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...]
Somers-Smith USATF Athlete of the Week
December 16, 2011 By
INDIANAPOLIS - Linda Somers-Smith (Arroyo Grande, Calif.) has been named USA Track & Field’s Athlete of the Week after finishing 8th in the open women’s race at the USATF National Club Cross Championships in Seattle on Dec. 10 … [Read more...]
McMillan Elite defend Club title
December 12, 2011 By
SEATTLE - (December 10, 2011) - Defending team champion McMillan Elite (Flagstaff, Ariz.) successfully defended their Open men's title, while adidas/Team Rogue Elite (Austin, Texas) took the women's Open team title Saturday at the 2011 USATF National Club Cross Country Championships at Jefferson Park in Seattle. … [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...]
Champions crowned at Junior Olympic Cross
December 11, 2011 By
Twelve young athletes were crowned as Junior Olympic Champions after advancing through the association and regional levels to compete at the 2011 USATF National Junior Olympic Cross Country Championships at Whispering Pines Golf Course in Myrtle Beach, S.C. on Saturday, December 10. … [Read more...]
King Take Four
December 5, 2011 By
King, Arritola Take XTERRA Trail Run World Titles Four-peat for King; event record field of more than 2,000 participate in Hawaii KUALOA RANCH - KA'A'AWA, Hawaii - (December 4, 2011) - The anticipated rain never hit Kualoa Ranch, but the reign of Max King continued at the XTERRA Trail Run World Championship. … [Read more...]
Burris, Sutton Take the 2011 Atlanta Half
November 27, 2011 By
ATLANTA - (November 24, 2011) - More than 12,800 runners and walkers kicked off Thanksgiving morning at the 2011 Atlanta Half Marathon events on Thursday, and 2011 marked the largest participant field in the Thanksgiving Day event's history. Along with the Atlanta Half Marathon, the event featured the … [Read more...]
Reid and Lalang shine in NCAA Cross
November 22, 2011 By
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...]
Sisay, Lewy Boulet Win Big Sur Half
November 21, 2011 By
MONTEREY, Calif. - (November 20, 2011) - One of the strongest fields of elite runners ever assembled for a half-marathon in the Western U.S. faced off Sunday morning in an exciting match-up at the Big Sur Half Marathon on Monterey Bay. Ethiopian Ezkyas Sisay sprinted ahead of runner-up Josphat Boit (Kenya) to win by … [Read more...]
Kennedy, Masters Athlete of the Year
November 20, 2011 By
INDIANAPOLIS - Christine Kennedy (Los Gatos, Calif.) has been named the 2011 Masters Athlete of the Year by USA Track and Field’s Masters Committee. Kennedy will be honored on Saturday, December 3, at the Jesse Owens Awards and Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony in St. Louis, Mo. The event is held in conjunction with USA … [Read more...]
