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 Monday Morning Run

December 2, 2013 | Kevin Sully

Photo courtesy of TrackTownPhoto

The Monday Morning Run is all over the globe this week–marathons in Japan, turkey trots in California and cheetah versus human races in Busch Gardens. Come to think of it, that was pretty much … Read More

The Morning Run

November 26, 2013 | Kevin Sully

Once again this week, the Monday Morning Run appears on Tuesday. This is partly to make way for the big weekend of NCAA action, but more so because I was hoping the extra day would produce more stories to discuss. … Read More

College Weekend Wrap

November 25, 2013 | Jesse Squire | 7 Comments

The men’s race at 600 meters. (Photo by Dane Schubert for DailyRelay.com.)

I’ve been to the NCAA Cross Country Championships eleven times now, and off all the meets I see every year I think this one is the most fun. … Read More

The Weekend’s Best Matchups

November 22, 2013 | Jesse Squire

Terre Haute loves cross country. (Photo: XCTownUSA.com)

The NCAA Cross Country Championships, the culmination of the fall season, will be run on Saturday in Terre Haute, Indiana. What matchups should you be watching? Let’s take a look.

1. Oklahoma State … Read More

5 Questions with Chris Derrick

November 20, 2013 | Daily Relay | 3 Comments

photo: Runnerspace

A year after missing out on making Team USA with a fourth-place finish in the 10,000m at the Olympic Trials in Eugene, Chris Derrick fought for third on a hot night in Des Moines to make … Read More

The Monday Morning Run

November 19, 2013 | Kevin Sully | One Comment

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Track and field stories rained down on us from the heavens last week. Most of them originated from Monaco, where the sport convened for the IAAF awards. A prodigy turned pro, an American city won … Read More

College Weekend Recap

November 17, 2013 | Jesse Squire | 6 Comments

Mary Cain won’t be running for Oregon or any other college team. (Photo: TrackTownPhoto)

For running fans, Friday was like the first two days of March Madness. It was the regional meets, which chose the 31 teams and 38 other … Read More

The Weekend’s Best Matchups

November 14, 2013 | Jesse Squire

Could Emily Infeld upset two American Record holders? (photo: TrackAndFieldPhoto.com)

It’s getting to be late fall and that means the list of the weekend’s best matchups is lean. I have just five for you this week, but they’re good. Take … Read More

The Monday Morning Run

November 11, 2013 | Kevin Sully | One Comment

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Last week, the IAAF announced the finalists for the World Athlete of the Year. No surprise, the nominees are Usain Bolt, Mo Farah, Bohdan Bondarenko, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Zuzana Hejnova and Valerie Adams. Bolt and Fraser-Pryce … Read More