Team USA competes for Race Walk Titles INDIANAPOLIS - 2004 Olympian John Nunn and standout junior walker Trevor Barron lead a contingent of thirteen of the U.S.'s best race walkers to compete this weekend at the 15th Pan American Race Walking Cup in Envigado, Colombia. Nunn and Barron are joined by their 2009 … [Read more...]
Flanagan named Athlete of the Week
March 24, 2011 By
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...]
Rupp, Goucher 3rd a NYC Half
March 21, 2011 By
Farah, Rotich Win NYC Half Rupp, Goucher third at 6th edition NEW YORK CITY - (March 20, 2011) - Alberto Salazar's Oregon Project hit on all cylinders on Sunday morning at the 6th NYC Half. "It's finally coming together," Salazar said after watching his three athletes all make podium finishes. It was no … [Read more...]
Flanagan Leads USA to Bronze
March 21, 2011 By
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
March 20, 2011 By
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...]
Miles Batty named Athlete of the Week
March 17, 2011 By
INDIANAPOLIS - Miles Batty, a junior at Brigham Young University, has been named USA Track & Field’s Athlete of the Week after he narrowly won the men’s mile and the anchored BYU’s winning distance medley relay team last weekend Division I NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships hosted by Texas A&M … [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...]
Brothers take home multiple titles
March 14, 2011 By
Hillsdale, Ill. – The Talley brothers and the Allen brothers won multiple titles for their families Sunday at the USATF National Youth Indoor Track & Field Championships held at Proviso West High School in Hillsdale, Ill. Athletes in the Sub-bantam through Youth age divisions qualified through one … [Read more...]
Trafeh, Rhines win USA 15 km 2011 titles
March 13, 2011 By
INDIANAPOLIS - Both Mo Trafeh (Duarte, Calif.) and Jen Rhines (Mammoth Lakes, Calif.) won their second USA titles of 2011 at the USA 15 km Championships Saturday in Jacksonville, Florida. This year marks the 18th year that the Gate River Run has hosted the championships. Trafeh and Rhines were the respective men's and … [Read more...]
Bix 7 is 7 in 2011
March 11, 2011 By
BETTENDORF, Iowa, The Quad-City Times Bix 7 will be the place to be in more ways than one this July. The 7 mile road race will again welcome professional fields for both men and women while continuing to salute local stars. Details were "rolled out" by Bix 7 officials today at the Isle of Capri Casino Hotel in … [Read more...]
