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EUGENE, Oregon (Reuters) - Olympic 110 metres hurdles bronze
medallist David Oliver has withdrawn from this week's U.S. athletics
championships due to injury and will subsequently miss the world
championships in August.

"A strained left calf injury I suffered last week in training has
forced me to withdraw," Oliver, the early U.S. favourite, said on his
blog (http://davidoliverhurdles.blogspot.com/).

Kristin Herring women's winner; field of more than 5,000 runners participate at second edition in historic Fredericksburg

From Ryan Lamppa, Running USA

Up for grabs: USA Mountain Running title, NACAC Mountain title and team slots on the 2009 Teva U.S. Mountain Running Team

Tuesday, 23 June, 2009

Head ‘Down East’ for a great race experience in an unforgettable place!

NEW YORK - (June 2009) - Last year, organizers of the NYRR New
York Mini 10K turned their race into a tribute to U.S. Olympians,
inviting the three-woman marathon squad of Deena Kastor, Magdalena Lewy
Boulet and Blake Russell to headline the event. With the first two back
this year (Russell is just resuming jogging after giving birth to son
Quin two months ago), the odds seemed good an American might wind up in
the winner's circle for the first time since Kastor won it in 2004. And
indeed, on Sunday morning in Central Park, as Kenya's Rose Kosgei

EUGENE, Ore. - Two-time World Outdoor champion Dwight Phillips and
U.S. women's 3,000m steeplechase record holder Jennifer Barringer
posted landmark performances Sunday at the 2009 Nike Prefontaine
Classic at historic Hayward Field on the campus of the University of
Oregon in Eugene.

The Nike Prefontaine Classic is the fifth event of the USA Track
& Field Outdoor Visa Championship Series, which will conclude at
the USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Eugene, June 25-28.

Dwight is right!

LOS ANGELES, California, May 25, 2009 – Even in marathon circles,
Wesley Korir’s name was not well known before Monday’s Los Angeles
Marathon, presented by Honda. It is now.

Korir, a recent graduate of the University of Louisville, combined
favorable weather conditions and a patient attitude to shatter the Los
Angeles Marathon record with a time of 2:08:24 and earn a startling
$188,705 in cash and prizes.

Back to the Future: The old 10 miler,
always a favorite, is returning to the old course; and this in the same
year this traditional go-to event is part of the USATF-New England
Grand Prix and Championship.

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INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. - USA Track & Field announced Tuesday the
Team USA women's marathon squad for the 12th IAAF World Championships
in Athletics, to be held in Berlin, Germany, August 15 - 30.

Based on her debut of 2:25:53 at the 2008 ING New York City
Marathon, Kara Goucher (Portland, Ore.) leads the women's marathon
squad to Berlin where they will compete on Sunday, August 23.