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

June 2, 2014 | Kevin Sully | One Comment

Photo via TrackTownPhoto

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 USA Indoor Championships (day 1)

February 22, 2014 | Jesse Squire

The USA Indoor Championships kicked off today in Albuquerque, New Mexico. What did we learn?

They’ve still got it. The highlight races of the evening were the men’s and women’s 3000 meters. One was a clash of the titans, Bernard … Read More

The Weekend’s Best Matchups

February 7, 2014 | Jesse Squire

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: Simpson running cross country

January 21, 2014 | Jesse Squire

Today saw a lot of entrant announcements by races and meets, and many of them look like they’ll be great fun to watch. One of them struck me as highly unusual. And in a good way.

Jenny Simpson, the USA’s … Read More

Daily News Roundup: Records tonight?

January 16, 2014 | Jesse Squire

Tonight, several members of the Nike Oregon Project will be racing at Boston University. They will run in special sections during the BU Multi-Team Meet, a women’s 1,000 meters at 7:30pm and a men’s 5,000 meters at 7:40pm. You can … Read More

Moscow Daily for August 14

August 14, 2013 | Jesse Squire

The Cain Train leaves the station tomorrow at 1:20pm Eastern Time. Nothing seems impossible now. (Photo courtesy TrackTownPhoto.)

Our Moscow Daily recaps the day’s action at the IAAF World Championships, offers up some analysis, and tells you what (and how) … Read More

Five Things We Learned in Monaco

July 19, 2013 | Jesse Squire

Five quick thoughts on today’s Diamond League meet in Monaco…

Jenny Simpson is back.

Back in 2009, when she was known as Jenny Barringer, she ran the still-standing 1500 meter collegiate record of 3:59.90 at the Prefontaine Classic. At the … Read More

The Weekend’s Best Matchups – Monaco Diamond League

July 18, 2013 | Jesse Squire

Stade Louis II awaits. (Photo courtesy Creative Commons.)

As the season wears on, there are fewer and fewer competitions being held and they are at a higher and higher level. This weekend there is only one major competition on the … Read More

Des Moines 2013: A 50-point retrospective

June 27, 2013 | Pat Price | 13 Comments

My view all weekend (when I wasn’t running back and forth to the Mixed Zone)

Now that we are almost a week past what were the 2013 USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships, I had a few thoughts … Read More

The Monday Morning Run

June 24, 2013 | Kevin Sully | One Comment

Photo courtesy of trackandfieldphoto.com

It was a busy weekend in track and field with national championships taking place in the United States and Jamaica. Let’s hand out some awards!

Best performance:

Brianna Rollins (100 hurdles)

Rollins set … Read More