Terre Haute, USA - Canadian Sheila Reid of Villanova and Lawi Lalang, a Kenyan who competes for the University of Arizona, were the women’s and men’s winners at the NCAA Cross Country Championships at the LaVern Gibson Championship Course at the Wabash Valley Family Sports Center in Terre Haute on Monday (21). … [Read more...]
St. Louis to host USA Cross Country Champs
St. Louis to host 2012 and 2013 USA Cross Country Championships INDIANAPOLIS - USA Track & Field has selected St. Louis, Missouri as the host of 2012 and 2013 USA Cross Country Championships. The 2012 championships are scheduled for February 11, at Forest Park, the site of the 2004 Women's Olympic Trials … [Read more...]
Flanagan named Athlete of the Week
INDIANAPOLIS – Olympic bronze medalist Shalane Flanagan (Portland, Ore.) has been named USA Track & Field’s Athlete of the Week after she won the individual bronze medal and led the US women to a team bronze as well at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships Saturday in Punta Umbria, Spain. In the 8 km … [Read more...]
Flanagan Leads USA to Bronze
Kenyan teams win three of four races in Spain as well as three individual world titles From the IAAF and USATF PUNTA UMBRIA, Spain - At the 39th IAAF World Cross Country Championships, Kenya continued its dominance of world distance running by winning the Senior and Junior men's team titles, as well as the … [Read more...]
Flanagan takes bronze at World Cross
PUNTA UMBRIA, Spain - American record holder Shalane Flanagan (Portland, Ore.) took the individual bronze medal in the senior women's 8 km to lead the U.S. women to their second consecutive team bronze medal at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships Saturday in Punta Umbria, Spain. Flanagan … [Read more...]
Flanagan leads Team USA
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...]
Team USA senior men and women take team gold at NACAC
Team USA senior men and women take team gold at NACAC Cross Country Championships; Cheseret, Orr win individual titles PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Robert Cheseret (Colorado Springs, Colo.) took the individual title in the men's 8 km and Megan Duwell (Flagstaff, Ariz.) won silver in the women's 6 km to lead … [Read more...]
Team USA set for NACAC
Team USA set for NACAC Cross Country Championships IINDIANAPOLIS - Team USA will compete against nine national federations this Saturday, February 19, at the seventh annual North America, Central America and Caribbean Athletic Association (NACAC) Cross Country Championships at Queen's Park Savannah in … [Read more...]
Flanagan repeats, Vaughn surprises
Flanagan repeats, Vaughn surprises men's field at USA Cross Country Championships SAN DIEGO - Olympic Bronze medalist and American record holder Shalane Flanagan (Portland, Ore.) dominated the women's field to win her fifth USA Cross Country title, while Brent Vaughn (Blackhawk, Colo.) surprised the men's … [Read more...]
Cuffe Girls Cross Country Runner of the Year
Aisling Cuffe: Gatorade National Girls Cross Country Runner of the Year NEW WINDSOR, N.Y. - (Feb. 1, 2011) - In its 26th year of honoring the nation's best high school athletes, The Gatorade Company, in collaboration with ESPN RISE, has announced Aisling Cuffe of Cornwall Central High School (New Windsor, N.Y.) … [Read more...]