Kastor among USATF's new board of directors

USA Track and Field overhauled its board of directors Wednesday, announcing 12 new members that includes Olympic marathon bronze medalist Deena Kastor.

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Deena Kastor earns 2nd Olympic marathon berth

Deena Kastor won the U.S. Olympic marathon trials Sunday, earning a berth for the Beijing Games after erasing a gap of almost two minutes to pass runaway leader Magdalena Lewy Boulet in the last three miles.

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"I had a few things go wrong. I had some stomach issues and cramping issues. But as much as I was hurting the last five miles, it was awesome. So I'll be back."

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Early forecasts indicate that the 111th Boston Marathon, set for Monday, April 16, is likely to be cold and possibly accompanied by rain showers.

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Kastor has proved once again why she is the # 1 ranked female runner in the world. She defeated a very talented field of runners at today's USA Cross Country Championships in Boulder, CO; finishing in a time of 26:47. This is Kastor's 8th U.S.A. Cross Country victory.

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Meb Keflezighi, a prime contender to become the first American man to win in New York since Alberto Salazar in 1982, has already demonstrated his commercial appeal as the star of a MasterCard spot shown regularly on prime-time TV.

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NYRR's President May Wittenberg has apply named this year's elite runners as the "Field of Dreams"; a field that is led by a host of outstanding international athletes.

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With a victory on Sunday, Deena Kastor could become the public face of marathoning in the USA; the athlete who inspires a new generation of young people to embrace the sport.

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American running pioneer Frank Shorter, an Olympic gold and silver medalist in the marathon who has also helped enact important policy changes in the sport of distance running, and Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, whose personal battle against obesity led him to take up running,  …

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