Of all the competitions in track and field, the World Indoor Championships tends to be one of the least popular championship meets in the sport. That's typically because most athletes are still in their base training mode. As a result, the fields in most events aren't nearly as deep as they will be come Olympic Trials time Read More...
The CHill Zone of T&F: Conway's View From the Finish Line
NCAA Regionals and Pre
May 29th, 2022
7:28 pm PDT
7:28 pm PDT
Well that was one Hell of a weekend. Basically three high level meets, since the NCAA treats the first two rounds of its National Championships as two separate meets. Thoughts on that in another post. Either way, this past weekend was hot hot hot. In spite of two of the competitions having inclement weather! That's how good the sport is right now - sizzling hot Read More...
Regional Forecast – HOT
May 22nd, 2022
8:12 pm PDT
8:12 pm PDT
This has been a very interesting weekend of track and field. Here in the State of California, the various high school "sectional" Championships were held. The qualifiers for next week's State Championship meet. So there was excitement up and down the state, as those cut throat meets whittled the playing field down to about 27 competitors per event Read More...
Early Season Thoughts
Jan 18th, 2022
3:41 pm PST
3:41 pm PST
Hear ye, hear ye. The 2022 season has begun! A slew of indoor invitationals have got things finally going. And while we're a couple of weeks away from the "elite" invites. We've away gotten some pretty outstanding results coming in. Enough for me to say that 2022 could be an even better year statistically than last year! Some thoughts from this weekend Read More...
Trials Day 2 – Ashton Eaton, 9039 WR
Jun 24th, 2012
7:51 am PDT
7:51 am PDT
Excitement and drama. That's standard when talking about the Olympic Trials. And while there were only three finals, Day Two just might be one of the most exciting and dramatic Trials days ever! Let's start with the decathlon, since it did start the day off. Ashton Eaton entered the day with a score of 4728 pts, putting him on WR pace as he, Trey Hardee, and Bryan Clay looked to be on their way to sending the greatest trio of decathletes ever to the Games Read More...
Will Marvin Bracy Be the Next Olympic Prep?
Apr 3rd, 2012
10:09 am PDT
10:09 am PDT
It’s rare that high school athletes are able to compete in the Olympic Trials, let alone the Olympic Games. While the Games in it’s infancy was able to produce a Bob Mathias – high school decathlon gold medalist in London (1948). Today’s Olympics are a “professional” affair dominated by athletes that train year round and get paid to do so Read More...
2012 Outdoor Preview – Hurdles
Mar 28th, 2012
3:37 pm PDT
3:37 pm PDT
If you like speed and competition then you must like the hurdles. Unlike the pure sprinters, who seem to avoid each other as much as possible until forced to toe the line for championships, the hurdlers compete often and face each other with regularity. The sprinters tend to get more publicity but of the four hurdle events three of them have legitimate shots at having WR’s broken – two by more than one individual Read More...