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Wake Forest’s Michelle Sikes is distance specialist. She is just coming off a surprise victory in the 5K at the 2007 D1 NCAA Outdoor Championships. She has current best times of 15:16 and 32:58.
Q. Can you explain how you first got starting in the sport of running?
A. In 4th grade, I tripped over […]

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The fast times continued on the final day of the NCAA Division I Track & Field Championships at Sacramento’s Hornet Stadium, with new champions crowned in the men’s and women’s 800s and 1500s.
Mississippi State’s Golden Coachman took the pace out quickly in the men’s 800, passing 400 meters in 52.45 with Texas-San Antonio’s Larry Brooks […]

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Fast steeplechases and 5000s, where Wisconsin’s Chris Solinsky (Pictured) defended his title, highlighted the track competition on Friday at the NCAA Division I Track & Field Championships at Sacramento’s Hornet Stadium.
First up was the men’s steeplechase which saw favorite Aaron Aguayo out fast from the gun with Arkansas’ Peter Kosgei, Florida State’s Andrew […]

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Texas Tech’s Sally Kipyego won the women’s 10,000 meters as expected on the second day of the NCAA D-I Outdoor Track & Field Championships at Sacramento Hornet Stadium, but Texas A&M-Corpus Christi’s Shadrack Songok upset favored Galen Rupp in the men’s 10,000.
Fans eagerly anticipated the men’s 10,000. Rupp, a junior at the University of Oregon, […]

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Several up-and-coming stars of track and field are set to shine as the 2007 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships get underway. The Florida State men’s team and Auburn’s women’s team will look to defend their 2006 team titles at the Championships, which began yesterday and run through Saturday, June 9, at Sacramento […]

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