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Koji Murofushi will try to salvage the 2009 season with a good throw at the Concordia Throws Center on Sunday.

Alberto Salazar introduced Dathan Ritzenhein, Galen Rupp, Amy Yoder Bagley, and Kara Goucher at a lunchtime ceremony at the Nike campus Tuesday for the Nike-sponsored athletes, who are headed to Europe to prepare for the IAAF World Championships in Berlin next month.

The youngest member of the U.S. track team in Beijing talks about up-tempo tunes, pirates, and why he'd love to be made of chocolate.

Symmonds Takes 800 Meter Title on Final Day of Competition at Hayward Field 6/28/2009 By Andrew Bartholomew Nearly 11,000 fans took in the final day of competition at the USA Track and Field Championships at Hayward Field.

It was last June 30, at approximately 8:27 p.m., when Hayward Field was transformed and all who were there were transported.

This time, Nick Symmonds didn't wait. Symmonds scrapped his normal sit-and-kick strategy, surged to the lead on the final turn, then fought off the charging Khadevis Robinson in a gutty last 50 meters to win the 800 on Sunday in the USA Track & Field Championships.

EUGENE - Nick Symmonds won his heat in the 800 meters Thursday and finished with the third-best time overall in USA Outdoor Track & Field Championship preliminaries at Hayward Field.

Olympic decathlon champion Bryan Clay withdrew from the U.S. national track championships Thursday with an injured left hamstring, a decision that could force him to shut down his entire 2009 season.

Here's a look at athletes and matchups to watch for at the USA championships, which begin today at Hayward Field in Eugene.

Bernard Lagat May Do the 800 at USATF Championships Actually, we're just hedging our bets by typing "may," because the 800 at the Championships beginning June 25 in Eugene is very much in Lagat's plans.

I profiled Matt Tegenkamp for this morning's Oregonian, and the story highlights the state's growing importance in the world of U.S. running.

Andrew Wheating apparently strained a calf muscle while winning the NCAA 800. It's unclear what this means for his availability at the USA Championships.

Susan Kuijken and German Fernandez Triumph in NCAA 1500s Kuijken of Florida State, known for her trademark regal wave and probably the best sense of humor in NCAA track, had a "whole collection of second place" finishes in collegiate competition, but at the Championships in Fayetteville, Arkansas, on Saturday, she found "I was just flying that last ...

Bernard Lagat, Nick Symmonds and Galen Rupp will headline the men's middle and long distance running events at the 2009 USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships, June 25-28 at historic Hayward Field on the campus of the University of Oregon in Eugene.

Bernard Lagat, Nick Symmonds and Galen Rupp will headline the men's middle and long distance running events at the 2009 USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships, June 25-28 at historic Hayward Field on the campus of the University of Oregon in Eugene.

Deena Kastor Will Do Bank of America Chicago Marathon on October 11 The 2004 Olympic bronze medalist and U.S. recordholder was forced out of the Beijing Olympic marathon with a broken foot and has been on the comeback trail doing shorter roadraces.

Baylor's incredible run of 42 consecutive victories and five straight NCAA 4x400-meter relay national championships ended Saturday afternoon as the Bears finished third in the NCAA outdoor meet at Arkansas' McDonnell Field.

Aggies win NCAA titles As the anchor runner in the men's 1,600m relay, the Aggies' Justin Oliver held on to second place to give A&M the outright men's team title.

Galen Rupp Is 'Living in the Moment and Trying to Enjoy Everything' The University of Oregon's Rupp, a 2008 Olympian in the 10,000, won the 2008 NCAA Cross Country Championships and the 3000 and 5000 at the NCAA Indoor Championships this winter and is favored in the 10,000 and the 5000 at the outdoor NCAA Championships, which begin today in ...

Usain Bolt Earns Laureus World Sportsman of the Year Award Bolt, the triple Olympic gold medalist and world recordholder from the Beijing Olympics, was selected over other luminaries like swimmer Michael Phelps and tennis star Rafael Nadal.