OGDEN, Utah - (September 23, 2012) - Max King from Oregon continued his amazing streak of XTERRA Trail Run Championships with another amazing weekend as he won the 2012 XTERRA Trail Run title for the fifth consecutive year on Sunday at the Snowbasin Resort near Ogden, Utah. The XTERRA Trail Run National Championship … [Read more...]
True, Huddle Win USA 5K Titles
September 17, 2012 By
True, Huddle Win USA 5K Titles at CVS Caremark Downtown Men's champion True defends crown, edging Andrew Bumbalough at the tape in Providence INDIANAPOLIS - (September 16, 2012) - Molly Huddle (Providence R.I.) and Ben True (Hanover, N.H.) both picked up their second career titles at the USA 5K Championships … [Read more...]
Merritt, Athlete of Week September 2012
September 13, 2012 By
INDIANAPOLIS - Aries Merritt (Bryan, Texas) has been named USA Track & Field’s Athlete of the Week after smashing the world record in the 110-meter hurdles at the Brussels Diamond League meet last Friday in a time of 12.80. … [Read more...]
Tegenkamp, Metivier Baillie Win 20K
September 4, 2012 By
NEW HAVEN, Conn. - (September 3, 2012) - Matt Tegenkamp (Portland, Ore.) and Renee Metivier Baillie (Bend, Ore.) won the respective men's and women's titles at the USA 20K Championships on Labor Day Monday as part of the 35th Stratton Faxon New Haven Road Race in New Haven. Tegenkamp's time of 58 minutes, 30 seconds … [Read more...]
Roche, Kimmel Win Trail Titles
August 29, 2012 By
LAUREL SPRINGS, N.C. - (August 25, 2012) - The fourth Continental Divide Trail Race, on Saturday morning, served as the USA 10K Trail Championships for the fourth year in a row. … [Read more...]
Lida sets record
August 6, 2012 By
LISLE, Ill. – Robert Lida became the first man over the age of 75 to ever run under 13.50 seconds in the 100-meters in winning the event in 13.49 as fans on the campus of Benedictine University witnessed another world record on day three of the USA Masters Outdoor Championships in Lisle, Ill. … [Read more...]
Sagedahl hot at Masters
August 3, 2012 By
LISLE, Ill. - While temperatures in the mid-90s greeted the nation’s top masters athletes Thursday for the first day of the USA Masters Outdoor Track & Field Championships, it did little to slow down Sherwood Sagedahl (M73) as the multi-event athlete bettered the listed American age group record in the pentathlon … [Read more...]
RRCA Announces 2012 Roads Scholars
August 2, 2012 By
ARLINGTON, Va. - (July 31, 2012) - Since 1996, the Road Runners Club of America (RRCA) has awarded grants totaling more than $400,000 through the Roads Scholar® program. The goal of the program is to assist American post-collegiate runners who show great promise to develop into national and world class road running … [Read more...]
Sanchez, Jarzynska Win Chicago Half
July 23, 2012 By
CHICAGO - (July 22, 2012) - With the countdown to the 2012 Olympic Games Opening Ceremony just five days away, it was only fitting that two London-bound athletes emerged victorious on the streets of downtown Chicago Sunday morning at the 4th XSport Fitness Rock 'n' Roll Chicago ½ Marathon. First across the finish line … [Read more...]
Alemayehu Shatters Course Record
July 19, 2012 By
SONOMA, Calif. - (July 15, 2012) - Tesfaye Alemayehu of Antioch, CA and Ethiopia grabbed the lead of the 9th Napa-to-Sonoma Wine Country Half Marathon on Butt-Burner Hill and never looked back on Sunday morning. In winning the race for the third consecutive year, Alemayehe, 28, bested his own course record (1:03:58 set … [Read more...]
