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CENTROWITZ HOLDS OFF ANDREWS TO NAB SECOND STRAIGHT USA INDOOR 1500M WIN By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2016 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved (Used with permission) PORTLAND, ORE. (12-Mar) — With 120 meters to go in the men’s 1500m at the USA Indoor Championships here today, defending champion Matthew …

B.A.A. Announces Native American Running  Partnership with Harvard University   Panel discussion and speaker series among events set to recognize Native American traditions during Boston Marathon weekend.   BOSTON ‰ÛÒ Working closely with Harvard University, the Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology, and the Harvard University Native American Program, the …

KIPCHOGE, KEITANY NAMED ABBOTT WORLD MARATHON MAJORS SERIES IX CHAMPIONS By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2016 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved (Used with permission) (28-Feb) — After the conclusion of today’s Tokyo Marathon, officials of the Abbott World Marathon Majors (AbottWMM) declared that Kenyans Eliud Kipchoge and Mary Keitany …

CENTROWITZ NIPS WILLIS IN FAST NYRR WANAMAKER MILE **Centrowitz Becomes Fourth-Fastest Ever Indoors in 3:50.63 By Chris Lotsbom; @ChrisLotsbom (c) 2016 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved (Used with permission) NEW YORK (20-Feb) — In a highly anticipated rematch that drew comparisons to the famed Ali-Frazier bout of 1971, the …

RUPP, CRAGG PREVAIL IN HOT USA OLYMPIC TRIALS MARATHON By Chris Lotsbom, @ChrisLotsbom (c) 2016 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved Used with permission LOS ANGELES (12-Feb) — On a day that will be remembered for the harsh wrath of mother nature and its crippling heat, Galen Rupp and Amy …

The exclusive group of 211 men and 246 women who have qualified for the USA Olympic Marathon Trials is actually comprised of smaller, even more exclusive cliques, like “A” qualifiers (27 men and 42 women), sub-2:12 men (9), sub-2:30 women (10), and Olympians (7 men and 16 women).    But …

Race Result Weekly (Used with permission) NEW YORK (06-Feb) -- Before stepping onto the 200-meter oval for the invitational mile at the Armory Track Invitational here today, high schooler Drew Hunter of Purcellville, Va., had to overcome an unexpected opponent: a badly knotted shoelace. Hunter, 18, who moments later would …

NOTE ON THE NEWS - RUPP TO RUN USA OLYMPIC MARATHON TRIALS Olympic silver medalist Galen Rupp announced through USATF.tv that he plans to run the Olympic Marathon Trials in Los Angeles on Feb. 13. However, he still plans to run the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Portland, March 18 …

BLOCKBUSTER ELITE MEN'S FIELD FOR VIRGIN MONEY LONDON MARATHON By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2016 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved (Used with permission) -- Befitting an Olympic Year, organizers of the Virgin Money London Marathon announced a blockbuster men's elite field for the 36th edition of their race --Britain's …

FOUR PREVIOUS CHAMPIONS LEAD BOSTON MARATHON ELITE FIELD By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2016 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved (Used with permission) (13-Jan) -- The elite field for the 120th Boston Marathon, scheduled for Monday, April 18, boasts four former race champions and athletes representing 11 different nations, organizers …