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GEBRESLASE WINS NAIL-BITER AT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS WOMEN’S MARATHON     By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2022 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved     EUGENE (18-Jul) — Ethiopia’s Gotytom Gebreslase made it a gold medal sweep for her country’s marathon squad here this morning, winning the 18th World Athletics Championships …

EUGENE (17-Jul) — Joshua Cheptegei of Uganda successfully defended his world 10,000m title here today at Hayward Field, prevailing in a last-lap burn-up which saw eight men still in contention for the medals at the bell.     Joshua Cheptegei wins the 2022 World Athletics 10,000m title, successfully defending his …

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS MARATHON WOMEN’S FIELD TO BE SMALLEST IN 27 YEARS     By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2022 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved     EUGENE (15-Jul) — Unlike the Olympic Games, the World Athletics Championships has had a place for the women’s marathon since inception.  At the …

      The passing of Bill Squires wasn’t unexpected given his failing health, but nonetheless registers as a body blow to the running community at large. Fun loving, eccentric, passionate about the sport, Squires pre-dates the Kenyan running camps whose survivors would devastate the US running scene. Many US …

MU HOLDS OFF WILSON TO RETAIN USATF 800M TITLE By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2022 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved     EUGENE (26-Jun) — In one of the most anticipated match-ups at these USATF Outdoor Track & Field Championships here at Hayward Field, two-time Olympic gold medalist Athing …

Americans Sweep Titles at 2022 B.A.A. 10K presented by Brigham and Women’s Hospital Susannah Scaroni sets world wheelchair record to cap off a memorable return to the roads of Boston       BOSTON – It was an American sweep at the 2022 B.A.A. 10K presented by Brigham and Women’s …

CAL INTERNATIONAL TO HOST 2022 USATF MARATHON CHAMPIONSHIPS     By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2022 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved     (17-Jun) — Organizers of the California International Marathon announced this morning that they will be hosting the 2022 USA Track & Field (USATF) Marathon Championships on …

127th Boston Marathon Field Size Established as 30,000 Participants; Registration to be held September 12–16, 2022       BOSTON—The Boston Athletic Association (B.A.A.) announced that the field size for the 127th Boston Marathon, scheduled to take place on Monday, April 17, 2023, has been established as 30,000 participants. Registration …

SCHWEIZER, KLECKER TAKE USA 10,000M TITLES IN CLOSE RACES     By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2022 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved (28-May)     The men’s podium finishers from the 2022 USATF 10,000m Championships (left to right): Joe Klecker (1st), Grant Fisher (2nd), Sean McGorty (3rd) (photo via …

JEPCHIRCHIR, CHEBET CAPTURE BOSTON MARATHON TITLES IN EXCITING RACES     By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2022 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved     BOSTON (18-Apr) — Kenyans Peres Jepchirchir and Evans Chebet won today’s Boston Marathon in 2:21:01 and 2:06:51, respectively, in the race’s first edition on Patriots’ …