Top Americans in Chicago 🤩🇺🇸
CJ Albertson was the top American man with a seventh-place finish of 2:08:17 at the 2024 Bank of America Chicago Marathon! Zach Panning earned a top-10 finish with his 2:09:16 run for tenth.
Susanna Sullivan finished seventh as the top American woman with her 2:21:56! Lindsay Flanagan cracked the top-10 with her ninth-place 2:23:31.
📸: Kevin Morris
While we appreciate the side by side video during commercial, this is not quite what we meant when we asked for it. We meant side by side WITH, ya know, coverage of the actual races.
But that seems to be hard for you with just one screen. @nbcchicago#ChicagoMarathon
The US has sent 15 women to the Olympics in the women's steeplechase since the event was added to the Games in 2008.
Seven are Colorado Buffalo alums.
2008: Jenny Simpson
2012: Emma Coburn, Shalaya Kipp
2016: Coburn
2021: Coburn, Val Constien
2024: Constien
I’m college, a few of us on the club triathlon team would joke about what our 3, non-endemic, dream sponsors would be. Mine were always food/beer related:
1. Coors
2. Nabisco
3. Ben and Jerry’s
Christina Clemons is a 100 m hurdler for the US, sponsored by Doritos.
Christina Clemons is my new favorite athlete.
Sometimes correlation does equal causation.
Soak it in Chari, you’re an Olympian🇺🇸
@_charihawkins sets PBs in the final 2 events to seal her spot on Team USA with a new heptathlon lifetime best of 6,456 points.
At 33 years old, Hawkins has been to two World Championships, but this will be her first Olympics.
Dear @flySEA, you are a terrible airport. Both my outbound and inbound flights were delayed more than an hour, just sitting on the tarmac due to de-icing. It really shouldn’t be this hard to read a weather forecast and prepare appropriately. Do better.
Have you ever wondered if the underband of a sports bra can restrict breathing mechanics and increase oxygen consumption?
I figured we needed to do a study: https://t.co/1TckhjbQ4n
@Mick_Leahy_@UBCKin