by usadmin | Nov 13, 2011 | Featured, News, Track, World Champs, Youth
INDIANAPOLIS – An IAAF World Athletics Series event will come to the U.S. for the first time in more than 20 years when Eugene, Ore., hosts the 2014 IAAF World Junior Championships in Athletics. USA Track & Field and TrackTown USA local organizers presented their...
by usadmin | Nov 10, 2011 | Awards, Featured, Marathon, News
INDIANAPOLIS – Meb Keflezighi (Mammoth Lakes, Calif.) has been named USA Track & Field’s Athlete of the Week after setting a personal best at the ING New York City Marathon on Sunday. Keflezighi was the top American finisher with a sixth place time of...
by usadmin | Nov 2, 2011 | Featured, Half Marathon, News
HEALDSBURG, Calif. – (October 29, 2011) – It turned out to be a picture perfect, and fast, day at the fourth running of the Healdsburg Wine Country Half Marathon on Saturday morning. Defending champion and Mexican citizen Mario Macias from Alamosa, Colo....
by usadmin | Nov 1, 2011 | Featured, News, Track
INDIANAPOLIS – USA Track & Field announced Tuesday the selection of all-time track and field greats Gail Devers, Maurice Greene, Vince Matthews, and Clarence Demar, along with standout coach Bob Timmons, into the National Track & Field Hall of Fame. The...
by usadmin | Oct 31, 2011 | Featured, Half Marathon, News
LOS ANGELES – (October 30, 2011) – Amidst an array of colorful costumes and television personalities, 10,000 entrants from across the country lined up at L.A. LIVE for the start of the second Dodge Rock ‘n’ Roll Los Angeles Half Marathon...
by usadmin | Oct 29, 2011 | Featured, News, Walk
GUADALAJARA, Mexico – Ben Shorey of Team USA finished ninth in the men’s 50k race walk in four hours, 33 minutes, 25 seconds at the XVI Pan American Games Saturday. David Talcott (Owego, N.Y.), the oldest competitor in the field at 51 years ago, was...