EDITOR'S PICKS ARCHIVES, 2004

Interview with Dathan Ritzenhein - The 2004 U.S. Olympian is healthy again and hoping to continue his journey to the top of the sport.
Foot Locker Midwest Regional photos | Results (PDF)
FOOT LOCKER CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS:
Ken Cormier wins the national title! Photos | Post-race interviews: Ken Cormier, Andrew Bumbalough, Mark Matusak, John McGuire, Chris Barnicle, Sean McNamara, Mohamud Ige, Andy Biladeau, Scott MacPherson, and Justin Harbor | Results | Our Foot Locker special section
A Brief Chat with Mark Carroll from RunnersWorld.com (12/20)
The wrong track? Critics say Oregon track success must be based on distance runners from the Register-Guard (12/16)
A Brief Chat with Jerry Schumacher from RunnerWorld.com (12/13)
USATF Club Nationals photos from TrackAndFieldPhoto.com
Nike Team Nationals photos from TrackAndFieldPhoto.com
Foot Locker West Regional photos from Photo Run
A Brief Chat with Anthony Famiglietti from RunnersWorld.com
Foot Locker Northeast Regional photos | Results
More Foot Locker photos: Photo Run | Mike Boucher
NCAA DI XC CHAMPIONSHIPS: Simon Bairu, Colorado win NCAA titles | Photos (Updated 12/2, all photos now posted) | Individual results (PDF) | Team results (PDF) | Race preview: A list of work to be done | Scenes from the day before the race | Official meet site
More NCAA XC photos: TrackAndFieldPhoto.com | Track & Field News | Photo Run | PrettySporty.com | Tim O'Dowd
NCAA DII XC Championships photos from trackandfieldphoto.com
Josh McDougal feature* from the New York Times (11/26)
Interview with Matt Lane
Pre-USA 10K Championships interviews with Jason Hubbard and Peter De La Cerda | Post-race interview with Hubbard
Big Ten XC Championships photos | Results
A Brief Chat with Nate Brannen from RunnersWorld.com (11/18)
A Brief Chat with Josh McDougal from RunnersWorld.com (11/17)
NCAA Northeast Regional photos | More Northeast photos | West Regional photos | South Regional photos
Interview with Matt Tegenkamp, who is hoping to help lead his Wisconsin team to its first NCAA XC title since 1988.
Interview with Brad Hudson - Formerly a top distance runner himself, Hudson is now helping some of the country's best runners get the most out of themselves.
Interview with Meb Keflezighi from Running USA (11/15)
NCAA DI XC regional results | NCAA DIII XC regional results | DI qualifiers
ING New York City Marathon photos (Updated 11/17) | Results | Race coverage
Big Ten XC Championships photos by Sean Hartnett
A Brief Chat with USA 10K Champion Chad Pearson from RunnersWorld.com (11/11)
Pre-order Five Thousand Meters: Nothing Comes Easy DVD now
A Brief Chat with Hendrik Ramaala from RunnersWorld.com (11/9)
A Brief Chat with Ryan Shay from RunnersWorld.com (11/8)
Interview with Abdi Abdirahman, who will make his marathon debut at this weekend's ING New York City Marathon.
Interview with Josh Rohatinsky
Big East XC Championships photos | Results
Interview with Bob Kennedy and Photos of Dieter Hogen's crew - including Kennedy - training in Boulder
Interview with Rob Myers
Pac-10 photos from TrackAndFieldPhoto.com (10/30)
Mike Barnow providing an American dream out of a living room from The Journal News (10/31)
Pre-Marine Corps feature on Hansons-Brooks runners* from the Washington Post (10/30)
SI on campus - The Road Life: Part 2, The (REALLY) Low-Budget Team (10/27)
Meb Keflezighi feature* from the New York Times (10/30)
Pete Sherry feature - Sherry will defend his title at the Marine Corps Marathon on Sunday
In the better-late-than-never category: New England Collegiate XC Championships photos | Results
Charlie Gruber feature from The University Daily Kansan (10/26)
Chris Banks feature from the Washington Times (10/24)
NCAA Pre-Nationals photos by Chris Fox | Results | More Pre-Nationals photos from TrackAndFieldPhoto, PrettySporty, and Mike Boucher (requires registration)
Interview with Louis Luchini
A Brief Chat with Matt Gonzales from RunnersWorld.com (10/20)
LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon photos (Updated 10/20)
A Brief Chat with Steve Holman from RunnersWorld.com (10/15)
Josh McDougal's season review from JoffroiRunning.com
Schedule for Arthur Lydiard's U.S. tour
The Klamath Union HS/Stanford connection from the Herald and News (10/13)
Interview with Mark Menefee - A 2003 graduate of the University of Kansas, Menefee finished a surprising fifth in the 5,000 at the 2004 U.S. Olympic Track & Field Trials.
A Brief Chat with Matt Downin from RunnersWorld.com (10/12)
Great American XC photos from photorun.net
Tony Young article from the Seattle Times (10/7)
Interview with Tim Broe - The 11th place finisher in the 5,000m at the Athens Olympics talks to Scott Douglas about a variety of topics.
Bryan Sharkey article* from the Miami Herald (10/5)
Rocky Mountain Shootout photos from trackandfieldphoto.com
Watch the trailer for "Five Thousand Meters - Nothing Comes Easy"
Jeff See Interview
Lameck Aguta article from the Pioneer Press (9/29)
Stanford Invitational photos from trackandfieldphoto.com
Interview with Pete Pfitzinger
A Brief Chat with Clint Verran from RunnersWorld.com (9/27)
A Brief Chat with Bob Kennedy from RunnersWorld.com (9/24)
Eric Giddings article from the Portland Press Herald (9/23)
CVS/pharmacy Downtown 5K photos | Results
A Brief Chat with Abdi Abdirahman from RunnersWorld.com (9/16)
ISTAF Berlin photos from trackandfieldphoto.com
New Haven 20K photos | Results
Marathon entrants finish well at New Haven 20K: Three Americans who will be running the ING New York City Marathon 2004 recorded strong performances at the NewAlliance New Haven Road Race 20K/USA 20K Championships on Monday, September 6. Ryan Shay won in 59:53, followed by Chris Graff in second (1:00:07) and Matt Downin in third (1:00:10); all three have entered the ING New York City Marathon.
Bob Larsen article from the San Diego Union-Tribune (9/10)
Rieti and Rovereto photos from TrackAndFieldPhoto.com
California running store for sale
A Brief Chat with Keflezighi from RunnersWorld.com (9/9)
Meb Keflezighi wins Olympic silver! | Keflezighi to run ING New York City Marathon 2004
Book Review: "The Miler"
The Race of Adam Wallace's Life - Former Wisconsin All-American Adam Wallace has opted to give up his own running career and help less advantaged children discover the benefits of our sport.
A Brief Chat with Trent Briney from RunnersWorld.com (9/3)
A Brief Chat with Brian Sell from RunnersWorld.com (9/1)
A Brief Chat with John Mortimer from RunnersWorld.com (8/31)
OLYMPIC LINKS - TV: Olympic T&F TV schedule (NBC and affiliates) | CBC TV schedule (Canada) | BBC TV coverage (Great Britain) | Those in the UK can also watch and listen live online | WEB: Official Olympic site (includes start lists, schedule, and results) | IAAF web coverage | Track & Field News' previews | Runner's World's web coverage | NBCOlympics.com | Brush up on your T&F stats | PHOTOS: PhotoRun.net | IAAF photos
Nick Willis article from the Ann Arbor News (8/20)
Bernard Lagat article from the Washington Post* (8/20)
Abdi Abdirahman article from Rocky Mountain News (8/20)
Q&A with Dan Browne from The Oregonian (8/19)
Andrew Bumbalough Interview - Tennessee's Bumbalough is expected to be one of the country's top high school distance runners this year.
Obea Moore Feature by Erik Heinonen - His event, the 400m, isn't one we usually cover, but his story is compelling enough that we thought it should be told.
Frank Shorter on NPR: Running for joy... and gold
Peoples Beach to Beacon 10K Photos | Results
Miruts Yifter feature from the IAAF (8/14)
Jon Riley feature from The Post-Standard (8/13)
Anthony Famiglietti feature from the Arizona Daily Sun (8/13)
Zurich Weltklasse photos from TrackAndFieldPhoto.com
A Brief Chat with Alan Culpepper from RunnersWorld.com (8/10)
Long-Running rivalry: Kenya vs. Ethiopia from Time.com (8/8)
A Brief Chat with Robert Gary from RunnersWorld.com (8/06)
Gugl Meeting (Linz) photos from trackandfieldphoto.com
Norwich Union GP Photos from trackandfieldphoto.com
A Brief Chat with Jonathon Riley from RunnersWorld.com (7/28)
A Brief Chat with Anthony Famiglietti from RunnersWorld.com (7/26)
U.S OLYMPIC TEAM TRIALS - TRACK & FIELD: Photos (updated 7/20) Day Eight: Despite wins, Olympic picture drastically different for Webb, Tollefson | Day Six: Uncertainty about A standards keeps several athletes waiting | Day Five: If three were four | Day four: Johnson, Robinson, and Peterson make 800 team, Krummenacker fourth | Day two: Favorites advance in men's 800, Toomey out of women's 800 | Day one: Keflezighi wins 10,000 title; Runyan, Rhines top list in 5,000 | Links: Results | Meet web site | TV schedule | Sacramento Bee coverage | Runner's World's coverage
Brandon Leslie article from the Washington Post (7/17)
Bryan Berryhill article from the Mail Tribune (7/11)
Meb Keflezighi article from the New York Times (7/11)
Carl Blackhurst article from the Juneau Empire (7/9)
Kevin Castille article from The Advertiser (7/9)
A Brief Chat with Jason Lunn from RunnersWorld.com (7/8)
Chris Solinsky - Solinsky discusses his successful freshman year at Wisconsin and his NCAA Outdoor mishap.
Interview with George Kersh - We catch up with George Kersh, whose 1:44.00 800m PR still ranks #11 on the U.S. all-time list.
NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships: All NCAA photos now posted (Updated 7/6) Interviews: Dathan Ritzenhein, Alistair Cragg | Quotes from Chris Mulvaney, Jordan Desilets, and Robert Cheseret | Race reports: Saturday: Mulvaney, Cheseret, Johnson, and Desilets win titles (Updated 6/14) | Thursday: Alistair Cragg closes out NCAA career with a seventh title | Wednesday: Thunderstorms change face of schedule at NCAA Championships [Results | Meet site]
Kevin Sullivan article from the Ann Arbor News (7/7)
Scott McGowan article from the Billings Gazette (7/7)
A Brief Chat with Dan Wilson from RunnersWorld.com (7/6)
Alan and Shayne Culpepper article from the Washington Post (7/6)
Sean O'Brien article from The Union Leader (7/6)
Sam Burley article from philly.com (7/5)
Kenny Moore to write Bill Bowerman's life story from the Register-Guard (7/4)
Dathan Ritzenhein update from the Denver Post (7/2)
Dan Browne feature from the Portland Tribune (7/2)
Alan Webb teleconference excerpts from USATF (7/1)
ZAP Fitness now accepting applications
Ashley Johnson and Bob Kennedy sell soles from the Indianapolis Star (6/30) and A Brief Chat with Bob Kennedy from RunnersWorld.com (7/1)
A Brief Chat with Grant Robison from RunnersWorld.com (6/30)
A Brief Chat with Tim Broe from RunnersWorld.com (6/29)
A Brief Chat with Paul McMullen from RunnersWorld.com (6/28)
Alistair Cragg feature from the AP (6/26)
A Brief Chat with Jorge Torres from RunnersWorld.com (6/25)
A Brief Chat with Galen Rupp from RunnersWorld.com (6/23)
Interview: Kenenisa Bekele from The Guardian (6/20)
A Brief Chat with Daniel Lincoln from RunnersWorld.com (6/18)
Stuart Eagon feature from The Oregonian (6/18)
Interview with Adam Goucher - It's been a long four years for Goucher, who will try to defend his Olympic Trials 5,000m title next month.
A Brief Chat with David Krummenacker from RunnersWorld.com (6/16)
A Brief Chat with Charlie Gruber from RunnersWorld.com (6/14)
Victor Gras feature from the Boston Globe (6/10)
Martin Smith feature from The Oregonian (6/10)
A Brief Chat with Matt Lane from RunnersWorld.com (6/8)
Dathan Ritzenhein article from the Boulder Daily Camera (6/6)
Photos from Boston High Performance Series, May 29
A Brief Chat with Matt Gabrielson from RunnersWorld.com (6/4)
Shadrack Kiptoo article from the Albuquerque Tribune (6/3)
A Brief Chat with Mike Donnelly from RunnersWorld.com (6/2)
James Strang and Andrew Bumbalough feature* from commercialappeal.com (5/29)
House of runners* from the Arizona Daily Sun (5/30)
Galen Rupp article from the Eugene Register-Guard (5/26)
Home Depot photos from trackandfieldphoto.com
The long road of Peter Paplanus from TrackShark.com (5/26)
Terrence Mahon article from the Philadelphia Inquirer (5/24)
Galen Rupp feature from The Oregonian (5/23)
Pac-10 Photos from TrackAndFieldPhoto.com
Bob Kennedy Audio Interview - Kennedy discusses his plans to run the ING New York City Marathon 2004, and much more
Gavin Coombs video feature from wtnh.com
Ethiopian distance running feature from the New York Times (5/11)
Hartford Public High School Invitational Photos | Two-mile story from the Hartford Courant: In public, a shoeless endorsement* | Results - Includes coverage of a great showdown in the boys' two-mile.
The Road to Athens: Nick Willis and Nate Brannen - special updates from the University of Michigan
Jorge Torres update from the Denver Post (5/2)
Henrik Ahnstrom article from the Arizona Daily Sun (5/2)
Cardinal Invitational photos from TrackAndFieldPhoto.com
Boston Marathon Photos | Results
Magnificient obsession: Roger Bannister, Jay Cantin and the 4:00 mile from The Globe and Mail (5/1)
Matt Tegenkamp article from the Badger Herald (4/28)
Michael Stember feature from the Sacramento Bee (3/28)
A member of the running community lost his 16-year-old son, Louis V. DiGregorio, to a brain aneurysm one year ago. Help support aneurysm research and promote organ donation by participating in the Run to Remember or by making a donation.
Brief Chats with Chris Graff and Steve Slattery from RunnersWorld.com
Mark Mandi article from the Seattle Times (4/23)
Gavin Coombs article* from the Hartford Courant (4/21)
Kansas' Wes Santee knew he was flat-out fast* from the Kansas City Star (4/15)
A Brief Chat with Nick Rogers from RunnersWorld.com (4/13)
A Brief Chat with Bolota Asmerom from RunnersWorld.com (4/6)
Standout group has Michigan, Eastern Michigan ties from the Ann Arbor News (4/5)
Hicham El Guerrouj article from The Times (4/2)
USA 8K CHAMPIONSHIPS: Meb Keflezighi sets new USA 8K Championships record
Results | Photos (All photos now posted.)
Interview with Ryan Shay
(Shortly after we posted this interview, Shay pulled out of the USA 8K Championships due to illness.)
Interview with Luke Watson
Scott Nagelkerke article from the Grand Rapids Press (3/23)
NCAA INDOOR TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS
Day two: Alistair Cragg finishes on top and Nate Brannen repeats | Final results | Photos | Day one: Alistair Cragg, Nick Willis set up Saturday clash with Friday wins
Job listings (Updated 3/19/04)
Interview with Anthony Famiglietti (3/17)
A Brief Chat with Sean Jefferson from RunnersWorld.com (3/17)
A Brief Chat with Robert Gary from RunnersWorld.com (3/15)
Interview with Steve Slattery
Team USA Monterey Bay feature from the Monterey Herald (3/14)
Alan Culpepper article from the Dallas Morning News (3/13)
Interview with Mike McGrath
A Brief Chat with Nate Brannen from RunnersWorld.com (3/9)
A Brief Chat with Daniel Lincoln from RunnersWorld.com (2/24)
ACC Indoor T&F Championships photos from TrackAndFieldPhoto.com and PrettySporty.com (2/21)
Exclusive U.S. Men's Olympic Marathon Trials coverage
Lisa Rainsberger gives Trent Briney reality check from The Gazette (2/20)
Tyson Foods Invitational Photos from trackandfieldphoto.com
Job listings (updated 2/13)
A Brief Chat with Alistair Cragg from RunnersWorld.com (2/19)
USA Cross Country Championships photos from TrackAndFieldPhoto.com (2/8)
adidas Boston Indoor Games Photos | Results
More photos from TrackAndFieldPhoto.com
New Balance Games Photos
Kevin Collins feature from the Democrat & Chronicle (2/4)
Joseph Mahoney article from the Wisconsin State Journal (2/3)
Todd Meyer article from the Democrat & Chronicle (2/3)
Interview with Brian Sell
A Brief Chat with Clint Verran from RunnersWorld.com (1/30)
New Balance Games Photos
adidas Boston Indoor Games Photos | Results | More photos from TrackAndFieldPhoto.com
Kevin Collins feature from the Democrat & Chronicle (2/4)
Joseph Mahoney article from the Wisconsin State Journal (2/3/04)
Todd Meyer article from the Democrat & Chronicle (2/3)
Interview with Brian Sell
A Brief Chat with Clint Verran from RunnersWorld.com (1/30)
Ryan Shay Interview from Running USA (1/29)
A Brief Chat with Peter Julian from RunnersWorld.com (1/28)
Rod DeHaven update from The Capital Times (1/28)
Jimmy Hearld feature from the Lexington Herald-Leader (1/27)
A Brief Chat with Kevin Collins from RunnersWorld.com (1/26)
Interview with Alan Culpepper
Interview with Keith Dowling
Photos from P.F. Chang's Rock 'n' Roll Arizona Marathon and Half Marathon at TrackAndFieldPhoto.com (1/12)
Ted Callinan article from the Philadelphia Inquirer (1/12)
Interview with Calvin's Dave Haagsma & Hendrik Kok
MAC XC Championships Photos | Results - We're doing our winter cleaning
Interview with Keith Dowling
A Brief Chat with Jason Lunn from RunnersWorld.com (1/20)
A Brief Chat with Adrian Blincoe from RunnersWorld.com (1/16)
Jason Ryf is slowest Trials qualifier, happy to be going from RunnersWorld.com (1/14)
A Brief Chat with Meb Keflezighi from RunnersWorld.com (1/13)
Photos from P.F. Chang's Rock 'n' Roll Arizona Marathon and Half Marathon at TrackAndFieldPhoto.com (1/12)
Ted Callinan article from the Philadelphia Inquirer (1/12)
Interview with Calvin's Dave Haagsma & Hendrik Kok
MAC XC Championships Photos | Results - We're doing our winter cleaning
NCAA XC Championships Photos updated 12/31
Millennium Mile Photos | Results
Ian Dobson Interview
All Foot Locker XC coverage now posted
Garrett Heath feature from the Winona Daily News (1/1)

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