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NEWSWATCH ARCHIVES
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March 2003 | February 2003 | January 2003 | December 2002 | November 2002 | October 2002 | September 2002 | August 2002 | July 2002 | June 2002 | May 2002 | April 2002 | March 2002 | February 2002 | January 2002 | December 2001 | November 2001 | October 2001 | September 2001 | August 2001 | July 2001 | June 2001 | May 2001 | April 2001 | March 2001 | February 2001 | January 2001

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MARCH 29-31, 2003
Complete World XC coverage and results from the IAAF
Bekele blazes a trail past all others | Bekele runs into history books | Bekele's boyhood dreams | In-form Bekele shrugs off typhoid setback | Bekele makes light work of double triumph
Kenya wins 12k team gold
Bekele Double Repeats; Keflezighi Finishes a Career-Best 11th at World Cross
Meb Keflezighi places 11th to lead Team USA at World XC
Billy Nelson leads U.S. junior team
Kevin Sullivan 26th in short-course race
Britain hit lowest ebb in Bekele's wake
Kenyans among cross country greats
Chris Graff wins U.S. 10-Mile title | Graff wins USA road title at Papa John's
Michael Stember hopes wins are just beginning
Select T&F Results: Stanford Invitational | Raleigh Relays | Florida Relays | ASU Invitational | Spec Towns Invitational | Jim Click Shootout
Joep Tigchelaar and Vicky Gill break FSU 10,000 records at Stanford Invitational
CA HS: Phillip Reid turns up the heat in record 3,200m run (8:58)
FL HS: Andy Biladeau finishes 5th in FL Relays 2-mile after tough mile
UT HS: Shepherd, Kotter win races at Pine View Invitational
AZ HS: Chandler Rotary Track Meet Results
Hicham El Guerrouj maps out pre-Paris plan
T.J. Lentz wins 15k after setting 10-mile PR the previous day | Lentz gets first victory
Greg Bomhoff wins Eisenhower Marathon
Piet Retief, Rentia Poolman win uphill ultra in South Africa
Maurits Van Der Veen wins snowy Frederick Marathon | Frederick hosts cold marathon
Jason Spong, Suzanne Beste win Mercury News 10k
Frank McErleane, Sherri Doebler win windy, wet Ocean Drive Marathon
Live wire on rail line kills jogger in Monroe

MARCH 28, 2003
Latest news from this weekend's World XC Championships:
IAAF site - near-live splits and results
USATF - reports on U.S. athetes
Local organizing committee's site
Team USA ready for World Cross Country Championships
Latest Running USA Wire: Team USA athlete update, Men's 10-mile Champs. this weekend
Scott Nagelkerke finds his stride at college in Colorado
Georgetown expects to benefit from new regional qualifying system
BYU heads to Stanford Invitational
KS HS: Mike Rost raises expectations
AZ HS: John Chamberlain takes advantage of meet limits

MARCH 27, 2003
Tim Broe and Meb Keflezighi to offer free clinic at USA 8k Championships
World Cross previews: Senior Men | Senior Women | Juniors
Papa John's 10 Miler hosts men's USA Championship this weekend
In the long run, prize money hurts U.S. running
Kenyans will again dominate World Cross
Lausanne's 'Focus on Africans' – Kipketer, Denboba, Kidane and Dibaba biographies
Kurt Michaelis Youngstown State's first track All-American
Florida Relays to hit full stride | Top HS athletes to compete | Meet info. & entry lists
D.C. Marathon organizer under fire

MARCH 26, 2003
National Distance Running Hall of Fame continues to drain Boilermaker finances
Ethiopian team travels to Lausanne
Kenyan team alters approach to World Cross Country Championships | Mike Kosgei predicts Kenyan fireworks at the World Cross Country Championships
Lausanne's 'Focus on Africans' – Zersenay, Korir, Kiprop, Chemjor and Ochichi biographies
Tom Humphries faces the biggest challenge of his career at World Cross
Entrants for this weekend's Stanford Invitational
Rob de Castella, Rod Dixon to run race and raise money for the bushfire recovery
Joe LeMay retires
Oregon heads to Stanford Invitational

MARCH 25, 2003
Kenenisa Bekele to defend titles in Lausanne | Bekele's World Cross defense back on course
John Yuda pulls out of World XC Championships
A Brief Chat with Edwardo Torres
MO HS: State rule prompts Adam Perkins to skip senior track season
Boston champs will take another run at it | 2003 Boston Marathon elite field
Polish Olympic Champion Zdzislaw Krzyszkowiak dies
Geriatricus Ultra-Maximus, thy name is Yoder
Uganda struggles to fund trip to World XC Championships
Marine Corps to offer guaranteed entries to D.C. Marathon entrants | D.C. Marathoners can bring a friend to Pittsburgh and save

MARCH 22-24, 2003
Linus Maiyo, Edna Kiplagat win Azalea Trail Run | John Itati, Gladys Asiba fail to repeat as champs | Eddy Hellebuyck, Tatyana Pozdnyakova win masters races | Lankford, Philley fastest locals | Results
Congress Avenue Mile: Winners get close but no new cars | Results
David Kimani out for the season with a stress fracture
Adam Dailey returns from a two-year layoff
Seneca Lassiter forgets national pride and pays for it
Boston Marathon elite field announced
Shaun Creighton, Collette Liss score three-peats at Shamrock Shuffle 8k | Results
Albina Gallyamova, Kim Gillard win Borden Uptown Run*
Kenyan marathon runners win in Rome and Marseille
Bancroft NeuroHealth 5k Run results
Nigusu Urgie, Stephanie O'Reilly win Holyoke St. Patrick's Road Race | Results
Runners hold unofficial D.C. Marathon | Runners keep moving on their own
Select Collegiate T&F Results: | Willie Williams Classic | Charlotte 49ers Classic | Oregon Preview | Baldy Castillo Invitational | Alabama Relays | Hurricane Invitational | Ken Shannon Invitational |
Bill Rodgers gets age group win over Doug Kurtis at Germantown Half, Shadrack Kimeli gets overall win
Spain lays down challenge in Lausanne
Miami's Alex Brutvan in new role
Laura Gerber, Maarten Van Den Heuvel lead FSU in final day of FSU Relays | Results (Ryan Deak 3:49 1,500)
TX HS: The Woodlands' Brian Sullivan and Callie Wells run quick 1,600s
Melody-Anne Schultz looks good on paper to claim this year's Dipsea
Zimbabwe's junior and women's nationals postponed indefinitely
Don Mills was everyone's #1 coach
Report from New Zealand athletics championships

MARCH 21, 2003
U.S. announces World XC team, Culpepper, Gary replaced by Cullum, Connor
Sergiy Lebid gives the Africans something to think about in Lausanne
AZ HS: Daniel Kanyaruhuru ran for his life, now he runs for joy
Top runners commit to Azalea Trail Run | Elite runners join field | Masters winners back to defend crowns | Michael Green one of top local runners
Begleys made Jan. 26 a super Sunday all by themselves
Runners irate over D.C. Marathon cancellation
Sacramento may bid for more NCAA track championships
Georgetown's DMR runs well while Clement, O'Connell just miss finals
Track teams look forward to Oregon preview
'Wyoming Cowboy' leads Penn track
Uptown 5-mile run to be held Saturday in Dallas*
CA HS: Alex Enscoe's finishing kick too much
Rhode Island running news

MARCH 20, 2003
Seneca Lassiter sanctioned for World Cup actions
John Kibowen returns with triple gold quest
Lausanne focuses on the Africans – Yuda, Limo, Bekele and Masai biographies
Another Gabe Jennings update from trackandfieldnews.com
Race organizers cancel Sunday's D.C. Marathon | Organizers cancel D.C. Marathon
Maybe the world should come to Fayetteville
Nearly 50 teams head to Alabama Relays
Arizona to host Willie Williams Classic
Washington to host first-annual Ken Shannon Invitational
Arizona State hosts Baldy Castillo Invitational
Online registration for Peoples Beach to Beacon 10k now open
Cummins says USA, UK, Russia had heavily-guarded hotel at World Indoors

MARCH 19, 2003
Khalid Khannouchi out of London Marathon with tonsillitis
Kenya looks to vanquish Dublin ghosts in Lausanne
Nathalie Higley, Julius Gidabuday, Tania Fischer and Christian Hesch winners at Shamrock and Roll | Results
Boaz second in 5,000, fifth in 3,000
Sam Burley's late kick not enough at NCAAs
Kip Kangogo helps BYU take 27th
Michigan traveled as a team to NCAAs

MARCH 18, 2003
David Krummenacker's Birmingham Journal
Mark Carroll to miss Boston Marathon
RunOhio interviews Robert Gary
RunFlorida.com's Nike Indoor Championships interview series
PacifiCanada Track & Field Series introduced
Shamrock Sportsfest report | Results
D.C. St. Patrick's Day 10k report
Challenging the Athlete: Arch Jelley and John Walker
Bill Rodgers, Joan Samuelson enter USA Masters Indoor Championships
CA HS: New runners grab spotlight at Bay Area Distance Festival | Results
As famine returns to Ethiopia, experts ask: Is food aid working?
Site of NAIA Outdoor Track and Field Championships to host new marathon festival
Drugs in sports: An ethical maze

MARCH 14-17, 2003
David Krummenacker, Regina Jacobs win gold at World Indoor Championships
Haile Gebrselassie set to go extra mile for Ethiopia
Razorbacks capture 17th NCAA Indoor crown; Cragg and Mulvaney champions | Back where it belongs | The drought is over
Nathan Brannen wins NCAA championship in 800
Chris Mulvaney hogs attention in mile run
John Jefferson 2nd in mile | Nephi Tyler 11th in mile | Ed Torres 10th in 5,000m
Martin Lel and Derartu Tulu win Lisbon Half
Leah Pells, Mark Bomba win Seattle's St. Patrick's Day Dash
Constantina Tomescu-Dita, Eric Schwarts win Boulder's Runnin' of the Green Lucky 7k
Mark Andrews scorches the field with five-miler in 23:35 | Mark Andrews shortens his race distances
Vicky Huber Rudawsky, Gary Dennis win Ceasar Rodney Half Marathon
Chris Banks, Casey Smith win D.C.'s St. Patrick's 10k
Jiang Suzing, Gert Thys win Donga Seoul International Marathon
Ernesto Montesinos-Zarate, Marie Boyd win TransMountain Challenge 20k
MA HS: Victor Gras second at national meet
CA HS: Mohamed Trafeh second in Nike Indoor Championships two mile (scroll down)
Ireland announces World Cross teams

MARCH 13, 2003
C.J. Howard vows he'll compete again, even though osteosarcoma might force his left foot to be amputated
Can you qualify for the 2003 NYC Marathon?
A Brief Chat with Adrian Blincoe
Krummenacker, Jacobs lead U.S. distance hopes at World Indoor Championships
ESPN2 to televise NCAA Indoors, World Indoors
TnFMedia.com returns, sort of
Mike Sandrock: Edwardo Torres makes his own mark
Arkansas seniors lead by example | John McDonnell press conference
Luke Watson Named Mondo Regional Track Athlete Of The Year
Kip Kangogo named Mountain Region indoor track athlete of the year
Wisconsin to translated track success to outdoor season
Five decades after his victory, 1953 champion Keizo Yamada is still running strong
Australian 16 year old Stephen Snowdon on track for fast future
Mendocino College drops men's, women's track, cross country, adds women's soccer

MARCH 12, 2003
Meb Keflezighi and Abdi Abdirahman to run New York Road Runners 8000
World Indoor preview - track events
Gebrselassie versus Garcia – a 3,000m challenge to the Emperor’s supremacy
HS: Nike Indoor Championship entrants (PDF) | National Scholastic entrants (in alphabetical order)

Notre Dame sends 12 athletes to NCAAs

Grant Robison runs sub-4:00 mile
Butler's running duo turns in an impressive weekend
Cornell tracksters look to continue success
Julius Acon leaves Portugal for Birmingham
Western Sydney perfect breeding ground for runners
UK endurance runners are short-changed by myopic selectors
Scott Sehon and Dave Bronfenbrenner run the USA
Ray Plant ponders shot at London Marathon
Canadian running news

MARCH 11, 2003
A Brief Chat with Alistair Cragg
ZAPfitness athletes making great strides
Kenya's first Olympic gold medalist, Naftali Temu, dies at 58 | Kenya mourns Temu
Field announced for Papa John's 10 Miler/USA 10 Mile Champs.
Gabriel Lucido wins Mardi Gras Marathon, Trials qualifier next goal
Jackie Rzepecki, Kim Gillard win Bayou City Classic 10k (results only)

Kelly Keane, Brantley Lutz win Valley of the Sun Half Marathon
(results only)

FL HS: Age limit takes Paul Cross out of U.S. title chase

Video interview with Keith and Kevin Hanson
Frustrated runners chase indoor training facility in Canada

MARCH 9-10, 2003
Six months into his second running career, Kevin Castille dominates Red River Run 10k | Results
Tamaki Ominami wins Nagoya Women's Marathon; Khalid Khannouchi wins Kyoto Half
Sergiy Lebid takes narrow Cinque Mulini win
Ethiopian federation will wait to decide if Bekele will travel to Lausanne
Rui Silva dreaming of indoor gold
Jos Hermens believes Bekele can break Gebrselassie's track records
Select Indoor results: UW Last Chance Qualifier | Alex Wilson Invitational | Iowa State Last Chance | IC4A Championships | NAIA Championships
Three more Duke school records fall
Dozens qualify for NCAAs at UW finale
Boaz Cheboiywo runs triple (last weekend) to lead team
Christian Smith improves provisional time in 800, qualifiers to be announced Monday
Corey Creasey, Maria Trujillo del Rios win NorCal John Frank Memorial Run | Results
Adam Dailey, Cassandra Henkiel win Time Warner Cable's News 8k | Results
Albina Gallyamova, Antonio Gutierrez win Rio 10k Run
Andy Coleman outfoxes Noel Berkeley in Ireland's Nike Ballycotton 10 | Results
Hendrik Ramaala runs 13:43 5,000m, sets record | SA meet features exciting 1,500 race
Arturo Barrios recommends strength training program for runners
Athletes told to expose drug cheats
Endurance sports put athletes at risk of ill health, studies find

MARCH 8, 2003
Mebrahtom Keflezighi wins third-straight title at Gate River Run | Running USA race report | Photos
Where in the world is Gabe Jennings?
Results from this weekend's NAIA Indoor Track & Field Championships
Results from Notre Dame's Alex Wilson Invitational
A Brief Chat with Toby Tanser
A reporter's account of racing with Alan Culpepper
Saturday's meet at Washington last chance to boost marks before NCAA Indoors
NorCal John Frank Memorial Run attracts talent including Richie Boulet, Tim Nelson and Michelle Hannaford
Ultramarathons: When far isn't far enough

MARCH 7, 2003
Team USA Minnesota running smoothly | A look at the various Team USA programs
Team USA, CA: Old School Meets New School
Rui Silva defeats Bernard Lagat in 1,500 at Athina 2003 | Results
51 US athletes from age 17 to 39 to compete in Birmingham
Team USA loaded with medal contenders for World Indoors
Austin, TX-area runner Gilbert Tuhabonye an inspiration to many
Rob Whalley looks for fourth UK XC title and spot on World Championships team
Notre Dame hosts Alex Wilson Invitational this weekend
Stanford athletes get one 'last chance' this Saturday
South Dakota State University qualifies nine for DII nationals
BYU soccer finds novel alternative to NCAA*

Canadian runners tune up for big meets

Kenyan men, Russian women look to continue dominance of Reedy River Run
FL HS: Steven Hassen makes verbal commitment to University of Florida
NY HS: NYSPHSAA boys indoor track & field seeds | Live webcast at i2sports.com
Jeff Hollobaugh: If I could turn back time...

MARCH 6, 2003
Adam Perkins will skip scholastic track season with sub-4:00 goal in mind
A Brief Chat with Chris Graff
Sergiy Lebid makes final Lausanne preparations in the Cinque Mulini
Shane Nankervis qualifies for Australia's World Championship team in marathon
NCAA berths on line for Yale track
Marquette's Brent Des Roches perseveres through pain
CO HS: Brent Vaughn and Ian Burrell to renew rivalry on track
SC HS: High mileage puts Donald Stouffer out front
Linz officially opens new indoor arena with Gala meeting Friday
International drug code accepted for Olympic sports*
South Carolina running notes
Jim Castor: Another local race pulls up lame
Raleigh mayor will donate money for every 45+ year old who beats him in 5k
Napa Valley Marathon is no run for the money

MARCH 5, 2003
Drossin and Keflezighi to defend Gate River Run titles this weekend, race will be webcast live
World hope James Thie set for sweet dreams
A Brief Chat with Jason Lunn
The Penn track program has its roots in the origins of the University
Montana's Scott McGowan injured at Big Sky Championships, out for the remainder of track season
Distance runners lead South Dakota State to 4th-place conference finish
Asbury Park (NJ) 10k to return in June, prize money will be awarded
78-year-old man sets record with 3:36 marathon at Napa Valley
Coaches call for a second track in Eldoret

MARCH 4, 2003
Q&A with Arthur Lydiard from Chicago Athlete
Jon Riley cookin' at home: Ex-Brookline star wins 3,000 meters

Kenny Brown wins Napa Valley Marathon
Impressive comeback gives BYU MWC title
Stanford prepares for NCAA Indoor Championships
Comrades age group winner killed in robbery
Mike Sandrock: Balancing exercise, the rest of life

MARCH 1-3, 2003
Jon Riley wins U.S. title on home turf
Webb gets a little tangled up in 1,500, Jason Lunn wins
Day two report from U.S. Indoor Championships | Quotes | All results
Day one report from U.S. Indoor Championships | Quotes
Select Collegiate Results: Big Ten Championships | Big 12 Championships | MAC Championships | Heptagonal Championships | Mountain West Championships | Pac-10 Invitational | Big Sky Championships | Virginia Tech Last Chance | Conference USA Championships | Sun Belt Championships | Missouri Valley Championships
Hope for absent Bekele but no major surprises at the Ethiopian Cross Country Championships
A Brief Chat with Luke Watson
Gebrselassie runs 7:28 3k
IAAF suspends Brahim Boulami
Japhet Kosgei just short of course record in Lake Biwa Marathon
Lee Troop, paced by Steve Moneghetti, breaks 2:10 at Lake Biwa Marathon
Mark Yatich has final answer at L.A. Marathon*
It's a photo finish in Los Angeles
Yatich eeks out victory at L.A. Marathon
Ramaala runs impressively at 10,000m
Arkansas wins seventh-straight SEC indoor title
Arkansas puts hammer down in 3k
Ben Dawson wins Big 12 double
Nick Willis, Nate Brannen win a pair of Big Ten titles for Michigan
Diagnosis produces results from Arkansas' Silverus Kimeli
Florida men finish second in SEC
Dartmouth men fourth, women fifth at Heps
James Thie among winners at UK indoor trials | Results
Samuel Wanjiru and Emilie Mondor win Fukuoka Cross Country
NY HS: Syracuse's Carrier Dome to host state meet next weekend
Tim Broe honored
Chris Brasher, marathon man
Chad Bennion a politician with a 47-minute 10-mile PR
Man nearing completion of run around the world

 

     
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