All Eyes Will Be on Johnson in Sports Arena Tonight
Sprinter Ben Johnson will be the undisputed star of tonight’s Sunkist Invitational Indoor track meet at the Sports Arena.
Johnson placed second last week in his first race after a two-year drug suspension. He ran 50 meters in 5.77 seconds at a meet in Hamilton, Canada, losing to American Daron Council, who won in 5.75. Also in that race was Andre Cason, who will race against Johnson again tonight. Cason led the Hamilton race for 30 meters after getting off to a tremendous start.
The men’s 880 features Kenyan Paul Ereng, the Olympic champion at 800 meters, and American veteran Stanley Redwine. The men’s mile features Nourredine Morceli of Algeria, who was the fastest miler in the world last year. With him in the field are Americans Steve Scott and Jeff Atkinson.
In the women’s events, PattiSue Plumer and Suzy Favor will square off in the mile and Michelle Finn and Alice Brown in the 50 meters.
High school events begin at 4:15 and open events at 6:15. The meet will be televised live on ESPN from 6:30 to 8:30.
Go beyond the scoreboard
Get the latest on L.A.'s teams in the daily Sports Report newsletter.
You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times.
