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... 

DKB-ISTAF Berlin (GER) – Sunday, Jun 14, 2009 MEN Men – 100 Metres – Wind : +1.4 m/s 1 Daniel Bailey ANT 10.03 2 Simeon Williamson GBR 10.13 3 Marc Burns TRI 10.15 4 Monzavous Edwards USA 10.16 5 Samuel Francis QAT 10.19 10 6 Martial Mbandjock FRA 10.22 8 7 Ronald Pognon FRA 10.29 6 8 Stefan Schwab GER 10.35 4 400 Metres 1 Chris Brown BAH 45.61 2 Gary Kikaya COD 45.68 3 Michael Mathieu... 

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... 

Men 100 Meter Dash ‘A’ Race 1 Mike Rodgers United States 9.93 3.1 2 Travis Padgett United States 9.96 3.1 3 Steve Mullings Jamaica 9.98 3.1 4 Darvis Patton United States 10.00 3.1 5 Richard Thompson Trinidad & Tobago 10.01 3.1 6 Daniel Bailey Antigua & Barbuda 10.02 3.1 7 Asafa Powell Jamaica 10.10 3.1 8 Michael Frater Jamaica 10.15 3.1 9 Nesta Carter Jamaica 10.16 3.1 Men 100... 

LOUISVILLE – Junior Alain Bailey led a 1-2-3 finish in the long jump for Arkansas Razorback men’s track and field on day one of the NCAA Mideast Regional Championships, at Louisville’s Cardinal Park. The Razorbacks qualified four automatically for the NCAA Championships. Additionally, seven individuals advanced to the finals in four running events plus the 4×100-meter relay. After... 

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... 

German throwers continued showing promising early form in the year in which they will have their major ‘home game’ at the 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics, Berlin Germany (15 to 23 August). It was javelin thrower Christina Obergföll, who produced the best result of the day in the women’s events in Halle on Saturday (23). She opened her season with an impressive 68.40m... 

Grande Premio Brasil Caixa de Atletismo Belém (BRA) – Sunday, May 24, 2009 Official Results – Men – 100 Metres – Summary  1 Daniel Bailey ANT 9.99 10  2 Michael Rodgers USA 10.01 8  3 Monzavous Edwards USA 10.11 7  4 Ainsley Waugh JAM 10.16 6  5 Emmanuel Callander TRI 10.16 5  6 Marvin Anderson JAM 10.18 4  7 Brendan Christian ANT... 

Adam Jacobs, the founder and editor of TheFinalSprint.com and an enthusiastic supporter of American distance running, died unexpectedly last night.  He was 24 and lived in Jersey City, N.J. The death was confirmed by his mother, Jodi Jacobs, who called the Race Results Weekly office this morning to report her son’s death……READ MORE  Read More »