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JANUARY 30, 2004
Haile Gebrselassie looks to set 3,000 mark, tune up for Athens | Gebrselassie hopes to win indoors | Gebrselassie to make first U.S. appearance since Atlanta
Ryan Shay pre-Trials interview from Running USA
Road to Athens starts in Birmingham on February 7
Sergiy Lebid aims for second Tourcoing title
USOC threatens USATF with decertification
Strong fields for Boston University Terrier Classic: Women | Men
Indiana's John Jefferson to redshirt 2004 indoor season
Jonathan Johnson easing into season
Penn State national indoor track meet takes place Friday and Saturday
NJ HS: Khadraoui vs. Pannone vs. Hughes in 3,200m showdown
TEAG International Indoor meeting report
Elite pacers head below par Beppu-Oita Mainichi line-up

JANUARY 29, 2004
Kenenisa Bekele to hit the boards for the first time in Stuttgart
Haile Gebrselassie heads distance fest in Boston
Nate Brannen, Nick Willis to race with elite in Boston
Paul Tergat: Starving children will never flourish
Arizona State heads to Flagstaff for annual indoor double dual meet
Columbia prepares to host meet, top runners to compete in Boston
Missouri hosts Tiger Classic Friday
Carl Ichan to donate $10 million for sports facility at NY's Randalls Island Park

JANUARY 28, 2004
Rod DeHaven's comeback run stalls due to injury
Noah Ngeny is ‘fit’ and preparing for title defense
Craig Mottram will run 3,000m, his first race of the year, tonight
Fifty years on, rival claims to have pipped Bannister to milestone |
Ex-NIU men's track coach Harold 'Hal' Morris dies in Colorado
Galen Rupp, Maria Mutola win Oregon Sports Awards

JANUARY 27, 2004
Jimmy Hearld makes last run at the Olympics
Training in cold builds character for Michigan's Olympic hopefuls | Run Michigan's interview series
Nine Coloradans in marathon trials
World-beating fields highlight adidas Boston Indoor Games
May will mark 50 years since first sub-4:00 mile
Towson University rumored to be dropping mens cross country, track
OU coach copes with wife's death
Toyota Prius Miami Tropical Marathon/Half-Marathon to take place Sunday
Japan's World Championships marathon qualifying races announced
Experts to be on hand for marathon college
David Bedford wins court battle over advertisement

JANUARY 24-26, 2004
Sebastian Coe: John Landy the nearly man
1948 Olympic 1,500m runner-up Lennart Strand dies at 82
A Brief Chat with Kevin Collins
Gebre Gebremariam victorious in San Sebastián despite losing shoe
Hot races on a cold afternoon at New Balance Games | Galen Rupp is disappointed despite another record | Results | More from DyeStat
Weather taking a toll on training for Jorge Torres
New faces lead Wisconsin - Chris Solinsky runs 4:02, Matt Tegenkamp 4:03 | Results (PDF)
Nick Willis, Kevin Sullivan, Nate Brannen highlight race | Tribute paid to fallen Wolverine Kris Eggle | Red Simmons Invitational Results
Joep Tigchelaar wins battle against Jim Jurcevich at Gasparilla 15K | Florida State runner wins | Results
Jason Mayeroff and Jimmy Hearld healing up for Trials
Ben Dawson making run at world recognition
Select T&F Results: SEC Invitational | Clemson Invitational | Niswonger Foundation Invitational (Alan Webb 8:01) | Razorback Invitational | Virginia Tech Invitational | Gold Country Classic | MU-KU-KSU Triangular | URI Invitational | Notre Dame Indoor Opener | Wildcat Invitational (PDF) | Blue Raider Invitational | NAU Tri Meet (PDF) | Air Force Invitational | Texas Tech Quad | Dartmouth Invitational
Bryn Mawr Running Company squad is going national
Erik Heinonen runs trail of trials as a collegian
Steve Nearman: Various runners chasing records
Saif Saaeed Shaheen to run World Cross
Christopher Cheboiboch well beaten in Eldoret
Vladimir Kotov wins inaugural Khon Kaen International Marathon
Kenya's John Gwako surprises 3M Half Marathon field
David Maritim wins Hops Marathon | A nice, leisurely stroll | Results | Photos
The Armory's a hall of a place
Dave Moorcroft: 'If Paula tested positive I'd quit athletics'
Baltimore man spends 24 hours on a treadmill to break records and raise money for animal shelter
KY HS: Student-athletes are subjected to random drug testing
Britain's Ryan McLeod wins Junior Cross Country International in Lisbon
Pamenos Ballantyne wins Trinidad and Tobago International Marathon

JANUARY 23, 2004
Stephen Pifer looking good, Erik Heinonen to CU, Bob Kennedy training in Boulder
More on Kip Kangogo's transfer to TCU
World Champions sign up for Feb. 14 Tyson Foods Invitational at Arkansas
New Balance Games preview from Runner's World
Nick Willis, Nate Brannen to open indoor season at home
Virginia Tech prepares for 18-team indoor track invitational
Road to recovery: With therapy, Bill Rodgers working back from broken leg
Gasparilla: Dror Vaknin running with a purpose | Gasparilla offering prize money for first time since 1997
Nike signs contract to be outfitter for U.S. Olympic teams
Koji Shimizu, Takayuki Nishida to run Tokyo International Marathon
MA HS: Drew Harrington picks himself up, gets back to winning
Masses take to marathons

JANUARY 22, 2004
Haile Gebrselassie seeks to regain indoor 3,000m record in Boston
Kenenisa Bekele takes Stuttgart and Birmingham test before Budapest decision
New track Hall set to open in Big Apple | Armory's new upgrade is a history lesson
Interview with new WFP envoy Paul Tergat | Tergat says his record will be safe in Athens
Games setback has Aouita team fuming
Auburn's Sheridan Kirk runs 1:49 at Wildcat Invitational
Former Notre Dame track standout and author Nicholas Sparks to be honored
With big finish in sight, Columbia preserves top runners
Toyota Prius Miami Tropical Marathon and Half Marathon filling up quickly
Mark Buckingham sets 1,500m record at North of England Junior Indoor Championships
Serge Arbona to attempt 24-hour treadmill record

JANUARY 17-21, 2004
Cone-fusion costs Dan Browne in Halliburton Half | Marek Jaroszewski wins Houston Marathon in 2:18 | 2003 marathon winner Sean Wade third
A Brief Chat with Jason Lunn
Zephernius Joseph wins Naples Daily News Half Marathon | Results
Alistair Cragg runs 3:58 DMR anchor
Nick Hamlin wins San Diego Marathon, Likahaya Dayile wins half
Asics names shoe for Travis Landreth
Marc Bloom: Looking back at the Armory and it's thrills, chills and vibrations*
United Nations WFP appoints Paul Tergat Goodwill Ambassador
Bermuda International Race Weekend: James Thie makes it two in a row | Patrick Nthiwa wins 10k | Dmitry Maximov wins half | El Afoui Boubker wins marathon
XC from the IAAF: Kenenisa Bekele wins XXII Cross Internacional de Itálica | Paul Tergat wins Kenyan Armed Forces Cross and re-thinks about Brussels | Richard Limo wins in Eldoret | Aniko Kalovics and Sergiy Lebid beat the snow in Rovereto
Arkansas Invitational Results (Adam Perkins 4:09, Jason Pyrah & Galen Rupp 4:10, Charlie Gruber 8:08, Jason Sandfort 8:11)
TrackShark.com interview with Jason Sandfort
Minnesota Open Results (Luke Watson 4:05)
Select T&F Results: USTCA @ Penn State | UW Indoor Preview | Florida Intercollegiate (Alex Kipchichir 1:48) | GBTC Invitational Results | EMU Invitational | UNC Fast Times Invitational (PDF) | Black Knight Invitational (PDF) | Oval Open | NYC Collegiate Opener | Colorado Invitational | Terrier Cup | Missouri Invitational | Purdue Invitational | Houston Indoor Opener
Gavin Thompson honored as Eastern Michigan's outstanding runner
Scott Douglas, a new Mainer, warming up to the cold
Track organizers are wary: Wait-and-see attitude on positive-testing athletes
Steve Nearman: Effects of caffeine remain unclear
Jonas Holdeman sees training runners as his true calling
Wisconsin looks to continue a history of success
Running club aids movement to save Western Michigan track, cross country
Raymundo Torres wins 10k race
AL HS: Jeff Rhodes emerges as one of state's top runners
Clean sweep for Morocco in Marrakech International Marathon
Domenico D'Ambrosio, Jacklyne Chemwek win Montefortiana Turà road race
President Bush calls for end to steroid use
Jason Bull one of Bryn Mawr Running Club
's most improved runners

JANUARY 16, 2004
A Brief Chat with Adrian Blincoe
HS: Matt Withrow's Foot Locker journal
Houston may be launching pad for Olympians - Browne, Hauser, Strand, Hellebuyck, Morris to run*
Patrick Ivuti heads lineup for Kenyan Armed Forces cross
Paula Radcliffe, Paul Tergat may compete in May's Great Manchester Run
Colorado set for first indoor track test
Top runners to compete at Eastern Michigan, including Boaz Cheboiywo in 800
North Central inducting its first sports hall of fame class
Ball State men's track program begins final season
Paris, London, Madrid, New York lead field for 2012
Cold weather rarely deters runners

JANUARY 15, 2004
Chicago lawyer Chris Wehrman in Naples for special trial | Naples race's U.S. field slim
Paul Tergat hopes to return to May's Great Manchester Run 10k
Aniko Kalovics and Sergiy Lebid are the favorites in Vallagarina
Team USA Minnesota announces January indoor competitions
A Brief Chat with agent Mark Wetmore
Dick Beardsley to talk about his meteoric rise as a runner
New Bislett Stadium due next year
Stench of steroid scandal hangs over track and field
Colonial Relays off while William & Mary rebuilds track
Notre Dame to open season at Central Michigan
Longtime UC Davis XC coach Sue Williams retires
Kevin Jones, Brad Wharton stand out in Wake Forest's season opener
Performance tights claim to give extra support
Olympic torchbearer applications begin

JANUARY 14, 2004
Jason Ryf is slowest Trials qualifier, happy to be going
A Brief Chat with Jim Spivey
Bermuda International Race Weekend preview
Arizona State heads to Flagstaff for NAU Invitational

JANUARY 13, 2004
A Brief Chat with Meb Keflezighi
Boniface Kiprop - Uganda's junior star has big international ambitions
South African marathoner Josia Bembe dies
Hansons team enjoys running in Disney Half Marathon
Lee Bong-Ju to run in Seoul Marathon before leaving for Athens
NDN Half Marathon: No longer Super, race still expected to be a success
P.F. Chang Rock 'n' Roll organizers planning for next year | Marathon aided slow-time economy
Butler cancels indoor track series for 2004
Middle Tennessee track planning reunion
Race during ChambersFest to honor Tim and Susan Cook

JANUARY 10-12, 2004
Rock 'n' Roll Marathon/Half: Haron Toroitich earns marathon victory in 2:10:33 | Ryan Shay dominates half | Photos | Results
Huge win for Kenenisa Bekele in Campaccio, Sergiy Lebid third
Paul Tergat wins in Belfast | Peerless Tergat bows out in style
Abraham Chebii, Elvan Abeylegesse take the spoils in Elgóibar
Valladolid victories for Gebregziabher Gebremariam and Werknesh Kidane
Cross country series jackpot shared by three in Eldoret
Kip Kangogo transfers from BYU to TCU
Shot at Olympic well-earned for Ted Callinan
Five Utah athletes running down a dream at upcoming marathon trials
OR HS: Galen Rupp to run two big indoor races
IL HS: Matt Withrow is one of Sports Illustrated's Faces in the Crowd
Kevin Hill outlasts brother, two others to win Charlotte Observer Marathon | Chris Seaton, Farrell Burns coast in 10k* | About the race winners
Twins Allen and Andrew Graffin will now represent Northern Ireland
Florida runners (plus Clint Verran) win Disney in cold | Matthew Dobson runs hot in cold race | A Floridian sweep in marathon* | Hansons team splits half marathon | Marathon results | Half marathon results
Select T&F Results: Dartmouth Relays (Josh McDougal 4:13) | UNC Big 12 Invitational | Hoosier Open | Yale Invitational | BU All-Comers | Gulden Relays (PDF) | Harvard vs. Northeastern
HS: Hispanic Games Results (Hakon DeVries 4:14)
Reserves shine as Nick Willis and Nate Brannen rest up at Jack Harvey Invitational | Results
Wisconsin wins seven events at Badger Classic
Akron back in action at Black Squirrel Classic | Results
NJ HS: Justin Scheid and Jeremy Zagorski to continue careers at Georgetown and Boston College, respectively
Athletes linked to Balco excluded from Millrose Games
Bill Rodgers returning to Rochester for season-opening race
Trying to bring track back to Western Michigan
Later British XC trials a move in right direction, says Eamonn Martin

JANUARY 9, 2004
Habtamu Bekele wins Tiberias Marathon
Eliud Kipchoge takes on Boniface Kiprop in Elgóibar Sunday
Paul Tergat the favorite at Stormont | Last fling in the mud for Tergat
Six in chase for Jackpot but Abraham Chebii skips Athletics Kenya weekend series final
Haile Gebrselassie - Turning the clock back at New Year!
800m runner Aaron Nasers to transfer from Western Michigan to Nebraska after program is cut
Rock 'n' Roll: Difference is in the head
Trackshark.com interview with Cele Rodriguez of Adams State
Steve Cram: My hopes for 2004
Michigan State opens season at Michigan Saturday
University of New Mexico to build on 2003 success
Kent State to host Black Squirrel Classic
Haile Gebrselassie may appear as special guest at Nigeria's Obudu Mountain Challenge in March

JANUARY 8, 2004
This weekend's Campaccio meeting features showdown between Kenenisa Bekele and Sergiy Lebid
Rock 'n' Roll Marathon won't test for drugs
Wisconsin opens indoor season
35th Annual Dartmouth Relays brings together athletes from all levels | Meet information
Ohio State opens indoor season at home Saturday
Strong field for Miami Tropical Marathon
If spring marathons are calling you, lace up your shoes now
Mike Aldrink aims for 2008 Olympic Trials
Legends may be in India for Standard Chartered International Marathon
Masters runners help bring race to Rochester
David Collins back in the running

JANUARY 7, 2004
Saif Saaeed Shaheen: Christmas was "business as usual"
Luke Watson joins Team USA Minnesota | Official press release
Chat room: Arturo Barrios, world-class runner
World Half runner-up Fabian Joseph to compete at Belfast Intl. XC Saturday
Matt McGuirk to take over as coach at Willamette, Amber Emery, Melody Fairchild hired as interim coaches | Kelly Sullivan to coach at OSU
Peter Elliott joins English Institute of Sport as athlete services manager
Richard Elmore adjusting to challenges at U.S. Air Force Academy
Chris Davies roars home with course record in Telford 10k
Rock 'n' Roll features speedy course, sublime sights | Promoter Tim Murphy on a great run

JANUARY 6, 2004
A Brief Chat with Rob de Castella
P.F. Chang's Rock 'n' Roll Arizona Marathon/Half-Marathon puts Valley on world stage
Lee Bong-Ju to compete in Athens Olympic marathon
Running USA Wire: Minnesota Elite Athlete Development Program Awards Grants, and more
Boniface Kiprop wins two
Kenyan New Year road races provide few surprises
Reversal of cuts at Western Michigan unlikely
Dartmouth Relays entrants/info
IAAF World TV Seminar to take place in Athens in March
High jumper Charlie Dumas dies
Arkansas' Ahmad Carroll to enter NFL draft

JANUARY 4-5, 2004
Runners tune up for Trials at Rock 'n' Roll Half, Meb Keflezighi out with injury
Tirunesh Dibaba, Sileshi Sihine shine for next generation | Ethiopia finds gems in the mud | Sihine and Dibaba take Newcastle honors
Encouraging signs for Great Britain as Ethiopians steal the show
Boniface Kiprop, Ejigayehu Dibaba are overwhelming winners in Amorebieta
Paul Tergat expected to draw crowds in Belfast on Saturday
Successful Willamette coach Kelly Sullivan to try hand at Oregon State | Sullivan to resurrect OSU programs
J.B. Haglund wins Resolution Run 5k in Nashville
BU All-Comers Mini Meet Results (Victor Gras 1:55/4:17)
2004 Olympic Track Trials to run on experience
Marathoners describe how they get back on their feet after the race
Fans, USATF to select top 25 moments in track & field
Man's medal turns up in home of competitor

JANUARY 2-3, 2004
Sileshi Sihene wins nail-biter at Great North Cross Country | Ethiopians dominate
Julius Kibet ready to take on Paul Tergat | Eliud Kipchoge the pretender takes on king Tergat | Tergat ready to tackle mud | Tergat picks Newcastle en route to London and Athens
Sergiy Lebid aims to defy African hopes in Spain
Boniface Kiprop finishes second to Rui Silva in Portugal
OR HS: Portland-area prep athletes kept their sport alive
Fitter than thou: For some , running a marathon just isn't enough of a challenge anymore

JANUARY 1, 2004
Christian Hesch, Atalelech Ketema break records at Runner's World Midnight Run (top results only)
U.S. runners are preparing to go the distance
Marilson Gomes dos Santos, Margaret Okayo win St. Silvester race
Sergiy Lebid, Berhane Adere dominate New Year's Eve races
Garrett Heath at the head of the class | Jim Kohner: Heath is the right choice
Eliud Kipchoge eager to take on 'hero' Paul Tergat
Tim Nelson and Nicole Teter among top 10 sports stories of 2003
Manager mistreating Kenyan runners in Canada
NJ HS: Chris Pannone planning to run for Colorado
MI HS: Dustin Voss leads way in banner year for Saline sports
Doug Thurston: Memories endure of best races
Toyota Prius Miami Tropical Marathon is Sun-Sentinel Race of the Year

     
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