OCTOBER
31, 2004
Frankfurt
course record falls to Boaz Kimaiyo
Mike
Barnow providing an American dream out of
a living room
New
Yorkers Retta Feyissa and Mary Kate Bailey
win Marine Corps Marathon
Going
through their paces: Three Hansons-Brooks
runners aim for 2:20 or faster* | Pete
Sherry hopes to repeat at Marine Corps*
SI
on campus - The Road Life: Part 2, The (REALLY)
Low-Budget Team
USATF
launches Elite Development Club program
Allan
Steinfeld in it for the long run
Moses
Kigen betters Barnabas Kosgei in Eldoret
Ryan
McKenzie triumphs over horse | More
Festus
Kioko wins first leg of Standard Chartered
Greatest Race on Earth Team Challenge
Dale
Warrander qualifies for World Champs, wins
Auckland Marathon | Gut-busting
run throws up world champs time
Pac-10
photos from TrackAndFieldPhoto.com
Simon
Bairu leads Wisconsin sweep at Big Ten Championships
Trackshark
interview with Josh McDougal
Benson
Chesang delivers, wins Big 12 XC title
NAU
wins Big Sky titles | Results
(PDF)Pat
MacAdie leads American University to third-straight
Patriot League title | Results
Led
by Richard Kiplagat, Iona wins 14th-straight
MAAC crown | Results
Led
by Marcel Hewamudalige, rice men win WAC title
| Results
(PDF)
Central
Michigan wins third-straight MAC title
| Results
Josh
Moen wins IIAC title | Results
Utah
State's Trevor Ball, Cal Poly win Big West
titles | Results
Calvin
wins another MIAA title, sweeps top eight
spots | Results
Portland
sweeps WCC meet | Results
(PDF)
Jacob
Korir leads Eastern Kentucky to OVC title
| Results
Select conference XC results: New
England Alliance XC Champs | PSAC
| NEWMAC
| WIAC
| MVC
| Atlantic
Sun (PDF) | UAA
| NEC
| Mid
Con
NH
HS: Cory Thorne breaks John Mortimer's state
meet record | Thorne
three-peats despite sickness | Wegne
Wells-Bogue finds his way to first place in
Class I | Class
L results | I
| M/S
WI
HS: Chris Rombough wins his second-straight
WIAA DI state title
IA
HS: Roosevelt's Kiel Uhl and Jon Thomas go
1-2 in 4A state meet | Results
IN
HS: Hamilton Southeastern's Justin Roeder
wins state title | Roeder's
plan works nicely | Results
ME
HS: It's a big day for Portland's Taye brothers
IL
HS: York's Sean McNamara primed for state
title quest
VT
HS: Daniel Webster runs fastest time of the
day at state meet (results only)
FL
HS: Andy Biladeau leads Jesuit to 2A-3 meet
win
John
Landy to receive honorary doctorate
Nike
26.2 (and 13.1) results from last week
Moses
Nganga wins Cingular Wireless Cajun Cup 10K
OCTOBER
29-30, 2004
Is
a muddy encounter between Hicham El Guerrouj
and Kenenisa Bekele really a prospect?
From
a family's endurance comes a top marathoner*
Taking
the drive out of Central Park*
Kenya
to stage a major event - Run Towards a Mine
Free World
Nick
Willis out with a stress fracture
Shadrack
Kiptoo Biwott, Matt Gonzales go 1-2 at Mountain
West | Results
(PDF)
No
stopping Arkansas' streak | Hogs
win 31st-consecutive title, Josphat Boit
wins too | Results
Josh
McDougal wins Big South title, breaks Alan
Webb's record | Results
Stanford
sweeps Pac-10 for fifth consecutive year,
Robert Cheseret edges out Ryan Hall
| Results
CU
wins Big 12 title | Benson
Chesang wins individual title | Results
Notre
Dame wins Big East title | Bobby
Curtis wins individual title | Results
Andrew
Lemoncello wins ACC title, leads Florida
State to second | NC
State wins team title | Results
Winning
Big Ten is Wisconsin's #1 goal (Meet
takes place on Sunday)
Tony
Truax, UMaine win America East Championships
| Results
Butler
dominates Horizon League XC Championships
| Results
Minnesota
senior Mike Bialick is on course for success
Steven
Kocsis, UT-Chattanooga win SoCon titles
UTPA's
Hector Gandara wins Individual Cross Country
Championships
Keith
Solverson pushes his Wartburg teammates
William
& Mary wins CAA title
La
Salle men, women claim A-10 titles |
Results
(PDF)
NESCAC
results (DIII)
MD
HS: Matt Centrowitz (Jr.) wins county title
NH
HS: Guor Majak will try to outrun Cory Thorne
today
CA
HS: Fast times for Joaquin Gomez, Michael
Coe at Santa Barbara XC Champs
WA
HS: Max O'Donoghue-McDonald defeats defending
state champ for district title
KS
HS: For Tucker Weems, running is in his
blood
ME
HS: State meet preview
Columbia,
Cornell's Bruce Hyde win Heps titles
| Results
On
track with Bill Rodgers
Craig
Mottram to take triathlon in his stride
ME
HS: After son's death, mother crusades for
athletic reforms
OCTOBER
28, 2004
2:06
challenger stands in the way of Boaz Kimaiyo's
Frankfurt defense
ZAP
Fitness hosts distance summit
Top
runners encourage moderate mileage in high
school
Pete
Sherry to defend title at Marine Corps Marathon
on Sunday
Hicham
El Guerrouj to go after 5,000m WR in 2005
Abdi
Abdirahman, Amy Skieresz-Wilson to be inducted
into Arizona Sports HOF
Michigan
State competes at Big Ten Championships
Sunday
Columbia
looking to take #1 spot at Heps
Brown
hopes to bring home second-straight Heps
title
Iowa's
lone freshman, Eric MacTaggart, at the top
of his game
New
Mexico begins final postseason push at MWC
Conference Champs
UCLA
hopes to improve on last year's seventh-place
finish at Pac-10s
Florida
State takes ACC title hopes to Maryland
CO
HS: 4A looks like best of state
MN
HS: Runner disqualified for wearing wrong
color shorts
TX
HS: Rosenbert Hernandez Jr. making a name
for himself at Jay
Cape
Cod Marathon to take place Sunday in Falmouth
Eliud
Njubi named to Conference USA's All-Decade
team
Brussels
pulls out of race to host 2009 World Championships
OCTOBER
27, 2004
Dan
Browne named USATF Athlete of the Week
Jerry
Schumacher and Jim Stintzi press conference
Stanford
seeks to repeat Pac-10 wins
Minnesota's
Ryan Malmin is a 'nerd on wheels' both on
and off the cross country course
List
of weekend conference meets from TrackShark.com
Heps
XC Championships preview
Kenyans
lead Texas Tech
OR
HS: Others give chase to Crater's Isaac
Stoutenburgh
VA
HS: Culpeper's Devin Cornwall is a favorite
to win Commonwealth District XC Champs
Australia's
Mark Tucker outruns his hero
Calvin
men hope to extend MIAA streak
Western
Oregon's Ethan Barrons surprises at conference
meet
Casey
Moulton wins Great Bay 5K
OCTOBER
26, 2004
With
life settled off the track, Charlie Gruber
shines on the track
Bobby
Mack setting the pace
John
Bitok gave up collegiate running to focus
on school and family
Cal
hosts Pac-10 Championships in Golden Gate
Park | Arizona
State heads to Pac-10s | Meet
preview
Miami
to chase 21st MAC title on Saturday
America
East Championships to be held Saturday at
UNH
Select weekend collegiate XC results: Lone
Star Conference Champs (PDF) | RMAC
Champs | Peach
Belt Conference Champs | Great
Lakes Valley Conference Champs | Northeast-10
XC Champs | Southeastern
Classic | GLIAC
XC Champs | Titan
XC Invitational | MSU
Short Course Invitational (PDF) | EMU
XC Classic
MN
HS: Somali runners make impact at Marshall*
Navy's
John Olsen is a 'gem in the rough'
Questions
linger after deaths in Beijing Marathon
OCTOBER
23-25, 2004
Hicham
El Guerrouj announces he will retire in
2006
Dan
Browne rolls to third win at Army Ten-Miler
| Browne
is an Army of one | Browne
sets record |
Results
Dan
Browne preparing to run his first ING New
York City Marathon
Chris
Banks aiming for 2008 Olympics
Joseph
Nderitu wins Flagstar Bank International
Marathon, Kyle O'Brien is top American
| More
coverage
Benjamin
Kipchumba Kemboi wins Nairobi marathon
Raymond
Kipkoech wins Venice Marathon by one second
Lezan
Kimutai breaks 21-year-old Dublin City Marathon
record
Canada
runs past Mexico, U.S. in 5K Team Championship
| More
Mark
Carroll, Atalelech Ketema win Mayor's Cup
| Results
| Photos
A
Brief Chat with Marcus O'Sullivan
Interview
with CU's Brent Vaughn
Calvin
runners ready to defend DIII national title
HS:
Brandon Bethke, Marie Lawrence run fastest
times of the day at Mt. SAC
MN
HS: Freshman Rob Finnerty has some comparing
him to the fastest runners in state history*
Minnesota's
Erik Grumstrup wins Marathon Sports Open
OH
HS: Jeff See shaves seconds off of district
meet record
MT
HS: Jon Metropoulos wins Class AA state
title
SD
HS: Rapid City Stevens wins 10th-consecutive
state Class AA boys team championship
ME
HS: Ayalew Taye wins Western Class A title;
Eric Giddings watches from the sidelines
MD
HS: Will Eden healthy, ready for run at
state title
CO
HS: Moffat County sweeps boys and girls
4A regional titles
CA
HS: Ken Parnow leads Placer to one of its
best seasons
TX
HS: Sachse's Robert Reed carving own history
in program*
Three
UC Irvine runners, and their head coach
describe how running has shaped their careers
Athletes
have invested in the economy, says Paul
Tergat
Christian
Goy wins Town & Gown 5K
Cathy
and Mike O'Brien tops among running couples
OCTOBER
22, 2004
A
Brief Chat with Jon Brown
Fifty-five
teams enter 'Greatest Race on Earth Marathon
Challenge'
Ryan
Bak's latest journal entry for Run-Insight.com
ISU
coach tries to make Terre Haute cross country
capital
Masters
cover Saratoga 5K course in speedy fashion
Interview
with Kansas' Benson Chesang
Mt.
SAC HS XC Invitational this weekend
Minnesota
to compete at Marathon Sports Open
Georgetown
third at Pre-Nationals
Brent
Schneider overcomes anemia, plays a big
role in Florida's rise
CT
HS: Dave Hunt and Nick DeCrescenzo go 1-2
to pace New Milford
Running
down under, up North
OCTOBER
21, 2004
Stefano
Baldini - medals, rather than fast times,
matter
Houston
to host 2005 USA Men's Half-Marathon Championships
Mayor's
Cup XC preview
Another
victory, another SEC honor for Josphat Boit
Chad
Johnson to represent U.S. in North American
5K Championships; Matt Gabrielson selected
as Roads Scholar | North
American 5K team announced
NH
HS: Cory Thorne wins Seacoast Scramble Tuesday
after Brown Invitational victory on Saturday
Moses
Kiptanui and Patrick Sang to host Tusker
Mattresses Road Race in Eldoret
Kyle
Rabbit leads Georgia Tech men's cross country
UT
HS: Judge Memorial's Patrick Smyth runs
fastest time of the day in winning 3A state
meet | More
Cele
Rodriguez wins Humboldt Redwoods Half-Marathon
(results only)
Pre-NCAAs
gives Brown a good tuneup for Heps
Cross
country on the rise in California
NY
HS: Shenendehowa defeats Saratoga by one
point
FL
HS: Washington boys eye state titleSpam
for Steve: Shorter e-mail gives Bolder Boulder
a partisan tint
OCTOBER
19-20, 2004
ING
New York City Marathon 2004 elite athlete
field announced
A
Brief Chat with Matt Gonzales
USA
Indoor T&F Championships to remain in
Boston three more years
Latest NCAA XC coaches polls: DI
| DII
| DIII
Matt
Downin wins Lowell Sun Half-Marathon; ING
New York City Marathon up next
Jeff
Gaudette and Pat Tarpy shine in their home
state
Tom
Dalton named the USATF Athlete of the Week
| USA
Masters XC Championships results
Thousands
descend on Terre Haute for XC meet
Record
turnout expected in Detroit, Hansons-Brooks
runners to compete
Henok
Lechebo looks to make an impact at Florida
Illinois'
Jason Bill finishes fourth at Pre-Nationals
Oregon
plans to put a new face on an old gateway
at Hayward Field
Nate
Brannen named Big Ten Conference co-Athlete
of the Week
William
& Mary's Keith Bechtol named CAA Runner
of the Week
MAC
XC Championships ahead for Miami (OH) men
Kyle
Heath runs well for Syracuse at Albany Invitational
EMU
graduate Steven Crane shocks himself with
a 2:26 marathon
South
African runners take on the Greatest Race
PA
HS: Sam Luff wins Lehigh Valley Conference
title
CA
HS: Chris Vizcaino racks up miles in summer,
victories in fall*
Off
the trail with Washington State's Alex Grant
Vicky
Huber Rudawsky: A pre-race meal should be
simple and light
Runner's
World
magazine reinvents itself in print, on Web
Shanghai
Marathon to take precautions for runners
Britain's
Olympic winners parade through London
Never
too late to start running, enjoying it
Alvin
Harrison accepts four-year ban
OCTOBER
18, 2004
Moses
Mosop beats World Half-Marathon medalists
in Pettinengo
Pre-National
meet has intensity of NCAA Championships
Procopio
Franco wins Toronto Marathon in 2:16
| Victory
warms Franco | Runner
's death mars race | Results
Two
runners die in Beijing International Marathon
A
Brief Chat with Brandon Leslie
Kenyan
pacesetters are the unknown stars of modern
athletics
Nicole
and Michael Aish win Big Sur Half-Marathon
on Monterey Bay | Results
Sergey
Nochevny wins Des Moines Marathon in 2:27
Spain
keen to host IAAF World Cup after U.S. pulls
out
Josh
McDougal remains unbeaten, wins at East
Carolina | Results
Chile
Pepper results now available
Stanford
reserves run well at Sacramento State
(results only - PDF)
Benson
Chesang provides Pre-Nationals highlight
for Kansas
Select weekend XC results: Canyon
West XC Classic | Albany
Invitational | Evansville
Invitational | Winthrop/Asics
Fall Classic | Cal
Poly XC Invitational (PDF)
Chris
Caravelli wins debut marathon at BayState
| Results
(Matt Downin wins half-marathon)
St.
Cloud State's Nick Hirsch wins North Central
Conference title
Mark
Andrews sprints to Run for Hospice win
| Results
OH
HS: Jeff See wins Greater Miami Conference
title, leads team to narrow win
OCTOBER
16-17, 2004
Robert
Cheboror wins ING Amsterdam Marathon in
CR 2:06:23 | Results
Stanford
races to victory at Pre-Nationals |
Led
by Brent Vaughn, Colorado wins blue race
at Pre-Nationals | Matt
Gonzales runs fastest time of the day
| Results
| Photos
Josephat
Boit, Arkansas win Chile Pepper Invitational
| Chile
Pepper Festival continues despite tragedy
Andrew
Carlson, Wisconsin win at Jim Drews Invitational
| Results
American
University wins Penn State National Invitational
| Results
Haron
Kiplimo Toroitich wins Carpi Marathon in
CR 2:09:09
Tim
Layden: Despite success in Athens, U.S.
marathoning is not in good shape
John
Itati wins marathon debut in Baltimore in
2:14 | Miler
wins easily in his 26.2 debut | Results
James
Moiben wins Beijing International Marathon
in 2:10
Tim
Broe makes a surprise visit to his former
team
William
& Mary runs well at Tribe Open |
Results
(Remainder
of team 18th at Pre-Nationals)Florida
finishes fifth at Pre-Nationals
Marcel
Hewamudalige and Steve Magness lead Rice
at Chile Pepper
Navy
defeats Army
Jonathan
Wyatt is Athletics New Zealand's Athlete
of the Year, Nick Willis is top middle-distance
runner
Canadian
distance runner Ryan McKenzie to race horse
for charity
CA
HS: AJ Acosta runs alone to Southern California
Invitational title
AL
HS: Robert Bedsole dominates at Husky Challenge
HS:
Laura Cummings, Cory Thorne win at Brown
Invitational | Results
ME
HS: Belfast's Levi Miller wins KVAC Class
B title
WA
HS: Isaac Stoutenburgh of Crater, Ferris
HS win at Jim Danner Invitational
IN
HS: Evan and Leann Fruits stay in stride
FL
HS: Dennis Mitchell helping coach distance
runners
Eliud
Kering wins Columbus Marathon (results
only)
Jak
Kuehn wins UCSD Miracle Mile
Vince
Temu wins Siouxland Lewis and Clark Marathon
in 2:30
58-year-old
Joel Caron running for Northern Essex Community
College
OCTOBER
15, 2004
A
Brief Chat with Steve Holman, who was inspired
to run the ING New York City Marathon 2004
by Bob Kennedy
Strongest
(men's) field ever assembled for ING Amsterdam
Marathon
Pre-Nationals
preview by Don Kopriva | More
race information, including start
lists
Wisconsin
set for Jim Drews Invitational | Meet
information
Also taking place: Chile
Pepper XC Festival | Penn
State National Invitational
Year-round
training, Big-Brother program aids Michigan
runners
Ryan
Andrus feature from the Oregon Daily
Emerald
Matt
Gonzales is back and New Mexico is hoping
to make waves in Terre Haute
Florida
State transfer Andrew Lemoncello off to
a great start
Derrick
Peterson to visit White House with fellow
U.S. Olympians
Big
Sur Half-Marathon announces elite field
Upstate
NY's Run for Hospice will feature American-only
prize money
Army
XC ready to take on Navy
Herb
Elliot urges Keith Connor to stay on as
the head of Australian athletics
Johnny
Kelley held place in runners' hearts; Chris
Barnicle to run Brown Invitational
OCTOBER
14, 2004
Josh
McDougal reviews his season thus far
World
5,000m record breakers rejoin for anniversary
2004
Roads Scholars announced
Big
Sur Half-Marathon is growing
Michael
East looks to maintain momentum
IAAF
announces Athletes Around the World photo
book
Penn
State to host National Invitational on Saturday
BYU
runners off to Indiana for Pre-Nationals
Ohio
State to compete at Pre-Nationals
Rocky
Mountain Marathon high: John Weru repeats
as champion
FL
HS: Andy Biladeau runs 9:08 two-mile during
halftime of football game
CA
HS: Folsom's Jake Matthews leads the pack
HS:
Portage winners Jeff See, Rachel Wittum,
and Dan Roberts hope to qualify for Nationals
this year
Runner's
Web interview with Bruce Deacon
$5,000
GVH XC Invitational to take place November
14
OCTOBER
13, 2004
Sileshi
Sihine - the domestic Lion starts to roar
abroad
Klamath
Union HS serves as feeder program for Stanford
men's XC
'Livestrong'
runners back in race after protests, but
one girl disqualified for having a hair
elastic around her wrist
Transcript
of TrackShark chat with Matt Tegenkamp
Chris
Chataway celebrates night of Soviet resistance
50 years on
Klamath
Union HS serves as feeder program for Stanford
men's XC
Matt
Kerr hired as assistant T&F coach at
Wake Forest
Schedule
for Arthur Lydiard's U.S. tour
Godfrey
Siamusiye wins Oral Roberts' Subway Classic
(results only - remember him?)
Latest NCAA XC Polls: DI
| DIII
UW-La
Crosse's Andy Grupa at home on the track
or the trails
Central
Michigan athletes run for the love of it
NC
State prepares for double duty
Ohio
State's Brian Olinger is Big Ten Runner
of the Week
Select weekend collegiate XC results: All-Ohio
Championships | Virginia
Tech Invitational | ASU
Invitational | Dan
Huston 4K/8K
| Michigan
Intercollegiates | Saluki
Invitational | Furman
Invitational | Triton
XC Classic (PDF) Fort
Hays State Invitational | WWU
Invitational
More
on Cuthbert Nyasango's Southern Africa Regional
Half-Marathon Championship
LaSalle
Bank Chicago Marathon report from the IAAF
Willy
Cheruiyot wins Eindhoven Marathon in 2:09:20
Hendrick
Ramaala and Benita Johnson win windy Great
South Run (IAAF report)
Thomas
Kipkemoi wins Eldoret 10K
John
Ekiru Kelai wins Brussels Marathon despite
going the wrong way
Portage
Invitational coverage from DyeStat
Manhattan
College Invitational coverage from DyeStat
NY
HS: Saratoga boys running well, too
AR
HS: Chile Pepper Festival donates $10,000
to local prep XC programs
Billy
Mills shares his story in Delaware
OCTOBER
9-12, 2004
Evans
Rutto gives encore performance at LaSalle
Bank Chicago Marathon* | Rutto
extends perfect record | Rutto,
Tomescu-Dita win Chicago Marathon |
Rutto
vs. Khannouchi battle never materializes
| Khannouchi's
comeback a comedown* | Khannouchi
is fan favorite | Khannouchi
says he can do better | Daily
Herald photo gallery | Great
Chicago Marathon coverage from Runner's
World
Toshinari
Takaoka finishes third in Chicago
Hendrick
Ramaala makes up for lost time, wins Great
South Run
Lornah
Kiplagat and Luke Metto win B.A.A. Half-Marathon
| Kenyans
go 1-2 in a wild finish | Metto
wins sprint to finish | Mark
Carroll keeps up his pace
A
Brief Chat with Matt Downin
Victory
as easy as 1-2-3 for Providence College
| New
England XC results
Cuthbert
Nyasango wins Southern Region Half-Marathon
in 1:00:09
Bob
Kennedy gets altitude adjustment
John
McDonnell touts Josephat Boit as the 'real
deal'
Stefano
Baldini accelerates comfortably to Trento
victory
MA
HS: Chris Barnicle wins at Manhattan College
Invitational, is one second from Victor
Gras' record
Mark
Tucker defeats Lee Troop in Skilled Burnie
Ten
Zintu
Meaza, Leteyesus Berhe win United Technologies
Greater Hartford Marathon* | Results
| Photos
Monterey
Bay-area women bare it all for Team USA
fundraising calendar
Matt
Byrne wins Steamtown Marathon | Results
Hundreds
attend memorial service for Johnny Kelley
Ohio
State takes All-Ohio title
Mohamed
Trafeh leads Arizona with fourth-place finish
at ASU Invititational
Dartmouth
rests top seven for Pre-Nationals, sends
"B" team to New Englands
Texas
recruits from 'cross the country
CT
HS: Tradelle Ward running out of Gavin Coombs'
shadow
Dave
Hinga surprises Great Island 5K field
HS
runners disqualified for wearing Lance Armstrong
bracelets
