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Stanford's 4x1,500 relay team of Amanda Trotter, Lauren Centrowitz, Katy Trotter, and Arianna Lambie just set a new American record of 17:18.63 to win at the Penn Relays. Katy Trotter handed off to Lambie with a several second lead, and Villanova's Marina Muncan, who outkicked Lambie to help Villanova win yesterday's distance medley relay, was unable to run Lambie down this time.
Muncan cut into Lambie's lead on the first two laps of her 1,500 meter leg, but began to fade on her third lap. With one lap to go, Lambie and Stanford seemed to have the victory locked up, and then it was just a race against the clock. Lambie's 4:15 split (unofficial) brought Stanford home in a new American Record of 17:18.63, breaking the previous record (17:22.72 by Wisconsin's Maureen Hartzheim, Pam Hinton, Mary Hartzheim, and Suzy Favor in 1990) by more than four seconds.
Stanford's mark was just .53 seconds shy of the collegiate record, which was set by a Villanova team made up of Nnenna Lynch, Sonia O'Sullivan, Cheri Goddard, and Kathy Franey in 1990. That mark was not an American Record, because Sonia O'Sullivan was an Irish citizen.
Lauren Centrowitz became the second member of her family to hold an American record. Her father, Matt Centrowitz, set an American 5,000 meter record of 13:12.91 in 1982.
(Update: It's been pointed out to us that Katy and Amanda Trotter each became the second member of their family to hold an American record, as well. Interestingly, the record that Stanford broke also included a pair of sisters, Mary and Maureen Hartzheim. In doing research for this, we were very sad to learn that Mary passed away in December, 2005.)
Posted by Alison Wade at 1:56 p.m. | Tags: Race Reports | Comments (1)
I got off the train across from Franklin Field a couple of hours ago, and could already hear the roar of the Penn Relays crowd as I lugged my bag up the stairs and out of the station. Penn Relays is to Philadelphia as the Boston Marathon is to Boston. It's fun to go to events which shut down part of the city for the duration, are are part of the local culture. Even if you're not a runner, you know about the event.
If you can't make it to Philadelphia this weekend, you can at least watch some of the meet on TV. NBC is scheduled to air an hour of coverage on Sunday, April 30 from 5:00-6:00 p.m. ET. We don't promise they'll show any coverage of distance night or even distance relays (though we can hope), but there should be some good races nonetheless.
Update: Apparently the first airing of the Penn Relays show was interrupted, and it will therefore air on NBC again on Sunday, May 21 at noon (ET). Thanks to Walt Murphy for indirectly passing this information along.
Posted by Alison Wade at 3:29 p.m. | Tags: Television Coverage | Comments (0)
We've posted our first two athlete features -- interviews with both Michelle Lilienthal and Michelle Rorke. The two have more in common than just a first name; both began running marathons at a young age, and both had breakthrough performances in their second attempt at the distance, at last week's B.A.A. Boston Marathon.
Again, we're still working out many of the kinks with this site, which is one of the reasons we haven't yet publicized it much. We hope to be up and running at full speed soon!
Posted by Alison Wade at 8:57 p.m. | Tags: Athlete Features | Comments (1)
There's been a lot of buzz in the running world about Devine Sports' expansion efforts and their new web site. According to today's Running USA Wire, they just launched their new site. From what I've seen and heard so far, it sounds like they'll be targeting beginning runners. But there should be some good stuff on there, because it looks like they've built a strong team of people, plus Greg McMillian, who is one of the greatest people in the sport, will be writing a column for them.
Posted by Alison Wade at 5:48 p.m. | Tags: Web Sites | Comments (0)
Anderson University, an NCAA Division III school in Anderson, Indiana, is advertising for an assistant men's and women's cross country/track coach. View the ad here.
Posted by Alison Wade at 11:37 a.m. | Tags: Job Opportunities | Comments (0)
We're still working out some of the kinks with the web site, but I just posted our first athlete feature, an interview with Michelle Rorke, who qualified for the U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials with her 2:43:08 marathon eight days ago in Boston.
Posted by Alison Wade at 11:23 p.m. | Tags: Athlete Features | Comments (1)
More information here.
Posted by Alison Wade at 12:42 p.m. | Tags: Job Opportunities | Comments (0)
More information can be found by searching the listings on this web site.
Job Description: The University of South Carolina Upstate will be reclassifying its athletics department to NCAA Division I-AAA beginning with the 2007-08 school year.
Responsible for the overall administration and success of the student athletes within these programs.
1) Recruiting: This function serves as the primary means to establish a competitive team.
2) Budgeting: monitoring and planning the use of the scholarship and operational budgets (phones, recruiting, team travel, awards, equipment, printing, postage, maintenance, officials and membership dues.)
3) Coaching: motivaton, teaching skill instruction, organization of practices to promote top performance.
4) Team travel: coordination of scheduling contests, making arrangements for transportation, meals and lodging for the travel party.
5) Additional responsibities as needed.
Minimum Qualifications:
*Bachelor's Degree and at least two years of college coaching and/or playing experience at the college level in track and field/cross country.
*Proof of valid driver's license and good driving record.
*Knowledge of NCAA rules and regulations.
Posted by Alison Wade at 12:37 p.m. | Tags: Job Opportunities | Comments (0)
Here's a portion of the ad, for more information search for the listing here.
Job Summary: Candidate will provide assistance to the Track/Cross Country Head Coach with recruiting student-athletes, making initial contacts, performing evaluations and on/off campus recruiting.
Assistant Coach will assist the Head Coach with cross country and track student-athletes, observing and evaluating performance and demonstrating proper techniques.
Additional duties will include evaluating and recruiting high school and junior college prospects; assisting in monitoring the academic performance and social development of student-athletes; assisting in maintaining student-athletes' discipline and development programs; assisting with administrative assignments including budget and travel; assisting with fundraising and promotion for the cross country and track & field programs; and transporting prospects and student-athletes to events and competition.
Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor's degree in an appropriate area of specialization and one year of coaching experience at the highschool level or above. Successful experience as a graduate assistant or intern in an athletic program is acceptable for up to one year of the required experience.
Knowledge of recruiting student-athletes, maintaining their discipline and development programs is required.
Posted by Alison Wade at 12:31 p.m. | Tags: Job Opportunities | Comments (0)
More information here.
Posted by Alison Wade at 12:28 p.m. | Tags: Job Opportunities | Comments (0)