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UF Track and Field Squads Earn Top-Six Preseason Rankings (WCTV Tallahassee)
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The University of Florida track and field teams each are ranked among the nation’s top six in the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Indoor Preseason Top-25 Poll.
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Going The Distance In Space Coast Marathon (Central Florida News 13)
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Thousands of runners hit the pavement for the annual Space Coast Marathon, sponsored by Bright House Networks.
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FSU Women Earn Third Consecutive ACC Title While Men Take Third At ACC Championships
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The No. 6 ranked Florida State women dominated the 6k run at the WakeMed Soccer Park cross country field Saturday morning with its third-consecutive first place finish at the Atlantic Coast Conference Championship. Securing three top 10 finishes, including Susan Kuijken’s third consecutive ACC title, and two more ‘Noles in the top 15, FSU scored 37 points to win the crown. Florida State’s men also ran an impressive 8k run, taking third place with a score of 72 points while freshmen Wes Rickman highlighted the day for the ‘Noles as he was named 2009’s ACC Male Freshman of the Year.
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College cross country: FGCU men win, women finish third at Florida Runners Invitational (Naples Daily News)
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The Florida Gulf Coast University men's cross country team won the team title in the college division at the Florida Runners Invitational on Friday at Chain of Lakes Park in Titusville. Senior Kyle Brunette led the way for the Eagles, finishing third overall in 15:49.69, followed by Jonathan Lanning in seventh (16:20.54), and Joseph Hebel, a Naples High grad who was ninth (16:27.41). Joshua ...
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Cross Country. UCF, Rzepecki Earn Wins at Knight Attack Challenge (UCF Golden Knights)
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Led again by senior Jamie Rzepecki (East Aurora, N.Y.), the UCF cross country team took four of the top five spots and claimed a dominant victory in the Knight Attack Challenge Saturday morning at the UCF Cross Country Complex.
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W. Track. Jeff Chakouian Hired as Assistant Track & Field Coach (UCF Golden Knights)
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Jeff Chakouian has been named as an assistant coach with the UCF track & field program, head coach Caryl Smith Gilbert announced Monday. Chakouian has spent the previous three seasons at Illinois State University and will be responsible for working with the throwers at UCF.
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Former FSU star runs 10.0 in 100 meters
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After completing a record-breaking college career and winning two bronze medals in the Beijing Olympics, former Florida State superstar sprinter Walter Dix returned to Mike Long Track on Saturday to headline the Seminole Invitational.Since he was here, he went ahead and made some headlines himself by turning in the fastest 100-meter dash time in the world this year at 10 seconds flat -- despite running into a 1.1 mile-per-hour headwind.
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UCF Track & Field Opens Outdoor Season Saturday at Home (UCF Golden Knights)
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After an impressive indoor season which saw three athletes earn NCAA Division I All-American honors, the UCF track and field team opens its indoor season Saturday at home, hosting the Black & Gold Challenge at the UCF track and field complex.
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Eight Olympians to compete for 15 km title
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Defending men's Champion Andrew Carlson (Flagstaff, Ariz.) takes on a field that includes eight Olympians at the USA 15 km Championships this Saturday in Jacksonville, Fla. This marks the 16th year that the championships have been hosted by the Gate River Run. Set to challenge Carlson for the title will be 2008 Olympians Jorge Torres (Boulder, Colo.), Ian Dobson (Mammoth Lakes, Calif.), and Anthony Famiglietti (Knoxville, Tenn.) as well as 2004 Olympian and 2000 15 km champion Dan Browne (Beaverton, Ore.).
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Gate River Run Preview [Video]
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Richard Fannin and Mark from Flotrack do a course preview of the USATF 15k Championship and the 32nd annual Gate River Run from Jacksonville, Fla.
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FSU's Track And Field Facility Exceeds 'Green' Standards (WCTV Tallahassee)
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Track and field facility is Florida State's first 'LEED certified' building
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Race director Dave McGillivray won't run sixth Marathon of Palm Beaches (The Palm Beach Post)
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Dave McGillivray, the only race director the Marathon of the Palm Beaches has ever known, informed officials Monday morning that he will not return for the sixth annual event in December.
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Ryan Hall After Gasparilla [Video]
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Ryan Hall after his win at Gasparilla.
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UCF Track and Field Begins C-USA Indoor Championships Friday (UCF Golden Knights)
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With a successful regular season in the books, the UCF track and field team heads to Houston, Texas to compete in the Conference USA Indoor Championships on Friday and Saturday. The event will be held at Yeoman Fieldhouse and hosted by the University of Houston. The Knights will look to improve on an eighth-place finish from a season ago and post the program's highest finish in the conference ...
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Aufdemberge, De Reuck take USA Masters Half Marathon titles (USA Track & Field)
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Paul Aufdemberge (Redford, Mich.) surprised pre-race favorite Sean Wade (Houston, Texas) to win the men's title, and Colleen De Reuck (Boulder, Colo.) easily took the women's crown Sunday at the USA Masters Half-Marathon Championships.
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Athletics: Marathon Legend Bill Rodgers Laces Up For Sunday's State Farm Melbourne & Beaches Music Marathon (RunnersWeb.com)
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Bill Rodgers to race in the USA Masters Half-Marathon Championship.
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Registration for 2010 ING Miami Marathon opens Tuesday (Miami Herald)
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Runners take your mark . . . get set (in front of your computers) . . . Go -- to www.ingmiamimarathon.com. At 6 a.m. Tuesday, registration begins for the 2010 ING Miami Marathon and Half Marathon, set for 6:15 a.m. Jan. 31, one week before the Super Bowl at Dolphin Stadium.
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Streets Shutdown For ING Miami Marathon (CBS4 Miami)
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Thousands of runners will enjoy South Florida's cool weather this weekend, participating in the ING Miami Marathon, so if you're in the Downtown Miami area be prepared for traffic closures Sunday.
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Sunday's Miami Marathon to close streets (Miami Herald)
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The ING Miami Marathon and Half Marathon will be run Sunday in Miami and Miami Beach. Various streets on the routes will be closed starting at midnight Saturday, and all roads will be reopened by 2 p.m. Sunday.
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Diverse ING Miami Half Marathon field will set its own pace (Miami Herald)
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Bettye Phinazee will compete in the ING Miami Half Marathon with a portable tank pumping liquid oxygen into her lungs -- in between injections of insulin for her diabetes.
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“Sunshine State” was adopted as the State
Nickname by the 1970 Legislature. Previously, official sanction for
this nickname
could be inferred from the law requiring use of Sunshine State on motor
vehicle licenses."
source: Florida Handbook, 1997-1998, by Allen Morris.
