Angie Petty takes eighth Potts Classic 800m title Angie Petty won the feature women’s 800m race for an unprecedented eighth time after very strong finish at the Potts Classic on a balmy Saturday evening in Hastings. Petty tucked in behind the early pace-maker and Katherine Marshall until the home straight where...
Already Looking Ahead To Boston, Hasay Ready For Half-Marathon Debut By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2017 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved HOUSTON (13-Jan) -- Two days before the longest race of her life, Jordan Hasay is excited by the new, longer-distance direction of her 13 year-old running career which, she said,...
By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2017 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved (12-Jan) -- Forty-four elite runners representing ten different nations will compete in the 121st Boston Marathon on Monday, April 17, led by world record holder Dennis Kimetto and two-time world champion Edna Kiplagat, organizers announced today. These elite athletes...
By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2017 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved NEW YORK (11-Jan) -- New York City runners have a new home away from home at the NYRR RUNCENTER featuring the New Balance Run Hub, located on Manhattan's West Side just two blocks south of Central Park. The newly...
By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2017 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved NOTE: It will be 10 years this week since Ryan Hall broke the USA (and North American) half-marathon record at the Aramco Houston Half-Marathon on 14 January, 2007. Since Galen Rupp may be trying for Hall's record on the...
Nitro News: Olympic champion will bring showbiz to Nitro It is not unusual for an Olympic champion to be talented in a number of areas and that’s certainly the case for Bolt All-Stars Olympic champion Kerron Clement who has made a name for himself on and off the track. Olympic gold,...
By Athletics New Zealand @AthleticsNZ HASTINGS Colgate Games, Hawke’s Bay Regional Sports Park – 6-8 January 2017 Highlights from the three days of competition: Boys 14; Dominic Overend winner of the 100m 11.78 (-3.7), 200m 22.73 (+2.1), 100m H 14.48 (-3.3), LJ 6.09m (+5.4) and anchored Waitakere to victory in the 4 x 100m...
Highlights from a hugely exciting day in Edinburgh, as Great Britain, USA and Europe battled it out to be this year's Great Edinburgh XCountry champions! -Courtesy of GreatRunTV
With one month to go, Nitro Athletics is the innovation athletics needs, says Coe Athletics needs innovative new concepts to attract new fans to the sport and IAAF President Sebastian Coe believes the Australian organisers of the new Nitro Athletics series may have a hit. The two-time Olympic champion, who became...
By Athletics New Zealand @AthleticsNZ Bays Athletics Night of 5’s, AUT Millennium Stadium – 20 December 2016 Aaron Pulford put the demons from the Zatopek 10,000m to rest as he sped to victory in the elite men’s 5000m in 14:15.84. Eric Speakman provided the perfect pace for the first 3000m leaving Pulford...
