• New Balance Grand Prix Fields Announced

  

  - Yesterday - Comment

• David Oliver - Laying the Foundation

  

  David Oliver trains at ESPN Wide World of Sports at Disney World in Orlando with famed coach Brooks Johnson. He focuses on the fundamentals while looking toward the London Olympic Games. (via MileSplit United States)

  - 24 Hours Ago - Comment

• The Resurgence Of The Mile: NB Grand Prix, US Open, and The Millrose Games

  

  New  York NY - The mile is a classic distance.  About 8 meters longer than the now standard 1600m, the mile recently has seen a movement encouraging its' return.  There is even a website dedicated to this very thing, petitioning high school sports to return to the classic distance.  And if there ever was any indication that the mile was still alive, the fields for the mile at the upcoming US Open and Millrose would be it.  See if your favorite made the cut. (via MileSplit New York)

  - Yesterday - Comment

• New England Rankings: 5th Release

  

  Show stopping relays were the order of the week with the Yale Track Classic and the Massachusetts Division meets providing ample competition to tear apart the rankings.  Some teams, like Marshfield (MA), had the luxury of doing both.  They participated in the MSTCA Division 2 Relays last weekend, and then traveled to Yale Friday where they unleashed a US#1 DMR time of 10:17.40.  That group was anchored by Joel Hubbard who split 4:14 for his mile leg.

  - 3 Days Ago - Comment

• Colton Ham: Gatorade NH Runner of the Year

  

    CHICAGO (January 23, 2012) — In its 27th year of honoring the nation’s best high school athletes, The Gatorade Company, in collaboration with ESPNHS, today announced Colton Ham of Merrimack Valley HS as its 2011-12Gatorade New Hampshire Boys Cross Country Runner of the Year.  Ham is the first Gatorade New Hampshire Boys  Cross Country Runner of the Year to be chosen from Merrimack Valley HS.  

  - 4 Days Ago - Comment

• Media Release: Bring Back the Mile

  

  The Mile holds a special place in Track & Field and beyond. No running distance, or field event for that matter, has the history, the appeal, the “magic” of the Mile. The first sub-4 minute mile by Great Britain’s Roger Bannister in 1954 is regarded as the greatest individual athletic achievement of the 20th century, and no other event has produced an equivalent of the sub-4 minute mile standard in the sport, in the media and in the public’s mind.

  - 6 Days Ago - Comment

• Yale Highlights: Huge DMR Races on Friday

  

  The DMR was king on Friday with eight teams entering the US top ten.  The Tatnall (DE) girls posted a US#2 time of 11:44.02 to lead a very talented field of challengers, and the Marshfield boys are now US#1 with their winning time of 10:17.40.

  - 6 Days Ago - Comment

• New England Rankings: 4th Release

  

  If it seems like Precious Holmes is mentioned in the New England rankings each week, you are right.  The Hillhouse (CT) junior continued her increasingly impressive streak with a US#2 time in the 300m (39.09), and a US#1 time in the 600m (1:32.61) at the SCC Coaches Invitational.  Both marks are also new state records.

  - Last Week - Comment

• Rupp & Oliver Set to Compete in Boston

  

  BOSTON (Jan 17) – Distance star Galen Rupp and high hurdler David Oliver, both American Record-Holders, have confirmed their participation in the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix on February 4th, organizers announced today.

  - Last Week - Comment

• Hannah Parker: Foster's Runner of the Year

  

    Hannah Parker was the top runner on the best high school girls' cross country team in New Hampshire. As a freshman.  Coe-Brown Northwood Academy won its second straight Division II championship, captured the Meet of Champions title and was third at the New England championships, the finest season in school history.  (via www.fosters.com)

  - Last Week - Comment

• WHS girls win Seacoast track meet

  

  GORHAM, Maine — A dropped baton and a coin flip. That's what determined how many trophies the Winnacunnet High School track team could take home to Hampton from Sunday's Seacoast Track Championship at the University of Southern Maine. (via www.seacoastonline.com)

  - Last Week - Comment

• East Coast Championship Highlights

  

  Joseph Velez of Classical High School continues his national dominance in the weight throw.  He was joined in the national rankings by fellow Rhode Island star Dakota Daily-Harrris of La Salle Academy who cleard 5'8" in the high jump for the second time this season.

  - Last Week - Comment

• Jack Collopy: Foster's Runner of the Year

  

   Following a disappointing ninth-place finish at the Meet of Champions after coming in third the year before, Jack Collopy was torn between wanting the season to be over and not wanting that to be the last race cross-country race of his high-school career. (via www.fosters.com)

  - Last Week - Comment

• Courtney Hawkins - Gatorade NH Runner of the Year

  

  CHICAGO (January 12, 2012) — In its 27th year of honoring the nation’s best high school athletes, The Gatorade Company, in collaboration with ESPN HS, today announced Courtney Hawkins of Milford High School as its 2011-12 Gatorade New Hampshire Girls Cross Country Runner of the Year. Hawkins is the first Gatorade New Hampshire Girls Cross Country Runner of the Year to be chosen from Milford High School.

  - 2 Weeks Ago - Comment

• Spotlight Athlete: Peter Winslow

  

  The Exeter junior is one of the top ranked 600 meter runners in the state. He has lofty goals to be nationally ranked in that event, but also wants to increase his already versatile resume by adding the high jump and decathlon. See what else Peter Winslow has planned for 2012 as we spotlight this talented athlete.

  Todd Grasley - 2 Weeks Ago - Comment

• WHS boys win meet, girls second

  

  The Winnacunnet High School boys captured a nine-team indoor track meet at the University of New Hampshire's Paul Sweet Oval on Saturday evening and the girls team just missed winning a 10-team meet. (via www.seacoastonline.com)

  - 2 Weeks Ago - Comment

• Florida, Oregon Begin 2012 as No. 1

  

  Florida’s men and Oregon’s women, both two-time defending NCAA Division I indoor track & field national champions, begin the 2012 season in familiar territory – as the nation’s No. 1 teams. The preseason national team computer rankings as calculated by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) projects the Gators and Ducks as the early paper favorites based largely on performance bests from returners. (via USTFCCCA)

  - 2 Weeks Ago - Comment

• New England Rankings: 3rd Release

  

  When Carla Forbes enters the New England rankings she does it with a splash.  The Newton North junior was launching huge jumps at the Dartmouth Relays this past weekend, and her stellar performances that day resulted in a NE#1 ranking in both the long jump (19’4”) and the triple jump (40’10”).  Nationally, she is now ranked US#1 in the triple jump and US#3 in the long jump.  A key component to her success is runway speed, and Forbes demonstrated her aptitude with a NE#3 time of 7.31; finishing as the top American at Dartmouth.

  - 2 Weeks Ago - Comment

• World Champ Kirani James to Race Bershawn Jackson in Beantown

  

  For sixteen years, New England track fans have come to expect the world’s best middle distance and distance runners to go head-to-head on the oval at the Reggie Lewis Center in Boston.  This year those same fans will get an added treat.  On Feb. 4, the world’s top long sprinter, Kirani James, will take to the track at 400m at the 2012New Balance Indoor Grand Prix , organizers announced today.

  - 2 Weeks Ago - Comment

• Big Green track takes Relays titles

  

  The normally tranquil Leverone Fieldhouse morphed into a chaotic scene of runners, jumpers and throwers this weekend as the Big Green men’s and women’s track and field squads hosted the 43rd Annual Dartmouth Relays. The meet, which ran from Friday through Sunday, consisted of high school, masters, open and college events. The Big Green men’s team won the team title, scoring 67 points to beat out the University of Massachusetts-Lowell by seven points after finishing second to Northeastern University in last year’s Relays.  (via thedartmouth.com)

  - 3 Weeks Ago - Comment

• Dartmouth Relays Coverage

  

    The Dartmouth Relays is traditionally the first major invitational with regional implications. Teams from all six New England states are slated to participate, in addition to teams from New York and Canada.  MileSplit will follow all the action from the two day event, updating this page with the most recent performances.

  - 3 Weeks Ago - Comment

• More New England Site Features

  

  Two weeks ago we launched a New England rankings feature that allows fans to consolidate the stats from all six regional states.  Now, the same can be done for the meet calendar.  Both features are part of our expanded coverage of the region and can be accessed from any of the New England state sites. 

  - 3 Weeks Ago - Comment

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