INDIANAPOLIS – Masters athlete and noted jazz musician Nolan Shaheed has been named USA Track & Field’s Athlete of the Week after he broke his own world record in the M60 800 meter race in 2:08.56 Saturday in Los Angeles. Running at the Tommie “Tiny” Lister Classic, Shaheed lined-up next …
Read More »Desi Athlete of Week – Week in Review
Desiree Davila has been named USA Track & Field’s Athlete of the Week after she came within two seconds of winning the 115th Boston Marathon on Monday. Davila ran in sixth place for much of the first half of the race, as New Zealand’s Kim Smith ran ahead to a …
Read More »Joan Samuelson Running Boston Marathon
Joan Samuelson To Run 2011 Boston Marathon® Four-time champion Bill Rodgers to serve as Grand Marshal of race. BOSTON ÛÓ The Boston Athletic Association (B.A.A.) today announced that Olympic Gold medalist and two-time Boston Marathon champion Joan Samuelson will compete in the 115th running of the Boston Marathon …
Read More »Awards & Charitable Presentations at Bill Rodgers Jingle Bell Run
B.A.A. recognizes two local contributors to Boston running community at Bill Rodgers Jingle Bell Run and makes contribution to scholarship fund and Boston Centers for Youth & Families BOSTON — The Bill Rodgers Jingle Bell Run, presented by the Boston Athletic Association on Sunday evening (December 12) at the Hyatt …
Read More »Bill Rodgers Jingle Bell Run This Sunday in Boston
For Release on Tuesday, December 7, 2010 Jock Semple and Will Cloney Award Winners to be Recognized at Bill Rodgers Jingle Bell Run this Sunday Awards recognizing service and achievement in the sport of running presented to Richard A. Johnson and Bill Riley at annual …
Read More »Falmouth Seeks Title Sponosr for 2011 Race
Falmouth, Mass. ÛÒ The Falmouth Road Race will be seeking a new title sponsor for the 39th running of the race that is scheduled for Sunday, Aug 14, 2011. CIGNA, a Philadelphia-based global health services company and the title sponsor since 2006, informed race directors this week that they would …
Read More »Ethiopians Sweep the 38th Annual CIGNA Falmouth Road Race
Gebremariam and Yimer ÛÒ Male and Female Winners Moran finishes as First American Male Blanchette Wins Eighth Falmouth Wheelchair Title FALMOUTH, Mass. ÛÒ Running stride for stride down the final hill, 25-year-old Gebre Gebremariam crossed the finishline in 32:20, one second ahead of another 25-year-old Wilson Kwambai …
Read More »Dave McGillivray Receives Lifetime Achievement Award
San Diego, CA — Dave McGillivray, BAA Boston Marathon Race Director and President of DMSE Sports, Inc. was presented with the Fleet Feet, Inc. Lifetime Commitment to Running Award by CEO Tom Rayner at a ceremony held in San Diego on June 24. The award recognizes an industry leader who …
Read More »Cheruiyot (The Younger) Smashes Boston Marathon CR
Cheruiyot Crushes Course Record at 114th Boston Marathon Erkesso women’s champion; Hall, Keflezighi, Lehmkuhle 4th, 5th, 9th By Parker Morse, Running USA wire BOSTON – (April 19, 2010) – Robert Kiprono Cheruiyot of Kenya ran 2:05:52 to smash the previous course record at the B.A.A. Boston Marathon on Monday, chipping …
Read More »Josh Cox Opens With 4:38 Mile, Wins BAA 5K
Josh Cox Wins Second-Annual B.A.A. 5K By James O’Brien BOSTON, April 18 ÛÓ A chilly, overcast Sunday morning is ordinarily a good opportunity to sleep late before heading for brunch. But in Boston, on marathon weekend, there’s a new tradition, even when the weather is less than inviting. Twelve months …
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