Field Events

International Association of Athletics Foundation
Pearson, Boyd compete for limelight; Winger flies 65.46m in Perth
International Association of Athletics Foundation
There were other contenders, US thrower Russ Winger pumped out a 65.46 metres effort in the men's Discus Throw and Beijing 2008 Olympic champion Stephanie Brown Trafton defeated her US teammate Aretha Thurmond and Australia's 2009 World champion Dani ...

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Leadership Newspapers
2012 Olympics: USA, Jamaica Reignite Rivalry
Leadership Newspapers
One of the most celebrated rivalries in women's track and field event in 2012 summer London Olympic Games will kick off this Saturday when American Allyson Felix and Jamaican Veronica Campbell-Brown clash over 60m at the USA Track & Field Classic in ...

Thomas Edison inspires the Oscar Awards you don't see
Knoxville News Sentinel
"We are also working on filming the track and field event for the [2012] Summer Olympics in London." A cinematographer is only as good as the lens he or she is using. There are scenes that are more difficult to capture, such as always trying to keep ...

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They're going the distance to bring back the mile
Los Angeles Times
The Olympic distance is 1500 meters. “There is just something about the mile that makes it special and different than other events,” said Ryan Lamppa," a founder of the running industry group Running USA and founder of Bring Back the Mile, ...

'He gave me vision'
Livemint
It's Virender Poonia's way of expressing his affection and pride for Krishna, 29, his wife as well as trainee, the first Indian woman to win gold in a track and field event at a Commonwealth Games (discus, 2010, New Delhi), and the first Indian since ...

Villanova University Official Athletic Site
Men's Track to Run Distance Medley Relay at Millrose Games on Saturday Night
Villanova University Official Athletic Site
The premier indoor track & field event in the world takes place this weekend when the Millrose Games take place at the New York Armory on Saturday night. This is the 105th edition of the famous meet, which is moving uptown to the Armory from Madison ...

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Indiana Athletics
IUTF12 at Hoosier Hills In B-Town, SPIRE Invite in Ohio
Indiana Athletics
The Hoosier Hills Invitational is the final home meet of the indoor season and will see Indiana's distance and middle distance runners, while the SPIRE NCAA DI Invitational provides Indiana's sprinters and field event athletes with great competition at ...

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Track 'Noles Bolster Squad With Distance, In-State Signees
WCTV
Tallahassee, FL -- The Florida State track & field program has fortified its distance and field event lineups with the addition of five new signees announced by head coach Bob Braman. Highlighting the group is steeplechase specialist Zak Seddon, ...

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Tiger Woods can go the distance, if he has the distance, at Pebble Beach this week
San Jose Mercury News (blog)
And when better than now, with Woods, at 36, nearing the end of his prime years and the US Open set for Olympic Club this summer? Let us stipulate that Woods almost certainly will never regain the command and control he exerted in his prime.

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TheChronicleHerald.ca
Canada boasts hurdling depth heading to Olympics
TheChronicleHerald.ca
Hurdlers Perdita Felicien, left, Phylicia George, centre, and Priscilla Lopes-Schliep pose for the cameras after a news conference at Toronto's Varsity Stadium on Monday to announce the first Canadian invitational high school track and field event.
With Canada's hurdling riches, competition will be fierce heading into London660 News

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Nothing wrong with a little flippancy in NFL
Chicago Daily Herald
None of which I'm familiar with except hip-hop, an Olympic track and field event. Oh, almost forget, MIA also is “a philanthropist and humanitarian.” I know all this now because I Googled MIA after a camera caught her flipping a middle finger at us ...

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Live from Seton Hall University, it's the Essex County Champonships
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com (blog)
Seton Hall's runners aren't here-just their field event guys. Seton Hall has already committed to run in tomorrow's Varsity Classic in NY before the date for this meet was secured. Dexter Valley of West Orange is the favorite.

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Ice-fishing festival gets assist from cold weather | Outdoors
The Seattle Times
The Seattle Boat Show is 10 am-4 pm Sunday at CenturyLink Field Event Center in Seattle. Cost is $12 adults; $7, youth ages 11-17; and kids under 10 are free. Details: www.seattleboatshow.com. • The Coast Guard Auxiliary of Edmonds, Washington Flotilla ...

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OregonLive.com (blog)
Seattle gears up for big year with world's fair Next Fifty, Gauguin and King ...
OregonLive.com (blog)
The center continues to draw thousands of visitors to the north edge of downtown, with its views of Puget Sound, the Olympic Mountains and Mount Rainier. Seattle Center will see its biggest upgrade since Paul Allen's Experience Music Project debuted in ...

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East and North Have Strong Outings at Counties
Patch.com
With Northport, Bayshore, and Sachem North dominating the action in the sprints, field event results began to come in. Those same three schools scored big in the jumps, but the Sachem East throwing squad again came through as they have all season.

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LONDON 2012 OLYMPICS
The Nation Newspaper
In this interview with Chioma Ajunwa, the first Nigerian to win an Olympic gold medal as well as the first African woman to win an Olympic gold medal in a field event, the Olympian is certainly uncomfortable with preparations.

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Notre Dame Official Athletic Site (blog)
Following Flynt - Meyo Invitational Set For This Weekend
Notre Dame Official Athletic Site (blog)
The women's triple jump is the first field event for Day 2, and it is scheduled to begin at 11 am. There will be countless exciting races throughout the weekend, but the meet's biggest draws are a pair of distance events on Saturday afternoon - the ...

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Stuff.co.nz
Stars to turn out for Christchurch athletics event
Stuff.co.nz
TOP EFFORT: Organisers Paul Coughlan, left, and Leyton Tremain have attracted a strong field to the Christchurch International Track and Field event. Organisers are anticipating a "Chariot's of Fire" atmosphere as New Zealand's top athletes converge on ...

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Adaptive Golfer Just Misses First Ace in Skins Game
The Ledger
"Our adaptive golfers are essentially our Special Olympics people,'' said Brad Bryant of Lakeland, a Champions Tour pro and honorary co-chairman of The First Tee of Lakeland along with Andy Bean. The adaptive golf program is based at the YMCA Par 3, ...

Post Searchlight
'Snowflake Ball' enjoyed
Post Searchlight
I was very pleased with it,” Harrell said. Harrell also said how the Special Olympics committee was excited to hold a Snowflake Ball again next year as well. The next event for the committee will be the track and field event in the spring. Doing.

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