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Lead Stories: Tuesday, December 2, 2008

All-American Sprinter Virgil Hodge to be Featured on BBC

Posted March 28th, 2008 at 12:00 PM by Adam Jacobs

Section: News & Results, Track & Field

virgil hodge tcu sprinter Texas Christian University (TCU) sprinter Virgil Hodge will be featured on the British Broadcasting Company (BBC) world service radio on Saturday. The St. Kitts native will have her interview aired in the afternoon.

Hodge, who is joined by her mother in the interview, is being featured on “The Road to Beijing,” a BBC program chronicling five athletes’ quest towards the Olympics.

Hodge, a six-time All-American who was recently selected as the Mountain West Conference Women’s Indoor Track and Field Student-Athlete of the Year, finished the indoor season earning All-America honors at the NCAA Championships by placing seventh in the women’s 200 meters.
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Podcast 62: Interview with 4-time 800m National Champ KHADEVIS ROBINSON

Posted June 27th, 2007 at 9:09 AM by Adam Jacobs

Section: News & Results, Track & Field, Special Features, Interviews, Podcasts

Episode 62 of The Final Sprint Podcast features my interview with KHADEVIS ROBINSON; one of America’s most successful, consistent and passionate middle distance runners.

Last weekend in Indianapolis, “K.D.” continued his perennial dominance of National Championship events by holding off a late and valiant surge from Nick Symmonds (who had beaten him only a few, short weeks ago at the Prefontaine Classic) to earn his fourth 800m U.S. Outdoor title.

In the interview, K.D. talks about why he’s been so successful at the both the Outdoor and Indoor National Championships, how/why he believes Symmonds’ ran “a perfect race” at the Pre Classic, the notoriously difficult training regimen administered by Coach Johnny Gray (the 800m A.R. holder for the last 22 years) and what it’s like to be coached by a legend.

Download the podcast to hear K.D. discuss these topics, as well as, racing strategies, plans for the year, why he is intent on employing a new, more relaxed attitude towards August’s IAAF World Champs, the correlations between “running” and “life”, and much more!

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Host: Adam Jacobs
Guest: Khadevis Robinson
Producer: Greg Cherniet
Music: Ryan Ahlwardt & Darnell Perkins
File size: 14.3 MB
Length: 20:52