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August 30, 2015

Winger finishes eighth in first major championship final in Beijing...

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August 29, 2015

Taiwo drops out of second straight world championship decathlon...

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August 28, 2015

Kara Winger earns final qualifying spot for javelin finals at world championships...

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August 27, 2015

Jeremy Taiwo stands in 19th position after 3 events in decathlon...

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August 27, 2015

Veterans Christian Taylor and Allyson Felix spark life into Team USA on Day 6 of world champs...

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August 26, 2015

Defending 400 champ LaShawn Merritt sets personal best, but loses in Beijing...

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August 25, 2015

Americans shut out of the podium in Beijing...

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August 24, 2015

Emily Infeld of the Beaverton-based Bowerman Track Club takes bronze in 10000m...

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August 23, 2015

Usain Bolt repeats as world 100 meter champion at scene of his Olympic triumph...

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August 22, 2015

Husky alum Brad Walker falls short of qualifying for pole vault finals in Beijing...

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August 21, 2015

Cas Loxsom of the Brooks Beasts fails to advance in first round of 800 meters...

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August 21, 2015

Ni Hao--it's just about time to roll here in Beijing!

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August 19, 2015

Lots of stuff happening in Beijing while in transit to world championships...

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August 14, 2015

The Beijing 2015 stats book is now available for download...

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August 13, 2015

Nike Global Athletics head John Capriotti threatened to kill Brooks Beasts coach Danny Mackey, according to police report...

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August 11, 2015

Washington alum Megan Goethals added to Team USA Minnesota roster...

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August 10, 2015

USATF announces world championship team, minus Seattle's Nick Symmonds...

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August 09, 2015

Seattle's Nick Symmonds is off the world championship team...

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August 09, 2015

Deadline reached, and Nick Symmonds still hasn't signed USATF athlete statement of conditions...

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August 08, 2015

Loxsom takes second in final tuneup before world championships at FloTrack Throwdown...

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August 07, 2015

Happy day for the Wingers as Kara and Russ take NACAC titles...

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August 07, 2015

Brooks issues statement in support of Nick Symmonds...

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August 06, 2015

ON TAP THIS WEEKEND: NACAC championships and Flotrack Throwdown...

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Mercanator: Seattle, WA, United States; Internationally respected track and field writer & photojournalist Paul Merca brings his take on the sport to paulmerca.blogspot.com. Paul was the assistant director of communications for the 1984 USA Women's Olympic Marathon Trials in Olympia, WA., and PR director for the 1999 USA Cross Country Championships in Tacoma, WA. The current public address announcer for the University of Washington's home track and field meets, Merca's been a media assistant to the USA national team (2001-11, 13, 15, 17, 19) at the World Athletics Cross Country Championships. His vast knowledge of the sport has been utilized by many of the country's sports television networks, and was a senior writer to Northwest Runner magazine. He's covered 15 World Athletics Track & Field Championships, and two Olympics. Merca graduated from Seattle's Franklin High School in 1977, and received his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Washington in 1981 in Communications. He competed in track and cross country at Franklin, and ran cross country at the University of Washington.

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