by usadmin | Dec 16, 2011 | Cross Country, Featured, Masters, News
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 Somers-Smith of the Asics Aggie...
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 | Oct 20, 2011 | Featured, News
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...
by usadmin | Aug 18, 2011 | News
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. Lewy Boulet paced herself with the lead pack of runners for most of the seven-mile race. A few runners fell back, and soon it was...
by usadmin | Aug 10, 2011 | Featured, News, Track
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...