To the victor go the spoils: Pullman's Katie Nageotte signs with Nike...

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A few days after vaulting to victory at the USATF Indoor championship meet with a world-leading 16-1.25 (4.91m), Pullman’s Katie Nageotte (left/photo courtesy Katie Nageotte) announced on her social media platforms that she has signed a

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Garrett Heath and Team USATF set to take on Brits and Euros at Saturday's Great Edinburgh X-Country Challenge...

EDINBURGH, Great Britain—Three time winner Garrett Heath (left/photo by Paul Merca) of Seattle’s Brooks Beasts is among the headliner performers for Team USATF for Saturday’s Great Edinburgh X-Country Challenge race at famed Holyrood Park.



He’ll be joined by 2016 Olympian and defending champ Leonard Korir, and Chris Derrick of the Portland based Bowerman TC on the men’s senior 8k squad. 

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WEEK IN REVIEW: Pair of Dawgs race to top-10 finishes at Canadian XC champs...

As is traditionally the case after the NCAA cross country championships, the news cycle slows down until after the new year, but we will break in news at the minimum once a week, and as necessary.



At the Canadian cross country championships in Kingston, Ontario Saturday, a pair of University of Washington freshmen ran to top-ten finishes in the under-20 category.



Thomas Nobbs (left/photo

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Renton HS & 2x US Olympian Patty vanWolvelaere newest member of USATF Hall of Fame...

Patty vanWolvelaere (second from the left) finished fourth
in the 80m hurdles final at the 1968 Olympics
(photos courtesy Crawford Family US Olympic Archives, USOC)


INDIANAPOLIS—Patty vanWolvelaere (Weirich), one of Washington state’s most decorated track and field athletes, and a two-time US Olympian, was selected as one of five men and women to the USA Track & Field National Hall of Fame,

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Andrea Geubelle part of Team USATF at Saturday’s DecáNation meet in France...

ANGERS, France—University Place resident Andrea Geubelle (above/photo by Paul Merca) will have one more meet this season as the 2016 US Olympian is part of the Team USATF delegation competing in Saturday’s DecáNation meet at Stadium du Lac de Maine.



Geubelle was selected for this meet based on her third place finish at the USATF championships in Sacramento in June.



The DecáNation meet is

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News and notes for this weekend--August 19th & 20th...

After some time off from the blog to rest and recover from the IAAF World Track & Field Championships in London, glad to say that we are back!



Some news items:





Former Puyallup resident and reigning USATF 10000 meter champion Hassan Mead (left/photo by Paul Merca) competes in Sunday’s 3000 meter run at the IAAF Diamond League stop in Birmingham, United Kingdom.



Mead will run in a field

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Brannon Kidder wins 800m at Harry Jerome...

COQUITLAM, British Columbia—After a disappointing performance at the USATF Outdoor Track & Field Championships last week where he didn’t make the finals in the men’s 1500, Brannon Kidder (left/photo by Paul Merca) of the Brooks Beasts won the 800 meter run at the Harry Jerome Track Classic Wednesday night at Percy Perry Stadium in the Vancouver suburb.



Kidder took the win in 1:47.36, a 2017

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Sacramento schedule changes for Thursday, Saturday and Sunday...

If you're heading down to Sacramento for the USATF Outdoor Track & Field Championships at Hornet Stadium, please note the changes made to the time schedule.

The changes were made because of concerns about the heat. The temperature for Thursday's first day of competition is projected to reach 107 degrees, with Friday and Saturday staying the same. The temperature for Sunday's competition is

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The road to London goes through super-hot Sacramento at USATF Outdoors...

Vancouver native Kara Winger is the top seed going into
the USATF championships in the javelin (Howard Lao photo)




If there’s one thing that can be guaranteed for this week’s USATF Outdoor Track & Field Championships at Hornet Stadium on the campus of Sacramento State University in Sacramento, it’s that it will be super-hot!



Temperatures are expected to reach triple digits on Thursday,

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Winger, Taiwo, Heath, Anderson & Henry receive USATF Foundation grants...

INDIANAPOLIS—Five athletes with ties to the state of Washington were recently named by the USA Track & Field Foundation as recipients of the foundation’s Elite Athlete Development grants.



The five athletes named by the foundation are Kara Winger, Jeremy Taiwo (left/photo by Paul Merca), Garrett Heath, Jeshua Anderson, and Britney Henry.



Vancouver native Winger, who made the finals in the

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Jeremy Taiwo receives USATF national athlete of the week honors as well...

INDIANAPOLIS--University of Washington multi-event specialist Jeremy Taiwo (Illustration created by Paul Merca using PicStitch; photos courtesy University of Washington) received one more national honor Wednesday, as he was named by USA Track & Field as its athlete of the week for his brief world leading score of 6156 points in the heptathlon at the Boise State Team Challenge meet in Nampa,

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Progress and chaos at USATF Athletes Advisory Committee meeting in St. Louis...

ST. LOUIS--Friday's meeting between the USA Track & Field Athletes Advisory Committee, USATF executives and shoe company reps about the organization's restrictive uniform guidelines started off well, with Bob Hersh, who is on the IAAF Council, telling the athletes that they can have a second corporate logo on their jerseys for the 2012 season, which doesn't necessarily have to be that of a shoe/

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WSU legend Bernard Lagat to headline US Open Indoor meet at Madison Square Garden...

Interesting to receive a release from USA Track & Field Thursday announcing that the sport in its indoor form will return to New York City's Madison Square Garden (left/photo by Paul Merca) on Saturday January 28th for the US Open Track & Field meet to kick off the indoor Visa Championship Series, after the Millrose Games announced back in May that it would move out of the Garden to uptown

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Brad Walker named USATF Athlete of the Week...

INDIANAPOLIS - Brad Walker (left, /photo by Paul Merca) has been named USA Track & Field's Athlete of the Week after winning the men's pole vault at the 2007 World Athletics Final in Stuttgart, Germany on September 23rd. The reigning World Indoor and Outdoor champion, Walker won the men's pole vault with his clearance of 5.91 meters/19 feet 5.75 inches, topping the rest of the

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14 Olympic medalists, 22 World Outdoor medalists lead Team USA to World Champs

release courtesy Tom Surber, USATF Media RelationsINDIANAPOLIS - Led by superstars Jeremy Wariner, Allyson Felix, Tyson Gay, Sanya Richards, Adam Nelson and Michelle Perry, Team USA will look to continue its role as the world's #1 track and field team at the 2007 IAAF World Outdoor Track & Field Championships. USA Track & Field on Monday announced the Team USA roster for the 11th edition of the

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Walker, Thurmond Lead 16 Huskies to USA Track Championships

Javelin thrower Rob Minnitti, seen competing for Team USA at the IAAF World Cup in Athens last year, is one of 16 athletes with ties to the University of Washington competing at the AT&T USA Outdoor Championships (Paul Merca photo)release courtesy of Brian Beaky, University of Washington Athletic CommunicationsSEATTLE--The buildup to the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China, begins in earnest

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