GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - May 12, 2012 - Janet Bawcom (Rome, Ga.) ran a pending U.S. Record of 1 hour, 24 minutes, 36 seconds in winning the women's crown Saturday at the USA 25K Championships. The old mark - 1:24:43 - was set here in 1986 by running legend Joan Benoit Samuelson. For the men, Joseph Chirlee (Colorado … [Read more...]
Daniele Meucci takes Healthy Kidney
May 14, 2012 By
NEW YORK - May 12, 2012 - At the start of the UAE Healthy Kidney 10K on Saturday morning, the buzz was all about the 2012 U.S. Men's Olympic Marathon team of Meb Keflezighi, Ryan Hall and Abdi Abdirahman, who would be competing in the same race for the first and probably only time between January's U.S. Olympic … [Read more...]
Barron, Melville top US finishers at Walking Cup
May 14, 2012 By
Trevor Barron and Miranda Melville led Team USA as competition in the 25th edition of the World Race Walking Cup concluded Sunday in Saransk, Russia. Competition began Saturday with the junior men’s and women’s 10 km races and the men’s 20 km race and finished Sunday with the women’s 20 km race and men’s 50 km race. … [Read more...]
Gatlin edges Powell
May 12, 2012 By
American sprinters roll at Doha Diamond League Allyson Felix, Walter Dix and Justin Gatlin all raced to meet records while LaShawn Merritt recorded a meet record and established a world-leading time as Americans dominated the sprinting events in the opening meet of the Diamond League season Friday in Doha, … [Read more...]
World Race Walking Cup kicks off in Russia
May 11, 2012 By
A total of 17 men and women will compete for Team USA Saturday and Sunday in the 2012 IAAF World Race Walking Cup in Saransk, Russia. The 25th edition of the World Race Walking Cup, competition will include junior men’s and women’s 10 km races along with men’s and women’s 20 km and men’s 50 km races. … [Read more...]
Growth of Womens Running
May 10, 2012 By
2012 State of the Sport - Part I: Growth of Women's Running COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - May 9, 2012 - With more than 7 million female U.S. road race finishers in 2011, a record high according to Running USA, it's difficult to imagine that just 40 years ago running was not widely considered an appropriate sport for … [Read more...]
Brown-Trafton sets Record
May 8, 2012 By
INDIANAPOLIS - Olympic gold medalist Stephanie Brown-Trafton set an American record of 67.74m/222-3 on Friday at the Altius TC Throwdown in Maui, Hawaii. Brown-Trafton’s mark improved her own personal best from 2009 by more than five feet, and this was her third personal record set in Hawaii. Brown-Trafton … [Read more...]
Gabrielson Defends Get in Gear 10K Title
April 30, 2012 By
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. - April 28, 2012 - Defending champion Matt Gabrielson took the win again, while Emily Brown cruised to the women's crown at the 35th Get in Gear 10K in Minneapolis on Saturday morning. Gabrielson, 33, of St. Louis Park, finished in 30 minutes, 1 second in the men's race and Brown, 27, of Minnetonka, … [Read more...]
Team USA sweeps Penn
April 29, 2012 By
PHILADELPHIA - Team USA on Saturday dominated the biggest international field ever assembled for USA vs. the World to sweep all six races at the 13th edition of the event at the Penn Relays. … [Read more...]
USA vs. the World brings the best
April 26, 2012 By
When USA vs. the World at the Penn Relays was first held in 2000, it created a platform to bring together the best track and field athletes in the world into the middle of one of the sport’s premier annual events. When the 13th edition of the competition kicks off Saturday at the 118th Penn Relays, it will also mark … [Read more...]
