GUADALAJARA, Mexico - Team USA continued to enjoy success in the field events, securing two medals, highlighted by a gold medal from Alicia DeShasier (Carrollton, Ill.) in the women’s javelin, during the fifth day of track and field at the Pan American Games Thursday at Telemex Athletic Stadium. … [Read more...]
Team USA earns three medals
October 25, 2011 By
GUADALAJARA, Mexico - Team USA earned three medals in field events to highlight the first day of track and field competition at Telemex Athletic Stadium Monday. … [Read more...]
Rupp sets AR over 10000
September 17, 2011 By
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM - Galen Rupp shattered the existing 10,000-meter American record while Walter Dix ran the second fastest 200m time in American history and four other American athletes secured Diamond League crowns at the Brussels Diamond League meet Friday. Rupp’s third-place time of 26 minutes, 48.00 seconds … [Read more...]
World Champs Distance Recap
September 6, 2011 By
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 4x100m relay with the quartet's 37.04 and the accompanying $100,000 … [Read more...]
Felix Take Four
September 5, 2011 By
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. … [Read more...]
Centrowitz grabs Bronze
September 4, 2011 By
DAEGU, South Korea - The hits keep coming for Team USA with another four medals, including gold in the women’s 4x400m relay, at the 13th IAAF World Outdoor Track and Field Championships Saturday night. Matt Centrowitz, who captured both NCAA and USA Outdoor championship titles earlier this year, got things rolling … [Read more...]
Simpson wins 1500m
September 2, 2011 By
DAEGU, South Korea - It was a night made for milestones for Team USA at the 13th IAAF World Outdoor Track and Field Championships Thursday night. During a 32-minute span, LaShinda Demus set an American Record in the women’s 400m hurdles, Jesse Williams ended a 20-year drought by Team USA in the high jump by winning … [Read more...]
Merritt takes silver in Daegu
August 31, 2011 By
DEAGU, South Korea - LaShawn Merritt became just the fourth athlete to earn three career medals in the men’s 400-meter dash after earning a silver medal in the finals at the 13th IAAF World Championships Tuesday night. … [Read more...]
Jeter, Richardson win gold
August 29, 2011 By
DAEGU, South Korea - Jason Richardson’s silver medal was upgraded to gold in the men’s 110 meter hurdles, while Carmelita Jeter won her first World Championships title in the women’s 100 meter and Jillian Camarena-Williams made history as the first American medalist in the women’s shot put on the third day of the 13th … [Read more...]
Rupp, Flanagan place 7th in Daegu
August 29, 2011 By
DAEGU, Korea - (Aug 27 - Aug 28, 2011) - In the first final at the 13th IAAF World Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Daegu on Saturday morning, the Kenyan women made history in the marathon as they finished 1-2-3 with Edna Kiplagat winning the gold medal in 2 hours, 28 minutes, 43 seconds, followed by … [Read more...]
