Jeshua Anderson Wins USA 400-Meter Hurdles Championship
by Craig Powers on Jun 26, 2011 6:03 PM PDT
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After taking home his third NCAA 400-meter hurdles title earlier this month, Jeshua Anderson has now done himself one better. Earlier today he narrowly beat out defending US and former World Champion Bershawn Jackson to give himself another banner to hang in the trophy room (or is a trophy house now?).
Anderson set a personal record in the race with a time of 47.93. He needed every inch of 6-2 frame to secure the victory as he lunged over the finish line. Jackson closed on Anderson in the final straightaway, and had this been a 401 meter race, the results may have been different.
Anderson becomes the second Washington State Cougar to take home a title from the USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, joining the machine that is Bernard Lagat. As Nuss mentioned earlier today, Lagat won the 5000-meter race on Friday.
Anderson now qualifies for the World Championships later this summer. Jeshua has proven he can run with the best as he works towards the 2012 Olympic qualifiers. Finally, we offer some video of today's race. Anderson's reaction after hearing he had won is priceless:
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Dude hangs banners like some guys hang shirts.
Incredible athlete. Pretty clear he made the right choice focusing on hurdles, rather than running receiving routes.
Maybe giving klay and moos
A run for Coug of the year. Awesome, awesome race. He was tight those last 30 meters. Whole family was shouting at the tv.
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by Coug999 on Jun 26, 2011 8:09 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
My favorite part of this video
Is when they cut to the Brock Motum doppelganger doing the high jump randomly before the race starts.
Oh, and Jeshua you are awesome. Made Batman look silly.
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by Coug999 on Jun 26, 2011 11:21 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
NBC Clip
Here’s the NBC clip with Bob Costas. Great race. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOtgW_QAv6o
by zippo44 on Jun 26, 2011 9:34 PM PDT reply actions 2 recs
Johnny Dutch
Does anyone know what happened to him? Guy that beat Jeshua last year, preventing the 4-peat, and was a junior then?
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I looked around and he cracked a 47.63 last year as a junior and went pro after winning the NCAAs, but where is he now?
My favorite part was how he wore the WSU jersey.
It should be pointed out that he could have worn whatever he wanted. You can see Batman and Taylor out there in their speedsuits, and yet Jeshua opts for his floppy WSU singlet.
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I bet that reaction is to seeing that monster PR not that he won
Just from my own HS track experiences
by num204 on Jun 27, 2011 9:54 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Agreed.
He probably realized he was moving on. The monster PR (finally breaking 48 seconds) is amazing. Winning was just extra.
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by Neil Vincent Roberts on Jun 28, 2011 9:46 AM PDT up reply actions
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