Coburn and Simpson to headline 2018 New Balance Indoor Grand Prix World Championships medalists Martinez, Berian to join at 23rd-annual event BOSTON, Mass. (Dec. 21, 2017) – Reigning IAAF World Champion Emma Coburn and IAAF World Championships silver medalist Jenny Simpson are both set to return to the New Balance …

BOSTON, MA, December 21, 2017—John Hancock said today that Japanese runner Yuki Kawauchi has been invited to participate in the company’s 2018 Boston Marathon Elite Team. During a visit to Boston the last week of December, Kawauchi will train on the Boston Marathon course. And on New Year’s Day, he …

John Hancock’s  today announced its strongest US Elite Team since it began its principal sponsorship of the Boston Marathon began in 1986. The US team, recruited to compete against an accomplished international field, will challenge for the coveted olive wreath on Patriots’ Day, April 16, 2018. Four-time Olympian and 2017 …

Team B.A.A.’s Sarah Pagano Wins USATF National Club Cross Country Title B.A.A. Women’s team and Men’s Masters team place second at National Championships BOSTON – B.A.A. High Performance team member Sarah Pagano won the USATF National Club Cross Country Championships earlier today in Lexington, Kentucky, earning the first individual national …

KIRUI, KIPLAGAT SET TO DEFEND BOSTON MARATHON TITLES By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2017 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved (06-Dec) — Reigning Boston Marathon champions, Geoffrey Kirui and Edna Kiplagat of Kenya, have committed to defending their titles at the 2018 edition of the world’s oldest, continuously run marathon …

HALL, RITCHIE TAKE USA MARATHON TITLES AT CAL INT’L MARATHON By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2017 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved   SACRAMENTO (03-Dec) — In sunny, windless and cool conditions, Sara Hall of Redding, Calif., and Timothy Ritchie of New Haven, Conn., clinched the 2017 USATF Marathon titles …

MARATHON DEBUT WAS “LONG TIME COMING” FOR KATIE MATTHEWS By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2017 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved SACRAMENTO (02-Dec) — The official elite athlete introductions had ended at the expo for the 35th California International Marathon and USA Marathon Championships and Katie Matthews was attempting a …

POWERFUL SPRINTS GIVE CHELIMO, DIRIBA MANCHESTER WINS By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2017 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved MANCHESTER, CONN. (23-Nov) — Under brilliant blue skies here this morning, Paul Chelimo and Buze Diriba shook off the near-freezing temperatures and rallied to win the 81st Manchester Road Race, America’s …

CONVINCING WINS FOR NORTHERN ARIZONA, NEW MEXICO AT NCAA CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2017 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved LOUISVILLE, KY. (18-Nov) — The Lumberjacks of Northern Arizona University and the Lady Lobos of the University of New Mexico notched convincing victories here at the …

DROP TWINS QUIETLY LEAD LADY BULLDOGS INTO NCAA CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2017 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved LOUISVILLE, Ky. (16-Apr) — It has been five years since the Lady Bulldogs of the University of Georgia have qualified a team for the NCAA Division I …