I've given my opinion on the men's 100m, so it's time to do the same for the women. I'll start by saying that there are fewer women currently competing in the top thirty all time performance list than the men. BUT five of the top ten fastest women ever are currently competing! The women are not as deep overall, but have better depth on the top end 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...
Prefontaine Highlights
Aug 22nd, 2021
7:16 am PDT
7:16 am PDT
This was easily the most anticipated single meet of the year outside of championships and it lived up to the hype! Nike put its considerable wallet into play, producing Olympic quality fields across the board. Oh to have Nike’s money. That said, let’s discuss the elephant in the room. The matchup between Sha’Carri Richardson and “The Jamaican Medalists” Read More...
Tokyo Recap
Aug 14th, 2021
11:53 am PDT
11:53 am PDT
I have to admit, I didn’t realize just how tough it would be to watch the Olympics live! Here on the West Coast, that meant getting up at 3:00am. Watching the Games. Then a full day of work. Then more track and field. Then bed long enough to get some rest before repeating - for a week and a half. Literally track and field Nirvana Read More...
First Stop Women’s 100
Jul 31st, 2021
11:59 am PDT
11:59 am PDT
And we’re off and running, literally. As the first few rounds of events have taken place and we’ve had our first couple of finals. The first actual final was themes 10,000 meters. Won by Ethiopian Selemon Barega. An interesting race given the heat and humidity as it turned into a wait and kick affair Read More...
The Games Have Arrived!
Jul 29th, 2021
3:46 pm PDT
3:46 pm PDT
It’s here. The Tokyo Olympic Games have finally arrived.We've had several sports already take place, and now it's time for the heart of the Olympics, Track and Field, to take to the stage! The world has been waiting for five years, half a decade, for the next week and a half. And while there have been World Championships and other championship meets that have taken place in the time in between, for track and field the Olympics are IT! Read More...
Were Meets Necessary This Year?
Oct 18th, 2020
10:29 am PDT
10:29 am PDT
I am a track and field junkie! It's easily my favorite sport. So I've been pleased to have track back to watch. But everyone hasn't been as excited. I've had some people ask me, “why are they running?”. The position being that, a) it's not safe to be competing right now. and b) what we've been watching isn't really track and field Read More...