In Lashawn Merritt's recent entry on his IAAF diary he outlined his upcoming schedule:• 200 this weekend at the Adidas Classic• 400 at the Reebok Grand Prix• 300 at the Prefontaine Classic• 400 at NationalsKnowing what Merritt was running I took a look at Jeremy Wariner's website to find out when we would get our first match up between the two Read More...

Scanning through some meets there are more very good results from this weekend.At the Georgia Invitational, long jumper Dwight Phillips set a new PR in the 100 meters with an excellent 10.06 (+2.0). Should bode very well for his long jumping this year. Later in the meet, 100 meter man Derrick Atkins (BAH), World Silver medalist in '07, moved up to the 200 and set a PR of 20 Read More...

High Schoolers really kicked into gear this weekend as State Meets were run in some states and qualifying began in others. In Georgia, Stephen Hill (Miller Grove) jumped a nation leading 25' 8.75" in the long jump. Seven jumpers in all went over 24' in various divisions. Jumping was good in in the high jump too as David Smith (Love Joy) cleared 7' 2" In the high jump Read More...

Tough to follow yesterday's Doha meet, but that was the position the Osaka Grand Prix was in this morning (at least this morning my time). Osaka had decent performances but only two one lap races stood out - Jeremy Wariner's 44.69 win in the open 400 and Kerron Clement's 48.60 win over the hurdles. Both efforts put them in the #2 position on the yearly list for the season, and Wariner's mark made him only the second person under the 45 sec barrier this season Read More...

Today's meet in Doha got the weekend rolling like few meets do during the course of a season as 13 seasons bests were set in various events all over the stadium!Where to begin? Well Kerron Stewart (JAM) demolished the women's 100 field in 10.93 (+1.3) but was just short of her own yearly leading mark (10 Read More...

I know it's early in the season. There is lots of time for athletes to rise, fall, and even rise again. Already we have seen injuries, accidents, slow starts to training and other issues that could affect the final outcome to the season - which this year is the World Championships in Berlin. But somebody has to stick their neck out at some point and start looking ahead Read More...

A press release issued today outlines a new deal between NBC and the IAAF to broadcast the World Championships in 2011, 2013 and 2015. It is an extension of the deal that NBC has to broadcast this year's World Championships in Berlin. The agreement also includes some future telecasts of Golden League events during the same time period Read More...

The weather wasn't always cooperative this weekend, but that didn't stop an onslaught of athletes turning up the heat on the season this weekend. The meet I was most looking forward to was the Texas Twilight. Put together at the last minute it still put together some solid fields and had Tyson Gay once again taking on the 400 meters as he prepares to defend his sprint titles in Berlin - and neither Texas nor Tyson disappointed! A lot of races benefitted from the favorable breezes one usually finds in Texas and there were some great times albeit windy Read More...

Usain Bolt was in a car accident in Jamaica this week. No broken bones, but word from his manager yesterday is that he will be out the month of May, which means he will not be competing in Kingston this weekend. While Bolt said he was fine this is a smart move on the part of his people. Auto accidents can often result in spinal and back injuries even when no such injuries are apparent Read More...