Track And Field News
Discuss (8 comments)June 1, 2008
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Bolt sets world record in 100 meters at Reebok Like a bolt out of nowhere, Usain Bolt is now the world's fastest man. The Jamaican sprinter, who doesn't even consider the 100 meters his best race, set the world record Saturday night with a time of 9.72 seconds at the Reebok Grand Prix, .02 seconds faster than the old record held by his countryman, Asafa Powell. Bolt was using the 100 for "speed work" and to avoid having to run the more grueling 400, when, suddenly, he ran the world's second-fastest time last month at 9.76. Even then, he said he wasn't sure if he would give up the 400 meters for the 100 for the Beijing Olympics. |
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Never Satisfied, American Vaulter Edges Upward Sixteen years ago, when track and field authorities concluded that women could pole-vault without breaking their necks, Jenn Stuczynski was a 10-year-old in Fredonia, N.Y., participating in softball, volleyball, basketball and golf. Now, assuming she makes the United States team, and she should, she will be a medal contender this summer in the pole vault in the Beijing Olympics. In the last 12 months, she has raised the American record to 15 feet 10 ½ inches, then to 16 feet, then, two weeks ago in Carson, Calif., to 16- ¾. The only woman who has jumped higher is Yelena Isinbayeva of Russia, who set the world record of 16-5 1/4 three years ago. On Saturday, at the Reebok Grand Prix track meet at Icahn Stadium on Randalls Island, Stuczynski won at 15-9 and missed three times at a world record attempt of 16-5 ½. Her second try at the record came close. |
Discuss (1 comments)May 31, 2008A Specialist Over 200 Meters Becomes a Favorite in the 100
Usain Bolt, a 21-year-old Jamaican with a name for the headlines, is a specialist over 200 meters. He has yet to decide whether he will attempt the sprint double in Beijing.
Discuss (0 comments)May 30, 2008
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15th Annual New Balance Moonlight 5K - Press Release - 05/30/2008 One of Connecticut's premier road 5K races will again be stacked with talented individuals that will challenge both state and course records. |
Discuss (0 comments)May 29, 2008
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Liu Xiang prepping in America Liu Xiang, the defending Olympic champion, world recordholder and China's best hope for a gold medal in track, won't be race weary at the Beijing Games in August. His only 110-meter hurdles races in the 2½ months before the Games will be Saturday's Reebok Grand Prix in New York and the Prefontaine Classic June 8 in Eugene, Ore. He plans to bypass the European circuit until after the Olympics, which open Aug. 8. NOTE: There's a short blurb on Shalane Flanagan's sore foot at the bottom of the article |
Discuss (2 comments)May 28, 2008
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A look at the Top five 1500m races of all time Article that ranks the top five 1500m races of all time and has a video of each race. |
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Pat Tyson hired as full-time head track/XC coach at Gonzaga! New head coach Pat Tyson doesn't think it will be too long before the Gonzaga University cross country and track and field programs will be off and running. Bulldog athletic director Mike Roth on Wednesday announced the hiring of the Spokane coaching legend to become the first fulltime cross country/track and field coach in the history of the program. |
