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Logan's USA track and field future cloudy
Posted by TheRunning
Doug Logan marks his second anniversary as USA Track and Field's chief executive on Wednesday, but learned last week that he could be ousted as early as next month. According to sources within the American governing body for athletics, Logan was in Columbus, Ohio, last Thursday to meet with USATF president Stephanie Hightower and Jeff Darman of the organisation's board of directors.
Ohio State's Dan White On Progression And Getting To The Next Level [Video]
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Ohio State junior Dan White discusses his steady progression throughout his running career that has him now at an elite level for the 800m in the NCAA. This indoor season, Dan broke the OSU indoor 800m school record with a 1:48.2. He talks about getting beyond the plateau he hit after that breakout race.
Cleveland Marathon Wins Graphic Design Award (Track & Field News)
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CLEVELAND (Dec. 28, 2009) – The Rite Aid Cleveland Marathon, Half Marathon & 10K has been awarded the distinguished American Graphic Design Award from Graphic Design USA. The marathon’s advertising agency, Highland Public Relations, received the award in recognition of the marathon’s identity campaign, launched in 2009, The Cleveland Experience.
Marathon runners can tweet on their feet (The Columbus Dispatch)
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Runners have another high-tech tool they can use as they're putting the miles behind them in the 30th annual Nationwide Better Health Columbus Marathon on Sunday.
Marathon a family affair for these teams (Akron Beacon Journal)
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Pam Arman has a lot of faith in doctors, but she doesn't believe everything they've told her. Good thing. Otherwise, Saturday morning's seventh annual Road Runner Akron Marathon would be without three of its more distinct relay teams.
FloEuro Workout With Dan Huling [Video]
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Dan Huling earned multiple All American honors while competing for the Miami University (OH). Dan has been running professionally since he graduated in 2007. In July he placed 2nd in the steeplechase at USA's, punching his ticket to the World Championships in Berlin.



Get To Know Rob Myers [Video]
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You've seen Rob Myers race, you've seen his interviews. But we thought it would be good to hear more about how he started running and what he did through his high school years. Rob has made three US World Championship teams....2004 Indoors (US 1500 Champ), 2005 Outdoors in Helsinki, and 2008 Indoors in Valencia. Rob will be running the 800 tomorrow in Gent and will be aiming to break his PR of 1:47.01. Flotrack will race videos and interviews from Gent tomorrow evening. (Rob will also run the mile at London on Saturday.) We'll have more "Get to Know" interviews over the next few days.
A Brief Chat With Daniel Huling
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Daniel Huling was second in the 3000-meter steeplechase at the USATF Championships in 8:32.86 andHuling_DanQ-USA09 will represent the United States at the World Championships in Berlin. Huling, who was fifth in the 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials, has a steeplechase personal best of 8:20.84. He was third in the steeple at the 2006 USATF Championships. He attended Miami (Ohio) and won the steeplechase, 5000, and 10,000 at the 2006 Mid-American Conference Championships
MTRK: Day Two Action Complete at USA Track and Field Championships (Ohio State Buckeyes)
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COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Two current Buckeyes and one former All-American hurdler were in action on day two of the 2009 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Eugene, Ore.
Olinger will run in USA Track and Field championships today (Coshocton Tribune)
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EUGENE, Ore. - As Brian Olinger anticipates today's running of the 3000-meter steeplechase at the USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, he realizes that he's a year older, but he also believes he's a year wiser.
Newcomers steal the show, sweeping titles at Rite-Aid Cleveland Marathon, half-marathon, 10K (The Cleveland Plain Dealer)
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Lisa DeJong/The Plain DealerDereje Tadesse (6), from Ethiopia, took the early lead and was never headed in winning the men's 10K event at Sunday's Rite-Aid Cleveland Marathon, Half-Marathon and 10K.Search for various event and individual resultsLisa DeJong/The Plain DealerThe skyline...
VO2 Max Test With Chapman & Olinger [Video]
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Robert Gary, coach of Brian Olinger, Dan Huling and The Ohio State University contacted Team Indiana Elite coach Robert Chapman. His athletes were going to try altitude training for the first time and he wanted to measure the benefits. Before the guys left for their month long training stint in the Park City, Utah area they stopped in Bloomington to meet with Chapman.
Track & Field To Host Akron Invitational (Akron Zips)
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The Zips' track and field programs will be hosting one of its premier events, the Akron Invitational, this weekend (Feb. 13-14) at the Stile Athletics Field House.
A Brief Chat With Brian Olinger
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Brian Olinger will compete in the Emerald Nuts Midnight Run, a four-miler on New Year's Eve in New York's Central Park. Olinger, 25, was seventh in the 3000-meter steeplechase at the 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials in Eugene.
Sister speaks of brother's death in NYC Marathon (Newsday)
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There is an incredible picture of Fred Costa crossing the 20-mile mark of the New York Marathon earlier this month. The physical education teacher from Cincinnati is wearing pink bunny ears on his head and a look of determination on his face. His arms are raised over his head and his gloved fingers are raised toward the sky.



Dayton cross-country athletes are all about commitment (Dayton News)
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Dayton’s cross-country teams were supposed to run in a meet this past weekend in Orange, but a late night call on Friday night cancelled the event.
Ann Alyanak prepares for Olympic Trials
Posted by Matt
It's been almost a year since University of Dayton head women's cross country coach and assistant track and field coach Ann Alyanak qualified for the 2008 Olympic Trials at the 2007 Boston Marathon, proving that she was among one of the best women's marathoners in the country. The Olympic hopeful will head back to Boston on Sunday, April 20 to compete a day before this year's Boston Marathon.
Ohio State defeats Michigan 110-93 in classic dual meet in Columbus
Posted by Matt
The Ohio State men’s track and field team put on an impressive all-around performance as the Buckeyes evened the “The Dual” series with a 110-93 victory over its rival Michigan Saturday at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium. The Buckeyes won 11 of the 19 events.



Ohio State battles Michigan in The Dual at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium
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The Ohio State men’s track and field team will host their first meet of 2008 this week as they compete with Michigan in the outdoor half of “The Dual” at 11 a.m. Saturday at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium.



New winners in Heart Mini-Marathon (The Cincinnati Enquirer)
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A pair of first-time winners dominated the 15-kilometer field in today's Mercy Heart Mini-Marathon.

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Ohio, the “Buckeye State”, received its nickname because of the many buckeye trees that once covered its hills and plains.
But that's only partly the reason. We have to go back to the feverish presidential campaign of 1840 for the rest of it.
William Henry Harrison, a Virginia-born Ohioan and military hero, was a candidate for the White House, but his opponents commented that he was better suited to sit in a log cabin and drink hard cider.
Some of Harrison's leading supporters, who were experts in promotional know-how, decided to turn into a positive reference what was supposed to be a negative one.
They dubbed him "the log cabin candidate," and chose as his campaign emblem a log cabin made of buckeye timbers, with a long string of buckeyes decorating its walls. Furthermore, in parades, his backers walked with buckeye canes and rolled whisky barrels.
The campaign gimmicks were successful. "Old Tippecanoe," as Harrison was often called, beat President Martin Van Buren in the latter's bid for re-election, and thereafter the buckeye was closely associated with the state of Ohio.
The name itself is of native origin. Because the markings on the nut resembled the eye of a buck, the Indians called it "hetuck" or "buckeye."
source: http://www.lkwdpl.org/buckeye/index.html