Mykolas Alekna Exceeded His Expectations
THROWS FANS KNEW that Mykolas Alekna was more than just a good catch for Cal. Coming in as an 18-year-old,… Read More
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Talitha Diggs Has 2 NCAA Titles To Defend
“WHEN YOU COME OUT with a bang in your first race, it’s really encouraging because it sets up the season… Read More
T&FN Interview — Dathan Ritzenhein
ONE WOULD BE hard pressed to point out an athlete-to-coach transformation quite like that of Dathan Ritzenhein, the longtime distance… Read More
USATF Women’s XC — Kurgat Fastest In 10K Era
MECHANICSVILLE, VIRGINIA, January 21 — The ’17 NCAA XC champion for New Mexico, who garnered three top 10 finishes for… Read More
USATF Men’s XC Champs — Bor’s Patience Pays Off
MECHANICSVILLE, VIRGINIA, January 21 — So close to making U.S. teams twice within the last year and denied by different… Read More
Houston Half — American Record For Emily Sisson
HOUSTON, TEXAS, January 15 — Emily Sisson pared 19 seconds off her American Record in finishing 2nd in the Aramco… Read More
RIP: Announcing/Administrative Legend Bob Hersh, 82
World Athletics is deeply saddened to hear that Bob Hersh, a long-standing member of the World Athletics Council and former… Read More
Bobby Kersee Optimistic About His Big Stars
RECENT MONTHS HAVE FEATURED a steady drumbeat of announcements of major athletes moving to LA to work with noted coach… Read More
Big-Time Track Set For A Return To LA
ONCE THE CENTER of the sport in the U.S., Southern California aims to become a major player again with the… Read More
Women’s Performance Of The Year — Syd’s Second WR
FOR THE SECOND YEAR in a row Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone broke the 400H WR twice, with the second of them earning… Read More
Men’s Performance Of The Year — Mondo’s Third WR
YET ANOTHER HONOR came Mondo Duplantis’s way, as our panel of Performance Of The Year voters awarded our AOY’s highest… Read More
New LA Grand Prix Track Festival Set For May
LOS ANGELES (January 4, 2023) — An athletics weekend unlike any other is coming to Los Angeles in May 2023:… Read More
U.S. Women’s AOY Top 10 Voting
REPEATING AS No. 1 U.S. woman isn’t easy to do, but Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone has made a habit of doing difficult… Read More
U.S. Men’s AOY Top 10 Voting
WITH HIS THIRD No. 1 here (joining ’18 & ’19), Noah Lyles joins some super-elite company. The other 4 who… Read More
2022 World Women’s Top 10 Voting
VOTING BY OUR 31-member international panel in this annual exercise — our 48th year of choosing a Women’s Athlete Of… Read More
2022 World Men’s Top 10 Voting
VOTING BY OUR 31-member international panel in this annual exercise — our 63rd year of choosing a Men’s Athlete Of… Read More
Absolute Records Broken In ’22
THIS IS A LISTING of all the Absolute Records (indoor and outdoor combined) set during calendar 2022. For a listing… Read More
2022 T&FN Women’s Athlete Of The Year — Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone
SHE DIDN’T RACE OFTEN, but when she did… wow! In the history of our Women’s AOY award, a list of… Read More
Qualification System For Paris ’24 Olympics Published
The qualification system for athletics competition at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, to be held between 2-11 August 2024, has… Read More
2022 T&FN Men’s Athlete Of The Year — Mondo Duplantis
IT WAS A TELLING MOMENT for our Men’s Athlete Of The Year. Following his World Record leap for the WC… Read More
