Articles filed under Track and Field
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Distance relays, discus among locals' most promising odds in CharlestonMay 22, 2008 11:00 pm - In the sport of track and field, the discus conjures up images of a device hurled by ancient athletes blessed with uncommon strength. Not much has changed since in eithe...
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Wave relay team looking for big thingsMay 22, 2008 11:00 pm - Members of the St. Edward boys' 400 relay team were not even born the last time a new school record in that event was established back in the mid 1980s. But as the old s...
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Sabres expecting much of selves at state meetMay 22, 2008 11:00 pm - Based on how Streamwood's Neal Klein had been running the 3,200-meter race all season, no one expected the senior to qualify at last Friday's sectional for this weekend'...
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Smoody charges straight aheadMay 22, 2008 11:00 pm - Many athletes look in any number of different directions for motivation. The customary lucky rabbit's foot or lucky penny. The lucky pair of socks or odd pre-game ritua...
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Coaches know way to state championshipMay 22, 2008 11:00 pm - Looking ahead to the weekend's Class AA boys state track meet, York coach Stan Reddel dusted off his annual "proposal" to the Illinois High School Association. "They sh...
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Conant: A team of DestinyMay 22, 2008 11:00 pm - Conant's first girls track trophy was special in more ways than one for Cougars coach Bob Borczak. Conant tied Batavia for third at the Class AA girls track meet at East...
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Steroids dealer: I got drugs for Marion Jones, othersMay 21, 2008 11:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO -- An admitted steroids dealer testified Wednesday that he set up Marion Jones with a three-drug cocktail of banned substances to boost her bid to win five...
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Photographer speared by javelin at track meetMay 19, 2008 11:00 pm - PROVO, Utah -- A newspaper photographer got a little too close to the action at the state high school track championships -- and was speared through the leg by a javelin...
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Amputee sprinter: London more realistic than BeijingMay 18, 2008 11:00 pm - JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- Double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius thinks he might have a more realistic chance of qualifying for the 2012 London Olympics than this s...
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Batavia girls take first state trophyMay 17, 2008 11:00 pm - CHARLESTON -- Natalie Tarter pounced on a fatal mistake. The Batavia junior superstar was engaged in yet another showdown with Waubonsie Valley stalwart Shakeia Pinnick ...