Track And Field

JENNY SIMPSON FOCUSED ON RAISING THE BAR IN 2015 By Chris Lotsbom, @ChrisLotsbom (c) 2015 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved (Used with permission) BOSTON (06-Feb) -- If the year 2015 is anything like 2014, then American Jenny Simpson will be quite happy. The 28-year-old from Boulder, Colo., is here …

NYRR Wanamaker Mile at the 108th NYRR Millrose Games to Feature Eight-time Winner Bernard Lagat and Defending Champion Mary Cain of New York   40-year-old American track and field legend Bernard Lagat will attempt an unprecedented ninth NYRR Wanamaker Mile victory and chase the masters world record against two former …

LESLIE, ROWBURY SMASH RECORDS AT CAMEL CITY MILE By David Monico (c) 2015 Bring Back the Mile; used with permission WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (31-Jan) -- With the lights turned low, the music loud, an energetic crowd and ready-to-race athletes, the third Camel City Elite Miles  at the JDL Fast Track produced …

Defar, Lagat Set for Milestone Returns to Boston Will Face Coburn, Gebrhiwet at 20th New Balance Indoor Grand Prix   BOSTON, Mass. (Jan. 7, 2015)‰ÛÓWith 24 Olympic and World Championships medals between them, Meseret Defar and Bernard Lagat are unquestionably two of the best track athletes in history. Not only …

      Jenny Simpson Set for Return to Boston on Feb. 7 Will Headline 20th Running of New Balance Indoor Grand Prix   BOSTON, Mass. (Dec. 2, 2014)‰ÛÓJenny Simpson, the most-decorated woman at 1500 meters in U.S. history, is the first athlete set for the 2015 New Balance Indoor …

American Middle-Distance Stars Jenny Simpson, Mary Cain, and Matthew Centrowitz to Lead Blockbuster Field for NYRR Fifth Avenue Mile on Saturday, September 13   Defending champion Simpson will battle local New York teenage phenom Cain   2013 IAAF World Outdoor Championships 1500-meter silver medalist Centrowitz will attempt to reprise 2012 …

(From the Sept/Oct. 2014 issue of New England Runner)   (Photo: Wearing a bib number of a different sort, Jessica poses with prize cow Mare and younger sister Sarah.   Best in Show   by Nate Getman   Corning‰Ûªs Jessica Lawson represents the latest in a line of New York …

SIX STORYLINES - 2014 NEW BALANCE FALMOUTH ROAD RACE By Chris Lotsbom, @ChrisLotsbom (c) 2014 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved (Used with permission) (13-Aug) -- In advance of Sunday's New Balance Falmouth Road Race, Race Results Weekly breaks down five storylines going into the annual summer showcase from Woods …

COBURN SETS MEET RECORD, CAPTURES THIRD NATIONAL TITLE By Chris Lotsbom, @ChrisLotsbom (c) 2014 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved (Used with permission) SACRAMENTO (28-Jun) — Blistering hot temperatures here at Hornet Stadium were no match for Emma Coburn, as the 23-year-old sped her way to a third national title …

WILSON CLAIMS FAST WOMEN’S 800m TO CONCLUDE USA CHAMPIONSHIPS By Chris Lotsbom, @ChrisLotsbom and David Monti @d9Monti (c) 2014 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved SACRAMENTO (29-Jun) — The 2014 USA National Championships came to a fast conclusion here at Hornet Stadium, as three women dipped under the two-minute barrier …