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NOTE: After finishing second at the Prefontaine Classic 1500m on June 1, world 1500m champion Jenny Simpson and her husband Jason sat down for an exclusive interview with Race Results Weekly at a Starbucks in Eugene.  Over a bowl of oatmeal, Simpson talked about her successes from last season, how much she loves training in Colorado, how she plans to get ready for the Olympic Trials, and who might win a head to head race between Jenny and Jason.  This interview was edited for clarity and slightly condensed –Ed. Race Results Weekly: Give us an assessment of your race from [...]

With her 9:25.28 personal best performance at last Saturday’s Prefontaine Classic in Eugene, Ore., University of Colorado redshirt senior Emma Coburn joined an elite club. Her mark made her America’s fourth-fastest steeplechaser ever –just the fifth to break 9:30– and cemented her status as the favorite to win the USA Olympic Trials on the same Hayward Field track later this month. “My PR prior to this was only 9:37,” a delighted Coburn told reporters after her race. She continued: “To run 9:25, I was really pleased with that. I felt really relaxed the whole time, too, so I’m confident that [...]

Organizers of the adidas Grand Prix in New York City announced Monday that a trifecta of American medalists were added to the elite 1500m fields set for the June 9 meeting, the sixth stop on the 2012 Samsung Diamond League circuit. Two-time Olympic medalist Bernard Lagat, reigning women’s world 1500m champion Jenny Simpson, and 2011 IAAF World Championships bronze medalist Matthew Centrowitz are all scheduled to run at Icahn Stadium on Randall’s Island.  Fellow American Leo Manzano, a 2008 Olympian at 1500m, will also be competing. Among the announced entrants hailing from outside the United States are Austrailia’s Craig Mottram, [...]

Before the sun had even risen in many parts of the U.S. on September 1 of last year, Jenny Simpson shocked the world when she came from behind to take the gold in the 1500m at the World Track & Field Championships in Daegu, South Korea, in what Runner’s World described as “the best development for elite American middle distance and distance running since Deena Kastor was winning marathons.” While her epic win was an amazing personal victory, it meant just as much — if not more so — in a larger historical context, as she became the first American-born [...]

Both Leo Manzano and Jenny Simpson won their second USA indoor 1500m titles here on the second and final day of the USA Indoor Championships at the Albuquerque Convention Center.  Manzano reclaimed the title he won in 2010, while Simpson successfully defended her 2011 crown, duplicating her 1500m/3000m double victory from these championships last year. Manzano, who represents Nike and runs for the Austin Track Club, needed all of his vaunted closing speed to prevail in today’s race.  Galen Rupp, who finished third in last night’s 3000m here, decided to double back and made a brave challenge to win today, [...]

World 1500m champion Jenny Simpson confirmed that she will double at this weekend’s USA Indoor Championships here at the Albuquerque Convention Center.  Simpson, 25, is the defending champion in both the 1500m (the distance was actually one mile last year) and the 3000m. “I have the intention of doubling in both the 3000m and 1500m this weekend,” Simpson wrote in an e-mail message to Race Results Weekly.  ”I think it’s a good opportunity to practice both the physical and mental demands of racing back-to-back days, simulating rounds I hope to face at outdoor USA’s.” Neither event here will have a [...]

World leaders Sanya Richards-Ross and Tianna Madison along with reigning world champion Jenny Simpson highlight strong fields in the women’s running events at the USA Indoor Track & Field Championships February 25-26 at the Albuquerque Convention Center in Albuquerque, N.M. You can also tune in via a live webcast on www.usatf.org provided in partnership with RunnerSpace on Saturday from  4:30-8:20 p.m. and Sunday from 12:00-4:10 p.m. mountain time. The webcast will feature full coverage of Saturday’s events including the men’s and women’s 3,000m races, and select events on Sunday.The fourth and final stop on the indoor Visa Championship Series, the meet will [...]

Don’t mess with success. That appears to be Jenny Simpson’s mantra for her Olympic year as the 2011 world 1500-meter champion prepares to open her indoor season at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix in Boston on Feb. 4, followed by the Millrose Games in New York City on Feb. 11.  Simpson will run the 3000m in Boston and the NYRR Wanamaker Metric Mile (1500m) in New York. “That’s one of the wonderful things about the season I had last year; the end of the story was really great,” Simpson told reporters on a conference call yesterday.  “The only thing [...]

World 1500m champion Jenny Simpson will headline the first-ever Wanamaker Metric Mile for Women at the 105th Millrose Games at the Armory in New York City next February.  Simpson’s participation in the meet was announced in a joint statement released by the Armory Foundation, which owns the Millrose Games, and the New York Road Runners, which will be sponsoring and organizing both the traditional Wanamaker Mile for men and the new Metric Mile (1500m) for women. “I am really looking forward to coming to New York for the first ever Women’s Wanamaker Metric Mile in February,” Simpson said through a [...]