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The 2013-14 school year has been more than exciting. Exciting is an understatement. As always, athletes rise, and incoming freshman make the big transition from high school to college.
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FeaturedBeyond his years | Sports | The Register-Guard | Eugene, Oregon

The rainy season in Kenya’s Great Rift Valley runs March through June and afternoon thunder showers can quickly turn dirt roads into mud and make them difficult to negotiate.

Wait long enough and they can just as quickly dry out and become driv...

Jun 18th 2014, 3:53pm 97K views 0 likes 6 shares 0 comments

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FeaturedPhyllis Francis looks to close out college career in style

By Jack Pfeifer

Phyllis Francis (Catherine McAuley HS, Brooklyn) had a spectacular indoor NCAA meet, breaking the collegiate and American records in the individual 400 (50.46), then catching Ashley Spencer of Texas by inches at the line to win the 4x...

Jun 11th 2014, 2:42pm 34K views 0 likes 4 shares 0 comments

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FeaturedFive Minutes with Aisling Cuffe | Running Times

After running a collegiate-best 5,000m of 15:11.13, the Stanford junior is poised for a national title run in Eugene next month.
On May 4 at the Payton Jordan Cardinal Invitational, Stanford junior Aisling Cuffe ran 15:11.13 on her home track to finis...

Jun 8th 2014, 3:49pm 82K views 0 likes 6 shares 0 comments

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FeaturedIs Ryan Crouser ready to take a shot at a collegiate record?

Ryan Crouser could be on a collision course with the collegiate record in the shot put.

And the big occasion could happen in his home state.
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Jun 8th 2014, 1:45pm 88K views 0 likes 6 shares 0 comments

Rosa! Rosa! - GoStanford.com

STANFORD TWINS Jim and Joe Rosa have a sibling rivalry. Both qualified for the NCAA track and field championships next week, and neither will give an inch on who the better runner is. It’s competitive, yes. But, it’s not crazy. Or is i...

Jun 7th 2014, 12:31am 3K views 0 likes 6 shares 0 comments

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FeaturedNorthwest grad sprints toward her dreams -- Gazette.Net

Olivia Ekponé was a seemingly unbeatable sprinter at Thomas S. Wootton and Northwest high schools before graduating in 2011. She won about 20 combined indoor and outdoor state championships in a number of different sprints and relays — the...

Jun 6th 2014, 10:56pm 76K views 0 likes 5 shares 0 comments

Five Minutes with Thomas Awad | Running Times

The Penn sophomore has raced—and won—at a variety of distances this spring.
Six races. Six different events. Six wins. The University of Pennsylvania’s Thomas Awad, who will turn 20 on May 27, is having a dream season.

On March 14,...

May 30th 2014, 12:51am 3K views 0 likes 5 shares 0 comments

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FeaturedNorthwestern State's Justin Walker runs world's fastest 100 meter at SLC meet | Shreveporttimes | shreveporttimes.com

NATCHITOCHES — Sitting in the Northwestern State athletic field house on Tuesday afternoon, Justin Walker looked like anything but the guy holding the fastest 100 meter time in the world to date.

On time for his interview, he ambled slowly...

May 15th 2014, 1:32pm 24K views 0 likes 6 shares 0 comments

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FeaturedNewcomer is already a national champion - lsureveille.com: Track and Field

With only the LSU Invitational standing between junior sprinter Vernon Norwood and NCAA outdoor track and field postseason, the Morgan City, La., native knows he is far from where he began his collegiate career.
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May 1st 2014, 5:42pm 72K views 0 likes 4 shares 0 comments