As the season begins to hit it's stride we now see larger gatherings of elite level athletes than we have in previous meets this spring. Where earlier meets had one or two elites in attendance, Mt SAC will give us that first real "Invitational" feel! Mt SAC will host a plethora of talent, especially in the relays, sprints and hurdles Read More...

The Polls have closed. I would like to thank those of you that participated. Given the level of participation I will continue to run polls on the sport. The results of the first polls were:Should USATF pursue the development of a track and field "league" in the US?Yes - 40 - 76%No - 10 - 19%Undecided - 2 - 3%Which collegiate men's squad will win this year's NCAA 4x1 title?Florida - 14 - 40%LSU - 10 - 28%TxAM - 5 - 14%FlSt - 3 - 8%Clemson - 2 -5%Other - 1 - 2%

As the sport continues to try and find ways to market itself and improve its popularity, I continue to wonder why it simply doesn't look at what has worked in the past! After all, track and field is not some new sport trying to find its way. We're as old as the Olympics themselves and have a rich and storied history Read More...

A typically low key Easter weekend except for some sprinters and hurdlers that are obviously taking the season quite seriously. Most notable was Walter Dix who opened up his season at the Seminole Invitational in Tallahassee. Last week I said there was no need to panic over US sprinting and on queue Walter opened up at 10 Read More...

Once every Blue Moon high school athletes take the spotlight in this sport. This weekend is one of those Blue Moons here in California as The Arcadia Invitational takes center stage in Southern California.Once just a small local invitational meet, the Arcadia Invitational has grown to become the mid season "Preview" to the State High School Championships every year, as the top high school athletes from all over the state gather for early season bragging rights Read More...

Now that the season is truly under way, it seems like a good time to look ahead at what the season may hold in store. But to look ahead I am going to take a glance backward, because it seems that a lot of unnecessary panic was generated after Beijing.Panic because we did not do as well as we thought we would Read More...

I was hoping that these two meets would kick off the season, and kick it off they did! If yesterday was hot (and it was) today's action was blazing. Florida got things going in fine fashion as the host Gators sizzled to a nice early season 39.22 in the 4x1 - sending notice to the other would be contenders for June's national title notice Read More...

With the Texas and Florida Relays starting mid week we already have results starting to roll in - and it finally seems like the season is getting under way!In Texas we got some nice runs in the prelims of the men's 4x1 with Florida State (39.51), Texas AM (39.60), LSU (39.67) and Baylor (39.77) turning in quality times Read More...

As more information has become available it appears that a shortfall of $100,000 sits at the heart of the delay. Now $100K is not a small amount of change to be sure, but there are meets in Europe that have negotiated $100K as a payout to a SINGLE athlete! So to hear that a meet is not being held because of the lack of that amount of money seems almost like a slap in the face as we sit here in the wealthiest state in the wealthiest nation on the planet Read More...