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Elle Purrier only ran 2:03 in the 800 on a rainy night, losing to Julia Rizk, as Emily Sisson cruised to a 14:59 win in the 5k. Plus a 19-year-old American you may have never heard of, Graham Blanks, ran 13:27 to scare Nico Young's US U20 record.
Sedona Red Rock News Abbey Cooper trains for the U.S. Olympic Trials on the track at Sedona Red Rock High School on Friday, May 7. Cooper was also on the U.S. track team in the 2016 Olympics. She and many of her fellow Olympians are living in Flagstaff to build their endurance but come down to Sedona multiple times a week to work on speed and anaerobic training. Photo by David Joklovski/Larson Newspapers Athletes on the Sedona Red Rock High School track and field team have spent much of the 2021 season trying to qualify for the state meet. During some of their practices, the Scorp...
The times have been spectacular across the globe. In Europe, four men broke the previous world half marathon record in December in Valencia, Spain. Earlier this month, Gudaf Tsegay of Ethiopia set a world record for the indoor 1500 meters on February 9, running 3:53.09 at a meet in Liévin, France. Closer to home, Americans Sara Hall, Keira D’Amato, Martin Hehir, and Noah Droddy reshuffled the list of top 10 Americans in the marathon. On the track, Donavan Brazier, Bryce Hoppel, Elle Purrier, and Grant Holloway have set American or world records. High school and college athletes are in on...
Brazier, Hoppel & Purrier Set American Records at NBIGP Feb 14, 2021 David Monti The 26th edition of the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix saw 11 national indoor records, including three American records in the distance events by Donavan Brazier in the 800m (1:44.21), Bryce Hoppel in the 1000m (2:16.27), and Elinor Purrier in the two-mile (9:10.28). What was the fourth of six gold-level meetings of the 2021 World Athletics Indoor Tour was held for the first time at the Ocean Breeze Track and Field Athletic Complex in Staten Island, N.Y., because the event's regular home in Boston, the Reggie L...