What2Watch: Thursday at the USA Championships

June 25, 2015 | Jesse Squire | 2 Comments

All eyes will be on Galen Rupp tonight.

The 2015 USATF Championships kick off today at Hayward Field. Here’s my usual rundown of what, why, when, how and who to watch.

Today’s events

The lion’s share of attention will go … Read More

A-Z Guide to the US Championships Part 2

June 23, 2015 | Kevin Sully

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If you missed Part 1 of the preview, (letters A-M), click here. For a deeper preview on the women’s steeplechase field, check out this story on Emma Coburn, Ashley Higginson and the rest of the contenders. … Read More

Coburn leads surging women’s steeplers into Nationals

June 22, 2015 | Daily Relay

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Fifteen hundred miles away from home and wearing a bridesmaid’s dress isn’t where or how one would expect to find America’s best female steeplechaser the weekend before U.S. Nationals. But at the Biltmore Estate in … Read More

The Monday Morning Run: A-Z Guide to the US Championships

June 22, 2015 | Kevin Sully | 3 Comments

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The Diamond League is on sabbatical and last weekend was filled with teenagers running ungodly fast times throughout the country. Recapping that is just going to make you feel slow and me feel weird, so instead … Read More

Monday Morning Run: Devon Allen ups the ante, Simpson beats Cain, Spearmon’s future

June 30, 2014 | Kevin Sully | 2 Comments

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I spent the weekend sweating through multiple shirts at the USA Outdoor Championships in Sacramento.  Today’s edition of the Monday Morning Run runs through some of the highlights from Sunday.

-In the span of a … Read More

USA Championships Saturday Report: McCorory wins, Richards-Ross returns

June 28, 2014 | Kevin Sully | One Comment

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After all the medals she’s won,  Sanya Richards-Ross isn’t one to be happy with a loss.  But Saturday’s 400-meter at the US Championships in Sacramento tested that theory.

One year after an injury-shortened season and up against fierce … Read More

Albuquerque

February 26, 2014 | Jesse Squire | One Comment

The sun.

It hurts my eyes.

It’s the first thing you notice in Albuquerque. The sun was strong enough to make me squint just coming through the airplane windows as we descended. I came from the land of ice and … Read More

The Monday Morning Run

June 24, 2013 | Kevin Sully | One Comment

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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

Five Things We Learned Saturday at USA Outdoors

June 23, 2013 | Kevin Sully | One Comment

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Five quick thoughts on Saturday’s action from US Championships in Des Moines….

Brianna Rollins’s 2013 is looking an awful lot like Aries Merritt’s 2012

Last year, Merritt found his rhythm early in the summer … Read More

Five things we learned Friday at USA Outdoors

June 21, 2013 | Kevin Sully

Our 2013 USA Track and Field Outdoor National Championships coverage continues all weekend! Make sure and bookmark the Daily Relay Coverage of the 2013 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships and follow @DailyRelay for updates!

Five quick thoughts on today’s action from US Championships in … Read More