 200 titles at Adidas Track Classic] {{webarchive. link. (December 3, 2008 . [[Agence France-Presse). AFP]] (2008-05-18). Retrieved on 2009-05-17.
Kirby, Lee. (2008-05-19). "Stuczynski soars to 4.90m American Record in Carson". [[IAAF]].

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