What We Learned at the USA Indoor Championships (day 2)

February 23, 2014 | Jesse Squire | One Comment

Ryan Whiting has become a beast of historic proportions. (Photo by Dane Schubert.)

What did we learn on the second and final day of the USA Indoor Championships?

USATF is its own worst enemy. The height of comedy to me … Read More

Just The Facts, Ma’am

February 23, 2014 | Jesse Squire | 8 Comments

On Saturday night at the USATF Indoor Championships in Albuquerque, Gabe Grunewald won her first national title in the 3000 meters. Later that night, she was disqualified for “for clipping and impeding the stride of Jordan Hasay” on the final … 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 21, 2014 | Jesse Squire

The biggest event of the weekend is the USA Indoor Championships, and Daily Relay will be there for live coverage.

Key links: Meet website Meet schedule Entries

Complete coverage of the meet will be offered up through a combination … Read More

Daily News Roundup: USA Indoor Championships

February 20, 2014 | Jesse Squire

We’re just one day away from the beginning of the USA Indoor Championships. The Daily Relay will have on-site coverage in conjunction with the House of Run podcast. Yours truly will be in Albuquerque, along with the Relay’s Kevin Sully … Read More

Athletech: Martin Bingisser – Thrower, Coach, Lawyer (HMMR Media)

February 20, 2014 | Jim McDannald | 3 Comments

Welcome to Athletech, where we discover the gear and technology the running and track & field community uses to get stuff done. If there is someone who you’d like us to feature, tweet their name to us @DailyRelay with the … Read More

5 Questions with Marvin Bracy

February 20, 2014 | Pat Price | 2 Comments

photo: Facebook

Welcome back to 5 Questions, where we pick the brains of people from all areas of the running scene. Today, we were lucky enough to catch up with Marvin Bracy, as he comes off a win … Read More

Daily News Roundup: Dual Meet Idea

February 19, 2014 | Jesse Squire

Over the weekend I had a conversation with Akron head coach Dennis Mitchell (not the retired sprinter of the same name). He and I agree that simplicity and brevity are qualities most college track meets need to have but don’t, … Read More

The 4 X 1: Dibaba and Lavillenie’s records, World record vs. World indoor and US Preview

February 19, 2014 | Kevin Sully | One Comment

Photo via Wikimedia Commons

 

Jason and Kevin take four minutes to discuss:

 

-Both have set world records, but who has had the better 2014, Renaud Lavillenie or Genzebe Diababa?

-Was Lavillenie’s post-record injury worth the trade-off?

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Daily News Roundup: Overly Strict NCAA Rules?

February 18, 2014 | Jesse Squire

Do meets like this qualify for the NCAAs or not? Like everything in track, it’s overly complicated.

Earlier today a small furor erupted on Twitter regarding some collegiate marks made at Saturday’s Millrose Games. Initially, the 3:52.88 collegiate record mile … Read More