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Lead Stories: Saturday, September 6, 2008

Kate O’Neill: A Long Way to Lisbon … and Back
(Elite Athlete Blog - Entry #5)

Posted March 19th, 2008 at 10:00 AM by Kate O'Neill

Section: News & Results, Elite Athlete Blogs, Kate O'Neill

Hi, this is my blog in TFS’s Elite Athlete Blog Series. Bookmark http://kateoneill.thefinalsprint.com/ and check back every other Monday for my latest entry as I strive for the 2008 Summer Olympics!

As I write this blog, I am on my way back from the Lisbon, Portugal. My plane is about to land in Frankfurt, Germany where I have a five hour layover before my 11 hour flight back to the US. So I still have a long day of travel ahead of me! On the bright side, the change in time zones will make St. Patrick’s Day seven hours longer for me! As someone who is 99.999% Irish I’ll try to find some joy in that fact, even though St. Patrick’s Day hasn’t really been the same since I moved from the East Coast and started missing my parents’ annual corned beef and cabbage dinner.
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TFS News Briefs: 3/16/08

Posted March 16th, 2008 at 2:45 PM by Jimmie R. Markham

Section: News & Results, Marathons, Track & Field, TFS News Briefs, Masters

World Masters Championships Begin Monday in France
The 3rd WMA-Indoor Championships begin Monday, March 17th, 2008 in Clermont-Ferrand, France. The US contingent is 132 strong, the largest non-European delegation at the event. Host country France has assembled a record team of 1267 athletes; followed by Germany, with 383; Spain, with 334; Italy, with 319 and Great Britain, with 285.
Read more at: [WMA][Masters 2008][MastersTrack]

Gebrselassie Explains “Sub-Par” Performance
Even though he won by a minute and a half, even though he was well under the hour mark for a half marathon (his winning time was 59:15), even though he ran the 14th fastest half of all time, even though he did it without the benefit of rabbits, Haile Gebrselassie still felt a need to explain what he must consider to be his sub-par performance at the Lisbon Half Marathon, saying, “I tried to push myself for a better performance but I couldn’t do better. It’s a little bit hot, I’m feeling well, but I couldn’t achieve my goal. It’s no excuse, but I’m a little bit worried about my father’s health. I’m in good shape and I can’t tell why I couldn’t run faster.”
Read more at: [IAAF][Alltime-Athletics]

ASU Men and Women Sweep NCAA Championships
Led by Kyle Alcorn’s win in the men’s 3000m with a time of 8:00.82, the Arizona State Sun Devils won the men’s and women’s 2008 NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships Saturday night at the Randal Tyson Track Center in Fayetteville, AR. The women beat LSU 51 to 43 while the men beat Florida State 44 to 41.
Read more at: [Sun Devils][Complete Results]
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