INDIANAPOLIS - Ben True (Hanover, N.H.) has been named USA Track & Field’s Athlete of the Week after leading the USA men’s team to a silver medal at the 40th IAAF World Cross Country Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland on Sunday. … [Read more...]
Mack Athlete of the Week
January 10, 2013 By
INDIANAPOLIS - Bobby Mack (Raleigh, N.C.) has been named USA Track & Field’s Athlete of the Week after winning the senior men’s 8 km in 24:27 at the Bupa Great Edinburgh Cross Country race on Jan. 5. … [Read more...]
Hartle named Athlete of the Week
May 24, 2012 By
INDIANAPOLIS - Nick Hartle has been named USA Track and Field’s Athlete of the Week after winning the 400m, 800m, 1600m and 3200m Friday and Saturday at the 4A Nevada High School State Championships. … [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...]
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...]
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...]
Keflezighi named USATF Athlete of the Week
November 10, 2011 By
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. … [Read more...]
Cherobon-Bawcom named USATF Athlete of the Week
October 20, 2011 By
INDIANAPOLIS - Janet Cherobon-Bawcom (Rome, Ga.) has been named USA Track & Field’s Athlete of the Week after winning the B.A.A. Half Marathon on Sunday, October 9, and winning the USA 10 km Championships the following day. “I had already committed to running the B.A.A. half,” Cherobon-Bawcom said. “When I saw … [Read more...]
Lewy Boulet named Athlete of the Week
August 18, 2011 By
Lewy Boulet, a member of the 2008 Olympic marathon team, is the first American to win the Falmouth Road Race since Jen Rhines in 2003. … [Read more...]
Manzano named Athlete of the Week
August 10, 2011 By
INDIANAPOLIS - Leo Manzano has been named USA Track & Field's Athlete of the Week after winning the Emsley Carr Mile at the Aviva London Grand Prix Saturday. Manzano ran a smart race, starting near the back of the pack and gradually improving his position. As the leaders hit the bell lap, the 2008 Olympian sat … [Read more...]
