Hospital Hill Run Gears Up for 39th Consecutive Year with Price Chopper as New Title Sponsor
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - (January 26,2012) - Price Chopper, the largest grocer in Kansas City, has inked a deal to be the title sponsor of the 39th annual Hospital Hill Run. Hospital Hill Run presented by Price Chopper will take place on Saturday June 2, 2012 consists of a half marathon, 10K and the UMKC School of Medicine 5K events, starting and finishing at Crown Center.
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STLC Names 2011 All-Metro High School XC Team
By Tom Eckelmann - ST. LOUIS - For the 19th year. the St. Louis Track Club will honor the All-Metro High School Cross Country Teams at the SLTC Annual Awards Banquet on Saturday, February 11. This year the panel of coaches again selected honorees for a first team, a second team as well as honorable mentions. Each honoree will receive a plaque commemorating their selection.
McClellan, Archibald Record Top-Two Finishes At Iowa State Open
AMES, Iowa – Jusean Archibald (Bridgeton, Mo./Trinity) had a pair of top 10 finishes over the weekend to lead the efforts of the Missouri S&T men's track & field squad at the Iowa State Open. Archibald placed second in the long jump Friday with a mark of 22-11 3/4, then added a ninth place finish Saturday in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.50 seconds. Earlier in the day, Archibald had the fifth-best time in the preliminary rounds of the 60-hurdles of 8.31 seconds.
Jayhawk Track and Field Claims Dual Meet Victory Over Missouri
COLUMBIA, Mo. - The University of Kansas track and field team out-dueled archrival Missouri Friday afternoon, 191-167, in head-to-head action. The Jayhawk women topped the Tigers by a score of 106-75, while the men fell to MU 92-85. The two teams' combined scores were enough to earn their second-straight dual meet victory.
2012 U.S. Olympic Trials-Marathon: Meb, Ryan, Abdi, and Dathan
RunBlogRun - (January 14, 2012) - The conditions for the 2012 U.S Olympic Trials-Marathon, were just about perfect: sunny, 35-40 degrees, with a bit of wind on the last loop. From the very start, there were two men's races. A pack of Dathan Ritzenhein, Brian Olinger, Mo Trafeh, Joseph Chirlee, Ryan Hall, Abdi Abdirahman, and Meb Keflezighil meant business from the start. Cruising 4.50-4.51 miles, the lead pack hit the mile in 4:50, two miles in 9:41 and three miles in 14:32. The chasing pack, lead by Brett Gotcher and Andrew Carlsen, were already 30 seconds back at 5k, hit in 15:03.
Nightingale Named Gatorade Missouri Girls Cross Country Runner of the Year
CHICAGO - (January 12, 2012) - In its 27th year of honoring the nation’s best high school athletes, The Gatorade Company, in collaboration with ESPN HS, today announced Samantha Nightingale of Blue Springs South High School as its 2011-12 Gatorade Missouri Girls Cross Country Runner of the Year. Nightingale is the first Gatorade Missouri Girls Cross Country Runner of the Year to be chosen from Blue Springs South High School.
2012 U.S. Olympic Trials–Marathon program
It is USA Track & Field’s great pleasure to welcome you to the 2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Marathon, hosted by the Houston Marathon Committee. For the first time ever, this country’s finest men and women marathoners will run in the same city, on the same day, to compete for a total of six Olympic Team spots on Team USA.With this historic gathering of our nation’s most talented runners, Saturday’s race is sure to be one of the best ever run on U.S. soil.
More Than 300 Set to Run in 2012 Olympic Team Trials
HOUSTON - (January 10, 2012) - In less than four days, more than 300 of America’s top distance runners will take to the streets of Houston in an historic edition of the U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials. For the first time, the men’s and women’s teams will be selected on the same day and on the same course.
Local Runners Have Modest Goals at Olympic Marathon Trials
St. Louis Post-Dispatch - They might have dreamed it, but neither Adam MacDowell nor Jackie Pirtle-Hall talked of standing on the podium at the Olympic marathon trials on Saturday in Houston. That goal belongs to more recognizable names of distance running, such as Ryan Hall, Meb Keflezighi, Dathan Ritzenhein, Desiree Davila, Shalane Flanagan, Kara Goucher and Serena Burla, hoping to earn a spot on the U.S. team in London. Instead, the area's representatives enter with relatively modest ambitions.
American Track & Field 2010 Running & Track Camp Resource Guide
Welcome to the digital version of American Track & Field's 2010 guide to U.S. running and track camps. Click the image below to read.
REVIEWS - Team Apparel 2010
Here’s our annual snapshot of apparel options for your cross country and track & field teams. There are technical fabrics available at a variety of price levels, and the options for personalizing the gear range from custom screenprinted graphics to the nearly infinite possibilities available with sublimation.
MOTHER ROAD MARATHON ANNOUNCED
Joplin, MO (December 16,2009) – Representatives from cities along Route 66 between Miami, Oklahoma and Joplin, Missouri gathered today for the announcement of the inaugural Mother Road Marathon – the United State’s first ever and only 26.2 marathon that passes through through three states in the form of Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri.
Orlando to host USATF Podium Education Project
INDIANAPOLIS - The USA Track & Field Podium Education Project, which is an annual High Performance Coaches Symposium that brings elite coaches and sports scientists together to review, analyze, and offer some of the most cutting-edge methodology and coaching practices in the world will take place December 10-13 in Orlando, Fla.
