2009 Pub Series Men‰Ûªs Standings After Race Numero Uno, The 12th An R‰Ûªas M‰Ûªor 5K. Held Sunday, March 12 In Cambridge, MA OVERALL (Top 50 Score)     1. Dan Smith                                        50                                                                          2. Mario Fraioli                                    49     3. Brendan Prindiville                           48     4. Joseph Navas                                    47     5. Matthias Schlipf                                …

Congratulations to the Somerville Road Runners for staging a fantastic launch to the “shock & awe” 2009 NER Pub Series this past Sunday (March 22) at the Asgard Restaurant, down the road from Harvard Square. That’s Cambridge, MA not Cambridge, England, Mr. Chris Teague. Yes, after two magnificent sorties and …

INDIANAPOLIS – Galen Rupp has been named USA Track & Field’s Athlete of the Week after winning two individual titles and anchoring the men’s distance medley relay to victory at the 2009 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships   A 2008 Olympian, Rupp led the Oregon men to the their …

Benoit Samuelson, Rono, Raschker headline record entries for USA Masters Indoors LANDOVER, Md. – The 2009 USA Masters Indoor Track & Field Championships at Prince George’s Sports and Learning Center in Landover Md., Friday-Sunday, March 20-22, have attracted some of the world’s top masters athletes, including at least 12 Olympians …

Boston Athletic Association Adds Invitational Mile to Race Weekend Boston, Mass. — Olympic bronze-medalist and Boston-area native Shalane Flanagan will headline the field for a new B.A.A. Invitational Mile on April 19, the Boston Athletic Association announced today. The Invitational Mile, to be held in conjunction with the inaugural B.A.A. …

by Paul Josephson Imagine coming into the finish, draping a medal over your neck, having a freshly macheteed coconut handed to you, downing the milk, pulling off your racing flats‰Û_and anything else you want to, crossing white sands and hopping into the ocean.  All you have to do is run …

JOHN HANCOCK FINANCIAL ANNOUNCES 2009 BOSTON MARATHON ELITE INTERNATIONAL FIELD (Scroll Down for lists) Four Past Champions, Course Record Holder, Olympians Lead Field of 29 Athletes for 113th Running BOSTON, MA, March 12, 2009-In its 24th year as principal sponsor of the Boston Marathon, John Hancock Financial today announced its …

INDIANAPOLIS – Defending men’s Champion Andrew Carlson (Flagstaff, Ariz.) takes on a field that includes eight Olympians at the USA 15 km Championships this Saturday in Jacksonville, Fla.  This marks the 16th year that the championships have been hosted by the Gate River Run.   Set to challenge Carlson for …

THE BOYS OF THE NIKE INDOOR NATIONALS By Mike Byrnes THE MIDDLE DISTANCES: (800-Mile) (Ed. Note: We run a full mile, NOT the 1600) TOM MALLON is the USL, 1:51.79; he‰Ûªs backed up by ALEX WEINHEIMER, 1:53.11;  TERRANCE LIVINGSTON, 1:53.30, MICHAEL PALMISANO, 1:53.66 and CAS LOXSOM of CT, 1:53.80* (600m) …

THE GIRLS OF THE NIKE INDOOR NATIONALS By Mike Byrnes The Middle Distances: 800 and Mile: One of the better fields in the meet. Coming in from Illinois is STEPHANIE BROWN at 2:08.41 from sunny Fargo, North Dakota is LAURA ROESLER.  Her 2:03.08 is the top returning time for 800m.  …