– Steven Cuomo, the head coach, president and founder of Rolling Thunder, a running, walking, and wheelchair racing team serving challenged individuals, talking in a great piece by sub-4 miler Liam Boylan-Pett on Mikey Brannigan, the 2013 NXN New York individual champion who has autism. More: MB: Autistic High Schooler Qualifies for NXN.
LRCWeekly Recap: The Guts/Collapse Of Georgetown, The Most Unlikely All-Americans, The Mysterious Mark Wetmore, Dathan Ritzenhein 2.0, And Kenya 500x Greater Than The USA? Our weekly recap took a Thanksgiving week break last week so this week we spend most of our time taking one last look at the 2013 NCAA Cross-Country Championships. We give out awards to most unlikely All-Americans (Aaron Nelson, Trent Lusignan andEmma-Lisa Murphy), and most improved/comeback performer (Sammy Silva) before wondering if Ben Saarel is Dathan Ritzenhein 2.0? Plus the mysterious Mark Wetmore and plenty of praise for the Kenyan and Japanese marathoners who excelled yet again at Fukuoka.
More coming soon. We’re having some trouble with our Awards Ceremony/All-American photo gallery. You can see it here now but many of the photos are upside down.
Not Varsity Yet? Don’t Give Up:Two Oregon Club Runners Earn Their Way Onto Varsity Team As Walk-Ons The Oregon club coach said over 10 years he’s only had 4 athletes earn their way from club to varsity.
Pastry Chef Admits To Cheating After Finishing As The First Local Runner At The Singapore Marathon After Only Running 6K He said he couldn’t finish due to knee pain, so cut the course to pick up his finisher medal and T-shirt, but never meant to finish as the first local.
Lawrence Johnson Named Nike Coach Of The Year Johnson coaches US hurdlers Brianna Rollins and Queen Harrison.
Runner Rescues Mother And Son Trapped In Truck In CreekJim Morrison was on his normal morning run when he saw tire tracks in the snow going off the road and followed it to the car where the son was stuck in the car in the creek.
Study Says “Healthy Overweight” Is A Myth Despite recent suggestions, you can’t be overweight without increased health risks according to this study.
This Is What It’s Come To: NY Times Chart Tracking The Movements Of Schools Between NCAA Conferences If you’re confused about which schools are in which conference or where they moved from, this chart helps break it down.
Despite New Colorado And Washington Laws On Marijuana Use And New Higher Threshold By WADA, NCAA Stricter Than Ever The NCAA actually reduced its threshold a ton from 15 to 5 ng/ml at the beginning of 2013.
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