Lead by Lolo Jones’ (US) 12.47 win in the women’s 100 meter hurdles, the Rethimno track proved to be quite fast today. Jones was injured earlier in the year at the Drake relays and wasn’t able to return to form in time to be a factor at Nationals, but she was near her old form today winning in her season’s best time.

Another who appeared back in form was Carmelita Jeter (US) who has looked less than her best since arriving in Europe following Nationals. She ran under 11 seconds for the first time since hitting Europe winning the women’s 100 in 10.97 ahead of an 11.08 for Allyson Felix (US). Keeping with the tone of fast women, Debbie Ferguson McKenzie clocked a world leader in the 200 with her 22.32 victory.

The men were fast too, as Ivory Williams (US) won the 100 in a PR 9.93 stating his case for inclusion on the US 4×1 as only Tyson Gay has run faster among Americans this year. Also fast was Panamanian Alonso Edwards as he improved his yearly best to 20.00 as he just edged Jamaican Steve Mullings’ 20.01 in the 200.

A blazing day at the track for a “small” meet. Full results here.

With most athlete's starting to wind up their preparations for Berlin, the meets here during the last part of July will give us our last peak at some of the sports main players.Right off the bat yesterday we got a look at Jeremy Wariner. He won the 400 but only in a time of 45.28 and not with the type of run that we have come to associate with him Read More...

One of the things that makes track and field exciting is great head to head competition. Nowhere are the head to head battles any bigger than at the World Championships and Berlin will have its fair share. With four weeks to go before the Opening ceremony, I will be taking a look at several of these match ups, starting with the men's 400 and Jeremy Wariner and Lashawn Merritt Read More...

    With this year's World Championship only one month away, I thought it was time to start focusing on it. And my first thought was to round up my top ten moments from Worlds Championships past. But as I began to do so something strange started happening, the name of Stuttgart became VERY prominent! As a sprint fan Tokyo '91 and the men's 100 immediately came to mind as did Rome '87 and Osaka '07 Read More...

  The one thing that World Championships and Olympic Games have that is missing from most other meets is the relays - the 4x1 and the 4x4. These events are quite possibly the most exciting on any track docket when they are contested, as they are fast, involve several athletes, and have a lot of action and movement among the teams Read More...

Tyson Gay and Kerron Stewart made strong cases for why they could both be atop the podium as the Road to Berlin passed through Rome today.Gay blazed a world leading 9.77 in just his second 100 of the season as he handily defeated former world record holder Asafa Powell and a very strong field. Gay used a decent start and tremendous mid race surge to run by Powell and the rest of the field on his way to victory Read More...

With the season hitting high gear on the way to the World Championships next month, Rome sits in the position of coming off an exciting Lausanne meet. With the weather playing a factor for many in Switzerland, I had to take a look at the weather report for Rome tomorrow. The forecast: Partly cloudy skies Read More...

 In the mid 70's the hottest matchup in the sprints was that of American Steve Williams vs Jamaican Don Quarrie. Two of my favorite sprinters of all time, they dominated the clock, the rankings, and the competition. They were the dominant sprinters on the planet between 1973 and 1976 in both the 100 and 200 Read More...

Lausanne is always one of the top spots on the European Circuit, and in spite of cool, rainy weather today was no exception. Though the weather put a damper on many events, two things were clear today - it was Jamaica's day to shine, and the match up that the world is now waiting for is Usain Bolt v Tyson Gay Read More...

With the World Championships just a little over a month away, the competitions are beginning to heat up. Many of the sports top athletes have competed sparingly up to this point, but this week we start to get some races and match ups that will bring some focus on the Berlin medal hunt.Lausanne will get that going in a big way tomorrow, as several high profile athletes take to the track AND the field Read More...