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COURSE –BUT NOT WORLD– RECORD FOR SENBERE TEFERI AT B.A.A. 5-K     By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2022 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved BOSTON (16-Apr) —     Ethiopia’s Senbere Teferi came here not only to win the 12th annual B.A.A. 5-K, but to also break her own …

B.A.A. Announces Grand Marshals, Official Starters & Race Week Festivities Surrounding 126th Boston Marathon       BOSTON—In anticipation of the 126th Boston Marathon on Monday, April 18, the Boston Athletic Association (B.A.A.) today announced the Grand Marshal, Official Starters, and festivities in celebration of the world’s oldest annually run …

SISSON, MONTANEZ TAKE USATF 15-K TITLES IN JACKSONVILLE     By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2022 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved         (Ed. note: Top 10 with New England natives at end of article)       (05-Mar) — Emily Sisson and Nico Montanez scored convincing …

KIPCHOGE & KOSGEI RUN FASTEST-EVER MARATHONS IN JAPAN AT TOKYO MARATHON     By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2022 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved     PHOTO: Eliud Kipchoge wins the 41st Tokyo Marathon (photo via NN Running Team; used with permission)     (06-Mar) — On a beautiful …

2022 TCS New York City Marathon to Return at Full Capacity with 50,000 Runners Application for the 2022 TCS New York City Marathon drawing opens on March 9     New York, February 24, 2022 – New York Road Runners (NYRR) today announced that the 2022 TCS New York City …

AFTER TWO-YEAR HIATUS, UNITED AIRLINES NYC HALF COMES ROARING BACK WITH TOP ELITE FIELD By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2022 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved (22-Feb)     — After being cancelled two years in a row due to the pandemic, the United Airlines NYC Half will return on …

SPANIARDS SHINE AT NEW BALANCE INDOOR GRAND PRIX     By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2022 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved     STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. (06-Feb) — Distance athletes from Spain were in the spotlight at today’s 27th New Balance Indoor Grand Prix at the Ocean Breeze Track …

SURPRISING RODENFELS HAS GONE FROM NCAA D-III CHAMPION TO WORLD LEADERBy David Monti, @d9monti(c) 2022 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved  Annie Rodenfels in Boston in the fall of 2021 (photo by Collin Woodruff, @apertureangles; used with permission) (03-Feb) — When Annie Rodenfels left Centre College in Danville, Ky., in …

RECORD-BREAKING DAY FOR D’AMATO, HALL IN HOUSTONBy David Monti, @d9monti(c) 2022 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved (16-Jan) — Despite near-freezing temperatures at the start, both Keira D’Amato and Sara Hall broke the American records for the marathon and half-marathon, respectively, at the Chevron Houston Marathon and Aramco Half-Marathon this …

SEVEN OF THE LAST EIGHT MEN’S CHAMPIONS TO RUN 2022 BOSTON MARATHON By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2022 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved (13-Jan)     — Organizers of the Boston Marathon announced a men’s elite field today which was breathtaking in both breadth and depth.  Seven of the …