Olympic hopeful and former Duck Alexi Pappas, who recently announced that she would be using her newly acquired Greek citizenship to compete for Greece, set out to hit the Olympic standard in the 5,000 meters at the Oregon Relays Friday… Continue Reading
In the weeks leading up to this year’s Prefontaine Classic, rumors swirled around the possibility of Ethiopia’s Genzebe Dibaba setting a world record in the 5,000 meters at Hayward Field. While Dibaba fell eight seconds short of her sister Tirunesh Dibaba’s… Continue Reading
Alexi Pappas could have made travel plans for the last weekend of May. There were road running events scheduled all over the country. She was even invited to race in upstate New York for the Freihofer’s Run for Women. Instead,… Continue Reading