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Discuss (6 comments)October 31, 2007
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Catherine Ndereba: Racing to conquer the world -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Nicholas Asego In athletics, she is referred to as ‘Catherine the Great’. |
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Russians claim repeat Dublin wins Russian Aleksey Sokolov improved his own course record set last year when winning Monday's Dublin Marathon in two hours nine minutes and seven seconds |
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Radcliffe must relax as road to Beijing begins in New York There can't be many better places to be in the world at this time of the year than Central Park, New York City. This particular weekend, though, might not be the time to embark on a leisurely stroll to admire the stunning autumn vistas of the lungs of the city, as thousands of others will be expanding their own respiratory organs to bursting point. |
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Beijing Smog is a conern for many AUSTRALIA's Olympic aspirants will be given contact lenses in an unprecedented move to combat Beijing's pollution and improve their vision as they strive for gold. |
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Stars of Track and Field to play on Tuesday in Lexington Still loving the name of this band. And how apropos it is that they will be in the east the same weekend of the Olympic trials this weekend? If you need a destination, indie up-and-comers Stars of Track and Field will play at 9 pm Tuesday at The Dame in Lexington. The Portland band gets props from bloggers and assorted music mags for its competent indie rock... |
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Ohuruogu set for personal Olympic hearing Christine Ohuruogu was yesterday granted a personal hearing at her appeal next month in her attempt to run for Britain at the Olympic Games. Ohuruogu, the 400m world champion, is suspended for life from competing at the Games under a British Olympic Association bylaw that prevents athletes who have committed a doping |
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Interview with Alan Culpepper Alan Culpepper, a two-time Olympian, will seek his third berth at the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Men’s Marathon in Central Park this Saturday. Culpepper won the 2004 Trials marathon in Birmingham, Alabama, edging Meb Keflezighi in a sprint to the finish line in 2:11:42. He finished 12th in the Olympic Marathon in 2:15:26. In a 10,000-meter race at the 2000 Olympic Trials, Culpepper won by beating Keflezighi in an exciting race to the tape |
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Meb and Khalid Teleconference excerpts USA Track & Field, the U.S. Olympic Committee and New York Road Runners on Tuesday hosted a national media teleconference with 2004 Olympic silver medalist Meb Keflezighi and American record holder Khalid Khannouchi. Both men will compete Saturday in New York for a spot on the 2008 Olympic Team, running in the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Men's Marathon |
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Athletes to preside over nasdaq bell Athletes Dathan Ritzenhein (2004 U.S. Olympian); Ryan Shay (3-time U.S. National Champion); Peter Gilmore (top American finisher in ING New York City Marathon 2006); Clint Verran (top American contender); and Jason Hartmann (top American contender) will preside over the closing bell in celebration of the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials for the Men's Marathon on Saturday, November 3rd. The top three finishers in the race will make the U.S. Olympic team |
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Riz ready to roll Dathan Ritzenhein misses Boulder - the myriad running trails, the beauty of the Flatirons, the friends he made living there for six years - but for an elite young runner needing to relocate at sea level, he couldn't have found a better place than Eugene. |
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One of Sudan's lost boys competes in the Trials Considering the life-threatening circumstances of his youth, his incredible walk across Africa as one of the "Lost Boys of the Sudan," and his settlement in the Philadelphia area, Macharia Yuot sincerely believes that anything is possible in life. |
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10 Elites to be at Nike Team Nationals All 10 athletes are world class runners, and most were previously high school stars in the US: Lagat, Abdi, Ritz, Lauren Fleshman, Shalane Flanagan, Adam & Kara Goucher, Lincoln, Alan Webb, Tegenkamp |
Team Turns Unsung Runners Into Elite Marathoners
The New York Times' Gina Kolata writes about the Hansons=Brooks squad which competes Saturday at the US Olympic Team Trials-Mens Marathon in New York
‘It is a no-fear event’ for Walker...
David Powell writes on the IAAF site about Mountlake Terrace, Washington's Brad Walker, the reigning world indoor and outdoor pole vault champion, "For a man normally prepared to meet risk head-on – he has a passion for extreme sports, likes fast cars, and won a World Pole Vault title despite suffering concussion from a nasty fall in warm-up – Brad Walker is contrastingly cautious in one respect. Ask him if he is the athlete to extend the United States’ proud Olympic tradition in his event and he takes no chances with his answer."
bobby curtis is athlete of the week
after wining big east
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Men's Marathon Trials: In 1988, Underdog Mark Conover Ran The Impossible Race Men's Marathon Trials: In 1988, Underdog Mark Conover Ran The Impossible Race |
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Owls finish 4th at A Suns NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The Kennesaw State men's cross country team concluded their season on Saturday, with a fourth place finish at the 2007 Atlantic Sun Conference Championship. Sophomore Peikko Solla led the team in scoring, but KSU fell short of completing its dreams of a conference title as rival schools Belmont and East Tennessee State University dominated the field. |
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Owls duo leads ksu to a 2nd place finish NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The Kennesaw State women's cross country team concluded their season on Saturday, with a second place finish at the 2007 Atlantic Sun Conference Championship. All-Conference runners Erin Sutton and Mackenzie Howe led the team in the final race of the year, as KSU tried to mount a charge against champions Belmont but fell just short of victory. |
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Mary Wittenberg chats with Runner's World Mary Wittenberg is the president and CEO of the New York Road Runners, and race director of both the USA Men's Marathon Trials on Saturday, and the next day's ING New York City Marathon. A former partner at a New York City law firm, Wittenberg won the 1987 Marine Corps Marathon in 2:44--a time that qualified her for the 1988 USA Women's Olympic Marathon Trials. |
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9th running of the Border Clash The top 40 boys and girls runners from each state square off on a unique course on the campus of Nike World Headquarters, where the spirit of Pre is in the air. |
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Team USA Minnesota profile they have so many runners at the trials |
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Abdi marathoner abdi is doin great and the olympics are around the corner |
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LetsRun.com US Men's Marathon Trials Contest $100,000 Perfect Ballot: Yes, that's right. Pick the top 10 correctly in order and we'll give you $100,000 ($10,000 a year for 10 years). If more than one person has a perfect ballot, then the money will be divided evenly amongst the people with the perfect ballot. |
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Brian Sell ready to go back to college, if he doesnt qualify If Sell does not make the Olympic team, he will retire as an athlete, he said. He has applied to dental school and he and his wife will move back east, closer to their families in Pennsylvania, where there will be no more mornings at the duck pond, and probably no more 160-mile weeks. |
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Video of Ryan Hall Training Run on GodTube.com U.S. Olympic marathon hopeful Ryan Hall, a devout Christian, takes us through a 15-mile altitude-training run in 1:16:47 (a 5:07 per mile pace!) at Mammoth Lakes, CA (elevation: 7,000 feet). Video on GOD TUBE and Produced by fellow marathoner Josh Cox. |
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JOSH COX Interview on Faith, Love, Hope … and THE Trials In the interview Cox offers intimate details about his absence from racing and the emotionally and mentally trying journey that began in late 2005 when his father was diagnosed with cancer. Cox went to care for his father, ceased most of his training, and was by his side until he passed away in July 2006. Although a painful journey, it also led to a once unthinkable metamorphosis; enabling the father and son to repair what had been a tumultuous relationship and find forgiveness, as Cox says, “On this side of eternityâ€. His personal and athletic life now back on track, Cox is ready to “let it rip†at Sunday’s U.S. Olympic Men’s Marathon Trials; a race he says he’ll been running for both his Heavenly and earthly fathers. Download the podcast to hear Cox discuss these experiences, the Trials, as well as, having his “butt handed to him daily†when he arrived in Mammoth, the “adventure†of earning his qualifier at the Air Force Marathon, what he believes is the “true gold†in athletics, his new video about Ryan Hall on GodTube, and Team Running USA: their strong group dynamic despite stark contrasts in personalities and how a common faith binds them together. |
Keflezighi and Khannouchi Teleconference Excerpts
USA Track & Field, the US Olympic Committee and New York Road Runners on Tuesday hosted a national media teleconference with 2004 Olympic silver medalist Meb Keflezighi and American record holder Khalid Khannouchi. ...
Division II Men's and Women's Regional XC Rankings
The Division II Regional XC Rankings are now ready for viewing. Please click the link to see the rankings.
Discuss (1 comments)October 30, 2007
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The Daily Run A great article by Matt Taylor |
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A possible strategy for Brian Sell by a hanson runner |
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Rupp's return helps top-ranked Oregon win Pac-10 title Bolstered by the return of Galen Rupp, Oregon won its second straight Pacific-10 Conference title on Saturday and swept the first-place votes in this week's Division I men's cross country poll. |
Lambie leads top-ranked Stanford to 12th straight Pac-10 title
Propelled by Arianna Lambie & Teresa McWalters, Stanford retains its number one ranking in the latest USTFCCCA poll.
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Seb Coes born to run now on youtube yeah |
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Oympic marathon trials, nothing but smooth The marathon should be a hard one to predict |
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Marathon Trials are at NYC this weekend It's possible that when the new Jets-Giants Stadium is built, they'll play the Super Bowl there. And someday, the Mets or the Yankees might get back to the World Series. But for runners, the equivalent of both those events, with the Masters and Kentucky Derby thrown in for good measure, will occur in Manhattan this Saturday |
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After Walking Hundreds of Miles for Survival, a Refugee Turns to Running CHESTER, Pa., Oct. 26 — Macharia Yuot is a runner, good enough to have won six N.C.A.A. Division III titles in track and cross-country, good enough that he will run in the United States Olympic marathon trials Nov. 3 in Central Park. |
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All Roads Lead to Jack Daniels Distance runners who make their way to Flagstaff AZ, one of the favored altitude Meccas in the U.S., almost invariably wander into Jack Daniels office at some point. It's located in the Center For High Altitude Training on the Northern Arizona University campus, adjacent to the outdoor track. |
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Carl Rundell declines Trials to run Marine Corps Marathon couple of years ago, Tamrat Ayalew escaped his native country after he had been shot in the leg, imprisoned and tortured by the Ethiopian government. Yesterday the 33-year-old, now seeking political asylum and citizenship in the United States, ran away with a victory in the nation's capital. |
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Alberto Salazar speaks to God “Geraldi’s,†Alberto Salazar said. The pain — a blade turning in the middle of his back — was in abeyance. “They have the best subs in town, and it’s only a 10-minute drive.†|
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Bobby Curtis clinches a Big East Conference Villanova finishes 5th and Curtis finishes Big East |
Discuss (2 comments)October 29, 2007For Running Couples, Marriage Has Its Trials
Shayne Culpepper and Sara Hall are just a few of the runners with Olympic aspirations whose elite-level spouses are competing in New York.
Text of NCAA Press Release on Arkansas Track Violations
The NCAA Division I Committee on Infractions has penalized University of Arkansas, Fayetteville for major violations in its men?s track and field program. This case involved several violations of NCAA recruiting rules committed by one ...
Brian Sell prepares for the Olympic Trials
Sell is ready to roll
gophers edge spartans in womens big ten
iowa runner wins final
Unprecedented TV & Web Coverage Set for Olympic Trials & NYC Marathon
New York Road Runners today announced an unprecedented level of broadcast and webstreaming coverage for the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Men’s Marathon on November 3 and the ING New York City Marathon 2007 on November 4. The two events will be broadcast and streamed around the world via NBC, WNBC-4HD, NBCSports.com, NBCOlympics.com and WCSN.com.
Frankfurt Marathon
goes sub 2:08
A Little "patience brought me luck" - Wifred Kigen, sub 2:08 Marathon
Wilfred Kigen became the first to clock a sub 2:08 time and the first man to achieve a hattrick in the history of Germany’s oldest city marathon.
Tactical race expected on tricky course
On paper, even via pixels, predicting the top three finishers prior to the U.S. Olympic trials marathon in New York on Nov. 3 would seem a relatively easy task. Ryan Hall, Adbi Abdirahman and Meb Keflezighi have all distinguished themselves recently and enter as the favorites.
Josh McDougal is 4 time champion
Josh McDougal became the 10th runner in NCAA history to win four-consecutive conference cross country crowns.
The Marathoner Speaks to His God
“Geraldi’s,†Alberto Salazar said. The pain — a blade turning in the middle of his back — was in abeyance. “They have the best subs in town, and it’s only a 10-minute drive.â€
Student beats 'Chariots of Fire' record
A Cambridge University student has beaten the record for the race made famous by the film Chariots of Fire, becoming only the third person to have completed the course within the time limit.
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Lambie gets her 3rd PAC 10 victory Arianna Lambie claimed the individual title for the third year in a row, becoming only the second runner on the women's side to accomplish such a feat. |
University of Guelph dominates Ontario University Championships
University of Guelph brought home their fourth consecutive women's title, while adding their third consecutive men's title. Adding to the excitement was individual wins by freshwoman Lindsay Carson and Sophmore Kyle Boorsma.
New Delhi Half Marathon
The last minute withdrawal of defending champions Francis Kibiwott and Lineth Chepkirui cost Kenyans dearly as Rwanda’s Dieudonne Disi and Ethiopian Derebe Alemu claimed the titles at the 3rd Vodafone Delhi Half-Marathon on Sunday (28).
Division III Conference Championship Central
The Division III Cross Country Conference Championship Weekend is now upon us. Please click here to view results, last year's champions or to visit a conference website.
Division II Men's and Women's Regional Cross Country Rankings Announced
There were several changes in this week's men's and women's regional rankings after a successful conference weekend for a number of teams. Two conferences still have yet to compete as the PSAC and Pac West are set to run this coming weekend.
European distance running and television ratings: a problem for world athletics
Whereas Europe once took 70% or more of the total medals on offer at the World Championships in Athletics and Olympic Games, it now takes 50% or less. The “lost†medals are mainly in the middle and long-distance races, where African runners now dominate and European performances have slipped.
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The 500 meter wheeze Some events in the 2008 Summer Games may have to be postponed by a day or two if air pollution in Beijing is excessive, the International Olympic Committee said on Thursday. How will all this pollution affect the Olympic athletes? |
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Hendrick Ramaala interview with NYRR Hendrick talks about the nyc marathon |
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26 miles of 'om' 26 miles of 'om' |
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Hussein is still a force at the trials Men's Marathon Trials: At Age 42, Mbarak Hussein Is Still A Force To Be Reckoned With |
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Ryan Hall is picked as a favorite for the nyc marathon trials He won't win |
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arkansas wins sec title wins sec title |
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rupp and kiptoo go one two rupp apparaently thought they could tie |
Discuss (2 comments)October 28, 2007Top-ranked Adams State starts championship season in fine form
In the first of three consecutive championship showdowns with in-state rival Western State, Adams State won its fifth straight Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference women's cross country title Saturday in Durango, Colo.
Straight A's for top two teams in D2 men's cross country rankings
Abilene Christian and Adams State raced to runaway wins at their conference meets and remain first and second in the Division II men's cross country rankings released today by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association.
'I feel like I've been part of a movement' says champion runner
Running champion Lorraine Moller will be on hand to dish out the prizes for the elite women at the Auckland Marathon. Moller, who started running in the 1970s, said handing out the awards to the women is special. "Back in my...
Katie Holmes to Run NYC Marathon
Actress Katie Holmes will run the 2007 New York City Marathon and is “determined to complete the race and make [husband Tom Cruise] proud.†The NYC Marathon is set to begin on the morning of Sunday, November 3, 2007.
Discuss (0 comments)October 27, 2007Seminole Women Win First Cross Country ACC Championship
As All-America Susan Kuijken extended her season-long undefeated streak to four, the Florida State women's cross country team glided to the school's first ACC Championship in Charlottesville, Va. The women took first in the 6k race with 64 points, while the men finished third with 130 points behind the only two ranked opponents the 8k run.
Heps Recap-
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2007 Heps Recap- Princeton Women win THe princeton women won heps, completing a sweep of the meet for the Tigers |
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2007 MAAC Recap Iona's men's and women's teams took home the crowns at the MAAC championship this year help at Van Cordlandt Park. McKayla Plank brought home the title for the women and Mohamed Khadraoui won the race for the men. |
2-Time Olympian Arrested For Drugs At DISD School
As a Dallas high school student, Roy "Robot" Martin broke speed records and ran his way onto the U. S. Olympics team in 1984 and 1988. Tuesday night, he was arrested for possessing drugs at Florence Middle School in Pleasant Grove. Martin is head track coach and a hall monitor at the school. Martin says he should not be charged with a crime. He says he was trying to fight the drug problem at the middle school.
