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TFS News Briefs: 5/29/2008

Posted May 29th, 2008 at 11:00 AM by Jimmie R. Markham

Section: News & Results, Marathons, Track & Field, Drugs In Sports, College, High School

TFS News Briefs
Gatlin Hearing Concludes Today
Justin Gatlin’s hearing before the CAS concludes today in New York City. Gatlin hopes to have his 4-year suspension for a doping violation reduced to 2 years. If that happens, Gatlin would be eligible to compete at the US Olympic Trials which begin next month in Eugene, Oregon.
More: IHT

Nation’s fastest Preps to Compete in California State High School Championships
Ten of the fastest high school athletes in the United States are set to compete in this weekend’s California State High School Championships at Falcon Stadium, Cerritos College. Among the favorites are German Fernandez, who has the fastest 1600m/3200m times in the nation (4:05.57 and 8:45.08), as well as Christine Babcock, who ripped off an outstanding 4:35.57 1600m last week.
More: CIS

NCAA Division I Regional Meets to Be Held This weekend
The 4 NCAA Division I Regional meets will be held this weekend, May 30th and 31st, 2008. The East Regionals will be held at the Mike Long Track at Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida. The University of Arkansas hosts the Mid East Regional meet at John McDonnell Field in Fayetteville, Arkansas. The Midwest Regionals are at The University of Nebraska’s Ed Weir Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska. The West Regional meet will be run on the Cal State Northridge Track in Northridge, California. The winners from these meets will advance to the 2008 NCAA Championships which will be held in Drake Stadium in Des Moines, Iowa from June 11th through the 14th.
More: NCAA

Nepalese Runner Wins World’s Highest Marathon
Dip Kumar Rai, a Nepalese farmer, won the 6th Tenzing Hillary Sagarmatha (Qomolangma) Marathon, the world’s highest marathon. The race, which starts at 17,717’ near the Mt. Everest base camp, is run on May 29th to commemorate the first ascension of the world’s highest peak by Sir Edmund Hillary in 1953. Rai won for the 3rd straight year, finished the race in 3:53:14.
More: Earth Times, CRI