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NEW YORK — It was a record-breaking night at the New Balance Track and Field Center at the Armory on Saturday night, with athletes setting American, collegiate and high school records on the fast 200m track. It was the first edition of the 105-year-old Millrose Games to be held in the Armory.

In the men’s 5,000 meters, 37-year-old Bernard Lagat broke the U.S. indoor mark for that distance, running 13:07.15, a substantial improvement of four seconds over the previous record held by rival Galen Rupp, who broke Lagat’s 2-mile record in Fayetteville, Ark., Saturday  night.

“We came here with one aim,” a beaming Lagat told the press immediately after the race. “And that is to the break the American record.”

Lagat used the word “we” because he contends the record would not have been possible without the support of his coach, University of Arizona’s James Li, as well as Arizona freshman Lawi Lalang, who won the NCAA Cross Country title last November and ran close on Lagat’s heels Saturday night.

“I felt really strong coming in,” Lagat admitted. “The race was executed so well. The pacemakers in front of me did a great job. It was a team effort tonight.”

With his second-place showing in 13:08.28, Lalang broke the American collegiate record that had been held by Galen Rupp since 2009.

Coach Li was thrilled with his athletes’ results and later shared that he had predicted Lagat’s record, showing the press a piece of paper with Lagat’s predicted splits that he had written on the plane ride out to New York City.

“We planned a 13:07 to a tee and that’s what we did,” Li stated.

Back in eighth place, Edward Cheserek, a Kenyan who attends St. Benedict’s Prep in Newark, N.J., became the first high school student in the United States to break 14:00 for 5,000m indoors, clocking 13:57.04.

But the 5,000 wasn’t the only race where records fell. In the famed NYRR Wanamaker Mile, the final event of the evening, Matthew Centrowitz set a new Armory record in his professional debut as a miler, running 3:53.92, the fastest time by an American this indoor season.

“It felt good,” the former University of Oregon Duck and reigning world bronze medalist in the 1,500 meters said afterwards. “I didn’t look back until the last lap when I made my move.”

Centrowitz’s win was hard-fought with Brigham Young University standout Miles Batty pushing him all the way to the tape. Batty took second in 3:54.54, a new collegiate record, toppling German Fernandez’s previous mark of 3:55.02. Garrett Heath took third in 3:55.24.

“There was more bumping than I expected,” Batty explained. “I just tried to stay relaxed when the real race began at 800m.”

In an impressive show of depth, eight men broke 3:58, including six collegians: Batty, Silas Kisorio of Oklahoma Christian (3:55.84), Erik Van Ingen of SUNY Binghamton (3:56.37), Chris O’Hare of the University of Tulsa (3:56.63), Cam Levins of Southern Utah (3:57.16), and David McCarthy of Providence College (3:57.86).

In the NYRR Wanamaker Metric Mile for women, reigning 1,500m world champion Jenny Simpson held off Shannon Rowbury to win the 1500m race in a world-leading 4:07.27. Rowbury clocked 4:07.66, and Spain’s Isabel Macias finished third in 4:08.80.

“I’m happy with the race,” Simpson said. “I was able to close well. My tactics paid off.”

Other winners tonight included Morgan Uceny in the women’s 800m (2:03.35), Samantha Nadel of North Shore High School in the girl’s mile (4:46.19), and Zavon Watkins of Liverpool, N.Y., in the boy’s mile (4:13.83). Sanya Richard-Ross ran a world-leading 50.89 in the 400m and Jesse Williams jumped an Armory record 2.32m in the high jump.

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NEW YORK — In keeping with American distance runner Steve Prefontaine’s famous “STOP PRE” shirt that he wore at the 1972 U.S. Olympic Trials, U.S. outdoor 5,000m record-holder Bernard Lagat was wearing his own version at the Millrose Games press conference here today. Sitting before a group of reporters in the wood-paneled and trophy-lined Hall of Fame room at the storied New York Athletic Club, the 37-year-old Lagat, who had won a record eight Wanamaker Miles at the meet, sported a one-of-a-kind white tee shirt that read, in all-capital letters, “MARKED MAN.”

Lagat isn’t going after the mile this year and is instead taking on the 5,000m in the 105th edition of America’s oldest indoor track meet with one goal in mind: break the American indoor record. It was a record that he previously held before his rival, former University of Oregon standout Galen Rupp, broke it by 6/100ths of a second in Birmingham, England in February of last year, clocking 13:11.44.

Elsewhere this weekend, Rupp is on the hunt to take down Lagat’s indoor two-mile record (8:10.07) on Saturday at the USA Track & Field Classic in Fayetteville, Ark. This is why Lagat calls himself a marked man. But Lagat has more than Rupp to worry about on Saturday.

In the 5,000m race at the New Balance Track and Field Center at the Armory in Upper Manhattan, Lagat will be competing against NCAA standout Lawi Lalang. A freshman at the University of Arizona, Lalang is arguably the best collegiate distance runner in the United States. The Kenyan citizen won the NCAA Cross Country individual title in Terre Haute, Indiana last November, and clocked a 3:55.09 mile in Fayetteville, on January 28.

Lagat joked that Lalang, who will be there on Saturday to try for the collegiate record of 13:18.12 set by Rupp in 2009, may very well beat him. Lagat and Lalang train together in Arizona under Coach James Li.

“Behind the joke, there is an element of seriousness,” Lagat admitted. “I’ve trained with this kid for a while now. I’ve had two runs in the last two weeks with him. He is running with a lot of ease. We had a tempo run and I struggled. He was just striding along nicely. He is definitely the guy that could take it. He could win the race. And it’s funny, because I may get the record and that would be great, but I want my little guy to get more confidence with this race.”

Rivalries aside, Lagat is happy with the state of the sport presently in the United States. “It’s going to be great, trying for this record again,” he said. “Change is great. Having Galen going for my record and me going for his on the same day is a very good thing for American track and field.”

Lagat contends that his interval training has gone well for this recent indoor record attempt. He’s been doing 1K repeats and going down to as short as 500-meter repeats with “very little rest” between repetitions. “These are the hardest things,” he admits.

Still, Lagat is a realist about his chances at the Armory. “You can’t be too confident. Things have to go really well,” he says. “My body has to feel well and the race itself has to go well. At the same time, the guys we have asked to help us are really going to push that pace. If we hit that pace and my body feels good, and we hit the 2000m and 3000m, marks in a good time, then I will be in a different mindset. If these pacemakers have done a good job, then we are going to go for it.”

Former University of Oregon standout Galen Rupp, the current U.S. record-holder in the 10,000m, has a bit of a rivlary going on with Bernard Lagat.

This Saturday, Rupp is hoping to break Lagat’s indoor two-mile mark at the USA Track & Field Classic in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Lagat is a Kenyan-born U.S. citizen. He set the record last year at 8:10.07.

“We’ve got a pacer to bring us through at 4:05, 4:06,” said Rupp’s coach, former New York City and Boston Marathon champion, Alberto Salazar.

Meanwhile, at the Millrose Games on Saturday in New York City, Lagat is hoping break the indoor 5,000m U.S. record that is currently owned by Rupp (13:11.44). Rupp set that mark in Birmingham, England last year on February 19.

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NEW YORK — Youth trumped experience on Saturday night when Kenya’s Silas Kiplagat shot past Bernard Lagat on the final lap of the men’s mile to win at the inaugural U.S. Open at Madison Square Garden.

Kiplagat, 22, last summer’s IAAF World Championships silver medalist at 1500m, spent the first four laps of the 11-lap race in fourth position, before sliding up to second place with six laps to go behind pacemaker Matt Scherer. One lap later Scherer retired, and Kiplagat’s compatriot Daniel Kipchirchir Komen took over the lead for two laps. Lagat, 37, waited for one and one-half laps to go before sprinting to the lead, but just after he took the bell, Kiplagat surprised him by shooting ahead of him on turn-1. That is where Kiplagat would stay for the remainder of the race.

Photo Gallery: Distance Highlights From The U.S. Open At Madison Square Garden

“It didn’t go well today,” Lagat told reporters. “He just did a smart thing again, just pulled under on the curve. He surprised me by going at the curve right there.”

Although Lagat quickly responded and made it close, Kiplagat was determined to stay in front and get the win. It meant a lot to him to beat an athlete of Lagat’s stature, especially since the American had won on the Garden’s 145.5m track on eight previous occasions when the Millrose Games were held here.

“I’m very happy today ’cause of winning here in Madison for the first time,” Kiplagat said.  ”Beating someone like Bernard Lagat is a very big achievement for me.”

Kiplagat’s time was slow (4:00.65 to Lagat’s 4:00.92 and Komen’s 4:03.82), but running at the Garden has always been more about winning than about time. Nonetheless, Lagat had hoped to run faster tonight in a race he saw as an important first step towards winning a medal in the 5000m in the London Olympics this summer.

“I’m quite disappointed with the time today,” he said.

Running faster in relative terms was North Shore High School’s Samantha Nadel. Running away from the field in the girls’ high school mile, she clocked 4:47.66, just a bit slower than her personal and season’s best of 4:46.11. Her teammate Brianna Nerud was a distant second in 4:54.65.

“I knew it was a strong field, but I knew I was just going to go out there and run my race,” Nadel said. “I actually looked back to see if they were close, but my coach told me not to look back. I just ran.” She added: “I feel like I’m in the best shape of my life, recently.”

Zavon Watkins of Liverpool, N.Y., got his second consecutive indoor mile victory of the season here tonight. The Penn State-bound senior, who won the boy’s varsity mile at the recent New Balance Games, ran in fourth place for most of the race. But Watkins, who fell during the Millrose Games high school mile at the Garden last year, moved up to third with two laps to go, then shot to the lead at the bell. He was able to hold off a final charge by Wesley Gallagher of Pembroke, Mass., in the final 50 meters to win in 4:19.86 to Gallagher’s 4:20.01.

“It was really exciting to come here and race again,” Watkins said looking a little stunned. “The pace went out a little bit slower, but it was perfect for me because I didn’t have to do too much to keep up with them, and at the end, I could just use more for my kick.”

Like Watkins, Brenda Martinez was also a winner at the New Balance Games one week ago, and she looked just as strong here tonight. Running behind pacemaker Lesley Higgins, Martinez took the lead when Higgins stepped off the track with six laps to go. She was never seriously challenged, holding Sara Vaughn at a comfortable distance, and winning in a career indoor best of 4:34.62 to Vaughn’s 4:37.12. Olympic steeplechaser Anna Pierce finished third in 4:39.97.

“I never really focus on indoors, but I’m having a blast now and really having fun,” Martinez told reporters. “I’m still learning and have a lot to learn until Olympic Trials.” She added: “I felt really strong.”

In the other middle distance event contested here tonight, Ethiopia’s Fantu Magiso won over a weak field in 2:07:54. High schooler Ajee Wilson finished second.

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NEW YORK — With two-time Olympic medalist Bernard Lagat leading the charge, the men’s 5,000 meters at the 105th Millrose Games at the Armory here on Feb. 11, could generate as many as four significant indoor records.

First, Lagat, 37, will be gunning for the USA indoor record of 13:11.44 set by Galen Rupp last February in Birmingham, England.  That mark is only 6/100ths of a second faster than Lagat’s own indoor personal best set in Boston in 2010.  Lagat, who holds every other USA indoor middle distance or distance record –1500m, mile, 3000m and two miles– will also be trying to topple the Millrose Games record of 13:20.4 set by Suleiman Nyambui of Tanzania in 1981.  That mark was a world record at the time.

But behind Lagat, four of the best NCAA distance athletes will be trying to break another of Rupp’s records: the collegiate record of 13:18.12 set in Fayetteville in 2009.  That quartet includes Lawi Lalang, the 2011 NCAA Cross Country Champion from the University of Arizona; Leonard Korir, the 2011 NCAA Indoor 5000m champion from Iona; Elliott Heath, the 2011 NCAA Indoor 3000m champion from Stanford; and 2011 NCAA Cross Country runner-up Chris Derrick of Stanford.

“Kip and Lawi are all training really well, doing some of the best workouts I have seen them do,” said James Li from the University of Arizona, who coaches both Lagat and Lalang, through a statement. “They are both very excited about coming to New York to run in the 5000m at Millrose.”

The fourth record could come from St. Benedict Prep’s Edward Cheserek who could break the high school record of 14:06.78 set by Lukas Verzbicas on the same Armory track last March.  Cheserek, the 2011 Foot Locker High School Cross Country champion, ran 14:02.33 outdoors last year.

“The chance of seeing four records going down in one race makes the 5000m one of the most exciting ever,” commented meet director Ray Flynn through a release.  ”This is what it’s all about.”

Also entered in the race are Kenyan Stephen Sambu, Mexican Juan Luis Barrios, and Britain’s Andy Baddeley and Mark Draper.  Both Barrios and Baddeley are Olympians.

Millrose Games Men’s 5000m Field with Personal Best Times

Bernard Lagat, USA, 12:53.69 (13:11.50 indoors)

Lawi Lalang, KEN, 13:30.64

Leonard Korir, KEN, 13:35.71 (13:26.01)

Ellliott Heath, USA, 13:26.14 (13:34.54)

Chris Derrick, USA, 13:29.74 (13:36.87)

Edward Cheserek, KEN, 14:02.33

Stephen Sambu, KEN, 13:34.19 (13:28.48)

Juan Luis Barrios, MEX, 13:09.81

Andy Baddeley, GBR, 13:20.85

Mark Draper, GBR, 13:34.63

Matt Centrowitz heads to the Millrose Games next month. Photo: PhotoRun.net

By David Monti

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NEW YORK (10-Jan) — Matthew Centrowitz, the reigning NCAA and USA 1500m champion and last summer’s bronze medallist at the IAAF World Championships at the same distance, will make his Millrose Games debut on Saturday, Feb. 11, headlining the NYRR Wanamaker Mile, meet organizers announced today.

Centrowitz, 22, who last November left the NCAA ranks to turn pro, said he was particularly excited to compete in the Armory in Upper Manhattan, the same facility where his father, two-time Olympian Matt Centrowitz, trained four days a week when he competed for New York’s Power Memorial Academy.  The elder Centrowitz competed on a track on the Armory’s wood floor; son Matthew will run on a state-of-the-art 200-meter banked Mondo track known for fast times, like Bernard Lagat’s USA two-mile record set last season.

“I’m excited to be running and it will be my first mile/1500m of the year,” Centrowitz said through a statement.  ”To debut in the Millrose Games with my father and sister, who will be competing there as well, I can’t think of a better meet to do it in.”

For the first time, the Wanamaker Mile will be sponsored and managed by the New York Road Runners (NYRR), the largest not-for-profit road race organizer in the United States, which founded and organizes events like the ING New York City Marathon and the Fifth Avenue Mile.  The NYRR’s president and CEO, Mary Wittenberg, said that Centrowitz should run well in the Armory and will connect with young fans.

“Already early in his career Centrowitz has shown he can race with the world’s best so he should be very comfortable on the world famous NYRR Wanamaker Mile and Millrose Games stage,” said Wittenberg, an avid runner and former Olympic Marathon Trials qualifier.  ”We’re thrilled to have Matthew race with us in the Armory where he’ll provide a jolt of motivation to all of the kids who are in our school-based running programs who, like Matthew, also have big dreams.”

Centrowitz will open his season at the New Balance Grand Prix in Boston on Saturday, Feb. 4, where he will run the two-mile, before racing at the Millrose Games a week later.  He said that his training has gone well.

“I’m well ahead of where I was last year,” said Centrowitz.  ”I had a great month of training in December. I’m looking forward to kick-starting the year with a bang this indoor season.”

Lauren Centrowitz, Matthew’s older sister, will also compete at the Millrose Games, competing in the first NYRR Wanamaker Metric Mile for Women.  That 1500m race will also feature world champion Jenny Simpson, whom organizers announced last month.

More information on the Millrose Games can be found at www.armorytrack.com where there is also a video interview posted with Centrowitz.

Written by: Ryan Lamppa, Running USA

Every year since 2000, the year of U.S. distance running’s nadir, it has been more and more difficult to earn a spot in the Top 10 Moments of the Year. A performance that 5-7 years ago warranted a Top 10 rank now merits honorable mention, and 2011 was collectively one of the deepest years yet as U.S. distance runners continued their ladder of success with more World Championship medals, broken records and top performances on the track, roads and turf and in the mountains.The impressive 2011 performances by U.S. distance runners should serve as a springboard for the 2012 Olympic Games in London, and Team USA will likely have several true medal contenders at nearly every distance event and no distance medal(s) or near medals in London would be a surprise and a disappointment.

Bernard Lagat says he has some unfinished business at the upcoming Millrose Games. Photo: PhotoRun.net

One of the best American distance runners, Bernard Lagat, has big expectations for the upcoming Millrose Games in February. The annual event, which was once held in Madison Square Garden, is now moving to the Armory New Balance Track and Field Center.

The Kenyan-born Lagat says that his goal at the event is the 5,000m–specifically to take out Galen Rupp’s American record of 13:11.44.

“The 5,000 meters at the Millrose Games at the Armory is a race I’m really excited about,” Lagat admitted. “Galen [Rupp] broke my U.S. record so of course I have to try and get it back. I had a really good run at The Armory when I broke the U.S. two-mile record so I’m looking forward to coming back for another good run.”

Rupp broke Lagat’s record in Birmingham, England last year by a mere 6/100th  of a second.

Ray Flynn, the meet’s director, says the 5,000m will be one of the meet’s highlights. “It is very exciting to have Bernard continue his legacy at the Millrose Games,” said Flynn.

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Bernard Lagat will continue to run in Madison Square Garden. Photo: Jane Monti

NEW YORK — The 2012 United States indoor track season expanded with the announcement of a new meeting to be held here on January 28.  USA Track and Field (USATF) announced today that the first edition of the U.S. Open would be held in Madison Square Garden, and that double-Olympic medalist Bernard Lagat had committed to the meet.

The meet, which USATF said would include professional and high school events, keeps elite track and field in the Garden after the controversial decision by the Armory Foundation earlier this year to move the Millrose Games out of that venue and into the New Balance Track & Field Center at the Armory about seven miles north of the Garden in Washington Heights.  The Millrose Games, which will be held on February 11 for the 105th time, is not part of USATF’s three-meet Visa Championship Series, while the U.S. Open, New Balance Indoor Grand Prix in Boston (Feb. 4), and USA Indoor Championships in Albuquerque (Feb. 25-26) are.

Lagat, 36, won the Wanamaker Mile when the Millrose Games were at Madison Square Garden a record eight times.  The USATF press release sent today carefully avoids any mention of either the Wanamaker Mile or the Millrose Games, but credits Lagat as having “won eight 1-mile races in the Garden.”

“Madison Square Garden feels like home to me, and I am so happy to be coming back in 2012,” Lagat said through a statement.

In holding the U.S. Open, USATF will face the same problems they did when they funded the Millrose Games at the Garden: a quirky 145.5m banked track which makes running fast times all but impossible, trying to fill over 16,000 seats, and finding sponsorship to offset some of the estimated “$1 million a year” the New York Times said it costs to stage the meet at the Garden.

Nonetheless, USATF interim CEO Mike McNees sounded upbeat about the new meet.

“This will be a tightly scheduled meet featuring the ‘best of the best’ from past Garden meets while providing a fitting kick-off to the 2012 Olympic year,” he said through the release.  “We are excited about our partnership with The Garden and are especially glad that everyone from kids to families to VIPs will be able to access the meet.”

Ray Flynn, who directs the Millrose Games, said he was glad to see the USA indoor season grow, although it is still just a fraction of the size it was when Flynn competed as a miler in the 1980′s.  At that time, Flynn said, athletes would compete multiple times in the same week.

“We welcome having another meet in New York,” Flynn said in a brief telephone interview.  “It is exciting to expand the indoor season.  It could only help prepare the athletes for better performances at the Millrose Games.”

USATF said that the U.S. Open would be televised from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. on ESPN.

Lagat had been trying to win the race for the past three years.

Written by: Sharon Ekstrom
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Bernard Lagat and Jenny Simpson after winning the 2011 Fifth Avenue Mile. Photo: Jane Monti

NEW YORK — Bernard Lagat of Tucson, Ariz. and Jenny Simpson of Monument, Colo. won the 31st edition of the Fifth Avenue Mile here in humid, overcast conditions on Saturday. This double USA victory also marked the first time two Americans won the event since 2000.

Lagat, 36, out-kicked defending Fifth Avenue champion Amine Laalou of Morocco, crossing the finish line in 3:50.50, his fastest time here in four appearances at the race.  Laalou was second in 3:51.7, followed by David Torrence of San Francisco, Calif., who was sporting a freshly shaven mohawk and took third in 3:52.4.

The race heated up with Anthony Famiglietti, a former New Yorker and 3000m steeplechase specialist, throwing surges on the uphill in the second quarter as the men reached the halfway mark.  Jon Rankin of Seattle, Wash., slid into the lead at the three-quarter mark with Torrence and Lagat in tow. Rankin’s move was premature and he fell back into the pack.  As Laalou positioned himself for the final sprint, the race culminated in a finish where Lagat’s strategy of “relaxing” before breaking away in the last 100m proved successful. Rankin fell into sixth place and Famiglietti finished tenth.

Lagat’s win here was a long time coming. He finished second, fourth and second, in the past three consecutive years.

“To win this race was so important for me,” said the two-time Olympic medalist.  “I was thinking to myself I will come until I win this race.  And now, I’m going to keep coming. I won and it feels so good.  This was my time. I never really stopped training after Worlds. I wanted to be as ready (for this) as going into a big meet in Europe.”

Simpson, 25, the newly crowned 1500m world champion, took front and center at the start of the women’s elite race and had resolved to be the first to cross the line. But Hannah England of Great Britain, Morgan Uceny of Mammoth Lakes, Calif., and Sally Kipyego of Eugene, Ore. would not make it easy for her.

Despite Uceny’s early move to the front and Kipyego’s control of the field after the halfway point (Kipyego picked up the $1000 prime for leading at halfway), Simpson made up about ten meters on Kipyego in the final quarter to win her debut road mile race in 4:22.3. Kipyego just managed to hold off the charging England to capture second; both women were clocked in 4:22.6. Uceny, who was a favorite in the field fresh off her 1500m victory at the Diamond League Final in Brussels, finished sixth. Defending champion Shannon Rowbury finished seventh.

“I knew I needed to stick with the top and then with 100 meters or 200 meters to go really gun for the lead,” Simpson told reporters. “That’s what I did today and it was a successful race.”

Both Lagat and Simpson earned $5000 in prize money for their victories, part of a $30,000 total prize money purse.

The race pits Olympians against world champions.

Written by: Sharon Ekstrom
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Defending champion Shannon Rowbury seeks a repeat win in New York in the Continental Airlines Fifth Avenue Mile. Photo: PhotoRun.net

NEW YORK — The 2010 defending champions, Amine Laalou of Morocco and Shannon Rowbury of San Francisco, Calif., will take on a truly impressive roster that includes eight Olympians and four 2011 World Championship medalists at Saturday’s 31st Fifth Avenue Mile.  While Laalou and Rowbury failed to advance to the 1500m finals at the World Championships in Daegu, South Korea they will seek redemption on Fifth Avenue.

Headlining the women’s field is Rowbury, the two-time defending Fifth Avenue champion, 2009 World Championships 1500m bronze medalist, and second-fastest American miler of all time, who is excited to be back.

“I love the road mile because there is a level of adrenaline you get which is different from the track since it’s up close and personal,” Rowbury said in an interview Thursday at the fashionable 21 Club restaurant.  “Track tends to be very predictable, sometimes before the race, you already know how it plays out from lap-to-lap. For the Fifth Ave Mile, they do a great job. There’s a truck with your time, plenty of markers on the road and an unpredictability with a field of specialists from different distances.”

Despite training through an Achilles injury at the start of the racing season, Rowbury competed three months this summer in good health without much of a base, and proved she could still hang with the best in the world, such as the 2011 World Champion in the 1500m Jenny Simpson of Monument, Colo. This versatile runner has competed in the 800m, 1500m, 3000m, 5000m and the 3000m steeplechase where she is the American record holder and an Olympic finalist.

“Running the different distances exposes you to different race plans and different tactical scenarios,” said Simpson, who is also the reigning USA indoor champion at the mile and 3000m.  “On Saturday, you never know; you have Vessey and Montano who excel in the half-mile and you have girls doing longer distances.  It’s my first road race and will be an exciting experience to see how the transition will be.”

Rowbury and Simpson will be joined by 800m specialists Alysia Montano (2011 USA 800m Champion, fourth at World Championships 800m) and Maggie Vessey (sixth at the World Championships 800m), miler Morgan Uceny (2011 USA and Diamond League 1500m Champion) and Sally Kipyego (2011 silver medalist at the World Championships 10,000m).

Although a 10,000m runner now, Kipyego should not be ruled out in the mile.  She has a strong 4:27.19 mile personal best from her indoor track days at Texas Tech when she dominated the NCAA ranks.

“It blew my mind,” said Kipyego of her silver medal in Daegu.  “Ten months ago I didn’t think it was possible realistically, especially with such a strong Kenyan team; but at every meet I just got better at each stage and things were falling into place.”

While she followed up her championships performance in Zurich with a second-place personal best finish in the 5,000m (14:30.42), longer distances may be still fresh on her mind, but not something to affect her road racing debut on Saturday.

“This is exciting for me,” she said.  “A mile and 1500-meter is out of my comfort level and I feel challenged. And I like the challenge.”

From: NYRRmedia.org

A quartet of medalists from the recent IAAF World Championships—including the winners of gold and silver in the women’s 1500 meters—apparently haven’t had their fill of glitter. Jenny Simpson, Hannah England, Sally Kipyego, and Bernard Lagat lead a field of top professional athletes announced today for next Saturday’s Fifth Avenue Mile by New York Road Runners president and CEO Mary Wittenberg.

They will be competing for a total prize purse of $30,000, with the men’s and women’s winners each earning $5,000.

“After winning a World Championship medal, I can’t think of a more American place to return than New York City,” said Simpson, the 1500-meter gold medalist. “I want to share the excitement of my season with everyone who had touched my career in a positive way.”

To say that 2011 has been exciting for Simpson is an understatement, beginning with a double victory at 3000 meters and the mile at the USA Indoor Championships after missing most of last season with a stress reaction. Then, two weeks ago, a stunning 1500-meter victory in Daegu, South Korea, earned her the title of World Champion. At the bell, Simpson was in ninth place. With 200 meters remaining, the 25-year-old American had moved up to seventh before making a strong move, followed by Hannah England of Great Britain, to pick off everyone in front of her. (See the accompanying “5 Things You Should Know About Me”to learn more about Simpson.)

In a rematch of sorts, England is also set for New York. The silver medalist, 25, was a two-time NCAA Champion at Florida State University and the British AAA Champion at 1500 meters in 2010 and 2011.

Joining them will be Kipyego, 25, of Kenya, the new World Championship silver medalist at 10,000 meters. Kipyego is one of the best collegiate runners of all time, completing her career at Texas Tech tied with Suzy Favor-Hamilton for the most individual NCAA titles, with nine. Looking for her third consecutive win here will be 2009 and 2010 Fifth Avenue Mile winner Shannon Rowbury, 26, who brings a World Championship 1500-meter medal of her own: bronze, from 2009. The American was ninth at 1500 meters in the 2008 Olympic Games.

On the men’s side, Lagat returns to the Fifth Avenue Mile for his fourth attempt at breaking the tape after finishing second in 2010 and 2008 and fourth in 2009.

“I said I’m coming until I win it, so this year I’m going to win it and will be prepared for that,”said Lagat, 36, who took the silver medal at the World Championships 5000 meters earlier this month. “I’m going to be tough to beat in New York.”

He certainly has been tough to beat at New York City’s Millrose Games, where he holds the record with his eight victories in the Wanamaker Mile. The American record-holder in the 1500, 3000 and 5000 meters outdoors and 1500 meters, mile, 2-mile and 3000 meters indoors, Lagat’s newest World Championships medal brings his total from that event to four including double gold in 2007 at 1500 and 5000 meters. He is also a two-time Olympic medalist at 1500 meters, while running for his native Kenya.

Lagat will be challenged by a field that includes defending champion Amine Laalou of Morocco, 29, fifth at 800 meters in the 2009 World Championships; four-time U.S. 800-meter champion Nick Symmonds, fifth at that distance in the 2011 World Championships; Anthony Famiglietti, 32, a two-time Olympian in the 3000-meter steeplechase; and David Torrence, three-time U.S. 1-Mile Road Champion.

The Fifth Avenue Mile begins near East 80th Street and finishes at East 60th Street. The wheelchair and handcycle race will kick off the event at 9 a.m. After that, entrants will run in heats according to age and gender. The professional women’s race is scheduled to start at 12:50 p.m., followed by the professional men’s race at 1:05 p.m.

The complete lineups in alphabetical order, as of Sept. 13, are as follows:

MEN

A.J. Acosta, San Diego, CA, USA

Ben Bruce, Eugene, OR, USA

Kevin Chelimo, Eugene, OR, KEN

Abiyot Endale, Bronx, NY, USA

Anthony Famiglietti, Davidson, NC, USA

Ryan Gregson, AUS

Garrett Heath, Palo Alto, CA, USA

Christian Hesch, Hollywood, CA, USA

Amine Laalou, MAR

Bernard Lagat, Tucson, AZ, USA

Haron Lagat, Lubbock, TX, KEN

Boaz Lalang, Tucson, AZ, KEN

Will Leer, Eugene, OR, USA

Craig Miller, Madison, WI, USA

Kyle Miller, Austin, TX, USA

Jeff Riseley, AUS

Jeff See, Columbus OH, USA

Nick Symmonds, Eugene, OR, USA

David Torrence, San Francisco, CA, USA

WOMEN

Gabriele Anderson, Minneapolis, MN, USA

Hannah England, GBR

Maggie Infeld, Washington, D.C., USA

Ingvill Måkestad Bovim, NOR

Alysia Montano, Canyon Country, CA, USA

Sara Hall, Mammoth Lakes, CA, USA

Sally Kipyego, Eugene, OR, USA

Susan Kuijken, NED

Kaila Knight, AUS

Treniere Moser, Austin, TX, USA

Barbara Parker, GBR

Shannon Rowbury, San Francisco, CA, USA

Jenny Simpson, Monument, CO, USA

Diana Sujew, GER

Elina Sujew, GER

Maggie Vessey, Santa Cruz, CA, USA

Lea Wallace, Sacramento, CA, USA

At 21, Matt Centrowitz is now the owner of a world championship bronze medal. Photo: PhotoRun.net

He became the youngest American to ever medal in the 1500m event.

The managing editor of the Catholic Review, Paul McMullen, who is one of the Baltimore region’s track and field experts had this to say about Matt Centrowitz’s bronze medal in the 1500m at the World Championships: “It’s not Babe Ruth, Cal Ripken or Michael Phelps, but it’s one of the greatest local accomplishments in sports that I can ever remember.”

In the 1500m final, Centrowitz, a 21-year-old senior at the University of Oregon, came in behind legendary Kenyans Asbel Kiprop and Silas Kiplagat.

“I just wanted to stay patient,” Centrowitz told NBC Sports after the race. “I found myself in fifth with 200 meters to go and didn’t want to get boxed in, so I swung wide with 150 to go. I just kept pumping and kept fighting. I wanted it so bad.”

Centrowitz is now the youngest American to ever medal in the 1500m in either the world championships or the Olympics.

“The United States hasn’t been relevant in international track and field for a long time in terms of distance running,” said McMullen. “And you have to go back to Jim Ryun to find a U.S. runner who was ranked No. 1 among the top mile runners in the world. Bernard Lagat won it four years ago, but he was born and raised in Kenya.”

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American Bernard Lagat won the silver medal.

Mo Farah narrowly defeats American Bernard Lagat in the men's 5000m World Championship final. Photo: The Mirror.

After winning the 10,000m World Championship silver medal earlier in the week, Mo Farah said he was going to try to better his situation and grab gold in the 5,000m final. His statement proved to be true when he was the first runner to cross the finish line on Sunday. His winning time was 13:23.36.

“It was perfection,” said Dave Moorcroft, the former British 5000m record holder. “It was everything we hoped he could produce, that he didn’t quite produce in the 10,000m as brave as that was.”

Moorcroft was referring to Farah’s loss to relative unknown Ethiopian Ibrahim Jeilan who clocked a blazing 52-second closing lap in the 10,000m to narrowly defeat the Somali-born British runner.

“I learnt a lot from the 10K,” Farah noted. “I didn’t have anything left then. This time I did. I just had to go out there and try to relax; do what I did in the 10K but get it right this time.”

For More: Mirror

Written by: David Monti
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Jenny Barringer Simpson became the first American in 28 years to win 1,500m gold on Thursday. Photo: PhotoRun.net

DAEGU — On the sixth day of these 13th IAAF World Championships in Athletics here on Thursday, all eyes were on Samsung Diamond League event leader Morgan Uceny in the 1500m final in Daegu Stadium. Uceny, who has shown steady improvement in both her times and her racing skills this year was again wearing her necklace of colorful plastic beads, a good luck charm which for some reason she did not wear in the semi-finals where she had no trouble advancing.

But with about 550 meters left in the final, Uceny’s luck turned bad.  Kenya’s Hellen Obiri tripped and fell hard to the track.  Uceny was directly behind her, and instantly tumbled over Obiri, her quest for a medal dashed.

Photo Gallery: World Championships Day 6 Distance Highlights–Morning Session

Photo Gallery: World Championships Day 6 Distance Highlights–Evening Session

“You work so hard to get to a final, and you kind of feel like your opportunity was taken away from you for a stupid thing,” Uceny said fighting back tears.  ”It’s frustrating, but it happens.”

Ahead of the fall, the race was taking a far more positive turn for Uceny’s teammate, Jenny Simpson, the former University of Colorado steeplechaser.  Simpson had positioned herself perfectly in the slow-moving pack, and when the sprint for home began in earnest in the homestretch, she moved from fourth the first in the last 80 meters to take the first gold medal for an American woman in this discipline since 1983 when Mary Decker won the event at the inaugural edition of these championships in Helsinki.  It mattered not that Simpson’s time of 4:05.40 was the slowest winning mark in the history of these championships.

“The world championships is all about coming here and getting top-3,” Simpson said, dismissing a reporter’s assertion that the title was possibly less valuable because of the slow time.  ”So, I didn’t worry about time, I didn’t worry about anyone around me.  I worried about me, and I was first to the finish line tonight.”

Behind Simpson, Britain’s Hannah England also showed she has a strong sprint, running in the center of the track to take second.  Spain’s Natalia Rodríguez, who led the race going into the final turn and was disqualified in the 2009 edition of these championships for a foul after finishing first, got the bronze.  Two-time defending champion, Bahrain’s Maryam Yusuf Jamal, seemed to simply give up in the final sprint and finished last.

In the final of the men’s 3000m steeplechase, defending champion Ezekiel Kemboi exploded out of the penultimate turn and through the final water jump to win going away in 8:14.85.  He was so far ahead by the time he got to the finish line, he allowed himself to drift all the way over to lane 7 where he nearly stopped before shuffling over the finish line.  He immediately took off his singlet, then broke into dance, much to the delight of the crowd and the media.

“In the last 800 I think I was stronger,” Kemboi said in his Flotrack interview.  ”I never wanted to go to the front because I wanted to stay in the middle, see who goes to the front, then I go with him.”  He added: “In the last 200 meters I started to increase the pace.”

His teammate Brimin Kipruto, the 2008 Olympic champion, had to use all of his strength to hold off a powerful stretch run by France’s Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad who came from fifth place to nearly get silver, but fell slightly short, 8:16.05 to 8:16.09.  Mekhissi-Benabbad’s teammate and rival Bob Tahri faltered in the final sprint and finished fourth.

Bernard Lagat easily qualified for the 5,000m final. Photo: PhotoRun.net

In 5,000m qualifying this morning, 2007 world champion Bernard Lagat led all qualifiers with a fast 2:30.57 closing kilometer in the first heat  Lagat, 36, who had qualified at the USA Outdoor Championships to run both the 1,500m and 5,000m here but chose only the longer event here, clocked 13:33.90 ahead of Kenya’s Thomas Longosiwa (13:34.46) and Ethiopia’s Dejen Gebremeskel (13:34.48) in the first of two heats.  His teammate, Galen Rupp, who finished seventh in the 10,000m on Sunday night, finished fifth and also advanced.

“There were a bunch of us coming in at 150 and also at 100 (meters to go), and I decided to go,” said Lagat who had shaved the beard he had recently been sporting.  ”And I felt good, too.  I don’t feel like I used anything unnecessary, like kicking way too much and using up a lot of energy in there.  I didn’t feel like I did that.”

Kenenisa Bekele of Ethiopia, the defending champion from these championships in Berlin two years ago, did not start.

Britain’s Mo Farah, the silver medalist from the 10,000m here, controlled the pace in the second heat, then was edged in the final sprint by the 10,000m bronze medalist Imane Merga of Ethiopia, 13:37.96 to 13:38.03. Ethiopia’s Abera Kuma finished third.

“My legs are all right – I’ve had great medical support and great team spirit and yes I’m quite looking forward to the final,” Farah told U.K. Athletics.  ”I’ve got to go and rest now, get an ice bath and do every little bit I can to recover.”

Kenya’s Eliud Kipchoge, who won the 5000m title at these championships in Paris in 2003 when he was just 18, finished fourth behind Kuma and said that the heat was definitely a factor in Daegu.

“I thought it was good, but I feel a little bit tired because of it is hot, steamy, too hot.  Really hot.”

In women’s 800m qualifying, Kenya’s Janeth Jepkosgei was the first of four women to break two minutes in the third of five heats, clocking 1:59.36.  Russia’s Ekaterina Kostetskaya (1:59.61), United States’ Alysia Montano (1:59.62) and Britain’s Marilyn Okoro (1:59.74) were the others, and all advanced to Friday’s semi-finals.  Also advancing amongst the medal favorites were Britain’s Jenny Meadows, Jamaica’s Kenia Sinclair, Morocco’s Halima Hachlaf, Russia’s Mariya Savinova and South Africa’s Caster Semenya, the defending champion.

“It felt really easy and economical,” Meadows said after winning the first heat in 2:01.11.  ”Two-oh-one should do.  Tomorrow night’s going to be a big one just to qualify for finals.  There are more than eight great girls in the world this year.”

While most of the Jamaican fans focus on their talented sprinters, they should not overlook Kenia Sinclair for a possible medal in the 800 meters.  Sinclair, 31, has ten victories this year at 800m, 1500m and the mile, and has run sub-1:59 three times this season.  No Jamaican woman has ever made an 800m final at these championships.

“I’m just trying to focus on being in the finals,” Sinclair said, her chest still heaving from her race.  ”Just thinking positive things, only, and just put aside the (calf) injury I got.”

Sinclair was accidentally kicked in the calf during the 800m at the Meeting AREVA in Paris on July 8.  She was unable to finish that race.

In the men’s 1,500m semi-finals, Asbel Kiprop of Kenya and Matthew Centrowitz of the United States won their respective heats and advanced to Saturday’s final.  Nearly sent home was 2008 Olympic silver medalist Nick Willis of New Zealand who finished seventh in the second heat and grabbed the last of two time-qualifiers to the final.  Kenya’s Daniel Kipchirchir Komen, Ethiopia’s Deresse Mekonnen, Bahrain’s Yusuf Saad Kamel (the defending champion), Morocco’s Amine Laalou and America’s Leo Manzano were amongst the medal contenders who were eliminated.  Manzano strained a hamstring in the final sprint, and left the track with an ice bag taped to the back of his leg.

Middle and long distance action continues on Friday in Daegu Stadium with the women’s 800m semi-finals and the women’s 5000m final Kenya’s Vivian Cheruiyot hopes to win her second gold medal of these championships and successfully defend her title from Berlin two years ago.

Olympic medalists Bernard Lagat and Shalane Flanagan headline the U.S. contingent in Korea.

From: Running USA

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Eight reigning world champions will lead Team USA at the 2011 IAAF World Track & Field Championships in Daegu, Korea, August 27 to September 4. On the roster are a total of 19 World Championships medalists and 16 Olympic medalists. The IAAF World Championships are the third biggest global sporting event after the Olympic Games and FIFA World Cup, and the 13th edition will be the largest sports gathering on the planet in 2011.

More than 2,000 athletes from 200-plus national teams, 10,500 officials and volunteers, 4,000 media representatives, 500,000 spectators and an $80 million economic impact are expected at the host city, Daegu, which is located in the southeastern part of the Korean peninsula and has a population of approximately 2.5 million. In addition, more than $7 million in prize money will be awarded including $100,000 for a world record.

The Team USA distance squad is led by multi-World Championship medalist Bernard Lagat and 2008 Olympic 10,000m bronze medalist Shalane Flanagan. In 2009 Berlin, Lagat, 36, earned bronze and silver medals in the 1500m and 5000m respectively. In Daegu, the two-time Olympic medalist will run the 5000m, while Flanagan, 30, will contest her specialty the 10,000 meters.

The marathon course starts and finishes at the historic Gukchae-bosang Memorial Park in downtown Daegu and features two 15K loops followed by a final 12.195K lap (most of the previous 15K loop). The 26.2 mile course passes by some of the most scenic and famous Daegu attractions including Suseong Lake (twice).

At the most recent 2009 World Outdoor Championships in Berlin, Team USA won a total of 22 medals, well ahead of runner-up Jamaica (13). Of the 22 medals, 10 of them were gold for Team USA, which was also ahead of second place Jamaica (7). At the 2007 World Championships in Osaka, Japan, Team USA tied its own record from 2005 by winning a total of 14 gold medals and equaled the best ever for total medals won by an American team with 26.

Below is the U.S. distance team for the Worlds with racing schedules and U.S. medal(s) or best finish at the global championship:

MEN
1500 meters
Tuesday, August 30, 11:20am (heat)
Thursday, September 1, 7:55pm (semi)
Saturday, September 3, 8:15pm (final)

Matthew Centrowitz (Eugene, OR), 2011 USA & NCAA 1500m champion; 3:34.46 personal record (PR)
Leonel Manzano (Austin, TX), 2008 Olympian 1500m; 2005 & 2008 NCAA 1500m champion; 3:32.37 PR
Andrew Wheating (Eugene, OR), 2008 Olympian 800m; 2010 NCAA 800m and 1500m champion; 3:30.90 PR

Medals (4): Gold, Bernard Lagat, 2007 Osaka; Silver, Steve Scott, 1983 Helsinki; Bronze, Jim Spivey, 1987 Rome and Bernard Lagat, 2009 Berlin

3000 meter steeplechase
Monday, August 29, 10:40am (semi)
Thursday, September 1, 8:25pm (final)

Billy Nelson (Longmont, CO), 2011 USA 3000m Steeplechase champion; 2008 Olympian; 8:17.27 PR 
Dan Huling (Columbus, OH), 2010 USA 3000m Steeplechase champion; 8:13.29 PR
Ben Bruce (Eugene, OR), 2011 USA 3000m Steeplechase runner-up; 8:19.10 PR

Best Finish: 4th by Brian Diemer at 1987 Rome

5000 meters
Thursday, September 1, 10:05am (semi)
Sunday, September 4, 7:40pm (final)

Bernard Lagat (Tucson, AZ), 2007 world champion & 2009 World Championships silver medalist; set U.S. 5000m record (12:53.60) in July 2011
Galen Rupp (Portland, OR), 2008 Olympian 10,000m; 2009 NCAA 5000m champion; 13:07:35 PR
Andrew Bumbalough (Portland, OR), 4th at 2011 USA 5000m Championships; 13:16.77 PR

Medals (2): Gold, Bernard Lagat, 2007 Osaka; Silver, Bernard Lagat, 2009 Berlin

10,000 meters
Sunday, August 28, 7:30pm (final)

Galen Rupp (Portland, OR), 2009-11 USA 10,000m champion; 2008 Olympian; 27:10.74 PR, second fastest U.S. 10,000 all-time
Matt Tegenkamp (Portland, OR), 2008 Olympian at 5000m; 4th at 2007 World Championships; 2011 USA 10,000m runner-up; 27:28.22 PR
Scott Bauhs (Mammoth Lakes, CA), third 2011 USA 10,000m Championships; 27:48.06 PR

Best Finish: 6th by Dathan Ritzenhein at 2009 Berlin; 7th by Todd Williams at 1993 Stuttgart and Abdi Abdirahman at 2007 Osaka

Marathon (part of World Cup team competition / World Marathon Majors series)
Sunday, September 4, 9:00am

Nicholas Arciniaga (Flagstaff, AZ), 2011 Chevron Houston Marathon runner-up (2:11:30 PR)
Mike Morgan (Rochester Hills, MI), 2:14:55 PR
Sergio Reyes (Palmdale, CA), 2010 USA Marathon champion (2:14:02 PR)
Jeffrey Eggleston (Flagstaff, AZ), 2010 USA Marathon runner-up; 2011 Dick’s Sporting Goods Pittsburgh Marathon winner (2:16:40); 2:13:12 PR
Mike Sayenko (Bellevue, WA), 2:14:27 PR

Medals (2): Gold, Mark Plaatjes, 1993 Stuttgart; Bronze, Steve Spence, 1991 Tokyo

WOMEN
1500 meters
Sunday, August 28, 10:40am (heat)
Tuesday, August 30, 8:35pm (semi)
Thursday, September 1, 8:55pm (final)

Morgan Uceny (Mammoth Lake, CA), 2011 USA 1500m champion; 4:01.51 PR
Jenny Simpson (Colorado Springs, CO), 2008 Olympian in steeplechase and U.S. record holder; 3:59.90 PR
Shannon Rowbury (San Francisco, CA), 2009 World Championships bronze medalist; 2008-09 USA 1500m champion; 2008 Olympian; 4:00.33 PR

Medals (4): Gold, Mary Decker, 1983 Helsinki; Silver, Regina Jacobs, 1997 Athens and 1999 Seville; Bronze, Shannon Rowbury, 2009 Berlin

3000 meter steeplechase
Saturday, August 27, 10:35am (semi)
Tuesday, August 30, 9:20pm (final)

Emma Coburn (Boulder, CO), 2011 USA & NCAA Steeplechase champion; 9:37.16 PR
Bridget Franek (Eugene, OR), 2011 USA 3000m Steeplechase runner-up; 2010 NCAA champion; 9:32.35 PR
Stephanie Garcia (Charlottesville, VA), 4th 2011 USA Steeplechase; 9:41.12 PR

Best Finish: 5th by Jenny Barringer at 2009 Berlin

5000 meters
Tuesday, August 30, 10:20am (semi)
Friday, September 2, 8:25pm (final)

Molly Huddle (Providence RI), 2011 USA 5000m champion; U.S. record holder (14:44.76)
Amy Hastings (Mammoth Lakes, CA), 2011 USA 5000m runner-up; 15:14.31 PR
Lauren Fleshman (Eugene, OR), 2006 & 2010 USA 5000m champion; 14:58.48 PR

Medal: Gold, Mary Decker, 1983 Helsinki (3000m became 5000m in 1995)
Best 5000m Finish: 7th by Libbie Hickman at 1997 Athens and Jen Rhines at 2007 Osaka

10,000 meters
Saturday, August 27, 9:00pm (final)

Shalane Flanagan (Portland, OR), 2008 & 2011 USA 10,000 champion; 2008 Olympic 10,000m bronze medalist; U.S record holder (30:22.22); two-time Olympian
Kara Goucher (Portland, OR), 2011 USA 10,000 runner-up; 2008 Olympian and 2007 World Championships 10,000m bronze medalist; 30:55.16 PR (#3 U.S. all-time)
Jen Rhines (Mammoth Lakes, CA), third 2011 USA 10,000 Championships; three-time Olympian; 2002 USA 10,000m champion; 31:17.31 PR (#5 U.S. all-time)

Medal: Bronze, Kara Goucher, 2007 Osaka

Marathon (part of World Cup team competition / World Marathon Majors series)
Saturday, August 27, 9:00am

Kathy Newberry (Ann Arbor, MI), 2:35:23 PR
Alissa McKaig (Blowing Rock, NC), 2:37:39 PR
Colleen De Reuck (Boulder, CO), four-time Olympian; 2004 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials champion; 2:26:35 PR
Tera Moody (Colorado Springs, CO), fifth 2008 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials; 2:30:53 PR
Zoila Gomez (Alamosa, CO), fourth 2008 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials; 2:32:51 PR

Medal: Silver, Marianne Dickerson, 1983 Helsinki

Universal Sports and NBC to broadcast meet
The 2011 World Championships will be broadcast in the United States daily online at UniversalSports.com and via television on NBC and Universal Sports.

Go to universalsports.com for the complete Universal Sports schedule – online and television.

Watch on Television
All times Eastern; subject to change; check local TV listings.
Sat, Aug 27, 1:30pm – NBC
Sun, Aug 28, 12:30pm – NBC
Sat, Sept 3, 2:00pm – NBC
Sun, Sept 4, 1:30pm – NBC

For more World Championships information including the full Team USA roster by event and the media guide, visit: www.usatf.org