• New Balance Grand Prix Fields Announced

  

  - Yesterday - Comment

• David Oliver - Laying the Foundation

  

  David Oliver trains at ESPN Wide World of Sports at Disney World in Orlando with famed coach Brooks Johnson. He focuses on the fundamentals while looking toward the London Olympic Games. (via MileSplit United States)

  - 24 Hours Ago - Comment

• The Resurgence Of The Mile: NB Grand Prix, US Open, and The Millrose Games

  

  New  York NY - The mile is a classic distance.  About 8 meters longer than the now standard 1600m, the mile recently has seen a movement encouraging its' return.  There is even a website dedicated to this very thing, petitioning high school sports to return to the classic distance.  And if there ever was any indication that the mile was still alive, the fields for the mile at the upcoming US Open and Millrose would be it.  See if your favorite made the cut. (via MileSplit New York)

  - Yesterday - Comment

• Toll Gate girls perfect again

  

  This year, the Toll Gate girls’ indoor track team thought it would be really tough. For 13 years in a row, they hadn’t lost a dual meet. But before the 2011-12 season even began, the Titans were circling last week’s meet against North Kingstown as a potential streak-ender. Their own lineup had suffered some major graduation losses and North Kingstown was looking strong. The match-up shaped up as a tough one. (via www.warwickonline.com)

  - 2 Days Ago - Comment

• Kilcoyne brothers break records at Yale meet

  

  Chariho High's Kilcoyne brothers broke school records at the Yale High School Indoor Track & Field Classic on Saturday in New Haven. Jake Kilcoyne broke a 22-year-old school record in the 3,000-meter run at Yale. Dan Kilcoyne broke his own record that he set last year at this same Yale event in the 800-meter run. (via The Westerly Sun)

  - 2 Days Ago - Comment

• New England Rankings: 5th Release

  

  Show stopping relays were the order of the week with the Yale Track Classic and the Massachusetts Division meets providing ample competition to tear apart the rankings.  Some teams, like Marshfield (MA), had the luxury of doing both.  They participated in the MSTCA Division 2 Relays last weekend, and then traveled to Yale Friday where they unleashed a US#1 DMR time of 10:17.40.  That group was anchored by Joel Hubbard who split 4:14 for his mile leg.

  - 3 Days Ago - Comment

• Mike Marsella: Gatorade RI Runner of the Year

  

  CHICAGO (January 23, 2012) — In its 27th year of honoring the nation’s best high school athletes, The Gatorade Company, in collaboration with ESPNHS, today announced Mike Marsella of Chariho HS as its 2011-12 Gatorade Rhode Island Boys Cross Country Runner of the Year.  Marsella is the first Gatorade Rhode Island Boys Cross Country Runner of the Year to be chosen from Chariho HS. 

  - 4 Days Ago - Comment

• Mike Marsella Qualifies for Millrose Mile

  

  Mike Marsella of Chariho was recognized as one of the best distance runners on the East Coast today when it was announced today that he has qualified for the Millrose Mile.  The prestigious event will take place on February 11th at the Armory in New York and MileSplit will have full coverage of all the action.  

  - 6 Days Ago - Comment

• Media Release: Bring Back the Mile

  

  The Mile holds a special place in Track & Field and beyond. No running distance, or field event for that matter, has the history, the appeal, the “magic” of the Mile. The first sub-4 minute mile by Great Britain’s Roger Bannister in 1954 is regarded as the greatest individual athletic achievement of the 20th century, and no other event has produced an equivalent of the sub-4 minute mile standard in the sport, in the media and in the public’s mind.

  - 6 Days Ago - Comment

• Yale Highlights: Huge DMR Races on Friday

  

  The DMR was king on Friday with eight teams entering the US top ten.  The Tatnall (DE) girls posted a US#2 time of 11:44.02 to lead a very talented field of challengers, and the Marshfield boys are now US#1 with their winning time of 10:17.40.

  - 6 Days Ago - Comment

• Coaches vote first poll of winter season

  

  Like two runners hitting the finish tape simultaneously, the girls’ teams of La Salle and Classical finished with identical point totals (112) in the first of three coaches polls conducted by the R.I. Track & Field Foundation. The Rams are defending state team champs, and received seven first-place votes among the participating coaches, with the Purple getting three.  (via www.eastbayri.com)

  - Last Week - Comment

• New England Rankings: 4th Release

  

  If it seems like Precious Holmes is mentioned in the New England rankings each week, you are right.  The Hillhouse (CT) junior continued her increasingly impressive streak with a US#2 time in the 300m (39.09), and a US#1 time in the 600m (1:32.61) at the SCC Coaches Invitational.  Both marks are also new state records.

  - Last Week - Comment

• Rupp & Oliver Set to Compete in Boston

  

  BOSTON (Jan 17) – Distance star Galen Rupp and high hurdler David Oliver, both American Record-Holders, have confirmed their participation in the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix on February 4th, organizers announced today.

  - Last Week - Comment

• East Coast Championship Highlights

  

  Joseph Velez of Classical High School continues his national dominance in the weight throw.  He was joined in the national rankings by fellow Rhode Island star Dakota Daily-Harrris of La Salle Academy who cleard 5'8" in the high jump for the second time this season.

  - Last Week - Comment

• Molly Keating - Gatorade RI Runner of the Year

  

  CHICAGO (January 12, 2012) — In its 27th year of honoring the nation’s best high school athletes, The Gatorade Company, in collaboration with ESPN HS, today announced Molly Keating of La Salle Academy as its 2011-12 Gatorade Rhode Island Girls Cross Country Runner of the Year. Keating is the second Gatorade Rhode Island Girls Cross Country Runner of the Year to be chosen from La Salle Academy.

  - 2 Weeks Ago - Comment

• Florida, Oregon Begin 2012 as No. 1

  

  Florida’s men and Oregon’s women, both two-time defending NCAA Division I indoor track & field national champions, begin the 2012 season in familiar territory – as the nation’s No. 1 teams. The preseason national team computer rankings as calculated by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) projects the Gators and Ducks as the early paper favorites based largely on performance bests from returners. (via USTFCCCA)

  - 2 Weeks Ago - Comment

• New England Rankings: 3rd Release

  

  When Carla Forbes enters the New England rankings she does it with a splash.  The Newton North junior was launching huge jumps at the Dartmouth Relays this past weekend, and her stellar performances that day resulted in a NE#1 ranking in both the long jump (19’4”) and the triple jump (40’10”).  Nationally, she is now ranked US#1 in the triple jump and US#3 in the long jump.  A key component to her success is runway speed, and Forbes demonstrated her aptitude with a NE#3 time of 7.31; finishing as the top American at Dartmouth.

  - 2 Weeks Ago - Comment

• World Champ Kirani James to Race Bershawn Jackson in Beantown

  

  For sixteen years, New England track fans have come to expect the world’s best middle distance and distance runners to go head-to-head on the oval at the Reggie Lewis Center in Boston.  This year those same fans will get an added treat.  On Feb. 4, the world’s top long sprinter, Kirani James, will take to the track at 400m at the 2012New Balance Indoor Grand Prix , organizers announced today.

  - 2 Weeks Ago - Comment

• Chargers earn three medals in N.H.

  

  HANOVER, N.H. - Chariho High's indoor track team medaled in three events and tied for seventh among 67 teams at the Dartmouth Relays on Saturday. (via www.thewesterlysun.com)

  - 3 Weeks Ago - Comment

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