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Bay Area Track Club in partnership with Sports Basement is hosting a Track Night at the Sports Basement Presidio location on June 9th! From 5:30 - 7:30 you can: - Hear tips from the pros on anything from training to nutrition, from the mile to the marathon! - Send off BATC athletes to the 2013 USA Championships - Sign up for premiere RunTAM marathong training! - Screening of BATC Training Footage - Photo opps and autographs with your favorite athletes! - SHOPPING DISCOUNTS! - Snacks and Refreshments provided! RSVP at the following link: ht...
Despite it being the sunniest day in BAXC history, this Sunday morning at the Polo Fields ALSO happened to be the coldest one as well. But even with temperatures dropping under 30degrees in the early hours of the meet, the masses still came out to Golden Gate Park for a great day of Cross Country! First up was the Open/Community 5k XC, where local High School Athlete at Marin Academy James Kinney took 1st place honors not just in the Junior division, but OVERALL as well! Not too far behind him was local legend Alan Reynolds, who ran a very...
Gold at the World Championships, Silver at the Olympic Games, multiple medals at global meets, many-time USA National Champion, and VERY recently crowned 2004 Olympic Gold Medalist Adam Nelson is still considering running in the Bay Area Cross Challenge on January 13th, 2013 in Golden Gate Park. With all those prestigious accomplishments, surely Adam Nelson will have no trouble dispatching the competition.... oh wait... What's that? He does what? He's a SHOTPUTTER?! That's right ladies and gentlemen. Adam Nelson has not ruled out competing at t...
After this Olympic cycle, things have been shaking up in the Bay Area Track Club. Click here to check out our latest newsletter, and make sure you're subscribed! Happy Running from all of us at BATC!
In their final tune-up before London, Alysia Montaño and Shannon Rowbury ran aggressive and intelligent races at the heralded Monaco Diamond League Meet. Chasing the rabbits heels, Alysia Montaño went out hard and managed to hold on for 3rd in the 800m with a 1:59.05! In the Women's 3k, Shannon Rowbury ran a very savvy race and moved up smartly to get 4th place in 8:39! Both BATC athletes are looking AMAZING heading into the Olympic Games. Watch out WORLD!
The Bay Area Track Club enjoyed great success at the 2012 Olympic trials hosted in Eugene Oregon from June 22nd to July 1st. BATC had seven athletes compete over the ten-day meet and had two athletes; Shannon Rowbury and Alysia Monatño make the Olympic team in the 1500m and 800m respectively! In the first session Alysia Montaño dominated all three rounds of the 800m and won her first Olympic Trials in the finals with a time of 1:59.08 (Watch an interview here: Post Finals Interview W/ Alysia). Also in the first sessi...
Bolota Asmerom is no stranger to competing at an extremely high level on the track. Bolota has been a figure in international track in field for over a decade and made his first Olympic team in the 5,000m in 2000 while a citizen of Eritrea. After he was naturalized in 2002, he barely missed qualifying for the USA Olympic team in the 5,00m in 2004, since he lacked the Olympic A standard despite a 3rd place finish at the trials. He was the first alternate for the United States in 2008 as he placed fourth in the 5,000m at the Trials. Bo...
Magdalena is a seasoned veteran and one of the most recognized figures in USA female distance running. Her wealth of experience will be advantageous when she faces a very deep and tough field in the 5,000m run prelims on Monday. Magda’s resume includes qualifying for the Beijing Olympics in the marathon, two team bronze medals from the world cross-country championships, multiple road USA championships and a PR of 2:26:20 posted at the 2010 Rotterdam Marathon - the fourth fastest time ever by a US woman at the time. Magda sta...
Ryan Young comes into the Olympic Trials with the sixth best mark of any American Javelin thrower over the past two years. He looks to make his first Olympic team by placing in the top three and achieving the Olympic ‘A’ standard of 82.00m. The former NCAA all-American at the University California now throws for Nike and was recently predicted to finish tenth by US Track & Field News. Young will undoubtedly be looking to improve upon his PR of 79.89 set last August at the Amsterdam Open. Young placed fourth at the 2011...
Alysia Montaño, formerly Alysia Johnson, is no stranger to chasing US championship titles. In fact, the five-time all American alumnus of University of California won her first USA title in the 800m run as a Junior in college after finishing up a phenomenal NCAA season. Unfortunately, Montaño was inured during the 2008 season and didn’t have the opportunity to qualify for Beijing. Last summer Montaño won the USATF title in the 800m and finished fourth at the World Championships in Daegu, missing the podium by s...