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Lead Stories: Sunday, September 7, 2008

Sara Hall: The Calm Before The Storm
(Elite Athlete Blog Entry 14)

Posted August 15th, 2008 at 9:00 AM by Sara Hall

Section: News & Results, Track & Field, Olympics, Elite Athlete Blogs, Sara Hall

Welcome to the official blog of U.S. middle-distance runner Sara Hall. Sara’s list of running accolades include being a former NCAA All- American at Stanford, the 2006 USA 5K road champion, and the 2006 champion at the Continental Fifth Avenue Mile. Check back every other Friday for her latest entry at http://sarahall.thefinalsprint.com/

Nihao (hello) from Dalian, China! I am writing this from the US training base on the coast of China. We are enjoying some quiet days of training and resting along with our teammates and other Team USA members here before leaving for Beijing in a week. I am excited to get to Beijing and experience the energy of the Olympic Games, as we are somewhat removed from it all here, except for the television coverage of the games (in Chinese). It will be fun, also, to get a taste of what “real China” is like where we are there, as we haven’t gotten to experience much here since security is tight.
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USA Indoor T&F Champs: Wurth Continues Strong Winter with 1500m National Championship

Posted February 23rd, 2008 at 8:34 PM by Jeremy Sussman

Section: News & Results, Track & Field

Former University of Arkansas standout Christin Wurth-Thomas put on a dominant front-running display to win her first national title at the 2008 USATF Indoor Championships. Wurth-Thomas ran an outstanding 4:27.18 full mile last week at the Tyson Invitational and followed it up with a 1500m victory here in 4:14.21.

Tonight’s race started off with a very slow first 400m (1:17.9) as the runners jockeyed for position and settled in. Confident in her strength, Wurth-Thomas surged to the lead at that point and never looked back. Jenelle Deatherage and Amy Mortimer gave chase with the rest of the field stringing out behind them.
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