February 2009
Industry News - Team Effort Brings Metropolitan Style Sports Arena to The North Dakota City
FARGO, N.D. -- A community with pride, an architectural firm with vision, a local builder with the necessary expertise and a leader in custom-designed building systems have teamed to bring to this city an affordable sports arena that would be the pride of any city, large or small.
AFMInc Donates Heatsheets® TF-2™ Warming Blankets to Special Olympics World Winter Games
Cross country skiers stay warm using Certified Space Technology.Press Release, February 25, 2009, Petaluma, CA: Stephanie Deigan, President and COO of AFMInc announced today that the company recently donated 350 Heatsheets® TF-2™ Warming Blankets to the cross country skiing participants in the Special Olympics World Games, held in Sun Valley, Idaho.
Interview: Chris Solinsky
Chris Solinsky is one of the new professional athletes in the U.S. His gutsy run in the U.S. Olympic Trials at 5000 meters, while it garnered him fifth in the Trials, garnered him the respect of U.S. distance fans. He was the runner-up in the 3000m at the 2008 AT&T USA Indoor Championships, and he was the 2006 and 2007 NCAA Outdoor 5000m champion.
Interview: Kara Goucher
Kara Goucher won the 10,000 meter Bronze medal in 2007, in Osaka, Japan. Her runs in Eugene, OR at the Olympic Trials resulted in a second place in the 10,000 meters and a last stretch run over 5000 meters. In Beijing, Goucher took tenth in the 10,000 meters.
Working with Design Pros
By Mary Helen Sprecher
Creating an outstanding new athletic facility is one of the most daunting jobs a coach or athletic director will ever tackle. It’s complicated, it’s time-consuming, and it’s easy to make expensive mistakes. That’s why, increasingly, schools and other institutions are turning to design professionals to help them transform ideas into reality.
So, what’s the best approach to use when meeting with an architect, landscape architect or engineer? Good preparation is the key, according to the professionals. Here, several of these pros offer some of their best advice for those ready to embark on a new athletic facility.
Interview: Bernard Lagat
Events: Middle Distance
Height: 5’8’’; Weight: 134pounds
Personal Records: 1500m – 3:26.34 (2001); 3000m – 7:32.43iAR (2007); 5000m – 12:59.22 (2006); Mile – 3:47.28 (2001)
Birthday: December 12, 1974 in Kapsabet, Kenya
In the Spotlight: Valeriu Tomescu on Training a Gold Medalist
CA: Can you give us a short description of how Constantina Dita developed as an athlete?
VT: Constantina started in her final year of high school to train for track & field and cross-country. Maybe that was one of the good things contributing to her ability to still be running so well at age 38.
Austin Marathon takes green to next level
( 2/15/2009 By: Karina Kling) Thousands of runners pounded the pavement in the 18th annual Austin Marathon and Half Marathon Sunday.
Event Officials, Winners, Runners Savor Big Success of State Farm Melbourne & Beaches Music Marathon
• Audemberg, DeReuck reflect on USA Masters Half-Marathon victories
• Estimated 20,000 spectators join 1,500 runners at finish
• Organizer Mitch Varnes: "We're looking forward to next year"
• Bill Rodgers: "A great event"
Get in Gear Adds Half-Marathon to Its Race Roster - 32nd edition, Minnesota's "Annual Rite of Spring", set for April 25
MINNEAPOLIS - (Feb. 4, 2009) - Get in Gear, celebrating its 32nd edition, has added a half-marathon (the fastest growing distance in the U.S.) to its 2009 race roster.
