Track And Field News
Discuss (4 comments)October 8, 2007
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CHICAGO MARATHON- MEN'S PHOTO FINISH VIDEO....SO AWESOME You have to see this to believe it! |
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Provisional Entry List - World Road Running Championships Deena Kastor is one of the notable Americans running in this world's road running champs. |
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Abdirahman dominates USA Men’s 10 Mile Championship MINNEAPOLIS - Abdi Abdirahman (Tucson, Ariz.), captured his third USA Men's 10 Mile title in a row this weekend at the Medtronic Twin Cities 10 Miler, running an event record of 47:34, to finish 13 seconds ahead of local favorite Jason Lehmkuhle (Minneapolis, Minn.). |
ASU Harriers Earn Pair of Runner-Up Finishes at Roy Griak Invitational
In two closely contested races, the Arizona State University cross country teams finished as runners-up at the Roy Griak Invitational in Minneapolis, Minn., Saturday morning.
Ramos Leads Bruins to Fifth-Place Sixth at Bill Dellinger Invite
Behind the return of All-American Austin Ramos, the UCLA men's cross country team ran to a sixth-place finish at the Bill Dellinger Invitational in Eugene, OR. Ramos, who redshirted the 2006 cross country season, led the Bruins with his fifth-place run as host school Oregon won the meet.
Webb beats defending champ Sullivan in Fifth Avenue Mile
Alan Webb capped a strong 2007 season by overtaking defending champ Kevin Sullivan down the stretch to win the Continental Airlines Fifth Avenue Mile on Saturday.
Track star Marion Jones admits doping before 2000 Sydney Games
Marion Jones admitted using steroids before the 2000 Olympics in a recent letter to close family and friends, The Washington Post reported Thursday.
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Track and Field, US Sports Leagues Have Different Polices on ... - AOL SPORTS When the dust settles over Marion Jones' admission that she used steroids, the track and field authorities will treat her the way Stalin treated his opponents: They'll make her disappear and pretend she never existed. |
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Statement from USA Track & Field CEO Craig Masback on reports regarding Marion J "Anything that exposes the truth about drug use in sport is good for ensuring the integrity of sport. While USATF has no knowledge of any letter or pending plea agreement regarding Marion Jones, we continue our long-stated support for the efforts of the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency and the federal government in their investigations. Any use of performance-enhancing substances is a tragedy for the athlete, their teammates, friends, family and the sport. We await any further developments on this matter." |
Discuss (4 comments)October 7, 2007
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Rupp has Beijing Olympics in mind...will redshirt Galen Rupp’s plans for the next two years are set. The University of Oregon’s junior long-distance sensation will redshirt the 2008 track season but return for his senior campaign in 2009. That means the Central Catholic High grad will not accept prize money next summer. |
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Chicago Marathon Results Results for the 2007 Chicago Marathon. |
Twin Cities 10 miler results
Results from the Twin Cities 10 miler where Abdi takes the victory.
Goucher: "I was kind of in Carrie Tollefson's shadow, to be honest."
USA Track and Field hosted a media teleconference with this week's USATF Athlete of the Week, Kara Goucher. Goucher, of course, beat marathon world record-holder Paula Radcliffe in a half marathon last weekend. ...
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Marwa promises much for Udine but Mosop, back from injury, takes 10k win Trento, Italy - Kenya's Moses Mosop is back. The Kenyan, 2005 World 10,000m bronze medallist and the World XC silver medallist earlier this year won the 61st edition of the Giro al Sas, 10.5km road race held yesterday night (6) in Trento. |
Kara Goucher teleconference excerpts
USATF on Wednesday hosted a media teleconference with Kara Goucher, The 2007 World Outdoor Championships bronze medalist in the women's 10,000m who on Sunday won the Great North Half Marathon in England.
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Hagenbuch Leads Men's Cross Country to Third Meet Title of the Season Oct. 6, 2007 Complete Results Senior Henry Hagenbuch finished first at the UCSD Triton Invitational to lead the Bruin men to their third meet title of the season. Hagenbuch set a 10k course record in the win as the race came down to a photo finish. The Bruins scored 19 points, with the second-place team, UCSD, scoring 74. |
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Cross Country Teams Take New England Championships By Storm Franklin Park, Boston, Mass.-- On a day that showcased the top cross country teams from around New England, the Boston College men and women's squads illustrated their strength by respectively placing fourth in each of their events Saturday afternoon. Captains Patrick Mellea and Timothy Ritchie headlined the 10th annual New England Championships by placing first and second respectively in the men's varsity 8k. Mellea topped all runners for the second time this season with a time of 24:45. Ritchie, in his second-fastest performance, finished next in 24:53. Senior Jeremy Zagorski, in his first cross country race of 2007, finished a strong third on the team with a time of 25:55. |
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Castro, Lemieux Lead Sun Devils at ASU Cross Country Invitational TEMPE, Ariz. - The Arizona State University cross country team held its 22nd running of the ASU Invitational Friday afternoon at Kiwanis Park in Tempe, Ariz., with the Sun Devils fielding a "B" squad in the competition that featured several local collegiate teams. Originally, the men's squad scored 42 points to finish second to Arizona (36 points) while Pepperdine (110), Dine College (127) and Pima Community College (148) rounding out the Top 5 teams in the 11-team competition. Following a review of the results, an Arizona runner was changed to Unattached from the UA squad, changing the team point totals to ASU winning with 37 points and followed in the Top 5 by UA (88), Pepperdine (105), Dine (123) and Pima (144). The team title was ASU's first since taking the Canyon West Classic in 2005. That same season, the Sun Devils also won the ASU Invitational and the George Kyte Invitational. On the women's side, the Sun Devils finished fifth overall with 148 points while Arizona (29 points) won the meet. UTEP (59), New Mexico State (70) and Pepperdine (110) finished ahead of the hosts to round out the Top 5 of the 12-team race. |
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Mabil and Donnie Richmond Lead Chippewas at Michigan Intercollegiates ROCHESTER, Mich. -- In its second-to-last tune up before the Mid-American Conference Championships, the Central Michigan University men’s cross country team had some standout performances at the Michigan Intercollegiate Championships on Friday. Oakland University hosted teams from around the state for both 4K and 8K races at Katke-Cousins Golf Course. |
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Ivuti and Adere clinch Chicago Marathon victories!!! NO WAY!!! Chicago, USA - The 30th running of the LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon turned into a sprint as both the men's and women's winners won in dramatic, but very different ways. Men's winner Patrick Ivuti of Kenya won a see-saw duel with two-time World Marathon champion Jaouad Gharib of Morocco by finding just enough to surge past Gharib at the tape in 2:11:11. Both were given the same time with Ivuti's margin of victory being five one hundreths of a second. Defending women's champion Berhane Adere of Ethiopia made up 30 seconds in the last two kilometres, most of it down the 385 yard finishing straight to blow past a shocked Adriana Pirtea of Romania in the final 50 metres to win by three seconds in 2:33:49. |
A runner dies as heat ravages Chicago Marathon; 300 hospitalized
Organizers shut down the course four hours after the start of Sunday's Chicago Marathon because of 88-degree heat and sweltering humidity that left one runner dead and sent more than 300 people to area hospitals with heat-related ailments.
Discuss (3 comments)October 5, 2007
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USATF Statement On Marion Jones Steroid Report Statement from USA Track & Field CEO Craig Masback on reports regarding Marion Jones: “Anything that exposes the truth about drug use in sport is good for ensuring the integrity of sport. While USATF has no knowledge of any letter or pending plea agreement regarding Marion Jones, we continue our long-stated support for the efforts of the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency and the federal government in their investigations. Any use of performance-enhancing substances is a tragedy for the athlete, their teammates, friends, family and the sport. We await any further developments on this matter.†|
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Wanjiru, Hladyr Withdraw from NYC Marathon New York, October 4, 2007—Previously announced entrants Samuel Wanjiru of Kenya and Tatiana Hladyr of the Ukraine will not compete in the ING New York City Marathon 2007 on Sunday, November 4, it was announced by New York Road Runners president and CEO Mary Wittenberg. Wanjiru, the half-marathon world record-holder, had planned to make his marathon debut in New York; however, he told race organizers he was withdrawing due to problems with his preparation. Hladyr, the runner-up in last year’s race, has a foot injury that will require surgery, according to her manager, Andrey Baranov. The surgery is planned for October 11. |
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Star-studded field set for USA Women’s 10 km Championship Monday BOSTON - 2004 Olympic marathon bronze medalist Deena Kastor (Mammoth Lakes, Calif.); two- time defending women's 10 km champion Katie McGregor (Minneapolis, Minn.); and defending U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Women's Marathon champion Colleen De Reuck (Boulder, Colo.) will lead the field for Monday's USA Women's 10 km Championship in Boston, Mass. The Championship will be hosted for the 13th time by the Tufts Health Plan 10K for Women. |
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Loaded field set for USA Men’s 10 Mile Championship MINNEAPOLIS - Two-time U.S. 10 mile champion Abdi Abdirahman (Tucson, Ariz.), will face some of the country's top athletes in defense of his USA Men's 10 Mile title this weekend at the Medtronic Twin Cities 10 Miler. Sunday's race will see more than 30 of the top men in the United States on the line, many of whom are using this year's championship as the final tune-up before the U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Men's Marathon next month in New York. |
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Division III Women's Cross Country Rankings 1 Amherst (7) 279 1 2 Calvin (1) 271 2 3 Wash. (St. Louis)266 3 4 SUNY Geneseo 253 5 5 Williams 241 6 6 Platt. State 238 7 7 Case 236 8 8 Williamette 219 11 9 Wisc-Platt. 219 16 10 Wisc.Eau Claire 209 9 11 Neb. Wesleyan 194 14 12 Dickinson 191 10 13 Keene State 185 12 14 Wisc.La Crosse 172 13 15 Luther 165 4 16 DePauw 152 17 17 St. Olaf 150 18 18 Ithaca 145 19 19 Haverford 140 15 20 Grinnell 123 22 21 Johns Hopkins 114 21 22 Puget Sound 107 20 23 Middlebury 106 30 24 St. Thomas 95 24 25 TCNJ 95 27 26 Emory 88 26 27 Bowdoin 68 23 28 Wheaton (Ill.) 64 25 29 Wartburg 64 29 30 Oberlin 48 28 31 Whitman 45 32 32 Ohio Wesleyan 27 31 33 St. Lawrence 23 NR 34 Gustavus Adolph.13 NR 35 Trinity (Texas) 11 NR DROPPED OUT: OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: MIT 6, Wisconsin-Whitewater 5, SUNY Cortland 5, Grove City 3, Tufts 3, Bethel 2. |
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Division III Men's Cross Country Rankings Updated Oct. 3, 2007 Rank School (1st Votes) Points Prev. 1 Calvin (8) 280 1 2 NYU 272 2 3 Wisconsin-La Crosse 264 3 4 Williamette 254 10 5 SUNY Cortland 247 4 6 Haverford 236 8 7 Saint John's (Minn.) 233 5 8 Augustana (Ill.) 222 6 9 Wisconsin-Platteville 220 9 10 North Central (Ill.) 212 7 11 Ohio Northern 199 11 12 St. Lawrence 184 15 13 Wisconsin-Stevens Point 183 19 14 Allegheny 178 23 15 SUNY Geneseo 161 15 16 Williams 157 17 17 Nebraska Wesleyan 148 21 18 Carnegie Mellon 136 14 19 Trinity (Conn.) 135 12 20 Wheaton (Ill.) 133 13 21 TCNJ 130 20 22 Mount Union 110 22 23 Occidental 99 32 24 Case 93 27 25 Wartburg 83 18 26 Amherst 81 29 27 Carleton 66 31 28 Dickinson 56 30 29 MIT 49 34 30 Texas-Tyler 45 NR 31 Colorado College 43 24 32 Heidelberg 35 28 33 Washington (St. Louis) 24 33 34 Wisconsin-Oshkosh 23 25 35 Hamline 21 NR OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: Grinnell 19, Johns Hopkins 3, Brandeis 2, Emory 2, Luther 1, Rochester 1. DROPPED OUT: |
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UCSD Hosts Triton Classic on Saturday LA JOLLA, Calif. - The UC San Diego men’s and women’s cross country teams will host their first meet since August this weekend, as they welcome in many Division I, II and III schools to compete in the Triton Classic on Saturday, October 6. The 6k women's race will begin at 8:30 a.m., with the 10k men's race scheduled for a 9:30 a.m. start. Both races will begin and conclude inside the Triton Track & Field Stadium on the UCSD campus. |
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TFS Podcast 89: JOE DRISCOLL - U.S. Olympic Team hopeful & ZAP Fitness standout In the audio interview, Olympic marathon hopeful and ZAP Fitness standout JOE DRISCOLL talks about the highlights of his 2007 season, the lessons he’s learned from overcoming recent injuries, the importance of core training in his recovery, and the keys to his success at the November 3rd U.S. Olympic Men’s Marathon Trials. Download the podcast to hear Joe discuss these topics, as well as, the media attention given to some of America’s talented but lesser known runners (such as those running for ZAP, Team USA Minnesota, etc.), how post-collegiate running groups have benefited his own career and U.S. distance running in general, what it’s like to both train and work at ZAP (where all of the runners help out with tasks like washing dishes, assisting with running camps, etc.), and much more! |
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34th annual WWU Invitational takes place Saturday BELLINGHAM, Wash. - Western Washington University's nationally ranked men's cross country team is favored to repeat Saturday at the 34th annual Viking Invitational at Lake Padden Park. The women's 6-kilometer run begins at 10:30 a.m., and the men's 10-kilometer race starts at 11:15 a.m. |
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Sun Devils set to host 22nd ASU Cross Country Invite TEMPE, Ariz. - Coming off another strong showing at the Roy Griak Invitational, the Arizona State University cross country program will hit the trails again this weekend as the Sun Devils are set to play host to the 22nd Arizona State Invitational on Friday afternoon at Kiwanis Park in Tempe. The women will lead off the meet with a 5,000m run at 5 p.m. with the men's 8,000m race following (approximate start time of 5:30 p.m.). Kiwanis Park is located at Baseline Road and All-American Way just six miles south of campus. |
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Marion Jones admits to steroid use Marion Jones tried to choke back the tears streaming down her face, and bowed her head in a desperate effort to regain the composure that used to be her trademark. |
Marion Jones's letter to friends and family
Dear family and close friends, I hope this letter finds all of you well. I know some of you must be wondering where the pictures are that I so often attach to my emails. Unfortunately, this is a much different type of letter.
Discuss (12 comments)October 4, 2007
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So, Lance IS running NYC Today's New York Times reports that Lance will indeed run next month's ING New York City Marathon – once again aiming to break 3 hours. |
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Defeat leaves Radcliffe in a New York state of mind Paula Radcliffe made up her mind to run in next month's New York marathon in the unlikely setting of a traffic jam on the A1. As road works in Darlington held up the women's world record holder on her way home after the Bupa Great North Run on Sunday, the disappointment of failing to win her comeback race was too much for her competitive spirit. |
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Spearmon Now =No. 3 On All-Time Combo Sprint Scoring In the all-time men’s 100/200/400 combined rankings, Wallace Spearmon has secured a spot at number 3 (tied with Mike Marsh). He is only headed by Michael Johnson (1), and Mike Marsh (2). |
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23-year-old Blanka Vlasic (CRO) wins European Athlete of the Year The election of Blanka Vlasic as the Waterford Crystal European Athlete of the Year, marks a double first since the award was inaugurated in 1993. It is the first time that the award has gone to an athlete from Croatia and also the first time that a High Jumper has been honoured. |
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USTFCCCA Div. II Men's XC Rankings (10/3) USTFCCCA Division II men's cross country rankings Oct. 3, 2007 1. Abilene Christian 2. Adams State 3. Western State 4. Grand Valley State 5. Colorado School Mines 6. Stonehill 7. Chico State 8. Slippery Rock 9. Southern Indiana 10. Edinboro 11. Minnesota State Mankato 12. Western Washington 13. UMass Lowell 14. New Mexico Highlands 15. Missouri-Rolla 16. Minnesota-Duluth 17. Lock Haven 18. Southern Connecticut 19. Alaska Anchorage 20. Southwest Baptist 21. Northern Kentucky 22. Metro State 23. Ashland 24. Saginaw Valley 25. Augustana |
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USTFCCCA Division II women's cross country rankings USTFCCCA Division II women's cross country rankings Oct. 3, 2007 1. Adams State 2. Western State 3. Grand Valley State 4. Cal State Los Angeles 5. Augustana 6. Chico State 7. Seattle Pacific 8. Wisconsin Parkside 9. Missouri Southern 10. UC San Diego 11. Kutztown 12. Nebraska-Kearney 13. Bloomsburg 14. North Dakota 15. Pittsburg State 16. Findlay 17. Wayne State University 18. Edinboro 19. Southwest Baptist 20. Alabama Huntsville 21. Tampa 22. Abilene Christian 23. Stonehill 24. Southern Indiana 25. Minnesota State Moorhead |
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2007 LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon- Elite Athlete Preview A look at the World Marathon Majors leaderboard says a lot about Chicago's fall classic. The upper-echelon list of runners from all across the globe includes a big share of stars who have earned their positions in the World Marathon Majors standings by running hard on the streets of Chicago. |
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Gateshead set to return after 10 years The Gateshead International Cross Country is to return to the Riverside Bowl, on the banks of the Tyne, after an absence of 10 years.Reclamation work put an end to this prestigious meeting but now the course has been re-built for the event on Saturday, November 10. Gateshead has a proud history of staging world-class events, having staged the World Cross Country Championships in 1983. |
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Utah State Coach Greg Gensel Is Hooked On Success It only took Gregg Gensel one race to take the cross country bait - hook, line and sinker. "I'm not saying this because I'm bragging, because I'm not that good of a runner, but I won my first race and so basically, I was hooked," USU's head track and field and cross country coach said. "It's like golf, you take one good swing and 18 holes of bad swings, and that one good swing, if it comes at the right time, you're going to keep coming back. "That's the same thing with running. If you have early success, you're going to want to reproduce that success." |
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Fast starts for Blood, Ferguson Saratoga Springs runners help Oregon, Notre Dame |
Girl swims with bound hands, feet
Marion Jones Admits to Steroid Use
Amy Shipley of the Washington Post writes, "Track star Marion Jones has acknowledged using steroids as she prepared for the 2000 Summer Games in Sydney and plans to plead guilty Friday in New York to two counts of lying to federal agents about her drug use and an unrelated financial matter, according to a letter Jones sent to close family and friends".
Discuss (4 comments)October 3, 2007
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Paula Radcliffe Joins Women’s Professional Field for ING New York City Maratho New York, October 3, 2007—After more than two years away from the marathon, world record-holder Paula Radcliffe of Great Britain will return at the ING New York City Marathon 2007 on Sunday, November 4. |
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Olympic great Al Oerter dies Four-time Olympic gold medalist, former world record holder and National Track & Field Hall of Famer Al Oerter died Monday of heart failure in Fort Myers Beach, Fla. He was 71. |
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Geb Video Interview After Berlin (long) Video with Sean Harnet and World Record Holder Geb. |
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Goucher's greatness shows result of living the high life Kara Goucher, who won the Great North Run in her half-marathon debut, benefited from altitude training. |
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Unplugged with...KARA GOUCHER Kara talks with members of the national running media during a USA Track & Field teleconference on Wednesda, October 3rd after her victory in the BUPA Great North Run in England where she defeated Paula Radcliffe. |
Tragedy Strikes MSU Athletics Family
A member of the Minnesota State women’s cross country team died Tuesday, Oct. 2, when she was struck by a vehicle while she was running on a sidewalk near campus.
