The USATF Club Cross Country Championships were this morning. Peter Magill of team Fluffy Bunny won the masters’ 10k in 34:20.2, leading his team to first place with 59 points and a total time of 2:58:04.7. Dirigo had a strong showing to improve 3 places and capture 2nd place this year, trailing by 12 points…
The USATF National Club Cross Country Championships are this Saturday morning (December 8th) in Voice of America Park in West Chester, Ohio. Then men will be racing 10 kilometers, and the women will be racing 6 kilometers. Good luck to the Dirigo runners who are making their way out there for the masters’ race! Here…
Dirigo RC had a good showing this weekend with strong performances in the Philadelphia Marathon and the New England Cross Country Championships. Sheri Piers and Kristin Barry both ran very strong marathons in Philadelphia, starting and finishing together in 2:45:36! They were 59th and 60th overall, placing 8th and 9th for the women’s race. There…
Dave McGillivray, the race director for the Boston Marathon and the Beach to Beacon, recently shared his thoughts on headphone use. He gave his arguments about why he enforces the USATF rule about headphone use, which boil down to 3 points. He’s technically required to. Safety reasons. Insurance reasons.
I was checking the news wire this morning and saw quite a few articles of interest that I thought that I would share with you: Two national records were broken yesterday at the USATF National Junior Olympic Track & Field Championships, both in the 4×800. The (15-16 year old) intermediate boy’s time was brought down…
The Groton 10k Road Race is the second USATF New England Grand Prix event of the year, and the first of three events over the next month. Josh Ferenc managed to hold a lead by two seconds to win the men’s race in 31:32, while Caroline Bjune held a slightly larger lead to win the…
The USATF has revised their zero tolerance anti-doping policy to include coaches, agents, and medical personnel. They will now require coaches to register in order to receive benefits from USATF, including credentials to national championships, stipends, positions on national team staffs and media exposure for themselves or their athletes. By making the policy less athlete-centered,…
The USATF Club Cross Country Championships were this past Saturday. Linda Somers Smith of Washington won the female master’s 6k race in 22:15, leading her Asics Aggie Running Club teammates to a victory of 1 minute and 14 seconds over Club Northwest. Tracy Lokken led the Front Line Racing Team to a 1 minute and…
USATF is increasing the membership fees for 2007 to help support grass roots programs and services. The increase in fees is expected to generate an additional $300,000 in annual revenue, which will also go towards member benefits and sport committee-based projects along with the marketing and infrastructure improvements with the grass roots programs. Effective November…
Tim Montgomery and Chryste Gaines have just been handed two year bans from the US Anti-Doping Agency for alleged use of drugs provided by Balco. I completely disagree with these bans, and with stripping their medals and records from them. First, the disclaimers: