The CHill Zone of T&F: Conway's View From the Finish Line
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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Apr 28th, 2012
7:58 am PDT
I'm getting antsy, it's Friday night and no big results can be found - everything major will be happening Saturday. So my mind is wandering in the direction of the Trials. After all, once the smoke clears everything comes down to two meets this year - National Trials and the Olympic Games.In some countries the Trials may be the years most important meet, beside if you don't get past the Trials you'll never see the Games - at least not from the stadium in London Read More...
Tags: Batson, Bracy, Cantwell, Carrruthers, Cherry, Claye, Crawford, Demps, Dix, Duncan, Felix, Gatlin, Gay, Harper, Hayes, Hoffa, Jeter, Knight, McQuay, Merritt, Nellum, Nelson, Oliver, Pierce, Richardson, Rowbury, Simpson, Solomon, Taylor, Trammell, Uceny, Wariner, Wells, Whiting, Wurth Thomas
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Apr 17th, 2012
1:23 pm PDT
What's a sign that this is an Olympic year? That the Mt SAC Relays are loaded. Several fields have multiple world class/ranked athletes scheduled to compete, and the overall level of athletes is as high as I’ve seen in a while. Below is my list of names and events that I think deserve more than a causal look - and there are plenty Read More...
Tags: Anderson, Batson, Dutch, Hughes, Jackson, Jeter, Jock, Knight, Loxsom, Pierce, Richardson, Ritzenhein, Roberts, Schmidt, Simpson, Vessey, Wariner, Webb, Williams, Wurth Thomas
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Apr 9th, 2012
12:14 pm PDT
It’s early in the season, and few of the top athletes have made it to the track yet, but the 110 hurdlers are doing what they do – compete! I love the hurdlers. For starters it’s one of the most exciting events on the track. There’s speed. The technique of the hurdles. The ebb and flow of the race Read More...
Tags: 110 Hurdles, Ash, Faulk, Merritt, Oliver, Richardson, Trammell
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Mar 28th, 2012
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...
Tags: Anderson, Antyukh, Carruthers, Clement, Crawford, Demus, Dutch, Gordon, Greene, Harper, Hejnova, Jackson, Jones, Liu, Merritt, Oliver, Pearson, Richardson, Robles, Spencer, Taylor, Trammell, Van Zyl, Walker, Wells, Wilson
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