Cross Country
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Kershaw, Bjoergen get WCup cross country wins
SI.com Wires: Track and Field &bull Feb 4, 2012
MOSCOW (AP) -- Canada's Devon Kershaw won a World Cup cross-country race for the first time Saturday, capturing a 15-kilometer freestyle mass start race. Norway's Marit Bjoergen dominated the women's event to regain the overall lead. Kershaw was timed in… Full Story »
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Thinking of Geoff Hollister on his birthday...
Paul Merca &bull Feb 4, 2012
RICHMOND, British Columbia--While preparing my notes to announce Saturday's Harry Jerome Indoor track meet at the Richmond Olympic Oval, I saw several tweets and Facebook posts noting that February 3rd is Geoff Hollister's (front/illustration courtesy Nike, Inc) birthday. For those of you not old enough to know who he is, Geoff, who was a steeplechaser at the University of Oregon, was one… Full Story »
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Thinking of Geoff Hollister, by Larry Eder
RunBlogRun &bull Feb 4, 2012At the press conference today for the 2012 New Balance Indoor Grand Prix, Galen Rupp, the American record for 10,000 meters, coached by Alberto Salazar, made a comment that the Oregon Project athletes would be wearing a special uniform in honor of Geoff Hollister, one of the… Full Story »
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Maddie Meyers and Chris Williams sign national LOIs with UW; Weekend Preview--Vandal, Bronco & Jerome...
Paul Merca &bull Feb 3, 2012
As expected and reported back in November, the University of Washington received a national letter of intent from Northwest School standout Maddie Meyers (in purple/photo courtesy The Northwest School), the national high school record holder in the 2000 meter steeplechase. Meyers, who as a junior, won the 2010 Jim Ryun Dream Mile at the adidas Grand Prix, the Nike Border Clash, and was a Foot Locker Cross Country Championships… Full Story »
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Brie Felnagle talks about the recruiting process...
Paul Merca &bull Feb 1, 2012
With Wednesday National Letter of Intent day for high school track and field athletes to sign with colleges, we thought that we would post another in a series of videos, courtesy of adidas, with Tacoma's Brie Felnagle (left, in green/photo… Full Story »
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Some thoughts and numbers on Katie Flood...
Paul Merca &bull Jan 31, 2012
Having been around the sport since my days at Seattle's Sharples Junior High School in 1972 (holy crap, that's forty years!), I feel like I've seen it all from the way Henry Rono made the steeplechase look so effortless when he ran 8:05.4 on a rainy day in Seattle at Husky Stadium in 1978; Joan Benoit's historic marathon run in 1984 in Olympia; Rick Noji's first appearance at the world championships in Tokyo in 1991; the mano-a-mano duel at the Chicago Marathon in 2010 won by the late… Full Story »
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Winter Classic Track & Field Meet #1
Trail Running Blog &bull Jan 29, 2012
I still don't know why I thought running short distance events at a track meet would be a good idea. All through high school, I was never a fan of distance running and when I say distance running I mean anything longer than 3 miles. When I was in cross country, I always thought, 'why do we have to run so many more miles just to race 3?!' But even when we raced 3 miles, it still felt… Full Story »
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Stillwater Sub-4--Sean Graham
Down the Backstretch &bull Jan 28, 2012
By Jim Ferstle The 1997 Stillwater boys cross country team dubbed "The Magnificant Seven" by a local sportswriter. Sean Graham, Luke Watson, Greg Wikelius, Chris Boldt, Jon Francis, Joel Solomonson, and Pete Prince won the school's third consecutive state cross country title… Full Story »
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Cameron Levins sets meet record in 5000 meters to highlight day one of UW Invitational...
Paul Merca &bull Jan 28, 2012
SEATTLE--Cameron Levins of Southern Utah University (left/photo courtesy Southern Utah University) set a meet record in winning the 5000 meters in day one of the UW Invitational at the Dempsey Indoor Facility. Levins, the reigning Canadian cross country champion who finished fourth at the NCAA cross country championships,… Full Story »
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A Little History
Down the Backstretch &bull Jan 26, 2012
By Jim Ferstle At the Jack Johnson Classic on Satruday I had a chance to visit with a lot of old friends, people I hadn't seen for awhile. One of them was Rick Recker. If you've been at many running or track events in Minnesota, you either know or have seen Rick. He's been a jack of all trades--a runner, race official, course measurer, officer for MDRA, USATF. Rick knows everybody and/or they know him. During our brief conversation he asked: Did you know that… Full Story »
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Topics:
- Racing
- Cross Country
- Distance
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January 26: Paula Radcliffe Plans Olympic Warm-Up in Vienna ... Martin Lel in Dubai Marathon ... Aaron Braun Covets USA Cross Country Crown ... Alissa McKaig's Versatility ... Thomas Dold Seeks 7th Empire State Run-Up Win ... Mizuki Noguchi's Comeback Stalls
Runner's World - Racing News &bull Jan 26, 2012
Paula Radcliffe Warms Up for Olympics With a Half Marathon in Vienna The marathon world recordholder (2:15:25) is now 38 and will take one last shot at an Olympic marathon medal in her home country at this summer's London Olympics.… Full Story »
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Lagat set to aim for American record in 5000 at Millrose...
Paul Merca &bull Jan 25, 2012
Washington State University alum Bernard Lagat (left/photo by Paul Merca) will take aim at the American record in the 5000 meters of 13:11.44 currently held by Galen Rupp at the Millrose Games on February 11th at the Armory in New York. According to meet director Ray Flynn, he's also assembled a field that could potentially challenge the collegiate and high school… Full Story »
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Lagat going for U.S. indoor record in 5,000 meters
SI.com Wires: Track and Field &bull Jan 23, 2012
Lagat is an eight-time winner of the Millrose's Wanamaker Mile, but this year he has his sights set on Galen Rupp's record of 13 minutes, 11.44 seconds. Rupp topped Lagat's mark in the event in 2011 in Birmingham, England. Among… Full Story »
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Topics:
- Champion
- Racing
- Cross Country
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January 23: Geoffrey Mutai Actually Loses ... Who, If Anyone, Will Kenenisa Bekele Run for? ... Ritzenhein Wants to Get His Spikes on ... Shalane Flanagan in Indiana ... Baddeley And Martinez Win Swift Armory Miles ... Plus a Chat With Bernard Lagat
Runner's World - Racing News &bull Jan 23, 2012
Geoffrey Mutai Actually Loses Something - a Cross Country Race in Kenya Mutai broke the course records at the Boston and New York City Marathons by more than two minutes each in 2011 and he'd been victorious in an early… Full Story »
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January 23: Geoffrey Mutai Actually Loses ... Baddeley and Martinez Win Swift Armory Miles ... Who, If Anyone, Will Kenenisa Bekele Run for? ... Ritzenhein Wants to Get His Spikes on ... Shalane Flanagan in Indiana ... Plus a Chat With Bernard Lagat
Runner's World Racing News &bull Jan 23, 2012
Geoffrey Mutai Actually Loses Something - a Cross Country Race in Kenya Mutai broke the course records at the Boston and New York City Marathons by more than two minutes each in 2011 and... The Daily News presents the most… Full Story »
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'Tanui and Wude Yimer Take the Spoils at Elgoibar Cross Country'
Japan Running News &bull Jan 23, 2012
Takayuki Nishida, Mekubo Mogusu, Stephan Mayaka, Hiroyuki Ono, Yasushi Sakaguchi, Daiichi Sawano, Shunsuke Nagato, Keisuke Sawaki and others, at the Hakone Ekiden Yosenkai, 10/15/11. Hiromi Taniguchi, in the lobby at the travel industry trade convention going on at Big Sight,… Full Story »
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Pettit Center hosts indoor Icebreaker Marathon
Yahoo! News Marathon Running &bull Jan 23, 2012
About 800 runners from across the country converged on the Pettit National Ice Center this weekend for an indoor marathon. Runners made their way around the Pettit Center this weekend. Temperatures have been cold, but runners got the chance to… Full Story »
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Topics:
- Boston Marathon
- Cross Country
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Who Is Jack Johnson?
Down the Backstretch &bull Jan 20, 2012
He has a race, an indoor meet, a scholarship fund named in his honor, but who was Jack Johnson? Why is this weekend's indoor track meet at the University of Minnesota named after him? If you were a University of Minnesota athlete in the 30 years prior to 2006, that's probably an easy question to answer, but for the rest of us, it's not. Jack Johnson was a… Full Story »
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Yes/No: Rombough versus Mead at University of Minnesota
Down the Backstretch &bull Jan 19, 2012
During this cold stretch in Minnesota, it sure is nice to have an indoor track. The University of Minnesota put their track to good use in January with back-to-back weekends of meets at the Fieldhouse. Last week, the Gophers dusted… Full Story »
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Billerica resident to run Boston Marathon for the Matty Eappen Foundation
Yahoo! News Marathon Running &bull Jan 18, 2012
Larissa LaFauci is running the Boston Marathon in April to raise money for the Matty Eappen Foundation. Ready to lace up her sneakers and raise money each step of the 26.2 miles, Billerica resident Larissa LaFauci is preparing for her first Boston Marathon. LaFauci, a paraprofessional at the Parker Elementary School and a 2007 Billerica Memorial High School graduate, was recently accepted to run the race on behalf of the Matty Eappen Foundation, a local organization that aims to raise awareness and promote prevention of Shaken Baby Syndrome. The foundation's website explains that Shaken… Full Story »
