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Lead Stories: Saturday, September 6, 2008

Shobukhova, Baddeley Win Invitational Miles at New Balance Games in NYC

Posted January 21st, 2008 at 11:02 AM by David Monti

Section: News & Results, Track & Field, High School

Both Liliya Shobukhova [Pictured] and Andy Baddeley ran with confidence at the 13th New Balance Games here today at the Armory, winning the invitational miles held during one of the largest and loudest high school indoor track meets anywhere, with some 5000 competitors.

Shobukhova, of Russia, the former world indoor record holder for 3000m, loosely followed the pacemaker, Caryn Gehrke of the Nike Central Park Track Club, preferring to stay a few meters back because none of the rest of the field of 14 runners was with her. She hit the half-way in 2:16.1 with Canadians Hilary Stellingwerff, Carmen Douma-Hussar, and Megan Metcalfe in a group just a few meters back.
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Top Women’s Mile On Tap at New Balance Games in NYC

Posted January 16th, 2008 at 10:35 AM by David Monti

Section: News & Results, Track & Field, High School

Saturday’s New Balance Games at the Armory Track and Field Center here will feature a top women’s mile, a tasty appetizer for the great middle distance races which will follow at the Reebok Boston Indoor Games and the Millrose Games over the next two weekends. There are also invitational miles for men, and high school boys and girls.

Race director Ian Brooks has assembled a strong international women’s field, and nobody has more experience running the mile on the Armory’s fast 200m banked Mondo track than Canadian Carmen Douma-Hussar [Pictured]. She will be making her sixth start in this event since 2002. She won the race in 2005 and has only once finished lower than third.
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Podcast 7: Interview with running phenom Alan Webb

Posted January 31st, 2007 at 12:00 PM by Adam Jacobs

Section: Special Features, Interviews, Podcasts

Today’s edition of The Final Sprint Podcast features my interview with Alan Webb, the young star who broke Jim Ryun’s 36-year old national high school record in the mile in 2001.

After kicking off this season with big wins in NY and Boston, it looks like Alan has really bounced back from the rough few months he experienced at the end of 2006. However, he will still have his work cut out for him at the upcoming Millrose Games and Tyson Foods Invitational, where he’ll be up against many of the world’s best, including Craig Mottram and Bernard Legat.

In the interview, Alan discusses his latest victories, how he stacks up in the upcoming races, plans to win an Olympic medal, and is asked: “Who is the most talented runner from the incredible H.S. class of 2001: Ryan Hall, Dathan Ritzenhein or yourself?”

Download the podcast to hear Alan speak about those topics, how he feels when he is compared to Steve Prefontaine and much more!

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Host: Adam Jacobs
Guest: Alan Webb
Producer: Greg Cherniet
Music: Ryan Ahlwardt & Darnell Perkins
File size: 14.0MB
Length: 00:20:24

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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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