Tag Archives: 800m

ADIDAS BOOST BOSTON GAMES BRING OLYMPIC HYPE TO HUB By Chris Lotsbom, @ChrisLotsbom (c) 2016 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved BOSTON (16-May) -- The visual is captivating: imagine Olympic medalists in full sprint coming down one of the busiest streets in all of Boston, the vibrant Boston Public Garden …

FAMILY MAN ROTICH WINS UAE HEALTHY KIDNEY 10-K **Cynthia Limo Takes Women’s Title** By Chris Lotsbom, @ChrisLotsbom (c) 2016 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved (Used with permission) NEW YORK (14-May) — Lucas Rotich entered today’s UAE Healthy Kidney 10-K with extra motivation to win and make his family proud. …

USA RUNNERS WIN FOUR MEDALS ON FINAL DAY OF IAAF WORLD INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS **Centrowitz Claims First World Indoor 1500m Gold in American History** By Chris Lotsbom, @ChrisLotsbom (c) 2016 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved (Used with permission) PORTLAND,ORE. (20-Mar) -- American distance running history was made on the final …

CENTROWITZ HOLDS OFF ANDREWS TO NAB SECOND STRAIGHT USA INDOOR 1500M WIN By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2016 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved (Used with permission) PORTLAND, ORE. (12-Mar) — With 120 meters to go in the men’s 1500m at the USA Indoor Championships here today, defending champion Matthew …

HILL, ROWBURY SUCCESSFULLY DEFEND USA INDOOR 3K TITLES By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2016 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved (Used with permission) PORTLAND, ORE, (11-Mar) — Competing on the new emerald green 200 meter oval at the Oregon Convention Center here, Ryan Hill and Shannon Rowbury successfully defended their …

CENTROWITZ NIPS WILLIS IN FAST NYRR WANAMAKER MILE **Centrowitz Becomes Fourth-Fastest Ever Indoors in 3:50.63 By Chris Lotsbom; @ChrisLotsbom (c) 2016 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved (Used with permission) NEW YORK (20-Feb) — In a highly anticipated rematch that drew comparisons to the famed Ali-Frazier bout of 1971, the …

FOUR WORLD LEADS IN DISTANCE EVENTS AT NEW BALANCE INDOOR GRAND PRIX By Chris Lotsbom, @ChrisLotsbom (c) 2016 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved (Used with permission) BOSTON (13-Feb) -- Any questions as to whether Meseret Defar is the same athlete now as she was before giving birth to baby …

Shalane Flanagan ‰ÛÏThat was the hardest marathon I‰Ûªve probably run in terms of the last 6 miles being the hardest. I just got done getting an IV. Never had one of those before. Clearly it took its toll on me today and I had to fight to just make the …

Race Result Weekly (Used with permission) NEW YORK (06-Feb) -- Before stepping onto the 200-meter oval for the invitational mile at the Armory Track Invitational here today, high schooler Drew Hunter of Purcellville, Va., had to overcome an unexpected opponent: a badly knotted shoelace. Hunter, 18, who moments later would …

USATF releases standards for 2016 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Track & Field 12/16/2015   INDIANAPOLIS — USATF has released the competition standards for the 2016 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Track & Field, announced Wednesday. The qualifying event for the ‰ÛÏworld‰Ûªs toughest team to make‰Û is set to take …