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JOHN HANCOCK FINANCIAL ANNOUNCES 2009 BOSTON MARATHON ELITE INTERNATIONAL FIELD (Scroll Down for lists) Four Past Champions, Course Record Holder, Olympians Lead Field of 29 Athletes for 113th Running BOSTON, MA, March 12, 2009-In its 24th year as principal sponsor of the Boston Marathon, John Hancock Financial today announced its …

INDIANAPOLIS – Defending men’s Champion Andrew Carlson (Flagstaff, Ariz.) takes on a field that includes eight Olympians at the USA 15 km Championships this Saturday in Jacksonville, Fla.  This marks the 16th year that the championships have been hosted by the Gate River Run.   Set to challenge Carlson for …

Brilliant sparks of potential always seemed to be doused by injury before Kara Goucher moved to Portland, Oregon several years ago with husband, Adam, and began training under legendary marathoner Alberto Salazar. In the space of a month starting in August at the 2007 IAAF World Championships, Goucher made history …

INDIANAPOLIS – A field including Olympic and World Championships medalists  will vie for national titles at the 2009 USA Indoor Track & Field Championships February 28-March 1 at the Reggie Lewis Track & Athletic Center in Boston.   The concluding event of USATF’s Indoor Visa Championship Series, the USA Indoor …

Application for 40th Running of ING New York City Marathon Opens Thursday, February 19   June lottery announcement to kick off anniversary celebration   New York, February 17, 2009‰ÛÓThe application for the ING New York City Marathon 2009 will open on Thursday, February 19, at noon at www.ingnycmarathon.org, announced race …

BOSTON – There are athletes who are competitors, also-rans, contenders, ham-n-eggers, winners, whiners, losers and champions, but it’s the history-making stars in all sports that we never forget. American middle-distance runner Bernard Lagat belongs in that exclusive community.   A native of Kenya, Lagat has been making history his entire …

2008 Chicago Winners, Olympians, and Additional Talent Join the Elite Team to Challenge Defending Champions BOSTON, MA, February 17, 2009- John Hancock Financial today announced that the top contenders for the Boston Marathon this year include an elite group of Olympians, top Americans and international marathon winners. These athletes will …

INDIANAPOLIS – The University of Oregon’s Galen Rupp has been named USA Track & Field’s Athlete of the Week after setting the American Indoor record in the men’s 5,000 meters Friday at the 2009 Tyson Invitational in Fayetteville, Ark.   A 2008 Olympian, Rupp’s time of 13 minutes, 18.12 seconds …

Reebok Boston Indoor Games, Reggie Lewis Athletic Facility, Boston, MA February 7 Girls 1 Mile Run Reebok Junior ================================================================ Name Year Team Finals ================================================================ Finals 1 Jessica Parry Ontario, CAN 4:51.62 1500 4:33.73 2 Emily Lipari Roslyn, NY 4:53.29 1500 4:35.71 3 Stephanie Brown Bloomington, IL 4:54.87 1500 4:34.40 4 …

From Jim Estes, USATF DERWOOD, Md. – (February 7, 2009) – 2004 Olympic marathon silver medalist Meb Keflezighi (San Diego, Calif.) won his third national cross country title, while Emily Brown (Minneapolis, Minn.) won her first at the USA Cross Country Championships on Saturday at the Agricultural History Farm Park …