The CHill Zone of T&F

. I’ve already have given my Thoughts T on the meets premier events – the men and women’s 100m. Difficult doing Previews with fields being determined so late. Just another issue with the sport – everything is a secret until the final hours! Made more difficult with the US squad being the last one announced, as many potential medalists are expected from Team USA . We’re now within a few hours of the opening gun, so rather than more event Previews, I’m just going to go through my thoughts on the meet itself, as well as several “highlight” events and individuals. Let’s start with the location, because Tokyo played host…

All of the preliminary events have been completed, so all that’s left now is the crowning of World champions, which will begin in just over a week. While I wanted to start discussing events sooner, I waited until official roosters were available, and unfortunately those only recently dropped. Leaving little time for Predictions. However, there are two track events that grab everyone’s imaginations, the 100m and 1500m. So, I’m going to take a look at these before competition begins, starting with both the men and women’s 100m. Two races that have been central to this season from the start, and which should both produce great results and drama in Tokyo.…

It’s finally happened. After what has seemed like an eternity, the US National Championships has finally been held, and the team for Tokyo has been chosen! The change in the World Championships to September caused Nationals to be moved as well. Now that it’s over, I think I’d rather see the meet remain in late June. Primarily because this year’s version was missing a lot of collegiate athletes who are getting ready to go back to school, diluting the talent pool and causing reductions in the number of rounds in several races. Making for a bit of an abbreviated meet in some respects. Still, the depth of talent available in…

By now everyone is aware of what’s been going on with Grand Slam. Ended early. Owes millions to athletes and others. I’ve hesitated to write about what’s happened, because I don’t want to appear negative. Unfortunately however, there are many negative things taking place in our sport that need to be addressed if we hope to fix them, and I was hoping that Grand Slam would be a fix, not a problem. For what it’s worth, I hope that Grand Slam gets it’s issues fixed, because there were good things taking place. Chief among them, it was dragging prime time track and field out of the small confines of Eugene…