Posted: February 16, 2007

Athletics: News & Notes, Volume 8, Number 14

U.S. track stars to appear at 2nd Annual Kidz Combine Team USA stars Lauryn Williams and Tiombe Hurd will appear at the 2nd Annual Kidz Combine on March 18 at the Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida. The event is funded in part by a $2,500 donation from Visa, which made the contribution on Williams' behalf when she was named USATF's 2006 Visa Humanitarian Athlete of the Year. The donation will go directly to providing a lasting experience for the children in attendance at the Kidz Combine. More than 120 children from the Community Partnership for Homeless (South Dade Facility) will participate in the Kidz Combine, where they'll race against Williams, the 2005 World Outdoor women's 100m champion, and will jump against Hurd, who holds the American record in the women's triple jump. For more information on Fun 4 Kidz' activities, charitable efforts, or to make donations, please call Andrew Post at (305) 519-5919 or visit www.fun4kidz.org. Davis headlines New Mexico Invitational meet in Albuquerque Reigning World Indoor and Outdoor men's triple jump champion Walter Davis headlines the inaugural New Mexico Invitational "Blending of Champions" at the Albuquerque Convention Centre on Friday, February 16, 2007. Davis will contest the long jump against top Australian, Fabrice Lapierre. The New Mexico Invitational also will play host to more than 500 high school athletes in the two-day event, sponsored by Vector Sports Management and the University of New Mexico. Other top stars competing include 2005 World Outdoor 4x100m relay gold medalist and 2005 USA Indoor 60m Champion Angela Daigle-Bowen, who will face Tahesia Harrigan, Central American and Caribbean Games 100m champion, in the women's 60-meter dash, and current #2 American David Payne in the men's 60m hurdles. For more information, visit www.newmexicoinvite.com.