Track Ledger

08 June 2013

2013 NCAA Track & Field Champ, Results, Start List (June 5-8)

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[caption id="attachment_7986" align="alignleft" width="141" caption="Shaunae Miller @ 2013 Razorback Invitational, photo courtesy of UGA Sports Communications"][/caption] RESULTS http://www.flashresults.com/2013_Meets/outdoor/06-05-NCAA/live/ LIVE STREAMING http://pac-12.com/live/goduc....

12 June 2013

Bolt Loss to Gatlin, should we be concerned?

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[caption id="attachment_4546" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Usain Bolt - Photo by Ridley Ingram (SportingEventsFotos.com)"][/caption] Last Thursday (June 6) at the Rome Diamond League Meet we saw the defeat of six-time Olympic champion and world record holder Jamaican Usain Bolt to American Justin Gatlin in the 100m. Gatlin won the event in a time of 9.94 seconds ahead of Usain Bolt's 9.95, with France’s Jimmy Vicaut (10.02) and USA’s Mike Rodgers (10.04) securing the minor places. Gatlin’s victory was significant on many levels as it raise many questions about both Bolt and Gatlin. Is the mystiqu....

13 June 2013

2013 ExxonMobil Bislett (Oslo) Games Start list and Live results (link)

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[caption id="attachment_9983" align="alignleft" width="188" caption="Ahoure - SportingEventsFoto.com"][/caption] Start list http://www.diamondleague-oslo.com/en/Live-StartlistsResults/Overview/ Results http://www.diamondleague-oslo.com/en/Live-StartlistsResults/Overview/ Live Streaming http://universalsports.com/track-field/

13 June 2013

2013 ExxonMobil Bislett (Oslo) Games Start list and Live results (link)

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14 June 2013

NCAA Champ Brianna Rollins Signs Pro Contract

College

[caption id="attachment_10283" align="alignleft" width="242" caption="Brianna Rollins in Aug 2012: Photo by Patrick Wright, Clemson University"][/caption] The past several days have been exciting times for 21 year-old Brianna Rollins who has just signed a professional contract with agent John Regis of Stellar Athletics. The Clemson University junior was recently crowned the 2013 NCAA champion in the women’s 100m hurdles at the NCAA Championship held in Eugene, Oregon last weekend (June 8). She won the title in spectacular fashion, stopping the clock in a world leading time of 12.39 seconds and smashing her own NC....

14 June 2013

NCAA Champ Brianna Rollins Signs Pro Contract

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14 June 2013

Sprint Champ TCU’s Charles Silmon goes pro, plans busy summer

College

[caption id="attachment_10350" align="alignleft" width="166" caption="Charles Silmon_NCAA Champs 2013 - Photo by TCU Athletics"][/caption] “Coming into the season, I expected to win Nationals that was my main goal and my main focus, so accomplishing that was great. It was a week by week process… I just wanted to win national and that was a big thing,” said Charles Silmon, a senior at Texas Christian University (TCU), who won the men’s NCAA outdoor 100m title in Eugene, Oregon last weekend (June 7). Charles won the 100m title in a sizzling time of 9.89 seconds (+3....

14 June 2013

Sprint Champ TCU’s Charles Silmon goes pro, plans busy summer

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23 June 2013

2013 Trinidad & Tobago National Championship Results

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[caption id="attachment_10025" align="alignleft" width="200" caption="Kelly-Ann Baptiste at 2012 New York Diamond League Photo by SportingEventsFotos.comResults"][/caption] 2013 Results http://www.ttnaaa.org/results/2013/naaa_open/ Baptiste runs 10.83 http://www.trinidadexpress.com/sports/RECORD....

23 June 2013

Warren Weir Runs 19.79 at Jamaican Trials

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[caption id="attachment_3170" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Warren Weir at the 2012 Adidas GP in NY. Photo by O'Neil Reid"][/caption] The reigning 200m Olympic bronze medalist Warren Weir brought the 2013 Jamaican Senior Championship to a climatic end on Sunday evening (June 23) when he won the men’s 200m in a superb time of 9.79 seconds. Weir’s time of 19.79 seconds (+0.9 ws) represents a personal best and ties him with Usain Bolt for the 2nd fastest time in the world so far this year behind American Tyson Gay (19.74). Weir finished ahead of Nickel Ashmeade (20.06) and Jason Livermore (20.13). All three have booked their tickets to ....