It's time for the second installment of the Diamond League, and if Doha was any indication of how the year is going to go then Shanghai should be a real humdinger! Looking at the start lists, things should once again be exiting from start to finish. As usual however, there are some events that I am especially looking forward to: Men's 110 Hurdles Aries Merritt, David Oliver, Jason Richardson This is one of those wonderful events where the best compete head to head quite often - and the anticipation never drops Read More...
The CHill Zone of T&F: Conway's View From the Finish Line
2012 400 Meter Rankings – Men/Women
Dec 26th, 2012
10:18 am PST
10:18 am PST
While the short sprints have been on fire since 2008, the 400 has struggled a bit. The previous two men's Olympic champions - and sub 44 performers - have suffered injuries at the wrong times. While several emerging stars have been up and down, and injury prone. on the women's side, we seem to have difficulty getting out of the 49 second zone - a barrier broken back in 1976! There was good news on the men's side in 2012 however, as we saw the first non American run under 44 Read More...
What are the Sport’s Best Rivalries?
Sep 18th, 2012
6:16 am PDT
6:16 am PDT
Coming off a successful Olympics and 2012 season, it’s time to take a look at how the sport can improve moving forward. One of the glaring problems in the past few seasons in my opinion has been the false start rule which I addressed a couple of days ago. When I listen to what other people are saying, one of the biggest complaints that many people have about the sport of track and field is the lack of head to head competition among the sport's best athletes Read More...
The Top Performances of 2012
Sep 10th, 2012
10:01 am PDT
10:01 am PDT
It's time to start looking back on what turned out to be a pretty awesome season. I figure the best place to start reviewing is with the top performances, since that will certainly lead into discussion about the top athletes. This year there was no dearth of outstanding performances, even more than usual in an Olympic year Read More...
Aries Merritt Near Flawless in 12.80!
Sep 7th, 2012
4:21 pm PDT
4:21 pm PDT
Perfection. That’s what I thought of when I would watch Renaldo “Skeets” Nehemiah run the hurdles. Solid out of the blocks. Nerves of steel. barely gliding over the tops of the hurdles. Winning comfortably against the best competition the world had to offer. Back in the day that was Greg Foster, and Skeets was good enough that in his final WR run of 12 Read More...
Aries Merritt Best in Berlin
Sep 2nd, 2012
10:06 am PDT
10:06 am PDT
He doesn't get the biggest headlines - those seem to be reserved for Jamaican sprinters Usain Bolt and Yohan Blake. He hasn't had the greatest individual performance this season - that was easily David Rudisha's barrier breaking 1:40.91 800 in London. And he didn't have the greatest performance we've seen in several decades - that would be the US women's record shattering 40 Read More...
London Olympics – The US Finds Its Stride
Aug 8th, 2012
7:39 pm PDT
7:39 pm PDT
We're roughly half way through with the track and field portion of the Games and though there has been a medal here and there,US troops haven't really gotten untracked - until today. The team that's expected to leave with the most medals in t&f, had struggled a bit to this point, as several athletes didn't quite hit the mark Read More...
London Olympics – THAT Was Exciting !
Aug 7th, 2012
3:49 pm PDT
3:49 pm PDT
OK, my feed was working all day, and it was a great day to watch live track and field at the Olympics. I’m a day behind, but so much happened not enough time or room to catch up on everything. I will say an outstanding win in the pole vault for Jenn Suhr (USA). Primarily because Yelena Isinbayeva was in the field and finished with the bronze Read More...