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WILSON SETS AMERICAN INDOOR 800M RECORD NYRR MILLROSE GAMES **Close Contests From 800m To Two Miles Provide Thrilling Afternoon Of Races** By Chris Lotsbom, @ChrisLotsbom (c) 2017 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved NEW YORK (11-Feb) — The mailman strikes again. Ajee’ Wilson brought the crowd to its feet here …

USA FOURSOME SETS WORLD DMR BEST AT NEW BALANCE INDOOR GRAND PRIX By David Monti, @d9monti and Chris Lotsbom, @chrislotsbom (c) 2017 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved BOSTON (28-Jan) — An all-star foursome of American Olympians –Emma Coburn, Sydney McLaughlin, Brenda Martinez and Jenny Simpson– lowered the world indoor …

WILSON BLASTS FAST 600M AT NEW BALANCE GAMES By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2017 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved NEW YORK (21-Jan) — Ajee’ Wilson continued to show strong early-season form, clocking the second-fastest indoor 600m ever by an American woman at the 22nd annual New Balance Games at …

SIMPSON TAKES HOME RECORD FIFTH NEW BALANCE FIFTH AVENUE MILE TITLE ***Jenkins Upsets Centrowitz in Men’s Race*** By Chris Lotsbom, @ChrisLotsbom (c) 2016 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved NEW YORK (03-Sep) — A pair of scintillating races captured thousands of spectators’ attention here at the 2016 New Balance 5th …

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 …

MOLLY HUDDLE BOOKS TICKET TO RIO WITH 10,000M Trials WIN By Chris Lotsbom, @ChrisLotsbom (c) 2016 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved EUGENE, OR (02-Jul) — Metronome Molly Huddle was at it again, magically clicking off kilometer after kilometer to dwindle down the women’s 10,000m field and win her second …

RUPP WINS EIGHTH STRAIGHT USA 10,000M CROWN ***Wild 800m Prelims See Favorites Heading Home*** (c) 2016 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved EUGENE, OR (01-Jul) — You could call it what you want: a war of attrition, fartlek, or game of cat and mouse. The men’s Olympic Trials 10,000m was …

FIVE TAKES ON NICK SYMMONDS'S WITHDRAWAL FROM USA OLYMPIC TRIALS By Chris Lotsbom, @ChrisLotsbom (c) 2016 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved (Used with Permission) EUGENE, OR (30-Jun) -- Earlier today, Nick Symmonds announced via Instagram that he had withdrawn from this week's USA Olympic Trials due to a torn …

MEMORABLE MILES CAP OFF HOKA ONE ONE ADRIAN MARTINEZ CLASSIC **Prep Thomas Ratcliffe Goes 4:01.5 On Home Track** By Chris Lotsbom, @ChrisLotsbom (c) 2016 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved (Used with permission) CONCORD, MA, USA (02-June) -- A pair of scintillating miles capped off a busy evening of racing …