The 2007 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships was organised by

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and held from June 20 to 24 at the IU Michael A. Carroll Track & Soccer Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana. The four-day competition served as the

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for the

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and also the trials for the

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. It was the fifth time that the stadium in Indianapolis had held the combined gender national track and field event, and the second time consecutively following its hosting of the 2006 edition. The USA Junior Championships were held in conjunction with the event and

Rynell Parson Rynell Deon Parson (born July 11, 1990) is an American sprinter who specializes in the 100 meters. A native of San Antonio, Texas, Parson attended John Paul Stevens High School. He graduated from Louisiana State University Louisiana State Univ ...

set a world youth best of 10.22 to win the men's 100 m. Athletes that finished in the top three of their event and held the IAAF qualifying standard were eligible to represent the United States at the 2007 World Championships. The United States was able to send three athletes per event to the competition, excluding any American reigning world champions, who received automatic qualification separate from the national selection. The World Championships national selection for the marathon and

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were incorporated into the discrete national championship meets for those events. Selection for the

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s were made by committee. Eight Americans went on to win an individual gold medal at the 2007 World Championships. Double sprint national champion

Tyson Gay Tyson Gay (born August 9, 1982) is an American track and field sprinter who competes in the 100 and 200 meters. His 100 m personal best of 9.69 seconds is the American record and makes him tied for the second fastest athlete over 100 m ...

(the only athlete to win two national titles that year) repeated that feat with 100 m and 200 m world title wins. The 5000 m national champion Bernard Lagat won both that event and the 1500 m at the World Championships. Gay, Lagat, Brad Walker, Reese Hoffa, and Allyson Felix were the five athletes to win both national and world titles that year.

Jeremy Wariner Jeremy Matthew Wariner (born January 31, 1984) is a retired American track athlete specializing in the 400 meters. He has won four Olympic medals (three gold, one silver) and six World Championships medals. He is the fourth fastest competitor in ...

and Michelle Perry defended their world titles despite not winning their specialities nationally that year.

Kerron Clement Kerron Stephon Clement (born October 31, 1985) is a Trinidadian-born American track and field athlete who competes in the 400-meter hurdles and 400-meter sprint. He held the indoor world record in the 400-meter sprint, having broken Michael John ...

was runner-up in the men's 400 m hurdles in Indianapolis, but was unmatched at the World Championships in Osaka. Several athletes extended their unbeaten runs at national level.

Khadevis Robinson Khadevis Robinson (born July 19, 1976 in Fort Worth, Texas) is an American retired middle-distance runner and currently coaches both the men's and women's cross country teams along with being an assistant track coach for the Ohio State Buckeyes. ...

had a third straight win in the men's 800 m. Men's javelin thrower

Breaux Greer Breaux Greer (born October 19, 1976) is a retired American track and field athlete who competed in the javelin throw. After attending Ouachita Parish High School and the University of Louisiana at Monroe, he went on to be the current American r ...

had an eighth straight win. Treniere Clement had her third win over 1500 m, while Dana Pounds brought an end to

Kim Kreiner Kimberly "Kim" A. Kreiner (born July 26, 1977, in Akron, Ohio) is a female javelin thrower from the United States. Her personal best throw is 64.19 meters, achieved in May 2007 in Fortaleza. She finished fifth at the 2001 Universiade, won the ...

's unbeaten run in the women's javelin, which dated back to 2004.

Results

Key:

Men track events

Men field events

Women track events

Women field events

World Championships qualification

Automatic byes

A total of ten American athletes received automatic byes into the

as a result of their being the defending champions from the

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Justin Gatlin Justin Alexander Gatlin (born February 10, 1982) is a retired American sprinter who competed in the 60 meters, 100 meters, and 200 meters. He is the 2004 Olympic Champion in the 100 meters, the 2005 and 2017 World Champion in the 100 meters, the ...

was the reigning world champion in the men's 100 m and 200 m but was ineligible for competition due to a doping ban. *

Lauryn Williams Lauryn Williams (born September 11, 1983) is an American sprinter and bobsledder. She was the gold medalist in the 100 meter dash at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics and won silver medals at the 2004 Summer Olympics, 2007 World Champ ...

: women's 100 meters * Allyson Felix: women's 200 meters *

: men's 400 meters * Michelle Perry: women's 100 m hurdles *

Bershawn Jackson Bershawn D. Jackson (born May 8, 1983) is an American athlete, who mainly competes in the 400 m hurdles, but also is a 400 m runner. At the 2008 Summer Olympics, Bershawn "Batman" Jackson won a bronze medal in the 400 m hurdles ...

: men's 400 m hurdles *

Dwight Phillips Dwight Phillips (born October 1, 1977) is an American former athlete and a four-time world champion in the long jump. He was the 2004 Olympic champion in the event. His personal best of 8.74 meters, set in 2009, makes him the joint fifth b ...

: men's long jump *

Tianna Madison Tianna Bartoletta née Madison (born August 30, 1985) is an American track and field athlete who specializes in the long jump and short sprinting events. She is a two-time Olympian with three gold medals. At the 2012 Summer Olympics she placed ...

: women's long jump * Walter Davis: men's triple jump * Adam Nelson: men's shot put *

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: men's decathlon

Non-top three selections

College runners

Trindon Holliday Trindon Jerard Holliday (born April 27, 1986) is a former American football wide receiver and return specialist. He was drafted by the Houston Texans in the sixth round of the 2010 NFL draft. He played college football at LSU. At 5'5", Hollid ...

and

Walter Dix Walter Dix (born January 31, 1986) is a retired American sprinter who specialized in the 100 meters and 200 meters. He is the sixth-fastest 200-meter runner ever with a best of 19.53 seconds, and has broken the 10-second barrier in the 10 ...

, who both placed top three in the men's 100 m opted not to compete at the World Championships, with fourth and fifth placers Mark Jelks and

J-Mee Samuels J-Mee Samuels (born May 20, 1987) is an American sprinter who specializes in the 100 meters. He participated for the United States at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics, running in the 100 meters and 4 × 100 metres relay. Samuels attended ...

taking their places. Joint runner-up in the men's high jump,

Adam Shunk Adam Shunk (born August 29, 1979) is an American high jumper. Shunk earned a BA in Psychology from the University of North Carolina in 2003 and attained a PhD in Educational Psychology/Neuropsychology at Ball State University. He compet ...

, did not achieve the qualifying mark and fourth place Jesse Williams was selected instead. Eight place finisher in the men's javelin, Eric Brown, was one of only two Americans with the qualifying standard and thus gained selection.Full Results - Open
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won the national long jump while receiving a bye as defending world champion, the fourth placer Walter Davis was the United States' fourth selection for that event.

Kenta Bell Kenta Bell (born March 16, 1977, in Kilgore, Texas) is an American track and field athlete who competes mainly in the triple jump. He won this event at the 2001 Universiade and the 2003 national championship. Bell has also finished third in two ...

– who finished third but failed a

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at the championships – was the fourth choice for the men's triple jump (in which Davis was defending champion) as he was the only other American with the standard and his three-month doping ban expired before the World Championships.Triple Jumper Admits to Doping
''New York Times'' (2007-07-31). Retrieved on 2015-06-27. Noah Bryant was fourth in the men's shot put and gained selection due to reigning world champion Adam Nelson's bye. Allyson Felix was fourth in the 100 m but gained selection as

already qualified as world champion. LaShauntea Moore entered the 200 m on the same basis, due to Felix's own world champion bye, while 100 m hurdles fourth placer

Nichole Denby Nichole Denby (born 10 October 1982) is an American-Nigerian track and field athlete who specializes in the 100 meters hurdles. She represented the United States at the 2007 World Championships narrowly missing the final. In 2014, she swit ...

benefited from Michelle Perry's bye. Erin Aldrich was only seventh in the women's high jump, but took America's second spot as the only other athlete with the standard. Joint third placers in the pole vault, Lacy Janson and

Jillian Schwartz Jillian Schwartz (born September 19, 1979) is an American-born female former pole vaulter who competed internationally for Israel. She represented the United States at the 2004 Summer Olympics and competed at five consecutive World Championshi ...

had both achieved a qualifying mark of 4.50 m that year, but selectors opted to choose Schwartz for the national team. Cecilia Barnes, fourth place in the women's discus, got preference over third place Summer Pierson due to the former having the standard.

References

;Results
Full Results - Open
. USATF. Retrieved on 2015-06-27. ;Day reports *Dunaway, James (2007-06-22)
Greer again – 91.29 in the Javelin as U.S. Championships begin - Day One
IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-06-27. *Dunaway, James (2007-06-23)
Gay runs 9.84 world season lead into the wind – US Champs, Day 2
IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-06-27. *Dunaway, James (2007-06-24)
Trotter & Hastings inside 50 sec, as Richards is swept out of Osaka 400m berth – US Champs, Day 3
IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-06-27. *Dunaway, James (2007-06-24)
Gay runs 19.62, the second fastest 200m in history – USA Champs, Day 4
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