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U.S. Olympic Track Trials:
Day 1 Preview
Posted June 27th, 2008 at 3:00 PM by Jesse Squire
Section: News & Results, Track & Field, Olympics
TV coverage:
USA, midnight-1 a.m. Friday night / Saturday morning (available in HD format)
USA Today preview
Only two finals are on Friday; the women’s heptathlon (first day) leads off the entire meet, and the women’s 10k caps the day’s events.
I cannot say that I’ve followed the heptathlon as closely as other events, so I […]
Faces in Races: Flanagan, Goucher & Huddle Lead the Way in Women’s 10,000m
Posted June 27th, 2008 at 11:00 AM by Jared Markowitz
Section: News & Results, Track & Field, Olympics
Shalane Flanagan
Shalane Flanagan enters the 2008 USATF Olympic Trials as the favorite and American Record holder in both the 5000m and the 10000m. Flanagan’s PRs of 14:44.80 and 30:34.49 place her in the company of the world’s elite and demonstrate her ability to medal in this summer’s Olympic Games.
Flanagan began her running career […]
U.S. Olympic Trials Kick Off Today in Eugene
Posted June 27th, 2008 at 8:00 AM by Bob Ramsak
Section: News & Results, Announcements, Track & Field, Olympics
For the next 10 days, the focus of the athletics world will shift to Eugene, Oregon, host to the U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Track & Field. With its unforgiving ‘top three past the post’ qualifying nature, the U.S. trials have been dubbed the most exciting track meet in the world. Upwards of 500 written […]
Dathan Ritzenhein:
Homeward Bound: New Beginnings and Role Reversals
(Elite Athlete Blog - Entry #5)
Posted May 6th, 2008 at 4:30 PM by Dathan Ritzenhein
Section: News & Results, Track & Field, Elite Athlete Blogs, Dathan Ritzenhein
Welcome to the official blog of top U.S. distance runner Dathan Ritzenhein! Check back every other Tuesday for Ritz’s latest entry at http://dathanritzenhein.thefinalsprint.com/ as he prepares to represent the United States at the 2008 Beijing Olympics!
Sunday night, a night of great races [at the Peyton Jordan Cardinal Invitational], made me want to be out […]
American Record for Flanagan At Cardinal Invitational
Posted May 5th, 2008 at 12:30 PM by David Monti
Section: News & Results, Track & Field
She’d never run a 10,000m race before, but Shalane Flanagan can safely say that she’s already mastered the distance on only her first try at Sunday’s Peyton Jordan Cardinal Invitational. Helped by excellent pacemaking provided by Kenya’s Rose Kosgei and a spirited battle with New Zealand’s Kim Smith which went right to homestretch, the […]
Star-Studded Meet At Stanford Tomorrow Night
Posted May 4th, 2008 at 11:30 AM by David Monti
Section: News & Results, Track & Field
Just 18 miles north of this San Jose suburb, one of the most important meets for distance runners held in the United States will take place at Stanford University. Packed with talent, the Peyton Jordan Cardinal Invitational turns the running industry on its head: top stars actually pay entry fees to compete and there […]
Torres, Flanagan Victorious at Central Park Challenge
Posted March 15th, 2008 at 12:50 PM by David Monti
Section: News & Results, Road Racing
At the inaugural Central Park Challenge here today, which incorporated the U.S. Men’s 8-K Championship, Jorge Torres (Pictured) and Shalane Flanagan won their respective races convincingly. But the paths taken to their titles were completely different.
In the men’s race, all eyes were on U.S. mile record holder, Alan Webb, running in only his fourth […]
Shalane Flanagan Dominates Field at Women’s Invitational 8K
Posted March 15th, 2008 at 10:15 AM by Adam Jacobs
Section: News & Results
At today’s Central Park Challenge in New York City, Shalane Flanagan continued her early season dominance and won the Women’s Invitational 8K in 25:40.
Katie McGregor finished second in 25:56 and Molly Huddle rounded out the top three (26:07).
Official Results (Top 10 Finishers):
1) Shalane Flanagan - 25:39.7
2) Katie McGrego - 25:55.7
3) Molly Huddle - 26:06.1
4) Amy […]
Overcast Skies, Chance of Rain for U.S. 8k Champs in NYC
Posted March 15th, 2008 at 8:00 AM by Martin Kennedy
Section: News & Results
Weather.com is forecasting cloudy skies, temperatures around 43 degrees Fahrenheit, and 15mph winds for this morning’s 9am start time of the Central Park Challenge in New York City.
Hosted by the New York Road Runners (NYRR’s), the event includes the U.S. Men’s 8k Championship and a separate Invitational Women’s Race.
The top entrants in the men’s national […]
Torres, Webb lead field for USA Men’s 8 km Champs
Posted March 14th, 2008 at 12:30 PM by Jamal Walker
Section: News & Results
2005 8 km champion Jorge Torres (Boulder, Colo.) and American Record holder for the mile Alan Webb [Pictured] (Reston, Va.) lead the field for the USA Men’s 8 km Championship in New York’s Central Park this Saturday. This year’s championships, hosted by the New York Road Runners (NYRR) as part of the Central Park Challenge, […]
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- Note on the News:
Shalane Flanagan in NY TimesThere is an on-line story on Shalane Flanagan at the web site of the New York Times in advance of her participation in Saturday’s Central Park Challenge in New York City.
Flanagan will be looking to continue and build upon her success at the USA Cross Country Championships where she completely dominated the elite […] - Jen Rhines and Ian Dobson Withdraw from Central Park Challenge
Jen Rhines and Ian Dobson (Pictured), both of Mammoth Lakes, CA, have withdrawn from the Central Park Challenge on Saturday, March 15, it was announced today by New York Road Runners president and CEO Mary Wittenberg.
Rhines, who on Friday ran in the preliminaries of the 3000 meters at the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Valencia, […] - Elite Fields Posted for Central Park Challenge
The elite fields for the upcoming Central Park Challenge, which includes the U.S. Men’s 8-K Championship, have now been posted by the race organizers, the New York Road Runners.
The event is scheduled for Saturday, March 15. Please see these links:
U.S. Men’s 8-K Championship: nyrr.org/races/2008/usa8k/men.asp
Invitational Women’s Race: nyrr.org/races/2008/usa8k/women.asp
A $70,000 prize money purse is […] - U.S. Record Holder Flanagan to Race in Central Park
The fastest American woman ever at 5000m, Shalane Flanagan, will make a rare road racing appearance at the Central Park Challenge in New York City, organizers announced today. It will be Flanagan’s first-ever professional road race in New York City. The invitational race, organized by the New York Road Runners, is set for […]
- Flanagan Earns Impressive Victory at U.S. XC Champs
PHOTO: Taken by Adam Jacobs (TheFinalSprint.com)
- Flanagan Enters U.S. XC Championships as Favorite
At last year’s U.S. Cross Country Championships in Boulder, Colo., Shalane Flanagan had high hopes for victory. Her main rival, Deena Kastor, was in the midst of heavy training for the Boston Marathon, and Flanagan had been flying on the track, just setting an American indoor record for 3000m: 8:33.25.
But Boulder’s mile-high altitude played […] - 2008 Track & Field
Previews & Predictions:
Women’s Middle-DistanceMaria Mutola recently announced that she will retire at the end of the 2008 season. That’s a shame because she has been the ambassador of women’s 800m running ever since she broke on the world-class middle-distance running scene in 1991 with a time of 1:57.63. Since then she’s run between 1:55.19 and 1:58.98 a […]
- Top Ten Moments for U.S. Distance Running in 2007
What a difference 7 years can make. Back in the “Dark Ages” of U.S. distance running circa 2000, there wasn’t a lot to cheer about or acknowledge, or put simply, U.S. distance running was in a funk.
And now, in 7 short years, due mainly to training groups, dedicated athletes and coaches, increased financial support, […] - Top Talent Headed to Thursday’s Manchester
Road RaceAmerica’s most venerated Thanksgiving Day running race, the Manchester Road Race, will celebrate its 71st edition on Thursday in Manchester, Conn., with some top talent at the front.
In the men’s race, last year’s champion Ian Dobson, the former Stanford star, will try to become the first American to defend his title at Manchester since steeplechaser […] - On the Road & Around the Track: TFS News Briefs September 17, 2007
Dan Browne, Shalane Flanagan
Win US 5K Titles
Dan Browne won his second US Road championship in two weeks by placing third behind Kenyans Simon Ndirangu and Nelson Kiplagat in Providence, RI in a time of 13:48. Shalane Flanagan won her title by placing first, the first American to do so since Lynn Jennings in 1994. Read […]
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