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Teg's Olympic Journal #4: Opening Ceremonies
Posted by Matt
5:15 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. - that's the amount of time that we were at the opening ceremonies. Do I second-guess the decision to go? NO WAY! - by Matt Tegenkamp


Byrne takes over men's cross country program
Posted by Matt
Mick Byrne, head men's and women's cross country coach at Iona since 1990, has been named head men's cross country coach and assistant track and field coach at the University of Wisconsin, Director of Athletics Barry Alvarez announced.


Matt Tegenkamp Runs Fastest 1500m Ever in Wisconsin
Posted by TheRunning
Big turn out to watch Matt Tegenkamp Jonathan Riley, Chris Solinsky and Sean Quigley time trial the fastest 1500 in Wisconsin history. via LetsRun.com (Seems like a last hurrah as many of these guys are heading to Oregon to train)


KIMbia Athletics: Matt Tegenkamp and Chris Solinsky try to explain
Posted by Matt
Matt Tegenkamp and Chris Solinsky try their best to explain the esoteric way of tracking training known as Badger miles.


UW: Schumacher leaving to coach for Nike
Posted by TheRunning
One of the most successful coaches at the University of Wisconsin is running away. Jerry Schumacher, the Badger men's cross country and track distance coach, is leaving the program to take a position with Nike coaching elite distance runners in Portland, Ore.


Chris Solinsky on his fourth place finish in Prefontaine Classic two-mile
Posted by Matt
Chris Solinsky got a major pre-Olympic Trials confidence boost at yesterday's Prefontaine Classic, where he placed 4th in a loaded 2-mile field and ran a personal best of 8:15.77. Chris hung with the leaders throughout the race and into the last lap, and in the end was beaten only by three former world champions Bernard Lagat, Rashid Ramzi and Paul Koech.


Matt Tegenkamp on what happened in his May 24th race in Hengelo
Posted by Matt
Matt Tegenkamp ran his first 5,000m of the season at the Hengelo meet on May 24. In a race that Kenenisa Bekele won in 12:58.94, Matt was 10th in 13:28.52. Three days after the meet, he discussed his race with his massage therapist, Brian Blindt.


No Canadian record or Olympic "A" standard for Simon Bairu, due to lap-counting error
Posted by Matt
Simon Bairu went to Europe last week intent on achieving the Olympic A+ standard in the men’s 10,000m event. The initial results of the invitational meet in Neerpelt, Belgium, showed he had run inside the standard with a spectacular Canadian record of 27:30.90.


Simon Bairu breaks Canadian 10,000m record, runs 27:30.90
Posted by Matt
Simon Bairu of Regina smashed the Canadian 10,000-metre record at an international track meet in Neerpelt, Belgium, on Saturday night with a stunning time of 27:30.90.


RT Radio: Solinsky's Summer in Europe
Posted by Matt
Scott Douglas talks to Chris Solinsky, who made his first European track tour last summer, about racing, eating and living on the go for weeks at a time. We can all learn from how Chris adapted to life and racing when he was unable to stick to his normal rhythms and habits.


The Toni and Matt Show 13
Posted by Matt
The future of running revealed. Tennis squabbles; is running listening? Haile hops back on the Olympic track. Tegenkamp responds to your questions. Listener comments. And from the Runner’s Digest archives, Fred Lebow, running’s greatest impresario, talks about the state of the sport . . . in 1982. That and more on the Toni & Matt Show.


Wisconsin men and women lace up for weekend meets on road
Posted by Matt
The Wisconsin men’s and women’s track teams will face their first major contests of the outdoor season at Auburn University this weekend, while the men’s distance runners will head to the west coast to face some of the best in the NCAA at the Stanford Invitational.


Press-Gazette looking for local marathon runners (Green Bay Press-Gazette)
Posted by TheRunning
Are you planning to run the half or full marathon at the Green Bay Marathon in May


Wisconsin-La Crosse men win their 15th Division III Championship
Posted by Matt
Wisconsin-La Crosse men win their 15th Division III Championship


TFS Running Podcast 130:Matt Tegenkamp
Posted by Matt
Today on Episode 130 of The Final Sprint Podcast, I had a chance to speak with Matt Tegenkamp, the American record holder in the two-mile run and two-time US Indoor champion in the 3000m who competes for Nike and KIMbia Athletics.


Runners warming up for Mays Cellcom marathon (Green Bay Press-Gazette)
Posted by TheRunning
Participants in Saturdays Cellcom Green Bay Marathon training run had to get a little creative when they found their post-run Gatorade frozen in the spigot.


Wisconsin men look to defend seven consecutive Big Ten titles
Posted by Matt
The Wisconsin men’s track team will look to defend seven consecutive Big Ten titles as it aims to add an eighth trophy to its arsenal while hosting the Big Ten Championships this weekend at the Shell.


Day one quotes from USA Indoor Championships
Posted by Matt
'It was hard coming in here, we all had the same goal. As the race went on I got more and more comfortable. This was my first race of the Indoor season. I'm going to talk to my coach tonight to decide if I'm going to go World Indoors.' - Men's 3,000m winner, Matt Tegenkamp (Day one quotes from USA Indoor Championships)


Jack Bolas breaks Wisconsin's 30-year-old mile record with 3:59.40
Posted by Matt
The outstanding performer at the meet was sophomore Jack Bolas, who won the invitational mile and broke a 30-year-old UW record with a time of 3 minutes, 59.40 seconds. The previous best of 4:00.4 was set by Steve Lacy in 1978, nine years before Bolas was born.


Jenelle Deatherage: 'I needed to get my head back in the game'
Posted by Matt
When DtB last talked to Jenelle Deatherage, HERE, it was on the heels of her 8th place finish at the 2007 USA Outdoor Championships in Indianapolis. She was trying to find some answers in frustrating season that had challenged her confidence What a difference seven months can make!

“Badger State” Although the badger has been closely associated with Wisconsin since territorial days, it was not declared the official state animal until 1957. Over the years its likeness had been incorporated in the state coat of arms, the seal, the flag and even State Capitol architecture, as well as being immortalized in the song "On, Wisconsin!" ("Grand old bager state!")
source: http://www.legis.state.wi.us/lrb/bb/ch11.pdf