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Posts Tagged ‘track’


The Best Olympic 10,000m Finish » Billy Mills in 1964

Billy Mills was born in 1938 to the Oglala Lakota (Sioux) Tribe and was the second Native American to win an Olympic gold medal. He’s also the only American to get a gold medal at 10,000 meters. The last lap of that race was tremendous. Billy Mills got to the Olympics after qualifying for both [...]

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IAAF Removes The “Free False Start” Rule Starting in 2010

Traditionally, a runner that false starts a race is allowed to remain in the field if he is the first one to do so, although any subsequent false starts mean that the runner will be disqualified. That first false start is charged to the field. Starting on January 1st, 2010, that will no longer be [...]

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Asafa Powell Doesn’t See the Point in USA vs Jamaica Series

About a month ago, the United States challenged Jamaica to a Dual-Meet Series where the two sprinting powerhouses could face off against one another in team competition. Jamaica accepted the challenge a few weeks later. Former world-record holder Asafa Powell is not very impressed with the arrangement, however. “I don’t really see the importance of [...]

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Jamaica to USA » “Bring It On!

It has been less than a month since USATF CEO Doug Logan challenged the JAAA to a dual meet series pitting the two nations best sprinters, jumpers and hurdlers against one another in team competition. The meets have been scheduled, and will happen in May and June of 2010. That will give the USATF and [...]

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The US Challenges Jamaica to a Dual Meet Series

Now this has to be one of the coolest things I’ve heard about in the past couple of years. Doug Logan, the USATF CEO, hand delivered a proposal to the Jamaican NACAC Representative Teddy McCook. The proposal calls for a pair of dual meets between the two countries, one on US soil and one on [...]

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How fast could you run 3200 meters when you were 10 years old?

Would you have been able to run 3200 meters (almost 2 miles) in 11:58.9 when you were 10 years old? I certainly couldn’t have, especially inside. In Louisiana, the state championship meets allow anybody from the school to compete, and some of the schools go from elementary right up through high school in one building [...]

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Jenn Stuczynski Attempts the World Pole Vault Record

Jenn Stuczynski set the American Indoor Pole Vault Record at the Boston Indoor Games last night at 15′ 9.75″ and then attempted to set a new world record. Here is the result of each of her jump from the video I shot at the meet:

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Boston Indoor Games – Make Your Picks

Tomorrow evening is the Boston Indoor Games, a great event put on down at the Reggie Lewis Center every year. If you are planning on being there, then keep an eye out for me as I’ll be there with both my still and my video camera! The Games will not be televised live, but will [...]

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