INDIANAPOLIS - Bridget Franek (Eugene, Ore.) has been named USA Track & Field’s Athlete of the Week after setting a 2,000m steeplechase American record of 6:19.09 at the Oregon Preview meet in Eugene on Saturday.Franek’s time eclipsed the previous American mark of...
Athletics Australia Chief Executive Officer Dallas O’Brien says that the Australian Sports Commission’s newly released Mandatory Sports Governance Principles are designed to strengthen the performance of national sporting organisations and that Athletics Australia welcomes the new criter...
INDIANAPOLIS - Occidental College announced an agreement with USA Track and Field (USATF) on Tuesday to host the 2013 USATF Oxy High Performance Meet on May 17, bringing a crop of the best middle distance runners
SARASOTA, Fla. - More than 3,600 runners and walkers took part in the 8th First Watch Sarasota Half Marathon & Relay, a 20 percent increase over record participation levels recorded in 2012. Evan Dehart, a 27-year-old from Jupiter, Fla., took a commanding lead from the start, winning
Athens Olympics 7th-place finisher Naoko Sakamoto (32, Team Tenmaya) held a retirement press conference Mar. 19 in Okayama. Smiling as she looked back on her career, she told the media, "I'm proud of having run Athens. The marathon was a part of me."
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