– Fayetteville-Manlius coach Bill Aris talking after his team made a historic sweep of the boys and girls race at Nike Cross Nationals.
LRC Unbelievable: Fayetteville-Manlius Sweeps Boys’ & Girls’ Titles At NXN High School Team Nationals The F-M girls were upset last year to snap their streak of seven straight NXN titles but they’re back on top in 2014 and had some company on the podium; the F-M boys, runners up in 2004 and 2010, broke through to win their first NXN title. Individually, Tanner Anderson (15:11) and Allie Ostrander (17:19) got the wins.
*DyeStat: FM Breaks In New Course With Historic Sweep
*Coach Bill Aris Post-Race Video Interview
*MileSplit: Tanner Anderson’s Individual Sacrifice (Not Racing FL) Rewards Him Well In addition to the individual win, his team got 3rd.
High School Talk On The Message Board:
*FM SWEEPS NXN BOYS & GIRLS!
*Petition to let Tanner Anderson Race Footlocker
*Wayzata in 9th at 4k, finishes 2nd?! And only ranked 24th in Dyestat??!!
*BEST COMPROMISE between Footlocker and NXN
*Meanwhile in Wisconsin, the Hacker legacy lives on
*Footlocker West Results
42-Year-Old Australian High Jumper Nick Moroney Has Cleared 2.10m (~6 Feet, 10 Inches) Or Better Every Year For The Past 25 Years He has 7 national titles to his name and at his best regularly cleared 2.25m, finishing 4th at the 2002 Commonwealth Games. Now he says the streak is a “big thing” for him.
WADA Signs Collaboration Deal With US Pharmeceutical Company Pfizer The company will give WADA a heads up about new products with a potential for athletics performance misuse.
IAAF Profile On Top Steepler In 2014, Kenya’s Jairus Birech (7:58) Birech hopes to make his first Kenyan championship team for 2015 Worlds and get the win, taking after his cousin Alfred Kirwa Yego, who was the 2007 800m World champ.
Thanks To All You Coaches: Adult Runner Writes Open Letter To Her High School XC Coach About How Running Made Her A Better Person In Life
LRCNAU’s Brian Shrader Talks About Surprise Win At The .US 12K Championships, Living His Whole Life At Altitude And Possibly Having To Turn Down $20,000 In Prize Money We catch up with the NAU senior who’s raised himself to a completely different level this fall, going from a collegian who hasn’t made an NCAA outdoor meet to a US champion and American record holder.
Kenya: Asbel Kiprop Putting World Titles In 2015 Ahead Of World Record The article also notes that Kiprop’s dad, David Kebenei, was the Kenyan national champ in 1990.
Japan: Waseda University Ekiden Head Coach Watanabe To Retire In March Waseda is the University of Oregon of Japan and the coach is only 41 years old.
Men’s Results: Steepler Chris Winter got the win as his fiancee Rachel Cliff was second on the women’s side (Rachel Hannah the winner) as they attempted to sweep the titles.
Pre-Race:Engaged Runners Chris Winter And Rachel Cliff Hoping To Win Canadian XC Titles
It wasn't easy but the former world record holder got the win after Mongolia's Bat-Ochir made him earn it. Bat-Ochir was third in 2:08:50 a Mongolian record.
On the boards: Makau Wins Fukuoka
RR: King Carl Speaks: Carl Lewis Talks About His Full-Time Coaching Gig At The University Of Houston “My legacy as a jumper will not be how far I jumped. My legacy will be how far the people I coached jumped. I’m putting that pressure on myself.”
IOC Cashes In On Asia’s Hat Trick Of Olympic Wins With $550 Million TV Deal In China
Science Of Sport: How To ID And Develop Talent They advise waiting until later to specialize. *Scientific Paper By Ross Tucker: What makes champions? A review of the relative contribution of genes and training to sporting success
Good Profile Of Olympic TJ Champ Olga Rypakova Of Kazakhistan The former multi-eventer picked up the TJ by accident. Now she’s on the comeback trail after giving birth to baby #2 in 2013.
Ridiculous Comparison: Some Are Comparing St. Louis Rams Players Protesting Michael Brown Grand Jury Decision With John Carlos And Tommie Smith At 1968 Olympics John Carlos is interviewed.
Runners Given Placebo Injection Instead Of Drug Similar To EPO Improve Their Performance Placebos work.
Foot Locker Regionals:Dominant Victories In All 3 Regions, Including Wins By Past Champs Fisher, Rohrer The closest race in all 6 races on Saturday was defending champ Grant Fisher‘s 9-second win in the Midwest. Anna Rohrer, the 2012 champ, who has battled injuries the last 2 years, won the Midwest in impressive fashion. Top 10 in all the regions here. Olin Hacker, son of former NCAA and USATF XC champ Tim Hacker, also qualified.
*List Of Foot Locker Qualifiers
*Full List Of NXN Qualifying Teams
More Coverage Here
On The Boards:Grant Fisher 4:59 2nd Mile, Anna Rohrer 5:13 2nd Mile
*Are the Hackers The First Foot Locker Father-Son Qualifiers?
*FLN and NXN predictions: YOUR TOP 3 – time to put up watchoutxcrankings
Nice Read:Profile On 2012 Foot Locker Champ Anna Rohrer, Who Has Battled 2 Years Of Injuries To Get Back On Top
Good News:Asbel Kiprop Calls For Jail Time For Dopers “Those found guilty should serve a long jail term in addition to the ban,” said Kiprop.
Bad News: The same article above reveals a Kenyan high school got a rubberized tartan track. Once the Kenyans get soft like the rest of the world, forget about dominating.
Alex Hutchinson In The NY Times: When Taking Drugs Isn’t Cheating
British Journalist Writes About Running One Of The World’s Greatest Road Races – The Great Ethiopian Run 37,000 runners run this thing and Haile Gebrselassie said they could have 200,000 there is so much demand. Haile G had to buy a Great Run T-shirt off the street.
The Eugene Register-Guard does some good journalism on the Worlds 2019 bid, the Foot Locker Final fields are almost set, some guy runs 1:45 in December, Andrew Wheating runs 13:59, and the Olympic mascots are here.
Myles Marshall And Irene Obera Named USATF 2014 Youth And Masters Athletes Of The Year Myles won the 800 at the 2014 Youth Olympics and his mom is Debbie Grant, who was has a 2:00.81 PR and was 4th at the 1988 Olympic Trials. His father is 1984 Olympic 800 runner John Marshall (1:43.92).
You Blew Your One Chance To Beat Shalane: Shalane Flanagan Runs 26:55 5k As The Guest Of Honor At The Back The Track 5k To Bring A Track To Her Hometown Shalane ran with a Go Pro. Mary Wittenberg, Joan Samuleson and Tom Grilk (head of BAA) also ran.
*SLIDESHOW: Shalane Flanagan At Marblehead Back The Track 5K
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