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

April 14, 2015 | Jesse Squire | 3 Comments

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

April 9, 2015 | Jesse Squire

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

The New York City Marathon a trial for the Trials

November 1, 2014 | Daily Relay | 2 Comments

Deep elite fields of American men and women will have their feet planted on the New York City pavement for Sunday’s marathon, but you’ll have to forgive them if the back of their minds are somewhere in the cloudless skies … Read More

The Monday Morning Run: Lagat’s American record, Zharnel Hughes shines, USATF dysfunction

March 31, 2014 | Kevin Sully | One Comment

Photo via TrackTownPhoto

Now that the professional outdoor season has begun in earnest, the next few months are starting to look pretty interesting for American track fans. The following events take place in the United States before the … Read More

Daily News Roundup: Live Television!

January 22, 2014 | Jesse Squire

The TV schedule for USATF’s indoor track series was announced yesterday. It’s just three meets, the same as last year, but all three will be covered live on NBC Sports Network.

Live coverage is important–and rare for track and field … Read More

Fifty Athletes of the Year

December 3, 2013 | Jesse Squire | 5 Comments

Here’s one of our athletes of the year, but we have 49 more for you.

This is the time of year for Athlete of the Year awards. USA Track and Field is announcing theirs this week, Athletics Canada just announced … Read More

The Weekend’s Best Matchups — June 6-8

June 6, 2013 | Jesse Squire

He’s back! But how will he run? Photo courtesy Diamond League facebook page.

The NCAA Championships are underway and run through Sunday, but there’s plenty of other track and field and road racing action around the USA and the world. … Read More

NCAA Championship Fan Guide — Day 1

June 5, 2013 | Jesse Squire

Seven weeks ago at Hayward Field, Oregon and Arkansas battled all the way to the 4×400 relay. It could happen again. Photo courtesy TrackTownPhoto.com.

The NCAA Championships is like the entire NCAA basketball tournament squeezed into four days, a glut … Read More

The Weekend’s Best Matchups – Prefontaine Classic – May 31-June 1

May 31, 2013 | Jesse Squire

The eyes of the track and field world will be on Hayward Field for this weekend’s Nike Prefontaine Classic. Every single one of the 26 events not only has a high-quality field but an interesting one to boot. There are … Read More