MEDIA ALERT

OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST TIM MACK (pole vault) will attend the press conference hosted by The Payton Jordan US Open. Also attending: US Olympian GRACE UPSHAW (long jump). When: Noon, Tuesday, May 24th Where: ABC Room of the Arrillaga Family Sports Center at Stanford University. Metered parking is available across Campus Drive from Arrillaga.

The Payton Jordan US Open

Memorial Day, May 30 at noon Cobb Track & Angell Field, Stanford The IAAF Grant Prix II meet, a stop on the VISA Championship Series, will feature many of the finest world and American athletes who'll be continuing their preparation for the 2005 World Track & Field Championships this summer in Helsinki, Finland. The Payton Jordan U.S. Open will be televised by ESPN2 and shown on a tape-delayed basis (7-8:30 p.m.) that evening. A free Youth Clinic will be held at the track beginning at 10 a.m. All participants, 14 and under, will receive a general admission ticket. The meet is named in honor of former Stanford track and field coach Payton Jordan, who brought the 1960 U.S. Olympic Trials and the famed 1962 U.S.-U.S.S.R. track meet to Stanford. Tickets for the Memorial Day event are $35 for reserved seating and $15 for general admission, and can be purchased by phone at 1-800-STANFORD or in person at Stanford Athletic Department Ticket Office, Gate 2, at Stanford Stadium. www.trackandfieldusa.org For further information or media credentials, contact: Keith Peters 650-326-8210 x248 [email protected]