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Stars look to collect titles - Newsroom - 22-06-2011 EUGENE - Veterans Carmelita Jeter, Allyson Felix, Jenn Suhr and Brittney Reese headline competitive fields of the nation’s best at the 2011 USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships June 23-26 in Eugene, Ore. The USA Championships serve as the selection event for the coveted spots to represent Team USA at the IAAF World Championships August 27- September 4 in Daegu, South Korea. The USA Championships are also the final stop of the 2011 Outdoor Visa Championship Series. Each male and female athlete who finishes the series at the top of the point standings will be awarded $25,000. The event will be featured on three networks, in six broadcasts spread over three days of competition. Broadcasts will air on ESPN2, Universal and NBC. View the full TV schedule here. In addition, a free webcast will be provided in partnership with RunnerSpace.com. The webcast will run throughout the duration of the event, with commentators including: Larry Rawson, Jenny Adams, Dan O’Brien, Joanna Hayes and John Godina. BMW Women's 100m Carmelita Jeter will look to make her third consecutive world championships team in the 100m. Jeter has been on a roll claiming the #1 ranking in the world the past two years, and she is the current world leader. Jeter ran away from the field and garnered USATF Athlete of the Week honors earlier this month at the Nike Prefontaine Classic where she won in a time of 10.70. Jeter’s closest competitors include Marshavet Myers who is currently ranked third in the world (10.86) and LaShaunte’a Moore who was the runner-up at the 2010 USA Championships and has run 11.25 this year. This race boasts a competitive field, with 19 women having already achieved the IAAF “A” standard of 11.29. Visa Women’s 200m Two collegiate standouts lead the field after setting fast PR’s at the NCAA D-1 Championships. Kimberlyn Duncan of LSU won 2011 NCAA titles in the 100m, 200m and anchored the winning 4x100m team. With her recent PR of 22.24, Duncan is the current world leader in the 200m. Janeba Tarmoh of Texas A&M took the runner-up spot in the NCAA 200m and also ran on the 2nd place 4x100m and 1st place 4x400m teams. The youngsters will also have to contend with Consuella Moore, the defending 200m US Champion. Reigning world champion Allyson Felix will not run the 200m, as she has an automatic bid to the world championships.