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A high school track athlete was killed Thursday in Illinois. It is an unfortunate reminder of the danger of lightning, even if it appears it is nowhere near. The post in the story appeared on one of our sister MileSplit sites.
Equity in Athletics, Inc. (“EIA”) announced today it has filed a lawsuit in United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia seeking to set aside the so-called “three-part test” utilized by the Department of Education (“DOE”) to determine compliance with Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. The case is Civil Action No. 5:07-0028 before Judge Glen E. Conrad.
Jose Larios, who has been the cross country and track coach at Warner Southern College the past six years, will be the new cross country and track coach at Florida Southern College. Larios will succeed longtime Moccasin coach A.L. "Buck" Dawson, who is retiring at the end of the current school year.
Under Dawson, the Moccasin cross country program has dominated the Sunshine State Conference. The men's team has won the last 10 SSC championships and the women's team has won six SSC titles, including last fall's. Both teams qualified for their respective NCAA Division II Championships last fall, with the women finishing 15th and the men 20th.
March 19, 2007 – Potomac Valley Association USATF Officials Clinic at Salisbury University, Salisbury, MD -- 12 noon to 5 pm -- combination classroom and hands-on instruction open to new officials as well as those wishing to be recertified. Cost: $20. Participants will need to fill out a registration form and do a take home test. Pictures will be taken for credentials. Participants are not limited to the PVA boundaries. Contact Bill Price at drbillprice@yahoo.com for more information. You can also check http://www.usatf.org/assoc/pva/index.html for updates and information.
The National Training Center will host the second annual Hills-of-Lake County Cross Country Relays on Saturday, December 16, beginning at 9 a.m.
BorderWar Sports, organizers of the new BorderChallenge National XC Championship, has just announced the locations of six of the ten regional championship venues, as well as the national championship meet.
Plenty of hype and excitement surrounds this weekend\'s third annual Nike Team Nationals, as the most of the nation\'s best teams will go head-to-head. But not everyone is thrilled with the names on the entry list. Several very legitimate contenders for some of the top positions in the national meet will get no closer to the action than the live webcast on their computer screen. Next year, however, there will be another choice.
Watch the nation\'s top high school running teams compete head-to-head at Portland Meadows from the comfort of home computer.
Night Race Pumps Up the Volume with Live Performances by Young MC, Vanilla Ice, Digital Underground, Coolio and De La Soul.
REGISTER NOW at nikerunhitremix.com for the 5 Mile run on December 14th at 8:00PM in Miami Beach. Don\'t miss out!
BURSA, Turkey - Richmond freshman Andrew Benford (Ravenswood, WV) finished 12th at the World Junior Mountain Running Championships on Sunday, leading Team USA to its best finish in the 22-year history of the event.
The National Training Center will be hosting the NACAC (North America/Central America/Caribbean) Cross Country Championship this weekend at the world class Track and Field Complex located in Clermont, Florida.
Huskies In Top-15 at USA Cross Country Championships Tyler, Strong each place 13th; UW signee Huber finishes 30th. NEW YORK CITY - Washington freshman Tori Tyler and assistant coach Kelly Strong each earned top-15 finishes Saturday at the 2005 USA Cross Country Championships in New York City\'s Van Cortlandt Park. Tyler and Strong are among four Huskies competing at the two-day event, which serves as both the national championships and the world championships team trials.
The Running Clinic of Champions provides boys and girls, coaches, and adult runners the opportunity to receive tips, training methods, and experience \"hands on\" drills from All-Americans, world record holders, and elite coaches. The clinic is designed to improve speed, endurance, running form, technique in field events, and quickness in any sport.
The meet director was unable to salvage the Nashville Track Classic. From my understanding there was just not enough entries to justify having the meet. I was told they will try to host the meet again in a year or so.
Track Squads Shine Alongside Olympians at Indoor Preview 1/14/2006 Olympians and NCAA Champions highlighted the fields Saturday at the UW Indoor Preview track and field meet at Seattle\'s Dempsey Indoor, but it was Washington\'s track and field teams which came away happiest, combining for seven victories and three NCAA Championships qualifying marks in the Huskies\' 2006 season-opener.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - The West Virginia University track team will open its 2005-06 season and host the WVU Holiday Classic Saturday, Dec. 3, in the WVU Shell Building. The meet is scheduled to get underway at 10:30 a.m.
Dade City, FL --- November 5, 2005 --- The Clayton State University men\'s cross country team placed third Saturday in the NCAA Division II South Region meet, qualifying for the first time in history to compete in the NCAA Division II National Cross Country Championships later this month.
SPARTANBURG, S.C. -- The Chattanooga Lady Mocs were selected to repeat as Southern Conference champions by the leagues coaches in a preseason poll and the men were beat out by Appalachian State by eight votes for the top spot.
The Running Tour is a unique opportunity to visit our beautiful State Parks and have a challenging race that will keep you in good shape for the rest of the year.
Haley Vincent, an 11-year-old Kingsport resident, will carry the torch for the Crazy 8\'s 8k race Saturday. Photo by Ned Jilton II.
Dane & Taylor (Dane Kinser, Taylor Haney) from Knoxville, TN, will be making the trip up to Kingsport on Saturday to be part of the Crazy 8\'s \"GET CRAZY\" Post Race Party. They will be performing their unique acoustical style of music that will surely add another unquestionably stellar highlight to the night. Dane & Taylor will be performing immediately following the Crazy 8\'s 8k Race. They will also be doing a true acoustical performance at the Crazy 8\'s Food City Neighborhood Block Party around 7pm.
KINGSPORT TN- The group of elite runners entered for the 2005 Indian Path Medical Center & SunTrust Bank Crazy 8\'s 8K continues to grow.
Kosgei will lace up his record setting racing flats on Saturday night July 16 at the Indian Path Medical Center & SunTrust Bank Crazy 8\'s 8k Run. He hopes to claim another world record on the candle-lit streets of Kingsport, and collect the Regional Eye Center $10,008 Bonus.
In 2001 Alene Emere from Ethiopia looked like he was on his way to breaking Peter Githuka\'s long-standing 8k world record of 22:02.2, set here in 1996. However, he inexplicably backed off the pace over the final kilometer, setting up the most thrilling, and the most agonizing finish in the celebrated history of the Indian Path Medical Center & SunTrust Bank Crazy 8\'s 8k Run.
Leading college, high school, Masters and open elite talent will be on display at the 19th annual New Jersey International Track and Field Meet, Saturday, June 11th at Colts Neck High School.
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