His face may not have been familiar, but his voice was as fans and athletes around the country were entertained and informed by stadium announcer Scott Davis at hundreds of track meets over the course of three decades. Most notably he was behind the mike at 21 Prefontaine Classics. More than...
FT. WORTH, TEXAS, May 18 — Set up with hopes of being a speedfest, the USATF Open crashed against a fierce Texas weather system, with thunderstorms delaying field event action by a few hours and cross winds gusting to 20mph (8.9mps) creating challenging conditions throughout the day. Th...
According to Siegel, the USATF’s COVID-19 protocols exceed the playbook of rules prepared by Games organisers with regards to infection control and that its Journey to Gold series of meets has given athletes a feel for what to expect. ...
Arceneaux and Kersee contend that Mu was not “under-raced” before the trials. She wanted to compete in meets but simply wasn’t healthy enough to. Mu was injured far more than anyone knew in the weeks before she traveled to Eugene. She had planned to compete at the Los Angeles ...
Masters athletes are a vibrant part of what our sport is. Even though I don’t compete, I’m an example of that. One of the great things about track and field is that there is a place for everyone. Where masters, youth, elites, as well as coaches, officials, volunteers and everyone...
Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, exce...
Janee’ Kassanavoid hasn’t thrown the weight much in the last few years, but she has never thrown it better. She had 0 meets in ’18, 1 in ’19, 2 in ’20, 0 in ’21 and only 1 this year before this meet. In January, seeking a qualifier, she PRed by almost 4ft when she...
and 2036. Each of those future Olympians need to be introduced to our sport before other (often non-Olympic) sports try to pull them away. Each of those future Olympians need thousands of other athletes to compete against, thousands of Officials for their meets, and a whole bunch of coaches...
So becoming the first American to break 20 and 45 on the same day—that caught Bednarek off-guard. “It’s kind of hard to figure, for how long track & field has been around, I figured other people would have been doing that. Because, I don’t know, I’m not that special. When...