Shalane Flanagan took off on a record-setting pace early, while defending champion Ben True ran stride-for-stride with USA Cross Country champion Chris Derrick, Saturday morning at the USA 15K Championships, hosted again by the Gate River Run in Jacksonville. … [Read more...]
Huddle, Flanagan provide the fireworks
November 18, 2013 By
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (Nov. 17, 2013) – Punishing early paces led to blistering fast times, as a world best and an American record were set Sunday morning in historic Alexandria, Virginia at the .US National Road Racing Championships. … [Read more...]
Flanagan, Derrick Take USA Cross Titles
February 4, 2013 By
ST. LOUIS - Shalane Flanagan used her superior strength to pull away from the rest of the women’s open field while Chris Derrick bested a loaded men’s open race as each claimed USA Cross Country titles Saturday, Feb. 2 at Forest Park. … [Read more...]
Flanagan Athlete of Week
January 18, 2012 By
INDIANAPOLIS - Shalane Flanagan has been named USA Track & Field’s Athlete of the Week after winning the women’s U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Marathon Saturday in a new Olympic Trials record time in Houston. … [Read more...]
Flanagan wins Miami Half
December 12, 2011 By
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. - (December 11, 2011) - Olympic bronze medalist Shalane Flanagan ran 1 hour, 9 minutes and 58 seconds to set a new Florida state record and clocked the fastest women's record standard half-marathon time in 2011 for an American this morning under warm, breezy conditions at the inaugural Dodge Latin … [Read more...]
Rupp, Flanagan place 7th in Daegu
August 29, 2011 By
DAEGU, Korea - (Aug 27 - Aug 28, 2011) - In the first final at the 13th IAAF World Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Daegu on Saturday morning, the Kenyan women made history in the marathon as they finished 1-2-3 with Edna Kiplagat winning the gold medal in 2 hours, 28 minutes, 43 seconds, followed by … [Read more...]
Flanagan leads Team USA
March 15, 2011 By
INDIANAPOLIS – Olympic Bronze medalist and American record holder Shalane Flanagan (Portland, Ore.) is once again set to lead the Team USA women at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships as they seek to improve on their bronze medal finish in 2010. As Team USA heads to Punta Umbria, Spain for the … [Read more...]
