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TRACK & FIELD / Healthy Gay foresees fast times (San Francisco Chronicle)
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Now that Tyson Gay has pronounced himself fit, let the dual meet begin. Gay on Monday said his left hamstring, severely strained at the U.S. Olympic track and field trials in early July, "is 100 percent now. It took about four weeks for it to get fully...
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U.S. sprinter Gay practices: 'Injury free, no pain'
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It is one thing for Tyson Gay to hope to outrun the world's fastest man, Usain Bolt of Jamaica, in the Olympic 100 meters. Outrunning a lightning bolt is another matter. So Gay waited as rain turned into an electrical storm as he prepared for a brief workout Sunday afternoon at Beijing Normal University.
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Cragg OK, will double for Ireland
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Fourth in a series previewing athletes with Arkansas connections who will be competing in the Olympic Games, starting Friday in Beijing FAYETTEVILLE An Achilles tendon injury that caused Alistair Cragg to drop out of the 3, 000 meters at the Monaco Grand Prix last Tuesday isn't expected to affect the former Arkansas star for the Olympics.
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Spearmon predicts memorable Olympic sprints
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'Those guys are talented and they've worked pretty hard this year,' Wallace Spearmon said Sunday at U.S. training camp, speaking of Bolt, Asafa Powell and Tyson Gay, the headliners in the 100. 'I honestly think Bolt can run 9.6, I think Asafa can run 9.6 and a healthy Tyson can run 9.6.'
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UNI track coach Bucknam headed to Arkansas
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University of Northern Iowa director of running programs Chris Bucknam has accepted an offer to become head men’s track and cross country coach at the University of Arkansas, The Courier learned this morning.
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UA cross country media guide takes first (NWAnews.com)
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The 2007 University of Arkansas Lady Razorback Cross Country Media Guide was recently named the best guide in the country by the College Sports Information Directors of America’s (CoSIDA) publication contest committee. (Northwest Arkansas Times)
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Arkansas freshman Luke Laird wins USA Junior javelin title at 219-08
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Arkansas freshman Luke Laird wins USA Junior javelin title at 219-08
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Keeler: Long run ending for steel-chested Razorback coach
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And sometimes, God likes you. If that bull had horns, we’d be telling a far different story about John McDonnell this morning. That’s the last (thing) I remember, that it was only eight or 10 feet away from me, the longtime Arkansas track and cross country coach says of last November, when he was trampled by 2,000 pounds of angry red meat while attending a cattle sale in Joplin, Mo.
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Thompson, Padgett ready for 100m Clash at NCAA Championships NCAA Regionals Report
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The stage is set for a showdown between collegiate leaders Richard Thompson of LSU and Travis Padgett of Clemson in the 100m in the NCAA Championships after posting regional wins on 31 May.
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Flotrack: John McDonnell on Daniel Lincoln
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Coach McDonnell talks about Daniel Lincoln. Coach McDonnell talk about the loss of Dan Lincoln to this year's Olympic Trials competition due to surgery. Lincoln will continue finishing his work with med school and have his sites set on the 2012 games. We wish Dan a healthy recovery and hope to see him out there again in the near future.
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John McDonnell picks UA over USA
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John McDonnell confirmed Tuesday he won’t be an assistant coach for the United States track and field team at the 2008 Summer Olympics after a question was raised concerning his coaching of foreign athletes who previously or now compete for Arkansas.
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Hogs win John McDonnell's final conference championship
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John McDonnell's Razorbacks did just about everything they could to make sure their heralded coach did not lose his last conference championship. With a powerful boost from four individual titles, Arkansas Razorback track and field won its 84th conference title and 46th SEC title.
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Gay wins 100, 200 titles at Adidas Track Classic
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World 100- and 200-meter champion Tyson Gay swept both sprint events here Sunday at the Adidas Track Classic while Jenn Stuczynski set an American record in the women's pole vault.
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McDonnell boon for Razorbacks track
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Over the past 36 years, Coach John McDonnell’s track and field-cross country Razorbacks created a statewide ritual.
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Dacia Barr of Arkansas records nation's fastest time in 1,500m
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Dacia Barr clocked the nation's fastest time in the 1,500 meters this year. She finished fourth of the 15 harriers and was the top collegian to cross the line. Her time, 4:13.77, is the third best in school history and improves her existing regional-qualifying mark by nearly seven seconds.
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Arkansas Twilight up next for Hogs
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Arkansas Twilight up next for Hogs
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Arkansas track coach to retire after 36 years, 42 titles (Lexington Herald-Leader)
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Arkansas track and field coach John McDonnell, who has led the Razorbacks to 42 national titles and 83 conference crowns, will retire at the end of the outdoor season, the school announced Monday. The 69-year-old McDonnell has won more national championships than any other collegiate coach in any sport. "It is hard to imagine that any coach in intercollegiate athletics has had more influence on ...
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Iconic Arkansas track coach McDonnell to retire (Sports Illustrated)
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Arkansas track and field coach John McDonnell, who has led the Razorbacks to 42 national titles and 83 conference crowns, will retire at the end of the outdoor season, the school announced Monday.
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McDonnell Announces Retirement as Cross Country, Track and Field Head Coach (KATV Little Rock)
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Legendary University of Arkansas cross country and track and field head coach John McDonnell has announced he is retiring following the 2008 outdoor track and field season following 36 years, 42 NCAA championships and 83 conference titles.
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UA's McDonnell To Retire After 36 Years And 42 National Track Titles
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After 36 years and 42 national titles, John McDonnell said its time to move on to the next chapter in his life, McDonnell said in a press conference Monday afternoon.
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Officially known as “The Natural State”,
Arkansas is known throughout the country for its natural beauty, clear
lakes and streams
and abundance of natural wildlife.
source: http://www.sosweb.state.ar.us/aboutark/
