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Mind over matter? Or nature over nurture? What is it that separates Olympic legends like Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt and U.S. swimmer Michael Phelps from the millions of enthusiastic amateurs around the world? (via CNN)

  Send Your Signings Updates   National Signing Day for cross country and track is February 1st. This time marks the first day that an athlete can sign a national letter of intent to their college destination.  Athletes have until August 1st to announce their choice.   DC Milesplit wants to know where you’re headed!  Send us your news and photos of your announcement and we will share it with the running community. Email slee@milesplit.com

INDOOR TRACK | Wise’s Champ Page was one of several local athletes to turn in top performances at the Virginia Tech Invitational. (via Washington Post)

The American University men's and women's indoor track and field teams will compete at the George Mason Patriot Games on Saturday, January 28.

Phil Wharton is one of my heros in the sport of track and field. He’s extremely knowledgable, extremely passionate about his craft and his compassion for athletes is tremendous. He works with his father Jim at Wharton Performance, working with athletes from a variety of sports. He and his father are best know for their Active Isolated Stretching (AIS) with ropes – “the rope stretching” – but as you’ll hear in this podcast, there is so much more to Phil’s approach than just rope stretching. (via www.coachjayjohnson.com)

Lauren Centrowitz Northwestern girls 4x200 1:47.64.  Joel Roberson 49.71, Dorian Claggett 49.86.  Champ Page 1:04.21

GP and LB MD #1 & #2 Boys DMR's 10:33.87 and 10:46.45

The Georgetown university track & field team hosted the second annual Hoya Spiked Shoe Club Invitational today at the Hanley Center for Athletic Excellence on the campus of Georgetown Preparatory School in Bethesda, Md. The Hoyas put up a number of impressive performances today and appear to be in impressive midseason form. (via www.guhoyas.com)

For the second straight year, the Georgetown University track & field program will host the Hoya Spiked Shoe Invitational this Friday, January 20 at the Hanley Center for Athletic Excellence on the campus of Georgetown Preparatory School in Bethesda, Md. The Hoyas welcome the La Salle Explorers as well as a handful of post-collegiate runners for the second annual event. The meet is scheduled for 4 p.m. with the first running event occurring at 4:30 p.m., tentatively. (via www.guhoyas.com)

 Maryland will be one of 23 collegiate teams competing Saturday in the annual Terrapin Invitational indoor meet. (via www.umterps.com)

How much is a spot on an Olympian's shoulder worth? Nick Symmonds put his skin on the eBay auction site, offering to wear a temporary tattoo with the name of the highest bidder as he competes for a spot on the U.S. team for the London Games this summer. (via sportsillustrated.cnn.com)

INDOOR TRACK | Old Mill senior Alexis Franklin wins the 55 hurdles, 300 and 500 at the SMAC Invitational. (via Washington Post)

Recommendations for your mid-distance and distance runners to avoid contracting an upper respiratory tract infection (URTI) while training outside during the winter months. (via Complete Track and Field)

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The United States Naval Academy Official Athletic Site, partner of CBS College Sports Networks, Inc. The most comprehensive coverage of Navy Midshipmen athletics on the web. (via www.navysports.com)

Dunbar senior Dennisha Frazier leaps 19 feet 18.5 inches, the No. 2 long jump in the country this season and nearly two feet better than her previous best. (via Washington Post)

Gators Assistant Track & Field Coach Todd Morgan will take his coaching talents to University of Virginia. Morgan will be the Head Women's Distance Coach for the Cavaliers.

Stanford Head Coach Edrick Floreal Teaches "Triple Jump For Dummies" at the 2012 Track & Field Clinic. See what he has to say about proper approach, landing, jumping drills, and much more.

Senior Mobolaji Adeokun wins two events — the 55-meter dash and the long jump — and places well in two others at the Montgomery Invitational. (via Washington Post)

T&F Technical Certification: College Park, MD (via USTFCCCA)

2012-01-06 at Comcast Center Heritage Hall in College Park (via MDRUNNERS.COM)

Lauren Fleshman arrived at the start of the New York City Marathon in November as a human billboard, wearing temporary tattoos that advertised an energy-bar company she founded with her husband.(via www.nytimes.com)

  01/03 District 5 Challenge   Baltimore, Md 01/03 Terry Baker Invitational   Landover, MD 01/04 Anne Arundel v. Howard   Landover, MD 01/04 Bayside League Meet   Snow Hill, MD 01/04 HCC B Developmental Meet   Hagerstown, Md 01/05 PG County Novice Championships   Landover, MD 01/06 Antietam Conference Championships   Hagerstown, Md 01/06 Delaware Invitational University of Delaware Newark, DE 01/06 UMES Coach O HS Invite University of Maryland Eastern Shore Princess Anne, MD 01/07 CCBC-ESSEX INVITATIONALS Community College of Baltimore County Baltimore, Md 01/07 Chesapeake & Piedmont Conference Championships   Hagerstown, Md 01/07 Golden Bear Invitational Kutztown University  Kutztown, PA 01/07 - 01/08  

Two former high school standouts have created a website for Christian athletes to network with one another and share their experiences. Tyler Cardillo and Sarah Spann, now freshman runners at the University of Florida started UndefinedChristianAthletes.com in December. Cardillo says the response from the community has been outstanding.