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News (01/02/09):
Sydney hosts Australian Youth Olympic Festival

Athletes of each continent will compete from January 14 through 18 at Sydney in 17 Olympic sports. The girls 2000m steeplechase will be contested on Friday evening, 16 Jan 2009....more

News (01/02/09):
USA Trials for 2009 World Youth Championships

USA athletes for the 2009 World Youth Championships will be selected via a two-day "World Youth Track & Field Trials" in Ypsilanti, Michigan, next June 30-July 1 – less than two weeks before the 2009 IAAF World Youth Championships (July 8-12) in Bressanone, Italy...more

Bio Update: (12/02/08)
McKinzie Schulz

Bio Update: (11/27/08)
Lesley Higgins

 
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Steeplers to Compete at Campaccio Cross Country Met
(01/04/09)
The women’s race will be an all-European competition which features the re-match of the 2008 Boclassic race between Gulnara Samitova Galkina from Russia and Aniko Kalovics from Hungary. Cristina Casandra from Romania, fifth in the 3000m Steeplechase at the Olympic Games with a new national record of 9:16.85, completes the top international field....more

Brown Places 4th at Antrim
(01/04/09)
Emily Brown placed 4th and was the top U.S. finisher at the Antrim International cross-country meet in Antrim, UK....more

Emily Brown Starts the New Year Racing
(01/01/09)
Emily Brown to Begin 2009 Season at New York Midnight Run on New Year's Eve, followed by Cross Country Meets in Great Britain Jan. 3 and 10...more

European Athletics 2008 in Review: Women's hurdles and steeple
(12/30/08)
2008 was a dream year for 3000m steeplechase world record holder Gulnara Galkina of Russia. The 30-year-old won every race she competed in, capping the year with a gold medal at the Beijing Olympic Games...more

The Post Indepenent's Top 5 Stories of the Year
(12/29/08)
No. 5: Messner-Vickers falls just short in Olympic steeplechase bid... Carbondale’s Carrie Messner-Vickers gave it as much as she could in the 3,000-meter steeplechase finals at the U.S. Olympic track and field finals in July. She pushed her body to its limit, taking eighth place, but didn’t earn an Olympic berth....more

Kara June Has One Hot Summer
(12/24/08)
A good profile on Kara, who hit a big PR this summer at the Olympic Trials, placing 6th in 9:49.56....more

Emily Brown's Latest Journal Entry at NYYR.org
(12/20/08)
It may be one of the most overused clichés in the book, but I am finding that life really is a rollercoaster. I’m not just referring to the twists and turns it throws at you, all though it frequently does that. I am thinking more about the start of the ride...more

Steeplechase Medalist Mark Rowland to Coach Oregon Track Club
(12/16/08)
Former Olympic medalist Mark Rowland is the new head coach of the Nike Oregon Track Club Elite team. Rowland, 45, will take over for retiring Frank Gagliano, 71, who is moving back to the East Coast to be closer to family. Carrie Strickland, a steepler for OTC who had a breakout season in 2008, will be one of the many talented athletes coached by Rowland....more

Inzikuru Refuses to Testify Against Husband and Brother-In-Law Who Reporteldy Assaulted Her
(12/16/08)
Former world steeplechase champion Dorcus Inzikuru yesterday refused to testify against her husband Bosco Acidri and brother in-law Miria Gerald in a threatening violence case against the duo at Buganda Road Court. The duo had been arrested on December 11 after they allegedly threatened to kill Inzikuru two days earlier. The runner reported to Police that her husband assaulted her, causing bodily harm....more

Steeplers Compete in USATF Club Cross-Country Champs
(12/15/08)
Kara June finished an impressive 3rd and Lesley Higgins finshed a solid 11th in the USATF Club Cross-Country Championships on Saturday in Spokane...more

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