A concrete example of how High Performance wants to support athletes, coaches and sport with cutting edge sports science, research and training. Nice Job!
USATF rolls out Project 30; expands sports science and athlete-assistance programs
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New High Performance web site
To better serve athletes in the virtual world, USATF has created an exclusive High Performance Web site, www.usatfhighperformance.com, that consolidates the vast amount of information important to athletes in a single easy-to-navigate site.
Athletes
2010 Project 30 athletes Stephanie Brown Trafton – DT Michelle Carter – SP Bryan Clay – Decathlon Leslie Cole – 400M Ebony Collins – 400H Lashinda Demus – 400H Dexter Faulk – 110H Hyleas Fountain – Heptathlon Geena Gall – 800M Justin Gaymon – 400H Christopher Hill — JT Reese Hoffa – SP Evan Jager – 5K Funmi Jimoh – LJ Chelsea Johnson – PV Adam Kuehl – DT Nicole Leach – 400H Andra Manson — HJ Cory Martin – SP, Hammer Erica McLain – TJ David Payne – 110h Brandon Rouhlac — TJ Jason Richardson – 110H Rashaud Scott – DT Patrick Smyth – 10K Aretha Thurmond – DT Brad Walker – PV Ivory Williams – 100 Jesse Williams – HJ Aarik Wilson — TJ Rachel Yurkovich – JT |
About USA Track & Field USA Track & Field (USATF) is the National Governing Body for track and field, long-distance running and race walking in the United States. USATF encompasses the world’s oldest organized sports, some of the most-watched events of Olympic broadcasts, the #1 high school and junior high school participatory sport and more than 30 million adult runners in the United States. For more information on USATF, visit www.usatf.org |
Author
Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys. Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."
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