Shelby Houlihan new 5000m record

Shelby Houlihan new 5000m record

US champion Shelby Houlihan made a significant improvement on the North American 5000m record at a low-key competition at Jesuit High School in Portland on Friday night (10 July 2020). Shelby Houlihan new 5000m record Houlihan runs 14:23.92, a 10.53-second improvement...
Culley grabs Women’s 5000m

Culley grabs Women’s 5000m

EUGENE, Ore. – June 28, 2012 – Julie Culley spent most of the 5000 meter finals out of the limelight on Thursday night, choosing to let others establish the pace upfront and conserving energy for the final surge. Her strategy could not have worked any...
Rupp does the Double

Rupp does the Double

EUGENE, Ore. – June 28, 2012 – Just as the record crowd Thursday night at legendary Hayward Field was settling down after a thrilling women’s 5000 meter final, 16 men took to the wet evening track in what would be a most fitting end of the day in the...
World Champs Distance Recap

World Champs Distance Recap

DAEGU, Korea – (Sept 1 – Sept 4, 2011) – The 13th IAAF World Track & Field Championships came to a close over the weekend with thrilling competition and ended with an emphatic world record by the Jamaican men led by supernova Usain Bolt in the...
Felix Take Four

Felix Take Four

DAEGU, South Korea – Team USA closed out the 13th IAAF World Outdoor Track and Field Championships adding two more gold medals to its collection, while Allyson Felix and Bernard Lagat achieved milestones as multi-time medalists Sunday night. Team USA led the...