“Companies are responsible for the behavior of their managers, Nike’s job was to ensure that Salazar was not neglecting and abusing the athletes he coached.”
By Jeff Manning, The Oregonian / OregonLive
Mary Cain, the promising distance runner whose career fizzled after what she has described...
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“When you have these kinds of good girls, girls who are good at following directions to the point of excelling, you’ll find a system that’s happy to take them. And it’s rife with abuse.”
By Lindsay Crouse, New York Times
At 17, Mary Cain was already a record-breaking phenom: the fastest girl...
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Healthy after persistent injuries, the 23-year-old broke the tape at the Japan Run 4 Mile road race in Central Park
By Hailey Middlebrook, Runner's World
On Sunday, May 12, a familiar face in the running scene came charging through Central Park: former high school phenom Mary Cain, who broke...
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Why do so many gifted teenage female distance runners fizzle out by their early 20s, unable to capture the speed of their youth?
By Matthew Futterman, New York Times
It’s not clear exactly when a high school sophomore named Katelyn Tuohy became the next great phenom in American distance...
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"Yeah, I think just in that I learned what I should and shouldn’t expect as a runner and I learned what I can and can’t balance as an athlete in terms of training, expectations, and experiences and all that sort of stuff."
By Jonathan Gault, LetsRun.com
On Wednesday afternoon, Mary Cain...
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North Rockland teen breaks Mary Cain's New York state freshman record: “Knowing I can hit her times gives me motivation.”
By Nancy Haggerty, Lohud
She had already broken two of Mary Cain's freshman records and had come very close to breaking others.
On Sunday, North Rockland’s Katelyn Tuohy...
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“Kate is more focused and driven this season, I think there is a little less pressure now that she is committed to a college and she has had the chance to go to many different places.”
By Steven Dilsizian, USA TODAY Sports
Kate Murphy looks to cement herself as one of the all-time greats in...
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“Somewhere along the way we hit this critical tipping point where it really clicked. Now, every time an American steps to the line at an international competition... you’re competing for a medal.”
By Martin Fritz Huber, Outside Magazine
Unless you spent the second week of the Olympics...
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"At the end of the day, she's 20-years-old and going up against three medalists in the peak of their careers."
By Nancy Haggerty, The Journal News
Mary Cain, the former Bronxville High School runner who turned pro while still in high school, will have to wait another four years for a crack at...
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“I’m running as fast as I can, but I go faster with competition. I still don’t know what my limit is.”
By Charlie Ban, Run Washington
Kate Murphy knows she can run faster in the 1500 meters, she just needs competition.
She’ll finally get it July 7, when she races the first round of the U.S....
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