Ron Lampe of Omaha took the Road Runners Club of America Nebraska 10k Championships on August 29th. The race was held in conjunction with the Ted E. Bear Hallow races. Lampe, 47, is an active runner in the Nebraska community, and he has been for many years. Lampe’s time of 40:06 bested the second place [...]
Local Karen Douglas recently won the Lean Horse 100 Ultra Marathon, the following is a recap from her husband Mike: Race Report: The Crewman’s Perspective I watched Karen train throughout the winter, sometimes returning from a 2 hour run at 6:00 AM with a frozen balaclava dangling from her face. Icicles formed from her ears, [...]
Boys Teams (1st place votes) Points 1. Lincoln Pius X (6) - 95 2. York (3) – 84 3. Lexington (1) - 68 T4. Blair - 66 T4. Plattsmouth - 66 6. Gering - 47 7. Omaha Skutt Catholic - 36 8. Columbus - 33 T9. Scottsbluff - 18 T9. Beatrice - 18 Others Receiving Votes: Seward (17), Holdrege (2) Girls Teams (1st [...]
I know this isn’t Nebraska, but any American record that gets broken in this day and age deserves reporting: Dathan Ritzenhein Breaks Bob Kennedy’s 5,000m American Record By: LetsRun.com August 28, 2009 Thirteen years after Bob Kennedy became the first American to break 13:00 for the 5,000m, Dathan Ritzenhein improbably bettered the mark in the same venue [...]
Boys Teams (1st place votes) Points T1. Gothenburg (3) – 95 T1. Norfolk Catholic (5) – 95 3. Wayne – 81 4. Ogallala (3) – 64 5. Boone Central – 57 6. Syracuse - 55 7. Broken Bow – 47 8. Bennington – 40 9. Milford – 17 10. Wahoo - 12 Others Receiving Votes: [...]
Boy’s Teams (1st place votes) Points 1. Lindsay Holy Family (10) – 100 T2. Ainsworth – 79 T2. Chase County – 79 4. Crofton – 68 5. Tri County (1) – 66 6. Gibbon – 44 7. Louisville – 37 8. Dundy County-Stratton – 28 T9. Malcolm – 20 T9. North Bend Central – 20 [...]
Both Concordia University and Doane College men’s and women’s cross country teams are rated in the top 25 in the NAIA preseason polls. The Concordia men are rated 5th behind Malone University, Embry Riddle, Aquains College and Simon Fraiser. The Bulldogs enter the 2009 campaign following a sixth-place finish at the national race last season. [...]
Sponsored by: Team Nebraska Brooks August 25th, 2009 – Erin Curran (Wahoo, NE) Black Hills State Freshman PR’s: 800 2:19 1600 5:13 3200 11:32 2008 Nebraska High School XC Champ On Friday, October 24, at the State Cross Country Championships in Kearney, Erin Curran’s dream finally came true. She won the Girls’ Class C Cross Country [...]
Mike and Craig Saalfield, of David City Nebraska, are set to compete at the Deaflympics in Taipei, Taiwan. The games will be held from September 7th through the 14th, both Craig and Mike are looking to bring home the gold for the US, in their respective events. Mike is pending World Record status for the [...]
Brittany Hubbard, former Nebraska Wesleyan standout now a member of Team Nebraska Brooks, competed in the USATF Women’s 10 mile National Championships last Saturday, August 22nd in Flint, MI. Brittany finished the race in a time of 1:01:29, good enough for 29th overall. Fellow Team Nebraska member Kelly Morgan finished 37th. Results can be found [...]
