Ok, I really thought this was going to be the year. After all, we won the men's 4x1 in '19 and '23, which was the closest thing to a winning streak that we've had since the '90's. This year we'd dominated at the World Relays running 37.40 without our best team. We showed up to Paris with the group that won in the Bahamas with Fred Kerley and Noah Lyles also ready to go Read More...
The CHill Zone of T&F: Conway's View From the Finish Line
It’s All About Timing
May 2nd, 2024
7:11 am PDT
7:11 am PDT
This past weekend track fans had events from Thursday thru Sunday! An entire weekend of track and field to enjoy. Literally nearly every corner of the globe was hosting a meet of some type. It was great to see so much action, especially with several meets being televised and streamed. I noticed a lot of criticism aimed at athletes who are not performing up to the expectations of some fans Read More...
US Relay Thoughts Heading Into Budapest
Jul 19th, 2023
4:45 pm PDT
4:45 pm PDT
Now that teams have been selected for Worlds, one of the biggest questions roaming the internet is, who will represent the US in the relays? Relay selection for us is nearly always controversial. While most countries either know exactly the composition of their squads, or have a pretty good idea who will represent them Read More...
Can the US Top the Podium After A Decade
Jun 13th, 2019
12:54 pm PDT
12:54 pm PDT
Ten years. A decade. A lot can happen in 10 years. Ten years ago, the iPhone made its debut - now no one can remember how we lived WITHOUT smartphones. Before that Blackberry and Nokia ruled the cell phone world, and if you were really cool you owned a Razr! Young people today can't remember either of those names with a market dominated by iPhones and Galaxy's Read More...
Can the US Return After a Decade?
Jul 15th, 2017
2:39 pm PDT
2:39 pm PDT
Ten years. A decade. A lot can happen in 10 years. Ten years ago, the iPhone made its debut - now no one can remember how we lived WITHOUT smartphones. Blackberry and Nokia ruled the cell phone world, and if you were really cool you owned a Razr! Young people today can't remember either of those names with a market dominated by iPhones and Galaxy's Read More...
Post Rio Notes
Aug 26th, 2016
6:07 am PDT
6:07 am PDT
The Rio Olympics are in the books. In spite of all the "worries" heading into the meet, it was the competition that ultimately (always does) stood out! Such is the nature of track and field - when we get our best together, the sport shines brightly. I've commented on most of the events during the course of the meet Read More...
How to Win the 4×1 in Rio!
Feb 8th, 2016
11:27 am PST
11:27 am PST
It's one thing to be dominated in the sprints by an athlete like Usain Bolt, but during the same time span we've seen a comedy of horrors take place in what was also an American staple - the 4x1 relay. The American men haven't won a 4x1 in a major since 2007 - approaching nearly a decade! This is tragic, and the first step to righting this ship in my opinion, is to admit FAILURE and move on Read More...
My National Relay Plan
Sep 23rd, 2012
8:55 am PDT
8:55 am PDT
I was catching up with a friend a couple days ago and since it had been a while we began to review the Olympics. Bolt's double, Felix' exploits, Mo Farah, David Rudisha. I had almost forgotten just how outstanding the London Games were. Being old relay teammates however, we talked a lot about the relays - the 4x1s Read More...
Relay Chatter – The 4×1’s
Jul 10th, 2012
3:29 pm PDT
3:29 pm PDT
Relays are fun, exciting and frankly if it were up to me we would have more than just four of them in the Olympics - or Worlds. We need some sort of global world relay gathering. Maybe replace the outdated World Cup with such an event. Something more exciting that would get the world’s best together in a different and exciting fashion – and I’m talking about the field events as well 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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