The CHill Zone of T&F: Conway's View From the Finish Line

Track Shorts

Mar 11th, 2009
6:23 am PDT

Dwain Chambers (GBR) finished off his fast weekend in Turin with a European Championship over 60 meters with a nice 6.46. Chambers is the only man to run under 6.50 this season, doing so twice in Turin. His run sets him up to potentially run in the 9.8x range for 100 meters outdoors. Making him a potential challenger to the top sprinters including Usain Bolt (JAM), Tyson Gay (US), Asafa Powell (JAM), Richard Thompson(TRI) and Walter Dix (US) Read More...

Championships Update

Mar 7th, 2009
1:34 pm PST

Dwain Chambers clocks the first sub 6.50 60 meters of the season by blazing to a 6.42 in his Semifinal heat of the European Championships. Chambers run was a European Record and made him the #3 Performer All Time, with the =6th All Time performance. Chambers now trails only Maurice Greene (6.39) and Andre Cason (6 Read More...

Dwain Chambers and What’s Wrong with the Drug Program…

Mar 5th, 2009
3:06 pm PST

Snipets of the Dwain Chambers book have been leaking out on the Internet as a result of it being serialized In Sportsmail. .And, of course, as with "Speed Trap" and other books, it appears that he is ready to "tell all" - or at least a bit of what he knows. Already John Regis, his agent, is being investigated because Chambers says that Regis knew he was doping Read More...

Track Shorts

Mar 4th, 2009
10:11 pm PST

Plans to upgrade the "Golden League" to a new "Diamond League" were announce this past week. Beginning in 2010, it will expand the current race series to include meets outside of Europe with stops in China, the United States and perhaps Doha, Qatar. With locations still to be solidified the Diamond League could have anywhere from 12 to 15 meets Read More...

Weekend Chatter

Mar 1st, 2009
8:30 pm PST

A championship weekend of sorts, but I have to say it really didn't feel like one.Several collegiate conferences had their championships, the most notable being the SEC. Competitive as always, I was most taken by the fact that as deep and strong as the SEC is, it is being dominated this year by FRESHMEN! Second (Ryan Fleck, AUB, 7' Read More...