Regional News
Nike Announces Inaugural “Nike Track Nationals” Competition
Competition Opens March 1 culminating in National Championship Event at Legendary Hayward Field July 2
BEAVERTON, ORE (March 3, 2010) – Today Nike opened registration and announced details for the Nike Track Nationals competition, the first ever national championship competition to name the best high school track and field program in the United States.
Houston Selected as Host of 2012 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials
First time a single city is chosen for both men's and women's races
HOUSTON (Mar. 1, 2010) – The road to the 2012 Olympic Marathon in London will run through Houston. For the first time in the history of the U.S. Olympic Trials, one city will host the marathon for both men and women in the same year.
New Balance Partners with National Scholastic Sports Foundation for the New Balance Outdoor Nationals
BOSTON, MA, March 1, 2010 – Global athletic leader New Balance is proud to announce an official multi-year partnership with the National Scholastic Sports Foundation (NSSF) in the Outdoor Nationals event, renamed the New Balance Outdoor Nationals. The event brings together the best outdoor track and field high school athletes from across the country for a weekend of intense competition.
Lagat, Campbell Shine at 2010 USA Indoor Championships
from USATF - ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Bernard Lagat and Amber Campbell each turned in memorable performances in front of an enthusiastic sell-out crowd of 2,979 fans at the 2010 USA Indoor Track & Field Championships at the Albuquerque Convention Center in Albuquerque, N.M.
Gill Athletics and USA Track & Field Announce National High School Track Coach of the Year Award
INDIANAPOLIS - Gill Athletics and USA Track & Field (USATF) announce a new Gill Athletics National High School Track & Field Coach of the Year Award. This inaugural honor will recognize one high school girls' program track coach and one high school boys' program track coach that exemplifies excellence in his/her coaching record and team's performances, while also exhibiting positive service to his/her team, school and community.
Cantwell, Hoffa & Taylor to square off in the Visa men's shot put at 2010 USA Indoor Championship
from USATF - INDIANAPOLIS - Three of the top seven shot putters in the world will headline the men's field events when Christian Cantwell, Reese Hoffa and Dan Taylor battle each other at the 2010 USA Indoor Track & Field Championships, February 27-28 at the Albuquerque Convention Center in Albuquerque, N.M.
Lagat vs. Rupp headline men's running events at 2010 USA Indoor Championships
from USATF - INDIANAPOLIS - The growing rivalry between two-time Olympic medalist Bernard Lagat and reigning U.S. 10,000m champion Galen Rupp will be one of several highly anticipated men's running events that will take center stage at the 2010 USA Indoor Track & Field Championships, February 27-28 at the Albuquerque Convention Center in Albuquerque, N.M.
World leads set, national records tumble on action-packed programme in Birmingham
from IAAf - Birmingham, UK – The injured Kenenisa Bekele may not have made it to Birmingham for the Aviva Grand Prix this afternoon, but the National Indoor Arena still witnessed distance running of the highest order from some world class Ethiopians alongside two top notch field events and a pair of scintillating sprint hurdles races.
Ritzenhein, Flanagan dominate at USA Cross Country Championships
Courtesy of USATF
SPOKANE - American record holders Dathan Ritzenhein (Portland, Ore.) and Shalane Flanagan (Pittsboro, N.C.) dominated the open men's and women's fields at the 2010 USA Cross Country Championships Saturday at Plantes Ferry Recreation Park in Spokane, Wash.Running 34 minutes 34 seconds for the open men's 12- kilometer race, Ritzenhein won his third U.S. Cross Country title. Flanagan's 25 minutes 10 seconds for the open women's 8-kilometer was good for her fourth national cross country crown.
Saucony signs Wallace Spearmon, Jr. through 2012; release, commentary by Larry Eder
Usain Bolt Chats About Everything
Flanagan named Athlete of the Week
from USATF - INDIANAPOLIS - Olympic Bronze medalist Shalane Flanagan has been named USA Track & Field's Athlete of the Week after smashing the course record in winning the women's 2010 USA Half Marathon Championship Saturday at the Aramco Houston Half Marathon in Texas.
Tom Jordan And Pre
By Matt McGowan - Last weekend I attended The Running Network winter meeting - http://runohio.com/read_blog/running-network-houston-meeting and the USATF Half Marathon National Championships - http://runohio.com/read_blog/usa-half-marathon-championships and the Chevron Houston Marathon - http://runohio.com/read_blog/chevron-houston-marathon-ordway... .
Gelana, Erkesso Win 2010 Chevron Houston Marathon in Course and State Records
HOUSTON - (January 17, 2010) - Teshome Gelana and defending women's champion Teyba Erkesso led an Ethiopian sweep of the 38th Chevron Houston Marathon, each setting course and Texas state records in the process, on Sunday morning.
Journey to the Garden begins at the Armory
from USATF - The sixteenth annual 3M Half Marathon & Relay in Austin, Texas is right around the corner and we've been cleaning up our act. Once again we have taken measures to reduce waste and ensure that as little garbage as possible ends up in the landfill ... no easy feat with an anticipated 5,500 participants.
1000m, Mile and 5000m All Strong in Boston
BOSTON (Jan. 11) – Following in its tradition of delivering track fans world-class endurance races at the Reebok Boston Indoor Games, organizers announced additional athlete commitments for the 2010 event today.
Great hurdlers to compete at Millrose Games
from usatf.org - INDIANAPOLIS - Two-time Olympic Games silver medalist Terrence Trammell, reigning world 110m hurdles champion Ryan Brathwaite, Jamaican record holder Dwight Thomas and 2004 World Indoor champion Perdita Felicien will headline a world-class gathering of hurdlers January 29 at the 1
Athletes Only - SPECIAL REPORT BERLIN '09
Berlin, Germany is a global city of 3.4 million,with inhabitants coming from 180 countries. Since the fall of the Soviet Union, and the breakdown of the BerlinWall in 1989, a united Berlin became thecapital of a united Germany. Berlin does not walk away from its past—there are constant reminders of the past and the present woven on each street.
2009 - End of Year Reviews – SPRINTS
2009 - End of Year Reviews – LONG DISTANCE, Track
IAAF - 27 December 2009 - Monte-Carlo - A. Lennart Julin (SWE) and Mirko Jalava (FIN) continue with their annual look back at past season with a focus on the Long Distance action on the track.
