Inaugural State-by-State USTFCCCA High School Cross Country Coaches of the Year Announced (via USTFCCCA)
INDIANAPOLIS -- USA Track & Field mourns the loss of Louis Zamperini and Frank Greenberg, who both passed away this week. Zamperini, a veteran of WWII and Olympian in the 1936 Olympic Games, died Wednesday of pneumonia at the age of 97. Former USATF president Greenberg passed away on Sunday, June 29, from complications due to Alzheimer's. He was 81. (via www.usatf.org)
Belmont Plateau in Philadelphia's Fairmount Park System is an iconic piece of real estate that has hosted thousands of runners over the years. In August 2013, the USATF measured and marked the various course to make the distances official - including 2K, two versions of 3K, 4K, 5K and 8K.
Twenty years has now passed since the first edition of the Thorpe Cup, but Harry Marra still points to the inaugural meet against Germany in 1993 as his favorite. Frank Zarnowski, who has witnessed all but two Thorpe Cup meets, will always remember a Team USA victory in 1999 by the absolute slimmest of margins as the best he has seen. (via www.usatf.org)
(via www.usatf.org)
Team USA brings a group of athletes with an incredible depth and diversity of talent to the 2012 Olympic Games.
BIRMINGHAM - Jeff Demps (Winter Garden, Fla.) has been added to Team USA’s roster for the London 2012 Olympic Games as a member of the 4x100m relay pool. (via www.usatf.org)
America’s stars of tomorrow will be on display at the 14th IAAF World Junior Championships beginning on Tuesday in Barcelona.
INDIANAPOLIS - Four reigning Olympic Champions and eight current world champions highlight the Team USA roster nominated to the U.S. Olympic Committee by USA Track & Field. A roster of 127 men and women stands ready represent the U.S. in track competition August 3 - 12 in London. (via USATF )
INDIANAPOLIS - Louisiana State University sprinter Kimberlyn Duncan has been named USA Track & Field’s Athlete of the Week after winning the 100m, 200m and as part of the winning 4x100m at the NCAA East Regional meet last weekend at the University of North Florida. (via USATF )
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INDIANAPOLIS – Athletes with World Championships and Olympic experience, and a core group of young talent, will lead Team USA into the 2011 Pan American Games slated to be held October 24-29 in Guadalajara, Mexico.
INDIANAPOLIS – Athletes with World Championships and Olympic experience, and a core group of young talent, will lead Team USA into the 2011 Pan American Games slated to be held October 24-29 in Guadalajara, Mexico.
ATLANTA, GA - February 14, 2011
The USATF Georgia Association Track & Field Hall of Fame Committee is seeking nominations from its Georgia members and the general public for the inaugural USATF Georgia Association Hall of Fame Class of 2011.
(File photo by WingedFootFotos.com from 2010 Millrose Games)
GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Neither rain, nor wind, nor any other force of nature could stop the Carolina Elite's Bryce Love Sunday as he won his third individual gold in record-setting fashion, stunning the crowd with a 50.75 in the midget boys' 400 on the final day of the USA Track & Field Junior Olympic National Championships at North Carolina A&T State's Irwin Belk Track.
GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Ciarra Brewer, who finished seventh at the IAAF World Youth Championships in Italy earlier this month, smashed the youth national record in the intermediate girls' triple jump Thursday on day three of the USA Track & Field National Junior Olympic Championships at North Carolina State A&T University's Irwin Belk Track