George Young among state's best Jul 27, 2008
" Instead he finished fifth. Great Britain's Maurice Herriott, in his only victory over Young, took the silver medal behind Roelants, who set an Olympic record. Altitude Games Young cherry-picked from the greatest coaches of the time in preparation for the 1968 Olympics, hoping to keep up with the Kenyans at 7,500 feet in Mexico City. "I was running well, winning a lot of races, but I knew something wasn't right," Young said. He turned to James Fox, a math teacher and track coach at Western New... (AZCentral -- Sports)
African runners and rest of Boston field worlds apart Apr 18, 2008
"I used to run around saying, 'I'm Kip Keino' ," Hussein once said. What turned the Kenyans' heads toward the marathon was prize money. (Boston Globe)
UH men sixth, UH women seventh in Husky swimming Nov 30, 2007
Running legends Jim Ryun and Kip Keino will be speaking at 'Iolani School on Tuesday. Ryun held several U.S. and world records in distance running and served in the House of Representatives from 1997 to 2007. (Yahoo News -- Auto Racing)
Loving their Opponents Jun 28, 2007
Following up on another omission of late, when I wrote about the Kip Keino Mile last month, I focused on the elite runners from Kenya, New Zealand, Australia and other countries. There were a few superb U.S. runners there as well, and one of them was Max King, the 2002 Cornell grad who still holds the Big Red record for the Steeplechase. (Ithaca Times, NY)
Kenya/Ethiopia running lore Jun 2, 2007
Kip Keino: Ignited Kenyan running boom by defeating Jim Ryun to win the 1,500 gold medal at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics. Won four Olympic medals, including steeplechase gold in '72 Games. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Sports)
Against the Wind May 16, 2007
"Steve, I'd like you to meet Boaz," said Amy Fuhr, one of the organizers of Sunday's Kip Keino Fun and Fitness Mile, as we chatted the day before at the Fitness Expo ... " The next day, I marveled at the collection of world-class athletes who visited our town for the race. Nine of the men had run a sub-four minute mile at some point in their careers, and many in the crowd had come to see such a feat. Folks in their fifties and up remember when the sub-four was the sport's Holy Grail - thought by... (Ithaca Times, NY)
Bair hopes to run in dad's footsteps May 11, 2007
His son, Sam Bair III, is training for the Kip Keino Mile, which will be run Sunday in Ithaca, N.Y. ... The men's elite field at the inaugural Kip Keino Mile in Ithaca, N.Y., Sunday will include two Olympians, three NCAA champions, a Commonwealth Games gold medalist and nine runners who have been clocked under 4 minutes ... Kip Keino, the legendary Kenyan runner who has two Olympic gold and two Olympic silver medals, and his son, Martin, are the only father-son duo that has broken 4 minutes. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA -- Sports)
Sully Saturday: Mile just a distance memory these days May 5, 2007
He recovered, only to finish second in the 1,500 at Mexico City behind another legend, Kip Keino of Kenya. Liquori never won an Olympic medal of any sort. (Waterloo Courier, IO)
The Spirit of '77 Apr 19, 2007
A couple of corrections from last week's story on the Kip Keino festivities. The dates are May 12-13, and the Expo is free, the spectator fee is $45, and the race entry fee is $25. (Ithaca Times, NY)
Better than Gold Apr 12, 2007
It was difficult for me to cheer for Kip Keino in 1968, when he was going for Olympic gold in Mexico City ... Twenty-eight years later, I met Kip Keino here in Ithaca, and it was difficult not to cheer for him ... Upon his recent return, he told me, "I am definitely a changed person." He added, "When I accepted the Directorship of the Kip Keino Foundation, I wanted to take a look at its different entities, like the hospitals and the high school that is under construction. I saw many of the needs... (Ithaca Times, NY)
Christopher Clarey Jan 5, 2007
CONSIDERING HOW MUCH KENYAN RUNNERS like Kip Keino and Paul Tergat have meant to the sport of running, it's high time that their nation hosted a major event. It will happen in March when the world cross-country championships come to Kenya's island city of Mombasa. (International Herald Tribune)
Are the Olympic Games a rich man's playground? Oct 26, 2006
Matthew Syed may scoff at the odds, but Sir Steve Redgrave, Kip Keino, the Williams sisters, Dame Kelly Holmes, Amir Khan or dozens of Cuban boxers wouldn t agree. As a global movement, the Olympics makes a pretty good fist of being equitable it s hard to compare like with like, but what chance a poor country winning the football World Cup. (TimesOnline)
