Topic: Darvis Patton

Powell bests Gay in Brussels 100m

Asafa Powell of Jamaica saw off US rivals Tyson Gay and Darvis Patton to win the 100m at the Brussels Golden League meeting on Friday.With world and Olympic champion Usain Bolt sitting out the distance in order to focus on the ...
Dawn Harper wins 100m hurdles in Zagreb; Americans Darvis Patton, Mike Rodgers go 1-2 in 100Olympic gold medalist Dawn Harper of the United States won the 100-meter hurdles at the Zagreb Grand Prix on Monday while Americans Darvis Patton and Mike Rodgers ...

More relay woe for United States

The United States' dreadful run in 4x100 metres championship relays continued here on Saturday when the women's team failed to finish their heat at the world athletics championships.Women's 200 metres finalist Muna Lee struggled to get hold of the ...

US relay team disqualified, Jamaica splutter

Reigning champions the United States were disqualified for an incorrect handover during Friday's 4x100m relay heats at the World Athletics Championships.The US were thrown out because of problems with the final baton change from Shawn Crawford to Darvis Patton when ...

Bolt to race Gay in men's world 100m final

Olympic champion Usain Bolt will face off against reigning world champion Tyson Gay in the men's 100m final at the World Athletics Championships here on Sunday.Both Bolt and Gay won their heats in impressive sub-10sec times, with only two of ...
Rodgers takes first national title in 100 in field without Tyson GayMichael Rodgers has won the men's 100-meter United States championship by defeating Darvis Patton by one-hundredth of a second.Rodgers, the 2008 indoor national champion at 60 meters, took his ...

U.s. 4x100m Teams Both Drop Batons

The Beijing Olympic track meet has turned into a downright disaster for the American Team especially when their 4x100m teams dropped the batons.Darvis Patton and Tyson Gay misconnected on the final pass in preliminaries of the 400-meter relay Thursday. Then, Torri ...
Potential pollution problems a bunch of hot air to American track and field athletesA steady sea breeze blew against the tree-speckled foothills that serve as the backdrop for Dalian University, the campus where the U.S. track team is holding its pre-Olympic ...