http://www.runnerspace.com/forum/index.php Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:56:50 -0600 10 http://www.runnerspace.com/members/photos/4/14257_full.jpg http://www.runnerspace.com/forum/index.php http://www.runnerspace.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=18062
http://www.elpasoinc.com/archive.asp?issueid=236

]]> Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:04:08 -0500 http://www.runnerspace.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=18062 http://www.runnerspace.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=16581 Is Elijah Greer going to be in the elite 800m. Oregonlive said that they talked to his coach and said that he was but he is not on the entries so I am wondering if he really is. If so it would be an awesome race to watch and see how he does! Tue, 02 Jun 2009 14:42:21 -0500 http://www.runnerspace.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=16581 http://www.runnerspace.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=16470 Details below:

Prefontaine Classic
07 JUN 2009 at TBA
Hayward Field

Price Type Price Level Qty Price Fee Cost
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Reserved West 2 28.50 2.00 61.00
Reserved

Seating:
Level Section Row Seat(s)
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W E 25 12-13

Contact: whague@aol.com]]> Wed, 27 May 2009 06:37:13 -0500 http://www.runnerspace.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=16470 http://www.runnerspace.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=16121 Wed, 29 Apr 2009 10:31:53 -0500 http://www.runnerspace.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=16121 http://www.runnerspace.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=15607 I can probably add some humour to start with. Here are some funny stories that I read somewhere.

A patient comes to a Dentist with a tooth pain.
Dentist : Two of you teeth are infected and we need to extract them.
Patient: How much will it cost?
Dentist: Seven hundred and fifty dollars for both.
Patient: What? Seven hundred and fifty dollars for 10 minutes of work?
Dentist: Well, if you like, I can pull them out slowly!

Here is another one:

Husband and wife have just left their home for camping.
Wife: We should turn the car back! I forgot to turn off the gas stove and it might burn our appartment!
Husband: It's okay, the apartment will not burn, I forgot to turn off the shower.

The last one:

A trial is in progress in the court room.
Lawyer: Your Honour, if a person has 18 criminal records he is not a criminal.
Judge: Then who is he?
Lawyer: He is a Collector.

Thanks for reading. I hope you enjoyed it.]]> Tue, 17 Mar 2009 19:33:41 -0500 http://www.runnerspace.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=15607 http://www.runnerspace.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=15616
http://www.iaaf.org/news/kind=100/newsid=49780.html

I know this happened just recently but thought it was weird it wasn't posted on any of the other sites.

A side note: In 2006 he beat Dwain Chambers in Birmingham, England. in the 100m.]]> Wed, 18 Mar 2009 18:51:08 -0500 http://www.runnerspace.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=15616 http://www.runnerspace.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=7273
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huh?]]> Fri, 06 Mar 2009 23:05:26 -0600 http://www.runnerspace.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=9565 http://www.runnerspace.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=9553 See the Complete Article here.








A little respect[b]
Jesse Williams is trying to bring more attention to U.S. high jumping[/b]
By Curtis Anderson

The Register-Guard

Posted to Web: Tuesday, Feb 24, 2009 11:42PM
Appeared in print: Tuesday, Feb 24, 2009, page C6

Jesse Williams is on a mission.

The 25-year-old high jumper is looking for respect for his event and a fair chance to make some money doing what he does best.

So far, despite becoming only the fifth American to clear 7 feet, 83/4 inches indoors at a meet in Slovakia two weeks ago, the nation’s top-ranked high jumper has been unable to do either in the U.S.

Williams, a native Californian, who moved to Eugene in the spring of 2007, in part to be closer to his girlfriend, UO heptathlete Kalindra McFadden, is frustrated at being overshadowed by other events.

And why not?

The 2008 Olympic Trials champion is ranked sixth in the world by Track & Field News magazine — his third straight top-10 ranking — and because none of the top American indoor meets included the high jump this season, he was forced to travel overseas to find sufficient competition to hone his skills.

His European tour began and ended in Sweden with five indoor meets in 16 days.

Williams achieved his personal best of 7-83/4 before a sold-out crowd of 3,000 at a high jump-only meet in Slovakia on Feb. 11 with hip-hop music blaring in the background.

“You get to pick your own music to jump to, and the crowd really gets into it,” Williams said. “It’s so much fun to be the center of attention for once, instead of a thousand things going on at a regular meet.”

Williams isn’t the only U.S. high jumper putting up stellar indoor performances this season.

Heading into the 2009 U.S. Indoor Track & Field Championships in Boston on Saturday, Tora Harris (7-71/4) and Andra Manson (7-7) have stamped themselves as legitimate contenders for the American title.

Those marks have received little or no attention in the mainstream U.S. media.

So, Williams took matters into his own hands when he recently launched a web page devoted to U.S. high jumping: usajumper.com.

It can be accessed via www.runnerspace.com. Williams has already used the site to blog his frustrations.

“(The) kind of year that … USA jumpers are having does not happen very often,” he wrote last week. “To get no respect over it is a slap in the face for all the work that we put into jumping!

“Anyways, I won’t keep my fingers crossed because I am probably certain that no matter how high we jump, and no matter what records or medals we win, it will always be overshadowed (by) other events, especially distance running.”

Williams was disappointed the high jump was not contested at the three major U.S. indoor meets this year — the Millrose Games in New York, the Reebok Boston Indoor Games and the Tyson Invitational in Fayetteville, Ark.

Those meets, plus the U.S. indoor championships, constitute USA Track & Field’s Visa Championship Series.

At the conclusion of the four-meet series, USATF will pay a bonus of $25,000 to the male and female athlete “whose single-best performance” earns the highest point total based on IAAF scoring tables.

Williams’ jump of 7-83/4 would have been worth 1,217 points on the IAAF chart if it had happened at one of the U.S. meets.

That’s second only to the 1,226 given to Terrence Trammell for his time of 7.45 in the 60-meter hurdles at the Millrose Games.

Now, the only way for Williams to surpass Trammell is if he jumps a PR of 7-91/4 at the U.S. indoor meet. He believes it’s unfair for high jumpers, and athletes in certain other events, to only get one shot at the bonus.

Williams is in Manhattan, Kan., this week to prepare for the U.S. indoor meet with his coach, Kansas State’s Cliff Rovelto.

His goal is to come back to Eugene with his first U.S. indoor title.

Grant Lindsey, the NCAA high jump runner-up for Kentucky last year with a PR of 7-5, has no doubts that Williams will walk away with the gold medal.

“Jesse is on fire,” said Lindsey, who left school and is currently living with Williams in Eugene. “He’s a shoo-in for the gold.”

No matter what happens in Boston, competing indoors is a means to an end for Williams.

“Honestly, the only thing I really care about with track this year is to get on the World Championship outdoor team and make the final (in Berlin),” Williams said. “If I can do that, I’m sure I’ll do well.”

Williams was considered a darkhorse medal contender at the Beijing Olympics last summer, but he failed to qualify for the final.

“I was definitely expecting big things there,” he said. “Then, all of a sudden, I’m walking out of the stadium with my head down. That’s motivation to keep training hard so I have enough confidence for 2012.”

In the meantime, he has a few other missions to accomplish.

]]> Wed, 25 Feb 2009 11:09:46 -0600 http://www.runnerspace.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=9553 http://www.runnerspace.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=9554 An Elite Athlete's Perspective on the Status of the Sport in the US
The following text is a letter (reprinted with permission and unedited) to USATF from an elite athlete. It provides an insight into the athlete's view of the sport and why change is needed.

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Hello Mr Logan,

As I sit back and look at all the transitions of power in USATF and read the findings of Project 30, I find myself still questioning the real benefit of being an "elite" athlete. First, let me address the title of "elite." What exactly is that label? Beginning with the intangibles, "Elite" athletes sacrifice time, effort, pride, sweat, tears, just to name a few. Tangibly, I can list from the weekly massages, agent and coaching fees, medical bills for injuries and rehab, traveling expenses, the list continues. And good luck if you don't have a shoe contract, which is the only consistent source of sponsorship in our sport. The shoe companies have so much control, athletes find themselves and their career at the beckon call of others when it should be vice versa.

Now if you were to actually take the numbers of all the athletes who you label "Elite" and complete a traditional ROI formula that any corporation/Individual (that's what we label ourselves on any 1040 form) would use, we would be considered a beyond the doubt statistical business failure. So how should we view things from our perspective? Statistically like any other business? Based on the average ROI of the USATF "Elite" athletes, collectively we are statistically an organized failure, who expenses outweigh the revenue.

It is time for change. I am still confused on how a non-profit organization runs a for-profit situation. We run to make money and pay our bills, not to raise money for the common good of the sport. That is no secret. As I prepare to make my trip to Indoor Nationals, I find it appalling that USATF has come up with a fixed amount of about $500.00 to give to the top 5 athletes in each event. What exactly is that covering? My hotel expenses, which total $500.00 after the $149.00/night rate, takes care of that, so I guess that leaves me to pay for my food, flight, and not to mention I have to pay for my coach who I have to fly in, board, and feed for the 3 days I am there. Again, aren't the top athletes the reason why advertisers pay for their TV ad spots during the broadcast or their name to be posted on the signage at the meet? Yet, we have to basically pay our own way to compete when we are the core reason for viewership, which is the core reason for the sponsorship USATF receives?

To put things in perspective, I am a 2007 World Champion, a 2008 Olympian, and I am currently under contract, and yes I am still far from happy with what I get back from this sport in which I put so much into on a daily basis. Let's not even talk about the athletes who aren't fortunate enough to even name a title or say that they have a shoe company contract. In other American professional sports, if you don't have a Championship Title it doesn't mean you can't pay your bills. Many people question the authenticity of our sport due to all the doping issues that arise. If you have only the people at the top making money and being successful, it forces the others to sink to depths that they shouldn't or usually wouldn't, just to make it. Now by no means do I condone doping or give athletes excuses in any way, but I do believe that USATF should look at its role in the downfall of our sport and see its non-direct contribution of poor structure adding to the pressure for an athlete to be on top.

We are still getting the short end of the stick. I am a professional by definition and I spend hours and hours perfecting what I do, and spend check after check to do it. When USATF gets these major sponsors, it is highly based on the ROI the sponsors get back from the High Performance division, yet athletes see little to nothing from it. We are a major reason why USATF has sponsors, we are the reason why agents and coaches have jobs, we are the reason why people spend money for merchandise and buy tickets to sit in the stands and what are we really getting back? Simply put, we are getting pimped by the system. Let's not mention the 401k and pension plans that do not exist, which means our sport can't even give us any means for our future as any other career would. But then again, if I was to stick to the verbiage provided, track & field would be a mere hobby of mine, where I am considered an amateur as in intramural sports. So please tell me, should I not expect professional business components because technically I am not participating in a professional for-profit business? Maybe I am the one who fails to see that based on the current structure of the sport of USA Track & Field, I am getting what you can give.

Well let me be one of the many "elite" athletes to say it is time for a for-profit division to be separated from a non-profit organization and management structure. It's time for professionalism. It's time for the sport of Professional Track & Field to emerge. You came from a sports league background, so you know the shortcomings of this current structure and you know the opportunities that will come with change. I might not be able to reap the benefits, but I am praying that the athletes that follow our footsteps won't have to face the short comings of our sport that we have to face today.

In closing, how long will the athletes have to continue to suffer? Major changes have to be made, and it can start from you. I am here ready and willing to help in any way as I am sure many other athletes are. I have a Masters degree in Communications, I've worked in corporate america. I want to be a part of making a serious change for our sport and making it a profitable business for all involved. We can create not only more opportunity for athletes to be successful, but our sport as a whole. I have ideas. I have a plan to propose. The WBNA took their chance. So can we. I am asking for your ear and time for me to discuss my thoughts for our sport. I look forward to hearing from you.

Thank you,]]> Wed, 25 Feb 2009 11:11:40 -0600 http://www.runnerspace.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=9554 http://www.runnerspace.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=9549
Click here for complete performance lists

60
1. Hyman, Kemar King College 6.73
1. Nabors, Johnnie Union (Ky.) 6.76

200
1. Miller, Ramon Dickinson St. 21.42
2. Moseley, Marissa Oklahoma Baptist 24.74

400
1. Miller, Ramon Dickinson St. 47.14
1. Moseley, Marissa Oklahoma Baptist 55.87

600
1. Vazquez, Sam Embry-Riddle 1:19.79
2. Montgomery, Brittany Oklahoma City 1:31.70

800
2. Biwott, Purity Wayland Baptist 2:11.00

1000
1. Rono, Aron Azusa Pacific 2:24.80

3000
3. Melhorn, Aaron Malone 8:17.64

3000 Race Walk

1. Wiseman, Josh Cedarville 12:50.24




NAIA Cross Country / Track Championships]]> Mon, 23 Feb 2009 18:03:21 -0600 http://www.runnerspace.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=9549 http://www.runnerspace.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=9546
Discuss.]]> Sun, 22 Feb 2009 23:36:23 -0600 http://www.runnerspace.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=9546 http://www.runnerspace.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=9543 I just heard that Georgia Tech jumper Jerome Miller is now ineligible for the rest of the season. Anyone heard anything? Wed, 18 Feb 2009 00:00:06 -0600 http://www.runnerspace.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=9543 http://www.runnerspace.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=9530
Click here for our Millrose Games Site
Click here for TrackShark.com's Millrose Coverage
Click here to go to the official Millrose Games Site]]> Fri, 30 Jan 2009 16:33:39 -0600 http://www.runnerspace.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=9530 http://www.runnerspace.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=2755 Hey what are the chances that the OTC Elite would promote themselves with a calendar? I would kill for Nick Symmonds on my wall for all of February followed by Sean Graham in August.. Oooooo! Tue, 16 Dec 2008 22:21:31 -0600 http://www.runnerspace.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=2755 http://www.runnerspace.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=3160
http://www.atra.ws/index.html

]]> Sat, 20 Dec 2008 05:48:29 -0600 http://www.runnerspace.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=3160 http://www.runnerspace.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=2058 Results can be found here.

- Adams State Early Bird Open
- Black Hills State Winter Classic
- Bowdoin vs Southern Maine
- Fordham Christmas Classic
- Harvard Open
- Idaho State Tie-Dye Meet
- Kansas State All-comers
- Kansas State Carol Robinson Winter Pentathlon
- Maryland Eastern Shore Lid Lifter]]> Mon, 08 Dec 2008 19:26:41 -0600 http://www.runnerspace.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=2058 http://www.runnerspace.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=867 http://www.runnerspace.com/news.php?do=view&news_id=4414
Photos - http://www.runnerspace.com/eprofile.php?do...er_id=307#photo]]> Sat, 22 Nov 2008 17:13:22 -0600 http://www.runnerspace.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=867 http://www.runnerspace.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=722
Women's 6k Race - 12:08 pm (Approximately)
Men's 10k Race - 12:48 pm (Approximately)]]> Mon, 17 Nov 2008 18:34:44 -0600 http://www.runnerspace.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=722 http://www.runnerspace.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=897 http://www.runnerspace.com/eprofile.php?do...er_id=308#photo]]> Sun, 23 Nov 2008 06:37:48 -0600 http://www.runnerspace.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=897 http://www.runnerspace.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=865
Enjoy!

http://www.runnerspace.com/photos.php?do=a...p;album_id=1393]]> Sat, 22 Nov 2008 15:56:52 -0600 http://www.runnerspace.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=865 http://www.runnerspace.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=241
Results - http://www.runnerspace.com/news.php?do=vie..._id=3924#mwhite
Video - http://www.runnerspace.com/video.php?do=vi...p;video_id=7289
Photos - http://www.runnerspace.com/eprofile.php?do...mp;event_id=473

]]> Sat, 18 Oct 2008 15:06:26 -0500 http://www.runnerspace.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=241 http://www.runnerspace.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=705 Results to these meets can be found here.

11/22/08 - IC4A & ECAC Championships (Bronx)
11/22/08 - NAIA Championships (Kenosha, Wisconsin)
11/22/08 - NCAA Division II Championships (Slippery Rock)
11/22/08 - NCAA Division III Championships (Hanover College)
11/22/08 - CCCAA Championships
11/24/08 - NCAA Division I Championships (Indiana State)]]> Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:06:27 -0600 http://www.runnerspace.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=705 http://www.runnerspace.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=406 Click here for RESULTS to these meets.

11/15/08 - NCAA Division I Great Lakes Region Championships (Purdue)
11/15/08 - NCAA Division I Mid Atlantic Region Championships (Princeton)
11/15/08 - NCAA Division I Midwest Region Championships (Oklahoma State)
11/15/08 - NCAA Division I Mountain Region ChampionshiC30ps (Colorado State)
11/15/08 - NCAA Division I Northeast Region Championships (Van Cortlandt Park, NY)
11/15/08 - NCAA Division I South Region Championships (Tennessee)
11/15/08 - NCAA Division I South Central Region Championships (Baylor)
11/15/08 - NCAA Division I Southeast Region Championships (Wake Forest)
11/15/08 - NCAA Division I West Region Championships (Stanford)]]> Mon, 10 Nov 2008 18:52:24 -0600 http://www.runnerspace.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=406 http://www.runnerspace.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=371 ]]> Mon, 03 Nov 2008 18:16:56 -0600 http://www.runnerspace.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=371 http://www.runnerspace.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=346 Fri, 31 Oct 2008 20:07:37 -0500 http://www.runnerspace.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=346 http://www.runnerspace.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=330 Click here for RESULTS to these meets.

- ACC Championships (North Carolina)
- America East Championships (UMBC)
- Atlantic Sun Championships men | women (Macon, GA)
- Atlantic 10 Championships (Charlotte)
- Big East Championships (Bronx, NY)
- Big Sky Championships (Portland State)
- Big South Championships (Liberty)
- Big Ten Championships (Michigan)
- Big 12 Championships (Iowa State)
- Big West Championships (Riverside, CA)
- CAA Championships (George Mason)
- Conference USA Championships (Memphis)
- Horizon League Championships (Green Bay, WI)
- Ivy League Heptagonal Championships (Bronx, NY)
- MAAC Championships (Lake Buena Vista, FL)
- MAC Championships (Ypsilanti, MI)
- Missouri Valley Conference Championships (Springfield, MO)
- Mountain West Conference Championships (San Diego State)
- Northeast Conference Championships (Holmdel, NJ)
- Ohio Valley Championships (Cape Girardeau, MO)
- Patriot League Championships (Bethlehem, PA)
- Pac-10 Championships (Springfield, OR)
- SCIAC Championships
- SEC Championships (Starkville, MS)
- Southern Conference Championships (Spartanburg, SC)
- Southland Conference Championships (Nacogdoches, TX)
- Sun Belt Championships (Bowling Green, KY)
- SUNYAC Championships (Geneseo)
- WAC Championships (Las Cruces, NM)]]> Mon, 27 Oct 2008 13:35:46 -0500 http://www.runnerspace.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=330 http://www.runnerspace.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=261 Click here for RESULTS to these meets.
- Air Force Open
- Atlantic Sun Championships men | women (Macon, GA)
- Berry College Southeast Classic
- Boston College Mayor's Cup
- Cal State Fullerton Titan Invitational
- CACC Championships (Belmont Plateau)
- CCAA Championships (San Bernadino, CA)
- Central Connecticut State Mimi Meet
- Conference Carolinas Championships (Belmont)
- Eastern Michigan Fall Classic
- East Coast Championships
- Illinois Illini Open
- Northeast-10 Championships (Saint Michael's College)
- Northern Sun Championships (Aberdeen, SD)
- Oregon State Beaver Classic
- Pacific West Championships (Hilo, HI)
- Peach Belt Championships
- Rocky Mountain Championships (Grand Junction, CO)
- South Atlantic Championships
- Sunshine State Championships
- WVIAC Championships (Wheeling Jesuit)]]> Mon, 20 Oct 2008 14:19:02 -0500 http://www.runnerspace.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=261 http://www.runnerspace.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=245
He looked pretty fit in his race today...
http://www.runnerspace.com/eprofile.php?do...p;video_id=7305

]]> Sat, 18 Oct 2008 22:38:03 -0500 http://www.runnerspace.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=245 http://www.runnerspace.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=237 http://www.runnerspace.com/eprofile.php?do...mp;folder_id=-2]]> Sat, 18 Oct 2008 08:40:22 -0500 http://www.runnerspace.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=237 http://www.runnerspace.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=198

Oregon Release - http://www.runnerspace.com/news.php?do=view&news_id=3911
Mike Hodges Event page - http://www.runnerspace.com/MikeHodgesInvite
Pre-Nats Event page - http://www.runnerspace.com/PreNationals-D1]]> Thu, 16 Oct 2008 07:50:19 -0500 http://www.runnerspace.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=198 http://www.runnerspace.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=188 Click here for RESULTS to these meets.

- Albany Invitational
- Appalachian State Covered Bridge Invitational
- Arkansas Chile Pepper Festival
- Bowling Green Falcon Invitational
- Cal Poly Invitational
- Delaware Blue Hen Classic
- Evansville Invitational
- Idaho State Invitational
- Iona vs Manhattan
- Knox College Invitational
- Loras College Dr. Tucker Invitational
- Manchester College Invitational
- Mike Hodges Invitational
- NCAA Division I Pre-Nationals (Indiana State)
- Oglethorpe Invitational
- Penn State National Invitational
- Princeton Invitational
- Santa Clara Bronco Invitational
- SCIAC Multi Dual Meet
- Spokane Bigfoot Open
- Stetson Hatter Invitational]]> Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:35:55 -0500 http://www.runnerspace.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=188 http://www.runnerspace.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=118 Click here for RESULTS to these meets

- All-Ohio Championships
- Arizona State Invitational
- Disney World Invitational
- Great American Cross Country Festival
- Greensboro Invitational
- Kansas Fort Hays Invitational
- Metropolitan Championship (Iona)
- New England Championship (Franklin Park, MA)
- Ripon College Invitational
- San Francisco State Invitational
- UC San Diego Triton Invitational]]> Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:22:35 -0500 http://www.runnerspace.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=118 http://www.runnerspace.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=93 iijiivei]]> Sun, 05 Oct 2008 17:55:09 -0500 http://www.runnerspace.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=93 http://www.runnerspace.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=80 Sun, 05 Oct 2008 00:15:35 -0500 http://www.runnerspace.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=80 http://www.runnerspace.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=68
Bill Dellinger Site

Course Map Videos (Men) (Women)
2008 Interviews
2007 Highlight Videos and Interviews]]> Fri, 03 Oct 2008 07:21:10 -0500 http://www.runnerspace.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=68 http://www.runnerspace.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=61 Click here for RESULTS to these meets

- Arizona State Invitational
- Auburn Invitational
- Colorado Rocky Mountain Shootout
- Emporia State Jock's Nitch Invitational
- FLRunners.com Invitational
- George Mason Invitationa
- Greater Louisville Classic
- Lehigh Paul Short
- Lenoir Rhyne Open
- Louisville Classic
- Metropolitan Championships (Iona)
- Montana Invitational
- Notre Dame Invitational
- Oklahoma State Cowboy Jamboree
- Oregon Bill Dellinger Invitational
- Paul Short Invitational
- Texas Luthern Invitational
- Towson Invitational
- UC Davis Doc Adams Invitational]]> Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:08:42 -0500 http://www.runnerspace.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=61 http://www.runnerspace.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=54 Click here for RESULTS for these meets

- Augusta State Jaguar Invitational
- Bryant Invitational
- Cedarville Open
- Chicago Sean Earl Lakefront Invitational
- Connecticut College Invitational
- East Carolina Invitational
- Florida State Invitational
- LSU XC Festival
- Mercer Invitational
- Minnesota Roy Griak Invitational
- Southern Illinois Saluki Invitational
- Southern Miss Invitational
- Stanford Invitational
- UC Riverside Invitational
- William & Mary Inter-Regional Invitational]]> Mon, 22 Sep 2008 18:11:10 -0500 http://www.runnerspace.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=54 http://www.runnerspace.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=51
This year’s awards will be presented December 6 at the Jesse Owens Awards and Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, held at the Silver Legacy Resort in Reno, Nev. The ceremony is held in conjunction with USA Track & Field’s 2008 Annual Meeting in Reno, December 3-7.

The Jesse Owens Award was established in 1981 as a tribute to the man whose accomplishments are forever enshrined in sports history. It is USA Track & Field’s highest accolade, and is presented annually to the individuals selected through a nominating and voting procedure as the outstanding American performers of the year in Athletics.

The candidates for the 2008 Jesse Owens Awards are listed in alphabetical order, followed by their accomplishments in 2008:

Men

Bryan Clay

* Olympic gold medalist in decathlon (8,791), becoming first American since 1996 to win the Olympic title
* Won Olympic crown by a dominating 264 points
* Olympic Trials champion in decathlon (8,832PR), breaking meet record held by Dan O’Brien (8,726)
* Clay’s point total in Eugene was the best by an American in 16 years and the best in the world in four years
* Won Olympic Trials by 298 points

Walter Dix

* Olympic bronze medalist in 100 (9.91PR) and 200 (19.98)
* Olympic Trials 200m champion (19.86), 2nd in 100 (9.80w)
* Second-fastest man in the world in 2008 at 200m
* NCAA 200m champion (20.40)

LaShawn Merritt

* Won the three biggest titles of outdoor season at 400m:
o Olympic Games (43.75, World Leader, PR), winning by .99 seconds
o Olympic Trials (44.00)
o World Athletics Final (44.50)
* Posted four of seven fastest times in the world
* Recorded major international wins at Lausanne (43.98), Berlin (44.03), and Nike Prefontaine Classic (44.65)

Angelo Taylor

* Won Olympic gold in the 400m hurdles (47.25PR) and 4x400m (2:55.39 second log).
* The 2000 Olympic gold medalist, Taylor duplicated a feat accomplished previously by Edwin Moses, winning Olympic 400m hurdles titles eight years apart
* Posted two of the three fastest 400m hurdles times in the world in 2008
* 1st at Zurich (48.07)
* Third-fastest man in 2008 at 400m flat (44.38)



Women

Stephanie Brown-Trafton

* Olympic gold medalist in women’s discus (64.74), winning first U.S. gold in the event since 1932
* 1st at Salinas (66.17m/217-1PR), the best mark by an American in 2008 and #3 in the world
* Posted domestic wins at Nike Prefontaine Classic (63.50m/208-4), La Jolla (64.32/211-0), Maui (64.05/210-1), Palo Alto (63.30/207-9) and Modesto (63.29/207-7)
* Had three of the top four marks by an American in 2008

Shalane Flanagan

* Olympic bronze medalist in 10,000m (30:22.22), winning only the second medal ever by an American in the event and the first since 1992.
* Olympic performance came just days after being seriously ill
* Twice set American record at 10,000m, first in the 10,000m lifetime debut at the Payton Jordan Invitational (30:34.49) and again in Olympic Final
* Olympic Trials Champion (31:34.81); 3rd in 5,000m at Olympic Trials (15:02.81)

Hyleas Fountain

* Olympic silver medalist in heptathlon (6,619 points), becoming only American woman other than Jackie Joyner-Kersee to win an Olympic medal in the event
* Olympic Trials champion (6,667PR)
* Her time of 12.65 in the 100 hurdles during Olympic Trials heptathlon competition was an American record, Olympic Trials record and USA National Championships record for the women’s hep 100H, breaking three separate marks owned by Joyner-Kersee
* Also at the Olympic Trials, she won five of seven events and posted five event personal bests as well as her overall personal-best score
* Decastar champion in Talence (6473), winning 2008 IAAF World Combined Events Challenge
* Came within 2 cm of Olympic Team in long jump, placing fourth in Olympic Trials (6.70m/21-11.75)
* Posted two of top three heptathlon point totals in the world in 2008

Lolo Jones

* Olympic Trials Champion in 100m hurdles (12.29w), the second-fastest time under any conditions in history
* Olympic Trials semifinal time of 12.45 was world leader to date
* Improved world leader to 12.43 in Olympic semifinal; was seventh in Olympic final after hitting ninth hurdle
* Ran two fastest times in the world outdoors in 2008
* Major international outdoor wins in Zurich (12.56), London (12.58), Ostrava (12.68), Hengelo (12.87)
* Second at World Athletics Final (12.56)
* World Indoor Champion (7.80) and USA Indoor champion (7.88)
* Indoor Visa Champion as top performer of Visa Championship Series

Sanya Richards

* Olympic Trials champion in women’s 400m (49.89)
* Olympic bronze medalist (49.93)
* Won 200 (22.50) and 400 (50.41) at World Athletics Final, becoming first person to achieve the feat
* Won third consecutive 400m title at World Athletics Final
* Major international victories at Nike Prefontaine Classic (50.10), Reebok Grand Prix (50.04), Zurich (49.74), Athens (49.86), Stockholm (50.38)
* Posted seven of eight fastest times by an American in 2008

Jenn Stuczynski

* Olympic silver medalist in women’s pole vault (4.80m/15-9)
* World Indoor silver medalist (4.75m/15-7, indoor PR)
* Twice set American record outdoors, including at the adidas Track Classic (4.90m/16-0.75) and at Olympic Trials (4.92m/16-1.75; #2 woman all-time)
* Olympic Trials champion, breaking American record, Olympic Trials record and USA All-Comers records
* Outdoor Visa Champion as top performer of Visa Championship Series
* USA Indoor champion (4.70m/15-5)
* Posted top 6 marks by an American outdoors in 2008
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- Buffalo Stampede
- Calvin College Knight Invitational
- Cedarville Invitational
- Central Connecticut State Ted Owen Invitational
- Colorado College Invitational
- Darton Invitational
- Delaware Invitational
- Florida Mountain Dew Invitational
- Hawaii Big Wave Invitational
- Illinois Intercollegiates
- Iona Br. Doyle Meet of Champions
- Iowa State Open
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- Lagrange Inivtational
- Liberty Big South Preview
- Limestone Invitational
- Mississippi State Invitational
- Missouri Southern Stampede
- Montana State Invitational
- National Catholic Championships (Notre Dame)
- Nebraska Invitational
- New Mexico State Invitational
- New York University Invitational
- North Dakota Ron Pynn Invitational
- Quinnipiac Invitational
- Tennessee Invitational
- Texas Tech Red Raider Invitational
- UMass Dartmouth Invitational
- UW Parkside Midwest Open
- Vanderbilt Commodore Classic
- Virginia Tech Invitational
- Washington Sundodger Invitational
- Western Kentucky Old Timers Classic
- Westmont Invitational
- Willamette Grass Course
- Winthrop Invitational]]> Mon, 15 Sep 2008 15:46:26 -0500 http://www.runnerspace.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=47 http://www.runnerspace.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=50 http://www.runnerspace.com/news.php?do=view&news_id=3700]]> Sat, 20 Sep 2008 15:20:24 -0500 http://www.runnerspace.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=50 http://www.runnerspace.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=44 Click here for the RESULTS to these meets.

- Berry College Invitational
- Bowling Green Mel Brodt Invitational
- Bradley Open
- Brockport Invitational
- Central Florida Black and Gold Invitational
- Central Missouri Mule Run
- Central Washington Invitational
- Charlotte Bojangles Invitational
- Coastal Carolina Invitational
- Colorado State Classic
- Dartmouth Invitational
- Fairfield Invitational
- Iona vs Harvard
- James Madison Invitational
- Lehigh vs Lafayette
- Lock Haven Invitational
- Memphis Twilight Classic
- Michigan State Spartan Invitational
- Missouri Challenge
- Navy Invitational
- NC State Wolfpack Invitational
- North Carolina Challenge
- Northern Illinois Huskie Open
- Portland Pier Park Invitational
- Princeton Old Nassau Run
- Sacramento State Hornet Jamboree
- San Diego State Aztec Invitational
- St. Francis Invitational
- South Alabama Azalea City Classic
- Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Invitational
- UTEP Lori Fitzgerald Invitational
- UW-Whitewater Invitational]]> Fri, 12 Sep 2008 19:07:19 -0500 http://www.runnerspace.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=44 http://www.runnerspace.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=38 Probably not...but maybe. my friend ian says almost certainly. hmm whatcha guys think. Mon, 08 Sep 2008 15:52:10 -0500 http://www.runnerspace.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=38 http://www.runnerspace.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=30
Here is the video link - http://www.runnerspace.com/video.php?do=vi...p;video_id=6693

I don't even know what to say...]]> Sat, 06 Sep 2008 18:45:42 -0500 http://www.runnerspace.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=30 http://www.runnerspace.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=14 Pre's Trail Run Alton Baker Park, Eugene, Ore. 6:00 PM]]> Thu, 04 Sep 2008 16:18:15 -0500 http://www.runnerspace.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=14 http://www.runnerspace.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=28 http://www.iaaf.org/GLE08/timetable/eventC...3918/index.html
Start Lists - http://www.iaaf.org/GLE08/entrylists/event...3918/index.html
Results - http://www.iaaf.org/gle08/results/eventcode=3918/index.html

Live video on Trackshark - http://www.trackshark.com/videos/2008/goldenleague/

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