College Weekend Recap

The capitol of indoor track hosted the Armory Collegiate Invitational. (Photo by Wikimedia Commons)

The college action this weekend took place in classic college towns: crazy fans in South Bend, a breakout performance in College Station, a thriller in State … Read More

Daily News Roundup: Cheat Sheet

Tyson Gay in 2007, at the peak of his powers. (Photo by Jesse Squire)

A story by Sports Illustrated writer David Epstein, titled Cheat Sheet: They Tyson Gay File, was released earlier today at Pro Publica. It’s a must-read.

If … Read More

The Weekend’s Best Matchups

Duane Solomon and Nick Symmonds lead off two evenly matched 4×800 relay teams, and the winner might break the world indoor record.

The first really big domestic meet of the weekend will be on Saturday, the New Balance Indoor Grand … Read More

Daily News Roundup: World Record!

The reigning world indoor champion has just set yet another world indoor record. (Photo by Wikimedia Commons)

Just this afternoon, Ethiopia’s Genzebe Dibaba ran 3000 meters in 8:16.60 at the XL Galan in Stockholm. It’s a world indoor record, breaking … Read More

Daily News Roundup: National Signing Day

Today is national letter of intent signing day for several college sports, track and field (and cross country) among them. It’s a relatively minor happening in our sport as compared to what happens with football or men’s basketball, and I’m … Read More

Daily News Roundup: Another thought on college dual meets

Last April’s Oregon vs Arkansas dual was an awesome meet. (Photo by TrackTownPhoto.)

Not everyone is a fan of collegiate dual meets, but I am. Duals were commonplace up through the 1970s and then began a long, slow decline in … Read More

College Weekend Recap

(Photo: Razorbacks.com)

Last week’s college action was mostly about the individuals, while two weeks ago it was mostly about the teams. This week it’s a bit of both.

Razorback Team Invitational

Results “#1 Arkansas wins Razorback Invitational, … Read More

The Weekend’s Best Matchups

College track gets a classic #1 vs #2 showdown this weekend in Fayetteville.

Instead of trying to rank these matchups as I often do, I’ll instead put them in chronological order.

Arkansas vs Florida

Razorback Invitational Randal Tyson Track Center, … Read More

Daily News Roundup: First Big Pro Meet

Poland’s Adam Kszczot won the 800 meters in a world-leading 1:45.42

The first pro indoor meet of much importance was today, the PSD Bank Meeting in Dusseldorf, Germany.

World leading marks were established in five events. No surprise there–like I … Read More

Daily News Roundup: Olympic Marathon Trials to LA

Photo by USATF

Shortly after 3:00pm Eastern time, the 2016 Olympic Marathon Trials site was announced as Los Angeles. USATF, municipal, and Los Angeles marathon bigwigs held a press conference at the Los Angeles Coliseum to make the announcement.

Thirteen … Read More