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Lisa Koll Of Iowa State [Video]
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This past weekend Lisa Koll of Iowa State ran one of the fastest 5ks in collegiate history with her 15:29 performance at the Iowa State Classic. Koll talks about the ups and downs over the past few years and how important it is to make it through tough times in order to be a successful runner.
Passing Train Stalls Iowa Marathon Runners
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he leaders in the Des Moines Marathon could see the finish line they just had to wait a bit.
A passing freight train forced the two leaders in the 26.2-mile race to wait for about a minute Sunday just 400 meters, or about a quarter mile, from the finish line. When the train finally passed, Kenyan Simon Sawe sprinted to a win in 2 hours, 24 minutes, 50 seconds. He won $3,000.
Race director Chris Burch said Monday it was an unfortunate circumstance beyond the control of race organizers.
"It's one of those things, when I heard through our communications” what can you do at that time?" Burch asked.
Cross country: Roughriders’ Hubbell wins her fourth Metro title (The Des Moines Register)
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Madie Hubbell won the CIML Metro Conference girls’ cross country title for the fourth straight season, then turned to look at the runners behind her at Des Moines’ Ewing Park.
Iowa Women Favorite Workout - Season 4, Episode #5 [Video]
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The University of Iowa women's XC team has been to the NCAA Championship for the past three years. Each of those years the Hawkeyes have had their #1 runner in the top 10, but this year the dynamic has changed. The women don't have that power house up front but they do have a strong, tight pack. This fall they aim to make their fourth consecutive NCAA Championship and will be looking to beat some great teams out of their region this weekend at PreNationals up in Terre Haute. Check out the ladies running their favorite fall workout in their preparation....
Diane Nukuri's Story [Video]
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Imagine being an Olympian at age 15. Imagine watching a man being shot and killed on your bus. Imagine travel across the world for competition at age 16.....and never coming home.
Thats just a piece of what Diane Nurki experienced at a young age in her native country of Burundi. Diane made a choice to level her family to escape the civil war in Burundi and give herself a chance at doing something with her life. She stayed in Canada where she didn't know the language, made it through high school learning french, and then was found by coach Layne Anderson who direct her to the states (where she again, did not know the language.
This month Diane is making her first trip back to Burundi since she left 8 years ago. She's a different person from what her family knew....a college grad, an all-american, speaks multiple languages, and now married. She's traveled down roads many of us could never imagine!
Dan Steele New UNI Track Coach (KWWL Iowa)
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Dan Steele has been named the Head Men's and Women's Track and Field/Cross Country Coach at the University of Northern Iowa, as announced by UNI Director of Athletics Troy Dannen. Steele,
Coach Larry "Wiz" Wieczorek Of Iowa [Video]
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Get to know Larry Wieczorek, Iowa's head men's coach. Coach Wiz has been a Hawkeye for many years having not only been the coach for 24 years (starting his 25th year this season), but also competed as an athlete. He ran against some of the greats including Gerry Lindgren and Jim Ryun. Coach Wiz talks about his time at Iowa, his decision to come to Iowa as an athlete, and coaching an athlete to break his own school record in the 5k. via Flotrack
Coach Layne Anderson Of Iowa [Video]
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2009 marks the start of Layne Anderson's 7th year at the University of Iowa. Layne has experienced success early on leading the Hawkeyes to the NCAA Cross Country Championships each of the last three years, finishing 10th in 2007. All three of the years the team also had an individual in the top ten in Diane Nukuri (8th, 4th) and Rachel Marchand (5th). Coach Anderson talks about the road that led him to Iowa and forming a team that expects to be at the NCAA meet each year. Find out more on Layne Anderson and the University of Iowa at hawkeyesports.com. Via Flotrack
Iowa State 3-Min Tour [Video]
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Paige Ties and Dani Stack give Flotrack viewers an inside look of the campus at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa. Click these links to find out more about the track & field teams and the school at Iowa State University.
Iowa Scene: ISU cross country team ranked No. 25 (The Des Moines Register)
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The Iowa State men’s cross country team is ranked 25th in the national coaches’ poll and its women’s team is ranked 28th. Iowa was 35th in votes received in the women’s poll.
DMACC cross country news (Boone News Republican)
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In recent Des Moines Area Community College 5K cross country action the Bears traveled to Pella for the Dutch Invitational.
Men’s cross country still looking for No. 1 harrier (The Daily Iowan)
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Jesse Luciano has the credentials, Nick Holmes has the upside, and Sam Bailin has the drive. But as far as Iowa men’s cross-country coach Larry Wieczorek is concerned, the top runner on his squad has yet to reveal himself.
Keflezighi wins his second career Bix 7 title
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Anthony Famiglietti and the guys figured they knew how to get the best of Meb Keflezighi.Keflezighi had run the Quad-City Times Bix 7 four times before Saturday and had been in the top five each time, winning the race in 2002. But his rivals in Saturday's 35th annual Bix figured if they just pushed the pace really hard really early, Keflezighi would wilt.
First-place prize is $12,500 for Bix 7 road race
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The male and female winners of Saturday's Bix 7 road race in Davenport will earn a check for $12,500 up from a first-prize of $10,000 that was offered in previous years.The event, which begins at 8 a.m., is also part of the USA Track and Field championships for just the second time in its 35-year history.
Meb back at Bix
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If they had a Comeback of the Year award in the sport of road racing, Meb Keflezighi would be a leading candidate this year. And the 2004 Olympic silver medalist will continue the comeback by coming back to a race that helped launch his career: The Quad-City Times Bix 7.
Alan Webb - Press Conference - 1st (4:00.6) [Video]
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Alan Webb's press conference after winning his second Drake Relays Invitational Mile title in cold, wet conditions.
U.S. stars overcome challenging weather at 100th Drake Relays
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American record holder Alan Webb toed the line in the Drake Relays Visa Men's Mile for the first time since setting the Drake Relays invitational mile record in 2007 of 3:51.71. Webb was challenged the entire way before crossing the finish line first in 4:00.61.
2009 Drake Relays - 100th Anniversary [Coverage]
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Flotrack's 2009 Drake Relays coverage.
Wariner, Wilson and Taylor celebrate 100th Drake Relays in fine style
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Des Moines, USA - Jeremy Wariner, Ryan Wilson and Dan Taylor celebrated the 100th running of the Drake Relays with impressive victories achieved despite cruelly cold and windy (8 C, 10-20 kph) and occasionally rainy weather on Saturday (25).
Track Shacks - Iowa State [Video]
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Track Shacks - Iowa State
The “Hawkeye State” was first suggested
by James G. Edwars as a tribute to indian leader Chief Black Hawk.
source: State Names, Seals, Flags, and Symbols by Benjamin F. Shearer, Barbara
S. Shearer
