Monday Morning Run: The rise of Tori Bowie, Gatlin’s personal best, Bolt’s 2014 schedule

July 21, 2014 | Kevin Sully

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Vacation kept me away from the Monday Morning Run the last two weeks, but it looks like I returned just in time. Last Friday, the Monaco Diamond League meet delivered its normal heaping of extremely fast … Read More

The Weekend’s Best Matchups: Pre Classic

May 30, 2014 | Jesse Squire

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The Prefontaine Classic will be held tonight and tomorrow at historic Hayward Field and it totally dominates the weekend’s news in track and field.

There are other competitions this weekend–NCAA prelim rounds, the Gotzis decathlon and … Read More

The Weekend’s Best Matchups: World Relays, College Championships and more

May 23, 2014 | Jesse Squire

The world is coming to the Bahamas for the first ever IAAF World Relays this weekend, a meet that looks like it will be great fun. There’s plenty of other action this weekend too: three lower-tier national collegiate championships, US … Read More

The Monday Morning Run: Kiprop rolls, Obiri destorys Dibaba, American sprint struggles

May 12, 2014 | Kevin Sully

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If you were to look at a list of marks from this weekend’s professional track meets, you would probably think the times came from a meet in July or August.  From the Doha Diamond League … Read More

Doha Diamond League GIF Highlights

May 9, 2014 | Daily Relay

Ivan Ukhov won the high jump with a clearance of 2.41m. Three other competitors cleared 2.37 (Drouin, Kynard & Barshim) making for a great competition.

 

Asbel Kiprop ran a crazy fast 1500m, leading 6 guys under 3:31.

Ezekiel … Read More

The Weekend’s Best Matchups: Diamond League, road races, and more

May 8, 2014 | Jesse Squire | 2 Comments

This weekend features the return of the Diamond League, a bunch of road races, and some interesting college matchups. Instead of ranking them, this week I put all twenty matchups (twenty!) in chronological order, starting with tonight’s Medtronic TC road … 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 — May 9-12

May 9, 2013 | Jesse Squire

The Diamond League is ready for action!

The weekend’s best matchups comes a day early this week because the schedule warrants it. Not only does the Diamond League start early on Friday, but the top collegiate conference championships go through … Read More