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Dunkleberger leads Auburn at NCAA's
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In his first two seasons in college track, Jacob Dunkleberger was a two-time All-American, a two-time all-conference selection and twice finished in the top 10 in the hammer throw at the NCAA Championships.
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Tate's cross country dynasty still running (Mobile Press-Register)
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Not only did St. Paul's Episcopal School not have a state championship in track or cross country before James "Jim" Tate's arrival at the school in 1978, it didn't have a team. Thirty years later, the St. Paul's cross country and track programs are among the best in the state.
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Samuel Ndereba seeks third-straight Azalea Trail Run crown; Angelina Mutuku and Leah Malot lead women's field
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Samuel Ndereba will go for his third straight win against a field with two other former champions, and Kenyan athletes dominate the elite women's division of the March 29 Azalea Trail Run in downtown Mobile.
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Homewood, Mountain Brook could be left off future Mercedes Marathon course (Birmingham News)
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Homewood and Mountain Brook, key parts of marathon runs in the Birmingham area for years, could find themselves left off future Mercedes Marathon routes as organizers look to speed up the course.
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SEC Weekly Honors Announced
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SEC Weekly Honors Announced
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Auburn's Ty Akins runs 7.15 in 55m hurdles, converted to 7.68, at Florida
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The Auburn men's and women's track and field teams posted one automatic and four provisional NCAA qualifying marks during competition Saturday at the Tom Jones Memorial Classic hosted by the University of Florida. It was the second indoor meet of the year for Auburn, which sent a partial squad for the second weekend in a row.
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Auburn to open indoor season at Clemson Invitational this weekend
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The Auburn men's and women's track and field teams will open the 2008 indoor track and field season at the Clemson Invitational, Friday and Saturday (Jan. 18-19), at the Clemson Indoor Track and Field Complex. Thirty-four Tigers (19 women and 15 men) are scheduled to make the trip to Clemson for the meet.
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Passion, consistency hallmarks for Mary Carleton Johnson
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Running is a passion for St. Paul's Mary Carleton Johnston. Running has really been a blessing for me," she said. "It brought me opportunities to attend college, as well as make friends. It also taught me about sportsmanship and leadership.
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Auburn's Jerry Clayton named Coach of the Year by the NACACTFCA
posted by Matt
Auburn track and field assistant coach Jerry Clayton has been named the Coach of the Year by the members of the North America, Central America and Caribbean Track & Field Coaches Association (NACACTFCA). In addition to helping Auburn record three top-five team finishes at the NCAA Indoor and Outdoor Championships in 2007, Clayton coached two former Auburn athletes to medals at the Osaka World Championships.
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Five-Time Junior College National Champion to join Alabama next month
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Tyson David is a five-time Junior College National Champion and eight-time All-American from Central Arizona College. He won an individual cross country national title in 2006 and the 10,000 meter national titles in both the 2006 and 2007 outdoor season. He was also a member of two Junior College team track and field team championships in 2006 and 2007.
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On the run: Broadway, Huston fourth in state cross country meet
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Bob Jones' girls' cross country team finished third Saturday in the Alabama High School Athletic Association's state meet at the Oakville Indian Mounds Park.
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Randolph wins state
posted by Matt
Randolph won its third straight boys title with a time of 1-hour, 26-minutes and 42.48 seconds and a score of 37. Lawrence County was second (1:28:47.74 and 67) and MA finished with a time of 1:31:44.36 and a score of 111.
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HIGH SCHOOL CROSS COUNTRY: MA boys, girls take third-place finishes at state meet (Montgomery Advertiser)
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The Montgomery Academy cross country teams had mixed emotions on Saturday.
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Riddle's paceis fastest athalf marathon (The Huntsville Times)
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For the first five or six miles of Saturday's Huntsville Half Marathon it appeared that a race was developing among Tyrone Harris, George DeWitt and David Riddle.
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Division I Conference Championship Central
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Division I Conference Championship Race resluts from everywhere.
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HS: Mountain Brook girls race past nation's elite to win Great American Cross Country Festival
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The Mountain Brook girls cross country team added to its already impressive season resume with a win Saturday at the Great American Cross Country Festival. Great American was held at Hoover's Veterans Park for the second straight year.
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Tide men's cross country team finishes third at Bill Dellinger Invitational (Tuscaloosa News)
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The University of Alabama men's cross country team had a very impressive showing against the top teams in the country at the Bill Dellinger Invitational on the campus of the University of Oregon.
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Grissom boys grab cross country title (The Huntsville Times)
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Wednesday was a day to celebrate for the Grissom boys cross country team. The Tigers had been runner-up at the Metro meet for four straight seasons. This year at the Running Park the Tigers won it.
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Track and field: Cullman's Lexie Carpenter wins long jump at Alabama Sports Festival (Cullman Times)
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Lexie Carpenter may not be competing for the track and field team at Cullman High School during the summer, but that does not mean she is not competing while school is out.
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This App Rocks
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Alabama has been known as the “Yellowhammer State” since the Civil
War. The yellowhammer nickname was applied to the Confederate soldiers from Alabama
when a company of young cavalry soldiers from Huntsville, under the command of
Rev. D.C. Kelly, arrived at Hopkinsville, KY, where Gen. Forrest's troops were
stationed. The officers and men of the Huntsville company wore fine, new uniforms,
whereas the soldiers who had long been on the battlefields were dressed in faded,
worn uniforms. On the sleeves, collars and coattails of the new calvary troop
were bits of brilliant yellow cloth. As the company rode past Company A , Will
Arnett cried out in greeting "Yellowhammer, Yellowhammer, flicker, flicker!" The
greeting brought a roar of laughter from the men and from that moment the Huntsville
soldiers were spoken of as the "yellowhammer company." The term quickly
spread throughout the Confederate Army and all Alabama troops were referred to
unofficially as the "Yellowhammers."
source: http://www.archives.state.al.us/emblems/st_bird.html
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