Regional Features
SPECIAL: Nike Cross Nationals
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12/10/08 Check it out! Watch highlights from the Nationals
Nike Cross Nationals Training Tip by American Track & Field
AO 2008 Summer Training Program sponsored by Saucony
Welcome to our summer cross country training program, sponsored by Saucony!
Eugene 2008: if you build it, they will come . . .
July 12, 2008 by Larry Eder (Special to the Running Network) The first track meet was held at the University of Oregon in 1895, on a track that cost $4,000 to build. Coach Bill Hayward, the first of three Bills: Bill Hayward, Bill Bowerman and Bill Dellinger.
Special 2008 World Junior Championships
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7/13/08 USA Sweeps 4x400 Relays; Nunley Grabs Silver in 110 Hurdles
The Athlete/Coach Relationship
The Athlete’s Viewpoint. By Chris Lukezic. Chris Lukezic, Georgetown '06, has run 3:33.28 for 1,500 meters and 3:54.46 for the mile. My mother wasn't exactly thrilled that day in October 2000 when she discovered that I had carved numbers into the drywall next to my bed. It wasn’t just a bunch of numbers, though.
Big and Buff---but Feminine!
By Jessica Hillam (Idaho State, 2007) / Summer 2007
Jessica Hillam (Idaho State, '07) has been a thrower (shot,discus and hammer) since her high school days in Idaho Falls. Here's her personal take on some of the problems girl throwers encounter, and how she has succcessfully dealt with them.
Matt Tegenkamp: Before and After that Pre Two-Mile
Summer 2007 / Courtesy of kimbia.net
Matt Tegenkamp broke the American Record for 2-miles, running 8:07.07 at the Prefontaine Classic. Here he recalls the three spring races that led up to the Pre two- mile, and then discusses that American Record race as he experienced it. (courtesy of Kimbia.com, used by per- mission).
BEFORE: June 4, 2007
Jenn Stuczynski and Her Coach Talk Vaulting
Summer 2007
The pole vault is still a recent event in women's track and field. Stacy Dragila was the first to better 15 feet, in 1999, and she went on to win the first Olympic gold medal in the event in 2000. She raised the American record to 15-10 in 2004.
