Cuffe named Athlete of the Week
INDIANAPOLIS –Aisling Cuffe (Cornwall, N.Y.) has been named USA Track & Field’s Athlete of the Week after winning her second straight Foot Locker Northeast Regional cross country title Saturday at Sunken Meadow State Park on Long Island.
The two-time USA Outdoor Junior 5,000m champion, Cuffe finished the 3.1-mile course in 17 minutes, 51 seconds. With her win, Cuffe advances to the Foot Locker Nationals in San Diego on Dec. 12. She placed fourth (17:21) at the meet last year.
Now in its ninth year, USATF's Athlete of the Week program is designed to recognize outstanding performers at all levels of the sport. USATF names a new honoree each week and features the athlete on the USATF website. Selections are based on top performances and results from the previous week.
Winners: January 13, Jen Clayton; January 20, Shalane Flanagan; January 27, Nolan Shaheed; February 3, Bernard Lagat; February 10, Bernard Lagat; February 17, Shalane Flanagan; February 24, Amber Campbell; March 3, Amber Campbell; March 10, Phil Raschker; March 17, Ashton Eaton; March 31, Lisa Koll; April 7, Queen Harrison; April 14, Magdalena Lewy Boulet; April 21, Bershawn Jackson; April 28, Phoebe Wright; May 5, Chris Solinsky; May 12, Walter Dix; May 26, Cory Martin; June 2, Chaunte Lowe; June 9, Bernard Lagat; June 16, Queen Harrison; June 30, Kara Patterson; July 7, David Oliver; July 22, David Oliver; July 28, Conor McCullough; August 4, Kennedy Blahnik; August 11, Tyson Gay; August 18, Allyson Felix; August 26, Robin Reynolds; September 1, Molly Huddle; September 8, Bernard Lagat; Kibwe Johnson; September 22, Robert Cheseret; September 29, Joe Detmer; October 6, Linda Somers Smith; October 13, Joan Benoit Samuelson; November 3, Teresa Vaill; November 10, Shalane Flanagan; November 17, Megan Venables; December 1, Aisling Cuffe.
News and Notes, Volume 10, Number 40
Annual Meeting begins tomorrow with Opening Session
The USATF Annual Meeting will kick-off with the traditional Opening Session at 5:00 p.m., on Thursday, December 2 in Ballrooms 2 & 3 at the Virginia Beach Convention Center. Highlights include a report from USATF Chairman & President Stephanie Hightower.
Other highlights at the 2010 USATF Annual Meeting include the Annual Awards Breakfast, which will be held on Saturday, December 4 in Ballroom 2 & 3 at the Convention Center beginning at 8:00 a.m., and the Jesse Owens Awards and Hall of Fame Inductions Banquet that will take place on Saturday, December 4 beginning with a reception at 6:30 p.m. in Ballroom 2 & 3 at the Convention Center. The banquet will begin at 7:30 p.m.
For a complete schedule of events at the Annual Meeting, visit http://www.usatf.org/events/2010/AnnualMeeting/.
Olympians to speak with students at Virginia Beach area elementary school
It will be USA Track & Field Sprirt Day at W.T. Cooke Elementary School in Virginia Beach, Va., on Thursday, December 2, as athletes in town for the USATF Annual Meeting visit the school in conjunction with Athletes for Hope.
2008 Olympic silver medalist Hyleas Fountain and 2009 World Outdoor silver medalist Lashinda Demus, as well as 2008 Olympians Mechelle Lewis and Erica Bartolina, will visit the school to speak to the children and conduct a fitness clinic in PE class.
Athletes for Hope is an organization that was created to educate, encourage and assist athletes in their efforts to contribute to community and charitable causes, and to inspire others to do the same.
About USA Track & Field
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