Track & Field News – March 26, 2009

College Track & Field
Kansas University plans $24.6 million ‘Olympic Village’!!! This is great news which bucks the trend of cutting back on olympic sports

LSU Coach opens up on challenging process of recruiting international athletes

Doping
Chambers Invited to Dutch Athletics Meet
Soccer’s FIFA Reject World Doping Agency’s ‘Whereabouts’ Rule It is about time a large organization stood up in opposition

Pro News
Catching up with Brown Alum Steeplechaser Anna Willard
Bolt Comes in Second for Once Jamiacan Sprinter Bolt just two votes behind the world’s top golfer Tiger Woods as best sportsman
Powell determined to sprint from Bolt shadow
USA find strength in depth Lots of US International Debuts
LaShawn Merritt hopes his pep talk will inspire students
Walter Dix, ICON agent in contract dispute

Olympics
Chicago police union may picket during International Olympic Committee visit Why on earth?
Obama makes early pledge to attend IOC meeting
August D-Day for Olympic hopefuls IOC hopes to narrow new sport choices down to 2
Bubka climbing the sporting political ladder: Bubka elected to ASOIF Council