When you run with the pros, you win Nov 9, 2009
Meb Keflezighi wrote a letter to Alberto Salazar 11 years ago explaining how American distance runners could again find success. Salazar was the last U.S. man to win the New York City Marathon, a distinction he held until Keflezighi proved himself right Sunday. (Fresno Bee)
NYT: Is N.Y. marathon winner American enough? Nov 4, 2009
The last American to win the New York race, Alberto Salazar, was also born in another country. He came to the United States from Cuba when he was 2. (MSNBC -- Race)
American Meb Keflezighi Wins NYC Marathon Nov 3, 2009
Alberto Salazar had been the last American men's champion, taking three straight titles from 1980-82. Morocco ( | ) 's Jaouad Gharib finished third and Ryan Hall was fourth on an impressive day for U.S. distance running, with six Americans in the top 10 for the first time since 1979. (ABC 7 News, DC)
NEW YORK CITY MARATHON Keflezighi does the U.S. proud; Radcliffe 4th Nov 2, 2009
Alberto Salazar had been the last American men's champion, taking three straight titles from 1980-82. Four-time Boston winner Robert Cheruiyot of Kenya was second. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)
Brazil's Gomes seeks 3rd NYC Marathon title Nov 1, 2009
No American man has won this race since Alberto Salazar 27 years ago. He's also the last three-time champion, capturing three in a row after Bill Rodgers won the previous four. (MSNBC -- Sports)
Easy sledding for Pyeongchang in bid for ’18 Winter Olympics? Oct 28, 2009
If a Yank wins, it ll be the first time since Alberto Salazar in 1982. To mark the 40th running of the race, the New York Road Runners have named the top marathoners from each decade: Bill Rodgers and Miki Gorman from the 70s, Salazar and Grete Waitz from the 80s, German Silva and Tegla Loroupe from the 90s, and Gomes and Radcliffe from the 2000s. (Boston Globe)
* Armstrong seeks role in New York City Marathon Oct 1, 2009
His first year, Samuelson joined a Hall of Fame cast of pacesetters who ran parts of the race with Armstrong, including the three-time New York winner Alberto Salazar. Samuelson jumped in at the 10-mile mark and, while elbowing curious runners away from Armstrong, encouraged him to cross the finish line, in two hours 59 minutes 36 seconds. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Winning Newton South cross-country coach shares his love of running Sep 13, 2009
Tom McChesney, the eldest, was the first to head to the University of Oregon and run for the Ducks, a program with a rich history that has also featured the likes of Steve Prefontaine and Wayland High graduate Alberto Salazar. He ran with brother Steve for two years. (Boston Globe)
Pete Julian Joins Track & Field Coaching Staff Jul 24, 2009
"Pete brings a great deal of experience and success as a competitor and as a coach. He has done great things at Metro State with very limited resources, including not having a track, by finding local athletes in the Denver area and developing them into competitors. Pete has a thorough understanding of cutting edge technology in training for the distance and middle distance events. He worked on the Nike Oregon Project with Alberto Salazar. Pete was highly recommended by some of the most... (Wsucougars.com)
Galen Rupp embarks on next stage of his career Jun 28, 2009
He was discovered by marathoner-turned-coach Alberto Salazar at Portland's Central Catholic in 2000. A soccer player, Rupp was convinced by Salazar to give track a try. (OregonLive, OR -- Sports)
Eaton makes the US team in the Decathlon Jun 28, 2009
Portland residents running for the former Oregon Project and now Nikes training group headed by Alberto Salazar and Jerry Schumacher had a great night. (PHOTO) Ashton Eaton reacts after failing to clear his height in the pole vault during the decathlon in the second day of the U.S. Track and Field Championships Friday, June 26, 2009, in Eugene, Ore. (eDuck.com)
After 5,000, Goucher alive, kicking for marathon Jun 28, 2009
Goucher, who lives in Portland and trains under three-time New York City Marathon winner Alberto Salazar, won the 5,000 meters last summer at the Olympic Trials in Eugene, for her first national title. She was second in the 10,000 meters and went on to run in both events in Beijing. (OregonLive, OR -- Sports)
Pac-10 Runners, Jumpers, and Throwers to Compete in NCAA Track and Field Regionals May 29, 2009
Clearly the nation's most successful track and ;eld Conference ever, the Paci;c-10 Conference has produced such track and ;eld greats as Bernard Lagat, Ato Boldon, John Godina, Balazs Kiss, Mike Powell, Greg Foster, Kevin Young, Andre Phillips, James Robinson, Herman Frazier, Steve Lewis, Joaquim Cruz, Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Florence Grif;th-Joyner, Evelyn Ashford, Henry Rono, Steve Prefontaine, Bob Mathias, Bob Seagren, Gail Devers, Sheila Hudson, Willie Banks, Quincy Watts, Alberto Salazar and... (Pac-10.org)
Goucher plans to run in U.S. track championships May 10, 2009
Goucher lives in Portland and trains with Nike's Oregon Project under Alberto Salazar. She won the 5,000 meters and came in second in the 10,000 at last year's U.S. Olympic track and field trials in Eugene. (KGW Northwest NewsChannel 8, OR -- Sports)
Americans lining up for chance at Boston win Apr 19, 2009
"From the moment I can remember, I remember the Boston Marathon and the names that go with it like Bill Rodgers, Dick Beardsley and Alberto Salazar. It'd be a pretty special thing to have won, not only for myself but for the rest of the country to be excited about Boston again.". Rodgers won the race in 1975 and again three straight times from 1978-80, and Salazar outsprinted Beardsley to win the '82 race by 2 seconds. (Concord Monitor)
First things first Apr 17, 2009
A course in running Boston An eager student of Boston Marathon history, Hall has e-mailed four-time champion Bill Rodgers for advice and viewed the "Duel in the Sun" between Dick Beardsley and Alberto Salazar on YouTube. Watching the famously close 1982 finish down Boylston Street, where Salazar finally gained several strides of separation for the win, Hall "just couldn't believe it." But more than the race thrilled the young marathoner. (Boston Globe)
Distant memories Apr 17, 2009
After both she and husband Adam missed making the Olympic team for Athens, they decided to switch their training base from Colorado to Oregon and work with Alberto Salazar and his Nike Project group. "We said, 'Let's try something new,' " recalls Goucher, who knew so little about Salazar's stellar racing days (three New York and one Boston marathon titles plus an Olympic appearance) that she had to Google him to find out. (Boston Globe)
26 more miles for Boston Billy Apr 15, 2009
When Rodgers was in his prime, the Americans were at the top of their game, with the likes of Olympic gold medalist Frank Shorter, Don Kardong, Tom Fleming, and Alberto Salazar. "We had scads of 2:08-2:12 guys," recalls Rodgers. (Boston Globe)
Running notebook Apr 8, 2009
Alberto Salazar presented Jerry Schumacher with a choice last June: Continue to be one of the nation's best college coaches, or move to the Portland area and become a post-collegiate coach with the full complement of Nike's resources. Schumacher, the cheerful, energetic University of Wisconsin coach, decided to make a change and take on a role in the development of U.S. runners who could compete for medals on the world's biggest stages -- the Olympics and IAAF World Championships. (OregonLive, OR -- Sports)
Track and field notebook Mar 17, 2009
Nike Oregon Project coach Alberto Salazar and distance star Kara Goucher leave today for Lisbon, Portugal, where Goucher will run a half-marathon on Sunday. Salazar expects big things from Goucher, who has a personal best at that distance of 1 hour, 6 minutes, 57 seconds. (OregonLive, OR -- Sports)
Oregon wolves coming off endangered list Mar 7, 2009
Interior Secretary Alberto Salazar announced Friday that he was upholding a decision by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to lower protections for the wolves, except in Wyoming. Gary Miller of Fish and Wildlife said the order extends to the eastern third of Oregon. (KGW Northwest NewsChannel 8, OR)
Rupp breaks American indoor record for 5,000 Feb 14, 2009
Nyambui s mark came in a race better known as the Fabulous 5,000, where the great Tanzanian runner outlasted Oregon s Alberto Salazar, who until Friday night held both the American collegiate and Oregon indoor 5,000 meter records, with a time of 13:22. 6 from his Millrose Games race with Nyambui. (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
Rupp Breaks American Indoor 5K Record Feb 14, 2009
Nyambuis mark came in a race better known as the Fabulous 5,000, where the great Tanzanian runner outlasted s Alberto Salazar, who until Friday night held both the American collegiate and Oregon indoor 5,000 meter records, with a time of 13:22. 6 from his Millrose Games race with Nyambui. (eDuck.com)
