2011 USA Outdoor Champs, Day 1, RN Photo Gallery, note by Larry Eder

The first night of the 2011 USA Outdoor Champs was a great start to a tremendous weekend of track & field. The women’s 10,000 meters was won by Shalane Flanagan in 30:59.73. The men’s 10,000 meters, won by Galen Rupp, had Rupp running a 1:52 for the last 800 meters! And probably the most competitive event of the night was the women’s shot put, where Michelle Carter defeated Jill Camerena 19.86m to 19.85m.
The men’s 1,500 meters has several Ducks in the final. Andrew Wheating lead AJ Acosta across the line and Matt Centrowitz, Jr won the last heat.
Stefanie Trafton-Brown won the women’s discus on her first throw of 63.35m. Aretha Thurmond nearly got her, with her throw of 62.87m.
The photo gallery was shot by PhotoRun.net. The gallery was produced by RN’s webmaster, Chuck Bartlett.

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Larry Eder
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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