Articles filed under Track and Field
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Parents should match their goals to running club coach's styleJul 13, 2011 12:00 am - It goes without saying that keeping active by running and engaging in other sports is beneficial to children and adults, alike. And since running is not a contact sport...
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Registration open for this year’s Chase, in Des PlainesJul 09, 2011 12:00 am - Registration is in progress for The Chase, the Des Plaines Park District’s sixth annual 5K Run-Walk, to be held Saturday, July 23, beginning at Prairie Avenue and Pearso...
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Register now for Palatine’s Feet Fest 3kJul 08, 2011 12:00 am - Registration is being taken now for the eighth annual Feet Fest 3K, Family Fun Run/Walk, which is held at 8:30 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 28, in Towne Square, 150 W. Palatine Roa...
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Runner puts dreams on hold for Geneva tri teammateJul 01, 2011 12:00 am - Lukas Verzbicas sat in silence, trying to absorb the news that Kevin McDowell, his friend and longtime triathlon teammate, had been diagnosed with cancer. Finally, Verzb...
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Niedermeyer takes 7th at USA championshipsJun 27, 2011 12:00 am - Former Conant High School pole vaulter Darren Niedermeyer tied for seventh place at the 2011 USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships over the weekend in Eugene, Ore. Nie...
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Conant grad closing in on Olympic dreamsJun 24, 2011 12:00 am - A year of hard work and tough breaks have finally come together for a local pole vaulter with Olympic ambitions. Schaumburg native Darren Niedermeyer will be competing a...
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Lake Park’s Ziemek grabs national honorJun 23, 2011 12:00 am - Zach Ziemek of Lake Park High School has been selected as 2010-11 Gatorade Illinois Boys Track & Field Athlete of the Year, Gatorade officials announced Thursday. The aw...
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U.S. playing catch-up to Jamaicans in women’s 100Jun 19, 2011 6:00 am - Those brightly colored, long and looping nails were eye-catching, just like the performances of the American women in the 100 meters at that time. Between Devers, Floren...
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Fremd’s Bobek stayed focused on greatnessJun 17, 2011 12:00 am - Staying committed is a lot easier when everything is going well. It’s a different story when times are difficult. Recent Fremd graduate Brian Bobek had a number of chanc...
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Agoro finds his future at AshfordJun 16, 2011 12:00 am - Harper College triple and long jumper Fuad Agoro (Conant) has signed a national letter of intent with Ashford University, an NAIA school in Iowa. Agoro chose Ashford ov...