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Lead Stories: Sunday, October 12, 2008

Last Chance: AMC High Performace Track and Field Series

Posted June 13th, 2008 at 1:00 PM by Stephanie Lowe

Section: News & Results, Track & Field, Olympics

Four years of preparation boil down to one weekend for athletes on the verge of making the 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials in Eugene. This Sunday, June 15, is the last day to qualify.

A highly competitive last chance meet takes place Saturday night at the IUPUI track in Indianapolis. It is the final meet of the 2008 American Milers Club High Performance Track and Field Series created by Indiana Invaders coach Greg Harger. The series began May 31 and continued June 9 and 11. The AMC meet on June 14 features 800-meter, 1500-meter and 3000-meter steeplechase races.

The rabbitted races are run with on the Mondo track after 9:30 p.m. when weather conditions are calm. The goal of the AMC meet is to provide an ideal environment for running fast times since most of the athletes want to hit Olympic Trials standard times.
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Great Line-Ups for Sunday’s adidas Track Classic

Posted May 15th, 2008 at 9:00 AM by David Monti

Section: News & Results, Track & Field

Organizers have secured great line-ups for Sunday’s adidas Track Classic at the Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif., and that includes the middle and long distance events.

The men’s 1500m is shaping up to the the top event, led by double world champion and two-time Olympic medalist, Bernard Lagat. Commonwealth Games medalists Nick Willis of Australia and Nate Brannen of Canada are also in the field, along with perennial Canadia star Kevin Sullivan and former NCAA ace Lopez Lomong. Nick Symmonds will be moving up from his usual specialty, the 800m, while 5000m man Adam Goucher will be moving down for a speed workout.
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Jon Rankin:
The Space Between
(Elite Athlete Blog - Entry #9)

Posted April 10th, 2008 at 1:00 PM by Jon Rankin

Section: Elite Athlete Blogs, Jon Rankin

Welcome to the official blog of rising U.S. track & field star Jon Rankin; the inaugural member of The Final Sprint’s Elite Athlete Blog Series. Be sure to check back every other Wednesday for Jon’s latest entry at http://jonrankin.thefinalsprint.com/

I often think about the moment when I will stand on the line before a packed stadium of people and I wonder what that moment will feel like. I imagine the silence of the crowd as the starter asks us to stand ready, to get set and then fires a gun following a single moment that will seemingly last an eternity. I imagine that moment everyday in the midst of the space between now and then. But that moment is still far away and so I have to remind myself often that I must not get too far ahead of the present.

I’m fearful that if I look way beyond the moment right in front of me that I will become lost. So I’m trying to find a good balance between that moment and right now. To be honest some days are easier than others because I’m so anxious and nervous about the outcome, but I’m finding a way to balance it all in my own way.
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Symmonds to compete in Eugene for Pre Classic

Posted May 9th, 2007 at 5:30 PM by thefinalsprint.com

Section: News & Results, Track & Field

Reigning USA Indoor men’s 800m champion Nick Symmonds will face top fields twice at his home track over the next five weeks.

Coming off his impressive win last weekend at the Osaka Grand Prix in Japan, Symmonds will compete in the friendly confines of Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore., at the Road to Eugene 08 on May 27, and the Prefontaine Classic on June 10, which is the fourth event of USA Track & Field’s Outdoor Visa Championship Series.

A member of the Oregon Track Club based out of Eugene, Symmonds was the surprise runner-up at the 2006 AT&T USA Outdoor Championships in Indianapolis. He’ll face a strong field at the Pre Classic that includes reigning U.S. Outdoor champion Khadevis Robinson, who ended the 2006 season ranked #7 in the world and #1 in the U.S by Track & Field News.
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Lagat wins first 1,000m race at BW Bank Meeting in Germany

Posted February 12th, 2007 at 5:00 PM by Bob Ramsak

Section: News & Results, Track & Field

Bernard Lagat had some unexpected company when Dutchman Arnoud Okken kicked by him at the bell of the 1000m at the BW Bank Meeting in Karlsruhe, Germany.

Lagat was forced wide around the final bend, but held on and took the 2:18.12 victory. In his first race over the distance, Lagat fell 0.26 seconds shy of David Krummenacker’s 2:17.86 U.S. record from 2002.
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