Ritzenhein, Flanagan dominate at USA Cross Country Championships SPOKANE – American record holders Dathan Ritzenhein (Portland, Ore.) and Shalane Flanagan (Pittsboro, N.C.) dominated the open men’s and women’s fields at the 2010 USA Cross Country Championships Saturday at Plantes Ferry Recreation Park in Spokane, Wash. Running 34 minutes 34 seconds for …

JOHN HANCOCK ANNOUNCES RETURN OF DEFENDING AND PAST CHAMPIONS TO 2010 BOSTON MARATHON ‰Û¢ 2009 Champions Deriba Merga and Salina Kosgei Set To Defend Titles On April 19 ‰Û¢ Additional Past Champions Return To Celebrate 25th Anniversary of Sponsorship BOSTON, MA, February 10, 2010‰ÛÓJohn Hancock Financial today announced the return …

Largest U.S. team ever to compete at World Masters Championships INDIANAPOLIS – Team USA will send its biggest ever team to the World Masters Athletics Championships Indoor (WMA) March 1-6 at Kamloops, British Columbia, featuring 298 athletes (including 71 women) between the ages of 35 and 92. This is the …

The exhibitions: In an early exhibition Masters Mile, Saucony/Hurtin’ For Certain ace Chris Teague uncorked a 31-second final 200 for the win in 4:29:05 with Ray Pugsley right on his heels. “I figured that’s what it would take to win,” said Teague. “This was a fast crowd.” Corey McGee had …

Lagat to battle Rupp in Boston INDIANAPOLIS – Bernard Lagat looks to keep up his winning ways after a record-setting performance last weekend in the Big Apple. Fans will find out if he can Saturday night, February 6, at the Reebok Boston Indoor Games at the Reggie Lewis Track and …

Bank of America Chicago Marathon Registration Opens Today 33rd Annual Event to Take Place on October 10   CHICAGO, IL (February 1, 2010) – Online registration for the 2010 Bank of America Chicago Marathon opened to the public today at chicagomarathon.com. The 33rd edition of the 26.2-mile race will be held …

Shaheed named Athlete of the Week INDIANAPOLIS – Longtime masters standout Nolan Shaheed of Pasadena, Calif.,has been named USA Track & Field’s Athlete of the Week after setting a masters world indoor mile record Saturday at the Hartshorne Memorial Miles at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y.   Shaheed ran in …

John Hancock today launched a twitter site Twitter.com/JHFS_Boston26 which will provide Boston Marathon info including: tweets about the marathoning world and its top runners, including those who will be participating in this year’s race info on Marathon community initiatives, and additional Boston Marathon sponsorship news and information tweets on John …

With fewer than three months until the 114th Boston Marathon (Monday, April 19, 2010), the B.A.A. in partnership with official Boston Marathon sponsor adidas will offer free training advice to participating, interested runners.  The first of three B.A.A. Marathon Training Clinics will occur this Monday, January 25 and will be …

Long Distance Legend Haile Gebrselassie Returns to the NYC Half-Marathon 2007 NYC Half-Marathon champion to make rare United States appearance New York, January 20, 2010‰ÛÓEthiopia’s long distance legend and marathon world record-holder Haile Gebrselassie will return to the bright lights of New York to compete in the first spring running …