Archive for March, 2010

By Riël Hauman (c) 2010 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved. Reprinted with permission. Drama erupted before the fifth meeting in the Yellow Pages Series in Stellenbosch last night (Tuesday) when world 800-metre champion Caster Semenya turned up at the track in Coetzenburg Stadium, accompanied by her legal representative and coach, and demanded to be allowed to run. Semenya, who won... »

By David Monti (c) 2010 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved. Reprinted with permission. Athletes from Kenya dominated today's 38th IAAF World Cross Country Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland, sweeping all four individual and team titles. Kenya's party started in the junior races where both their men's and women's teams racked up perfect 10-point scores by taking the top four spots in each race.... »

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Minneapolis/St. Paul - March 28, 2010 - Team USA Minnesota's Emily Brown was a member of the USA senior women's 8-kilometer squad of six that won the bronze medal today at the 38th IAAF World Cross Country Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland.  In addition, Patrick Smyth led the U.S. men's 12-kilometer team of six to a... »

By David Monti (c) 2010 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved. Reprinted with permission. (Photo Courtesy of Iowa State Athletic Department) Iowa State's Lisa Koll opened her 2010 outdoor season with a flourish, running a new NCAA 10,000m record at the Stanford Invitational last night in Palo Alto, Calif. Koll, a senior who won the NCAA indoor title at 5000m earlier this month, clocked... »

Tera Moody, 29, has been virtually unstoppable since she slashed nearly 13 minutes from her marathon PR and finished 5th in the 2008 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials, clocking 2:33:54. Moody made her 26.2-mile debut in the 2005 Chicago Marathon, running 2:50:08.  She returned to Chicago in 2006 to run 2:52:02, and she battled record-breaking heat in the 2007 Chicago Marathon... »

University of Illinois stand-out runner Angela Bizzarri has been nominated for the Sullivan Award.  She is nominated among a field of top American athletes, from a Heisman Trophy winner to several Olympic medalists.  A description of the Sullivan Award from USA Today: "Nominees for the 80th annual Sullivan Award include a Heisman Trophy winner and athletes who won titles in sports... »

By Claudia Piepenberg (c) 2010 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved. Reprinted with permission. LOS ANGELES (21-Mar) -- Undeniably the biggest story of the day here was Kenyan Edna Kiplagat's win. Her 2:25:38 garnered her a big payday of $20,000 in prize money plus $25,000 in time bonuses, and a 2010 Honda automobile for the women's win, and the biggest prize of... »

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Minneapolis/St. Paul - March 23, 2010 - Team USA Minnesota's Patrick Smyth and Emily Brown are members of the U.S. team that will compete at the 38th IAAF World Cross Country Championships on March 28.  The event - which includes a senior men's 12k, a senior women's 8k and two junior races - will... »

By Chris Lotsbom (c) 2010 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved. Reprinted with permission. NEW YORK (21-Mar) -- Surprising events midway through today's NYC Half-Marathon made for a thrilling race here in the streets of New York City.  Two completely different races played out on the men's and women's sides, both ultimately delivering satisfying finishes on the West Side Highway under the... »

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CHICAGO (March 21, 2010) – Kenyan John Kemboi, 19, and American Tera Moody, 29, outran the largest field in Bank of America Shamrock Shuffle 8K history today posting wins in the 31st edition of the iconic Chicago road race. An event-record field of 25,561 runners followed the champions across the finish line to officially welcome the arrival of... »

WinCatherine: A Documentary on Catherine Ndereba (aka Catherine the Great) - developed by Stefani L. Weiss - chronicles the amazing and inspiring journey of Kenyan Olympian Catherine Ndereba.  Weiss offers this description: "In her remote Kenyan village she was known as Crazy Catherine for defying the conventions of a male dominated society, but to the world, she became known as... »

By Chris Lotsbom (c) 2010 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved. Reused with permission. BOSTON (13-Mar) -- Megan Goethals has done it again.  Her finishing kick has won yet another national title, this time at the Nike Indoor Nationals at the Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center here.  Goethals, the 17 year-old senior from Rochester, Mich., put in a massive surge with... »

Minneapolis/St. Paul - March 14, 2010 - Team USA Minnesota's Katie McGregor won the women's race at the USA 15k Championship in Jacksonville, Fla., today after having placed second at the race the last two years.  In her fifth appearance at the Gate River Run, which hosts the national 15k championship, McGregor easily took the title... »

Photos of Julia Lucas by Victah Sailer Julia Lucas, 25, is on a mission to put her injuries behind her and race to the top. Lucas made a name for herself at North Carolina State where she excelled as both a cross-country runner and 5000m speed demon; she was an Atlantic Coast Conference XC champion and she placed 5th in the... »

By David Monti (c) 2010 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved. Reused with permission. Ethiopian teenager Kalkidan Gezahegn made a spectacular recovery after being tripped and trampled in her 1500m qualifying heat on the first day of the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Doha. Gezahegn was running in the middle of the field just before the 800m mark when she got tangled... »

By Chris Lotsbom (c) 2010 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved. Reused with permission. It's hard to have a better high school athlete with a better career than Emily Lipari of Roslyn, N.Y.  The 17 year-old senior will be running her final high school indoor track race this weekend at the Nike Indoor Nationals in Boston, toeing the line for the girl's... »

By David Monti (c) 2010 Race Results Weekly all rights reserved, reused with permission While distance runners have been known to step down in distance from time to time, what American Desiree Davila will be attempting at this weekend's IAAF World Indoor Championships in Doha has to be considered more of a plunge. Davila, who finished 11th at the IAAF World Championships Marathon... »

In the October 2008 issue of Running Times magazine, Eric Willis simply headlined his article, “Koll on a Roll.” At the time, Iowa State standout Lisa Koll had just broken Alicia Shay’s (formerly Craig) American collegiate record in the 10,000-meter run.  Koll slashed more than three minutes off of her personal best to run 32:11.13 (previous record was 32:19:97) at... »

Universal Sports will broadcast the IAAF World Indoor Track and Field Championships in Doha, Qatar on March 12, 13 and 14th. The following link includes information regarding LIVE and taped coverage. Universalsports.com will play LIVE coverage on Friday March 12 from 7:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. ET; Saturday March 13 from 6:45 - 111:15 a.m. ET; and Sunday March 14... »

Peter Gambaccini's Brief Chat with McMillan Elite and Flagstaff-based marathoner Paige Higgins is definitely worth a read.  Higgins is one of the top marathoners in the U.S., boasting a PR of 2:33:06 (Chicago 2008). Gambaccini talks to Higgins about her ambitious and rather unusal (for an American marathoner) decision to run four marathons in 2010, making 2010 her "go... »

In today's Runner's World Daily News, Peter Gambaccini collects quotes from some of America's top distance runners regarding the recent announcement that Houston will host both the women's and men's 2012 Olympic Trials.  Click here to read what Kara Goucher, Olympic bronze medalist Deena Kastor, and Paige Higgins have to... »

From the TFAA website: TFAA stands for the Track and Field Athletes Association. We are a (soon-to-be) not-for-profit organization that was formed by your peers to support the professional track and field athlete. Over the years we expect the support to take many shapes and sizes. However, it's important that you understand some of the basics. The Playing Field There are over 50... »

From USATF Press Release: HOUSTON - The site of some of the most historic American half-marathon performances and host of the 1992 U.S. Olympic Team Trials for the women's marathon, Houston will host the 2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Men's and Women's Marathon, USA Track & Field and the United States Olympic Committee announced Monday. The 2012 U.S. Olympic Team... »

Holding true to Eliterunning's tradition, we will be posting Athlete interviews in the near future.  First up will be new OTC runner Julia Lucas.  If you haven't read Julia's blog yet, we encourage you to drop... »