Fountain breaks US record in heptathlon hurdles

Published 3:54 pm Friday, June 27, 2008

EUGENE, Ore. — Hyleas Fountain has broken Jackie Joyner-Kersee’s decade-old U.S. record in the heptathlon 100-meter hurdles, clocking 12.65 seconds Friday in the first event at the country’s Olympic track and field trials.

Fountain eclipsed Joyner-Kersee’s mark of 12.69, set in 1998.

She also bested Joyner-Kersee’s Olympic trials record of 12.71 from 1988, and Joyner-Kersee’s U.S. national championship record of 12.77 from 1991.

Fountain is a two-time U.S. champion in the heptathlon.