More Seats Are Filled, Thanks to Track and Field
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thens Olympic organizers said that yesterday&#39;s track and field events at the main stadium were sold out and that overall sales were closing in on projections.
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Producing a sellout of all 91,665 seats at FedEx Field for Saturday's game No. 1 USC and Virginia Tech has surprised everyone except the more than 30,000 Hokie faithful who are set to set to attend.
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ATHENS: Athletics got the boost it sorely needed here on Sunday as Americaâs Justin Gatlin became the youngest winner of the 100 metres Olympic title here on Sunday in decades and in one of the greatest finals of all time.
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Description: NPR&#39;s Steve Inskeep talks with USA Today sports columnist Christine Brennan about the latest news in track and field at the Athens Olympics.
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Advances in training allow some Olympians to continue competing even as they reach beyond 30-something.
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Trindon Holliday's approach on the track is the same as it is as on the football field &#151; run away. The LSU sophomore turned in a personal-best time of 10.02 seconds in the 100-meter semifinals Wednesday night at the NCAA track and field championships. It's the third-fastest time in the world this year and set up a showdown with Florida State's Walter Dix, who finished second in 10.13.
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ATHENS, Greece  -- Olympic organizers announced that more than half of available tickets (3.1 million) to the Games have been sold, almost reaching the budget for purchases.
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The Reading girls' track team proved yesterday at the James Kalperis MSTCA Indoor Relays that, in track, every point matters.
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The roaring capacity crowd at the Reggie Lewis Center was in awe. Bromfield coach Henry Phelan didn't expect it. His star runner, junior Emily Jones, didn't believe what was happening.
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Usually at sporting events, people know who wins and who loses or who comes in first, second, third and so forth by the score. In fact, there is no other way to run athletic competitions; most would agree
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Before the Olympics, the five gold medals and the world records, Michael Johnson was a skinny kid who almost quit his high school track team because he didn't think he was good enough. Now he wants to turn youngsters into better athletes with equipment and coaching that wasn't around when he went to Dallas Skyline High.
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With politicians promising more school places - official figures show many spare places already exist.
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You may not have heard a great deal about the Suffolk University men's team, given the competition for attention in this busy sports town, but the Rams are worthy of notice.
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OSAKA, Japan  - The finale of the world athletics championships belonged to the glittering United States track team on a Sunday night spiced up by charismatic European performances in the field.
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It is half-past four in the afternoon, and inside the Youth Visions Fitness Center in Upper Marlboro, the air is heavy with perspiration. The music is loud, and little (and not so little) limbs are pushing, jumping, lifting and stretching in varying degrees of time to the beat.
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OSAKA, Japan - She is graceful, gracious, and oh so fast. Allyson Felix ran one of the greatest 400-meter relay legs in the sport's history last night to help the United States bring a triumphant end to its most dominant showing ever at a World Track and Field Championships.
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Watertown's Ryan Quinn is used to breaking school records. Earlier this season, he broke school marks in the 55 meters, 300 meters, and 4 x 200 relay. Yesterday, he added the long jump record to his r&#xE9;sum&#xE9; with a leap of 20 feet 2 inches to win the event at the Massachusetts State Track Coaches Association Division 4 Invitational Meet ...