Track And Field

SCHWEIZER, KLECKER TAKE USA 10,000M TITLES IN CLOSE RACES     By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2022 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved (28-May)     The men’s podium finishers from the 2022 USATF 10,000m Championships (left to right): Joe Klecker (1st), Grant Fisher (2nd), Sean McGorty (3rd) (photo via …

GREGOREK, RODENFELS CAPTURE B.A.A. INVITATIONAL MILE TITLES     By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2022 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved     BOSTON (16-Apr) — Two athletes with strong Boston ties won today’s 12th annual B.A.A. Invitational Mile held on the streets of Back Bay this morning.  Johnny Gregorek, …

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 …

Is the Quad at UMass/Amherst overflowing with revelers? Are the cows mooing in Montgomery, VT? Should be.   Two-thirds of the women’s Olympic 1500 team are New Englanders, members of Team New Balance Boston and graduates of UMass/Amherst and UNH.     In 94-degree heat, VT’s Elle Purrier St. Pierre …

World Athletics Championships medalists McLaughlin, Lyles and Bromell return  to New Balance Indoor Grand Prix on Feb. 13   Trio of world’s top milers to clash over 1500m at 26th annual event       BOSTON, Mass. (Jan. 27, 2021) – World Athletics Championships medalists Sydney McLaughlin, Noah Lyles and …

Anna Rohrer and Jonas Hampton join Team B.A.A. B.A.A. High Performance Team adds All-American & Olympic Trials Top 10 Finisher   BOSTON– The Boston Athletic Association (B.A.A.) today announced the addition of Anna Rohrer and Jonas Hampton to the B.A.A. High Performance Team. Rohrer, an eight-time All-American at Notre Dame, …

While sanctioned by USATF, the meet wasn’t publicized, to the point that NER loyalist and ardent photog Jack Prior (Newton Sports Photography) didn’t know where it was until he saw a set-up image on Instagram revealing the Newton North HS track just two miles from his house. All photos are …

The weather in Monaco a day ago wasn’t conducive for a world record attempt at distance—79˚ with a high dewpoint—but 23-Year-Old Ugandan Joshua Cheptegei—proved undeterred.   Photo from 2019 World Championships by Kevin Morris.   The current World Champion in XC and at 10,000m had set a world road 5K record …

Maine Running Hall of Fame (MRHOF) Announces 2020 Inductees Maine Running Hall of Fame (MRHOF) Announces Slate of 2020 Inductees   July 24, 2020 – The Maine Running Hall of Fame (MRHOF) Board of Directors is pleased to announce its 2020 slate of inductees.  The nine MRHOF inductees include Kelly …