Track And Field News
Discuss (0 comments)April 17, 2008
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Oregon, UCLA Having a Dual Meet This Weekend Track and field athletes from across the nation are lining up to make the pilgrimage to Hayward Field this year. |
Changing Speeds to Go the Distance
SARA HALL experienced an instructive epiphany in 2006. In the fall, she’d won the national road-running championship for 5K (3.1 miles), a distance she specialized in at Stanford. At the time, she considered herself a 5K runner. So did everyone else. A few weeks later, everything changed when she won the Fifth Avenue Mile in New York, a glamour event in American road racing. “Afterward, I thought, ‘That’s my distance,’ †she said. “It plays to my strengths. I loved the fast pace. I’m not a patient runner.†Today, Hall, 25, is laser-focused on training for the 1,500 meters (0.93 mile) in hopes of making the United States Olympic team in middle distance running.
Discuss (0 comments)April 16, 2008
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Wedgie proof (Australian Olympic team uniforms) Australian hurdler Sally McLellan is just happy that her green Olympic briefs were "wedgie" proof. World champion Jana Rawlinson is satisfied because the high-cut one-piece in which she hopes to win Olympic gold covers her post-baby "tummy". The female stars of the Australian track team headlined the Olympic uniform launch yesterday and the cut of the lycra was the buzz under the Big Top at Luna Park. "I won't get a wedgie, I don't think," McLellan said. "That's what all sprinters want ... it can be really uncomfortable wearing briefs that go right up your butt. It's really annoying, but I feel these are pretty good." |
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Interview with Jordan Boase of Washington... Jordan Boase of the University of Washington broke the school record in the 400m set by Ja'Warren Hooker in 2000, when Boase ran 44.82 on April 12th at the Sun Angel Classic in Tempe, Arizona. What makes this story even more remarkable is that Boase, a product of Bothell High School, took the entire 2006-07 season off. |
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New mother Ritzenhein makes her Pear debut a success With Daddy Dathan Taking Care of Child, Kalin Ritzenhein Wins 10 Mile in 1 Hr |
Discuss (5 comments)April 15, 2008
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IAAF Comes In To Defend Greene The world governing body for track and field raced Monday to support Maurice Greene, a four-time Olympic medal winner, after he disputed a report from a federal informant that he had used performance-enhancing drugs. |
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Gebrselassie rethinks Beijing Marathon Haile Gebrselassie, the marathon world record-holder, may change his mind and run the event at the Olympic Games in Beijing. The Ethiopian's manager, Jos Hermens, yesterday confirmed that the two-times Olympic 10,000m gold medallist has been consulting scientists about his fears of pollution in the Chinese capital triggering off an asthma attack. |
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Ralph Lauren to outfit U.S. team at Beijing Olympic Games Polo Ralph Lauren Corp. has been named the official outfitter for the U.S. team at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. |
Discuss (3 comments)April 14, 2008Joan Benoit Samuelson will compete in the Olympic trials
24 years ago Joan Benoit became the first Women's Olympic Marathon champion in LA. At age 50 she is still going strong. In 2006 she ran the Twins Cities Marathon in 2:46 to qualify for the '08 Trials in Boston. This will be Joanie's 6th Olympic Trials competition. She says that this will be her last marathon and she'll be happy with a 2:50. Do you think this is true? It may be out of her reach to make the Olympic team, but once she is out there will she hold back or will she remember those emotions from '84 and try to make her last marathon one of the most memorable??
Discuss (1 comments)April 13, 2008
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Germany’s Irina Mikitenko Earns Upset Victory at 2008 Flora London Marathon |
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Martin Lel Earns Third London Marathon Title; Ryan Hall Sets PR & Finishes 5th Martin Lel has earned his third Flora London Marathon championship; finishing in 2:05:15. Lel was followed by fellow Kenyan Sammy Wanjiru (2:05:25) and Abderrahim Goumri (2:05:31); marking the first time in history that three runners finished under 2:06. Ryan Hall set another PR with a time of 2:06:16 and finished in fifth place. |
