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

World Indoor Championships Meet Records

Mar 7th, 2010
8:57 am PST

World Indoor Championships Meet RecordsMen60 - 6.42 - Maurice Greene, US - '99200 - 20.10 - Frankie Fredericks, NAM - '99400 - Butch Reynolds, US - '93800 - 1:42.67 - Wilson Kipketer, DEN - '971500 - 3:33.77 - Haile Gebrselassie, ETH - '993000 - 7:34.71 - Haile Gebrselassie, ETH - '9760H - 7.36 - Allen Johnson, US - '044x4 - 3:02 Read More...

NCAA Indoor Championships Meet Records

Mar 7th, 2010
8:56 am PST

NCAA Indoor Championships Meet Records Men60 - 6.51 - Richard Thompson, LSU - '0860 - 6.51 - Jacoby Ford, Clemson - '09200 - 20.10 - Wallace Spearmon, Arkansas - '05400 - 44.57 - Kerron Clement, Florida - '05800 - 1:45.33 - Patrick Nduwimana, Arizona - '011500 - 3:43.48 - Paul Donovan, Arkansas - '853000 - 7:46 Read More...

US Sending Strong Team to Doha

Mar 4th, 2010
5:03 pm PST

The roster for the US team for the World Championships in Doha was released today. The team appears to be quite strong with several gold medal possibilities. Among those that I feel have a strong shot at gold:Ivory Williams - Men's 60Carmelita Jeter - Women's 60Bershawn Jackson - Men's 400Debbie Dunn - Women's 400Bernard Lagat - Men's 3000Terrence Trammell - Men's 60HGinnie Powell - Women's 60HChristian Cantwell - Men's ShotMen's 4x4 squadWomen's 4x4 squadFull information on the US team can be found here.

Rudisha Sizzles in 800 Opener!

Mar 4th, 2010
4:53 pm PST

David Rudisha opens season with a sizzling 1:43.15 run in Melbourne Australia! Coming off of his 45.50 400 PR in Sydney, Rudisha blazed to a 1:43.15 to start his 800 season off in fine style. Rudisha reportedly easily followed the leader through a first lap of 50.0 before demolishing the field over the second lap Read More...

Running Under Protest and the New False Start Rule

Mar 4th, 2010
7:08 am PST

Already the new false start rule is causing controversy - and the sport is barely under way this year! During the women's 60 meters at the US Indoor Championships this past weekend we saw an athlete (Lisa Barber) DQ'd but allowed to run the race under protest. Not completely unheard of, but something that we should expect to see much more of with the new false start rule Read More...

David Rudisha – Next Super Star ?

Mar 2nd, 2010
4:38 pm PST

This past weekend was a very busy one, with lots of selection meets for the upcoming World Indoor Championships. But as I was scanning the results there was one result that stood out to me from the others - from an outdoor meet in Sydney Australia.In the men's 400 in Sydney the results were actually quite outstanding for this time of year Read More...