OSAKA, Japan – Farmington native Kevin Eastler finished 28th among a field of 42 in the men’s 20-kilometer race walk Sunday at the 77th IAAF Track and Field World Championships. Eastler, a 29-year-old Air Force captain now living in Aurora, Colo., was the fastest of… Read More
After representing the United States at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, Kevin Eastler thought about walking off into the competitive sunset. He was enjoying his time away from intense training, opting instead to go skiing and play in a recreational hockey league. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
BANGOR – Track and field is a sport where athletes at a young age can have fun, make new friends and try to run personal bests in their events. The 40 to 50 area youths who competed in Wednesday’s Hershey Track and Field Regional Qualifying… Read More
HIGH SCHOOL At Cameron Stadium, Bangor googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i = 0; i < slot_sizes.length; i++) { if (isMobileDevice()) { if (slot_sizes[i][0] googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
Louis Luchini is putting his Olympic dreams to rest for another four years. The former Ellsworth High star has decided not to make another attempt to run the Olympic A standard (13 minutes, 21.50 seconds) over 5 kilometers. Luchini’s ongoing Achilles injury forced him to… Read More
Louie Luchini’s Achilles’ heel is proving to be, quite literally, his Achilles’ heel. Ongoing complications from his year-long struggle with an Achilles’ injury contributed to Luchini’s decision to pull out of the 5-kilometer run at the KBC Night of Athletics Grand Prix II meet Saturday… Read More
If Louie Luchini of Ellsworth is going to make it to Athens, he’s going to have to go through Belgium. Luchini has been entered in the 5-kilometer run at the KBC Night of Athletics Grand Prix II meet on July 31 in Heusden-Zolder, Belgium. If… Read More
SACRAMENTO – Former Maine high school stars Louie Luchini and Matt Lane can take a few more strides toward realizing their Olympic dreams in the semifinals of the men’s 5-kilometer run tonight at the U.S. Olympic team trials at the Spanos Sports Complex at California State University. Read More
ORONO – Many of the best performances of the USATF Junior Olympic Region 1 Track and Field Championships were saved for the last day despite some sweltering heat and humid conditions. Ayalew Taye and the hundreds of other athletes competing in Sunday’s events at the… Read More
ORONO – The Region 1 Junior Olympic Track and Field meet is much different than the typical meet run in Maine. Such events as the decathlon, heptathlon, pentathlon and triathlon are offered. Youngsters ranging from northern Aroostook County to New York City and upstate New… Read More
It usually takes the better part of a year to organize and prepare for an event the magnitude of the USATF Junior Olympic Region 1 Track and Field Championships. That hasn’t stopped the folks in the Maine Chapter USATF and at the University of Maine… Read More
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ORONO – It doesn’t matter what side of the river she’s competing on. Danielle Lainez is going to put up some impressive numbers. Friday night’s Eastern Maine Indoor Track League opener at the UMaine field house was no different. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
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Maine athletes off-stride during New England meet Traditional distances problematic for EM standouts
BOSTON – With the New England Track and Field Championships just an hour old Friday night, Ellsworth’s Adam Macbeth decided a hamstring injury he’d been nursing for weeks deserved a break. “I can’t run,” the good-natured Macbeth said after two attempts in the long jump… Read More
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BREWER – From the more accomplished young enthusiasts like Kurt Prescott of Topsham to more casual participants like Veazie’s Bill Wetherbee, the Maine State Hershey Track and Field Championship offered something for everyone from the ages 9-14 set. Tuesday’s meet at Pendleton Street Track saw… Read More
BRUNSWICK – Oriana Farley walked off the Bowdoin College track at the Maine Distance Festival Saturday and over to the winner of the 800-meter race. “Great race,” the soon-to-be Hampden Academy junior, still trying to catch her breath, said to Chantelle Dron of Candia, N.H.,… Read More
BRUNSWICK – Two runners returned to the same apartment house in Salem, Mass., this weekend after Saturday evening’s Maine Distance Festival at Bowdoin College. One runner got a win and set a meet record, but she didn’t meet her ultimate goal. The other runner’s finish went unnoticed, but… Read More
ORONO – Winslow High’s Katie Souviney won two events and took third place in another, just one of several fine performances from Maine student-athletes at the USA Track and Field Junior Olympics Region I Championships at the Beckett Family Track and Field Complex at the University of Maine… Read More
Last year, the New York City branch of USA Track and Field was charged with finding a suitable site to hold the USATF Junior Olympics Region 1 Track and Field championships. A Thanksgiving deadline passed and the Metropolitan Athletics Congress couldn’t find a spot for… Read More
CLASS A GIRLS At UMaine, Orono googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i = 0; i < slot_sizes.length; i++) { if (isMobileDevice()) { if (slot_sizes[i][0] googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
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BREWER – From the very beginning of Saturday’s Penobscot Valley Conference Large School Track Championships, Jon Dearborn went about his business with one eye on a team title and the other on a watch that would tell him when his day was over. “Family first,”… Read More
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Instead of bats, tennis rackets, and javelins, high school athletes are grabbing shovels and ice chippers in an effort to try and loosen winter’s unrelenting grip. Spring sports always seem to start a little late in Maine, but the unusually high snowfall in March and… Read More
COLLEGE (At Annapolis, Md.) googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i = 0; i < slot_sizes.length; i++) { if (isMobileDevice()) { if (slot_sizes[i][0]… Read More