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
Story & photo courtesy of Cal Poly Athletics.
Beijing 2008
Quick link to USATF Beijing Reports8-24: "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! |
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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 |
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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
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...
8/13 - Lodi News Sentinel article on Stephanie's husband's support: "Stand by your woman"
Stephanie Brown-Trafton Profile
by Bob Burns
Brown-Trafton, Powell-Roos and Acuff article in Stockton Record
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)
7/11 - IAAF launches new Web site: spikesmag.com. Read Press Release.
Shannon Rowbury wins 1500m final; Aarik Wilson wins TJ - more quotes & updates
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
by Bob Burns, PA/USATF Feature Story Reporter
Photo courtesy of Kirby Lee, Image of Sport
by Bob Burns, PA/USATF Feature Story Reporter
Photo courtesy of stanford.com
by Mark Winitz, PA/USATF Feature Stories and News Manager
Photo courtesy of the Clay Shaw/Sport 35 Photography
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
4/17 - PA 2008 Track & Field Grand Prix Standings as of 4/17
4/7 - Brown-Trafton my58 Video
Olympic Throws Hopeful
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by Bob Burns
Photos by Don Gosney
4/1 - 2008 PA T & F Grand Prix Info; $15,000 purse!
Olympic 800 Meter Team Hopeful
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by Silver Lumsdaine, PA/USATF Communications
Photos by Don Gosney
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
Olympic 1500 Meter Team Hopeful
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by Bob Burns
Photos by Don Gosney
Olympic 10,000 Meter Team Hopeful
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by Bob Burns
Photos by Clay Shaw / Sports 35 Photography
"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...
PA Athletes at 2007 USA Champs
Alysia Johnson has a flair for the dramatic. The 22-year-old 800-meter specialist will graduate from University of California, Berkeley in June...
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by Silver Lumsdaine, PA/USATF Communications Intern; Photos by Don Gosney
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).
No Leap of Faith for Second Olympic Berth
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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 - Coach McDaniels at the Torch Relay