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Guelph’s Coolsaet runs with the best a world away - GuelphMercury
Mar 6th 2011, 6:04pm | Athlete Features
After spending a month in Iten, Kenya, marathoner and Olympic hopeful Reid Coolsaet believes he knows why Kenyans are the world’s fastest runners.And it has nothing to do with genetics. Nor is it race related.
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Erindale's Newest Speedster
Mar 5th 2011, 10:13pm | Athlete Features
Grade 9 student Oshay Lawes has started the track season with a bang bringing home gold medals from her first two meets. At the Hamilton Indoor Games at Copps Coliseum in February she came away with a first place finish in the Midget Girls high j... [Read More]
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Speed River marathoners to announce fall plans
Mar 1st 2011, 5:21pm | Athlete Features
Speed River marathoners to announce fall plansMarch 1, 2011By Mihira Lakshman
Three of Canada’s top marathoners will announce their fall racing plans Tuesday night at an event in Guelph, Ont. Reid Coolsaet, Eric Gillis and Rob Watson are all ... [Read More]
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E.L. Crossley's Karely Rempel Signs with UNC
Mar 1st 2011, 12:09pm | Athlete Features
According to Univesity of North Carolina coach Pete Watson on twitter E.L. Crossley standout Karely Rempel has signed a Letter of Intent to attend the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill this fall.@tarheeldistancePeter Watson
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Walter Dix sponsors track meet to boost next generation of Broward sprint stars
Feb 26th 2011, 1:30am | Athlete Features
Dix sponsors track meet to boost next generation of Broward sprint starsOlympic bronze medalist set to anoint new king, queen of 100 in Dix Invitational Saturday at Coral Springs HighBy Craig Davis, Staff Writer7:53 p.m. EST, February 24, 2011Walter... [Read More]
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Russia's Isinbayeva to skip European athletics championships | Sports | RIA Novosti
Feb 24th 2011, 6:51pm | Athlete Features
Russia's double Olympic pole vault champion Yelena Isinbayeva will not take part in the European Indoor Athletics Championships in Paris in March over illness, Russia's national head coach said."She has a virus disease, she's got flue. She skipped... [Read More]
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Murder Charges Against Sammy Wanjiru Dropped
Feb 23rd 2011, 8:52pm | Athlete Features
Wife of Kenyan Olympian Wanjiru drops murder chargeWed Feb 23, 2011 3:32pm GMT NYAHURURU, Kenya Feb 23 (Reuters Life!)- Kenya's Olympic marathon champion Samuel Wanjiru heaved a sigh of relief on Wednesday when his wife Triza Njeri withdrew her... [Read More]
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DECORATED PROS DONOHUE AND DiCRESCENZO JOIN KIMbia ATHLETICS - KIMbia Athletics
Feb 23rd 2011, 3:44am | Athlete Features
DECORATED PROS DONOHUE AND DiCRESCENZO JOIN KIMbia ATHLETICSWith World Championships and Olympics on the Horizon, Two of America's Most Identifiable Distance Athletes Tap KIMbia Athletics for Representation KIMbia Athletics is pleased to annou... [Read More]
Russell Brown is Wheating's partner in pace | Former Stanford standout Russell Brown trains with the ex-UO runner
Feb 22nd 2011, 10:47pm | Athlete Features
As the story goes, the two runners first met at the local Ben & Jerry’s ice cream shop in Hanover, N.H.It was the summer of 2006, and Russell Brown was back home after his redshirt sophomore season at Stanford.It had been a productive year f... [Read More]
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Deena Kastor gives birth to a baby girl
Feb 22nd 2011, 12:32pm | Athlete Features
Deena Kastor gives birth to a baby girlFebruary 22nd, 2011 2:48 am CT
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Felix continues to weigh 200/400m double option - IAAF Online Diaries
Feb 22nd 2011, 12:01pm | Athlete Features
Although she took the winter off from competition, three-time World 200m champion Allyson Felix has been busy in training, continuing to weigh her options of a 200/400m double at the US nationals later this summer. "Greetings! “Although I ... [Read More]
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OTC Elite’s Sally Kipyego hoping to make Kenyan national teams in 2011 (WCs), 2012 (Olympics)
Feb 22nd 2011, 9:17am | Athlete Features
Sally Kipyego said she is working toward a goal of running at the 2011 World Championships and the 2010 Olympic Games – for her native Kenya.Kipyego, who lives and trains in Eugene with Oregon Track Club Elite team, said she has applied for... [Read More]
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Mo Farah making full time switch to Salazar, Portland
Feb 18th 2011, 5:06pm | Athlete Features
FARAH SET FOR 'LITTLE BEIRUT' Double European champion Mo Farah today revealed he is switching coach and moving to a city nicknamed "Little Beirut" to boost his chances of Olympic glory in London.
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The Rise and Fall of Winter
Feb 18th 2011, 8:06am | Athlete Features
I won’t compare it to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy or the Challenger Disaster, but I do remember exactly where I was the first time I heard the name “Connor Winter.” It was a press box on the campus of Valor... [Read More]
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World Record Holder Eaton to Appear at Civil War
Feb 17th 2011, 7:47pm | Athlete Features
Fans can go cheer on the Ducks at the Civil War, get a photo and an autograph from a world record-holder and renew track and field season tickets (or purchase new season tickets) all in one convenient location this Saturday at Matthew Kn... [Read More]
A Dick Fosbury moment for Ashton Eaton? New shuffle technique is paying off in the shot put
Feb 17th 2011, 7:12pm | Athlete Features
Ashton Eaton was slogging through yet another frustrating shot put practice when, in disgust, he picked up an indoor shot and hucked it toward a wall.And when he did that, something clicked.
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A Brief Chat With Russell Brown | Runners World
Feb 17th 2011, 7:08pm | Athlete Features
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Nathan Loe signs with the University of Illinois
Feb 16th 2011, 3:36pm | Athlete Features
Loe, a senior at Woodland High School, Cartersville, GA, has been with Throw 1 Deep Track Club coached by Mike Judge for two years. On April 03, 2010, Nathan placed first at the U. S. Area Youth Olympic Selection Trials in Arlington, TX.Personal Rec... [Read More]
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That Special Someone
Feb 13th 2011, 6:34pm | Athlete Features
Eric Thompson, Oregon's Special Olympics athlete of the year, has embraced challenges while coping with autism... [Read More]
MARIA BERNARD CHOOSES TO PURSUE ATHLETICS AND ACADEMICS ON UBC VANCOUVER’S POINT GREY CAMPUS
Feb 13th 2011, 4:03pm | Athlete Features
VANCOUVER, BC -- The Thunderbirds' 2011 recruiting class just got even better this week as middle-distance runner Maria Bernard, of Bishop O'Byrne High School(Calgary, AB), said she's coming to UBC in the fall.
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Brent Vaughn: on Houston and Becoming a National Champion - KIMbia Athletics
Feb 13th 2011, 3:39am | Athlete Features
Brent Vaughn is the Colorado University school record holder for 5000m with his 13:18 from 2008. However, it was only just this week that he joined forebearers such as Dathan Ritzenhein, Alan Culpepper, Jorge Torres, and Adam Goucher as a US Nationa... [Read More]
Russell Brown joins the fray as a top U.S. miler
Feb 11th 2011, 12:36am | Athlete Features
Russell Brown has enjoyed the week.After his surprising win in the mile at the New Balance Grand Prix in Boston last weekend, the Oregon Track Club Elite member took a lot of phone calls from friends, answered lots of emails and did a few intervi... [Read More]
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Star Distance Runner Signed
Feb 10th 2011, 2:14am | Athlete Features
AJ del Valle is one of the top distance runners in the nation and the Miami, Fla. native will join the FSU track & field and cross country programs next year.Feb. 9, 2011... [Read More]
Drew Staskiewicz commits to Missouri
Feb 9th 2011, 6:08pm | Athlete Features
On February 8th, Drew Staskiewicz of Omaha, Nebraska signed a National Letter of Intent to attend the University of Missouri. Drew plans to major in Business Management while throwing hammer, weight, shot put and discus for the Tigers. At 6’ 4&rd... [Read More]
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