Wednesday, June 04, 2014

News: Last Chance, Tollefson/Sifuentes, Sportsmanship, Beardsley, Reform, Thank You, Corportate Ethos, State Meet Results Link, Ryun, Hamstrings



Wayzata Last Chance Meet results are HERE.

Carrie Tollefson interviews Canadian Nicole Sifuentes, IAAF World Indoor medallist HERE.

University of Minnesota trio win Big Ten Sportsmanship awards HERE.

MinnPost story on Dick Beardsley is HERE.

With all of the talk about need for reform within USATF, an interesting article on how the International Cycling federation, UCI, is approaching reform in their sport HERE.

The value of a thank you HERE.

A not uncommon view of corporate ethos, cheating,  absorbed into Corporate Challenge Road Races HERE.

Live results of MSHSL Track Championships will be HERE Friday and Saturday.

For the World, Roger Bannister's sub-four minute mile was earth shattering, but for many US distance runners a landmark moment came in 1965 when a high school senior, Jim Ryun, topped becoming the first US high school runner to break four minutes the year before by beating the reigning Olympic champion at both 800 and 1500 meters, Peter Snell, running the then US HS record of 3:55.3. Toni Reavis asks if this weekend's 50th Anniversary of Ryun's 3:59.0 mile in 1964 will attract a crowd to the track HERE.

Hamstring troubles?  NYT article on an exercise that may help is HERE.

FloTrack workout Wednesday with Hassan Mead, Will Leer, and Ciaran O'Leonard is HERE.

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