By Gary Smith, World-Track Semoy Hackett, Josanne Lucas and Rondel Sorrillo captured wins on the final day of competition at the Trinidad and Tobago Championships at the Hasely Crawford Stadium Port of Spain, on Sunday. Hackett and Sorrillo won the women’s and men’s 200m titles, while Lucas ran off the with the women’s 100m hurdles. After finishing second in the 100m dash, Hackett... 

Ryan Foster had an incredible NCAA Championships over 800m. Over the three rounds he ran his three fastest times ever, culminating in a 1:46 in the semi finals, where he was the second fastest qualifier. Every round, Ryan seemed to step up to the next level when it counted, and was consistently one of the fastest qualifiers for the following round. In the final he gave it a gutsy stab, and was in contention... 

INDIANAPOLIS – Galen Rupp has been named USA Track & Field’s Athlete of the Week after winning both the men’s 5,000 and 10,000 meters last week at the 2009 NCAA DI Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Fayetteville, Ark. Having already won three NCAA individual titles this school year, Rupp ran the 5,000m prelims on Wednesday, won the 10,000m on Thursday and came back on... 

Few meets can rival the NCAA Championships for drama, intrigue, and upsets. It combines elite, world-leading performances with tight team competitions in which the difference between 6th and 8th can make or break a team. And this year, the men’s competition came down to the final event, the 4x400m relay, before it was decided. Amazingly, before the 4x400m race went off, there was potential... 

By Gary Smith, World-Track NEW YORK — Jamaicans Nesta Carter and Michael Frater, two members of the MVP Track Club, commented that their below par performance at the Reebok Grand Prix in New York on Saturday was a result of some few heavy legs. Frater (10.15) and Carter (10.16) finished eight and ninth, respectively in the men’s 100-metres behind American Mike Rogers, who... 

Results from the Fanny Blankers-Koen Games in Hengelo (NED) - Monday, Jun 01, 2009 MEN 100 Metres – Final – Wind : -0.1 m/s  1 Churandy Martina AHO 9.97 2 Monzavous Edwards USA 10.02 3 Simeon Williamson GBR 10.09 4 Harry Aikines-Aryeetey GBR 10.17 5 Marlon Devonish GBR 10.22 6 Ryan Moseley AUT 10.22 7 Shawn Crawford USA 10.23 8 Marcus Brunson USA 10.30 8 Kim Collins SKN 10.30  Heat1... 

By Gary Smith for World-Track NEW YORK, USA – It’s almost one year since Usain Bolt ignited the sprinting world with his phenomenal performances in Beijing, but his accomplishments are still lingering in the minds of his fellow rivals.   He is getting his mind ready for a 200-metre outing at the Reebok Grand Prix here on Saturday, but American sprint star Tyson Gay can’t help... 

By Gary Smith and NAIA EDWARDSVILLE, Illinois — The Azusa Pacific University (Calif.) men and the Wayland Baptist University (Texas) women showed that their indoor championships performances were no flute after the two teams, for the second successive year, eased their ways to the NAIA national championships in both indoors and outdoors. Titles retained The two teams, aided by some outstanding... 

By Gary Smith in Edwardsville for World-Track EDWARDSVILLE, Illinois — Sprinters were the main highlight on the opening day of the 2009 NAIA National Outdoor Championship at the Ralph Korte Stadium on a day when two records where broken and one athlete runs into history here in Edwardsville. Record for Gleadle But although all the main focus was on the track, Liz Gleadle of British Columbia managed... 

Hong Kong, China – There is an air of expectancy as the three-leg Asian Grand Prix circuit is poised to make a start at Suzhou, China, on Saturday, 23 May. The other two legs will also be hosted by China, the second one in Kunshan on 27 May and the final meet in Hong Kong on 30 May. The standout names entered for the series are Song Aimin of China, who was fourth at the Beijing Olympics and is...