Another Championships is in the book. The American team has been selected, for this year's World Championships and it looks to be pretty strong. Our depth across the board is pretty amazing. As we have world leading athletes in most disciplines, both men and women. In many events we will be leaving athletes at home that are capable of standing on the podium in Budapest Read More...
The CHill Zone of T&F: Conway's View From the Finish Line
NCAA Preview
Jun 7th, 2022
2:39 pm PDT
2:39 pm PDT
We're a day out from the NCAA Championships and I think I'm nearly as nervous as the athletes and teams are! Based on what I've seen during the conference and Regional competitions, there should be some serious fireworks in Eugene this week, because this year, we've got serious matchups in just about every event on the program 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...
Team USA v.2017
Jun 26th, 2017
5:31 pm PDT
5:31 pm PDT
Team USA, the athletes that will be attending the World Championships in London, was selected this past weekend. After nearly a week of some of the toughest competition on the planet, how does the squad that emerged from Sacramento look? Well, going in it looked like we were headed for a transition, with several old stars looking vulnerable Read More...
Pre Trials Status Check
Jun 22nd, 2016
9:52 pm PDT
9:52 pm PDT
With the Olympic Trials less than two weeks away, I thought I would take a quick look at where we're at. First a word on doping which once again seems to lead the discussion. Doping This sport just CAN'T seem to get away from the issue of doping! Ben Johnson (1988) opened the door to sub 9.80 in the 100, and to an open conversation on doping! It took until 2002 and BALCO before that conversation became loud - though many wanted to pretend it was an American problem - despite all evidence to the contrary Read More...
Prefontaine was HOT!
Jun 1st, 2015
6:34 am PDT
6:34 am PDT
Once again Pre was as good a meet as any on the planet. Which begs the question, why can't we do this more often? It's a rhetorical question of course, because the simple answer is MONEY! It takes a boat load of money to put on a quality meet these days, and who has that kind of money laying around? Yes, Eugene touts itself as "Track Town USA", but let's be real - it's in Nike's back yard! Nuff said Read More...
Events I’ll Be Watching at US Nationals
Jun 25th, 2014
7:41 pm PDT
7:41 pm PDT
Typically Nationals is one of the two hottest meets of the year behind only the World Championships or Olympics. This is an "off season" however, that once every four years non championship season. So the full complement of elites looking to make a global team is a bit lighter than usual. My biggest disappointment in this regards is the Men's 100 which is missing Justin Gatlin and the new kid on the block Trayvon Bromell, as neither of the year's two fastest Americans is entered in the competition Read More...
World Championships Review–Individuals Pt1
Aug 27th, 2013
9:22 pm PDT
9:22 pm PDT
Now for the fun part, looking at individual performances - and there were certainly some very good ones. First however, let's get a bit of perspective by taking a look at medal counts. The double digit medal earners: United States 25 total, 6 gold, 14 silver, 5 bronze. Russia 17 total, 7 gold, 4 silver, 6 bronze Kenya 12 total, 5 gold, 4 silver, 3 bronze Ethiopia 10 total, 3 gold, 3 silver, 4 bronze As expected Russians performed well at home Read More...
The Pieces are Coming Together
Apr 29th, 2012
9:42 am PDT
9:42 am PDT
The great thing about the Penn Relays is that it's the first time we get a large gathering of top athletes together at the same meet. The tough part is that they aren't competing head to head and they're not competing in individual events - so "evaluating" where they are can be a bit more difficult Read More...