The Weekend’s Best Matchups: Shanghai Diamond League and more

May 15, 2014 | Jesse Squire

The USATF High Performance Classic at Occidental College is the first of many great competitions this weekend. (Photo: TrackandFieldPhoto.com)

It’s almost track and field overload this weekend. College track has its conference championships, the Diamond League and World Challenge tours … Read More

The Madness of the NCAA Mile

March 14, 2014 | Ben Enowitz | 2 Comments

“I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies, but not the madness of people.” —Sir Isaac Newton

After Isaac Newton lost a fortune in the South Sea Bubble in the early 1700s, he said, “I can calculate the … Read More

The Weekend’s Best Matchups

March 13, 2014 | Jesse Squire

Will New Yorkers be doing the Mobot come Sunday?

There’s a lot of top college and pro action going on this weekend. The NCAA Championships get top billing but they’re far from the only show. Let’s take a look at … Read More

Daily News Roundup: Some Oversight?

March 5, 2014 | Jesse Squire

The 2014 USATF Indoor Championships might be a turning point in the organization’s history.

If you’ve been paying any attention at all to professional track and field in the last two weeks, you know that two high-profile disqualifications happened at … Read More

The Weekend’s Best Matchups

January 31, 2014 | Jesse Squire

College track gets a classic #1 vs #2 showdown this weekend in Fayetteville.

Instead of trying to rank these matchups as I often do, I’ll instead put them in chronological order.

Arkansas vs Florida

Razorback Invitational Randal Tyson Track Center, … 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

5 Questions with Lawi Lalang

July 11, 2013 | Pat Price | 2 Comments

photo courtesy: Track Town Photo

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 multi-time NCAA Champion, and finalist for … Read More

The 2013 Track and Field Draft

June 28, 2013 | Kevin Sully | 10 Comments

Photo courtesy of trackandfieldphoto.com

Track and field fans love hypotheticals. They are obsessed with Jeremy Wariner’s potential in the 800, even though he says he will never run the event. They speculate what Alan Webb’s career would look … Read More

Year-end College Awards

June 10, 2013 | Jesse Squire | 4 Comments

The college season is over, the stadiums are empty. Let’s take a look back.

Every Monday during the college season, I recap the weekend’s action and hand out weekly awards. Now that the season is over, I’m going to hand … Read More

NCAA Championships Fan Guide — Day 4

June 8, 2013 | Jesse Squire

A classic meet in a classic stadium. What more could you ask for?

The final day of the NCAA Championships is coming up soon and the team championships are still up for grabs. Records are possible in some events and … Read More