OLYMPIC SPOTLIGHT ATHLETE: Allyson Felix, Track & Field
5/16/2012
INDIANAPOLIS – Allyson Felix has been named USA Track & Field’s Athlete of the Week after winning the 100 meters in 10.92 seconds at the Doha Diamond League meet on Friday.
Felix, the two-time Olympic silver medalist in the 200m, dropped down from her signature distance to defeat the reigning Olympic 100m champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and [...]
OLYMPIC SPOTLIGHT: Sanya Richards-Ross, Track & Field
Olympic Spotlight: Sanya Richards-Ross, Track & Field from Women’s Sports & Ent. Network.
WSEN’s Denise Saul caught up with Olympic Gold Medalist Sanya Richards-Ross (SRR) at the 2012 Penn Relays. SRR and her teammates set a new meet record. Richards-Ross, running the anchor leg, clocked the fastest split of the day in 49.5 to help [...]
TRACK & FIELD: U.S.A Women Shine at Penn Relays
PHILADELPHIA – Team USA on Saturday dominated the biggest international field ever assembled for USA vs. the World to sweep all six races at the 13th edition of the event at the Penn Relays.
With Americans setting meet records in the women’s 4×100m and 4×400m relay and a historic first win for the [...]
SPOTLIGHT ATHLETE: Brittney Reese – Women’s Long Jump
In the 2012 World Championships held in Istanbul, Turkey, Reese became the first person in history to retain a World Indoor Long Jump title with a stunning US record of 7.23m.
Reese came to Istanbul with the goal of defending her World Indoor title and establish an American record. She accomplished both and broke [...]
VIDEO UPDATES: 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships – History making performance from Brittney Reese; Team Britain edges Team USA in 4×400 relay & much more..
Chaunte Lowe becomes High Jump champ
Chaunte Lowe becomes the Indoor World Champ at 1.98 meters, improving on the Bronze she won last time.
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Strong running from Team Britain’s Christine Ohuruogu (pictured above, 2nd left) on the third leg, not only closing a huge gap, but taking the lead for her team going into the final leg. [...]
TRACK & FIELD VIDEOS: The 105th Millrose Games
The 105th Millrose Games was held in New York City’s Armory Track. A beautiful track awaited some of the top athletes in Track & Field, some for their first Millrose Games appearance.
In the Women’s 400 meter dash, Olympic Gold medalist (4×400) Sanya Richards-Ross went right to the front and was never really challenged, [...]
TRACK & FIELD: Jenn Suhr breaks American record at New Balance Indoor Grand Prix & more…
BOSTON – After failing to clear a height in the Women’s pole vault last weekend at the U.S. Open, Jenn Suhr made the most of her opportunities at the New Balance Grand Prix Saturday night. On the second stop of USATF’s Indoor Visa Championship Series, Suhr bettered her own existing American record with a winning [...]
VIDEO: Sights & Sounds from the New Balance Collegiate Invitational in NYC
Sights & Sounds from the New Balance Collegiate Invitational from Women’s Sports & Ent. Network.
2012 New Balance Collegiate Invitational at the Armory – Saturday afternoon Coverage begins with the Women’s 4×400m College at approximately 1:00 PM and continues until the end of the meet.
2012 New Balance Collegiate Invitational at the Armory – Friday Morning Coverage [...]
TRACK & FIELD U.S. OPEN: Veronica Campbell Brown and Lolo Jones Shine in their 2012 Visa Championship Series debut
NEW YORK — Lolo Jones made a successful return after an injury-plagued 2011 season. As Jones began a comeback from back surgery, which ended her season following last year’s 2011 USA Outdoor Championships, she ran the fastest time in the world since 2008 to win the Visa Women’s 50m hurdles in [...]
Track & Field: Lolo Jones making a statement on and off the track
Jones back on top at U.S. Open
1/28/2012
NEW YORK — Lolo Jones made a successful return after an injury-plagued 2011 season and Jamaica’s Asafa Powell ran the fastest 50-meter time in the world since 2005 en route to winning Athlete of the Meet honors Saturday at the U.S. Open presented by Harris at Madison Square [...]
