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Lead Stories: Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Craig Mottram Wins Handicapped Mile

Posted December 29th, 2007 at 6:40 PM by David Monti

Section: News & Results

Australia’s Craig Mottram passed 47 people to win a handicapped mile in Devenport, Tasmania, on Saturday night, according to his coach and manager, Nic Bideau.

Running on grass, only Mottram and Australia’s two-time 1500m champion Lachlan Chisholm did not receive a headstart. Mottram clocked 3:59.1 in his first race since resuming his training in November. Chisholm finished second, ten seconds back.

“I love coming to run here because the people always get behind me,” Mottram told Australis’s ABC News. “It’s taken a few years of me coming down here and performing well to get the interest and the support, so I look forward to keep coming back in the future.”
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Note on the News:
Kaouch provisionally suspended for doping

Posted August 10th, 2007 at 6:25 PM by David Monti

Section: News & Results, Track & Field, Drugs In Sports

A published report said that the IAAF has provisionally suspended Moroccan 1500m runner, Adil Kaouch, after he failed a drug test administered after the Golden League meeting in Rome. The 28 year-old Kaouch was definitely a medal favorite at the upcoming IAAF World Championships in Athletics in Osaka. He ran personal bests this year at 1500m (3:30.77) and the mile (3:51.14).

You can read the story at this link:

http://www.magharebia.com:80/cocoon/awi/xhtml1/en_GB/sports/awi/newsbriefs/sports/2007/08/10/newsbrief-02

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Putting Alan Webb’s Recent Performances into Perspective

Posted July 29th, 2007 at 1:33 PM by Jimmie R. Markham

Section: News & Results, Track & Field

To put Alan Webb’s recent performances into perspective, with his 3:46.91 American record which was set on 7/21/2007 in Brasschaat, Belgium, (see Hariz Siddiqui’s report) he is now the 8th fastest miler of all time worldwide:

(Mile Alltime World Ranking)

1. Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR) 3:43.13
2. Noah Ngeny (KEN) 3:43.40
3. Noureddine Morceli (ALG) 3:44.39
4. Steve Cram (GBR) 3:46.32
5. Daniel Komen (KEN) 3:46.38
6. Vénuste Niyongabo (BDI) 3:46.70
7. Saïd Aouita (MAR) 3:46.76
8. Alan Webb (USA) 3:46.91

In the 800m Run (See David Monti’s report), he is now the 8th fastest American of all time and the 64th fastest of all-time worldwide. It is also worth noting that every man ahead of Webb on the American all-time list is/was an 800m specialist and Webb is not:

(800m All-time American Ranking/All-time World Ranking)

1/09. Johnny Gray 1:42.60
2/29. Mark Everett 1:43.20
3/38. David Mack 1:43.35
4/39. Rich Kenah 1:43.38
5/44. Rick Wohlhuter 1:43.5 (converted from yards)
6/52. Earl Jones 1:43.62
7/58. Khadevis Robinson 1:43.68
8/64. Alan Webb 1:43.84

For source information, and to see a complete record of all-time performances for track & field events, you can visit: alltime-athletics.com.

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Alan Webb Breaks Steve Scott’s American Mile Record

Posted July 23rd, 2007 at 8:00 AM by Hariz Siddiqui

Section: News & Results, Track & Field

Three-time U.S. 1,500m champion Alan Webb on Saturday broke the American record in the mile, clocking 3:46.91 at the Atletiek Vlaanderenmeet in Brasschaa, Belgium. The mark breaks the record of 3:47.69 set by National Track & Field Hall of Famer Steve Scott in 1982 and makes Webb the eighth-fastest man in history, behind Hicham El Guerrouj, Noah Ngeny, Noureddine Morceli, Steve Cram, Daniel Komen, Venuste Niyongabo and Said Aouita.

Webb’s agent, Ray Flynn, reports unofficial quarter-mile splits for Webb during the race as 56.1, 57.4, 56.8 and 56.2.

Held on a 6-lane track, Saturday’s race is part of a career-best year for Webb. In February, he won his first U.S. indoor title in the mile before going on a tear during the outdoor season. On April 28, he ran 3:51.71 to break Scott’s mile record at the Drake Relays in Des Moines, Iowa. On June 24 in Indianapolis, he ran 3:34.82 in the 1,500 to break Scott’s meet record at the AT&T USA Outdoor Championships, where Webb won his third career national title.
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Webb Breaks American Record in the Mile

Posted July 21st, 2007 at 5:18 PM by David Monti

Section: News & Results, Track & Field

Alan Webb of Reston, Va., broke one of America’s most venerated sports records today when he scorched a 3:46.91 mile in a low-key meet in Brasschaat, Belgium tonight, breaking Steve Scott’s 25 year-old record of 3:47.69 set in Oslo in 1982.

“It was awesome,” said Webb by telephone just after setting the record. Then he joked, “I think I have the world record for the least number of spectators.”

His manager, Ray Flynn, estimated that there were between 500 and 1000 people at the track which is set in a forest, bordered by tall trees.

Running in windless and comfortably warm conditions, Webb knocked off approximate quarters of 56.1, 57.4, 56.8 and 56.2, according to Flynn.

“It’s just really been a tremendous year,” Webb continued, pointing out that he still has a long career in front of him. “I’m not done. I’m only 24.”
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True joins sub-4:00 club

Posted June 18th, 2007 at 12:40 PM by David Monti

Section: News & Results, Track & Field

Ben True became the latest American to break the four-minute barrier for the mile, clocking 3:59.99 at the USATF New England Outdoor Championships held at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Mass. over the weekend.

True, who attended Greeley High School in Maine before embarking on his collegiate career at Dartmouth College in 2004, finished 28/100ths of a second ahead of Georgetown University’s Matt Debole. True’s previous best was 4:02.61 set last April.
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Alan Webb wins the mile in 3:56:70 at New Balance Games

Posted January 22nd, 2007 at 7:17 AM by Lisa Cieplechowicz

Section: News & Results, Track & Field

Alan Webb does it again! Webb, who at the 2001 New Balance Games became the first high-school athlete to run a sub-4 minute, returned to the New Balance Armory Center this past Saturday and once again emerged victorious.

Looking relaxed and strong, Webb breezed through the first 1200 meters in 2:58:70 and closed off the final 200 meters in 28 seconds flat. Taking the lead from Kenya’s Eliud Ngubi at the 1000 meter mark, he finished the race at a solid 3:56:70. Webb commented afterwards:

“It’s fun to run in this facility because everyone knows my history and I feel very welcome here.”

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