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  Aisling Cuffe, the No. 1 prep runner in the country, wins handily with Kennbunkport (ME) junior Abbey Leonardi once again the runner-up. Chad Noelle (Greene, NY) came from behind to win in .08 seconds. It was Noelle’s first XC race ever. He does, however, have credentials from winter track, …

INDIANAPOLIS – The Houston Marathon Committee, in conjunction with presenting sponsor Aramco Services Company, has announced that the country’s best distance runners and Olympic hopefuls will compete at the 2011 USA Half Marathon Championships on Saturday, January 29, 2011, one day prior to the 39th Chevron Houston Marathon. The championships …

NDIANAPOLIS ‰ÛÒ A track star at the University of Kansas, who was also an Olympian and world record holder, Wes Santee died Sunday of cancer at his home in Eureka, Kansas.  He was 78.    A 1952 Olympian who competed in the 5,000 meters at the Games in Helsinki, Santee …

INDIANAPOLIS ‰ÛÓ Shalane Flanagan has been named USA Track & Field’s Athlete of the Week after winning the 2010 USA Women’s Marathon Championship Sunday at the ING New York City Marathon.  IThe 2008 Olympic 10,000m bronze medalist, Flanagan turned in the highest place finish by an American woman at the …

NEW YORK CITY, November 8, 2010 – Sammy Wanjiru of Kenya and Liliya Shobukhova of Russia have been crowned champions of the 2009-2010 World Marathon Majors series, and both were presented $500,000 USD for their respective accomplishments at an awards banquet today in New York City. Wanjiru accumulated 75 points …

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B.A.A. anticipates unprecedented interest in 115th running; field is expected to fill quickly.   BOSTON, Mass. ‰ÛÓ Registration for the 2011 Boston Marathon will open on Monday, October 18, 2010 at 9:00 a.m. (ET) and will be conducted online at www.baa.org. The 115th running of the Boston Marathon will be …

INDIANAPOLIS ‰ÛÓ Joan Benoit Samuelson has been named USA Track & Field’s Athlete of the Week after setting a pending U.S. Masters record Sunday at the Bank of America Chicago Marathon and following that up by running in the Tuft’s Health Plan 10K for Women on Monday in Boston.    …

Shobukhova Wins Women’s World Marathon Major Series; Wanjiru Likely Earns Men’s Series Title with Victory in Chicago CHICAGO – The 33rd running of the Bank of America Chicago Marathon today witnessed a record 38,132 participants start the race and 36,159 runners cross the finish line, two defending champions, and a course …

Shobukhova Wins Women’s World Marathon Major Series; Wanjiru Likely Earns Men’s Series Title with Victory in Chicago CHICAGO – The 33rd running of the Bank of America Chicago Marathon today witnessed a record 38,132 participants start the race and 36,159 runners cross the finish line, two defending champions, and a course …