NEW YORK – (June 16, 2010) – The ING New York City Marathon will once again showcase a highly anticipated American marathon debut: Shalane Flanagan will join the likes of Deena Kastor (2001), Meb Keflezighi (2002), Marla Runyan (2002), Dathan Ritzenhein (2006) and Kara Goucher (2008) when she runs the …

U.S. Mountain Running Team to be Selected at Mount Washington   Colorado Springs, CO — The 2010 U.S. Mountain Running Team will travel to Kamnik, Slovenia, to compete in the 26th World Mountain Running Championships on Sunday, September 5. This year‰Ûªs open team ‰ÛÒ six men and four women ‰ÛÒ …

 50th Mt. Washington Road Race Mt. Washington Auto Road June 19, 2010 – 10 a.m.                                    ·         Intense national contest looms in the Race to the Clouds ·         Northeast Delta Dental boosts prizes ·         Governor proclaims official “Mt. Washington Road Race Day” ·         50th running, Hall of Fame inauguration, highlight …

Diamond League brings top performances to adidas Grand Prix INDIANAPOLIS — Celebrating its sixth year as a world-wide athletics attraction, the adidas Grand Prix threw an internationally renowned, record-breaking, and heart-stopping party in New York at Icahn Stadium on Randall’s Island. Saturday’s adidas Grand Prix, part of the Visa Championships Series …

The Mountain Calleth – A Duel in the Sun (From the May/June issue of New England Runner) Beginning in 1974 a trip to the White Mountains for the Mt. Washington Road Race was how I began my “summer of Hodgie” a kick-off for a summer of putting in the miles …

INDIANAPOLIS — Gill Athletics and USA Track & Field (USATF) will honor one boys’ and one girls’ high school track & field team coach with the inaugural Gill Athletics National High School Track & Field Coach of the Year Award. Pete Boudreaux, boys’ coach of Catholic High School in Baton Rouge, …

MESERET DEFAR HEADLINES LIST OF CHAMPIONS ADDED TO ADIDAS GRAND PRIX ATHLETE FIELD Start lists released for New York Diamond League meeting NEW YORK (June 8, 2010) ‰ÛÓ The preliminary start lists for the adidas Grand Prix on Saturday, June 12, have been released on the event‰Ûªs Web site at …

Open Women (Top 50 Score)   1. Kristin Murphy, Newton, Ma                        150   2. Megan Sowa, Boston, Ma                              146   3. Meaghan Scearbo, Wakefield, Ma                  141   4. Marge Bellisle, Warren, RI                              132   5. Annalisa Pawlosky, Cambridge, Ma                124   6. Amy Pace, Brookline, Ma               …

Men Open (Top 50)   1. TJ Unger, Roslindale, Ma                144   1. Lee Danforth, Dedham, Ma            144   3. Greg Picklesimer, Newton, Ma       142   4. Jason Cakouros, Milton, Ma           141   5. Terry McNatt, Needham, Ma           132   6. Macdara Nash, Concord, Ma          126   7. Jim Quadros                                    …

Congrats to all who braved the Corrib Pub 5K amidst warnings of tsunami’s, tornadoes and drenching humidity. Well, one of the three was prevalent, but less so than in Lincoln, RI where a number of pubsters first raced in the USATF-NE 5K men’s championship.   With a noon start (this …