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Meet Records Fall, Possible Triple Crown Continues on Day two of New Balance Nationals, by Chris Lotsbom

By Larry Eder on June 16, 2013 1:34 AM | 0 Comments
The New Balance Nationals finish day two and Wesley Frazier looks to be headed to a possible three titles, after winning the 5,000 meters on Friday and two mile on Saturday. The New Balance Nationals is the de facto American high school athletics championships, with fields better than any other high school meet in the country. The NSAF, the founders of the meet and managing team of the event, put together amazing fields. 

Here is Chris Lotsbom's piece on Day two of the NB Nationals! 

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Wesley Frazier, NB Indoors, March 2013, photo by PhotoRun.net


Continue reading Meet Records Fall, Possible Triple Crown Continues on Day two of New Balance Nationals, by Chris Lotsbom.

Top Marks from Oslo: Bolt and Defar, by Alfons Juck, note by Larry Eder

By Larry Eder on June 15, 2013 5:37 PM | 0 Comments
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Bolt in Rome, photo by PhotoRun.net

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Defar in Shanghai, photo by PhotoRun.net


Usain Bolt, while short of the fitness that he may want at this time, woke a few people up with his WL furlong in 19.79. The scary thing is that Usain Bolt is probably two, perhaps three weeks away from being very fit, and he runs the 200 meters like he was made for it-and he was! 

Speaking of being made for a distance, Meseret Defar ran 14:26.90 in Rome, winning by seven plus seconds. Defar is the queen of the 5,000 meters, and while, of course, she will have formidable competition in Moscow, Meseret Defar is as close to a sure thing at 12 and one half laps as there can be. (Just don't tell Tirunesh Dibaba, who seems to be rounding into shape as well, from her race at Prefontaine. )
Continue reading Top Marks from Oslo: Bolt and Defar, by Alfons Juck, note by Larry Eder.

New Balance Nationals: Four Meet Records Open Day one, by Chris Lotsbom, note by Larry Eder

By Larry Eder on June 15, 2013 12:55 PM | 0 Comments
The New Balance Nationals are, in fact, the outdoor high school championships for track and field. The care and attention to detail that New Balance and the NSAF put into the meet is what draws the best athletes year after year.

One example of that is that Chris Lotsbom, the Race Results Weekly associate editor, provides well written, thoughtful pieces on the NBN and NBI each year, giving our readers a birds eye view into one of the most important events in our sport! 

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Wesley Frazier, 
photo courtesy of New Balance Nationals

To get more information, please go to New Balance Nationals facebook page! 
Continue reading New Balance Nationals: Four Meet Records Open Day one, by Chris Lotsbom, note by Larry Eder.

Makhloufi is out of Dakar IAAF World Challenge, Harry Marra has a modest suggestion, by Alfons Juck, note by Larry Eder

By Larry Eder on June 12, 2013 1:57 PM | 0 Comments
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Harry Marra, A Day if the Life, 
Photo from Doug Pensinger/Getty Images, IAAF


Harry Marra has his dream job. He is coaching the best decathlete in the world and one of the best heptathletes in the world.  A life long coach, Harry Marra realizes that coaching is both art and science. In a mid April interview, Harry Marra told several media members that his most important job was keeping his athletes healthy. 

Recently, Harry Marra proposed that USATF provide byes to World Champs for Olympic champions. Sounds like an idea that should be considered by USATF....
Continue reading Makhloufi is out of Dakar IAAF World Challenge, Harry Marra has a modest suggestion, by Alfons Juck, note by Larry Eder.

NCAA Outdoor, Day Four: Kissing Your Sister In Eugene, Improbable Relay Outcome Forces Gator/Aggie Tie by Dave Hunter, note by Larry Eder

By Admin on June 11, 2013 8:35 PM | 0 Comments
David Hunter provided us with this piece on the final day of the NCAA Championships, where the battle for the team titles took some twists and turns. 

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Brigette Barrett, photo by Pretty Sporty Photos


Continue reading NCAA Outdoor, Day Four: Kissing Your Sister In Eugene, Improbable Relay Outcome Forces Gator/Aggie Tie by Dave Hunter, note by Larry Eder.

NCAA Outdoor, Day Three: A Day of Magic at Hayward Field, by David Hunter, note by Larry Eder

By Larry Eder on June 9, 2013 11:52 PM | 0 Comments
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Abbey D'Agostino, 
photo by Pretty Sporty Photos, Cheryl Treworgy

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Jordan Hasay, 
photo by Pretty Sporty Photos, Cheryl Treworgy

Here is David Hunter's feature on day three of the NCAA Championships...


Continue reading NCAA Outdoor, Day Three: A Day of Magic at Hayward Field, by David Hunter, note by Larry Eder.

NCAA Outdoor, Day Two: The Expected and the Unexpected, by David Hunter, note by Larry Eder

By Larry Eder on June 8, 2013 12:33 PM | 0 Comments
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Kimberly Duncan, NCAA 200 meters, 
photo by Pretty Sporty Photos, Cheryl Treworgy

David Hunter wrote this piece on Day two of the NCAA Championships. It will give you a great feel to what was going on in Eugene that day. 
Continue reading NCAA Outdoor, Day Two: The Expected and the Unexpected, by David Hunter, note by Larry Eder.

NCAA Championships, Day 1, Report, by Roy Stevenson, note by Larry Eder

By Larry Eder on June 6, 2013 10:35 PM | 0 Comments
The NCAA Championships is four days of track and field nirvana. Runblogrun.com has Roy Stevenson, Dave Hunter and Kevin Mangan covering the championships for you. Here is Roy's first piece on the first day of the NCAA Championships....

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This is Ryan Crouser in high school, NIN 2011, 
photo by PhotoRun.net


Continue reading NCAA Championships, Day 1, Report, by Roy Stevenson, note by Larry Eder.

Fearless Frosh Flies High: Zip's Vault Sensation is Canadian National Record Holder, by Dave Hunter, note by Larry Eder

By Larry Eder on June 5, 2013 10:26 PM | 0 Comments
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Shawn Barber, 
photo by PhotoRun.net


Dave Hunter wrote this piece for Sunday on Shawn. I was still in the hospital, so I missed it. Shawn Barber, a frosh, ended up third. Matt Kendrick, another frosh, won the pole vault! Nice job David! 
Continue reading Fearless Frosh Flies High: Zip's Vault Sensation is Canadian National Record Holder, by Dave Hunter, note by Larry Eder.

Coach Bill Squires: Keeping it Simple, by Joe Reardon, note by Larry Eder

By Larry Eder on June 5, 2013 8:36 PM | 0 Comments
Coach Bill Squires is one of the most enigmatic coaches in our sport. I first met Coach in the mid 1980s, through one of my training buddies, Kim Wrinkle. Coach took me in as one of his own, helped me with my training and also helped me apply for a coaching position. 

Bill Squires took a group of dedicated distance runners, found a program that worked for them and built them up from the inside out. Great coaches are also great salesmen. Bill Squires is one of the best coaches I have ever witnessed. 

Joe Reardon's piece was done in March 2013. Coach, now all of 80, is as crazy and lovable as he was in his mid fifties, when his crew of athletes, from Greg Meyer to Bobby Hodge, to Randy Thomas, to Bill Rodgers, were the best in the world...one coach with such a group of athletes, how could that happen? 

It's called hard work...

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Bill Rodgers, April 1975, photo courtesy of BAA
Continue reading Coach Bill Squires: Keeping it Simple, by Joe Reardon, note by Larry Eder.
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