The men’s 5,000-meter final had all the earmarks of a classic distance battle in the making: the sensational upstart versus the wily veteran; the freshman who had yet to lose an NCAA title race versus the senior with seven ...
Jun 14th 2014, 8:54pm
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EUGENE, Ore. – The brilliant Oregon freshman Edward Cheserek finally lost an NCAA championship race. It took one of the great races in NCAA history to accomplish it.
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Jun 14th 2014, 4:17pm
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By Dave HunterVillanova University – with a long heritage of miler excellence – currently has a women’s middle distance corps that surely ranks as one of its best. The Lady Wildcats’ marquee performer is Emily Lipari, a se...
Jun 14th 2014, 5:23am
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EUGENE, Ore. – Emily Lipari advanced to the final of the women’s 1,500 meters at the NCAA Championships here Thursday evening, winning her semifinal in 4:21.14. Lipari, the Villanova...
Jun 13th 2014, 9:54am
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EUGENE, Ore. – Edward Cheserek, the brilliant young Kenyan who wowed crowds at the Armory for years while running for St. Benedict’s Prep (Newark, NJ), won the NCAA championship in the 10,000 meters for the...
Jun 12th 2014, 5:56pm
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By Dave HunterWinning a national title is a pinnacle moment under all circumstances. But capturing an NCAA championship takes on special meaning when it preserves your university’s national title win streak of nearly half a century. J...
Jun 12th 2014, 5:42pm
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Phyllis Francis (Catherine McAuley HS, Brooklyn) had a spectacular indoor NCAA meet, breaking the collegiate and American records in the individual 400 (50.46), then catching Ashley Spencer of Texas by inches at the line to win the 4x...
Jun 11th 2014, 2:42pm
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He’s only a freshman, but Edward Cheserek (St. Benedict’s Prep, Newark, NJ) is already a veteran champion, and Oregon’s men’s team hopes to contend for this year’s team championship partly on his slender ...
Jun 11th 2014, 2:41pm
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Stephen Mozia, the junior from Hackensack, NJ, has qualified in the NCAA shot and discus from Cornell, coming off some big throwing at the East Regional where he had a lifetime best in the disc (206-0) and an outdoor PR in the shot (6...
Jun 11th 2014, 2:36pm
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Corey Crawford of Rutgers and Julia Ratcliffe of Princeton, both contenders for NCAA championships, are off to Eugene, Ore., this week for the finals that begin Wednesday at the University of Oregon.
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Jun 11th 2014, 2:21pm
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