The popular website Letsrun.com has ranked Sally Meyerhoff 9th in its annual marathon rankings. Sally earned that spot with her fifth place finish at the USA Marathon Championships in Twin Cities with a new PR of 2:35:49 along with her 2:35:52 previous PR set last January at the Phoenix Rock 'N' Roll Marathon…

Shadrack Biwott is a 2009 University of Oregon grad, where he ran Personal Bests of 7:55 (3k), 13:36 (5k), 28:28 (10k).  While at Oregon, he was a four-time NCAA All-American in Cross Country and Track and was the Individual 2007 Pac-10 Cross Country Champion.  Shadrack continues to live in Eugene, Oregon and runs for the Nike sponsored Oregon Track Club…

On Sunday, December 6, Empire Athletics athletes scored a victory and runner-up finish at the Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon and Rock 'N' Roll Las Vegas Marathon, respectively.  Albina Mayorova-Ivanov was the Singapore Champion by two minutes with a time of 2.32.49, while Alevtina Ivanova placed second in Las Vegas in 2:30:05 after being passed in the final stretch by Caroline Rotich of Kenya.   Sally Meyerhoff  ran the Las Vegas Half Marathon with a strong tempo effort,  finishing  fifth.

On Thanksgiving Day, Jeffrey finished tenth overall with a new 5k PR of 14:11 at the Applied Material SiliconValley Turkey Trot. This is Jeff's final race before he will make his marathon debut at P.F. Chang's Phoenix Rock'N'Roll Marathon in January…

Empire Athletics Management is pleased to announce the addition of Danette Doetzel, the 2009 NCAA 10k champion. Danette capped off her successful career at Providence College with an NCAA win after placing second in 2008. She has run 33:23 and 15:46 for the 10k and 5k respectively. Danette is originally from Saskatchewan, Canada, where she was a 15-time Saskatchewan High School Provincial Cross Country and Track Champion, 3-time World Junior Cross Member, 3-time Canadian National Junior Track and Field Champion, and 5k Canadian National Junior Record Holder. Danette will continue to run long distance track and road races before making a… Continue reading

On October 17, Jeff Eggleston finished first overall in the Run for Hospice 5k, running 14:26.  Jeff has placed in the top three of the last three races he has run and will do one more 5k before his debut marathon in January. Click here for full results. You can also read Jeff and Anthony's training blog here…

On Sunday, October 11, Jeff secured a a spot on the awards podium, after finishing third at the BAA Half Marathon in Boston, MA. His time of 1:04:16 bodes well for his debut Marathon in early 2010…

In only her second marathon, Liliya is now the 2009 Chicago Marathon Champion after making a decisive surge in the final kilometers of the race. Her time of 2:25:56 bested Irina Mikitenko of Germany, winner of the 2009 World Marathon Majors, by almost a minute. Fellow Russian Lidiya Grigoryeva, who was the 2008 Chicago champion, finished third in 2:26:47…

On Sunday, October 4, Sally secured a top five finish at the USA Marathon Championships held in Twin Cities, Minneapolis. She ran a new PR of 2:35:49 and passed several people over the last half of the race. After a few weeks of downtime, Sally will try to lower her half marathon best at the Big… Continue reading

On Sunday, September 20, Silvia Skvortsova ran her fastest marathon ever in a time of 2:26:24 to finish second at the Real Berlin Marathon