Track And Field News
Discuss (4 comments)October 25, 2007
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NCAA vacates two Arkansas track titles... ESPN.com reports "The NCAA vacated two of Arkansas' national championships in track and field Thursday and placed the school on three years' probation after investigating violations involving sprint star Tyson Gay and a former assistant coach". |
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Interview with Patrick Casey He is undefeated this season and is fresh off his Class A triumph in the Montana State Championship |
AP Sports: French hurdler Naman Keita suspended 2 years for doping
PARIS (AP) - French hurdler and Olympic bronze medalist Naman Keita was suspended Thursday for two years after testing positive for testosterone before the world championships.
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Ambulance with dying marathoner gets lost Ambulance with dying marathoner gets lost |
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Runner's World chat with alberto Salazar Chattig with Salazar |
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A brief chat with Dan Browne Amby Burfoot writes, "Dan Browne placed third in the 2004 USA Men's Olympic Marathon Trials behind Alan Culpepper and Meb Keflezighi. That year, he trained in Oregon, his home state. However, three months ago he relocated temporarily to Mammoth Lakes CA to train with the Running USA group there. He's got impressive track credentials, too, having qualified to run the 10,000 meters in Athens in addition to the marathon. He has bests at the two distances of 2:11:35 and 27:42.19" |
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Interview with Claire Durkin Last fall, Claire was 3rd in the Ohio D1 State Championship, trailing Amanda Burger and Brooklyne Ridder |
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Interview with Luke Puskedra Last spring he won the Arcadia 2 mile. Set course record at Bob Firman Invitational |
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Interview with Alex Banfich Is going to race at the Portage Invitational. |
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Interview with Doug Smith New Jersey's Doug Smith has been on the radar since he dropped an impressive 9:14 3200 as a ninth grader. |
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Interview with Katie Flood Katie’s freshman campaign included state titles in track and XC, an Iowa 4k record 13:48 and the Drake 3k win in 9:44.96. |
The awakening
personal blog from an elite ultra marathon runner Dean Karnazes, who last year ran 50 marathons in 50 days!
Discuss (1 comments)October 24, 2007
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Goucher's roller coaster ride to success Jim Ferstle writes, "Like most elite athletes, Osaka 10,000m bronze medallist Kara Goucher is no stranger to adversity. She's very familiar with the roller coaster ride most athletes must navigate. For Goucher that roller coaster began at a young age. Seven days before her fourth birthday, Kara's father, Mirko Grgas was killed by a drunk driver at 6:30 a.m. on Harlem River Drive near 142nd Street in New York City". |
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24 test positive for drugs 24 test positive for drugs |
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Sun returns after 4 year drug ban Only the 4th women to go sub 2:20 in the marathon |
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Schumaker addresses the media addresses the media about his team and the future |
NCAA XC Polls are out
Oregon and Stanford are still number 1
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Track and Field World Records In the world of sports, few things are as exciting as watching a World record get broken in the track and field events. In preparation for the 2008 Summer Olympics next August, here is a compilation of a bunch of record breaking youtube videos. |
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Interview with Scott Bauhs Though Scott Bauhs has been running at a high level since high school, he didn't begin to make national headlines until last spring, when he upset Nicodemus Naimadu to win the NCAA Division II 10,000m title for California State University, Chico. |
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Mountain West Cofnerence Champs Relocated The Mountain West Conference Championships this weekend have been relocated to New Mexico from San Diego because of the wildfires in California |
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San Diego State University Postpones all Athletic Contests SDSU has postponed all athletic contests due to the CA wildfires |
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Fazil Bizuneh's interview with NYRR he is training in Boulder |
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Meb leads 134 qualifiers Meb is the leader this year coming into the trials at New York |
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Columbia to host Heps Columbia will host the heps |
Discuss (2 comments)October 23, 2007
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Geb says that detroit marathon can be big he ran the first 10 miles of the race and talked about it |
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PAC-10 Cross Country Championships preview... Here's the Pac-10 Conference's preview of this Saturday's cross country championships in Corvallis, Oregon. |
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Scott Bauh runs a 1:03 half only 21 years old at chico state, bauh ran a 1:03 half marathon |
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Kiprop to face Kibet in Great South Run 10,000 meter commonwealth champ Kiprop will face World's marathon champ kibet at the Great South Run |
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Close but no victory After a brilliant 26.1 miles, Charles Kibiwott found himself on the losing end of a 100m sprint to the finish line at the Gyeongju International Marathon in Gyeongju, South Korea. Countryman and friend, Edwin Komen won the race in 2:09:44; Charles ran 2:09:45. “So close,†he said immediately after the race, his thumb and index finger stretched apart indicating a close margin. “So close…†Laban Kipkemboi was forced to drop out with an injury to the ball of his foot |
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Great read on Ryan Hall's early training When he was young he asked his dad if he could go on a 15 miler with him. He said, "sure,but no whining." |
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fam goes over the nyc course in a video Fam goes over the nyc course in a short vid. |
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Olympic Runner & Middle School coach Roy “Robot†Martin Arrested on Drug Ch Roy “Robot†Martin broke speed records and ran his way on the U. S. Olympics team. Tuesday he was arrested for possessing Xanax without a prescription at Florence Middle School in Pleasant Grove, TX where he is currently employed as the head track & field coach and hall monitor. However, Martin says that the possession stemmed from his efforts to fight the middle schools’ drug problem. He explains that ... |
A Blind Competitor Will Not Be Deterred
Aaron Scheidies will attempt to make history Sunday and become the first disabled athlete to finish in under two hours at the United States Open Triathlon.
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Division 1 Cross Country Rankings |
134 entered for U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Men’s Marathon
The largest field since 1984. Only three can go. Who will make it?
Discuss (2 comments)October 22, 2007
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7 go under 2:07 at the ING Amsterdam Marathon Amsterdam, The Netherlands - Ideal weather with 10-12 degrees CT, nearly no wind and sun created ideal circumstances for the 32nd ING Amsterdam Marathon. In a race which was open till the last 250 metres, Emmanuel Mutai proved to be the fastest. |
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What's tempo sports? The Centaurus High School Cross Country team turned as their spike-haired coach pointed down the dirt path at the lean runner cruising by on the Davidson Mesa. “That’s Alan Culpepper, one of the fastest guys in the world,†the coach said. |
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Interview with Nate Jenkins Interview with 27-year old emerging running star Nate Jenkins |
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Kestner, Stewart Win Nationwide Better Health Columbus Marathon The winning time was only a 2:31 |
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Results of the Beijing Marathon Kinyanjui, Chen take top honours in Beijing – Beijing Marathon |
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Katie Dunn leads #1 cross country team seeds of Katie Dunn’s success may be bearing fruit now that she’s a senior, but they were sown two years ago, during the last mile of a race in the summer before her sophomore year. |
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Kenya: Now AK Moves to Resolve Cash Crisis Athletics Kenya (AK) has moved to calm the storm generated by Wednesday's revelations of a cash scandal related to the March 24 World Cross Country Championships in Mombasa |
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Kenya:AK to focus on training camp Athletics Kenya has embarked on a move to gain control of road races and private training camps in the country. |
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Interview with Stephen Kiogora After training in Boulder for the last year Stephen Kiogora is ready to roll for the New York City Marathon |
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Interview with Ben Maiyo Ben Maiyo hasn't run a good race since worlds in the 2005, can he get back into form by nyc marathon |
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Chritopher Cheboiboch Part of the group of kenyans training in Boulder he hopes to make his debut at the nyc marathon |
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Fazil Bizuneh's latest blog entry Bizuneh tells what it is like training with one of the most elite groups in the US |
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The Meb Keflezkhi Story The story of the leader of the emergence of American Distance running emergence |
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Olympic Champion to speak before a church Billy Mills, the track and field icon who is the only American ever to win an Olympic 10,000-meter gold medal with his victory in 1964, remembers a moment at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Australia. |
Discuss (0 comments)October 21, 2007Much anticipation for Paula Radcliffe at NYC Marathon
Having children will not stop Paula and Catherine Ndereba forging the mother of all battles in New York next month. By Simon Turnbull
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Gebreslassie to run part of the detroit marathon Record holder, two-time Olympic gold medalist to run a portion of the marathon |
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Nigeria: Lisbon Half Marathon Winner Seeks Obudu Top Prize Rita Jeptoo Sitienei, the Nandi born Kenyan road racer has become the latest top ranked international athlete to signify her intention to challenge Obudu Mountain race defending women champion, Ethiopia's Rehima Kedir for the USD 50,000 top prize at the third edition of the race next month at the Obudu Ranch Resort,Obudu in Cross River State |
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Kenya: World Champ Kibet Leads Stanchart Series Squad World marathon champion Lucas Kibet tops the list of 16 runners selected by Athletic Kenya to represent the country in this season's Standard Chartered The Greatest Race on Earth series |
