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Track & Field/Road Racing Roundup: Drake Relays, Penn Relays & Payton Jordan
by carabyrd
posted May 1, 2012 at 11:49am

If you are a track fan, I’m assuming you since you are reading this blog, this past  week was jam packed full of action.  The Drake Relays began the week with their road mile and Payton Jordan Invitational ended the weekend with plenty of ...more

Saturday Penn Relays mashup
by The Track & Field Superblog
posted May 1, 2012 at 11:45am

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Track & Field Events to Watch (and listen to) Today
by The Track & Field Superblog
posted April 29, 2012 at 3:45pm

Today from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM is Coffee Talk with Coach Hadsell, the weekly college track oriented radio show at www.wxut.com. Today’s guests include: *Neely Spence, who recently signed on with the Hansons-Brooks group in suburban Detroit *Doug Bro...more

College Track & Field: Rivalry Weekend
by The Track & Field Superblog
posted April 28, 2012 at 11:46am

A few days ago I said that this is flat-out the best week of track in the United States. There are multiple huge festivals of track at Penn, Drake and Stanford. But this is also college track’s Rivalry Week. Time for some good old-fashioned sport...more

Track & Field: What to Watch Today
by The Track & Field Superblog
posted April 27, 2012 at 2:55pm

My daily time-based preview of the day’s events is a bit late. Nevertheless, it’s below as a downloadable .pdf file. PENN RELAYS DRAKE RELAYS Video link Live results Video link Live results Here it is, your Friday Penn & Drake Pr...more

Video: Profile of Maria Mutola, 800m legend and now coach of Caster Semenya
by From A Left Wing
posted April 27, 2012 at 2:39pm

Maria Mutola is one of the world's greatest athletes. The 800 meter champion (2000 Olympic gold medalist, World Champion in 1993, 2001, 2003 etc) competed in 6 Olympic games and is often cited as the best athlete in this event. The 800 is notorious in t...more

Joanna Hayes on The Comeback: Things are falling into place!
by JHayes
posted April 26, 2012 at 9:32am

Hey guys, I'm in a much better mood after my second race than I was after my first race!  What a difference a week makes!  I was second again, which is the most frustrating part, but this time I only lost by .02 as opposed to .21.  It may ...more

Rocky Start for Rebecca Donaghue at Mt. SAC Relays
by Running Rebecca
posted April 25, 2012 at 2:54pm

Last Friday I ran the 5,000m at the Mt. Sac Relays in CA. The race didn’t go as expected in the slightest and is one of my slowest 5ks of all time, 16:19. But, it was a really good indicator that my training  has lacked any speed work. I had ma...more

Track & Field College Athletes of the Week
by The Track & Field Superblog
posted April 24, 2012 at 11:58pm

Men Athlete of the Week: Cam Levins, Southern Utah Levins won the 5000 meters at the Mt. SAC Relays on Friday, defeating Arizona’s Lawi Lalang in the process. No collegian has beaten Lalang in a race of 3000 meters or longer since last June’...more

Thoughts on the new USATF CEO
by The Track & Field Superblog
posted April 24, 2012 at 8:35pm

Max Siegel was introduced as the new CEO of USA Track & Field yesterday. It caught me by surprise, and by that I mean both the choice and the timing. If the name sounds a bit familiar, it should, but only a bit. A man with a strong marketing and en...more

Track & Field/Road Racing Roundup: Mt. SAC, Kansas Relays and more
by carabyrd
posted April 23, 2012 at 11:53pm

First, a bit of breaking news before moving onto this past weekend’s results, USATF has named a new CEO in Max Siegel. Siegel was previously president of global operations at Dale Earnhardt Inc. and a senior vice president at Sony/BMG, and has serv...more

College Track & Field Scoreboard for April 16-22
by The Track & Field Superblog
posted April 23, 2012 at 10:24pm

In an effort to reward meets that keep score, every week I highlight the meets among multiple D-I teams that did so. News Earlier this week it was announced that next year, Oregon and Arkansas will go head-to-head in a creative way: UO coach Vin Lanann...more

Gold medalist Mary Wineberg on believing in yourself during the rough times
by Mary Wineberg: I'm Back....for my 2012 Olympic Quest
posted April 23, 2012 at 12:15pm

Hey everyone……I am back!! Hope you all are doing well and will continue to root for me as the Olympic Trials and Games near. Things are looking better each week. I must say that I have gotten my confidence back. Many times we wear a fake fa...more

Joanna Hayes on Race #2 of her Comeback Season: Giving it 100 %
by JHayes
posted April 21, 2012 at 12:47pm

Well, I had my first race of the season after my “retirement” and 3 1/2 years of inactivity and I am okay with the result.  However, I am not happy nor am I satisfied because I know I could have done better!  What I am doing is not e...more

Britney Henry: To make the Olympic Team in the hammer throw I must....
by Britney Henry - Olympian in Progress
posted April 19, 2012 at 11:47am

WOW , I cannot believe that the Olympics are only 100 days away! That means that the Olympic Trials for the hammer throw is only 63 days away! Now I know what your next question will be," Are you on the team?". Well let me explain:To make the Olympic ...more

Track Superfan's College Track & Field Bracketology – Second Round
by The Track & Field Superblog
posted April 19, 2012 at 11:44am

As March Madness was ramping up, I introduced College Track Bracketology. The idea is simple: pick 64 teams based on the indoor season, seed them into brackets, and play them off. I determined first-round winners by comparing best marks made outdoors in...more

Change has been good for Natasha Hastings
by carabyrd
posted April 19, 2012 at 11:39am

Life has changed a bit for Natasha Hastings, the "400-meter diva," in the last year including a new city, training group and winning her first individual senior medal at the world track and field championships this year.  Hastings has moved to Austi...more

Javelin Thrower Kara Patterson: Expectation can do funny things to people
by Kara Throws Javelin
posted April 18, 2012 at 10:52am

I feel like I’ve been asked a lot lately (in interviews, by visitors, etc.) about the past few years in my career. While I have the answers to peoples’ questions worked out in my head and have been able to express them in conversation, I thou...more

Hammer Thrower Britney Henry Recaps the Oregon Preview Meet
by Britney Henry - Olympian in Progress
posted April 17, 2012 at 10:40am

Alright, apologizes again for being away from my blog for the last month. I have plenty to tell y’all but I just have not found the time to do so! I do a much better job with updating my Twitter and Facebook account, so please fo...more

College Track & Field Athlete of the Week Awards
by The Track & Field Superblog
posted April 17, 2012 at 10:37am

The list of awards is shorter this week, as there was a bit of a lull in competition. Let’s get to it! Men Athlete of the Week: Tim Glover, Illinois State At the Sea Ray Relays, Glover won the javelin with 81.31 meters (266′ 9″). It ...more

Brianna Glenn: Remembering the FUN
by My so-called FABULOUS life: Brianna Glenn
posted April 17, 2012 at 10:18am

When I started out in this sport years and years ago, I chose what events I did based on one important thing. Was it fun? Fun for me does not involve pain so that cut out any events over 200 meters, and left me with the sprints and the events where you s...more

Track & Field/Road Racing Roundup: Boston Marathon, Texas Invite and more
by carabyrd
posted April 16, 2012 at 10:13pm

It is a long road to the 2012 London Olympics.  In the sport of running, only the marathoners have been picked with Shalane Flanagan, Desiree Davilia and Kara Goucher representing the United States. We're only 67 days from the start of USA Track and ...more

College Track & Field Scoreboard for April 9-15
by The Track & Field Superblog
posted April 16, 2012 at 10:59am

In an effort to reward meets that keep score, every week I highlight the meets among multiple D-I teams that did so. At the end I chew out the meets that should have kept score but didn’t. Dual Meets (and triangulars and quadrangulars) Stanford 1...more

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