Two-time Olympic distance running medalist Bernard Lagat's name didn't register with high school athletes of the current recruiting generation, and Arizona couldn't rebuild its distance running ...

Bernard Lagat, who is 41 years old, is competing in his fifth Olympics. The 5,000-meter runner will try to win his first medal since 2004 on Saturday.

Bernard Lagat, 41, ran the first round of the men’s 5,000 meters on Wednesday morning. With his fifth-place finish in his heat in 13:26.02, he qualified for the final on Saturday night.

Bernard Lagat has nothing left to prove as a runner, only to himself. He's won 13 medals in major international track competition including silver and bronze at the Olympics.

“Bernard Lagat is a great friend. He’s my mentor and role model, him making the team today, I’m so happy. There’s nothing else I could have asked for,” Chelimo said.

As the story goes, Bernard Lagat dashed 11/2 miles to and from school each day as a boy growing up in Kenya. Not uphill both ways, but still enough to put him on the path to becoming a two-time ...

Born and raised in Kenya, Lagat moved to the U.S. in 1996 and has represented his adopted nation since 2005, holding the current American records at both 3,000 meters and 5,000 meters.

His championship resume has put Bernard Lagat's name in the annals of track history, but when he reflects on his stellar career, he'll recall his performance in Friday night's Millrose Games as ...

OSAKA, Japan – Bernard Lagat didn't encounter much difficulty in the 1,500-meter final Wednesday in the world track and field championships until he crossed the finish line first. Lagat, a two ...

Bernard Lagat checked the weather forecast for the Palouse this weekend and shivered from the memory of December training runs. "I used to wear two hats," he said. "What do you call them? Toques?

EUGENE, Ore. — In the time it took Bernard Lagat to open his mail one day last May, two major things happened — one of which could radically alter the modern course of U.S. distance running ...