For four days America's best track and field athletes got together in Des Moines Iowa to decide who would represent the US at the World Championships. Lots to say, some good, some bad, so let's start with the bad. I'm not sure what the selection process is for championship sites, and I understand that this meet is going to be held in the summer, but how many times have I seen this meet affected by rain? So on Championship Sunday we're hit by rain yet again Read More...
The CHill Zone of T&F: Conway's View From the Finish Line
NCAA Championships
Jun 13th, 2017
2:18 pm PDT
2:18 pm PDT
Championship season is my favorite time of year. The relay circuit is fun. The Diamond League gives us a glimpse of the world's elite athletes. But in today's track and field it's Championships that gives us the head to head competition between the sports best athletes at every level! The NCAA's are always the first of the "elite" championships each year Read More...
NCAA Championships – All About the Format
Jun 14th, 2015
8:19 pm PDT
8:19 pm PDT
This year there were two things to talk about when looking at the NCAA Championships. One was the competition - and this year's competition was as stellar as ever! The other was the format as the powers that be thought it was a good idea to split the meet into TWO separate meets - a men's meet and a woman's meet Read More...
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...
My Thoughts on the World Relay Championships
4:21 pm PDT
Focusing on coaching my high school kids, I missed discussing the early season to date, primarily the Diamond League and the World Relays Championship. That's a lot of action/discussion, so will tackle one then the other and will start with the World Relays Championships since the subject has already come up Read More...
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