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What To Watch: Running & Track Events on TV, Webcast

Posted May 29th, 2008 at 4:30 PM by Jesse Squire

Section: News & Results, Marathons, Track & Field, Columns, Olympics, What To Watch, High School

Here are the running and track & field events coming your way on TV and/or through online webcasts. All times EDT. If I’ve missed anything, put it in the comments section. Check your local listings and enjoy!

NCAA Midwest Regional Track & Field Championships
Huskers.com, Friday and Saturday
Free live coverage of the national championships qualifier from Lincoln, Nebraska.
Meet Website

California High School Track & Field Championships
Fox College Sports Pacific, 7-10:30 p.m. Saturday
replays Sunday at 2 p.m.
The best high school track meet in the country gets richly-deserved regional coverage.
Meet Website
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What To Watch: Running & Track Events on TV, Webcast

Posted May 21st, 2008 at 2:45 PM by Jesse Squire

Section: News & Results, Track & Field, Columns, Olympics, What To Watch, College, Road Racing

Here are the running and track & field events coming your way on TV and/or through online webcasts. All times EDT. If I’ve missed anything, put it in the comments section. Check your local listings and enjoy!

Big Ten Track & Field Championships
Big Ten Network, 7-10 p.m. Thursday
replays at 11 p.m. Thursday, 9 a.m. Friday, 3 a.m. and 4 p.m. Sunday
If you don’t already know who won, I’m not telling you. Let’s just say it’s not a rerun of the indoor meet. Available in HD format.
Meet Website

Big XII Track & Field Championships
Fox Sports Net, 1-3 p.m. Saturday (may vary by region!)
Fox College Sports Central, 1 p.m. Friday, 6:30 a.m. Saturday, 6 a.m. Sunday, 6 p.m. Monday
Fox College Sports Pacific, 3 a.m. Monday
Meet Website
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What To Watch: Running & Track Events on TV, Webcast

Posted May 16th, 2008 at 11:00 AM by Jesse Squire

Section: What To Watch

Here are the running and track & field events coming your way on TV and/or through online webcasts. All times EDT. If I’ve missed anything, put it in the comments section. Check your local listings and enjoy!

Adidias Track Classic
ESPN, 4-6 p.m. Sunday (live!)
The first major U.S. professional invitational of the year will take place in Carson, CA. The highlight event of the day will be the women’s 100 meters, where seven of the world’s top ten are slated to compete.
Meet website

NJCAA Track & Field Championships
Flocasts.org, time TBA
Flotrack’s Chase Wade will be covering the junior college national championships at South Plains College, Levelland, TX from May 15-17, 2008.
Meet website

Bay to Breakers
KRON, 7:30-10 a.m. (PDT) Sunday
Local TV coverage of both the professional and less-than-professional sides of the world’s largest 12k race. Flotrack may also have some coverage.

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What To Watch: Running & Track Events on TV, Webcast

Posted May 8th, 2008 at 9:30 AM by Jesse Squire

Section: News & Results, Marathons, Track & Field, Columns, Olympics, Drugs In Sports, What To Watch, College

Here are the running and track & field events coming your way on TV and/or through online webcasts. All times EDT. Check your local listings and enjoy!

Secrets of the Dead: Doping For Gold
PBS, 8-9 p.m. Wednesday
Most local stations will re-air throughout the week
Season 8 of the series begins with a documentary about the 1970s East German performance-enhancing drug program and its effects on their Olympic athletes.

Cheap Seats: 1978 Superstars
ESPN Classic, 1-1:30 a.m. Thursday
Watch Randy and Jason crack wise at sports stars. The ’78 competition included 3-time Olympic medalist Dwight Stones.

Illinois Twilight Meet
Big Ten Network, 8-10 p.m. Thursday
Replays Thursday at 11 p.m., Friday at 6 a.m., and Monday at 10 p.m.
Highlights of the April 30th meet held in Champaign, Illinois. Available in HD format.
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Fast Milers Headed to Minneapolis

Posted May 6th, 2008 at 2:15 PM by David Monti

Section: News & Results, Road Racing

Thursday’s Medtronic TC 1 Mile will give 2600 citizen athletes a chance to test themselves at the sport’s classic distance, while a much smaller group of elite athletes will be running all-out for significant cash prizes. It will be the fourth annual edition for Minnesota’s most important road mile.

The venue will be Nicollet Mall in downtown Minneapolis. A mass wave of about 1000 runners will start things of at 6:50 p.m., followed by age-group and championship waves beginning at 7:53 p.m. The elites, running for a $25,000 prize money purse, will bring the show to a rousing close. A special $10,000 bonus is on the line for the first man to break 4:00.00 and the first woman to break 4:28.00.

Steve Sherer (Pictured)leads the men’s entry list. The 27 year-old athlete and former Michigan State Spartan, ran 3:56-flat during the indoor season, and finished third in the AT&T USA Indoor Championships at 1500m.
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What To Watch: Running & Track Events on TV, Webcast

Posted May 1st, 2008 at 12:00 PM by Jesse Squire

Section: News & Results, Marathons, Track & Field, Columns, What To Watch, College

This week’s television broadcasts and webcasts of track & and road running events (all times EDT):

Big East Conference Championships
Live at BigEast.tv:
Friday at 10:50 a.m. and 2 p.m.; Saturday at 9 a.m., 11 a.m., 2 p.m. and 5 p.m.; Sunday at 10 a.m.
Fee: $7.95 for the whole weekend
The men’s title should come down to Georgetown and defending champ Louisville, while the Cardinals are favored to win the women’s title. Stars slated to compete include Villanova’s Bobby Curtis and Georgetown’s Melissa Grelli.

USC at UCLA
Live on Fox College Sports Pacific, 3-6 p.m. Saturday
Replays Saturday at midnight, Sunday at 10 a.m., Monday at 9 a.m. and 7:30 p.m., Tuesday at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday at 4 p.m. and 10 p.m.
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Carlson and Kastor Win U.S. 15-K Road Running Titles

Posted March 8th, 2008 at 1:59 PM by David Monti

Section: News & Results, Road Racing

In conditions so windy that water was blowing onto the course between the 5 km and 6 km marks, Andrew Carlson and Deena Kastor (Pictured) captured the U.S. 15-K road running titles this morning in Jacksonville, Fla., at the 31st Gate River Run.

Carlson was the big winner as he and three other men were able to catch Kastor who, along with the other elite women, were given a five minute headstart. Carlson won not only the $12,000 first place prize but an additional $5,000 bonus for winning the gender battle. He crossed the finish line about 25 seconds ahead of Kastor. It was Carlson’s first U.S. title at any distance on any surface, and he waited for Kastor at the finish line and congratulated her with a hug.
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IAAF World Road Running Championships Entry Lists Available

Posted October 9th, 2007 at 8:00 AM by David Monti

Section: News & Results

The IAAF has posted preliminary entry lists for this weekend’s IAAF World Road Running Championships in Udine, Italy. The start lists will become available after the technical meeting on Saturday.

http://www.iaaf.org/newsfiles/42006.pdf

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