Regional News

First time a single city is chosen for both men's and women's races

HOUSTON (Mar. 1, 2010) – The road to the 2012 Olympic Marathon in London will run through Houston. For the first time in the history of the U.S. Olympic Trials, one city will host the marathon for both men and women in the same year.

BOSTON, MA, March 1, 2010 – Global athletic leader New Balance is proud to announce an official multi-year partnership with the National Scholastic Sports Foundation (NSSF) in the Outdoor Nationals event, renamed the New Balance Outdoor Nationals. The event brings together the best outdoor track and field high school athletes from across the country for a weekend of intense competition.

INDIANAPOLIS - Gill Athletics and USA Track & Field (USATF) announce a new Gill Athletics National High School Track & Field Coach of the Year Award. This inaugural honor will recognize one high school girls' program track coach and one high school boys' program track coach that exemplifies excellence in his/her coaching record and team's performances, while also exhibiting positive service to his/her team, school and community.

from USATF - INDIANAPOLIS - The growing rivalry between two-time Olympic medalist Bernard Lagat and reigning U.S. 10,000m champion Galen Rupp will be one of several highly anticipated men's running events that will take center stage at the 2010 USA Indoor Track & Field Championships, February 27-28 at the Albuquerque Convention Center in Albuquerque, N.M.

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SPOKANE - American record holders Dathan Ritzenhein (Portland, Ore.) and Shalane Flanagan (Pittsboro, N.C.) dominated the open men's and women's fields at the 2010 USA Cross Country Championships Saturday at Plantes Ferry Recreation Park in Spokane, Wash.Running 34 minutes 34 seconds for the open men's 12- kilometer race, Ritzenhein won his third U.S. Cross Country title. Flanagan's 25 minutes 10 seconds for the open women's 8-kilometer was good for her fourth national cross country crown.

Video courtesy of Usain Bolt, note by Larry Eder

By Matt McGowan - Last weekend I attended The Running Network winter meeting - http://runohio.com/read_blog/running-network-houston-meeting and the USATF Half Marathon National Championships - http://runohio.com/read_blog/usa-half-marathon-championships and the Chevron Houston Marathon - http://runohio.com/read_blog/chevron-houston-marathon-ordway... .

from USATF - The sixteenth annual 3M Half Marathon & Relay in Austin, Texas is right around the corner and we've been cleaning up our act. Once again we have taken measures to reduce waste and ensure that as little garbage as possible ends up in the landfill ... no easy feat with an anticipated 5,500 participants.

from usatf.org - INDIANAPOLIS - Two-time Olympic Games silver medalist Terrence Trammell, reigning world 110m hurdles champion Ryan Brathwaite, Jamaican record holder Dwight Thomas and 2004 World Indoor champion Perdita Felicien will headline a world-class gathering of hurdlers January 29 at the 103rd Millrose Games at famed Madison Squa

From IAAF -Monte-Carlo - In the fifth of their eight part season review, Statisticians A. Lennart Julin (SWE) and Mirko Jalava (FIN) highlight the key action on the Roads - long distance running and the Race Walks.

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