USATF News Headlines

The membership of USA Track & Field on Wednesday night overwhelmingly voted to approve a set of bylaw changes that will significantly alter the size and makeup of its board of directors, while increasing accountability and professionalism.

Roe opens 2008 USATF Annual Meeting

Longtime USA Track & Field volunteer and contributor Bob Fine of Delray Beach, Fla., was struck and killed by a car while running at 5:45 a.m. in Reno, police confirmed Wednesday morning.

Raschker named Masters Athlete of the Year

INDIANAPOLIS 2008 NCAA DII Cross Country champion Scott Bauhs has been named USA Track & Field's Athlete of the Week after winning the Synaptics Elite Athlete 5 km Thursday in San Jose, Calif.

INDIANAPOLIS 2008 Olympian and World Indoor champion Lolo Jones, who in 2008 made significant contributions to flood victims in her native Iowa, has been named Visa Humanitarian Athlete of the Year by USA Track & Field.

Dwayne Miller, who coached LaShawn Merritt to two gold medals at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China, has been named the 2008 Nike Coach of the Year by USA Track & Field.

Rupp named Athlete of the Week

INDIANAPOLIS Team USA took eighth place at the 2008 International Chiba Ekiden Monday in Chiba, Japan, finishing in 2:11:54. Ethiopia dominated the event with a course record of 2:05:27, defeating host team Japan by 1:12. Russia was third

INDIANAPOLIS National 1,500 meter high school record holder Jordan Hasay, of Arroyo Grande, Calif., has been named the 2008 Youth Athlete of the Year by USA Track & Field. Hasay will be honored on Saturday, December 6, at the Jesse Owens Awards.

Rupp leads Oregon to second consecutive NCAA Team Title; Adams State sweeps D-II Championships; Middlebury, Cortland win D-III titles; Azusa Pacific, Malone win NAIA titles

NCAA D-I XC Champs set for Monday in Terre Haute; Slippery Rock to host D-II XC Champs; NCAA DIII honors up for grabs in Hanover

News & Notes, Volume 8, Number 62

INDIANAPOLIS Team USA departs for Chiba, Japan, on Thursday for the 2008 Chiba International Ekiden, to be held Monday, November 24. In addition to Team USA, the marathon relay will feature teams from nine nations including, Brazil, Canada, China

INDIANAPOLIS Galen Rupp has been named USA Track & Field's Athlete of the Week after winning his second straight NCAA West Regional title Saturday in Stanford, Calif.

Clay, Brown Trafton win 2008 Jesse Owens Awards

USATF CEO Doug Logan remembers the incomparable G. Larry James, known as "The Mighty Burner", in his most recent blog.

Longtime USATF contributor Dr. C. Harmon Brown dies

INDIANAPOLIS National Track & Field Hall of Famer G. Larry James, a two-time medalist at the 1968 Olympics, died Thursday of cancer in Smithville, N.J. It was his 61st birthday.

INDIANAPOLIS Kami Semick has been named USA Track & Field's Athlete of the Week after winning the silver medal at the IAU 100 km World Cup Saturday in Tarquinial, Italy.