Khadevis Robinson News

By STEFAN STEVENSON Khadevis Robinson has won track and field awards all over the world.But coming home to Fort Worth, where he starred in high school at Trimble Tech and then as a Horned Frog at TCU, there's nothing sweeter.

Former Willamette University runner Nick Symmonds made it safely through the first round of the 800 meters Thursday at the IAAF World Championships.

Nick Symmonds of the Oregon Track Club Elite won his heat of the men's 800 meters Thursday at the world championships.

Former Washington Husky Ryan Brown finished third in the men's 800-meter finals Sunday at the U.S. Track & Field Championships, earning a berth on Team USA for the 2009 World Championships in Berlin.

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.

Nick Symmonds acknowledges the crowd after his narrow victory over Khadevis Robinson Sunday in the 800 meters.

Former NCAA champion Ryan Brown became the first Washington Husky runner to qualify for a Team USA spot at the world level by finishing third in the 800-meter finals at the U.S. Track and Field Championships on Sunday at Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore.

Nick Symmonds keeps ahead of a challenge by Khadevis Robinson to win the 800-meter race during the USA Track and Field Championships, June 28, 2009, at Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore.

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.

Upholding their status as pre-race favorites, Kara Goucher and Matt Tegenkamp both rolled to victories at 5000m here tonight, closing the second day of action at the USA Outdoor Championships at the University of Oregon's Hayward Field.

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.

Unshaven, his light brown hair only loosely coiffed, reigning USA 800m champion Nick Symmonds was the picture of relaxation at yesterday's kick-off press conference for the USA Outdoor Championships which begin here today.

If Nick Symmonds could compete in every major race at Hayward Field, he'd have an Olympic medal around his neck by now.

Christian Smith dramatically dives across the finish line to clinch in the men's 800 final at the 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials to clinch a trip to Beijing.

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.

The Prefontaine Classic, probably the best invitational track and field meet on U.S. soil, takes place Sunday at Hayward Field.

World Cross silver medallist and prodigious talent, Linet Masai, served notice she could be a serious contender at multiple distances after upsetting world record holder, Tirunesh Dibaba, at the Reebok Grand Prix in New York.