The CHill Zone of T&F: Conway's View From the Finish Line
Jul 16th, 2019
11:10 am PDT
We're a little over a week from the USATF Championships. No more competitions to watch. The time has finally arrived. And after months of meets - we still don't know much!
With Worlds being so late, some athletes have been very cautious. Then there are the collegiate kids that have already peaked for a championship Read More...
Tags: Claye, Coleman, Gatlin, Harrison, Lyles, McLaughlin, Norman, Richardson, Taylor, USATF
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May 18th, 2013
9:33 am PDT
Perhaps Doha raised the bar a bit high, but I didn't come away from Shanghai with the same WOW factor that I had following the Diamond League opener. A nice set of marks were turned in, but that special something was missing in most of the events on the track. One running event that hit on all cylinders however, was the men's 400 as both LaShawn Merritt and Kirani James showed up to compete Read More...
Tags: Fraser, Gatlin, Hejnova, Isinbayeva, James, Jeter, Kiprop, Merritt, Okagbare, Richardson, Weir
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May 16th, 2013
10:25 am PDT
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...
Tags: Borlee, Demus, Fraser, Gatlin, Gordon, Hejnova, James, Jeter, Makusha, Merritt, Okagbare, Oliver, Patton, Phillips, Richardson, Rutherford, Saladino, Spearmon, Spencer, Tarmoh, Watt, Weir, Young
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Apr 9th, 2013
9:11 pm PDT
Another nice weekend of track and field in the books with the Florida Relays serving as the center piece. Florida didn't disappoint with a Tyson Gay sighting, David Oliver debut and some hot running in the speed events. If early returns are any indication, this could be the Year of the Youth, as several young people stepped up into potentially starring roles Read More...
Tags: Adams, Austin, Batson, Brown, Carter, Dutch, Freeman, Glass, Goule, Hall, Kidder, Mance, McQuay, Moline, Nellum, Oilver, Porter, Richardson, Silmon, Verburg, Wesh
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Sep 18th, 2012
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...
Tags: Aman, Amos, Cantwell, Claye, James, Kitum, Lavillenie, Majewski, Merritt, Mohr, Nelson, Otto, Richardson, Rivalries, Rudisha, Storl, Taylor, Whiting
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Aug 27th, 2012
1:08 pm PDT
The double meet weekend that started Thursday in Lausanne, ended early today in Birmingham - and just as it was in Lausanne, speed was on display in Britain. In a meet with several Olympians in attendance the highlight of the day was turned in by Aries Merritt who is on an unbelievable streak of hurdling consistency Read More...
Tags: Fraser, Grabarz, Jelimo, Jeter, Merritt, Richardson, Savinova
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Aug 8th, 2012
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...
Tags: Antyuhk, DeLoach, Demus, Eaton, Felix, Hardee, London, Merritt, Olympics, Reese, Richardson
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Aug 7th, 2012
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...
Tags: Centrowitz, Claye, Culson, Harper, Harting, James, Kynard, Liu, Manzano, Merritt, Olympics, Pearson, Richardson, Robles, Sanchez, Taylor, Tinsley, Ukhov, Wells
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Jul 15th, 2012
10:18 am PDT
The London leg of the Diamond League loomed as the most significant of the year for me. In part because it is the only DL meet to have all of the various events - so somewhat of a full preview before the Games - but also because London is where the Games are being held. We didn’t get a peak at the Olympic stadium, but otherwise the same conditions that will prevail at the Games Read More...
Tags: Bailey, Culson, Gay, Idowu, Jamal, Kaki, Kszczot, Lemaitre, Liu, London, Martina, Merritt, Ohuruogu, Okagbare, Pearson, Richardson, Rowbury, Simpson, Taylor, Uceny, Wells
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Jul 2nd, 2012
11:21 am PDT
After over a week of action, the Trials wrapped things up in nice style this weekend. There were only 2 finals on the track on Saturday, but 5 on Sunday. With 2 field finals each day. One would almost think they could have had single day “finale” and did it up right for the fans. Still there was some great action over the final two days Read More...
Tags: Acuff, Barrett, Borman, Centrowitz, Claye, Clement, DeLoach, Felix, Jeter, Lowe, Manzano, Merritt, Mitchell, olympic trials, Patterson, Reese, Richards Ross, Richardson, Rowbury, Simpson, Spearmon, Taylor, Tinsley, Uceny, Wheating, Young, Yurkovich
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