Track And Field

FAST MILES, CLOSE 800 HIGHLIGHT NEW BALANCE INDOOR GRAND PRIX By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2019 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved PHOTO: Gabriela Stafford edges Elinor Purrier in the women’s mile, 4:24.80 to 4:24.88, at the 2019 New Balance Indoor Grand Prix in Boston (photo by Jane Monti for …

World Athletics Championships medalists McLaughlin and Coburn set to return to New Balance Indoor Grand Prix on Jan. 25 Scottish 1500m record-holder Jake Wightman to highlight middle-distances at 25th-annual event BOSTON, Mass. (Dec. 5, 2019) – Sydney McLaughlin and Emma Coburn, two of the USA’s most exciting track and field …

Sydney McLaughlin set to return to New Balance Indoor Grand Prix on Jan. 26 BOSTON, Mass. (Jan. 14, 2018) – Sydney McLaughlin, one of track and field’s most exciting new stars, will return to compete at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix on Saturday, January 26, organizers announced today. Tickets …

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JACOB INGEBRIGTSEN NABS SECOND EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS GOLD MEDAL By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2018 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved PHOTO: Norway’s Jacob and Henrik Ingebrigtsen finish first and second, respectively, in the 5000m at the 2018 European Athletics Championships in Berlin (photo by Jane Monti for Race Results Weekly) …

MEKHISSI-BENABBAD WINS FOURTH EUROPEAN Steeplechase Title By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2018 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved PHOTO: France’s Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad (right) exits the water jump with Italy’s Yohanes Chiappinelli (in the water), Spain’s Fernando Carro, and Italy’s Ahmed Abdelwahed at the 2018 European Athletics Championships in Berlin (photo …

As seen (with so much more) in the July/Aug 2018 issue of New England Runner   Diane Leather – The First Woman to Break the 5:00 Mile (Story Below) Photo: Diane Leather, in the uniform of the Birchfield Harriers with its running stag and the words “Fleet and Free,” runs …

HOULIHAN COMPLETES 1500M/5000M DOUBLE AT USA CHAMPIONSHIPS By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2018 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved DES MOINES (24-Jun) — Shelby Houlihan made her USATF Outdoor Track & Field Championships twice as nice at Drake Stadium here today, becoming the first woman since Regina Jacobs in 2000 …

HUDDLE WINS FOURTH USA 10,000M TITLE IN DOMINANT FASHION By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2018 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved DES MOINES (21-Jun) — With machine-line precision, Molly Huddle picked apart the field of the women’s 10,000m here on the first day of the USATF Outdoor Track & Field …

FINAL PRE CLASSIC AT HAYWARD FIELD DELIVERS GREAT RESULTS By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2018 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved EUGENE, OREGON (26-May) — At the final edition of the Prefontaine Classic ever to be held at historic Hayward Field here, the capacity crowd of 12,667 was treated to …