JANUARY 23, 2004
Maria Mutola to compete in Glasgow tomorrow
World Champions sign up for Feb. 14 Tyson Foods Invitational at Arkansas
New Balance Games preview from Runner's World
Tom Craig testifies before grand jury
Athens selection at stake - Osaka Marathon Preview
Lisa Rainsberger to be honored by Michigan
IN HS: Alissa McKaig picks Baylor
Virginia Tech prepares for 18-team indoor track invitational
Wisconsin hosts Elite Invitational
Adams State's Emily Mortensen looks to rise again
Nike signs contract to be outfitter for U.S. Olympic teams
Gasparilla offering prize money for first time since 1997
Masses take to marathons

JANUARY 22, 2004
MD HS: Bond keeps Rokesha and Devon Williams running for each other
New track Hall set to open in Big Apple | Armory's new upgrade is a history lesson
Games setback has Aouita team fuming
Toyota Prius Miami Tropical Marathon and Half Marathon filling up quickly
With big finish in sight, Columbia preserves top runners
Nikeya Green wins 800 at Kentucky Invitational
Quad captains provide cohesion for Michigan

JANUARY 17-21, 2004
Jen Toomey runs 2:00.34, is named USATF Athlete of the Week
A Brief Chat with Nicole Teter
African influence helps Emilie Mondor
Margarita Tapia wins HP Houston Marathon, qualifies for Olympics | Colleen De Reuck wins Halliburton Half
Magdalena Lewy wins San Diego Half Marathon, Volha Yudziankova wins marathon
Ramilia Burangulova wins Naples Daily News Half, Kim Pawelek second | Results
Providence's Kim Smith records world's fastest time in the 3,000 meters this year | Results
HS: Parents of Devon and Rokesha Williams want to make sure their daughters aren't run into the ground
Asics names shoe for Travis Landreth
Bermuda International Race Weekend: Elfenesh Alemu runs 1:10 half, destroys record | Anna Pichtrova wins marathon | Galina Alexandrova wins 10k | Ashley Couper wins mile again
Generosity and pace put Maria Mutola out on her own
Paula Radcliffe and Gete Wami on collision course
Marathoner Nili Abramski: I can wait for Beijing 2008
Arkansas Invitational Results (Christin Wurth 4:40, Tiffany McWilliams 4:48)
Marc Bloom: Looking back at the Armory and it's thrills, chills and vibrations*
Jonas Holdeman sees training runners as his true calling
Michigan State's Radermacher sisters share middle-distance identity
GBTC Invitational Results (Jen Toomey 2:00.34, Sarah Dupre-Healy 4:46, Chantelle Dron 4:54, Sarah Hann 9:28)
Minnesota Open Results (Carrie Tollefson 4:37)
Select T&F Results: UW Indoor Preview | Florida Intercollegiate | Black Knight Invitational (PDF) | Missouri Invitational | Oval Open | Houston Indoor Opener | UNC Fast Times Invitational (PDF - Lindsey Scherf 4:54) | USTCA @ Penn State | Boston University Quad Meet | Purdue Invitational | NYC Collegiate Opener | EMU Invitational | Colorado Invitational
Duke distance runners ease into season by running DMRs
Top runner Mike McGuire evolves into top coach at University of Michigan
Michigan's Lindsey Gallo wins mile, 3,000 at Indiana
Oregon's Magdelena Sandoval gets NCAA provisional qualifier
Erica Sigmont, Shannon Spaulding lead the way for Arkansas middle distance runners
Wisconsin mixes experience, talented youth
Yale defeats Dartmouth, Columbia
Miami's Rich Ceronie named president of Women's Intercollegiate Cross Country Coaches Association
Regina Jacobs won't be at youth clinic | Track organizers are wary
Steve Nearman: Effects of caffeine remain unclear
RI HS: Samantha Gawrych has shot at Millrose Games spot
Naoko Takahashi to set up training camp in Japan in late January
Clean sweep for Morocco in Marrakech International Marathon
Domenico D'Ambrosio, Jacklyne Chemwek win Montefortiana Turà road race
Aniko Kalovics and Sergiy Lebid beat the snow in Rovereto
Hayley Ovens wins East of Scotland titles at 1,500m and 800m
President Bush calls for end to steroid use

JANUARY 16, 2004
A competitive Maria Mutola has no retirement plans
Houston may be launching pad for Olympians - De Reuck, Youngquist to run*
Regina Jacobs challenging drug appeals process*
It's back to work for South Africa's Charné Rademeyer
Allegations of photo manipulation hit BYU again
NDN Half Marathon: Russian women set a tough pace
Paula Radcliffe, Paul Tergat may compete in May's Great Manchester Run
Mississippi State opens season at Arkansas this weekend
Michigan State opens season today
Debbie Savage holds off Georgie Clarke in 800m race
Paris, London, Madrid, New York lead field for 2012
Cold weather rarely deters runners

JANUARY 15, 2004
Stephanie Graf retires, cites lack of motivation | Graf's retirement confirmed by her manager
Aniko Kalovics and Sergiy Lebid are the favorites in Vallagarina
Team USA Minnesota announces January indoor competitions
Naples race's U.S. field slim
A Brief Chat with agent Mark Wetmore
New Bislett Stadium due next year
Stench of steroid scandal hangs over track and field
Colonial Relays off while William & Mary rebuilds track
Arizona State season preview
Penn State track preview
Notre Dame to open season at Central Michigan
Longtime UC Davis XC coach Sue Williams retires
Wake Forest opens indoor season
ME HS: Jessie Wilcox wins two-mile at Dartmouth Relays
Performance tights claim to give extra support
Olympic torchbearer applications begin

JANUARY 14, 2004
Kathy Butler runs into frame for Brussels
Bermuda International Race Weekend preview
One last Athens qualification bid for Lydia Simon
Mountain runner Melissa Moon eyes Olympic marathon
Vicky Gill first to qualify for NCAA Indoor Championships
Arizona State heads to Flagstaff for NAU Invitational

JANUARY 13, 2004
Gabriela Szabo to spend time training for World Indoors in Albuquerque
Amanda Bales feature from TrackShark.com
P.F. Chang Rock 'n' Roll organizers planning for next year | Female runners showed just how far they've come | Marathon aided slow-time economy
NDN Half Marathon: No longer Super, race still expected to be a success
Butler cancels indoor track series for 2004
Middle Tennessee track planning reunion
Race during ChambersFest to honor Tim and Susan Cook

JANUARY 10-12, 2004
Rock 'n' Roll Marathon/Half: Shitaye Gemechu wins marathon in 2:31:33, Liz Wilson 2:41 | Erica Larson comes from pack to win half | Ellen Hart Pena runs 2:52 in first marathon in 20 years (scroll down) | Photos | Results
Emilie Mondor wins in Belfast | Shock win for Mondor
Aniko Kalovics wins in Campaccio, Margaret Okayo third
Liz McColgan is out on her own again | Leah Malot profile | Malot wins in Eldoret, Catherine Ndereba is injured, three share series jackpot
A Brief Chat with Rachel Sauder-Kinsman
Meghan Owen picking up the pace
Florida runners (plus Clint Verran) win Disney in cold | A Floridian sweep in marathon* | Marathon results | Half marathon results
HS: Hispanic Games Results (Devon Williams 4:50, Nicole Blood 9:47)
Suzanne Clemmer wins Charlotte Observer Marathon | Chris Seaton, Farrell Burns coast in 10k* | About the race winners
Sun Yingjie named Chinese Athlete of the Year | Sun to fill Radcliffe void at London Marathon
Select T&F Results: Jack Harvey Invitational | Dartmouth Relays | Hoosier Open | BU All-Comers | Yale Invitational | UNC Big 12 Invitational | Tennessee Indoor Invitational | Harvard vs. Northeastern | Gulden Relays (PDF)
Akron back in action at Black Squirrel Classic | Results
Wisconsin hosts Badger Track Classic
Athletes linked to Balco excluded from Millrose Games
Later British XC trials a move in right direction, says Eamonn Martin

JANUARY 9, 2004
Nili Abramski wins Tiberias Marathon
Rock 'n' Roll: Difference is in the head
Hot local recruit Heidi Magill runs to BYU
UNC returns top runners but Shalane Flanagan will redshirt as planned
Steve Cram: My hopes for 2004

JANUARY 8, 2004
Sun Yingjie joins London Marathon field
Rock 'n' Roll Marathon won't test for drugs
35th Annual Dartmouth Relays brings together athletes from all levels | Meet information
Wisconsin opens indoor season Saturday
Ohio State opens indoor season at home Saturday
Russia's Natalya Nazarova breaks 16-year-old 500m record
Strong field for Miami Tropical Marathon
If spring marathons are calling you, lace up your shoes now
Malta's Tanya Blake among world's best
Rugby player Jonny Wilkinson, Paula Radcliffe resurrect Victorian values
Legends may be in India for Standard Chartered International Marathon
Masters runners help bring race to Rochester

JANUARY 7, 2004
Derartu Tulu, Tirunesh Dibaba, Nicole Teter added to adidas Boston Indoor Games field
Jenelle Deatherage, Luke Watson join Team USA Minnesota
MD HS: In first try at 600m, Devon Williams sets national freshman record
Mizuki Noguchi wins Miyazaki Road Race, running 1:07:47 for half marathon PR
Liz McColgan to run first championship race for Scotland in more than a decade
Matt McGuirk to take over as coach at Willamette, Amber Emery, Melody Fairchild hired as interim coaches | Kelly Sullivan to coach at OSU
Michigan prepares to host meet this weekend
Rock 'n' Roll features speedy course, sublime sights | Promoter Tim Murphy on a great run

JANUARY 6, 2004
Liz McColgan back in action
Catherina McKiernan withdraws from Belfast International
Running USA Wire: Minnesota Elite Athlete Development Program Awards Grants, and more
P.F. Chang's Rock 'n' Roll Arizona Marathon/Half-Marathon puts Valley on world stage
Kenyan New Year road races provide few surprises
Dartmouth Relays entrants/info
IAAF World TV Seminar to take place in Athens in March
Kenya's Pauline Wangui wins scholarship to Japanese university

JANUARY 4-5, 2004
Tirunesh Dibaba, Sileshi Sihine shine for next generation | Ethiopia finds gems in the mud | Sihine and Dibaba take Newcastle honors
Encouraging signs for Great Britain as Ethiopians steal the show
Emilie Mondor fourth at Great North XC | Kathy Butler helps raise Britain's world medal hopes | Britons gain heart from mudbath run | Sixth pleases Jo Pavey
Boniface Kiprop, Ejigayehu Dibaba (Tirunesh's sister) are overwhelming winners in Amorebieta
Women's Olympic hopefuls to compete at Rock 'n' Roll
BU All-Comers Mini Meet Results (Jen Toomey 2:01, Chantelle Dron 2:11, Kate O'Neill 4:51)
Successful Willamette coach Kelly Sullivan to try hand at Oregon State | Sullivan to resurrect OSU programs
2004 Olympic Track Trials to run on experience
Fans, USATF to select top 25 moments in track & field
Marathoners describe how they get back on their feet after the race
Paula Radcliffe being included in new edition of Britain's Who's Who

JANUARY 2-3, 2004
Tirunesh Dibaba wins Great North Cross Country | Ethiopians dominate
Derartu Tulu is ready to turn up heat at Great North Cross Country
Jo Pavey a threat to Africa's finest
Tirunesh Dibaba fills gap in Great North Run field
Margaret Okayo wins in Sao Paolo
Paula Radcliffe on the right road
Maria Mutola is named AIPS female sports competitor of the year
Nicole Blood wins First Night Saratoga 5k (results only)
Carrie Messner wins Resolution Run 5k (results only)
Fitter than thou: For some , running a marathon just isn't enough of a challenge anymore

JANUARY 1, 2004
Christian Hesch, Atalelech Ketema break records at Runner's World Midnight Run (top results only)
U.S. runners are preparing to go the distance
Sergiy Lebid, Berhane Adere dominate New Year's Eve races
Marilson Gomes dos Santos, Margaret Okayo win St. Silvester race
Regina Jacobs to challenge any ban over steroid
Sharon Dickie finishes third overall in New Year's race
Turkey's Elvan Abeylegasse in the running for Great North XC
Paula Radcliffe's world records are recognized
Tim Nelson and Nicole Teter among top 10 sports stories of 2003
Manager mistreating Kenyan runners in Canada
NY HS: Saratoga Springs girls among top stories of 2003
CA HS: Granite Bay's Caitlin Chock posts wins on, off the track
Doug Thurston: Memories endure of best races
MN HS: Liz Palkie is hockey and track standout
Toyota Prius Miami Tropical Marathon is Sun-Sentinel Race of the Year