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On Saturday, October 28th, Wake Forest graduate and current Team USA Minnesota runner Annie Bersagel was honored as the 2006 NCAA Woman of the Year. Scroll down to the bottom of this page for a link to the video highlights of the event.
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Pac-10 Championships (Stanford Golf Course, Palo Alto, CA)
Oregon men, Stanford women win team titles; Galen Rupp (Oregon) and Arianna Lambie (Stanford) are individual winners
Men's results (PDF) | Women's results (PDF) | Race recap | Photos from Trackshark | Photos from TrackAndFieldPhoto.com
ACC Championships (Panorama Farms, Charlottesville, VA)
NC State sweeps team titles; Itay Magidi (Clemson) and Julia Lucas (NC State) win individual titles
Men's results | Women's results | Race recap | Men's photos | Women's photos
Big Ten Championships (Indiana University XC course, Bloomington, IN)
Wisconsin men, Michigan women win team titles; Chris Rombough (Minnesota) and Erin Webster (Michigan) win individually
Men's results | Women's results | Men's recap | Women's recap | Photos
Big 12 Championships (Rim Rock Farm, Lawrence, KS)
Colorado sweeps team titles; Colby Wissel (Kansas) and Sally Kipyego (Texas Tech) win individual titles
Men's results | Women's results | Race recap | Photos
SEC Championships (Baton Rouge, LA)
Arkansas sweeps team titles; Barnabas Kirui (Ole Miss) and Brooke Upshaw (Arkansas) take individual wins
Men's results (PDF) | Women's results (PDF) | Race recap
Big East Championships (Franklin Park, Boston, MA)
Providence sweeps team titles; Martin Fagan (Providence) and Frances Koons (Villanova) are individual winners
Men's results (PDF) | Women's results (PDF) | Race recap | Photos | More photos: men | women
Mountain West Conference Championships (Rose Park Golf Course, Salt Lake City, UT)
BYU sweeps team titles; Josh Rohatinsky and Kassi Andersen, both of BYU, win individually
Men's results | Women's results | Race recap
Ivy League Heptagonal Championships (Van Cortland Park, Bronx, NY)
Princeton sweeps team titles; Ben True (Dartmouth) and Lindsay Donaldson (Yale) win races
Men's results | Women's results | Men's recap | Women's recap
Other conferences:
MAAC: Men (PDF) | Women (PDF) - Iona sweeps titles
CAA: Men | Women - William & Mary sweeps titles
Big West: Men (PDF) | Women (PDF) - Cal Poly men, UCSB women win
A-10: Men | Women - La Salle sweeps titles
Conference USA: Men | Women - UTEP men, UAB women win
WAC: Men (PDF) | Women (PDF) - Utah State sweeps titles
Patriot League - American University men, Bucknell women win
MAC: Men's teams | Men's individuals | Women's teams | Women's individuals - Eastern Michigan men, Ohio women win
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Martin Fagan of Providence and Frances Koons of Villanova were the individual winners at today's Big East Cross Country Championships in Boston's Franklin Park. Fagan took the lead in the first mile and was never challenged. He won his second-straight Big East cross country title in 23:09, a new Big East course record. The previous record of 23:21 was held by former NCAA cross country champion Keith Kelly, who was on hand to watch his record fall. Kurt Benninger of Notre Dame repeated as runner up as well.
Koons tried to pull away early on, but never achieved much separation from the rest of the field. Though she led for the whole race, Koons had to fight off a challenge from Providence's Aine Hoban down the homestretch. Koons hung on to win, covering the 6k course in 20:28. Providence swept the men's and women's team titles.
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CHICAGO (Oct. 24, 2006) – The 2006 LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon champion Robert K. Cheruiyot of Kenya has committed to return to Chicago and defend his title in 2007. Cheruiyot won the 2006 race on Sunday, Oct. 22, finishing the 26.2-mile course in 2:07:35.Cheruiyot has emerged victorious in his last two marathons – both World Marathon Majors competitions. He set a new course record with a personal best in Boston last April in 2:07:14 and followed it up with his Chicago victory on Sunday. He is now the current leader on the World Marathon Majors leader board with 50 points from his back-to-back championships.The 2007 LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon will take place on Sunday, Oct. 7, 2007.
[Content provided by race organizers.]
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After falling and hitting his head at the finish of Sunday's LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon, race winner Robert K. Cheruiyot, 28, of Kenya was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital for treatment and observation. Cheruiyot was released from the hospital earlier today and will be honored at a ceremony this afternoon in Chicago. Following the ceremony, Cheruiyot will speak to the media.
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What’s it really like in the training mecca of Iten, Kenya? What’s daily life like in a farming community overlooking the Rift Valley? How do some of the world’s best runners prepare for the Boston and London marathons? Now’s your chance to find out.
KIMbia Athletics will send one person to its training camp in Iten from mid January through the Kenyan National Cross Country Championships in early February. KIMbia will pay for your airfare, lodging, and meals. In exchange, you'll document your experience on their web site.
Why are they doing this? Why not? KIMbia isn't your ordinary athletics group. From raising money to pay school fees in Africa to providing the unique coverage on ChasingKimbia.com, they're interested in using the power of running to bridge cultural gaps and make a difference. KIMbia is looking for someone who can bring to life for others their daily experiences of and full immersion into the Kenyan running scene.
While this is a story about running, we are looking for someone who is also interested in addressing the problems of poverty, education, and disease in contemporary Kenyan society. These are issues that interest us and so too the successful candidate.
To be considered for this trip, please send a 300-word essay, “Why You Should Send Me to Kenya.” The essay can be in the format of your choice. KIMbia will choose a winner based on which essay makes the best case and clearly communicates the reason he/she should come to Kenya with KIMbia. The deadline for entries is November 5, 2006; KIMbia will pick the winner by mid November.
To enter, send your essay and a brief bio to info@kimbia.net.
For updated information about the selection procedure, go to http://www.chasingkimbia.com/?p=251
[Content adapted from ChasingKimbia.com.]
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Video segment including the finishes of the men's and women's races
[Content provided by race organizers.]
CHICAGO (October 22, 2006) -- Robert K. Cheruiyot (KEN) outsprinted Daniel Njenga (KEN) today to win an exciting LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon in two hours, seven minutes 35 seconds. In the women's race, Berhane Adere (ETH) stayed back and attacked late to win in 2:20:42. Galina Bogomolova (RUS) was second in 2:20:47 and Benita Johnson (AUS) moved up to third in a new Australian record of 2:22:36.
The race was run on a blustery day with light rain, strong winds from the west and temperatures in the low 40s F. As Cheruiyot was finishing he slipped and fell backwards, hitting his head on the ground. The two-time winner of the Boston Marathon and new leader of the World Marathon Majors series was evaluated on site and taken to a local hospital for precautionary purposes where he will be held overnight for observation. Njenga, who with Cheruiyot, broke away from Jimmy Muindi (KEN) with just less than two miles to go, finished in 2:07:40. It was the third time in five tries at Chicago that he placed second; he finished third the other two times. Muindi hung on for third in 2:07:51, while American Abdi Abdirahman had a major breakthrough to take fourth place in a personal-best 2:08:56. Robert Cheboror (KEN) tried to stay with the lead pack, but faded after 20 miles and finished fifth in 2:09:25. American Brian Sell was sixth with a personal-best 2:10:47. In the women’s race, Adere and Bogomolova passed early leader Constantina Tomescu-Dita (ROM), who faded to fifth after running a sub-2:17 course-record pace for 16 miles. She had led the race by two minutes, 12 seconds before slowing down. Bogomolova and Adere passed Tomescu-Dita just past the 24-mile mark. They ran with each other until Adere stepped up the pace at 25.5 miles. Bogomolova tried to close the gap and did briefly on the incline just before the final turn. Madai Perez-Carrillo (MEX) moved up with Johnson and grabbed fourth place in 2:22:59. Tomescu-Dita placed fifth in 2:24:25 and Nuta Olaru (ROM) finished sixth in 2:25:37. The men's and women's wheelchair winners were Joshua George (USA) in 1:38:31 and Miriam Ladner (USA) in 2:04:21. The official number of starters was 34,698.
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For those of you who aren't in Chicago, tomorrow's LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon can be followed several different ways.
The first stop is the official LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon web site, where fans can track runners' progress throughout the race. Additionally, the site has information about the video webcast, which will be provided by cbs2chicago beginning at 8:30 a.m. ET, and the audio webcast, which will be provided by WSCR-AM The Score Sportsradio 670 beginning at 8:00 a.m. ET.
Runner's World and Chasing Kimbia (beginning at 6:00 a.m. ET) are also planning to provide race updates.
The race begins at 9:00 a.m. ET.
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We've added more photos of the men's and women's white races, as well as 111 photos of the women's blue race, to our Pre-Nationals photo gallery.
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[Content provided by LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon organizers.]
CHICAGO (October 17, 2006) -- Three down, two to go. The LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon, taking place on Sunday, Oct. 22, will be the fourth of five world class events that constitute the World Marathon Majors series. With the Boston and Flora London races having taken place in the spring and the real,-BERLIN MARATHON having been run on September 24, the World Marathon Majors series is now at the stage where things get truly interesting. The World Marathon Majors constitutes a collaboration between the world’s five leading marathons - ING New York City, on Nov. 5, being the fifth - with a $1,000,000 prize purse divided between the man and woman accumulating the most series points over a two-year span. 2006 being the inaugural year of the series, winners will be decided at the end of the 2007 season. Thereafter, the series cycles proceed as follows: 2007/2008, 2008/2009, 2009/2010, etc., meaning that the World Marathon Majors champions will be crowned at the conclusion of each year.
With just two races left in the 2006 season, there is still everything to race for and points aplenty to be secured. At the present time, Robert Cheruiyot (KEN, 1st - Boston), Felix Limo (KEN, 1st - Flora London) and Haile Gebrselassie (ETH, 1st - real,- BERLIN) are tied at the head of the men’s leader board with 25 points each, while Rita Jeptoo (KEN, 1st - Boston), Deena Kastor (USA, 1st - Flora London) and Gete Wami (ETH, 1st - real,- BERLIN) each have 25 points atop the women’s standings. Leading they may be, but each of these world class competitors knows that leading and winning are very different, and there is still a long way to go before the inaugural World Marathon Majors title is secured.
Much will be revealed this weekend in Chicago, a race that has gained a heightened element of intrigue with the unfortunate withdrawal due to a back injury of defending men’s champion, Flora London winner and World Marathon Majors co-leader, Limo. Unquestionably, this is a great disappointment to the Chicago race. Executive Race Director Carey Pinkowski commented, “Felix is a great champion and I am confident that he will recover and be back stronger than ever. He is always welcome here and we will make every effort to bring him back to Chicago in 2007.”
Limo’s withdrawal does, however, boost the intensity of the clash between those who will toe the line, among them 2006 Boston winner and co-World Marathon Majors points leader, Cheruiyot; Chicago’s 2005 runner-up, Benjamin Maiyo (KEN); and Daniel Njenga (KEN). Should a Cheruiyot/Maiyo showdown evolve, it would constitute a re-match of the battle that took place on the streets of Boston in April. The appearance of Njenga poses an equally interesting prospect, he having placed second, third, second and third in his four Chicago appearances. This could be the year that he claims the victory and stakes his claim for the World Marathon Majors prize money.
As intense as the men’s race in Chicago will be, the women are not about to allow themselves to be overlooked. The 2005 edition, with Constantina Tomescu-Dita (ROM) closing rapidly on ultimate winner, Kastor, along the home stretch, was an edge-of-the-seat thriller. Kastor has signed up for the ING New York event this fall, but Tomescu-Dita has shown that she is coming to Chicago with all guns loaded, intent on retaining the crown she first won in 2004. At the IAAF World Road Racing Championships in Debrecen, Hungary on Oct. 8, the Romanian placed second over the 20k distance, but dipped under the world record, recording a stunning 1:03:23. Such a performance indicates that she may be knocking on the door of a sub-2:20 clocking on Sunday.
No matter how fast she runs, however, Tomescu-Dita is assured of company. Packing the field are stars such as Berhane Adere (ETH), Galina Bogomolova (RUS), Benita Johnson (AUS), Lidia Simon (ROM), Nuta Olaru (ROM) and the ever-green Colleen De Reuck (USA).
“Our philosophy is to get the best athletes we can, let them prepare, bring them in and turn them loose,” asserted Pinkowski.
At the present time, the World Marathon Majors leader board looks as follows:
Men
Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot (KEN) Boston (1st,
2:07:14) 25 points
Felix Limo (KEN) Flora London (1st, 2:06:39) 25 points
Haile Gebrselassie (ETH) real,- BERLIN (1st, 2:05:56) 25 points
Benjamin Maiyo (KEN) Boston (2nd, 2:08:21) 15 points
Martin Lel (KEN) Flora London (2nd, 2:06:41) 15 points
Gudisa Shentema (ETH) real,- BERLIN (2nd, 2:10:43) 15 points
Meb Keflezighi (USA) Boston (3rd, 2:09:56) 10 points
Hendrick Ramaala (RSA) Flora London (3rd, 2:06:55) 10 points
Kurao Umeki (JPN) real,- BERLIN (3rd, 2:13:43) 10 points
Brian Sell (USA) Boston (4th, 2:10:55) 5 points
Khalid Khannouchi (USA) Flora London (4th, 2:07:04) 5 points
Terefe Yae (ETH) real,- BERLIN (4th, 2:15:05) 5 points
Alan Culpepper (USA) Boston (5th, 2:11:02) 1 point
Stefano Baldini (ITA) Flora London (5th, 2:07:22) 1 point
Ahmed Ezzobayry (FRA) real,- BERLIN (5th, 2:15:29) 1 point
Women
Rita Jeptoo (KEN) Boston (1st, 2:23:38) 25 points
Deena Kastor (USA) Flora London (1st, 2:19:36) 25 points
Gete Wami (ETH) real,- BERLIN (1st, 2:21:34) 25 points
Jelena Prokopchuka (LAT) Boston (2nd, 2:23:48) 15 points
Ludmila Petrova (RUS) Flora London (2nd, 2:21:29) 15 points
Salina Kosgei (KEN) real,- BERLIN (2nd, 2:23:22) 15 points
Reiko Tosa (JPN) Boston (3rd, 2:24:11) 10 points
Susan Chepkemei (KEN) Flora London (3rd, 2:21:46) 10 points
Monica Drybulska (POL) real,- BERLIN (3rd, 2:30:12) 10 points
Bruna Genovese (ITA) Boston (4th, 2:25:28) 5 points
Berhane Adere (ETH) Flora London (4th, 2:21:52) 5 points
Asha Gigi (ETH) real,- BERLIN (4th, 2:32:32) 5 points
Kiyoko Shimahara (JPN) Boston (5th, 2:26:52) 1 point
Galina Bogomolova (RUS) Flora London (5th, 2:21:58) 1 point
Marcia Narlock (BRA) real,- BERLIN (5th, 2:35:28) 1 point
The LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon takes place this Sunday, Oct. 22. The remaining race in the 2006 World Marathon Majors series is the ING New York City Marathon which will take place on Sunday, Nov. 5.
Competitors in the World Marathon Majors series accumulate points in each of the five marathons in which they participate over a two year period. They may contest as many races as they wish, but only their four best performances count towards the standings. Although the series functions on a two-year rotation, the cycles overlap. Hence, the World Marathon Majors cycles proceed as follows: 2006/2007; 2007/2008; 2008/2009, etc. The prize money for the first cycle will be award at the end of 2007, with $1,000,000 divided equally between the first placed man and woman. Thereafter, prize money will be awarded annually. In the years in which they occur, the IAAF World Championships and Olympic Games marathons are also part of the series.
Complete standings, breaking news and further information about the World Marathon Majors may be found at worldmarathonmajors.com.
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