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TFS News Briefs: 3/22/08

Posted March 22nd, 2008 at 12:00 PM by Jimmie R. Markham

Section: News & Results, Cross Country, Track & Field, TFS News Briefs, Masters

Preview Of Oregon Preview
Eugene, OR’s Register-Guard, arguably THE track & field newspaper, has a preview of the University of Oregon’s Oregon Preview track & field meet which will serve as the unveiling of the newly renovated Hayward Field, which arguably may be THE track & field stadium.
Read more at: [Register-Guard]

The Man Who Would Be King
Joseph Ebuya of Kenya is profiled in Kenya’s Standard. He is vying to upset the great Kenenisa Bekele of Ethiopia to become the 2008 world cross-country champion. “I want only gold,” he said. “I know that if we keep up with him from the first minute we have a chance of beating him.”
Read more at: [Standard, Kenya]

Show Me the Money!
Of course we all know that cross-country athletes are in it solely for financial gain, not for the love of the sport. Here’s an article on the IAAF detailing the prize money for the 36th IAAF World Cross-Country Championships which will be held on March 30th, 2008 in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Read more at: [IAAF]
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Running Icon Joan Benoit Samuelson the Recipient of Boston’s Patriots’ Award

Posted April 14th, 2007 at 10:04 AM by Adam Jacobs

Section: News & Results, Marathons

The Boston Athletic Association tonight will present the sixth annual Patriots’ Award to marathon legend Joan Samuelson. The award, introduced in 2002, recognizes a New England sportsperson or organization for contributions both to sport and to the local community.

Samuelson burst onto the scene when she won the 1979 Boston Marathon. The Bowdoin College student crossed the finish line in a Red Sox hat—in a new American-record time of 2:35:15—forever endearing her to the Boston crowds.

She will forever be remembered for her dominating gold medal performance in the inaugural Olympic women’s marathon in 1984. Remarkably Samuelson had qualified by winning the U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials just two and a half weeks after arthroscopic knee surgery. She was considered one of the 1984 Olympic favorites based on her sensational 2:22:43 world record at the 1983 Boston Marathon.
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