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August 31, 2022

Huskies and Bulldog men's and women's squads nationally ranked in USTFCCCA pre-season poll...

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August 30, 2022

UPDATE: Erin Tucker named head coach at Eastern Washington...

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August 30, 2022

Washington alum Eleanor Fulton sets 3000m PB in Rovereto...

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August 29, 2022

Ex-UW head coach Greg Metcalf returns as men's XC/distance coach at University of Texas...

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August 27, 2022

Washington State quietly adds a quartet to its track & cross country coaching staff...

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August 26, 2022

Josh Kerr rebounds with strong fourth place finish in Lausanne Diamond League 1500...

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August 25, 2022

Kerr, Tanner & Woodruff to take shot at Lausanne Diamond League meet Friday...

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August 21, 2022

Kara Winger's farewell tour continues with victory at NACAC championships...

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August 20, 2022

Brooks Beasts' Brannon Kidder gets third at NACAC 800m...

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August 19, 2022

Rainsberger and Maggard earn silver medals on first day of NACAC championships...

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August 18, 2022

UW alum Markovc fifth in 5000m at European Champs; NACAC starts Friday in Bahamas...

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August 16, 2022

Huskies' Brian Fay finishes eighth in 5000m at European Championships...

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August 15, 2022

Kerr opts out of European Championships; trio of runners with Washington ties starts in Munich Tuesday...

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August 12, 2022

Seven athletes with Washington ties named by USA Track & Field to NACAC squad...

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August 10, 2022

Woodruff finishes third in 400 hurdles, and Winger fourth in javelin at Monaco DL meet...

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August 09, 2022

Tanner among trio entered in Monaco Diamond League stop Wednesday...

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August 08, 2022

Feldmeier rebounds after illness in Poland to take third at István Gyulai meet Monday...

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August 07, 2022

UW alum Amy-Eloise Markovc sets personal best in fourth-place finish at Commonwealth Games 5000...

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August 06, 2022

Winger finishes fourth in Silesia Diamond League meet Saturday...

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August 05, 2022

World championship silver medalist Kara Winger throws in Silesia Diamond League meet Saturday...

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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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