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March 02, 2017

2017 USA Indoors Mile Preview: Ben Blankenship & Kyle Merber Battle for Their First National Title; BTC's Shelby Houlihan & Colleen Quigley Lead Women's Field

If you like upsets, read this as we are predicting a guy who didn't even make the Olympic Trials to win the men's mile at USAs.
January 28, 2017

RRW: Ford Palmer's Super Bowl Connection Runs Through Patriots

Palmer went to college at Manmouth University with New England Patriots wide receiver Chris Hogan who he thinks could break 5-minutes in the mile off football training.
November 23, 2016

Sam Chelanga Vs Kirubel Erassa At Atlanta Track Club Thanksgiving Day 5K

Thomas Curtin, Trevor Dunbar and Ford Palmer are also in the field. Women's race has Serena Burla and Natosha Rogers.
August 14, 2015

Jack Bolas (3:58) And Rachel Schneider (4:31) Win Inaugural Boxcar Mile

Bolas won over Ford Palmer (3:59.30) and Ashley Schneider beat out Heather Wilson (4:33.04) and Ashley Higginson (4:34.32).

July 24, 2015

2015 Morton Games: Live Results / Schedule / Startlists

The Morton Mile is headlined by Aussies Jeff Risley and Ryan Gregson as well as Americans Jordan McNamara, Pat Casey, Mac Fleet and Ford Palmer. Aisha Praught and Shelby Houlihan lead the women's mile. Robby Andrews is in the men's 800 while NZ's WUG champ Angela Petty leads the women's race with USA's Lauren Wallace. Andy Vernon vs Will Geoghegan in the 3000.

July 12, 2015

Full Results From 2015 Guldensporen Meeting In Belgium: GB's Ross Murray Beats Eric Jenkins, Chris O'Hare And Ford Palmer With 3:38.98

A ton of American competed at this one including. Heather Kampf beat Abbey D'Agostino by .05 in the 1500 with 4:08.73. Rachel Johnson won the steeple in 9:57, GB's Jenny Meadows beat Alexa Efraimson in the 800 (2:00.56 to 2:01.33).

 
May 12, 2015

2015 Hoka One One Middle Distance Classic Men's Preview: Will America's Biggest Stars Return To Form?

After some recent struggles, can Nick Symmonds return to form? What about Galen Rupp, Cam Levins and the NOP? Are former NCAA stars Andrew Wheating and Robby Andrews back? The highlight is an incredibly deep 1,500 which contains former NCAA champs WheatingAndrewsLeo ManzanoMac Fleet, Nate Brannen and a slew of others.

May 01, 2015

2015 Payton Jordan Men's Preview: Action Galore - True vs. Mead II, The Return of Nick Symmonds, and a Sub-4 HSer?

Track fans, this one is loaded with former NCAA stars. That's the good news. The bad news is you gotta choose, this or Mayweather - Pacquiao. More bad news, HSer Grant Fisher might go sub-4 but it won't count - unless Stanford changes from a 1,500 to a mile in the next 24 hours.

August 07, 2014

Commonwealth Games Awards, Sportsmanship At Its Finest, Ryan Vail > Mo Farah, Is Shalane Too Old, and Steve Hooker's Wife Gets Busted

This week we throw our British visitors a few bones by handing out Commonwealth Games awards and showing the Brits exactly where they are superior to Americans, before reversing course and saying how Ryan Vail > Mo Farah. Along the way, we wonder if Shalane Flanagan is too old to get the AR and talk a lot about Steve Hooker's wife / a Russian beauty getting busted.

June 28, 2014

Men's 1,500: Leo Manzano Comes Through When It Counts Again, Wins Second Outdoor 1,500 Title

Manzano was just fourth in a low-key mile in Concord, Mass., earlier this month, but proved once again that he's a different animal in championship races and used a strong last 100 to pull away from second-place Pat Casey for the win. Nine USA meets for Leo, nine top 3 finishes.

June 26, 2014

Men's 1500 Semis: David Torrence Goes Home Early - Leo, Lopez, Leer and Casey all advance

David Torrence's first USAs under new coach Jama Aden turned into a nightmare, but it was a great night for a number of under-dogs like Ford Palmer who find themselves in the USA final.