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	Women's Sports Foundation ATHLETES
		Allyson Felix is currently the world junior record holder for women's track in the 200m and a member of the U.S. women's track team.
		Felix also holds first-place titles in both the 100m and 200m events for the high school championships (11.29, 22.52), along with the high school federation's record for the fastest time in a high-school only competition.
		Felix is currently a freshman at the University of Southern California.
	www.womenssportsfoundation.org /cgi-bin/iowa/athletes/record.html?record=1057 (156 words)

	Allyson Felix :: Eastbay Track & Field 2005 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The wunderkind of women's sprinting won her first Olympic medal in the women’s 200-meter in Athens at age 18 and secured the world junior record that she had waited a year to officially break.
		Felix won the 2004 Olympic Trials 200-meter in :22.28.
		It was her most impressive performance since her :22.11 time at the 2004 Grand Prix Banamex in Mexico City, which was faster than every winning time at the Olympic Games through 1976, and topped the 1996 gold medal-winning time of France’s Marie Jose Perec by 0.01 seconds.
	ww2.eastbay.com /2004/ebs122204a/felix.html (157 words)

	Sprintic.com \| News \| U.S. track star Felix is cat-quick
		If you watch Felix taking her long, perfectly paced strides, you sense this is nature’s way of saying, “Here you have it, folks: a born sprinter.” Nobody realized that, though, until Felix was in ninth grade in her native Los Angeles.
		Felix was up early Wednesday for an appearance in Minneapolis with Al Roker of “The Today Show” for his Lend a Hand series on organizations that help out their communities.
		Felix’s one weak point as a sprinter has been her start in the 100, which is something she and Kersee are addressing.
	www.sprintic.com /news/64 (828 words)

	Australian Christian Channel - World's fastest teen: Allyson Felix takes silver medal
		Felix, daughter of an ordained minister and professor of New Testament at The Master's Seminary in Sun Valley, Calif., captured the silver medal in the women's 200 meters Aug. 25 by setting a world junior record of 22.18 seconds.
		Felix, who broke Marion Jones' record for the fastest time in a high school competition in 2003, told the AP she was happy with her finish.
		Paul Felix said his daughter's faith is an important part of balancing the pressures that come with being a world-class runner.
	www.acctv.com.au /articledetail.asp?id=3035 (611 words)

	Teen athletes: bound for sports stardom - Sports Jet - Find Articles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Felix, a California native who is a freshman at the University of Southern California, dazzled fans, coaches and opponents in April when she ran the 200-meter in 22.51 seconds to break triple gold medalist Marion Jones' 11-year-old national high school record by.07 seconds.
		Felix shares an apartment on campus with her older brother Wes, who is a top sprinter at USC, Felix is taking a full class schedule this semester and to fit in her training, she plans to reduce her workload as the Olympics draw near.
		Ironically, Felix was net the fast child who amazed her parents since she could walk, In fact, she didn't try out for track until her first year of high school, where she showed up in baggy basketball shorts and clunky basketball shoes and ran an impressive 60 meters.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1355/is_17_104/ai_109959089 (830 words)

	Felix - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Felix (Latin for "happy, gay, prosperous") is a given name and the name of many different individuals, both real and fictional.
		Felix was part of many Roman emperors' titles as a cognomen since Commodus had chosen this name as part of his title.
		Felix Potvin - NHL Goalie for the Toronto Maple Leafs
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Felix (391 words)

	Sports: Golden child
		It's Allyson Felix, a 17-year-old who has a minister for a father, a mother who "walks very fast," and the speed to challenge for the title of world's fastest woman.
		Felix heads for the Aug. 23-31 World Track and Field Championships in Paris with the U.S. high school record of 22.51 seconds in the 200 meters, set at the Mount Sac Relays in April.
		Felix warmed up for the worlds by winning bronze medals in the 200 at the July 4 Gaz de France - "We chose that meet to get familiar with the stadium and the surface," she said - and Friday at the Pan Am Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
	www.sptimes.com /2003/08/10/news_pf/Sports/Golden_child.shtml (1189 words)

	IAAF International Association of Athletics Federations - IAAF Magazine - News
		Felix said among the factors in the decision was the difficulty of training alone and a desire to remain in Los Angeles.
		Felix said she always respected Kersee as a coach and admired his wife's charitable work with the JJK Youth Center Foundation, which supports the development of leadership programmes in urban areas across the United States.
		Felix had a rough start to her professional career in her debut at the 2003 World Championships in Paris when she failed to advance out of the second round after a lengthy indoor and outdoor high school season.
	www.iaaf.org /magazine/news/Kind=262144/newsId=30630.html (1794 words)

	A fast sprint to the top (June 20, 2003)
		While the 17-year-old Felix is young enough to compete in the U.S. Junior National Championships, which will be run at Stanford during the same time, she will take on America's best seniors in the 200 meters.
		Felix blew those marks away with a 22.51 at the Mt. SAC Relays in April and a 22.52 to win the CIF State Meet two weeks ago.
		Felix is bright and well-spoken, already proving to be an ambassador for track and field, despite her youth.
	www.paloaltoonline.com /weekly/morgue/2003/2003_06_20.felix.html (1117 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > Sports -- Felix set to pounce
		Felix lowered Jones' 11-year-old national high school record (22.58) to 22.51 at this year's Mt. SAC Relays after talking her way into the open division.
		Felix breezed to a 22.52 at the recent state meet in Norwalk (nearly a full second ahead of the next finisher), then became one of only a handful of athletes in meet history allowed to take a victory lap.
		Felix also ran the 100 at L.A. Baptist and won three straight state titles in it, but the 5-foot-6, 125-pound sprinter needs to work on her start before she is a factor at the world level.
	www.signonsandiego.com /sports/preps/20030619-9999_1s19track.html (657 words)

	Allyson Felix - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Allyson Felix (born November 18, 1985 in Los Angeles, California) is a track and field sprint athlete, competing internationally for the United States in the 200 meters.
		Felix, sometimes nicknamed Chicken Legs, was a silver medalist in the 200 metres at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
		She also won a gold medal in the 200 metres at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics in Helsinki.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Allyson_Felix (133 words)

	USATODAY.com - Teen on fast track to Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		NORTH HILLS, Calif. — Only 17, Allyson Felix has such rare physical and mental gifts that the track and field world can envision her dethroning Marion Jones as the queen of sprinters and blossoming into an Olympic star — maybe as soon as next year in Athens.
		That all this has happened is remarkable considering Felix first put on spikes in the ninth grade, competes at a small high school (600 students) with no real track tradition and is being guided by a walk-on sprint coach and a volunteer weightlifting coach.
		In a way, Felix's dad kind of owes a favor to Mike Garrett, the USC athletic director: Garrett's sister, he says, saved his life when he was a 7-year-old at church camp.
	www.usatoday.com /sports/preps/track/2003-05-14-cover-felix_x.htm (1423 words)

	Allyson Felix 2002 Nike Athletes of the Year - DyeStat high school track and field
		Allyson Felix was rocketing toward the finish side by side with Sanya Richards in the Junior Nationals 200 meter dash at Stanford.
		Allyson had lost to Richards indoors at the Midwest Classic in Nebraska and NSIC in New York, when Richards set a new national indoor record.
		Allyson has one more high school season left, so there is no telling what she can do before she graduates next June.
	www.dyestat.com /3us/aoy/felix-allyson.htm (249 words)

	Runner's & Triathlete's Web Athletics: Allyson Felix named 2003 USA indoor champion
		Felix's title comes after the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency on Friday nullified the performances of previous 200m champion Michelle Collins since February 1, 2002, due to doping violations.
		It was the start of a banner 2003 season for Felix, who that spring broke Marion Jones' U.S. junior record in the outdoor 200 meters on two occasions, including her time of 22.51 at the Mt. SAC Relays and 22.11 in winning the Banamex Grand Prix in Mexico City.
		Felix has continued to develop as a champion sprinter, as an 18-year-old winning the 2004 Olympic Trials (22.28) and taking the silver medal at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens in a world junior record time of 22.18.
	www.runnersweb.com /running/news/rw_news_20041210_USATF_Felix.html (372 words)

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		She had already left the stadium when 18-year-old Felix won a silver medal in the 200 meters -- one of the events Jones won four years ago in her historic Sydney performance.
		Felix took silver in a world junior record 22.18, breaking the mark of 22.19 set by the Soviet Union's Natalya Bochina in 1980.
		The 18-year-old Felix was tabbed for stardom a year ago, when her winning time of 22.52 in the California state championships 200 broke Marion Jones' record for the fastest time in a high-school only competition.
	cbs.sportsline.com /print/olympics/story/7613798/2 (1266 words)

	JS Online: Future is fast for Felix
		Allyson is just a kid, but still just shy of 19, which allows her to do as she pleases.
		Allyson Felix of the United States won a silver medal in the 200 meters.
		Felix works out alone, which is OK for now, with her coach.
	www2.jsonline.com /sports/oly04/aug04/254015.asp?format=print (695 words)

	Track & Field News: Allyson Felix Named HS Women's Athlete Of The Year
		Mountain View, California, October 30--Sprinter Allyson Felix, who made a national and international impact in ’03 as well as dominating on the high school scene, was a unanimous choice as women’s High School Athlete of the Year in the 27th annual Track and Field News poll.
		Felix, who was a senior at Los Angeles Baptist High in North Hills, California, polled a perfect 220 points thanks to a campaign in which she went undefeated by high schoolers in both the 100 and 200.
		Felix’s effort also lowered the American Junior and national High School Records of 22.58 set in 1992 by Olympic champion Marion Jones.
	www.trackandfieldnews.com /tfn/displayArticle.jsp?id=75 (171 words)

	American Track and Field -- Regional News Article
		Defending the US 200m title she won in 2005 and 2004 is foremost on sprint sensation Allyson Felix's mind at this coming weekend's USATF Championships in Indianapolis.
		Until 2003 Felix had been coached by Pat Connolly but when the long time coach went back east and the sprinter didn't want to leave southern California, where she is studying elementary education at the University of Southern California, she approached Kersee for help.
		Felix recalls the celebratory dinner after she was crowned World Champion in Helsinki last year.
	www.american-trackandfield.com /news/felix06chasingtitle.html (1002 words)

	Allyson Felix
		The main photo above shows 18 year old Allyson Felix about to cross the finishing line in second place in the final of the 200 metres at the 2004 Olympics in Athens.
		Veronica Campbell, in the yellow vest, took the Gold in a new PB of 22.05 secs.
		Allyson's time of 22.18 was also a new PB and a World Junior Record.
	www.sporting-heroes.net /athletics-heroes/displayhero.asp?HeroID=3053 (86 words)

	Women's Track Signs Nation's Top Recruiting Class :: Allyson Felix headlines outstanding trio.
		It is perhaps the finest women's recruiting class in the nation, as Felix is the nation's top prep sprinter in the 100 and 200 meters, Sanford is tops in the triple jump and Dorsey is the second-fastest senior (to Felix) in the 200 meters.
		Felix, the two-time defending California state 100-meter champion, is considered the nation's finest sprinter.
		She has nation-leading bests of 11.40 in the 100 meters and 22.83 in the 200 meters (she also is the defending state 200-meter champion).
	usctrojans.cstv.com /sports/c-track/spec-rel/111802aaa.html (732 words)

	Cool Running :: Gatlin, Felix win Jesse Owens Awards
		"Allyson and Justin showed the world that the United States is stronger than ever in the sprints," said USATF CEO Craig Masback.
		Still shy of her 20th birthday, Allyson Felix dominated the women's 200 meters in 2005, winning every race she entered and coming away with her first world title.
		Coming off of Olympic silver in 2004, Felix owned the 200 meters every time she stepped on the track, winning each of her races in London, Sheffield, Monterrey, Shanghai and at the World Athletics Final and adidas Track Classic.
	www.coolrunning.com /engine/3/3_1/gatlin-felix-win-jesse-ow.shtml (902 words)

	Allyson Felix
		The main photo above shows Allyson Felix (lane 6, 2nd left) crossing the line to win 200m gold at the 2005 World Championships in Helsinki.
		Felix crossed the line in 22.16 secs, ahead of her compatriot Rachelle Boone-Smith and France's Christine Arron.
		The left hand inset picture shows the young American in full flow during the heats of the 200m whilst the right hand photo shows a happy Allyson shortly after her victory.
	www.sporting-heroes.net /athletics-heroes/displayhero.asp?HeroID=3314 (84 words)

	United States Olympic Committee - Q&A: 20 questions for track sprinter Allyson Felix
		Allyson Felix has been in the headlines more than a few times since she set the world junior record in the 200m in late May 2003.
		Allyson Felix: In the sport, I would say, Marion Jones and Gail Devers, just their talent and their character.
		Allyson Felix: It would definitely be very special, Lord willing that He would have that happen, and hopefully that would just be the beginning of my career.
	www.usolympicteam.com /27555_18642.htm (641 words)

	Allyson Felix - Teens
		At 18, Allyson Felix is the world's fastest teen girl.
		Allyson didn't discover her gift till she tried out for track in the ninth grade.
		She set a world junior record in the qualifying round of the 200-meter sprint and won the silver medal in the finals.
	www.christianitytoday.com /cl/2004/003/23.19.html (474 words)

	CNN.com - Transcripts
		FELIX: Well, the trials are next summer, so that's definitely my goal, and where I'll be headed.
		FELIX: It's been a challenge, but it's all a blessing, and I take it that way, and just take one day at a time and take everything slowly.
		FELIX: It was probably after my ninth grade season when I had made state.
	cnnstudentnews.cnn.com /TRANSCRIPTS/0306/10/lt.04.html (662 words)

	United States Olympic Committee - Q&A: 20 questions for track sprinter Allyson Felix
		Allyson Felix has been in the headlines more than a few times since she set the world junior record in the 200m in late May 2003.
		Allyson Felix: In the sport, I would say, Marion Jones and Gail Devers, just their talent and their character.
		Allyson Felix: It would definitely be very special, Lord willing that He would have that happen, and hopefully that would just be the beginning of my career.
	www.usoc.org /27555_18642.htm (641 words)

	Allyson Felix
		When I first met little Allyson Felix, she was an energetic four year old with bouncy braids and an infectious smile.
		But now Allyson, after years chasing her high speed brother, is on the fast track toward the Olympic Games in Athens.
		So when Allyson started her race, it was clear, even from the wide angle shot taking in the entire stadium and all the runners.
	www.kenkemp.com /LeaderFocusBLUE/LFJUL19_04.html (1245 words)

	IAAF International Association of Athletics Federations - IAAF.org - News
		Speaking to reporters via teleconference during a break from classes at the small private school in the San Fernando Valley, Felix was both humble and confident about her desires and goals in the sport, while showing some patience and a realistic approach to what many hope will be a very long and successful career.
		Encouraged by her father, a professor at Master's Seminary in Sun Valley, Calif., and brother, Felix decided to give track a try in the ninth grade.
		But Felix is a teenager after all, and exudes a patient enthusiasm, seemingly as eager to collect experiences as she is medals.
	www.iaaf.org /news/Kind=2/newsId=21249.html (1532 words)

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