Visa Champions
Their performances outshone the rest!
2007 Indoor Season
Christian Cantwell
Shalane Flanagan
2007 Outdoor Season
Tyson Gay
Tiffany Williams
2006 Indoor Season
Terrence Trammell
Lisa Barber
2006 Outdoor Season
Kerron Clement
Lashinda Demus
2005 Indoor Season
John Godina
John, a three-time world outdoor champion and two-time Olympic
medalist, secured his Visa Championship with a 21.83m shot
put throw at the Indoor Championships. The throw, a meet record,
earned Godina 1,230 points on the IAAF scoring table.
Angela Daigle
Angela, a 28 year-old sprinter with just one professional
victory to her credit, came out of nowhere to claim the women's
Visa Championship at the Indoor finale. Her world record-tying
time of 7.09 seconds gave her 1,203 points putting her just
ahead of thrower Erin Gilreath and sprinter Danielle Carruthers.
2005 Outdoor Season
Kerron Clement
Kerron took the outdoor season's men's
Visa Champion title in impressive style, beating out Justin
Gatlin who boasted a duel win of the 100 and 200 meters at
the Outdoor Championships in addition to a fine performance
at the Nike Prefontaine Classic. Kerron's 400m hurdle
time of 47.24 (a personal best) earned him 1261 points and
a narrow victory over Gatlin and John Godina at 1253.
Sanya Richards
Sanya Richards 400m time of 49.28 made
her the third fastest American of all time. The Championship-record
time gave Sanya 1226 points. Richards run broke a record held since 1997 by Jearl Miles-Clark.