INDIANAPOLIS - Heather Kampf (Minneapolis, Minn.) and Craig Miller (Madison, Wisc.) will challenge for the USA 1 Mile Road Championship title Thursday in Minneapolis, Minn. The event is part of the USA Running Circuit and is hosted by the Medtronic TC 1 Mile for the fourth time.
INDIANAPOLIS - Allyson Felix has been named USA Track & Field’s Athlete of the Week after winning the 100 meters in 10.92 seconds at the Doha Diamond League meet on Friday.
DALLAS - Four track and field greats are among the 10 individuals and one team to be inducted into the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame presented by Allstate Class of 2012.
DALLAS – First Lady Michelle Obama today joined U.S. athletes, including Team USA track stars Bernard Lagat, Lashinda Demus, Wallace Spearmon and LaShawn Merritt, to announce a nationwide commitment to get more than 1.7 million American children active as part of her Let’s Move! initiative to solve the problem of childhood obesity.
Trevor Barron and Miranda Melville led Team USA as competition in the 25th edition of the World Race Walking Cup concluded Sunday in Saransk, Russia. Competition began Saturday with the junior men’s and women’s 10 km races and the men’s 20 km race and finished Sunday with the women’s 20 km race and men’s 50 km race.
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. – Janet Cherobon-Bawcom (Rome, Ga.) ran a pending American Record of 1:24:37 in winning the women’s crown Saturday at the 2012 USA 25 km Championships. Joseph Chirlee (Colorado Springs, Colo.) won the men’s title in 1:15:11.
1. American sprinters roll at Doha Diamond League
2. Cherobon-Bawcom, Gotcher headline USA 25 km Championships
A total of 17 men and women will compete for Team USA Saturday and Sunday in the 2012 IAAF World Race Walking Cup in Saransk, Russia. The 25th edition of the World Race Walking Cup, competition will include junior men’s and women’s 10 km races along with men’s and women’s 20 km and men’s 50 km races.
INDIANAPOLIS - Stephanie Brown-Trafton has been named USA Track & Field’s Athlete of the Week after setting the American record in the discus with a throw of 67.74m/222-3 last Friday in Maui, Hawaii.
1. adidas Grand Prix to feature top 1500-meter Americans
2. Universal Sports Network’s countdown hits the track with sprinters Felix, Gatlin