Kipsang’s streak, Felix in the 400, a high jump world record and other reasons to be excited for in 2015

January 6, 2015 | Kevin Sully

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Yesterday I went through five stories and topics I’m interested in following during the 2015 track and field season. If you missed it, it’s not too late to catch up.

Today, I’ll trot out five … Read More

The Monday Morning Run: Another Rupp Record, Rudisha Struggles, Vessey’s Outfit

June 2, 2014 | Kevin Sully | One Comment

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All Prefontaine Classic, all the time.  If you missed any of the races, the videos are archived here.  There were two American records, David Rudisha and Asbel Kiprop both looked human, Kirani James and Lashawn Merritt … Read More

Five Things We Learned at the Prefontaine Classic

June 1, 2014 | Jesse Squire | 2 Comments

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The Prefontaine Classic, the third stop on the IAAF’s Diamond League tour, was held on Friday and Saturday at historic Hayward Field. IAAF Recap Complete results Race videos

Here are five of my reactive musings about the … Read More

The Weekend’s Best Matchups: Pre Classic

May 30, 2014 | Jesse Squire

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The Prefontaine Classic will be held tonight and tomorrow at historic Hayward Field and it totally dominates the weekend’s news in track and field.

There are other competitions this weekend–NCAA prelim rounds, the Gotzis decathlon and … Read More

Monday Morning Run: Penn/Drake Relays Recap, Spring Marathon Report Card

April 28, 2014 | Kevin Sully | 2 Comments

In a perfect track fan’s world, the Penn Relays and Drake Relays would fall on different weekends. I loved the 4.5 hours of uninterrupted track coverage on Saturday afternoon, but with so few domestic professional meets it seemed excessive to double … Read More

The Weekend’s Best Matchups for August 29-September 2

August 29, 2013 | Jesse Squire

Zurich’s “Letzi” awaits the Weltklasse.

This is an unusually long weekend, starting with Thursday’s Diamond League final in Zurich and stretching out to Monday’s USATF 20k Championships. Let’s take a look at the best matchups coming your way over those … Read More

The Monday Morning Run

August 26, 2013 | Kevin Sully

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Welcome to the off-season, or to be more accurate, the post-World Championships exhibition season (not to be confused with the pre-World Championships exhibition season).  Even after Thursday’s Diamond League meet in Stockholm, there are … Read More

Monday Morning Run

August 19, 2013 | Kevin Sully

A few weeks prior to the World Championships I wrote about a potential malaise in Moscow. With a rash of injuries to the sport’s superstars and several doping controversies still swirling the highlight of the 2013 season looked to be … Read More

World Championships Preview: 400 meters

August 7, 2013 | Jesse Squire

LaShawn Merritt has regained the form that won the 2009 gold medal–but will it be enough to unseat the 2011 champion, Kirani “King” James?

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Our next set of previews for the upcoming IAAF World Championships … Read More

The Weekend’s Best Matchups – July 12-15

July 12, 2013 | Jesse Squire

The Kenyan Championships steeplechase is as good a race as at any Diamond League meet. (Photo courtesy Tracktownphoto.) This weekend is a bit short on top-level clashes, so I’ve got just five matchups for you this time around. There … Read More