Articles filed under Track and Field
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Gay bows out of 200 with groin injuryAug 16, 2009 11:00 pm - BERLIN -- Tyson Gay is pulling out of the 200-meter competition at the world championships because of a groin injury, preventing a rematch with Usain Bolt. The decision ...
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Bolt smashes 100 meter recordAug 16, 2009 11:00 pm - BERLIN - Usain Bolt saved the celebration for after the finish line this time and showed that, yes, he can keep breaking that world record. He obliterated it, in fact. B...
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Bolt vs. Gay showdown moves closer as both advanceAug 14, 2009 11:00 pm - BERLIN -- Turns out, Usain Bolt can be beaten after all in a ho-hum second-round heat, when he's clowning around with the runner next to him and shutting down that eff...
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IAAF brings in new false-start rule beginning 2010Aug 11, 2009 11:00 pm - BERLIN -- The world governing body of athletics changed its false-start rule Wednesday to exclude any runner who jumps the gun beginning next year. Currently, only the s...
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Stacey competes in USATF JuniorsAug 06, 2009 11:00 pm - Competing at the USATF Junior Nationals in Greensboro, N.C., July 28-Aug. 2 was recent Glenbard North graduate Tommy Stacey, who placed third in pole vault at the IHSA C...
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American Olympian Jesse Owens to be honored in BerlinAug 04, 2009 11:00 pm - As a kid, Marlene Hemphill Dortch watched the grainy, black-and-white film footage from the 1936 Berlin Olympics in amazement, wondering how her grandfather was so much ...
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Mattoon ousts BarringtonJul 30, 2009 11:00 pm - Barrington was facing a 6-run deficit and elimination from the American Legion baseball state tournament when first-year coach Pat Wire decided to get in a few faces Thu...
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Longtime Northwest suburban track coach dies in NebraskaJul 23, 2009 11:00 pm - Greg "Fed" Fedyski made a living getting kids to love running, and his most famous pupil ran all the way to the Olympics. "Kids in middle school don't want to get up at ...
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Coleman, Neiweem named USTFCCA all-academic picksJul 08, 2009 11:00 pm - Recent graduates Keli Coleman (Carmel HS, Grayslake) and Paula Neiweem (Warren Township HS, Gurnee) of the Augustana College women's track and field team were selected t...
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National Hall of Fame set to welcome MiroballiJun 29, 2009 11:00 pm - INDIANAPOLIS - Dana Miroballi, record-setting Wheeling High School cross country and track and field star, is among 12 individuals who will be inducted by the National F...