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Shalane Flanagan to make rare road racing appearance
Posted August 17th, 2007 at 3:03 PM by David Monti
Section: News & Results, Track & Field
USA record holder at 5000m, Shalane Flanagan, will make a rare road racing appearance at the CVS Caremark Downtown 5-K scheduled for Sunday, Sept. 16, in Providence, R.I. The race will host the USA 5-K road running championships for both men and women.
Flanagan, 26, is in the midst of the best year of her career. In January, she smashed the USA indoor record for 3000m at the Reebok Boston Indoor Games with a sizzling 8:33.25 clocking. She followed-up with an American record for 5000m at last April’s Mt. SAC Relays (14:44.80). Flanagan also dominated the 5000m at the AT&T USA Outdoor Championships last June in Indianapolis, winning by about 17 seconds. She’s now preparing for the IAAF World Championships in Athletics where she will compete in the 5000m.
The CVS Caremark Downtown 5-K will only be Flanagan’s second road racing appearance. In 2006, she ran the Manchester Road Race in Manchester, Conn., and won by three seconds over Ireland’s Mary Cullen.
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Lagat to Double at World Championships
Posted August 4th, 2007 at 8:30 AM by Adam Jacobs
Section: News & Results, Track & Field
That Bernard Lagat won today’s 1500m at the Norwich Union Super Grand Prix was not a surprise, but his decision to double in both the 1500m and the 5000m at the IAAF World Championships in Osaka certainly was.
“Tonight I informed USATF that I have decided to double at both 1500m and 5000m in Osaka,” Lagat wrote in an e-mail message sent to Race Results Weekly by his long-time manager, James Templeton.
At last June’s AT&T USA Championships, Lagat also did the 1500m/5000m double, placing third in the shorter event and winning the longer. At that time, he was leaning towards just doing the 1500m, but said that he had not ruled anything out. As his summer track season progressed, Lagat seemed off form at 1500m, finishing a distant 7th in Paris and third in Sheffield. That led to speculation that he would move up to the longer event, but the two-time Olympic medalist indicated that he was ready for the challenge of the double.
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USATF: 2007 AT&T USA Outdoor Champs mark phenomenal successes
Posted July 6th, 2007 at 3:20 PM by Jeanie Rebb
Section: News & Results, Track & Field
The 2007 AT&T USA Outdoor Track& Field Championships last month in Indianapolis were among the most successful in recent history.
The excitement of close finishes in the middle-distances, a packed house that provided loud encouragement to the athletes, and the fastest 100-200 double in history by Tyson Gay tell a compelling story. Television ratings, Website traffic and merchandise sales all saw significant rises over 2006. These were just a few of countless highlights.
In hard numbers, the meet measures up impressively:
0 - Number of stadium evacuations due to weather.
1 - The number of American records set (Breaux Greer, men’s javelin, 91.29m/299-6).
2 - Number of Visa Champions crowned (Tyson Gay and Tiffany Williams)
4 - Number of national television broadcasts of the meet (2 on NBC, 2 on ESPN2). NBC’s live coverage from 1-3 p.m. on Sunday, June 24, won its time slot and was the #2 sports program of the day on network television. In aggregate, TV ratings for the meet saw a 144 percent increase over 2006.
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Correction: Robinson NOT on USA Team for Pan Am Games
Posted July 2nd, 2007 at 3:00 PM by David Monti
Section: News & Results, Track & Field
Karen Locke, who represents Khadevis Robinson, has alerted me that, despite the recent USATF announcement, the U.S. 800m champion will NOT compete in the Pan Am Games.
“Just to clarify, KD will not compete at Pan Am Games,” Locke wrote in an e-mail. “The travel is too much after being in Europe prior.”
USATF will have to name a replacement. Since Nick Symmonds has already passed on the team, Jonathan Johnson and Lopez Lomong would be next in line, going down the rank order of finish from the recent AT&T USA Outdoor Championships, which was the selection meet
Interview with Coach Terrence Mahon
Posted July 2nd, 2007 at 1:30 PM by Bob Ramsak
Section: News & Results
Team Running USA coach Terrence Mahon gave an extended interview to Charlie Mahler at the AT&T USA Outdoor Championships in Indianapolis last month which you may interest you.
Mahon, a former athlete, coaches Deena Kastor, Ryan Hall, Kate O’Neill, Jen Rhines (his wife) and Ian Dobson, amongst others. Here’s an excerpt:
Mahler: You seem to have a real steadiness about yourself. Hearing you talk about people’s success in context for where they’re at. Is that part of it?
Mahon: It’s a huge part! It’s the job of the athlete to think they can shoot for the moon. Right? And you don’t want an athlete that doesn’t think they can shoot for the moon, because if you’ve got to instill that in them, then they’re not where they need to be.
The full text of the interview is here: http://www.runningusa.org/media/wire2007/Wire2007-51.html#story1″RunningUSA.org
Podcast 62: Interview with 4-time 800m National Champ KHADEVIS ROBINSON
Posted June 27th, 2007 at 9:09 AM by Adam Jacobs
Section: News & Results, Track & Field, Special Features, Interviews, Podcasts
Episode 62 of The Final Sprint Podcast features my interview with KHADEVIS ROBINSON; one of America’s most successful, consistent and passionate middle distance runners.
Last weekend in Indianapolis, “K.D.” continued his perennial dominance of National Championship events by holding off a late and valiant surge from Nick Symmonds (who had beaten him only a few, short weeks ago at the Prefontaine Classic) to earn his fourth 800m U.S. Outdoor title.
In the interview, K.D. talks about why he’s been so successful at the both the Outdoor and Indoor National Championships, how/why he believes Symmonds’ ran “a 
perfect race” at the Pre Classic, the notoriously difficult training regimen administered by Coach Johnny Gray (the 800m A.R. holder for the last 22 years) and what it’s like to be coached by a legend.
Download the podcast to hear K.D. discuss these topics, as well as, racing strategies, plans for the year, why he is intent on employing a new, more relaxed attitude towards August’s IAAF World Champs, the correlations between “running” and “life”, and much more!
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Host: Adam Jacobs
Guest: Khadevis Robinson
Producer: Greg Cherniet
Music: Ryan Ahlwardt & Darnell Perkins
File size: 14.3 MB
Length: 20:52
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Podcast 61: Two-mile American record holder
MATT TEGENKAMP
Posted June 26th, 2007 at 2:00 PM by Adam Jacobs
Section: News & Results, Track & Field, Special Features, Interviews, Podcasts
Episode 61 of The Final Sprint Podcast features my interview with MATT TEGENKAMP; the newly-crowned two-mile American record holder.
Matt was able to harness the momentum he created when he broke Alan Webb’s two-mile record at the June 10th Prefontaine Classic and continued his recent success with an impressive and gutsy performance at the USA Outdoor T&F Championships; finishing second in the 5000m and earning the right to compete for the United States at the IAAF World Championships in Osaka.
In the interview, Matt talks about his excellent performances at Prefontaine and Nationals, the U.S.’s prospects for success in Osaka, the compliments offered by Bernard Lagat at Nationals, and how he feels when some of the major, broadcast media outlets portray him as being on a “lower level” than other young stars like Webb and Ryan Hall.
Download the podcast to hear Matt discuss these topics, as well as, why he is uninterested in altitude training, the decision to stay in Madison, the “brother-like” relationship among his training partners, the dynamic that has developed between himself and Coach Jerry Schumacher, trying to set an example for younger generations of runners, and much more!
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Host: Adam Jacobs
Guest: Matt Tegenkamp
Producer: Greg Cherniet
Music: Ryan Ahlwardt & Darnell Perkins
File size: 14.4 MB
Length: 21:00
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Fast times take Webb, Robinson & Johnson to
U.S. Outdoor T&F Titles
Posted June 24th, 2007 at 7:00 PM by David Monti
Section: News & Results, Track & Field
The air was warm and definitely sticky, but that didn’t prevent Alysia Johnson, Khadevis Robinson and Alan Webb from posting fast times as they each won their respective events on the final day of the AT&T USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships at the Michael A. Carroll Stadium at Indiana University-Purdue University.
Johnson, the University of California star who won the NCAA 800m title on June 9, needed to run nearly the same fast time here to beat back the challenges of Hazel Clark, three-time USA 800m champion, and Alice Schmidt, the 2006 USA indoor champion.
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AT&T USA Outdoor T&F Champs: Webb edges Lagat; breaks Scott’s meet record
Posted June 24th, 2007 at 6:09 PM by Adam Jacobs
Section: News & Results, Track & Field
Alan Webb has long spoke about wanting to break Steve Scott’s records, and he got one of them Sunday in a thrilling Nike men’s 1,500m. Webb ran in the style that suits him best, taking the lead and pushing the pace. Webb towed the pack through quick splits of 57.56 for 400m and 1:56.23 for 800, when defending champion Bernard Lagat took the lead.
Webb and company stayed right with Lagat, however, with Said Ahmed, Chris Lukezic and Leonel Manzano also tailing the leader. Lagat passed 1,200 in 2:53.8 as the race continued to escalate. Coming off the final curve, Lagat, Webb, Lukezic and Manzano all were in the running, and it came down to a final sprint.
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AT&T USA Outdoor T&F Champs: Trammell wins long-awaited 110 hurdles title
Posted June 24th, 2007 at 5:45 PM by Jamal Walker
Section: News & Results, Track & Field
Among the most decorated American hurdlers in history, with two Olympic silver medals and a pair of World Championships silvers as well, Terrence Trammell won his first career U.S. crown in the 110m hurdles in 13.08 (+0.5), leading from start to finish.
American record holder Dominique Arnold was second in 13.17, with David Oliver third in 13.18.
Official Results:
1 Terrence Trammell Mizuno 13.08 0.5
2 Dominique Arnold Nike 13.17 0.5
3 David Oliver Nike 13.18 0.5
4 David Payne unattached 13.22 0.5
5 Anwar Moore Nike 13.23 0.5
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LaShawn Merritt ran the fastest time of the season in his qualifying round and hoped to carry his momentum into today’s final. The field also featured Angelo Taylor, Darold Williamson, and Bershawn Jackson.
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Sanya Richards was the favorite coming in; coming off of an incredible 2007 where was was chosen as the Athlete of the Year. However, this 400m field also included DeeDee Trotter and Natasha Hastings.
As soon as the gun went off Richards went out hard. Hastings remained close and DeeDee Trotter started to come […] - AT&T USA Outdoor T&F Champs: Clement makes late surge; wins 1500m final
Without the benefit of a rabbit, the women had to set their own pace in the 1500m on this wet and gloomy day in Indi9anapolis.
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After crossing the […] - Lagat completes first half of double title defense
After finishing second in the first heat of the 1500m preliminaries tonight, a reporter asked Bernard Lagat where he would be at 8:35 p.m. when the 5000m final would begin. Smiling mischievously, the 32 year-old from Tucson, Ariz. said simply, “We will see.”
A little more than two hours later, with the daylight in this […] - AT&T USA Outdoor T&F Champs: Saturday event previews
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Key Athletes: GiGi Johnson, Hyleas Fountain, Diana Pickler, Jacquelyn Johnson
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The AT&T USA Outdoor Championships got off with a bang in Indianapolis yesterday when Breaux Greer extended his own national record in the javelin throw to 91.29m [299-6].
“I didn’t hit it hard but I hit it clean,” said Greer, whose massive effort eclipsed the 90.71 [297-7] mark he set at last month’s adidas Track Classic […] - Lagat plans to keep rivals guessing until the last minute
At 6:25 p.m. tonight Bernard Lagat will line up for the first round of the men’s 1500m at the AT&T USA Outdoor Championships at the Michael A. Carroll Stadium at Indiana University-Purdue University here, the first step in defending his national title and earning a berth on the U.S. squad for the IAAF World Championships […]
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There were two familiar faces in the winner’s circle tonight as the first finals were contested at the AT&T USA Outdoor Championships at the Michael A. Carroll Stadium at Indiana University-Purdue University here.
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