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Rikki Cohen had the high game and series to lead Cherokee High School to the team championship for girls Friday in the Olympic Conference Holiday Bowling Tournament.

Staci Whitney, 15, of Richmond Hill, has qualified for the 2009 World Darts Federation World Cup that will be held Sept.

The Savannah-Chatham Silver Cheetahs track and field team is competing in the 2009 Amateur Athletic Union Junior Olympic Games today in Des Moines, Iowa.For the Savannah Morning News RECREATION NOTEBOOK The Savannah-Chatham Silver Cheetahs track and field team is competing today in the 2009 Amateur Athletic Union Junior Olympic Games in Des Moines, ...

Symmonds Takes 800 Meter Title on Final Day of Competition at Hayward Field 6/28/2009 By Andrew Bartholomew Nearly 11,000 fans took in the final day of competition at the USA Track and Field Championships at Hayward Field.

Lopez Lomong Edges Leo Manzano in 1500 at USATF Championships It's hard to imagine there would be a national championship 1500-meter final without Bernard Lagat and Alan Webb .

With spots at the 2009 world championships up for grabs, Matt Tegenkamp had just enough to get the job done.

This time, Nick Symmonds didn't wait. Symmonds scrapped his normal sit-and-kick strategy, surged to the lead on the final turn, then fought off the charging Khadevis Robinson in a gutty last 50 meters to win the 800 on Sunday in the USA Track & Field Championships.

Sunday was another day of triumph for Christian Cantwell and another day of coming up short for Muna Lee.Cantwell, a former Missouri shot-putter who won the silver medal in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, won the event Sunday in the U.S. Track and Field Championships in Eugene, Ore.Cantwell won with a toss of 71 feet, 7 1/4 inches on his second attempt ...

Former NCAA champion Ryan Brown became the first Washington Husky runner to qualify for a Team USA spot at the world level by finishing third in the 800-meter finals at the U.S. Track and Field Championships on Sunday at Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore.

Kansans Christian Smith and Tevan Everett qualified for the final of the 800 meters at the U.S. outdoor track and field championships in Eugene, Ore.

EUGENE - Nick Symmonds won his heat in the 800 meters Thursday and finished with the third-best time overall in USA Outdoor Track & Field Championship preliminaries at Hayward Field.

Olympic decathlon champion Bryan Clay withdrew from the U.S. national track championships Thursday with an injured left hamstring, a decision that could force him to shut down his entire 2009 season.

Unshaven, his light brown hair only loosely coiffed, reigning USA 800m champion Nick Symmonds was the picture of relaxation at yesterday's kick-off press conference for the USA Outdoor Championships which begin here today.

Andrew Wheating is one of five Oregon track and field athletes to have won a national championship this year.

Christian Smith dramatically dives across the finish line to clinch in the men's 800 final at the 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials to clinch a trip to Beijing.

Bernard Lagat, Nick Symmonds and Galen Rupp will headline the men's middle and long distance running events at the 2009 USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships, June 25-28 at historic Hayward Field on the campus of the University of Oregon in Eugene.

Nick Symmonds is the man to beat in the 800 at next week's USA Track & Field Championships.

Bernard Lagat, Nick Symmonds and Galen Rupp will headline the men's middle and long distance running events at the 2009 USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships, June 25-28 at historic Hayward Field on the campus of the University of Oregon in Eugene.

Galen Rupp Is 'Living in the Moment and Trying to Enjoy Everything' The University of Oregon's Rupp, a 2008 Olympian in the 10,000, won the 2008 NCAA Cross Country Championships and the 3000 and 5000 at the NCAA Indoor Championships this winter and is favored in the 10,000 and the 5000 at the outdoor NCAA Championships, which begin today in ...

Elijah Greer ran away from the field in the Class 6A 1,500 meters at the OSAA championships in May at Hayward Field.