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T&F 2011 News

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T&F 2010 News

Nov. 10: Updated 2010 PA Track & Field Grand Prix Standings posted.

August 20: Scott Davis - beloved track announcer and Secretary General of the Association of Track and Field Statisticians (ATFS) passes away: iaaf Eulogy

July 12: National Club Champs: USATF Report

July 11: National Club Champs: Results

July 8: National Club Champs: 25K Prize $$! & Top Individual Entry List

July 7: Club Championships Preview by Fred Baer

June 25: Club Championships Registration Info

June 25: TF Nationals: Hasay a close 2nd in 1500m

June 25: PA's T&F Stars at Natl. Outdoors (stories, results)

June 25: Trafton Brown, Johnson, Fountain - Project 30

June 24: Adam Nelson Throws Clinic - July 14, Modesto JC

June 24: PA-connected T&F Stars featured in USA National Outdoor Track & Field Championships Previews

June 15: "Californians Prominent on Indoor Tracks" by Mark Winitz - California Track & Running News , June 7, 2010 (online edition)

June 11: Brown Trafton to throw at adidas Grand Prix in NYC June 12.

June 1: Walters, Sorensen Set Records at PA Champs

June 1: 2010 PA TF Champs - Story, Records, Results!

May 28: PA's Trafton Brown (Discus) and Sorenson (Race Walk) seek records at PA/USATF Track & Field Championships on May 30 in San Mateo. Read more...

May 28: Local athletes to compete at California Relays, May 29... read more.

May 28: California Relays coming to Sacramento, May 29... read more.

May 14: PA TF Grand Prix prize money allocation procedure added to Grand Prix information

May 13: Washingtopn Post article on resurgence of Track & Field

May 4: Pac 10 TF Championships coming to Berkeley: multis May 8, 9; outdoors: May 15, 16. Read more...

April 22: USA leaders in COAST CONFERENCE T&F CHAMPS, Wed. 4/28 & Sat. 5/1 at San Jose City College. Read more...

April 22: Salinas Valley Discus Festival information. Event dates: Tuesday May 18, Wednesday May 19.

April 14: List of meets in California for National T&F Championships Qualifying

April 14: Brutus Hamiltion Invitational (4/23) attracts top elite T&F athletes. Read more...

April 3: Elite Men's and Women's Track Mile scheduled for Heart & Sole Track Meet in Santa Rosa, May 7. Prize money! Learn more...

March 30: PA Track & Field Championships Rules

March 26: PA Track & Field Championships Meet Schedule

March 10: PA's Chelsea Johnson, Jillian Camarena, Sara Hall featured at IAAF World Indoor Champs; Read More...

March 8: 2010 Track & Field Calendar updated.

March 8: PA Track & Field Championships information & entry links

March 1: USA Indoor Championships Results

February 24: Add Chelsea Johnson, Jillian Camarena to the PA-connected athletes at the Indoor Champs; also TV schedule Read more...

February 24: Visa USATF Indoor TF Champs: Shannon Rowbury, Sara Hall to compete in 1500m; Hyleas Fountain in 60m hurdles. Read more...

February 24: Bay Area Track Club is born! courtesy of David Monti/Race Results Weekly

February 19: Shannon Rowbury headlines USATF report on Visa Championships Series. Read more...

February 18: Volunteers needed for 2010 USATF National Club Track & Field Championships; email Samuel Harvell.

February 18: San Francisco To Host 2010 USATF National Club Track & Field Championships on July 9-10. Read more...

February 8: Shannon Rowbury featured in Race Results Weekly. Takes 3rd at Reebok Boston Indoors 3000 Meters. Read more...

January 29: Friday Night Track Live on TV! Millrose Games, ESPN 8-10 PM EST

January 29: Puma Seeking Track Shoe Wear Testers

January 9: All Comers and Clinic Schedules

January 5: 2010 Track & Field Schedule



T&F 2009 News

November 4:

  • October 6: Final 2009 PA/USATF Track & Field Grand Prix standings with prize money

    September 15: IAAF Finals, Thessaloniki, Greece - Vessey 2nd 800m, Rowbury 5th 1500m.

    September 4: Brussels - Johnson: PV 7th; Vessey 800m 9th; update on Paris

    September 4: Maggie Vessey & Chelsea Johnson to compete at Brussels Sept. 4!

    2009 IAAF World Track & Field Championships Updates

  • Chelsea Johnson August 26: Profile: Chelsea Johnson

    Pole Vault Silver Medalist at 2009 World Track & Field Championships

    by Mark Winitz with photos from Victah Sailer/PhotoRun


    August 25: Summary of final days of IAAF World Championships (Rowbury takes bronze in 1500 meters)

    August 21: Shannon Rowbury advances to 1500m final with 2 others for Team USA, Stephanie Brown Trafton 12th in discus finals.

    August 20: Charonda Williams 5th in 200m Heat 2, does not advance

    August 19: First round 200m - Charonda Williams advances

    August 19: Stephanie Brown Trafton squeaks into discus final

    August 18: Updated - More about Chelsea Johnson and her Silver Medal performance
    August 18: Updated - Stephanie Brown Trafton's IAAF World Track & Field Championships Journal

    August 17: IAAF PA athlete update - Chelsea Johnson (Atascadero) silvers in Pole Vault!

    August 15: Stephanie Brown Trafton's IAAF World Track & Field Championships Journal

    August 8: Dreams Come True for Maggie Vessey by Mark Winitz

    August 7: PA's Trafton Brown & Stuczynski headline Field athletes at World T & F Championships; more mentioned.

    August 6: Proposed FINAL 2009 PA T&F Grand Prix standings posted updated.

    July 29: Vessey, Demus excel BIGTIME in Monaco!

    July 29: Stephanie Brown Trafton Wins Discus in Portland

    July 28: Proposed FINAL 2009 PA T&F Grand Prix standings posted.

    July 13: The Men’s PA/USATF Open Track & Field chair is open for nomination from 7/13 to 7/24. Any one interested in running for this position should send names or their name to John Mansoor or Irene Herman. Al Hernandez will run as the incumbent.

    July 10: Maggie Vessey has 800M Win & PR at Rome's Golden Gala ...read more/ Flotrack interview...

    July 7: Trafton, Rowbury Win at 2009 USATF Nationals. Read more... and view list of PA-connected open athletes marks.

    July 7: Hasay, Boyd Win at 2009 USATF Nationals. Read more... and view list of PA-connected Junior athletes marks.

    July 5: July 6 deadline for T&F National Club Championships

    July 5: TV Schedule information for European meets

    June 15: "Volume Intensity" Speed Camp for sprinters at San Jose City College June 15-Aug. 28.

    May 28: 2009 PA T&F Grand Prix standings updated.

    May 27: More all comers meets, clinic added to summer schedule

    May 26: PA 2009 Track & Field Championships Report

    May 25: PA 2009 Track & Field Championships Results

    May 23: PA Championships TF Preview - Women's Discus Showdown!

    May 23: PA TF Championships Preview: San Francisco Chronicle

    May 23: PA TF Championships Preview: Modesto Bee

    May 23: "Battle of the Ages": new Pacific Association all comers T&F meet series

    May 23: USATF Regional/National CLUB Track & Field Championships Updates

    May 22: Gary Shaw Throwers Classic results

    May 21: PA's Shannon Rowbury featured in Prefontaine Classic press release

    May 20: Reduced hotel rates for PA T&F Championships attendees

    May 19: Gary Shaw Throwers Classic (May 20) information & entry list.

    May 18: 2009 CA Community College T&F Championships report from Fred Baer.

    May 9: Central Coast Discus Results (Brown Trafton out throws 'em all)

    May 4: Cardinal Invitational Wrap

    April 30: Payton Jordan Invite at Standford - Saturday May 2
    April 27: Suzy Powell-Roos Wins Discus at Drake Relays
    April 24: 2009 Elite Athlete Handbook Now Available Online
    April 24: PA's Powell ≈ Vessey Awarded Elite Development Grants
    April 21: USATF Pic 'n Win: PA's Tom Bernhard a winner; you can be too!
    April 20: 2009 PA T& F Championships Information & Registration
    April 11: Lauryn Newson (Laney College) has best state's JC 100m, 200m times (Inside Bay Area article by Matt Schwab)
    April 8: PA Throwers headline Drake Relays
    April 8: Stephanie Brown Trafton's IAAF Diary
    March 31: Stephanie Brown Trafton in VERY cool Merced Sun-Star story
    March 30: Sacramento Bee reports on final season for Dragila and Acuff
    March 28: O'Neill Wins 10,000 at Stanford
    Feb. 28: German Fernandez runs 3:55.00 at Big 12 champsionships; breaks Junior World, Big 12 and NCAA Records read more...
    Feb. 28: PA-connected athletes Acuff, Torrence, Camarena, McLain excel at USATF National Indoors read more...
    Feb. 23: Shannon Rowbury Aims for World Champs! read more in this UniversalSports.com article.
    Jan. 19: Throws Clinic Features Stephanie Brown-Trafton
    Nov 25: DVC Winter All Comers Meets Announced (updated 1/5/09)
    Nov 18: Clay, Brown Trafton win 2008 Jesse Owens Awards
    July 29: Vessey, Demus excel BIGTIME in Monaco!

    July 29: Stephanie Brown Trafton Wins Discus in Portlane

    July 28: Proposed FINAL 2009 PA T&F Grand Prix standings posted.

    July 13: The Men’s PA/USATF Open Track & Field chair is open for nomination from 7/13 to 7/24. Any one interested in running for this position should send names or their name to John Mansoor or Irene Herman. Al Hernandez will run as the incumbent.

    July 10: Maggie Vessey has 800M Win & PR at Rome's Golden Gala ...read more/ Flotrack interview...

    July 7: Trafton, Rowbury Win at 2009 USATF Nationals. Read more... and view list of PA-connected open athletes marks.

    July 7: Hasay, Boyd Win at 2009 USATF Nationals. Read more... and view list of PA-connected Junior athletes marks.

    July 5: July 6 deadline for T&F National Club Championships

    July 5: TV Schedule information for European meets

    June 15: "Volume Intensity" Speed Camp for sprinters at San Jose City College June 15-Aug. 28.

    May 28: 2009 PA T&F Grand Prix standings updated.

    May 27: More all comers meets, clinic added to summer schedule

    May 26: PA 2009 Track & Field Championships Report

    May 25: PA 2009 Track & Field Championships Results

    May 23: PA Championships TF Preview - Women's Discus Showdown!

    May 23: PA TF Championships Preview: San Francisco Chronicle

    May 23: PA TF Championships Preview: Modesto Bee

    May 23: "Battle of the Ages": new Pacific Association all comers T&F meet series

    May 23: USATF Regional/National CLUB Track & Field Championships Updates

    May 22: Gary Shaw Throwers Classic results

    May 21: PA's Shannon Rowbury featured in Prefontaine Classic press release

    May 20: Reduced hotel rates for PA T&F Championships attendees

    May 19: Gary Shaw Throwers Classic (May 20) information & entry list.

    May 18: 2009 CA Community College T&F Championships report from Fred Baer.

    May 9: Central Coast Discus Results (Brown Trafton out throws 'em all)

    May 4: Cardinal Invitational Wrap

    April 30: Payton Jordan Invite at Standford - Saturday May 2
    April 27: Suzy Powell-Roos Wins Discus at Drake Relays
    April 24: 2009 Elite Athlete Handbook Now Available Online
    April 24: PA's Powell ≈ Vessey Awarded Elite Development Grants
    April 21: USATF Pic 'n Win: PA's Tom Bernhard a winner; you can be too!
    April 20: 2009 PA T& F Championships Information & Registration
    April 15: 2009 PA T& F Grand Prix Information
    April 11: Lauryn Newson (Laney College) has best state's JC 100m, 200m times (Inside Bay Area article by Matt Schwab)
    April 8: PA Throwers headline Drake Relays
    April 8: Stephanie Brown Trafton's IAAF Diary
    March 31: Stephanie Brown Trafton in VERY cool Merced Sun-Star story
    March 30: Sacramento Bee reports on final season for Dragila and Acuff
    March 28: O'Neill Wins 10,000 at Stanford
    Feb. 28: German Fernandez runs 3:55.00 at Big 12 champsionships; breaks Junior World, Big 12 and NCAA Records read more...
    Feb. 28: PA-connected athletes Acuff, Torrence, Camarena, McLain excel at USATF National Indoors read more...
    Feb. 23: Shannon Rowbury Aims for World Champs! read more in this UniversalSports.com article.
    Jan. 19: Throws Clinic Features Stephanie Brown-Trafton
    Nov 25: DVC Winter All Comers Meets Announced (updated 1/5/09)
    Nov 18: Clay, Brown Trafton win 2008 Jesse Owens Awards

    T&F 2008 News & Stories

    Nov 25: DVC Winter All Comers Meets Announced (updated 1/5/09)
    Nov 18: Clay, Brown Trafton win 2008 Jesse Owens Awards Stephanie Brown-Trafton at IAAF Champs, 9.15.08 Stephanie Brown Trafton takes third in at IAAF World Athletics discus final
    Story & photo courtesy of Cal Poly Athletics.

    Beijing 2008

    Quick link to USATF Beijing Reports 8-29: Stephanie Brown-Trafton Galt Celebration videos and many more news links

    8-24: "Baer Tracks from Beijing" - PA Media Chair Fred Baer's Beijing Reports: Men's Marathon with Americans placing 9th (Dathan Ritzenhein) and 10th (Ryan Hall); in depth report on Shannon Rowbury's 1500m finals.

    8-23: Women's 1,500m final: Shannon Rowbury achieves best ever US Olympics finish - 7th in 4:03:58. USATF report "It's hard to explain, but sometimes when you want to go, it's just not there. I tried to stay with them as much as I could. I was trying to go with them, but I didn't have my legs today." more quotes from day 9

    8-22: Hyleas Fountain - moves up to a Heptathlon silver medal after Lyudmila Blonska (Ukraine) fails drug test: read more

    8-21: Shannon Rowbury makes 1500m final. Read more about Rowbury in Fred Baer's "Baer Tracks from Beijing" updated 8/22. USATF Report

    8-21:
    Stephanie Brown-Trafton declared USATF "Athlete of the Week." read more...

    DISCUS GOLD for STEPHANIE BROWN-TRAFTON!
    photo by Bridget Michelsen

    Stephanie's Olympic Journal
    updated 8/20/08 - with a first hand recap in her own words of her Gold Medal winning performance! More photos courtesy of sports.yahoo.com

    Stories, Links
    • The Significance of Stephanie Brown Trafton & a response to the San Jose Mercury News, by Larry Eder: read Larry's article...
    • USATF Report: "Historic gold for Brown Trafton"
    Watch the video! courtesy of nbcolympics.com
    KCRA.com report
    NBCOlympics.com report
    LA Times report

    Brown-Trafton's Gold Medal throw

    8-20: Palo Alto Daily Article - Upshaw continues family tradition

    8-19: Grace Upshaw qualifies in Long Jump: USATF Report; USATF quotes

    8-16: Hyleas Fountain is first American woman to win a medal in the heptathlon since Jackie Joyner-Kersee... read more
    8-15: Stephanie Brown Trafton qualifies for discus finals with a 62.77-meter throw, the best of the qualifiers read more... Aretha Thurmond qualifies; Suzy Powell-Roos fails to qualify. results

    More Olympic Journal Links:
    Stephanie Brown-Trafton, discus
    Shannon Rowbury, 1500m
    Ian Dobson, 5000m
    Ryan Hall, Marathon

    8/14 - USATF Beijing Athletics 8-15 Track & Field preview features Amy Acuff (HJ), Grace Upshaw (LJ), Erica McClean (TJ), and Hyleas Fountain (Heptathlon) read more...
    8/14 - Hyleas Fountain takes a strong lead in Heptathlon USATF report on first TF events. Nicole Teter dnfs due to injury in 800m qualifying round USATF quotes

    8/13 - Lodi News Sentinel article on Stephanie's husband's support: "Stand by your woman"

    Stephanie Brown-Trafton
    Stephanie Brown-Trafton Profile
    by Bob Burns
    8/11 - "Husbands' support key to success of their Olympic athlete wives."
    Brown-Trafton, Powell-Roos and Acuff article in Stockton Record
    Shannon Rowbury
    Shannon Rowbury & Magdalena Lewy Boulet lead US Womens Olympic Distance!
    8/7 - 2008 PA/USATF Track & Field Grand Prix Final Standings are now posted and include prize money. You may also view the Final Point Totals.
    Courtesy of Fred Baer, Women's T&F Chair, T&F PA Grand Prix Director.

    7/20 - 2008 PA/USATF Track & Field Grand Prix Standings are now posted for 10-day review period. Standings will be declared final on July 30, unless discrepancies are reported by July 29, 2008.

    7/19 - Shannon Rowbury runs fastest 1500m by an American in 6 years at the Meeting Gaz de France Paris Saint-Denis Press Release
    Report from Fred Baer

    7/18 - 2008 Pacific Association's Track & Field Grand Prix Point Totals for Review (pdf)

    Shannon Rowbury
    PA throwers set for big tosses in Beijing
    7/31 - Stockton Record reports on Stephanie Brown Trafton in a "send off to Beijing" article. 7/16 - 1/5 of the 2008 Track & Field Olympic Team has Pacific Association Ties! Press Release from Fred Baer

    7/12 - Beijiing-bound Stephanie Brown-Trafton throws for KCRA TV & Morning News Anchor Deirdre Fitzpatrick (also Beijing-bound to report for KCRA): view video 7/16 - Los Altos All-Comers Meet, Thursday, July 24, attracts Olympians: read more.

    7/11 - IAAF launches new Web site: spikesmag.com. Read Press Release.
    7/11 - Grace Upshaw featured in Los Altos Crier. Read article... 7/6 - Fred Baer Reports on 2008 Olympians

    Shannon Rowbury wins 1500m final; Aarik Wilson wins TJ - more quotes & updates

    Long Jumper Grace Upshaw 2nd in Long Jump

    Kristin Heaston and Jillian Camarena 2, 3 in SP

    6/26 - PA 2008 Track & Field Grand Prix Point Tallies as of 6/26

    6/25 - PA's McMahon sets San Mateo Co. Hammer record: Press Release from Fred Baer

    6/24 -
    Chabot All Comers Meets start Tuesday, June 24

    6/12 - PA's Stephanie Brown-Trafton featured in Stockton Record
    "Throwing at a dream Galt resident peaking just in time for Olympics"
    read more.

    5/22 - Gary Shaw Big Throwers Classic Results

    5/20 - PA/USATF 2008 Open T&F Championships Meet Preview- updated

    May 25 - Pacific Association T & F Championships Results

    5/20 - PA/USATF 2008 Open T&F Championships Meet Preview- updated

    5/7 - Stephanie Trafton-Brown tosses 217+ (possible world best!) at Hartnell; full story courtesy of Track & Field News. Results

    5/12 - Calif. Invite/Modesto Highlights & Results

    5/4 - Payton Jordan Invitational: Shalane Flanagan (Marblehead, Mass.) runs 30:34.49 10K - AR record by 17 seconds, world leader for 2008 and the fastest 10,000 ever by a woman on North American soil. Read bio. Read teleconference.

    5/4 - PA Athletes Star at Payton Jordan Invitational ...read more....

    4/25 - Brown-Trafton & Barnes Receive USATF Development Grants
    Updated 7/6 - Current list of PA-connected athletes top results at 2008 U.S. Olympic Track & Field Team, including latest Trials news, results, and links to PA athlete profiles, interviews
    shannon rowbury
    6/25 - PA's Olympic 1500 Meter Hopeful: Shannon Rowbury Teleconference
    brad walker
    6/24 - PA's Olympic Hopeful: Pole Vaulter Brad Walker Profile

    by Bob Burns, PA/USATF Feature Story Reporter

    Photo courtesy of Kirby Lee, Image of Sport
    erica mclain
    6/24 - PA's Olympic Hopeful: Triple Jumper Erica McLain Profile

    by Bob Burns, PA/USATF Feature Story Reporter

    Photo courtesy of stanford.com
    Magdalena Lewy-Boulet
    6/23 - PA's 2008 Olympian Magdalena Lewy-Boulet Profile/Interview

    by Mark Winitz, PA/USATF Feature Stories and News Manager

    Photo courtesy of the Clay Shaw/Sport 35 Photography
    Blake Russell 2004
    6/20 - PA's 2008 Olympian Blake Russell Profile/Interview by Mark Winitz, PA/USATF Feature Stories and News Manager

    For Blake Russell, finishing an oh-so-close-but-oh-so-distant 4th at the 2004 U.S. Women�s Olympic Marathon Trials read more...

    Photo courtesy of the New York Road Runners 4/20 - PA's Lewy-Boulet and Russell 2-3 at Marathon Trials; View Marathon Trials Photo Gallery

    4/17 - PA 2008 Track & Field Grand Prix Standings as of 4/17

    4/7 - Brown-Trafton my58 Video
    6/7 - Suzy Powell-Roos Interview & Profile
    Olympic Throws Hopeful
    read more...
    by Bob Burns
    Photos by Don Gosney
    4/7 - Brown-Trafton 206 Discus Toss at Stanford!

    4/1 - 2008 PA T & F Grand Prix Info; $15,000 purse!
    Nicole Teter 6/6 - Nicole Teter Interview & Profile

    Olympic 800 Meter Team Hopeful
    read more...
    by Silver Lumsdaine, PA/USATF Communications
    Photos by Don Gosney 3/31 - Armenta Third at U.S. RW Trials !

    3/10 - Maui Discus Challenge, PA/USATF Athletes Slated !

    March 3 - PA T&F Championships Meet Info & Online Entry !

    2/23 - PA's Acuff (HJ), Camarena (SP) & Rowbury (3000m) win at USA Indoors ... Read More D!

    2/23 - PA's Rowbury "New distance threat" at USA Indoors... Read More !

    2/1 - Acuff Wins at Millrose Games ... Read More Discus Toss at Stanford!

    1/28 - Tiger Bar Sports Joins Tri-Valley Athletics ... Read More
    5/30 - Shannon Rowbury Profile

    Olympic 1500 Meter Team Hopeful
    read more...
    by Bob Burns
    Photos by Don Gosney 5/30 - Scott Bauhs Profile

    Olympic 10,000 Meter Team Hopeful
    read more...
    by Bob Burns
    Photos by Clay Shaw / Sports 35 Photography May 25 - PA T&F Championships Story by Fred Baer, IAAF scoring, and links to additonal media coverage:
    "World discus leader Stephanie Brown Trafton and American women�s javelin record holder Kim Kreiner scored impressive victories Sunday at USA Track & Field�s Pacific Association Championships at College of San Mateo." Read more...
    1/21 - Acuff Visa Athlete of Meet, Fresno ... Read More!

    PA Athletes at 2007 USA Champs
    5/22 - Alysia Johnson Profile

    Alysia Johnson has a flair for the dramatic. The 22-year-old 800-meter specialist will graduate from University of California, Berkeley in June...
    read more...
    by Silver Lumsdaine, PA/USATF Communications Intern; Photos by Don Gosney   shannon rowbury 5/16 - Shannon Rowbury article by Fred Baer

    Read about her 4.01.61 - 1500 meter time at the adidas Track Classic May 18 (fastest U.S. time in 6 years and the 2008 world leading time).
    grace upshaw
    5/16 - Grace Upshaw Profile

    No Leap of Faith for Second Olympic Berth
    read more...
    by Mike Fanelli, PA/USATF Communications Intern
    Photos by Don Gosney

    FAYFOTO/Boston

    4/25 - BAA Report on U.S. Women's Olympic Marathon Trials

    4/15 - PA Women's Olympic Marathon Trials Stories & Interviews

    4/11 - Amy Acuff Interview

    4/10 - Coppola's Torch Relay Experience

    4/10 - Coach McDaniels at the Torch Relay

     

    3/6 - Oly Hopeful: Upshaw Back in NorCal
    PA Profile: Alysia Johnson
    PA Profile: Michael Robertson