Friday, February 22, 2008
Jones, Johnson eye hurdle titles
USATF
on Friday hosted a press conference with reigning USA indoor women's
60m hurdles champion Lolo Jones and three-time World Indoor men's 60m
hurdles champion Allen Johnson. Jones owns the fastest time by an
American woman this year with her time of 7.77, and Johnson is coming
off a win at the Tyson Invitational February 15. Both will compete this
weekend at the 2008 AT&T USA Indoor Track & Field
Championships, the final stop of the 2008 Indoor Visa Championship
Series.
Below are excerpts from Friday's press conference. For
complete bios of Jones and Johnson, visit the Athlete Bios section of
www.usatf.org
Lolo Jones
Q: Where does the name Lolo come from? [Jones' given name is Lori.]
A:
My mom. She has the exact same name, Lori, so when people would call
they'd have to figure out which Lo they are calling for. My family has
always called me Lo or BabyLo before that. It got more complicated when
I was a teen-ager and got more phone calls.
