# 2002 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships

The 2002 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships was organised by USA Track & Field and held from June 21 to 23 at the Cobb Track & Angell Field in Palo Alto, California. The three-day competition served as the national championships in track and field for the United States. The same facility would host this meet the following year, but this was the last year to use the three day format as the four-day format was adopted in 2003. The combined track and field events were contested at Edwards Stadium in Berkeley, California in the two days preceding the start of the main programme.
Marion Jones won a women's 100 m/200 m sprint double – the third time in her career that she had done so, and her fifth straight 200 m win. Four had their fourth consecutive title at the event: Regina Jacobs in the 1500 m, Gail Devers in the 100 m hurdles, Sandra Glover in the 400 m hurdles, and Stacy Dragila in the pole vault. On the men's side Allen Johnson had his third straight and fifth career 110 m hurdles win. In the throws both Breaux Greer (javelin) and Adam Setliff (discus) took their third consecutive titles, while Lance Deal won his ninth career (and final) hammer throw championship.
The sprinting events were affected by retrospective doping disqualifications: the original men's 200 m and 400 m winners Ramon Clay and Alvin Harrison were stripped of their national titles. Darvis Patton and Angelo Taylor were raised to the status of national champion as a result. Men's 100 m runner-up Tim Montgomery was also disqualified, as was women's 100 m third-placer Kelli White.
The competition was used to select the national teams to be sent to the 2002 IAAF World Cup and also the 2002 IAAF World Race Walking Cup. Four American national champions went on to win at that year's IAAF World Cup competition: James Carter (400 m hurdles), Savanté Stringfellow (long jump) Adam Nelson (shot put) and Gail Devers (100 m hurdles).

## Results
### Men track events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 m Wind : +2.4 m/s | Maurice Greene | 9.88w | Jon Drummond | 10.04w | Joshua J. Johnson | 10.10w |
| 200 m Wind : +1.8 m/s | Darvis Patton | 20.31 | Bernard Williams | 20.37 | Shawn Crawford | 20.57 |
| 400 m | Angelo Taylor | 45.00 | Antonio Pettigrew | 45.17 | Leonard Byrd | 45.28 |
| 800 m | David Krummenacker | 1:47.24 | Khadevis Robinson | 1:47.58 | Derrick Peterson | 1:48.14 |
| 1500 m | Seneca Lassiter | 3:40.90 | Bryan Berryhill | 3:40.98 | Ibrahim Aden | 3:41.19 |
| 5000 m | Alan Culpepper | 13:27.52 | Mebrahtom Keflezighi | 13:30.05 | Matt Lane | 13:30.58 |
| 10,000 m | Mebrahtom Keflezighi | 27:41.68 | Abdi Abdirahman | 27:42.83 | Alan Culpepper | 27:48.09 |
| 3000 m steeplechase | Anthoney Famiglietti | 8:19.07 | Steve Slattery | 8:23.44 | Tim Broe | 8:23.61 |
| 20 km walk | Tim Seaman | 1:26:40.36 | Albert Heppner | 1:27:56.46 | Kevin Eastler | 1:28:35.67 |
| 110 m hurdles Wind : +0.1 m/s | Allen Johnson | 13.08 | Terrence Trammell | 13.17 | Larry Wade | 13.18 |
| 400 m hurdles | James Carter | 48.12 | Joey Woody | 48.52 | Eric Thomas | 49.72 |

### Men field events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| High jump | Nathan Leeper | 2.32 m (7 ft 7+1⁄4 in) | Charles Clinger | 2.29 m (7 ft 6 in) | Matt Hemingway | 2.29 m (7 ft 6 in) |
| Pole vault | Jeff Hartwig | 5.84 m (19 ft 1+3⁄4 in) | Timothy Mack | 5.74 m (18 ft 9+3⁄4 in) | Nicholas Hysong | 5.74 m (18 ft 9+3⁄4 in) |
| Long jump | Savante Stringfellow | 8.52 m (27 ft 11+1⁄4 in) (+0.7) | Miguel Pate | 8.45 m (27 ft 8+1⁄2 in) (+1.5) | Dwight Phillips | 8.25 m (27 ft 3⁄4 in) (+2.9) |
| Triple jump | Walter Davis | 17.59 m (57 ft 8+1⁄2 in) (+1.8) | Tim Rusan | 17.30 m (56 ft 9 in) (+2.1) | LeVar Anderson | 16.74 m (54 ft 11 in) (+3.5) |
| Shot put | Adam Nelson | 22.22 m (72 ft 10+3⁄4 in) | John Godina | 21.91 m (71 ft 10+1⁄2 in) | Kevin Toth | 21.53 m (70 ft 7+1⁄2 in) |
| Discus throw | Adam Setliff | 63.74 m (209 ft 1+1⁄4 in) | John Godina | 63.18 m (207 ft 3+1⁄4 in) | Ian Waltz | 62.26 m (204 ft 3 in) |
| Hammer throw | Lance Deal | 74.49 m (244 ft 4+1⁄2 in) | John McEwen | 74.18 m (243 ft 4+1⁄4 in) | Kevin McMahon | 73.65 m (241 ft 7+1⁄2 in) |
| Javelin throw | Breaux Greer | 81.78 m (268 ft 3+1⁄2 in) | Latrell Frederick | 77.91 m (255 ft 7+1⁄4 in) | Christopher Clever | 75.86 m (248 ft 10+1⁄2 in) |
| Decathlon | Tom Pappas | 8398 pts | Bryan Clay | 8230 pts | Phillip McMullen | 7934 pts |
* $^{w1}$ Dwight Phillips's best wind-legal mark in the long jump was 8.14 m (+2.0)
* $^{w2}$ Tim Rusan's best wind-legal mark in the triple jump was 16.75 m (+0.0)
* $^{w3}$ LeVar Anderson's best wind-legal mark in the triple jump was 16.65 m (+0.6)

### Women track events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 m Wind : -1.0 m/s | Marion Jones | 11.01 | Chryste Gaines | 11.05 | Torri Edwards | 11.28 |
| 200 m Wind : +0.1 m/s | Marion Jones | 22.35 | Stephanie Durst | 23.14 | Muna Lee | 23.16 |
| 400 m | Jearl Miles Clark | 50.91 | Michelle Collins | 51.20 | Monique Hennagan | 51.34 |
| 800 m | Nicole Teter | 1:58.83 | Jennifer Toomey | 2:02.11 | Sasha Spencer | 2:02.34 |
| 1500 m | Regina Jacobs | 4:09.57 | Suzy Favor Hamilton | 4:11.31 | Sarah Schwald | 4:11.40 |
| 5000 m | Marla Runyan | 15:07.19 | Deena Drossin | 15:13.93 | Carrie Tollefson | 15:21.37 |
| 10,000 m | Jen Rhines | 31:57.38 | Milena Glusac | 32:15.09 | Katie McGregor | 32:17.49 |
| 3000 m steeplechase | Elizabeth Jackson | 9:47.35 | Lisa Nye | 9:52.61 | Lisa Aguilera | 9:59.66 |
| 20 km walk | Joanne Dow | 1:34:46.52 | Teresa Vaill | 1:34:53.46 | Amber Antonia | 1:35:59.44 |
| 100 m hurdles Wind : -0.5 m/s | Gail Devers | 12.51 | Miesha McKelvy | 12.60 | Anjanette Kirkland | 12.85 |
| 400 m hurdles | Sandra Glover | 55.22 | Megan Addy | 57.28 | Brenda Taylor | 57.62 |

### Women field events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| High jump | Tisha Waller | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) | Gwen Wentland | 1.93 m (6 ft 3+3⁄4 in) | Amy Acuff | 1.90 m (6 ft 2+3⁄4 in) |
| Pole vault | Stacy Dragila | 4.65 m (15 ft 3 in) | Mary Sauer | 4.45 m (14 ft 7 in) | Melissa Mueller | 4.40 m (14 ft 5 in) |
| Long jump | Brianna Glenn | 6.46 m (21 ft 2+1⁄4 in) (+0.0) | Grace Upshaw | 6.43 m (21 ft 1 in) (+1.1) | Tiffany Greer | 6.39 m (20 ft 11+1⁄2 in) (+0.5) |
| Triple jump | Yuliana Perez | 14.20 m (46 ft 7 in) (+2.5) | Vanitta Kinard | 13.83 m (45 ft 4+1⁄4 in) (+1.6) | Teresa Bundy | 13.79 m (45 ft 2+3⁄4 in) (+2.2) |
| Shot put | Teri Steer | 19.20 m (62 ft 11+3⁄4 in) | Seilala Sua | 18.51 m (60 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | Kristin Heaston | 17.59 m (57 ft 8+1⁄2 in) |
| Discus throw | Kris Kuehl | 64.44 m (211 ft 5 in) | Suzy Powell | 62.57 m (205 ft 3+1⁄4 in) | Aretha Hill | 62.41 m (204 ft 9 in) |
| Hammer throw | Anna Mahon | 70.27 m (230 ft 6+1⁄2 in) | Dawn Ellerbe | 67.19 m (220 ft 5+1⁄4 in) | Jamine Moton | 65.84 m (216 ft 0 in) |
| Javelin throw | Serene Ross | 60.06 m (197 ft 1⁄2 in) | Kim Kreiner | 57.93 m (190 ft 1⁄2 in) | Erica Wheeler | 54.97 m (180 ft 4 in) |
| Heptathlon | Shelia Burrell | 6299 pts | DeDee Nathan | 5995 pts | Kim Schiemenz | 5840 pts |
* $^{w4}$ Yuliana Perez's best wind-legal mark in the triple jump was 14.10 m (+0.5)
* $^{w5}$ Teresa Bundy's best wind-legal mark in the triple jump was 13.59 m (+1.3)

## Doping

The following athletes had their performances at the competition annulled due to doping:
* Tim Montgomery (originally second in the men's 100 m with a time of 9.89 seconds)
* Kelli White (originally third place in the women's 100 m with a time of 11.22 seconds)
* Ramon Clay (originally winner of the men's 200 m with a time of 20.27 seconds)
* Alvin Harrison (originally winner of the men's 400 m with a time of 44.62 seconds)