BW-Bank Meeting
Karlsruhe, Germany
January 31, 2010

Reigning World Indoor Champion, Lolo Jones (Baton Rouge, LA), came back from a 2nd place finish at the Aviva International Match in Glasgow, Scotland the day before to win the 60m Hurdles in a world leading time of 7.90sec.  After the race, Jones said: "It wasn't that bad for me today.  In my heat I took the first three hurdles superb but did not do well on the final ones. Strangely in the final it was just the other way round. My aim during this indoor season is to attack the US record and win gold at the World Indoor Championships."

It was another Jones, however, who stole the show at the first major international invitational in Europe for 2010.  Laverne Jones-Ferrette (Houston, TX), new to the ASICS Team for 2010, ran away from the field in the heats of the 60m crossing the line in 7.09sec, another world best and the fastest time recorded in the world since 2008.  Jones-Ferrette, a native of the US Virgin Islands, lowered her own National Record and is aiming to win a medal at the upcoming World Indoor Championships in Doha, Qatar (March 12-14).  "I am getting faster and faster," Jones-Ferrette said. "Let’s see what happens in Düsseldorf on Wednesday. At the World Indoors my first goal will be to reach the final, and then I want to be in contention for a medal."

In other weekend action, Sara Hall (Mammoth Lakes, CA) finished second in a thrilling finish in the Women's Mile at the Millrose Games in New York City.  Hall's time of  4:31.50 was .02 behind the winner.