Track And Field News
Discuss (0 comments)June 5, 2008
The New Flotrack!
This is the new Flotrack design. We've listened to your suggestions and critiques so over the next few days you should be noticing some changes. Keep checking things out and lets us know your thoughts on our BUG PAGE. We will be happy to hear your thoughts/ideas/criticisms.
Dibaba breaks 5k WR in 14:11!!! (American Jen Rhines runs 14:54!)
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Blake Russell's journey to the '08 Trials Ludus Tours Beijing Contest Update Luke Puskedra Goes For 2-Mile Record Olympic Trials or not: Alan Culpepper |
What's on tap this weekend at Flotrack...
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Worlds best athletes to compete Sunday at Prefontaine Classic (USATF Press Staff) 6:36 CST
NCAA Declaration Lists are out! (What are you most surprised about?) Men | Women
Usain Bolt may NOT run the 100m at the Olympic Games ?
Chicago is one of four final cities left competing for 2016 (ESPN)
Top 5 US Marks this year (Men & Women)
Article on Kim Smith representing NZ in '08 Olympic games
Dathan Ritzenhein already has his "ticket stamped" for Beijing. He's had to deal with some injuries, but he's still doing everything possible to be ready for August 24th.
Discuss (0 comments)June 4, 2008
The New Flotrack!
This is the new Flotrack design. We put in a lot of thought and energy into making the site better. You will notice some of our changes right away; play with them for a day or two and please give us your feedback by commenting on our BUG PAGE. We will be happy to hear your thoughts/ideas/criticisms. This is a platform, not by any means a completed site, and we will be introducing a lot of new features throughout the summer. Stay tuned...
Chicago is one of four final cities left competing for the 2016 (ESPN)
NCAA Declaration Lists are out! (what are you most surprised about??) (Men) (Women)
Top 5 US Marks this year (Men & Women)
Cochran reinstated as 3200m Champ, "...a video shot by flotrack.com, a track Web site, showed that it was a Bellarmine Prep teammate who stepped on the inside lan line." (Race Video)
LaShawn Merritt suprises Jeremy Wariner to run the fastest 400m in 2008 (Race Video)
German Fernandez fastest double in High School US history; 3200 national record set in the process (3200 vid) (1600 vid)
Photo Gallery (by Kirby Lee)
Christine Babcock set national high school record in 1600 (4:33) for the second time in 2 weeks
Jordan Hasay holds off Laurynne Chetelat to win the CA State 3200
(both run 9:52, the 2nd & 3rd fastest times ever)
Discuss (1 comments)June 3, 2008
The New Flotrack!
This is the new Flotrack design. We put in a lot of thought and energy into making the site better. You will see notice some of them, play with them for a day or two and please give us your feedback by commenting on our BUG PAGE. We will be happy to hear your thoughts/ideas/criticisms. This is a platform not by any means a completed site, we will be introducing a lot of new features through the summer. Stay tuned!
NCAA Declaration Lists are out! (what are you most surprised about??) (Men) (Women)
Cochran reinstated as 3200m Champ, "...a video shot by flotrack.com, a track Web site, showed that it was a Bellarmine Prep teammate who stepped on the inside lan line." (Seattlepi.com)
LaShawn Merritt suprises Jeremy Wariner to run the fastest 400m in 2008 (IAAF) (video)
German Fernandez fastest double in High School US history; 3200 national record set in the process (3200 vid) (1600 vid)
Photo Gallery (by Kirby Lee)
Christine Babcock set national high school record in 1600 (Video) (4:33) for the second time in 2 weeks
Jordan Hasay holds off Laurynne Chetelat to win the CA State 3200 (Video)
(both run 9:52, the 2nd & 3rd fastest times ever)
Usain Bolt breaks world record in the 100 meters and beats Tyson Gay (USA Today) (Video)
Kara Goucher runs the Olympic 'A' Standard alone at a high school meet (ESPN) (Video)
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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.
