Maine Track & Field

We covered how UMaine returns to sports and what talks are in place to see how the fall season moves in regard to the current coronavirus pandemic.

UMaine sophomore runner James Olivier, from Cony HS in Augusta, has won the USA Track and Field U20 national championship in the 800-meters.

Hermon High School's Zach Beaton is one of the best all-around track & field athletes in Maine and after signing his National Letter of Intent Friday afternoon he will continue ti showcase his talents in Maine - at the Division One level for the UMaine Black Bears track & field program.

Lewiston's Isaiah Harris goes for the U.S.Track & Field Championship title in the 800m event Sunday afternoon in Sacramento, California. At stake, not just the national title but a chance to compete in the IAAF World Championships in London, England in August.

Former Lewiston High School standout Isaiah Harris will run for the NCAA Division I national title in the 800M event Friday night in Eugene, Oregon.

Portland's Chris Harmon and North Yarmouth's Christine Hein were the top Maine finishers at the 121st Boston Marathon. Tracy Guerrette, originally from St. Agatha and now living in Bangor, had the second best time among women from Maine at 3:05.02.

Brewer's Austin Lufkin finishes his high school indoor track and field career with a record breaking throw in the shot put - a 40 year old record breaking throw.

Former University of Maine track and field athlete Jesse Labreck advanced to the Las Vegas Finals of the popular reality television show American Ninja Warrior on Monday night. Labreck became the third woman to qualify this season for the finals as she made it via the Philadelphia qualifier...

The 2016 US Olympic Qualifiers in the men's 5,000 meter was one Mainer that Ben True will not soon forget. True ran the event at 13:36.40 on Saturday night and finished in fifth place overall, which put him two spots away from the top three overall he need to place to qualify for the 2016 Rio Games...

Maine Track and Field athletes Ben True and Riley Masters will both try to qualify for the US Olympic National team tonight as the race in the 5,000 meter finals. Both True and Masters had good enough times in their heats on Monday night to make it to the 16 runner final scheduled for 8:20 ET...