Tag Archives: World Record

Garners support from neighbors, city officials for “Civic Treasure” to ensure fun for everyone  (from Running USA Wire) SAN FRANCISCO – The organizer of the Bay to Breakers road race has received support from San Francisco neighborhood groups, San Francisco city hall and police officials for its banning of alcohol …

        Media Advisory: Thursday, September 23, 2010   Fast Facts on the 10th Annual B.A.A. Half Marathon   Start Time:                                8:30 a.m. on Sunday, 10.10.10 Start and Finish:                        White Stadium, Boston’s Franklin Park Distance:                                  13 miles, 176 yards (21.082 Kilometers) Organizer:                                 Boston Athletic …

Boston, Mass. ‰ÛÓ The 10th Annual B.A.A. Half Marathon presented by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and The Jimmy Fund will start and finish in White Stadium in Boston’s Franklin Park at 8:30 a.m. on October 10, marking the biggest change of the popular race since its inaugural run in 2001. Steadily …

Quigley, Boulet win USA 20 km titles NEW HAVEN – Sean Quigley (Philadelphia, Pa.) and Magdalena Lewy Boulet (Oakland, Calif.) took the men’s and women’s titles Monday at the USA 20 km Championships hosted by the Stratton Faxon New Haven 20K.  Quigley ran 59:21 to win by eight seconds over …

FLINT – Fasil Bizuneh (Flagstaff, Ariz.) pulled away from 2010 USA Half Marathon champion Antonio Vega (Minneapolis, Minn.),  just after seven miles to win the USA Men’s 10 Mile Championship Saturday in Flint, Mich.  The championship was hosted by the Crim Festival of Races.  Bizuneh ran 47 minutes, 29 seconds to finish …

Champions Sammy Wanjiru, Robert Kiprono Cheruiyot and Tsegaye Kebede Added to 2010 Bank of America Chicago Marathon   Most Competitive Field in Race History Creates Opportunity to Decide the World Marathon Major Series Title in Chicago   Chicago, IL – The Bank of America Chicago Marathon today announced that three of …

Seven Americans claim Diamonds in Zurich INDIANAPOLIS – Seven Diamond League trophies and a world-leading win in the men’s 4x100m highlighted competition tonight at the Weltklasse Zurich, the penultimate stop on the Samsung Diamond League.   The IAAF Samsung Diamond League encompasses 32 individual event disciplines, with a points scoring …

NDIANAPOLIS – Former professional track athlete Antonio Pettigrew was found dead in the early-morning hours of Tuesday, August 10, in North Carolina’s Chatham County, University of North Carolina Officials told USATF. A 1992 graduate of St. Augustine’s University in Raleigh, N.C., the 42-year-old Pettigrew had worked as an assistant track …

Lewis shatters world record at 2010 USA Masters Outdoor Championships   SACRAMENTO –  Oneithea “Neni” Lewis set a new world age-group record in the women’s hammer throw Thursday  at the 2010 USA Masters Outdoor Track & Field Championships at the A.G. Spanos Sports Complex on the campus of Sacramento State …

MONCTON, CANADA — Two silver medals and a high school record in the women’s 5,000-meters highlighted Team USA performances Wednesday on the third day of the 13th IAAF World Junior Championships. LSU’s Takeia Pinckney put the U.S. on the medal board for the first time as she raced to a …