January 27, 2012
 Proving that his course record victory at last year's Honda Los Angeles Marathon was no fluke, Markos Geneti took 1min41sec off of his lifetime best to take third at the Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon today, finishing third to complete an Ethiopian 1-2-3 finish. Throughout the race, Geneti stayed at or near the front, following pacemakers in a large group through halfway in 1:02:22, before the fast pace left only Geneti, eventual winner Ayele Abshero, Dino Sefr and fourth-placer Jonathan Maiyo in contention. |
January 15, 2012
 On opposite sides of the world, Raji Assefa and Debebe Tolossa both took large chunks of their lifetime marathon bests with runner up finishes at the Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon and the Chevron Houston Marathon, respectively. In warm and humid Mumbai, Assefa spent the majority of the race tucked intot eh back of the lead pack, which passed halfway in 1:05:02. The pack dwindled to seven contenders in the final 10km, which led to a sprint finish in the final 200m, with Kenyan Laban Moiben edging out Assefa for the win, both of them clocked in 2:10:48, more than a minute faster than the previous lifetime best Assefa recorded last fall in Beijing. In Houston, the pack was reduced to Tolossa and two of his compatriots by 30km, as the leaders had been pushing well inside course record pace since the early stages. Tolossa took second behind Tariku Jufar in 2:07:41, more than two minutes quicker than his previous lifetime best. |
December 31, 2011
 In her first race in over a year, Tirunesh Dibaba came away with a sprint victory over compatriot Gelete Burka at the San Silvestre Vallecana 10km in Madrid. Dibaba, who missed the entire 2011 track season with injuries, outkicked the 1500m specialist to win the first international 10km road race of her career in 31:30. Young talent Hagos Gebrhiwet, fifth in last summer's IAAF World Youth Championships 3000m final, suprised defending champion Teklemariam Medhin of Eritrea with a sprint finsih, with both runners being timed in 27:59. Read more... |
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December 14, 2011
 Jessica Beard beat out Kimberly Duncan of LSU and Tina Sutej of Arkansas to win the Bowerman Award, the annual award for the most valuable NCAA track and field athlete of the year. Beard, who won a gold medal as a member of the USA's 4x400m Relay team at the IAAF World Championships this past summer in Daegu, South Korea, won indoor and outdoor NCAA 400m titles for the Texas A&M Aggies this year, leading the Aggie Women to their third consecutive NCAA Outdoor Team Championship. Read more... |
December 12, 2011
 Woynishet Girma picked up the biggest victory of her career, winning the Honolulu Marathon, in a time of 2:31:41. Starting at 5a.m. to avoid the Hawaiian heat, Girma ran in the lead women's pack that was whittled down by the steep climbs and stiff headwinds on the course until the only Girma, Mesiker Mekonin and Valentina Galimova of Russia were in contention. Girma pulled away in the final two miles to win by eight seconds over Mekonin. Read more... |
November 2, 2011
 Tickets are now available for the 2012 New Balance Indoor Grand Prix, set to take place on Saturday, February 4th, organizers announced today. The event, which has featured six World Records and nine American Records since its inception in 1996, has sold out for each of the last nine years and has grown into the premiere indoor track and field meet in the United States. The Reggie Lewis Center on the Campus of Roxbury Community College will, once again, host the event. Read more... |
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