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Women sport news - Gits scores top-20 finishe for Team USA at World Cross Country Championships
Gits, a freshman at Stanford Universityled the Team USA junior women with a 13th place finish. Despite a fall near 3 km, Gits ran 20:41 for the 6 km course to lead the U.S. squad to a sixth-place finish with 100 points, only one point out of fifth behind Canada. plus athletes quotes from the day
Women sport news - Australia claim World Cross bronze
Outstanding runs by Benita Johnson, Lisa-Jane Weightman, Anna Thompson and Melissa Rollison have led Australia to the team bronze medal at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Women sport news - A steep hill to climb in Edinburgh
Struggling with a knee injury for the most part of the summer, Benita Johnson will have her first hit out for the year in Edinburgh.
Women sport news - Team USA elects team captains for World Cross Country Championships
Four-time team member Renee Metivier (Boulder, Colo.), was selected to lead the open women's team in the 8 km race in Edinburgh. This makes the second consecutive year that Metivier has been selected as senior women's captain.
26. March Athletics1157

U.S. masters athletes win gold at World Championships

The following American athletes won individual gold medals at the 2008 World Masters Indoor Athletics Championships, March 17-22, in Clermont-Ferrand, France
23. March Athletics939

Kallur wins European Athlete of the Month for February

Newly crowned World Indoor 60m Hurdles record holder Susanna Kallur and one of Europe's brightest hopes for an Olympic marathon medal in Beijing, she has been voted the European Athlete of the Month for February. photo Picture Alliance
23. March Athletics1121

Knight named Athlete of the Week

Bianca Knight has been named USATF's Athlete of the Week after winning the women's 200m at the 2008 NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships at the Randal Tyson Track Center in Fayetteville, Ark. photo texassports.com
18. March Athletics5590

Australian Under 20 & 23 Championship

Full Results of the Australian Under 20 & 23 Championships-Check out all the results
18. March Athletics3647

Tamsyn Lewis to follow in Cathy’s footsteps at Stawell

Lewis, the world indoor 800m champion, will be the headline act in the women’s events at Stawell this year and she will attempt to follow in Freeman’s Olympic year footsteps when she tackles the Endura Sports Nutrition Lorraine Donnan Women’s 400m Handicap
14. March Athletics1054

World Cross Country Championships latest-News on Norwich Union Great Britain team.

Several of Britain’s leading endurance athletes will not compete on home soil at the 36th IAAF World Cross Country Championships in Edinburgh later this month.
12. March Athletics951

World indoor champion remains loyal to Stawell

Newly crowned World Indoor Champion and Australia Post Stawell Gift faithful, Tamsyn Lewis, has confirmed that not even her new international status and quest for Beijing Olympic gold will keep her from Central Park this Easter.
11. March Athletics1037

Team USA cleans up on last day of World Indoors

2007 Pan Am Games 4x100m silver medalist Shareese Woods (Charlotte, N.C.) went out strong in the final of the women's 400m, trailing only the Russians, Olesya Zykina and indoor world record holder Natalya Nazarova. She was able to hold on to their brisk pace and win the bronze medal.
10. March Athletics1010

Williams picks up gold in Valencia

Angela Williams added a gold to her medal collection Friday night at the 2008 IAAF World Indoor Track & Field Championships.
10. March Athletics1105

Kastor takes USA 15 km title

Deena Kastor (Mammoth Lakes, Calif.), dominated the women's field at the 2008 USA 15 km Championships Saturday in Jacksonville, Fla. photo prettysporty.com
10. March Athletics1164

Jones takes gold; Team USA wins 5 medals in Saturday p.m. competition

Two-time U.S. Indoor champion Lolo Jones (Baton Rouge, La.) has added some international hardware to her growing collection after winning gold in the women's 60-meter hurdles in 7.80 seconds. 2008 U.S.
09. March Athletics1239

Lewis wins World Indoor title with shock win

Tamsyn Lewis has produced the race of her life to win the 800m at the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Valencia, Spain.
06. March Athletics1286

Debutants dominate Beijing athletics nominations

Australian athletes are Beijing bound after they were chosen for nomination to the Australian Olympic Committee for selection into the Australian team for the 2008 Olympic Games.
06. March Athletics2193

Goldie Sayers spearheads new teaching resource

UK Athletics (UKA) today launched the revised Norwich Union elevating:athletics teaching resource supported by the National Sports Foundation and the NASUWT with British record holder Goldie Sayers at The Heathland School, Hounslow.
04. March Athletics1114

The fourth annual NACAC Cross Country Championships

Former Stanford University standout Kathleen Trotter (Palo Alto, Calif.) claimed bronze in the senior women's 6 km race to lead Team USA to the silver medal in the team competition.
02. March Athletics1254

Boyd to make Beijing a family affair

Queensland pole vaulter Alana Boyd will create Australian Olympic history when she lines up in Beijing, becoming the first Australian to join with both parents as Olympians. photo Athletics Australia
01. March Athletics1180

A double for Lewis makes three for Beijing

Tamsyn Lewis took her ninth national 800m title on the final night of the Selection Trials & 86th Australian Championships in Brisbane, locking in her Beijing double to continue a remarkable vein of form. photo Athletics Australia
26. February Athletics1199

2008 AT&T USA Indoor Championships Athlete Quotes - Day 1

Women's long jump winner , Hyleas Fountain "I had a lot of fun during the competition today. I actually enjoyed competing with and helping out some of the younger ladies. It keeps me more relaxed when I'm talking it up. Once I get on the runaway I'm very serious. photo usatf.org
26. February Athletics1215

Favorites prevail Saturday at AT&T USA Indoor Championships

BOSTON - Distance and field event finals provided champions in nine events Saturday at the 2008 AT&T USA Indoor Track & Field Championships at the Reggie Lewis Center, and familiar names topped many of the results tables.
26. February Athletics1122

Jones, Nelson win Visa Championship; Cantwell wins men's SP at AT&T USA Indoor Championships

Lolo Jones took the women's Visa title Sunday at the 2008 AT&T USA Indoor Track & Field Championships at the Reggie Lewis Center, on the campus of Roxbury Community College.
26. February Athletics1024

2008 AT&T USA Indoor Track & Field Championships Athlete Quotes - Day 2

Women's 3,000 Meters Race Walk, Teresa Vaill "The pace felt very comfortable. I was just trying to maintain contact and see what I had left. I raced at Millrose, but haven't done a whole lot of other racing this season. My legs felt good. I wasn't going for time today, I just wanted to win here in Boston."
25. February Athletics1121

Wapshott Beijing bound

AIS-based walker Kellie Wapshott produced a sparkling performance to earn automatic Olympic nomination with victory in the Australian 20km walk championships at Melbourne's Fawkner Park. photo ausport.org.au
20. February Athletics1012

Highlights all night at Sydney Athletics Grand Prix

Eight years on from the Olympic Games, track and field returned to its rightful atmosphere of excitement and drama in Sydney. The crowd was abuzz with the performances delivered by Australia’s finest athletes, resulting in two A and nine B qualifiers for Beijing.
20. February Athletics1260

European Athletics Indoor Cup, Moscow in review

Russia once again revealed their total dominance of European competition with a fourth straight win in the fourth edition of the cup by a record 24-point margin from Germany.
20. February Athletics1079

Flanagan dominates at USA Cross Country Championships

SAN DIEGO-2004 Olympic team members Shalane Flanagan (Pittsboro, N.C) scored a convincing victory at the USA Cross Country Championships at Mission Bay Park in San Diego on Saturday. photo prettysporty.com
17. February Athletics1240

Tanni Grey-Thompson to lead UKA's anti-doping review

UK Athletics (UKA) Chief Executive Niels de Vos today announced that Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson will lead the organisation’s review into anti-doping policy.
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