FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Jillian Camarena-Williams and Galen Rupp set American records as five world-leading marks – including one in each round of the women’s 60 meters – were posted at Saturday’s USA Track & Field Classic. … [Read more...]
Hall, Mack win USA Cross titles
February 12, 2012 By
ST. LOUIS – Sara Hall (Flagstaff, Ariz.) and Bobby Mack (Raleigh, N.C.) each used late charges to outrun the competition as each won their first career USA Cross Country titles Saturday at Forest Park in St. Louis. … [Read more...]
Nixon athlete of week
February 3, 2012 By
INDIANAPOLIS - University of Arkansas freshman Gunnar Nixon has been named USA Track and Field's Athlete of the Week after setting a world junior record in the indoor heptathlon over the weekend at the Razorback Invitational in Fayetteville, Ark., and reached an NCAA automatic-qualifying mark. … [Read more...]
Nickerson Wins Inaugural Tinker Bell
January 30, 2012 By
ANAHEIM, Calif. - (January 29, 2012) - Kellie Nickerson - looking apropos in her fairy wings and green tutu - flew away from the field to capture the inaugural Tinker Bell Half Marathon at Disneyland Resort in Anaheim on Sunday morning. Nickerson, who hails from Albuquerque, N.M., captured her first … [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...]
The Industry Conference Recap
January 18, 2012 By
HOUSTON - (January 17, 2012) - Running USA 2012: The Industry Conference, held at the Hyatt Regency Houston from January 15-17, set a record with 468 attendees in the Bayou City. The largest and signature running industry conference featured something for everybody from Idea Labs and round table sessions, keynote … [Read more...]
Fields announced for US Open 2012
January 18, 2012 By
NEW YORK – Madison Square Garden will host perhaps the best and deepest fields it has seen in several years as the 2012 Olympic track & field season kicks off in earnest with the U.S. Open Track & Field event on Saturday, January 28. Full fields for the meet were announced by USA Track … [Read more...]
Peacock, Pezzullo Win Emerald Nuts
January 2, 2012 By
Peacock, Pezzullo Win Emerald Nuts Midnight Run 33rd edition draws 5,000 to kick-off 2012 in Central Park NEW YORK - (December 31, 2011) - Two athletes training in North Carolina, Landon Peacock of Blowing Rock and Stephanie Pezzullo of Charlotte, won the 33rd Emerald Nuts Midnight Run, a four mile road race held … [Read more...]
Top 10 Moments of the Year
December 21, 2011 By
Every year since 2000, the year of U.S. distance running's nadir, it has been more and more difficult to earn a spot in the Top 10 Moments of the Year. A performance that 5-7 years ago warranted a Top 10 rank now merits honorable mention, and 2011 was collectively one of the deepest years yet as U.S. distance … [Read more...]
Team USA for Edinburgh
December 21, 2011 By
Team USA will travel to Scotland for the second Bupa Great Edinburgh Cross Country - International Challenge on Jan. 7, 2012. Teams from the United States, Great Britain and Northern Ireland and a select European team will compete in men’s and women’s junior and senior races. Each country competing in the … [Read more...]
