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Scotiabank Ottawa Marathon awarded prestigious IAAF Gold standard One of only two events in the world with two IAAF gold-label races  Ottawa, October 22, 2015 – Organizers of the Tamarack Ottawa Race Weekend today announced they have been awarded the prestigious International Amateur Athletic Federation (IAAF) Gold label standard for …

KENYAN SWEEP FOR CHUMBA, KIPLAGAT AT WINDY CHICAGO MARATHON By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2015 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved (Used with permission) CHICAGO (11-Oct) -- The Windy City lived up to its name here today, further challenging the elite athletes competing in the 38th Bank of America Chicago …

DANIEL SALEL, MARY WACERA WIN B.A.A. HALF MARATHON CROWNS B.A.A. Half Marathon Champs Also Win 2015 Distance Medley By Chris Lotsbom BOSTON (11-Oct) — Kenyans Daniel Salel and Mary Wacera (see attached image) made triumphant returns to Boston today, claiming wins here at the 15th annual B.A.A. Half Marathon, presented …

Reigning Boston Marathon Champion Caroline Rotich Returns to Boston for this Sunday’s B.A.A. Half Marathon   Current Boston Marathon, B.A.A. 10K, and B.A.A. Distance Medley winners lead strong professional athlete field. More than 475 runners will race as part of presenting sponsor Dana-Farber Cancer Institute’s team to tackle cancer.   …

2016 BOSTON MARATHON QUALIFIER ACCEPTANCES Notification to applicants on Wednesday, September 30   BOSTON ‰ÛÓ The Boston Athletic Association (B.A.A.) today continued its notification to applicants of their acceptance into the 2016 Boston Marathon®. In preparation for the 2016 Boston Marathon, the B.A.A. implemented the same registration process for qualified …

SYRACUSE, PROVIDENCE WIN BC COAST-TO-COAST BATTLE IN BEANTOWN By Chris Lotsbom, @ChrisLotsbom (c) 2015 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved (Used with permission)   (PHOTO: Stony Brook’s Christina Melium topping Syracuse’s Margo Malone at the line – photo by FitzFoto/NERunner) BOSTON (25-Sep) — The men of Syracuse and women of …

RITZENHEIN FEELS AT HOME, READY FOR OLYMPIC MARATHON TRIALS BUILD-UP By Chris Lotsbom, @ChrisLotsbom (c) 2015 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved (Used with permission) PROVIDENCE,R.I. (20-Sep) -- In the moments before the starting gun fired, runners anxiously completed stride after stride, doing anything they could to avoid the tense …

Defending Champion Mary Keitany to Lead Powerful Women’s Field at the 2015 TCS New York City Marathon on Sunday, November 1   World and Olympic medalist Sally Kipyego and top-American distance runner Laura Thweatt to make marathon debuts New York, September 16, 2015‰ÛÓDefending champion Mary Keitany of Kenya and 2011 …

SIMPSON, WILLIS CLAIM FOURTH AND THIRD FIFTH AVENUE MILE WINS By Chris Lotsbom, @ChrisLotsbom (c) 2015 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved (Used with permission) NEW YORK (13-Sep) — Experience reigned supreme here at the 35th running of the NYRR Fifth Avenue Mile, as American Jenny Simpson and New Zealander …

World‰Ûªs Top Milers and Runners of All Ages and Abilities to Race at 2015 NYRR 5th Avenue Mile on Sunday, September 13   Defending women‰Ûªs champion American Jenny Simpson and top American milers Matthew Centrowitz and Bernard Lagat, and 11-year-old mile world-record holder Jonah Gorevic from New York to lead …