Articles filed under Track and Field
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Trevians' Cahill executes the last-to-first manueverMar 17, 2022 1:00 am - The sprint from last to first at a track meet is a sight to behold, inspirational and rare. New Trier senior George Cahill pulled it off March 11 at Batavia Distance Mad...
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Locals off to fast start for indoor track seasonMar 10, 2022 12:00 am - Some of the usual suspects in area high school track and field are fast out of the blocks. Glenbrook South senior Nathan Shapiro already has exceeded his seventh-place l...
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Track legend Joyner-Kersee teaches young athletes in Elk Grove VillageOct 10, 2021 1:00 am - If you want to be the best, why not learn from the best. That was the idea that brought a group of young athletes to Elk Grove High School on Sunday for a track-and-fiel...
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The stories that stick with us: How a last-place runner inspired inspired a passion for track and fieldOct 03, 2021 1:00 am - I had not been long on the track and field beat. The sport - really, the character of track athletes, coaches, parents - had not yet fully revealed itself to me. That ch...
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'Four Ferraris': Italy race to shock 4x100 gold at OlympicsAug 06, 2021 1:00 am - TOKYO (AP) - There are some things track fans are used to: Nobody stops the Jamaican women at these Olympics and the tireless Sifan Hassan is a contender for a medal in ...
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2 coaches removed from Tokyo Olympics in Belarus caseAug 06, 2021 1:00 am - TOKYO (AP) - Two Belarus team coaches have been removed from the Olympics, four days after they were involved in trying to send sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya back to ...
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Felix sets a record, wins bronze for 10th Olympic medalAug 06, 2021 1:00 am - TOKYO (AP) - Allyson Felix finished third in the 400 meters Friday to win her 10th career medal and become the most-decorated woman in the history of Olympic track. The ...
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Felix runs for history, Americans seek more basketball goldAug 05, 2021 1:00 am - TOKYO (AP) - Set the alarm for Day 14 of the Tokyo Games and watch Allyson Felix attempt to win a 10th track and field Olympic medal over breakfast. Then stay up late to...
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Belarus runner showed Japanese police plea for help on phoneAug 05, 2021 1:00 am - WARSAW, Poland (AP) - A Belarusian Olympic sprinter who criticized her coaches at the Tokyo Games said Thursday that she showed police at the airport a translated plea f...
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Belarus runner used quick thinking to avoid being sent homeAug 05, 2021 1:00 am - WARSAW, Poland (AP) - A Belarusian Olympic sprinter who feared reprisals back home after publicly criticizing her coaches at the Tokyo Games used quick thinking to get h...