Life is about change, and sport imitates life. And in the sports world change is inevitable. Injuries and age are the demons of athletes. That and the new and improved versions that arise every year! This year we saw a lot of all three of those things at the National championships - mostly however the rise of new & improved athletes ready to take their place on the international stage Read More...
The CHill Zone of T&F: Conway's View From the Finish Line
Gay (9.75) & Gardener (10.85) Lead US Champs
Jun 22nd, 2013
7:40 am PDT
7:40 am PDT
We're halfway through the US Trials and those gusts of wind that have been howling through the stadium seem to be the winds of change as veterans have been dropping like flies in Des Moines. Jeremy Wariner out in the first round. Ditto Angelo Taylor. Walter Dix a semifinal casualty. Doc Patton a DNS Read More...
USATF Plot Lines
Jun 17th, 2013
9:06 am PDT
9:06 am PDT
The World Championships are in August, and this week we select the athletes that will be representing the good old Red, White, and Blue. In spite of the fact that many say the sport is dead, the US Trials are annually one of the greatest meets on the planet - trumped in depth only by the Games and World Championships themselves Read More...
NCAA Championships – Great Competition
Jun 10th, 2013
8:17 am PDT
8:17 am PDT
This is one of the meets that I really look forward to each year, because it's everything that the sport should be. A meet that contests EVERY event. It has relays. The best show up to compete. There's team scoring. And most of all, the competition is fierce! Yes, the NCAA Championships should be the poster child for track and field Read More...
Upsets in Rome While Collegians Sizzle
Jun 6th, 2013
11:08 pm PDT
11:08 pm PDT
If you're a true fan of the sport then you are in Heaven like me, because we have wall to wall track and field –highlighted by the NCAA Division I Championships and today's Golden Gala in Rome. So far both have been full of surprises, for different reasons. I'll start with Rome, the fourth entry in the Diamond League Read More...