Kara Goucher News

For Immediate Release Tuesday, November 3, 2009 Keflezighi named Athlete of the Week INDIANAPOLIS - 2004 Olympic marathon silver medalist Meb Keflezighi has been named USA Track & Field's Athlete of the Week after winning the ING New York City Marathon on Sunday.

It's a great week for the American long-distance running community. Meb Keflezighi won the New York City Marathon on Sunday in 2:09:15, the first American to win the race since Alberto Salazar in 1982.

Before Meb Keflezighi was winning a silver medal at the Olympic marathon in 2004 or becoming the first American to win the New York City marathon since Alberto Salazar on Sunday, he ran at New Haven.

When Alberto Salazar crossed the finish line to win his third straight New York City Marathon 27 years ago, he did not think about who was coming behind him.

Can Salina Kosgei Add NYC Marathon Laurels to What She Earned in Boston? There's quite a bit of news about November 1's ING New York City Marathon field, but the big item involves Kosgei.

For Immediate Release Wednesday, October 14, 2009 Ritzenhein named Athlete of the Week INDIANAPOLIS - Dathan Ritzenhein has been named USA Track & Field's Athlete of the Week after winning the bronze medal Sunday at the 18th IAAF World Half Marathon Championships, in Birmingham, UK.

Ritzenhein Earns a Bronze, Tadese Gets His 'Fourpeat' at World Half Marathon Zersenay Tadese of Eritrea was dominant in at the World Half Marathon Championships in Birmingham, England on Sunday; he set a championships record of 59.35 for 13.1 miles, winning this event for the fourth consecutive time More and More Sammy Wanjiru Takes Chicago ...

Jenny Barringer Breaks Kara Goucher's Rocky Mountain Shootout Record Goucher was Kara Grgas-Wheeler while a University of Colorado undergrad, and she'd held the 5.8K course record at the Shootout in Boulder until Barringer lowered it by 13 seconds to 19:25 on Saturday.

Caroline Williams of Mount St. Mary on her way to a first place finish in the Bernie Magee Class Meet.

Participants run the first mile of the Boulder Marathon in 2007. Boulder resident Johannes Rudolph , left, won the event.

Desiree Davila Joins the Small Sorority of U.S. Sub-2:30 Marathon Women It's still frightfully rare for an American woman to break 2:30 in the marathon; since 2007, only Kara Goucher and Deena Kastor had done so.

Sanya Richards and Kenenisa Bekele Still in Running for $1 Million Jackpot Now that the World Championships have ended, elite track and field stars turn their attention to the fifth and sixth stops on the 2009 Golden League tour in Zurich this Friday and in Brussels a week after that.

Bekele Completes His Distance Double With 5000 Win; Lagat Is a Very Close 2nd Oh darn, it was so close and it really looked like Bernard Lagat, the defending World Champion, might pull this one out.

China's Xue Bai won the women's marathon world title in a time of 2hours 25minutes and 15 seconds here on Sunday.

'Super-Competitive' Kara Goucher Is Ready for Medal Quest in Berlin "I've been super-competitive my whole life," notes Goucher, who is among the favorites in Sunday's World Championships women's marathon.

The race was contested under mostly sunny skies with temperatures in the low 70's. Goucher, who stayed with the main pack for the majority of the race, finished 10th in a season's best time of 2 hours 27 minutes 48 seconds.

Both fine ways to celebrate a gold medal. Bottom line? Both still had the stick in their hands at the finish.

Kara Goucher finished 10th in the marathon at the world championships in Berlin.

After finishing third at New York and Boston, she'll try to win a medal at the world championships on Sunday.

Irina Mikitenko, the Favorite, Will Miss Marathon at World Championships The reigning queen of the London and Berlin Marathons was a strong favorite to give the host country a gold at the Championships in Berlin.