Cross-Country

Team B.A.A. Triumphs in Tallahassee Women’s Team Three-Peats at Club Cross Country National Championships   TALLAHASSEE ‰ÛÓ For the third consecutive year, the women of the B.A.A. High Performance Team have won the USA Track and Field Club Cross Country National Championship.   Leading the B.A.A. in the Women’s Open …

OAKLEY, CLINGER RUN AWAY WITH TITLES AT NXN CHAMPIONSHIPS ***Team titles go to Fayetteville-Manlius (NY) and Bozeman (MT)*** By Chris Lotsbom, @ChrisLotsbom (c) 2016 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved (03-Dec) — Colorado’s Brie Oakley put down the hammer at the Nike Cross Nationals championships for high school harriers, dominating …

UPSET WINS FOR TIERNAN, SCHWEIZER AT NCAA CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS By Chris Lotsbom, @chrislotsbom (c) 2016 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved TERRE HAUTE, IND (19-Nov) — The magic of the LaVern Gibson Cross Country Course struck again here on a bone-chilling day, as Villanova’s Patrick Tiernan and Missouri’s Karissa …

COACHES TRY TO KEEP ATHLETES RELAXED, FOCUSED AHEAD OF NCAA CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS By Chris Lotsbom, @ChrisLotsbom (c) 2016 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved TERRE HAUTE, IN, USA (18-Nov) — The NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships are fewer than 24 hours away. Sixty-two teams are eyeing the sleek …

RI’s Principe & Lawler Ready for the ‰’Big Show’ Two of the Nation’s Best Hail From its Smallest State   by Stephen Mazzone   When it comes to running and cross country, David “DJ” Principe and Ellie Lawler share some similarities. For starters, the gifted harriers are the defending Rhode …

WITH CONTRASTING STYLES, KIRUI, KIPLAGAT PREVAIL AT CHICAGO MARATHON By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2016 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved CHICAGO (09-Oct) — On a picture-perfect fall day here, Kenya’s Abel Kirui and Florence Kiplagat won the 39th Bank of America Chicago Marathon using completely different tactics.  Kirui, twice …

Chevron Houston Marathon, Aramco Houston Half Marathon Sell Out for 12th Straight Year   Run for a Reason charity race entries available in the marathon and half marathon HOUSTON (September 26, 2016) – The Houston Marathon Committee announced today that the 45th annual Chevron Houston Marathon and the 16th Aramco …

GETS GREAT NORTH RUN HAT TRICK By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2016 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved SOUTH SHIELDS, ENGLAND (11-Sep) — Four-time Olympic gold medalist Mo Farah of Great Britain became the first-ever athlete to win the Great North Run half-marathon three years in a row, defeating American …

RUTH JEBET SMASHES STEEPLECHASE WORLD RECORD IN PARIS By Chris Lotsbom, @ChrisLotsbom (c) 2016 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved PARIS (27-Aug) — The Meeting de Paris IAAF Diamond League here was a distance runner’s dream, with records falling left and right. Ruth Jebet smashed an eight year-old 3000m steeplechase …

WEBB SAYS CENTROWITZ GOLD REPRESENTS CENTURY OF DEDICATION By Chris Lotsbom, @ChrisLotsbom (c) 2016 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved FALMOUTH, MA, USA (21-Aug) — Four thousand, eight hundred miles northwest of Rio de Janeiro’s Olympic Stadium, American mile record holder Alan Webb sat watching a television set at his …