© Copyright - 2012 - Christopher Kelsall Dr. Trent Stellingwerff is a former track and field athlete who competed in the NCAA for Cornell University where he was selected as a co-captain. He also competed in the CIS for the University of Guelph, where he twice earned All-Canadian status. Stellingwerff was an academically decorated student who made the Dean’s list at Cornell University and was twice awarded Academic All-Canadian status during the years 2001 and 2002. In 2006 he took a position in Switzerland for the Nestle Research Ce...
© Copyright – 2012 – Athletics Illustrated To what extent are the very best athletes mentally stronger than their competitors? Without the physical talent and proper training methods an athlete’s fate is determined by physical standards: clocks, scores and performance; measurable factors we can easily identify with. However, possessing physical talent and the dedication to train does not necessarily complete the athlete. Without the right mental toughness or confidence, it may not be possible to achieve the competitivenes...
© Copyright – 2012 – Athletics Illustrated Fasil Bizuneh, who owns a 10,000m personal best time of 27:50.48 and a few 62-minute half-marathons will be racing the Jacksonville Gate River 15k in Jacksonville, Florida on Saturday, March 10th. His personal best on the Jacksonville course is 43:52. He has twice competed in the IAAF World Cross Country Championships, once as a junior and as a senior. Bizuneh is currently training at altitude in Flagstaff, Arizona. He is looking at competing at the USA 25k Championships, which...
© Copyright - 2012 - Athletics Illustrated The University of Victoria Vikes Track and Field team is looking very strong as they roll through the indoor season and look towards a competitive CIS outdoor season. Athletics Illustrated, during the November 29th interview with Coach Keith Butler, reported that the University of Victoria Vikes team were seeing early returns during the 2011 CIS cross-country season. Both the women’s and men’s teams finished second in the Western Washington Invitational on October 8th. October 22nd th...
© Copyright - 2012 - Christopher Kelsall Greg McMillan is into his fourth year running adidas-McMillanElite - a post-collegiate program for runners who compete over distances from 5k to the marathon. McMillanElite, Inc. is a non-profit Olympic development running team based in Flagstaff, Arizona. The team is a collaboration between adidas and McMillan Running Company. McMillan is a coach, competitive masters-age athlete and physiologist. He incorporates training methods from some of the most respected coaches and phys...
© Copyright - 2012 - Christopher Kelsall Nick Symmonds is one of the fastest middle-distance track and field athletes in America, specializing in the 800m and 1500m distances. He won seven NCAA Division III titles in outdoor track. In 2007, he won the 800m race at the Prefontaine Classic. On June 30, 2008, Symmonds won the 800m event at the U.S. Olympic Trials that took place in Eugene, Oregon. He finished in 1:44.10 and qualified for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Symmonds grew up in Boise, Idaho, and was educated at Willamette Uni...
© Copyright - 2012 - Athletics Illustrated Brett Gotcher raced the US Olympic Marathon Trials Saturday, January 14th in Houston, Texas. He finished in a near personal best time of 2:11:06, 30 seconds off of his debut result that he achieved at the 2009 Chevron Houston Marathon, 2:10:36 – the fourth fastest American marathon debut. The 2012 Trials was one of the deepest US marathon races to date with 81 finishers bettering the 2:30 threshold, 50 going sub-2:20, 21 bettering the sub-2:15 mark and four who ran sub-2:10. ...
© Copyright - 2011 - Christopher Kelsall University of Victoria Vikes cross-country and track athlete Clifford Childs, in his fifth and final year of eligibility, helped his team to their ninth, tenth and eleventh Canada West cross-country titles in the CIS (Canadian Interuniversity Sport). They placed third nationally, with 82 points finishing behind Guelph (20) and Windsor (49), respectively on November 12, 2011. While the Kelowna, BC native and Vikes team Captain is finishing up his economics degree, he is planning on ...
(C) Copyright - Christopher Kelsall - 2008 Sir Richard Branson, entrepreneur, adventurer and founder of the Virgin Group of companies, is delighted to be a part of the London Marathon, so-much-so that he signed one of his business ventures, ‘Virgin Money’, to a £17million, five-year commitment to be the title sponsor of the event. Virgin Money is commited from 2010 to 2015, which includes the highly anticipated 30th anniversary race. Branson said, “it's an epic and inspirational event and raises a fantastic amount ...
© Copyright - 2011 - Christopher Kelsall Canadian 10,000m record holder Simon Bairu (27:23), will make his second attempt at challenging the marathon and the Olympic qualifying time of 2:11:29 when he races the Chevron Houston Marathon, Sunday January 15th, 2012 in Houston, Texas (he dropped out of NY). But qualifying is only part of the incentive to run well. Bairu will also need to have one of the top-three times in Canada to ensure his position on the team. Currently Eric Gillis (2:11:27) and Reid Coolsaet (2:1...
