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Trevor Dunbar 1st In 8:01.87 @ UW Last Chance [Video]
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Trevor Dunbar after winning the 3k at the UW Last Chance meet in 8:01.87.
Galen Rupp finishes second in the 3,000
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Despite a stomach virus that caused him to lose eight pounds in the past four days, Galen Rupp of Oregon Track Club Elite/Portland finished second to Bernard Lagat Saturday in the 3,000-meter final of the USA Indoor Track and Field Championships in Albuquerque, N.M.
M Mile H02 (Wheating 3:58, 2010 MPSF Champs) [Video]
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Andrew Wheating had a phenomenal 2008 outdoor season which saw him win 11 straight races before finishing second by .01 in the finals of the 800 meters at the NCAA Championships (1:45.32). via Flotrack
Nicked by injury and nagged by a stomach ailment, Dathan Ritzenhein withdraws from the World Cross Country Championships
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A disappointed Dathan Ritzenhein pulled out of next month's IAAF World Country Championships on Saturday.
Ritzenhein, who trains with the Nike-based Oregon Track Club Elite/Portland group coached by Alberto Salazar, has been unable to completely shake a lingering problem on the bottom of one his feet.
Adam Goucher Is Not Done
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Interview by: Matt Fitzgerald
To qualify for the U.S. Olympic Marathon Team, you need three things: world-class talent, relative youth, and freedom from injuries. Adam Goucher has all of these things. His talent is unquestioned: He’s won national cross country championships in high school, in college, and as a pro, he’s run 13:10 for 5000m and 8:12 for two miles, and in 2006 he finished sixth in the World Cross Country Championships, just eight seconds behind the winner (and best runner of all time), Kenenisa Bekele.
Ritzenhein and Flanagan cruise to US XC titles
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American record holders Dathan Ritzenhein and Shalane Flanagan dominated the men's and women's fields at the 2010 USA Cross Country Championships on Saturday (13) at Plantes Ferry Recreation Park in Spokane, Washington.
Ritz (With Sound!) After Winning the 2010 USA XC Title
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Dathan Ritzenhein talking about his win at the USATF Cross Country Championships and how he is approaching the World Championships in Poland. via Flotrack
Ritzenhein, Flanagan lead contenders at USA Cross Country Championships
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American record holders Dathan Ritzenhein (Portland, Ore.) and Shalane Flanagan (Pittsboro, N.C.) lead the fields at the 2010 USA Cross Country Championships scheduled for Saturday at Plantes Ferry Recreation Park in Spokane, Wash.
Ritzenhein, a two-time Olympian, will look to take his third U.S. cross country title while Flanagan, the Olympic bronze medalist at 10,000 meters, will be on a quest for her fourth national cross country crown.
A Brief Chat With Dathan Ritzenhein and Shalane Flanagan
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Dathan Ritzenhein and Shalane Flanagan, who will be the favorites in their respective 12k and 8k races at the USA Cross Country Championships on Saturday in Spokane, talked to reports on a USATF teleconference on Wednesday. Ritzenhein's 2009 season ended with a bronze medal finish at the World Half Marathon Championships.
Galen Rupp (cold symptoms) might not face Bernard Lagat
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Galen Rupp turned a strong double Saturday at the UW Invitational in Seattle, but he might not run a scheduled 5,000-meter race this weekend in Boston.
The first-year pro, who runs for Oregon Track Club Elite/Portland, had cold symptoms Monday.
Matt Tegenkamp Wants the U.S. 5000-Meter Record
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As we move into 2010, our athletes will each be sharing a look back at 2009, which we will be running throughout the next two weeks. Next up: Matt Tegenkamp, who spent the past year making his third global championship final and breaking 13:00 in the 5k, running 12:58.56 in Brussels - a 6+ second PB and just two seconds away from the American Record. via KIMbia.net
Shalane Flanagan: 'I Love the Marathon'
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At the end of 2008, 28-year-old Shalane Flanagan was coming the best season of her career. That year, she won three U.S. titles, broke the American record in the 10,000m twice, and won an Olympic bronze medal in Beijing.
A Brief Chat With Josh Rohatinsky
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Josh Rohatinsky will compete at the USA Half-Marathon Championships in Houston on January 17. Rohatinsky's previous half-marathon performances, and his second place at the 2008 USA 20K in New Haven, are discussed in the first question and answer below. Rohatinsky, a father of two small children, lives in Beaverton, Oregon, five minutes from Nike campus, and is coached by Jerry Schumacher.
Frank Gagliano, "Gags", Talks About His Journey In Coaching [Video]
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In the spring of 1961 Frank Gagliano started his track and field coaching career having no knowledge of the sport, just a passion for teaching young people. Fourty-nine years later Gags is known as one of the best middle distance coaches in the country. Gags' athletes have a strong connection with Gags as a coach, mentor, and friend because of the family atmosphere he has instilled in his programs. In this interview Gags talks about his journey as a coach, how he got started, where he went, and programs he was a part of. via Flotrack
Walker's Pace: Defending Champs Bow at No. 3
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In any sport, preseason rankings must be taken with a grain of salt. That being said, Oregon finds itself in rare air in the USTFCCCA preseason polls, which were released on Tuesday.
Despite the Titanic loss of three-time indoor champion Galen Rupp to graduation, the defending NCAA champion men checked in at No. 3. The women, who tied for ninth at the NCAA meet last season, did the men one better at No. 2.
End of 2009 Q&A: Tim Nelson
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As we move into 2010, our athletes will each be sharing a look back at 2009, which we will be running throughout the next two weeks. First up, Tim Nelson, arguably the most-improved male American distance athlete in 2009. via KIMbia Athletics
Kick Of The Year - Best Of 2009 [Video]
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The King of Kick was at it again at the 2009 PAC-10 Outdoor Championships in Eugene. It would be tough to say that anyone closes the last 30 meters of a race better than Andy Wheating and this video is more than enough proof for evidence to that claim! via Flotrack
A Brief Chat With Julia Lucas
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Julia Lucas, 25, a North Carolina State graduate with a 5000-meter best of 15:33.05, is now living and training in Portland, Oregon with her husband Ian Dobson, the Stanford graduate who was a 2008 U.S. Olympian in the 5000. Lucas was an Atlantic Coast Conference champion in cross country and twice in the 5000; she was fourth in NCAA Cross Country in 2006.
Exclusive Kara Goucher Interview
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Competitor.com has an exclusive interview with Kara Goucher. The American running superstar talks with Matt Fitzgerald about running by feel.
Kara Goucher is one of the most exciting personalities in American running today. The 31-year-old member of the Portland, Oregon-based Nike Oregon project has run the fastest half marathon in American history (1:06:57), won a World Championships bronze medal at 10,000 meters, and finished third in the New York and Boston marathons.
A Brief Chat With Kami Semick
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Kami Semick, 43 of Bend, Oregon recently won the IAU World Trophy 50K in Gibraltar to go with the IAU World Cup 100K she won in June in Torhout, Belgium; she led the USA to the team gold in Belgium (The IAU is the International Association of Ultra Runners). Semick also became the 2009 USATF 50-Mile Trail champion at the White River 50 Mile in Crystal Mountain, Washington and the USATF 50K Trail champ at the Caumsett Park 50K on Long Island.
The American Beaver (Castor canadensis) was named Oregon
state animal by the 1969 Legislature. Prized for its fur, the beaver
was overtrapped
by early settlers and eliminated from much of its original range. Through
proper management and partial protection, the beaver has been reestablished
in watercourses throughout the state and remains an important economic
asset. The beaver has been referred to as "nature's engineer," and
its dam-building activities are important to natural water flow and
erosion control. Oregon is known as the “Beaver State” and
Oregon State University's athletic teams are called the "Beavers."
source: http://www.sos.state.or.us/BlueBook/1999_2000/facts/almanac/almanac01.htm
