The Old Line State

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Under Armour: Run Origins 1 Of 5 [Video]
Posted by TheRunning
In part one of five, Flotrack goes to Under Armour's HQ in Baltimore to find out about their entry into running in early 2009. Over the next five weeks Flotrack will be speaking to Under Armour's designers, running team, CEO, and looking into the future to see what Under Armour's place in running will be.

German Fernandez Is Moving Well And Moving Up
Posted by TheRunning
Today I'm going to violate one of my most closely-held beliefs about running--that you can't tell much from simply watching someone run. In fact, I don't think you can tell much with even the highest tech, slo-mo cameras. We runners love to talk about running form, and we all have our favorite, "smoothest" runners. (Amby Burfoot has googgly eyes for German Fernandez)

Keflezighi, Brown take USA Cross Country titles
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Derwood, Maryland, USA - 2004 Olympic men's marathon silver medalist Meb Keflezighi won his third national cross country title while Emily Brown won her first at the USA Cross Country Championships on Saturday (7) at the Agricultural History Farm Park in Derwood, Maryland.

Keflezighi claims third U.S. Cross Country title (Sports Illustrated)
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Meb Keflezighi edged Tim Nelson at the finish Saturday to win the men's title and Emily Brown easily won the women's race at the USA Cross Country Championships.

Pre National XC Talk with Dathan Ritzenhein
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Dathan Ritzenhein will defend his national cross country title on Feb. 7 in Derwood, Md. He also won in 2005. Two weeks ago, the 26-year-old placed second in the national half marathon championships behind the 2004 Olympic silver medalist in the marathon, Meb Keflezighi.

2009 USA Cross Country Championship [Coverage]
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Meb Keflezighi enters USA Cross Country Championships
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2004 Olympic men's marathon silver medalist Meb Keflezighi has entered the USA Cross Country Championships, USA Track & Field announced Tuesday. A two-time champion in the 12 km, Keflezighi will be making his first appearance at the USA Cross Country Championships since 2003. Also on Tuesday, USATF announced that two-time Olympian and defending champion Dathan Ritzenhein (Eugene, Ore.) was forced to withdraw from the championships due to the flu.

Road Runner Rage
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JEAN KNAACK couldn’t keep a lid on it. While on a six-mile run near her home in Maryland, she raised her water bottle and expelled its contents onto the passenger-side window of a car.

Runners Get In Gear For Baltimore Marathon (CBS 13 Baltimore)
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The city is strapping up its shoe laces and getting ready to hit the road for the Baltimore Marathon.

Record Crowd Expected For Baltimore Marathon (CBS 13 Baltimore)
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It will be quite a sight in the City Saturday as thousands of people will lace up their running shoes for the Eighth Annual Baltimore Marathon.

Marathon runner not done running yet (Olean Times Herald)
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The end was near. Ray Thompson could literally see a speck of light at the end of the 26-mile tunnel in last year's Marine Corps Marathon. "What the heck," he thought. "I'm going to sprint!"

Cross-Country Coming in 2009 (Washington Post)
Posted by TheRunning
Big-time cross-country racing is coming to Maryland. USA Track and Field has selected the Agricultural History Farm Park in Derwood as the venue for the 2009 USA Cross Country Championships on Feb. 7. The event will be hosted by the Montgomery County Road Runners Club.

Rookie Henehan claims Marine Marathon (Sports Illustrated)
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Kristen Henehan, a three-time All-American in track at Georgetown, won the Marine Corps Marathon on Sunday, while Ethiopia's Tamrat Ayalew took the men's title in the event that featured more than 22,000 runners.

Matt Centrowitz (American University) - Video
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Matt Centrowitz Jr. and his father Matt Centrowitz Sr. talk about Hot shot's amazing 2 mile. Flotrack

Matt Centrowitz tries to one-up his father
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Matt Centrowitz tries to one-up his father by running faster than 4:02 in high school but falls short by running 4:03.

Track and Field: Lopez caps off prep career (Carroll County Online)
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John Lopez slipped and fell out of the starting blocks during the 110-meter hurdles semifinals at Friday’s state track and field meet.

MD HS: Matt Centrowitz running into history
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Is Matthew Centrowitz the best schoolboy distance runner Maryland has ever seen?

World record set at marathon (The Frederick News-Post)
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A new Guinness Book of World Records record was set this morning at the Frederick Marathon. Michael Wardian, of Arlington, Va., set the record for the fastest marathon while pushing a baby in a stroller.

Matt Centrowitz wins Penn Relays mile, breaks meet record
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The Penn Relays record for the high school boys mile run had stood for the last 35 years. Not anymore, thanks to Broadneck High School senior Matthew Centrowitz. It wasn’t enough that he became the first runner to win the 3,000-meter run in one year and follow it up with a mile victory the next, but Centrowitz also took down one of the oldest records in the books of a meet that spans over 113 years.

Defending Champ Wins Wirefly National Marathon (NBC4 Washington, D.C.)
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Michael Wardian has successfully defended his title. Get complete coverage of the 2007 Wirefly National Marathon here!

According to some historians, Gen. George Washington bestowed the name “Old Line State” and thereby associated Maryland with its regular line troops, the Maryland Line, who served courageously in many Revolutionary War battles.
source: http://www.mdarchives.state.md.us/msa/mdmanual/01glance/html/nickname.html