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CAIN NAMED USA TRACK & FIELD ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
INDIANAPOLIS - Mary Cain (Bronxville, N.Y.) has been named USA Track & Field’s Athlete of the Week after running the fastest 3,000-meter time ever run by a high school girl with her time of 9:02.10 to win the Dempsey Indoor, held at the University of Washington on Jan. 12.
Lagat, Symmonds and Solomon join the Millrose field
Three-time World indoor champion Bernard Lagat has been added to the list of top athletes announced for the Millrose Games, along with Olympic 800m finalists Duane Solomon and Nick Symmonds.
Mack Named USA Track & Field Athlete of the Week
(Photo:Bobby Mack at 2012 USA XC Champs ) INDIANAPOLIS - Bobby Mack (Raleigh, N.C.) has been named USA Track & Field’s Athlete of the Week after winning the senior men’s 8 km in 24:27 at the Bupa Great Edinburgh Cross Country race on Jan. 5.
Andrew Carlson to Run Chevron Houston Marathon on Jan. 13; Results from Edinburgh Cross Country Meet
Minneapolis/St. Paul – Jan. 9, 2013 – Team USA Minnesota’s Andrew Carlson will be among the elite field at the 41st running of the Chevron Houston Marathon on Jan. 13. The race will be Carlson’s second marathon, having made his debut in the distance with a time of 2:11:24 to finish sixth at the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials, which were also held in Houston.
American Distance Project News
Suver Wins Bronze For Team USA In BUPA Great Edinburgh XC
(Edinburgh, Scotland) - Mattie Suver (adidas/BRC) led Team USA with a third place podium finish at the BUPA Great Edinburgh Cross Country meet in Edinburgh, Scotland on Saturday. Suver fell back as far as twelfth-place mid-race as eventual champion Fionnuala Britton of Team Europe stretched out the field. Running a strong final 1,000-meters, Suver launched an impressive kick to nab the bronze on the challenging European-style cross country course finishing with a time of 21:00 for 6k. The finish was the highest for, and the first podium medal for, Team USA's women in the three team match that also featured Team Great Britain.
2013 Chevron Houston Marathon and the American Men
(Photo: Fernando Cabada Jr) HOUSTON, Tex. - On January 13, a day shy of a year since the U.S. Olympic Team Trials Marathon, American men and women again return to Houston.
Suhr, Rupp and Gebremeskel the latest headliners announced for Boston
Olympic Pole Vault champion Jenn Suhr and 10,000m Olympic silver medallist Galen Rupp are two of the latest stars announced for the 2013 New Balance Indoor Grand Prix on February 2, an IAAF Indoor Permit meeting.
High School Stars Set to Excel in Hispanic Games at Armory; Marcus Samuelsson to Receive Leadership Award on Saturday
Friday & Saturday January 4-5, The Armory, 168th St and Fort Washington Ave. WHAT: The 19th Annual Hispanic Games will be held today and Saturday (January 5) at the Armory's New Balance Track & Field Center.The Hispanic Games have become another in a series of high-quality, large-volume high school meets at the Armory.
Desiree Davila Out of 2013 Boston Marathon Due to Injury
Davila placed second at the 2011 Boston Marathon and set a new American course record of 2:22:38, is slowly recovering from stress fracture in her right leg - BOSTON - Desiree Davila, a member of the 2013 John Hancock Elite Boston Marathon Team has withdrawn from the upcoming Monday, April 15 race due to a slow-healing femoral stress fracture of the right leg.
Happy Holidays
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