Wallace Spearmon

By UA Sports Information Published: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 PRINT E-MAIL Former Razorbacks Wallace Spearmon and Veronica Campbell-Brown successfully completed rounds of the 200 meters on Tuesday at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China. Fayetteville native Spearmon, competing in his third 200-meter race of these Olympic Games, advanced to today's event finals. Spearmon was among the trio of Americans (Walter Dix and Shawn Crawford ) to advance to the finals. He clocked a semifinal time of 20. 14 to finish third in his heat. " I thought that was a good preview for the final, " Spearmon said. " Shawn and [Usain Bolt, ... Read Full Story

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AMERICAN WORLD Championships 200m silver medallist Wallace Spearmon could switch his training base to Jamaica for the upcoming season. Spearmon, who won silver and bronze at the 2005 and 2007 World Championships respectively, is thinking about joining the high-profile MVP Track Club under the guidance of head coach Stephen Francis. Ray Flynn, Spearmon’s manager, speaking to The Gleaner from the United States, said he "cannot confirm" his client would join the group, but said it was an option. - Read more Source: Jamaica Gleaner Read Full Story

U. S. Olympic sprinter / former Razorback NCAA champion Wallace Spearmon Jr. arrived on crutches and former Razorback sprints coach Kyle White arrived Stanfordbound at Thursday night's tribute to retired Razorback track coach John McDonnell. White left Fr iday for Palo Alto, Calif., and his new job as Stanford's men's and women's sprints / high jump / hurdlers coach under Stanford coach Edrick Floreal, a former Razorback triple jump / long jump national champion when White also was a Razorback athlete. A University of Arkansas hurdler and high jumper during the 1980 s, White had served on McDonnell's staff the last two years along ... Read Full Story