Millie Paladino solidified her standing as one of the nation's best distance runners with a 2014 season to remember. Her final race at the Brooks PR Invitational ended with another national-class time from the West Virginia recruit.
Former Jefferson standout Brandon Doughty finished fifth in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the recent NCAA Division I championships in Eugene, Ore.
Amelia Paladino runs 4:46.69 in the mile at one of the top post-season invitationals.
West Virginia's 100th State Track and Field Meet
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All told, six meet records fell as conditions more agreeable to record breaking welcomed competitors back to Baldwin High School.
In the face of drenching rains, districts 1, 3, and 6 instituted delays. District 7 did not.
Amelia Paladino won the Girls' Mile Run Championship on the opening day of the 120th running of the Penn Relays at historic Franklin Field in Philadelphia. (Photo by Chuck Martin)
For generations, countless Americans have trained in the “family business,” with the goal of one day taking over the grocery store, farm, restaurant or any other enterprise that their parents were operating.
Many people avoid the number 13 at all costs, carefully planning activities to distance themselves from the unlucky combination of digits.
Any NASCAR fan will tell you that North Carolina is the center for speed in their favorite sport. Trentavis Friday is lobbying hard that the Tar Heel state also deserves recognition for the speed of its track sprinters.
Sunday was the time to tidy up any loose ends or unfinished business from the 2014 indoor season, and one of the nation’s best relay teams definitely had some missions to accomplish on the final day of the New Balance Nationals Indoor.
A national title in the 800-meter run wasn’t the only thing on the line Sunday afternoon at The Armory when 10 middle distance standouts awaited the starter’s gun. As it played out, bragging rights for the state of Virginia also were very much at stake.
Somewhere in math class, two negatives make a positive. Sunday afternoon, Grant Fisher only needed one huge negative to make a positive, that being a New Balance Nationals Indoor championship in the boys’ mile run.
One could excuse Adam Kelly for being a little nervous and in a hurry. After all, national championships were on the line Sunday in New York City. Despite some anxious moments, the junior from Barrington, R.I., was able to withstand a late challenge and capture the New Balance Nationals Indoor title in the weight throw.
His victory in Saturday’s long jump competition left Nathaniel Moore looking forward to bigger and better things in the 2014 outdoor season. Another gold medal on Sunday has the Fremont, Calif., standout more anxious than ever to compete outdoors.
Not much got in the way of Canadian Paul Galas and a New Balance National title in the high jump. Well, nothing outside of a cleaning lady ready to tidy up The Armory as Saturday’s final event came to a close.
As much as anyone could feel at home in a metal cage with artificial turf, Benjamin Bonhurst might be that someone. And his “home” away from home is the throwing area at The Armory.
It was hardly beginner’s luck, but the Hoover, Ala., shuttle hurdle squad showed it didn’t need a lot of races together to get into sync and strike for gold medals.
Judging from the numbers registered during Saturday’s long jump finals, the runway at The Armory served as a pretty decent launch pad.
Ellen Dipietro brought a little March madness Friday to one of the most storied venues in track and field. Already the national leader in the girls’ high jump, Dipietro captured the New Balance indoor title by making like a power forward looking for a rebound, adding to her 2014 US best with a winning clearance of 5 feet, 10.5 inches.
New champions will be plentiful in the girls’ events at the New Balance Indoor Nationals as only three individual champions return from 2013. And one of those former winners will move down in distance to contest a different event on the 200-meter oval.
Phil's gallery features unique looks at different events, plus the immediate aftermath of Schwartz's mile and her obvious recovery waiting to receive her medal.
Feature stories from the 2014 PTFCA Indoor Champs
Tori Dent of Hurricane was a double winner to lead West Virginia athletes in the Ohio River High School Invitational.
For some, three pole vaulters with Division I scholarship-worthy credentials continuing their careers at a Division III school speaks of a landmark recruiting coup.
(File photo from 2013 PTFCA Indoor Champs) It appears nobody told Brianna Schwartz that you shouldn’t run a PR, let alone a state record, in the opening race of your indoor season.
George Washington's Matthew Brafford joins a growing list of distance runners from West Virginia to sign with the University of Oklahoma.
It wasn’t a home meet or even their home state, but a snow-filled trek to the spacious indoor facility at Youngstown State appeared to make some western Pennsylvania track teams feel, well, right at home.