Dix bolts to 2nd-fastest NCAA 100 ever
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Walter Dix may be a slow starter. But, man, can he finish. The Florida State junior was late out of the blocks, then rapidly caught the competition and broke away over the final 50 meters to win the 100 on Friday at the NCAA track and field championships in 9.93 seconds, the fastest ever by a U.S.-born collegian.
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ATHENS, Greece - Justin Gatlin ran the race of his life Sunday night, barely holding off the fastest Olympic 100 field in history to win the gold in 9.85 seconds. Francis Obikwelu of Portugal got the silver in 9.86...
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Hawaii's Timmy Chang moved into second place on the NCAA career passing yardage list Saturday night.
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Five men ran under ten seconds in the second round of 100-meter heats tonight at the Summer Olympics. American Shawn Crawford was fastest at nine-point-89.
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America's Justin Gatlin runa the race of his life, barely holding off the field Sunday to win the 100 meters in 9.85 seconds.
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Jessica Ennis lies second in the heptathlon after two events at the World Championships, while Marlon Devonish is fastest in the 100m heats.
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Xavier Carter, who has the second-fastest 200 meters in history, was carried off the track on a stretcher after injuring his right leg in the event's semifinals Sunday at the U.S. track and field championships.
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Justin Gatlin ran the race of his life, barely holding off the field Sunday night to win the 100 meters in 9.85 seconds. Francis Obikwelu of Portugal got the silver
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An explosive performance from Tyson Gay led to a championship record of 19.76 seconds in the 200 meters. Jamaican Usain Bolt took the silver.
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ATHENS : New Zealand&#39;s Sarah Ulmer smashed her second world record in as many days on the way to claiming the 3000-metre individual pursuit cycling gold medal at the Athens Olympics.
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BRUSSELS, Belgium -- Meseret Defar set a world record in the women's 2-mile at the Van Damme Memorial meet Friday, smashing her own mark by almost 12 seconds.
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World record holder Asafa Powell won the 100 meters Tuesday with the fastest sprint in the world this year.
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Freshman Travis Dewire of Wellesley fired a round of 73 to earn medalist honors for the first time in his collegiate golf career to lead Babson College to a second-place finish at the 2004 Eastern College Athletic Conference Qualifying Tournament at the Hampden Country Club on Sept. 21.
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Shay Doron and Crystal Langhorne each scored 18 points, and No. 20 Maryland provided coach Brenda Frese with her 100th career victory by beating Georgia Tech 84-67 on Thursday night.
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Justin Gatlin ran the race of his life, barely holding off the fastest Olympic 100 field ever. Francis Obikwelu of Portugal took silver, and Maurice Greene won bronze.
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INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana  - Tyson Gay, getting what he said was his fastest start ever, won the 100 meters in the year's fastest time, 9.84 seconds, at the U.S. championships on Friday.
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It was only the second round of the 100 meters, yet the world's top sprinters already were playing a lightning-quick game of "Can You Top This?" Five men broke 10 seconds Saturday, with Shawn Crawford's time of 9.89 the best of the round. And several top competitors slowed before the end, which means there could be some incredibly fast times in the semifinals and final Sunday night.