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Gold medalists lead U.S. contingent to World Indoors INDIANAPOLIS – Led by strength in the hurdles and field events and boasting six past World Indoor champions, Team USA fields a strong roster of 53 athletes for the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Track & Field championships, to be held March 12-14 …
Read More »Lagat vs Rupp – US Indoor Championship Preview
Lagat vs. Rupp headline men’s running events at 2010 USA Indoor Championships INDIANAPOLIS – The growing rivalry between two-time Olympic medalist Bernard Lagat and reigning U.S. 10,000m champion Galen Rupp will be one of several highly anticipated men’s running events that will take center stage at the 2010 USA Indoor …
Read More »Huge US Contingent Headed to World Masters Championship
Largest U.S. team ever to compete at World Masters Championships INDIANAPOLIS – Team USA will send its biggest ever team to the World Masters Athletics Championships Indoor (WMA) March 1-6 at Kamloops, British Columbia, featuring 298 athletes (including 71 women) between the ages of 35 and 92. This is the …
Read More »Lagat/Rupp to Clash at Reebok Boston Indoor 5000
Lagat to battle Rupp in Boston INDIANAPOLIS – Bernard Lagat looks to keep up his winning ways after a record-setting performance last weekend in the Big Apple. Fans will find out if he can Saturday night, February 6, at the Reebok Boston Indoor Games at the Reggie Lewis Track and …
Read More »Lagat Now ‘President of the Board’
Lagat runs to record in Gotham NEW YORK – On a frigid night in New York City, the world’s finest track and field athletes brought the heat to one of the worlds most famous indoor arenas, Madison Square Garden. Bernard Lagat’s dominating record-eighth win in the Wanamaker Mile and three …
Read More »Bernard Lagat to Run 5000 at Reebok Boston Indoors
Lagat ÛÓ Boston Bound World Champ confirmed along with nation’s best high schoolers BOSTON (January 20) ÛÓ Bernard Lagat, one of the most decorated track and field athletes of all-time, has confirmed his participation in the 5000m at the 2010 Reebok Boston Indoor Games on Feb. 6, organizers announced today. …
Read More »Reebok Indoor Distance Events Get Olympic Push
1000m, Mile and 5000m All Strong in Boston Willis, Pierce and Rupp join Dibaba as distance headliners BOSTON (Jan. 11) ÛÓ Following in its tradition of delivering track fans world-class endurance races at the Reebok Boston Indoor Games, organizers announced additional athlete commitments for the 2010 event today. The athletes …
Read More »Olympians to Compete at NYRR’s Emerald Nuts Midnight Run
THOUSANDS OF RUNNERS TO KICK OFF NEW YEAR AT THE STROKE OF MIDNIGHT AT THE 2009 EMERALD NUTS MIDNIGHT RUN ON DECEMBER 31 Olympians Ian Dobson and Erin Donohue to headline field of professional athletes scheduled to run New York, December 21, 2009ÛÓAs the clock strikes midnight on December 31, …
Read More »USATF Announces 2009 Hall of Fame Inductees
USATF announces 2009 Hall of Fame Inductees INDIANAPOLIS – Some of the greatest athletes of their generations, including track & field legends Joetta Clark Diggs, Andre Phillips, Randy Williams and Willie Steele, are joined by coach Dr. Ken Foreman as the 2009 inductees into the National Track & Field Hall …
Read More »Jenny Barringer Sets Steeplechase AR at World Champs
Johnson, Jeter win medals, Barringer sets American record in Berlin BERLIN – Chelsea Johnson and Carmelita Jeter each won medals and Jenny Barringer improved her own American record during a productive evening for Team USA, Monday at the 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics at the 1936 Olympic Stadium in …
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