LetsRun.com’s Best Articles of 2020: How to Turn Pro, Farewell to Coogan’s, Solinsky’s 26:59 Revisited and More
January 2, 2021
With 2021 upon us, we’ve been spending some time looking back this week at the best of 2020. So far, we’ve handed out our 2020 awards and shared our favorite episodes of the LetsRun.com Track Talk Podcast. Today, we’re looking at our favorite stories we published this year on LetsRun.com.
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Every year, dozens of top NCAA track & field talents turn professional. But how, exactly, does it work? There’s no pro track & field draft, and there is precious little information about how much money top track athletes make.
Chabot Elections in Iraq
January of 2005 was a very busy time for the 3
rd BCT Dukes. It was very important that the elections for Iraq’s new government went off without fraud or interference from AQI. 2
ND Platoon of 197 FA(MP) NHNG conducted many operations leading up to and during the elections.
In the weeks prior to the election missions were conducted to scout out polling locations and to help the Iraqi Police set up defenses of polling sites. Cpt.Chris Solinsky callsign Duke Sheriff took the lead in operations conducted from the police HQ in Baqubah. Patrols mounted and dismounted were conducted throughout the City. With cordon and search operations conducted to harass AQI supporters. Weapons and explosives caches were found and confiscated for disposal with some arrest being made of suspected AQI members.