Drew Windle of the Brooks Beasts advances to world indoor 800m finals...

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BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom—Drew Windle (left/photo by Kirby Lee, Image of Sport) of the Seattle-based Brooks Beasts advanced to Saturday’s finals of the men’s 800 meter run at the IAAF World Indoor Track & Field Championships at Arena Birmingham

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Colorado grad Emma Coburn wins USA's first women's steeple gold at world champs...

LONDON—With apologies to 70's music icons Kool and the Gang, Friday was ladies’ night, and the feeling was right for the women of Team USA, as they took home two victories in a fairly light night of finals at the IAAF World Track & Field Championships at London Stadium.



Depending on how you look at it, Emma Coburn’s (left/photo by Paul Merca) win in the 3000 meter steeplechase can be

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Team USA's Christian Taylor wins third career world triple jump title...

LONDON--With no Washington athletes competing tonight, day 7 of the 10-day track and field extravaganza known as the IAAF World Track and Field Championships concluded with three finals on the docket, and a few surprises along the way.



In the men’s triple jump, two time world and Olympic champion Christian Taylor (left/photo by Paul Merca) got all that he could handle from fellow University

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The preview of Washington athletes competing at the London World Champs is now available...

paulmerca.blogspot.com's preview of London 2017--the IAAF World Track & Field Championships--is now ready for viewing.

This document has brief biographical information, along with personal and 2017 season bests of the nine athletes with Washington ties competing in London.  Additionally, both London and Seattle times are listed in the schedule for your convenience.

This document is a .pdf

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Former WSU assistant coach Angela Whyte added to Team Canada for world champs...

Former Washington State University assistant track coach Angela Whyte (left/photo courtesy Athletics Canada) was named Friday by Athletics Canada to its squad that will compete at the IAAF World Track & Field Championships in London beginning a week from Friday.



The veteran Whyte, a fixture on national teams since 2001, won the Canadian national championship title in Ottawa earlier this

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Andrea Geubelle hits the Olympic standard on the nose in Chula Vista...

CHULA VISTA, California—Add Andrea Geubelle (left/photo by Paul Merca) to the short list of Americans who have hit the Olympic qualifying standard in the triple jump.



Competing at the Chula Vista Olympic Training Center High Performance Last Chance Olympic Qualifier meet, the University Place resident and Curtis HS grad jumped the exact distance needed for the Olympic standard—14 meters 15

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It's the busiest weekend in American indoor track & field (and how to watch it)!

Friday and Saturday marks the busiest weekend in top level indoor track and field in America, with the USA indoor championships happening just down Interstate 5 at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland, and the collegians heading to Birmingham, Alabama (Division I) and Pittsburg, Kansas (Division II) for the NCAA indoor championship meet.



THE PROS IN PORTLAND



Naturally, a large

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