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USA Track & Field (USATF) Coaching Education, presented by Gill Athletics, will offer the inaugural Youth Level 2 School immediately following the USATF National Junior Olympic Track & Field Championships this summer.

Available to: Youth T&F and/or junior and senior high school coaches who have completed a Level 1 School or Developmental Coach Program prior to April 30th.

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INDIANAPOLIS - University of Tennessee senior Phoebe Wright has been named USA Track & Field's Athlete of the Week after running on three winning relays last week at the Penn Relays at Franklin Field in Philadelphia, Pa.

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BYDGOSZCZ, Poland-Led by 2008 Olympic 10,000-meter bronze medalist Shalane Flanagan (Portland, Ore.), the Team USA senior women's squad won the bronze medal in the eight-kilometer team competition at the 38th IAAF World Cross Country Championships Sunday at at Myslecinek Park in Bydgoszcz, Poland. It was the first team medal in the senior women's event since 2003.

From press release
The Solution for the Long Run
As a coach, have you ever wanted to know what really happens when you send your athletes out on those long runs? As an athlete, have you ever wanted your base work to be clearly defined and easily documented? With the ZONE 4 metabolic assessment system in place, you can count on a reliable system for planning, enacting and documenting progress. ZONE 4 is truly a SYSTEM.

First time a single city is chosen for both men's and women's races

HOUSTON (Mar. 1, 2010) – The road to the 2012 Olympic Marathon in London will run through Houston. For the first time in the history of the U.S. Olympic Trials, one city will host the marathon for both men and women in the same year.