Finally we get the start of the long awaited Diamond League. Fourteen meetings that begin in Asia, move to Europe, travel to the US, then journey back to Europe. The full schedule is as follows: Doha, Qatar Friday, May 14 Shanghai, China Sunday, May 23 Oslo, Norway Friday, June 4 Rome, Italy Thursday, June 10 New York, New York Saturday, June 12 Eugene, Oregon Saturday, July 3 Lausanne, Switzerland Thursday, July 8 Gateshead, Great Britain Saturday, July 10 Paris, France Friday, July 16 Monaco, Monaco Thursday, July 22 Stockholm, Sweden Friday, August 6 London, Great Britain Fri Aug 13 & Sat Aug 14 Zurich, Switzerland Thursday, August 19 Brussels, Belgium Friday August 27 Links to the proposed entries are on the right Read More...
Update to Collegiate Rankings
5:22 am PDT
With most of the major collegiate conferences on tap this weekend, that means the NCAA Championships are just around the bend. At the beginning of the season I gave my predictions for those collegians I felt were the favorites to win their respective events in Eugene. Seems like a good time to update that list as they begin to position themselves and their teams Read More...
Track and Field’s Double Jeopardy
5:57 am PDT
No, I’m not talking about a category in the second round of the TV game show Jeopardy. I’m referring to the real life law (at least in this country) that you can’t be tried and convicted of the same crime twice. Once convicted and sentence served you are done with that particular crime. Once you’ve “done the time” you’re done with that crime Read More...
Dix and Culson Highlight Weekend Action
2:18 pm PDT
With Doha and the start of the Diamond League a week away, and no big meets on tap this weekend not a lot was expected in terms of upper level times. But with no global championship on tap it looks like we’re going to be treated to a lot of high level action this year. At least that’s how things worked out this weekend as Walter Dix and Javier Culson let everyone know that they are going to be major players in their events this year Read More...
Where Is Our 1, 2 Punch
3:10 pm PDT
The Diamond League will be starting in just over a week and so far the most hyped events have been the sprints. Not unexpected with Usain Bolt serving as the current face of the sport. What is surprising, at least to me, is that as we approach the heart of the season we (the US) don’t seem to have that 1,2 punch in the short sprint that has served us so well throughout most of the history of the sport Read More...
What Happened to the Running Boom
6:13 am PDT
Chris Solinsky finally takes the American 10000 meter record under 27 minutes. Nearly 17 years after the world record first dipped under 27 - 26:58.38, Yobes Ondieki, Oslo, July 11, 1993. Almost 38 years after Frank Shorter became the first American to break the 28 minute mark – 27:58.2 at the Games in Munich, August 31, 1972 Read More...
Bolt & Gay – When Do We Get the Showdown?
7:33 am PDT
After seeing both Usain Bolt and Tyson Gay on the track in Kingston this past weekend I’m sure that many are now wondering when will we get to see them going head to head? That’s what I want to know after watching their last set of races – Gay 44.89 & 45.05 and Bolt 8.79r & 19.56 Read More...
Solinsky and Bolt Highlight Weekend
3:53 pm PDT
It’s been a rare feat when an American leads the world list over 10,000 meters at any point in the season, and until yesterday no American had run the event faster than 27:13.98. Well, Chris Solinski changed all those things as he ran a stunning 26:59.60 in Palo Alto to destroy the American Record and take the world lead while becoming the first American under the 27 minute barrier in the event – and he did it in his debut over the distance! Known as a 5000 meter runner (13:12 Read More...