From The Editor

The track world has only so much room for ranting and raving, so T&FN doesn't allow its editor, E. Garry Hill, to run off at the fingers every month. But perhaps you'll enjoy hearing the babble he puts up several times a year. The opinions he expresses--needless to say--reflect his personal point of view, not necessarily that of the rest of the editorial staff, and are in no way meant to be construed as company policy.

The editor unabashedly admits that he's an elitist (the higher the level of achievement the more he likes it) and that his prime interest in the sport is for the professional side of things. And more than anything else, he seeks to ensure that the presentation of the sport keeps it a viable entity on the crowded modern sporting field. Recent pontifications:

August 2008
Two of the all-time greatest words in the English language: Road Trip!
(gh & dj head to Des Moines in tornado season)

July 2008
The greatest meet on the planet? Not the OG, not the WC—it’s the OT my friends

May 2008
Watching 3 rounds of dash prelims is as good as a cliff-hanging serial at the Saturday matinee

March 2008
A column dedicated to Willi Krause, who epitomized all that was great about coaches

February 2008
Happy 60th Birthday To Track & Field News!

September 2007
Some think the World Champs is held too often; I don’t think it’s held often enough

August 2007
Can’t anybody run a scoreboard properly at a track meet?

May 2007
How about making the NCAA Champs a finals-only meet?

April 2007
Would you believe an NCAA meet that’ll be done in time to go have a beer after the meet and it’s not even noon?

February 2007
Sacrilege! Maybe the finishline isn’t the best place to sit and watch a meet?

December 2006
Which of the 8 kinds of track fan are you?

November 2006
It’s time for the rulesmakers to revisit the lane-draw procedures

August 2006
Wouldn’t it be nice to be able to tell where sprinters are relative to each other during a race?

July 2006
There’s a simple solution to the logjam that is Nationals scheduling—some events have to go

April 2006
I say take the relays out of the NCAA Championships

January 2006
Does the idea of a new set of World Records still have real merit?

December 2005
The worst year of track is better than the best year of just about any other sport you can name

November 2005
The final rounds in field events deserve their own private window on big-meet schedules

October 2005
There aren’t too many tries in the field events; it’s just that the wrong people are taking too many

August 2005
As affiliations go, is “unat” the University of Nat?

July 2005
Would it be too much to ask to have a uniform uniform-policy?

June 2005
Only a hard mile relay leg can turn you from Michael Johnson into Michael Jackson

May 2005
The sport has suffered this year from the rash of young collegians going pro early

February 2005
Meets tend to be unkind towards those who think of the sport as field & track

January 2005
Having Craig Masback and Bill Roe set for additional terms at  USATF is a big plus for the sport

November 2004
The 500lb gorilla on T&FN's back: how can we remain relevant in today's Internet world?

August 2004
Is it wrong to stand up for the sport we all love so much?

July 2004
My dictionary doesn't seem to define the NCAA's 'honest effort' dictum very well

June 2004
It's getting hard to appreciate out-of-the-blue performances

May 2004
What's the most popular event in the sport, the mile or the 100?

April 2004
Pictures really are better than a thousand words

March 2004
The Olympics—just like Christmas, only way better

December 2003
The latest rounds of drug revelations have left ugly fingerprints on the World Rankings

October 2003
Paris—more proof that the U.S. Trials meets need to be moved later

September 2003
If T&FN doesn't speak out for the track fans of the world, who will?

August 2003
Little things can mean so much in increasing spectator enjoyment

June 2003
It's time for the rulesmakers to leave the pole vault alone

May 2003
Paula Radcliffe vs. U.S. men—ugh!

April 2003
presentation--presentation--presentation!

March 2003
Landmark issues of T&FN: Nos. 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700

February 2003
2003--the year collegiate track came back to life

January 2003
2003 is shaping up as a truly vintage year for the sport