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10 January 2014	Sprinter Cierra White in consideration for Pre-season Bowerman Trophy 6 By LUBBOCK, Texas – The U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association has named Lady Raider sprinter Cierra White as one of 18 athletes in consideration for the 2014 Bowerman Trophy with the release of the 2014 Women's Preseason Watch List. The organization named 10 athletes to the official watch list with White among an additional eight athletes receiving votes. The junior and 2013 All-American in the 100-meter dash is one five Big 12 athletes among thos....
10 January 2014	A Motivated Akheem Gauntlett Seeks Redemption, Targets Personal Best in 2014 6 By [caption id="attachment_13074" align="alignleft" width="242" caption="Akheem Gauntlett 2013. Photo by Walt Beazley"][/caption] “Training is going good. My coach [Trevor Green] is great and he is working me hard. I have the mentality that what doesn't kill me makes me stronger” said Akheem Gauntlett, the Jamaican quarter-miler . He continued “so I have to prove not to anybody but only to myself to try and come back harder from all of the things that happen last year. This year I want to leave my mark.” Akheem was poise....
12 March 2014	Blake, Bondarenko, Suhr, Pearson Highlight 2014 adidas Grand Prix 6 By [caption id="attachment_5363" align="alignleft" width="218" caption="Yohan Blake @ 2012 Adidas GP in NYC, Photo - SportingEventsFotos.com"][/caption] NEW YORK CITY (March 12, 2014) Yohan Blake, the double 2011 IAAF World Champion at 100 meters and in the 4x100-meter relay from Jamaica, returns to Icahn Stadium after missing much of the 2013 season with an injury. Blake, a winner here at 100 meters in 2012, later that year earned silver medals at both 100 meters and 200 meters in the London Olympics as well as gold in the 4x100m. At 24, B....
30 March 2014	2014 Jamaica Boys & Girls Champs Results (Mar 25-29) link 6 By http://www.issasports.com/results/champs14/ Point Standings: http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/sport/Champs-2014-points-standings_16377513 ....
10 April 2014	Asafa Powell respond to 18-month banned 6 By Thursday April 10, 2014 \| Statement from Asafa Powell A short while ago, the independent disciplinary panel exploring the circumstances under which my samples tested positive for the stimulant oxilofrine handed down a sanction. I will confirm that the panel handed down an 18-month suspension. This ruling is not only unfair, it is patently unjust. Panels such as these, I understood, were assembled to allow athletes who, consciously or unconsciously come into conflict with the rules of sport, a chance at equitable redemption. Unfortunately, this was not the case. As an athlete, I took a legal supplement—Ephiphany D1. As it turns out, that supplement was contaminated with oxilofrine. My team commissioned two private laboratories that confirmed that oxilofrine was present in the supplements, despite it not being listed as an ingredient on the bottle nor on it’s website. I would also like to share that upon realizing that the supplement contained oxilo....