– Lauren Fleshman blogging about her experience at the recently-concluded USATF Annual meeting. Like many, she was unhappy that the USATF board of directors rejected the 85% membership vote which chose Bob Hersh for IAAF Council.
*MB: USATF Board overturns 392-70 vote, will instead nominate Stephanie Hightower
*Fleshman And David Torrence React Angrily On Twitter
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
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
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.
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.
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