Running in the open race at the Georgia Games Track & Field Championships last weekend, Tennesee sophomore (2008 Easton PA grad) Chanelle Price PRed in the 800, running 2:01.33, her fastest time since her 2:01.64 at the 2008 Prefontaine Classic.
As the year draws to a close, we will be counting down what we felt were the 10 best performances of 2008. Today we revisit the moment voted as #5 by our staff and webmasters.
NASHVILLE -- Chanelle Price was expected to make an immediate impact as a middle distance star on the University of Tennessee track & field team. The Lady Vol freshman showed on Friday evening in her collegiate debut that she has the tools also to be a difference-maker in cross country, finishing as UT's top runner at the Belmont Opener.
After careers that improved every year since they were freshmen, four of Pennsylvania's best-ever have garnered post-season honors by being named to the 2008 USA Today all-USA Track & Field Team. Chanelle Price and Neely Spence were named in the distances, Ryann Krais in the hurdles, and Karen Shump in the throws. No PA boys were named to the team. The story in USA Today.
Gatorade National Player of the Year, Chanelle Price, will be honored tonight at 9 p.m. (Eastern Time) on ESPN at the annual ESPY Awards. Price, who won the award on Wednesday, joined fellow track and field and cross country Gatorade Players of the Year Chris Derrick, German Fernandez and Ashley Brasovan, in Los Angeles earlier in the week, taking part in a ceremony that named her the top female athlete of the year nationally for all sports.
The ESPYs is the most prominent award show for professional athletes, and includes most of the top athletes and sports in the country. Sunday's award show will be hosted by Justin Timberlake.
ESPY Award Show, 9 p.m. (Eastern Time) on ESPN
The talented quartet of Chanelle Price (PA), German Fernandez (CA), Ashley Brasovan (FL) and Chris Derrick (IL) flew into Los Angeles Tuesday, taking part in a two day extravaganza that Gatorade puts on once a year. As the male and female winners of the Gatorade track and field and cross country Player of the Year awards, each athlete was put up a five-star hotel, got to mingle with such notable athletes as Matt Leinhart, Greg Oden, Allyson Felix and Candace Parker, and took part in an awards ceremony that preceded the ESPY Awards. The Gatorade Player of the Year program drew to an end, naming the male and female national winners. Read about Brasovan's and Derrick's experience, as the two took time out of their busy schedules to talk with MileSplit.
Congratulations Chanelle!!!!!
Easton graduate, Tennessee signee, and US#2 all-time 800 runner Chanelle Price was named the 2008 Gatorade Athlete of the Year at a luncheon prior to tonight's ESPY Awards in Los Angeles, California. Price was presented the award by 2003 winner, and Olympian Allyson Felix.
All Gatorade High School Athlete of the Year nominees walked the ESPY red carpet and were featured as special guests during The ESPY Awards Show Wednesday, July 16 in Los Angelos. The show will take place this evening and air on ESPN on Sunday, July 20, at 9:00 p.m. EDT.
The Gatorade Press Release
The Gatorade National Player of the Year program selects an overall male and female winner each year, and on Wednesday Pennsylvania track star Chanelle Price was one of those athletes. Price, who won the national female track and field award last month, was the overall national female winner. Price joins a select group of individuals on the national list, including such notable professional athletes as track phenom Allyson Felix and basketball standout Candace Parker.
Individual national athlete of the year winners from track and field and cross country, which were represented by Price, German Fernandez (CA), Chris Derrick (IL) and Ashley Brasovan (FL), were flown out to California Tuesday to take part in an awards ceremony on Wednesday and then invited to watch the ESPY's, where many of the top professional athletes receive awards for their accomplishments throughout the year. Congratulations to Chanelle on such a great honor.
Gatorade Player of the Year Press ReleaseGatorade Player of the Year Website
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