The Weekend’s Best Matchups: Boston and Mt. SAC

This weekend’s action is centered on the two coasts. The 119th Boston Marathon is on Monday, but the B.A.A. also puts on some shorter races on Saturday. The Mount San Antonio College Relays go through Saturday evening just outside of … Read More

College Track Issues & Answers: Half Empty or Half Full and Win Streaks

Were the seats at Hayward Field half empty last Saturday, or half full?

The last weekend of college track had less of the big giant all-day invitationals and more of the smaller scored meets. One of those was Oregon’s traditional … Read More

The Weekend’s Best Matchups: College Duals and Road Races

The women’s hammer throw kicks off the weekend with an NCAA 1-versus-2 matchup at the Tennessee Relays.

After the big Texas and Florida Relays, the collegiate season takes a breather and mostly incorporates dual and triangular competition this weekend. The … Read More

Which are the NCAA’s best conferences?

The Big Ten proved it’s still big in the money sports, but how does it stack up in track and cross country?

Last night’s NCAA men’s basketball championship game was a classic. Wisconsin pushed Duke all the way until the … Read More

College Track Issues & Answers: Why do we do things this way?

This guy had to run a race last weekend that he had no intention of trying to win. Why does the system make him do that?

A few weeks ago I used this space to talk about how college track … Read More

The Weekend’s Best Matchups: World Cross Country, Texas Relays, and more

Could Chris Derrick lead the US team to another Worlds medal? Yes. Could it be gold? Not likely, but stranger things have happened. (Photo: © Getty Images for IAAF)

The collegiate outdoor season get serious this weekend with relay meets … Read More

College Track Issues and Answers: Long throws, a program rebuilding, and are we all hipsters?

Starting from zero, Oregon State is rebuilding a program. This weekend was another milestone.

As you might expect, the first weekend of the outdoor season wasn’t exactly full of action. Usually the USTFCCCA has a recap of the weekend’s action, … Read More

College Track Issues & Answers: Popularity, and who wins outdoors?

Filling these stands took a lot more work than most people realize.

The weekend in college track was all about the national championships. If you want a recap, the USTFCCCA has you covered.

Before the weekend’s action began, I was … Read More

The Weekend’s Best Matchups

College track comes to a head at Arkansas’ Randal Tyson Track Center.

The action will come fast and furious this weekend. There are four national collegiate championships, the NCAA’s three divisions plus Canada’s national meet. There are a bunch of … Read More

College Track Issues & Answers: Between the Championships

Fayetteville and the NCAA Division I Indoor Championships await.

The past weekend saw conference championship meets over most of the NCAA, and in two weeks we’ll have the national collegiate championships. The USTFCCCA did a nice job of summarizing the … Read More