A big weekend of track and field and running wraps up with impressive an unexpected results.
Written by: Matt Fitzgerald
If any indoor track and field world records were going to be set this weekend, surely they would be set at the IAAF Indoor World Championships in Doha, Qatar, right? Nope. The University of Oregon’s Ashton Eaton [...]
Lagat appears sharp in 3000m qualifying.
Written by: Sean McKeon
The opening day of the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Track and Field Championships in Doha, Qatar was a positive one for the American distance contingent. Here are some of the highlights in the distances on day one:
Bernard Lagat holds America’s best hope for a win.
Written by: Sean McKeon
The 2010 World Indoor Track and Field Championships kick off Friday in Doha, Qatar. Although smaller than the outdoor championship, the distance races are still packed with top talent across the board.
Strong distance team lead by Bernard Lagat in the 3000m.
Written By: David Monti
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Last night USA Track & Field announced its team for the upcoming IAAF World Indoor Championships in Doha, Qatar, March 12-14. Two top middle distance athletes who qualified for the team, Shannon Rowbury (1500m and 3000m) [...]
Rowbury and Rupp settle for second.
Written By: David Monti
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ALBUQUERQUE (28-Feb) — Using completely different strategies to deal with the high altitude and their toughest competitors, Bernard Lagat and Renee Metivier Baillie won the 3000m titles at the USA Indoor Championships here last night in front of a sellout [...]
Healthy and fit again, “Mr. Kara Goucher” is ready to make his doubters eat crow.
Interview by: Matt Fitzgerald
To qualify for the U.S. Olympic Marathon Team, you need three things: world-class talent, relative youth, and freedom from injuries. Adam Goucher has all of these things. His talent is unquestioned: He’s won national cross country championships in [...]
Thanks to his second consecutive record setting performance, Bernard Lagat was named the USATF Athlete of the Week. Lagat set a new American record for 5000m at the Reebok Boston Indoor Games. His time of 13:11.50 broke the previous record of 13:18.12 set by Galen Rupp in 2009. Lagat was named Athlete of the Week [...]
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5000m races highlight meet.
Written By: David Monti
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He may have been wearing number 13 on his hip, but tonight’s Reebok Boston Indoor Games at the Reggie Lewis Center here was anything but unlucky for two-time Olympic medallist Bernard Lagat. The 35 year-old three-time world champion uncharistically ran from [...]
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Bernard Lagat set a new indoor American record over 5000m at the Reebok Boston Indoor Games. Lagat’s time of 13:11.50, broke Galen Rupp’s record of 13:18.12 set in 2009. Rupp, also in the race, set a personal best and is now second all-time for American’s indoors over 5000m with his time of [...]
Lagat, Rupp, Dibaba, Pierce among top names in distance events
There is much to excite track & field fans at this year’s Reebok Boston Indoor Games, to be held at 5:00 PM EST Saturday and replayed the following afternoon at 2:00 PM EST on ESPN2. Here are quick previews of the distance events:
