5th edition in downtown Pittsburgh offers $30,000 prize purse presented by GNC Live Well; fifth stop on BBTM Grand Prix Tour 2016
PITTSBURGH - Defending GNC Live Well Liberty Mile champions and event record holders Heather Kampf and Jordan McNamara will return to the Steel City to defend their...
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Bolas & Schneider to defend race titles; the second edition and third stop on the BBTM Grand Prix Tour 2016 also offers $15,000 in Open prize money
Runners of all ability levels will converge on Henderson High School Thursday night, August 11 for the ServiceNow West Chester Mile, a celebration...
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Bolas, Schneider to defend titles; third stop on Bring Back the Mile Grand Prix Tour 2016 features $15,000 prize purse
From ServiceNow West Chester Mile
As someone who gets to see all of the work & effort put in by everyone at our store to get our events together, there’s been something about...
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Mayor Brooks Fetters named September 11, 2015 Lauren Johnson Day in Huntington, Indiana; awarded medal of leadership
By Aubrey Reichel, The Journal Gazette
Professional runner Lauren (Davenport) Johnson knew she was going to address a crowd in her hometown at Huntington North High School on...
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The Semifinal will be run on Sunday, August 23 at 8:45 pm local time. Live stream information available, here.
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All four U.S. women qualified for the semifinal in the 1500, two automatically and two by time. A slowish early pace kept the pack together in the first heat, with Shannon...
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“You wouldn’t necessarily put a Lauren Johnson into the top echelon of the American middle distance crew,” Rowland said. “She took her opportunity…. that’s the beauty of our sport. That’s what make us tick and keeps us going."
By Jonathan Gault, LetsRun.com
With 100 meters to go in the...
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“So, I was just leaning at the line, trying to make that happen and it wasn’t really an intentional dive; I think I was just leaning so much that I just kind of fell into it."
By Steve Clark, The Huntington County Tab
Before Lauren Davenport Johnson could run in Beijing, she had to tumble in...
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Johnson had provisionally qualified for the World Championships in last month's USA Track & Field Outdoor Championships at Hayward Field in Eugene, but had not achieved the minimum qualifying standard.
By Ken Goe, The Oregonian
Lauren Johnson of Eugene-based Oregon Track Club Elite nailed...
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Kampf faces formidable competition from 2012 Olympian Geena Gall and USA 3000m Indoor champion Chelsea Reilly; 11th stop on the inaugural Bring Back the Mile Tour
PITTSBURGH, Pa. – With a solid summer race season, defending women’s champion Heather Kampf is looking for another win at the GNC...
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Mile road race and a cycling criterium take advantage of closed off streets in downtown Eugene
By Erik Skopil for The Register-Guard
On Sunday morning, Lauren Johnson, winner of the Butte to Butte race on July 4, won the inaugural women’s TrackTown City Center Mile in convincing fashion.
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