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TFS News Briefs: 2/08/08

Posted February 8th, 2008 at 4:56 PM by Jimmie R. Markham

Section: News & Results, Cross Country, Track & Field, Olympics, Drugs In Sports, TFS News Briefs

Eugene Businesses Give Back to Track & Field
Local Eugene, OR Businesses are donating to 100 Meter Club and partnering with Eugene ‘08 in order to “ensure that the hundreds of volunteers and the local organizing committee are able to do what needs to be done to prepare for the Olympic Trials.”
Read more at: [Register Guard]

Interview With Olympic sprint coach Brooks Johnson
Legendary Olympic sprint coach Brooks Johnson, in an interview by the St. Petersburg Times, said that Marion Jones’ tragedy was “unnecessary.” He also said that “at some point even a dirty world record will be exceeded by somebody who’s clean.”
Read more at: [SP Times]

Frank Shorter To Guest-Speak in NC
Running icon Frank Shorter will be the guest speaker at the Twin City Track Club in Winston-Salem, NC on March 1st to help the running club celebrate their 30th anniversary.
Read more at: [Winston-Salem Journal]
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