Track And Field

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 …

Ten days out from the adidas Boost Boston Game, pro athletes show record-breaking form on international circuit Sprinters shine ahead of Boston, as more world and Olympic medalists are confirmed for Charles Street showdown BOSTON, Mass. (May 9, 2018) – With just ten days to go until the third edition …

FLASHBACK – CHRIS SOLINSKY BREAKS USA 10,000M RECORD By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2010 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved NOTE: Eight years ago today, Chris Solinsky shocked the running with with his 26:59.60 USA 10,000m record at the Payton Jordan Cardinal Invitational at Stanford University in Palo Alto, Calif. …

HUNTER, SIFUENTES CLEAR WINNERS AT B.A.A. INVITATIONAL MILE By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2018 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved BOSTON (14-Apr) — Gusting winds here this morning did little to slow Drew Hunter and Nicole Sifuentes who were both clear winners at the 10th annual B.A.A. Invitational Mile in …

THREEPEAT FOR DIBABA AT IAAF WORLD INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS By Steven Mills, @Trackside2018 (c) 2018 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND (01-Mar) — Genzebe Dibaba of Ethiopia became the third athlete to win the women’s 3000m title at the IAAF World Indoor Championships on at least three occasions in …

HOULIHAN, CHELIMO COMPLETE DISTANCE DOUBLES AT USA INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2018 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved ALBUQUERQUE (18-Feb) — Less than 24 hours after winning the 3000-meter titles at the USATF Indoor Championships here at the Albuquerque Convention Center, Shelby Houlihan (Nike Bowerman Track Club) …