The 2011 New Balance Nationals Indoor was, let’s face it, a huge success. New Balance , with the Nationals Indoor & Outdoor, have a platform to reach the high school athlete for years to come. High school records at the 5,000m distance, pentathlon, and an amazing three races by Lukas Verzbicas.
Hats off to the National Scholastic Sports Foundation, who has supported high school and junior track & field in this country when many found it a passing phase!
On a selfish front, it is great to see several footwear brands supporting various major events in our sport. High School track & field continues to thrive!
Special thanks to PhotoRun.net for their great photos, Chuck Bartlett, the RN webmaster, for his production talents and the athletes, officials and sponsors who made this event such a great success!
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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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