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Lead Stories: Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Awol Wins Closest-Ever Richmond Marathon;
Smith, Ackerly 1-2 for Women

Posted November 12th, 2007 at 6:53 AM by Emmy Stocker

Section: News & Results, Marathons

With a lunge at the tape, Mohamed Awol, an Ethiopian living in New York City, won the SunTrust Richmond Marathon here today in the most exciting finish in the event’s 30-year history.

“It took the most concentration of any marathon I’ve run,” said Awol, 29, who finished the 26.2-mile race in 2:20:20, one-tenth of a second ahead of David Cheromei, 28, a Kenyan, living in Lynchburg, VA.

Awol and Chermoei broke away from the pack and ran side by side for the last several miles, but it was Awol who claimed the $2,500 first place check. Wesley Chelule, 33, a Kenyan, living in Mobile, Alabama, was third at 22:22:56.
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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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