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* Requires RegistrationProfessional Steeplechase runner Shayla Houlihan Interview
January 18, 2012
Shayla Houlihan is a professional runner for Brooks, specializing in the Steeplechase. She placed 6th in the 2010 Outdoor USATF Championships in the steeplechase, 6th in the indoor 3k, and is looking to qualify for the London Olympics later this year. As she says on her twitter account, she is “Enjoying life one day at a time”. She was really nice to allow me to interview her and learn more about someone who jumps over barriers and runs through water for a living.... more
| Inzikuru plotting another comeback to world stage
November 17, 2011
Former world champion Dorcus Inzikuru is plotting another return to the big stage after enduring a torrid time in the just-concluded track season. “I am returning stronger than you have seen me in recent years,” Inzikuru said in an interview with Daily Monitor yesterday.... more
| Sara Hall Wins Pan Ams Steeplechase
October 29, 2011
With a Pan American Games gold medal around her neck, it seems American distance runner Sara Hall has made the right decision to switch to the steeplechase.
Only a year after starting to focus on the 3,000-meter race instead of the 1,500 and 5,000, Hall took the won in 10 minutes, 3.16 seconds.
Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2011/10/29/sports/s001621D17.DTL#ixzz1cCzsIebT... more
| 2009 World Champ Dominguez gave birth in May, was cleared of doping charges in July and now will return to competition.
October 20, 2011
The 35-year-old Dominguez, probably the country's best known athlete, gave birth to a son, Javier, in May, and two months later was cleared of two of three charges in the Operation Greyhound doping probe which broke in December last year.
"If I don't pick up an injury I'll arrive in condition for the Olympic Games," Dominguez told a news conference on Thursday ahead of a 10-km race in Madrid on Oct. 30.... more
| Switch to Steeplechase allowed Zaripova to become a Star
September 1, 2011
Russia has a proud middle distance tradition for women, especially in the 800 metres, and newly crowned World Steeplechase champion Yulia Zaripova had hoped to join it.
As a junior and running under her maiden name Yuliya Zarudneva, Zaripova put her efforts into competing in the 800m. In 2005, at the age of 19, she managed to get her personal best time down to a credible 2:05.44. While that was good enough to take third in the Russian Junior Championships, Zaripova sensed that she was never going to achieve greatness in the two-lap race. Discouraged, she essentially left the sport, and didn't compete for the next two years.... more
| Flotrack interviews Emma Coburn after qualifying for the World Championships Final
August 27, 2011
Colorado's Emma Coburn is interviewed by Flotrack.org after making it through her semi-final to the final of the World Championships in Daegu. Coburn was the only American to make it to the final.... more
| Stephanie Garcia named to World Team, Delilah out with Stress Fracture
August 17, 2011
It was announced yesterday that Stephanie Garcia of the University of Virginia was named to the 2011 World Championship team and will represent the US in Daegu later this month. Garcia will be taking the place of Delilah DiCrescenzo who pulled out of the competition with what has been speculated to be a stress fracture.... more
| Alex Leptich wins steeplechase at Pan American Junior Championships
July 25, 2011
Saline High School graduate and University of Michigan sophomore-to-be Alex Leptich won the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the Pan American Junior Championships this weekend.
Leptich won the same event at the USA Junior Outdoor Championships a month ago.In both events, Leptich held off Grace Heymsfield of Arkanasas.... more
| Maddie Meyers sets, then breaks, national high-school record in 2,000-meter steeplechase
July 21, 2011
Maddie Meyers set a national high-school record (6 minutes, 32.02 seconds) at the World Youth Track & Field Trials in Myrtle Beach, S.C., to qualify for the World Youth Championships in Lille, France.
She didn't stop there. She went to France and broke her own record (6:29.20) on July 10, finishing sixth.... more
| Marta Dominguez to compete after doping clearance
July 16, 2011
World steeplechase champion Marta Dominguez says she will return to competition after being cleared of doping charges by a Spanish court earlier this week.
Dominguez was accused of providing a fellow athlete with a banned performance-enhancing substance.
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| Nicole Bush keeping her eye on 2012 Olympics
July 15, 2011
Where Nicole Bush is 10 minutes from now doesn’t matter.
Next year is more important to her than anything else.
The former Michigan State and Kelloggsville High School runner is finally back at full strength after a career setback that cost the 25-year-old one precious year of training toward the 2012 London Olympics.... more
| Commonwealth Games Steeplechase silver medalist Melissa Rollison wins Ironman 70.3 Muncie
July 11, 2011
Australia's women pro's led the way at Ironman 70.3 Muncie on Saturday with ex Commonwealth Games Steeplechase silver medalist Melissa Rollison taking out the race with a 1:19:19 half marathon. Melissa did not make life easy for herself, exiting the water nearly 3 minutes down on the lead bunch, but she was able to catch all bar Leanda Cave by the end of the bike, and then stormed away from the Brit on the run. ... more
| Girls give Kenya steeplechase gold, bronze medal
July 11, 2011
Kenya struck gold and bronze medals in the girls’ 2,000 metres steeplechase on Sunday as the curtains came down on the seventh IAAF World Youth Championships. Africa Cross Country great Norah Jeruto and Lilian Chemweno anchored Kenya from the fourth position to second in an afternoon of high drama at the Lille Metropole Stadium.... more
| Sofia Assefa wins 3,000m Steeplechase run at Aviva Grand Prix
July 11, 2011
Sofia Assefa of Ethiopia beat fellow compatriot Almaz Ayana in the Aviva Grand Prix 3,000m steeplechase run here today.
Aviva Grand Prix is a Diamond League Athletics event.
Assefa’s finishing time of 9:25.87, was almost five seconds better than second-placed Ayana. Another Ethiopian athlete Birtukan Adama finished 7th (9:41.95), while Mekdes Bekele failed to finish the race.... more
| Delilah DiCrescenzo, Episode 2: USA National Championships
July 6, 2011
Puma Running has been documenting Delilah DiCrescenzo's journey to make the World Team and to compete in Daegu. Check out Episode 2 on YouTube.... more
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