Track & Field will return to the country's premier sports and entertainment venue for the 99th year on Saturday, January 28, when the U.S. Open Track & Field at Madison Square Garden kicks off USA Track & Field's 2012 Visa Championship Series.
Garden legend Bernard Lagat will headline in the men's mile in a USA Track & Field meet that promises to showcase the best of the sport's tradition in a streamlined in-stadium and broadcast presentation. The U.S. Open will be the first track meet to be held in The Garden following the completion of the first phase of the building's historic, top-to-bottom, three-year Transformation, and will be the first major professional meet in the United States as the 2012 Olympic Year gets under way.
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Athletes who have confirmed that they will be competing at the U.S. Open Track & Field include:
- Adam Nelson - Men's Shot Put
- Asafa Powell - Men's 50m Dash
- Bernard Lagat - Men's Mile
- Christian Cantwell - Men's Shot Put
- David Oliver - Men's 50m Hurdles
- Dawn Harper - Women's 50m Hurdles
- Dwight Thomas - Men's 50m Hurdles
- Jason Richardson - Men's 50m Hurdles
- Jenn Suhr - Women's Pole Vault
- Jesse Williams - Men's High Jump
- Kellie Wells - Women's 50m Hurdles
- Lolo Jones - Women's 50m Hurdles
- Ryan Whiting - Men's Shot Put
- Tiffany Ofili Porter - Women's 50m Hurdles
- Veronica Campbell-Brown - Women's 50m Dash
