First in Flight (Tarheel State)

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Athletics Notes: Flanagan's Flow Interrupted
Posted by Matt
'Today the world kind of collapsed a bit,' Shalane Flanagan's coach John Cook said by phone Tuesday from Dalian, where the training camp for the U.S. track and field team in located. 'She didn't sleep at all last night. It just came out of nowhere and she spent most of the night in the bathroom. We think it's food poisoning, but we're not sure.'

2008 Paris Golden League Recap - Letsrun.com
Posted by Matt
LetsRun.com has a great review of the 2008 Paris Golden League track meet where Shannon Rowbury runs a blistering 4:00.33.

Dark Days: Track and field's legitimacy is under attack (Winston-Salem Journal)
Posted by TheRunning
Doping cases have claimed some of track and field's most prominent names, a portion of its popularity and, in the eyes of some, its legitimacy. Now, when an athlete does the very thing fans hope for -- runs faster or jumps higher or throws farther than anyone ever has -- the question becomes, is it real? Can we believe what we see?

2008 Nike Outdoor Nationals 2 mile National record video
Posted by Matt
German Fernandez breaks the National 2 mile record for the HS boys with an amazing 8:34.40 run at the Nike outdoor Nationals at Greensboro, NC

Anatomy of a Record Assault
Posted by Matt
German Fernandez of Riverbank, California, breaks 29 year old national HS 2 mile record

Flotrack's Nike Outdoor Nationals race videos and interviews
Posted by Matt
Flotrack will be on site at the 2008 Nike Outdoor National Track & Field Championships held in Greensboro, NC at University of North Carolina A&T.

N.C. A&T Hosts State Games in Track & Field (WGHP Greensboro)
Posted by TheRunning
Hundreds of athletes were sweating it out Sunday in the Piedmont. The North Carolina State Games held track and field events at A&T Aggie Stadium. FOX8's Melissa Painter reports.

Chris and Ashley Estwanik under pressure
Posted by Matt
Never before have the Bermuda Half-Marathon Derby men's and women's titles taken up residence in the same household. But that could all change if the talented Estwaniks have any say in the matter. Since relocating to Bermuda last year, the couple have dominated the local running scene and are firmly on course to achieve what will be an unprecedented feat.

A Brief Chat With Shannon Rowbury
Posted by Matt
Shannon Rowbury, a Duke University graduate, won the 1500-meter run in 4:07.59 at the Cardinal Rowbury_shannonusind08 Invitational at Stanford on Sunday, finishing more than four seconds ahead of runner-up Yuriko Kobayashi of Japan. Rowbury won the 3000 in 8:55.19 at the 2008 USA Indoor Championships.

College cross country: Estero’s Jones finishes second at championships (Naples Daily News)
Posted by TheRunning
Running against the best juniors in the nation, Estero High alumni and N.C. State freshman Bona Jones took second place at the USA Cross Country championships on Saturday in Boulder, Colo. Jones, who came to Florida as a junior after growing up in Germany, was beaten only by Jordan Hassay, 15, of California.

Antonio McDaniel on spring break at ZAP Fitness
Posted by Matt
Last week was our spring break and this year me and a few of my teammates decided we wanted to go somewhere running related. At first thought Eugene and Flagstaff came to mind, but money wise that was out of the question. So, after almost deciding to just stay in Indiana I came up with the idea of us going to Zap Fitness in Blowing Rock,NC. Zap fitness is a non-profit organization that helps fund elite post collegiate runners in their quest to make the Olympic team or to just be national/world class runners.

A Brief Chat with Shalane Flanagan
Posted by Matt
Shalane Flanagan, who won the USA Cross Country Championships 8-K women’s race on February 16 by Flanagan_shalaneusout07 70 seconds, will compete in the Central Park Challenge 8-K in New York on Saturday. Flanagan was also the USA 4-K cross country champ in 2004 and 2005 (there is no longer a 4-K at the meet).

Dexter Adams of NC State hits NCAA auto mark of 26-00.25 in long jump
Posted by Matt
Dexter Adams of NC State hits NCAA auto mark of 26-00.25 in long jump

Duke's Mandi Zemba running on all cylinders
Posted by Matt
Life is all about finding balance, juggling various activities and desires. Long-distance running is much the same, as you need to learn how to pace yourself during the course of a race. Duke junior Maddie McKeever seems to have both under control

UNC freshman Walter Henning picks up win in weight at ACC Champs
Posted by Matt
Freshman Walter Henning picked up his first automatic qualifying mark of the year on the first day of the ACC Indoor Championships as he threw the weight 71-00.75 for the win. Henning set a personal-best with the toss and automatically qualified for the NCAA Championships in two weeks

North Carolina's Walter Henning places fourth at USATF Champs
Posted by Matt
Freshman Walter Henning made a trip to Boston, Mass. this past weekend for the USA Track & Field Indoor Championships and placed fourth in the weight throw. Henning improved on his previous season-best of 70-3 and recorded a throw of 70-5.25, just an inch shy of the automatic mark.

Charlotte sprints to team titles at Atlantic 10 Championships
Posted by Matt
Juniors Aja Jackson and Lamarra Currie each won two events en route to leading Charlotte to the team title on Saturday at the 2008 Atlantic 10 Indoor Track & Field Championships, held at Mackal Fieldhouse on the campus of the University of Rhode Island.

Interview with UNC's Brie Felnagle
Posted by Matt
Interview with UNC's Brie Felnagle by Trackshark

A Brief Chat with Shalane Flanagan
Posted by Matt
Shalane Flanagan, 26, will compete in the USA Cross Country Championships on Saturday in San Diego. She was second to Deena Kastor in the 2006 championships in Boulder Colorado and was the USA 4k cross country champ in 2004 and 2005 (there is no longer a 4k at the meet).

Journal update from Joe Driscoll
Posted by Matt
Last November I competed in the U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials in New York City and it was a great experience. The NYRR really knows how to put on an event- there were people all over Rockefeller Center and Central Park that morning- and the sun wasn’t even up yet! I also had the luck of having a good-sized personal cheering section for the race with lots of family and friends turning up for the race. by Joe Driscoll

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In 1629, King Charles I of England "erected into a province," all the land from Albemarle Sound on the north to the St. John's River on the south, which he directed should be called Carolina. The word Carolina is from the word Carolus, the Latin form of Charles.
When Carolina was divided in 1710, the southern part was called South Carolina and the northern, or older settlement, North Carolina. From this came the nickname the “Old North State.” Historians have recorded that the principle products during the early history of North Carolina were "tar, pitch, and turpentine." It was during one of the fiercest battles of the War Between the States, so the story goes, that the column supporting the North Carolina troops was driven from the field. After the battle the North Carolinians, who had successfully fought it out alone, were greeted from the passing derelict regiment with the question: "Any more tar down in the Old North State, boys?" Quick as a flash came the answer: "No, not a bit, old Jeff's bought it all up." "Is that so; what is he going to do with it?" was asked. "He's going to put on you-un's heels to make you stick better in the next fight." Creecy relates that General Lee, upon hearing of the incident, said: "God bless the “Tar Heel” boys," and from that they took the name.
(Adapted from Grandfather Tales of North Carolina by R.B. Creecy and Histories of North Carolina Regiments, Vol. III, by Walter Clark).
source: http://statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us/nc/symbols/symbols.htm