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Drug-testing for masters athletes? Track officials grapple with question for the ages
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Drug testers did not summon Gary Snyder three years ago to provide a urine sample at the world masters track and field championships in Riccione, Italy, and he's plenty happy about that. After his competition in the 100 and 200 meters for 60- to 64-year-old men, Snyder realized that his prescription medication for high blood pressure qualified as a prohibited, performance-enhancing substance.

A Brief Chat With Michael Wardian
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With impressive times and results in everything from a road 10K, to a marathon on a treadmill, to a six-day race across the Moroccan sand dunes, Michael Wardian of Arlington, Virginia might be the most versatile runner in decades

Jason Vigilante Talks About Coaching A Freshman National Champ, Again [Video]
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UVA Coach Jason Vigilante coached a freshman to the national title for the second time in five years. This interview gives great insight into Vig's thinking and guidance of Robby Andrews. He references the success and failures he had with Leo Manzano as a coach and how those experiences have contributed to the success of athletes that have followed. Congrats to Vig, Robby, and the UVA squad on the title this past weekend!

Ukrop's Monument Avenue 10k sets entry record
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The 11th annual Ukrop's Monument Avenue 10k presented by POWERade has set an event record for the number of participants registered. As of Monday morning, March 1, over 33,500 were registered, breaking last year's mark of 32,745. Registration is still open for the March 27, 2010, Ukrop's Monument Avenue 10k, and a total of 35,000 registrants will be accepted. That means less than 1,500 spots left!

Liberty runner wins NCAA cross country championship (USA Today)
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Liberty's Sam Chelanga, who led most of the NCAA Cross Country Championships last year until passed in the stretch by Oregon's Galen Rupp, ran away from everyone Monday in Terre Haute, Ind., to win his first NCAA title.

UVA Track Shack Tailgate At The 2009 NCAA Cross Country Championships [Video]
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UVA Track Shack Tailgate at the 2009 NCAA Cross Country Championships

Richmond marathon weekend sets registration record (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
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The SunTrust Richmond Marathon has broken its event registration record. More than 14,650 people had registered by yesterday afternoon for either the marathon, half-marathon, 8K or kids' run. That surpasses the mark of 14,601 set last year. The record includes 5,150 people signed up for the marathon, breaking 2007's mark of 5,150. This marks the ninth time in 11 years that the marathon has set ...

Richmond Marathon not participating in tough ecomomic times (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
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Tough economic conditions seem not to have affected the SunTrust Richmond Marathon. Race officials say record participation is possible in the 26.2-mile marathon and the 13.1-mile McDonald’s Half Marathon despite a nationwide recession that has chilled sports from NASCAR to high school. The existing records: 5,109 for the marathon, set in 2007; 4,616 for the half marathon, set last year.

Cross-country aims high for ACC Championship (Collegiate Times)
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Virginia Tech's cross-country teams enter this weekend's Atlantic Coast Conference Championships fostering confidence and momentum. The team is looking to build on their impressive performance on Oct. 17 where they finished fourth out of 30 teams at the Chili Pepper Festival in Fayetteville, Ark.

Brooks VIP Porta-Potties: It's Not Just A Place to Poop - It's Party!
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This might be my favorite marathon promotion of all-time. For the second year in a row, Brooks is rolling out the VIP porta-potty experience for Brooks supporters running the Marine Corps Marathon this weekend. Any runner wearing Official MCM 2009 or any Brooks-branded product on race day and you're in gear (n any serious runner knows you don't wear the official merchandise on race day!) So what does the VIP experience get you? Inside the VIP Porta Potties you can expect Men's and Women's Suites, flushing toilets in private stalls, a stainless-steel sink with running water, mirrors, lights, climate-controlled temperature, and paper towels.

Cross Country Sweeps Meet From ACC Power Tar Heels and N.C. Central
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The Richmond men's and women's cross country teams swept the University of North Carolina Challenge Friday evening, beating the host Tar Heels and N.C. Central in Chapel Hill, N.C. Jenn Ennis and Tim Quinn each led the Spiders for the second-consecutive meet. Although Tar Heels were the individual race winners on each side, the Spiders' Ennis led six women in the top 10 and Richmond beat North Carolina 25-32 and N.C. Central 25-80. Quinn also placed second and was one of six Spiders in the top 10 as the Spiders nipped the Heels 28-29, and beat N.C. Central 28-79.

Ethiopia Earns International Team Challenge at Rock 'n' Roll Half Marathon
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Junior half-marathon world record holder Abebu Gelan (left), 19, led a sweep of the women's professional race, leading Ethiopia to victory in the first International Team Challenge at the 9th Rock 'n' Roll Half Marathon in Virginia Beach on Sunday morning. Countrywomen Tiki Gelana and Meseret Mengistu finished second and third. The Ethiopian women were ably supported by second and third place finishes by their teammates Feyisa Lilesa and Zenbaba Yigeze in the men's professional race behind race winner William Chebor of Kenya.

Cross Country team places well in invitational (Roanoke Rapids Daily Herald)
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The Roanoke Rapids Cross Country team showed Head Coach Jerry Bullock they were going to be just fine this season after a stout performance in a seven team invitational held Thursday.

Webb Post Race [Video]
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Alan Webb talks about his first races of the year, training, the upcoming year and how 2008 has played an influence on this year's training race.

Alan Webb Debut [Photo Album]
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Alan Webb debuted at George Mason on January 31, 2009. In one week he will face Olympic Bronze Medalist Nick Willis in the mile at the Boston Indoor Games. Via Flotrack

The 2008 Times-Dispatch All-Metro girls cross country team (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
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Success could have become a burden for Kathleen Lautzenheiser. But the tiny Midlothian junior calmly retained her position as the pace-setter for Richmond girls cross country for another season. Lautzenheiser repeated her performance as the Dominion District and Central Region champion, leading the Trojans to district and regional titles. S

Sam Chelanga, Liberty
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Sam Chelanga, Liberty post race interview. via Flotrack

Last year's cross country champ lends a helping hand this season
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Sam and Galen is going to be a great race, Josh McDougal said. "I know Sam better than anyone. I know Galen as good as anyone. I don't think you can predict the winner. I think it's going to be an amazing race to watch."

Team USA to compete in International Chiba Ekiden
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This year's team features three athletes with past Chiba experience as 2004 Olympian Dan Browne (Portland, Ore.); Carrie Messner Vickers (Vail, Colo.); and Ed Moran (Williamsburg, Va.) lead Team USA. Other members of the 2008 squad include Sean Quigley (Braintree, Mass.); Tera Moody (Boulder, Colo.); Allison Grace (Blowing Rock, N.C.) and alternates Teresa McWalters (Cambridge, Mass.) and David Jankowski (Rochester Hills, Mich.).

A Brief Chat With Sam Chelanga
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Sophomore Sam Chelanga and his Liberty University teammates will compete Saturday at the NCAA Cross Country Southeast Regional at Wake Forest University in North Carolina. Chelanga was been the outstanding male cross country runner of the U.S. fall season. He made his debut in a Liberty uniform at the Paul Short Run in Bethelem, Pennsylvania and won the 8k race by 38 seconds in 23:05.

“Old Dominion State” Charles II of England quartered the arms of Virginia on his shield in 1663, thus adding Virginia to his dominions of France, Ireland and Scotland. Called the “Mother State” because it was the first state to be colonized.
source: State Names, Seals, Flags, and Symbols by Benjamin F. Shearer, Barbara S. Shearer