Tauranga sprinter Joseph Millar lived up to expectations, running the quickest ever NZ 100m championhsips race, blasting to a time of 10.18, a fresh New Zealand resident record, on Day 1 at the Jennian Homes NZ Track & Field Championships in Hamilton.
The time, although outside the qualifying standard of...
ARMORY FOUNDATION FOUNDER DR. NORBERT SANDER HAS DIED AT 74
By Walt Murphy (c) Walt Murphy's News and Results Service (Used with permission)
NEW YORK (17-Mar) -- Dr. Norbert Sander, the driving force behind the rebirth of NY City's Armory, passed away unexpectedly this morning at the age of 74.
No one...
By Chris Lotsbom, @ChrisLotsbom
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NEW YORK (17-Mar) -- On Sunday, Emily Sisson will make her long awaited half-marathon debut here at the United Airlines NYC Half. She'll line-up alongside training partner and two-time defending champion Molly Huddle as one of the American favorites,...
By Chris Lotsbom, @ChrisLotsbom
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NEW YORK (17-Mar) -- Callum Hawkins is back on American soil ready to become the first Scotsman to win the United Airlines NYC Half here on Sunday. The former Butler Bulldog is running his first major American road race,...
Entries Open for 2017 Dryland Traverse
Dryland Event Management’s only event to bear the Dryland name, the Dryland Traverse Adventure Trail Run, has garnered a reputation as a challenging but highly enjoyable event – both on and off the trails. In 2017 the Dryland Traverse will take place from the...
The following world records have recently been ratified...
World records
Women
20km: 1:01:40* mx, Peres Jepchirchir (KEN), Ras Al-Khaimah, UAE, 10 Feb 2017
Previous: 1:01:54 mx, Florence Kiplagat (KEN), Barcelona, ESP, 15 Feb 2015
Half marathon: 1:05:06 mx, Peres Jepchirchir, (KEN) Ras Al-Khaimah, UAE, 10 Feb 2017
Previous: 1:05:09 mx, Florence Kiplagat (KEN), Barcelona, ESP,...
With 10 days to go until the IAAF World Cross Country Championships Kampala 2017, final entry figures suggest it will be the biggest edition of the championships since 2006.
An expected 557 athletes from 60 teams are set to compete in the Ugandan capital on 26 March, surpassing the figures...
UNITED AIRLINES NYC HALF IS A MARATHON OF SORTS FOR CRAGG
By Chris Lotsbom, @ChrisLotsbom
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(14-Mar) -- By all accounts, American Olympian Amy Cragg considers herself a marathoner. She won the USA Olympic Trials Marathon a year ago, placed ninth in the Olympic Marathon...
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The lure of qualifying performance for the World Championships as well as collecting a coveted national title will be on the minds of a number of the leading athletes competing at the Jennian Homes New Zealand Track and Field Championships at Porritt Stadium, Hamilton this weekend.
Current...
Defending champion Shuko Genemo returns to Vienna
Defending champion Shuko Genemo will return to the Vienna City Marathon. The Ethiopian youngster caused a surprise when she took Austria’s most prestigious road running event with a personal best of 2:24:31 despite very strong winds in 2016. While the weather was the...
