Houston Half-Marathon — Samuel Rolls In Prep For Indoor
HOUSTON, TEXAS, January 11 — After tearing through an unbeaten harrier season, recently crowned NCAA cross country champion Habtom Samuel… Read More
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Houston Marathon — Talbi Makes U.S. Debut With A Bang
HOUSTON, TEXAS, January 11 — Two years ago, Zouhair Talbi ran to a 2:06:39 win in the Houston Marathon scoring… Read More
World XC Mixed Relay — Australia Snaps African String
TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA, January 10 — The Aussies pulled off a clutch win in the mixed relay, dethroning the defending champ… Read More
World Junior XC — Kenyan Men, Ugandan Women
TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA, January 10 — The biggest deciding factor for the World Cross Country Championships U20 races would not be… Read More
World XC Women — Ngetich By Largest Margin Since 1980
TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA, January 10 — In an impressive display of dominance, Kenya’s Agnes Ngetich completed the 10K course at Tallahassee’s… Read More
World XC Men — Kiplimo’s Flying Finish Brings Third Crown
TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA, January 10 — For the third consecutive World Cross Country Championships, Uganda’s Jacob Kiplimo emerged as the champion…. Read More
World Cross Country Champs Stats Preview — 2026
ON SATURDAY (January 10), Tallahassee, Florida, will host the 46th running of the World Cross Country Championships since the event… Read More
Book Review — Mary Cain’s This Is Not About Running
ABOUT SIX YEARS AGO, an op-ed appeared in the New York Times entitled “I Was the Fastest Girl in America,… Read More
Parker Wolfe Eyes First International Test At World XC
“I DON’T THINK there’s a race out there that’s as tough and gritty as cross-country is,” says Parker Wolfe, who… Read More
U.S. Women’s AOY Top 10 Voting
ON THE STRENGTH of No. 1 Rankings in the 100 and 200, with Worlds golds in both events, 24-year-old Melissa… Read More
U.S. Men’s AOY Top 10 Voting
NOW A 5-TIME presence among the Top 10 in U.S. Athlete Of The Year voting, Rai Benjamin repeats as No…. Read More
Women’s Performance Of The Year — McLaughlin-Levrone’s Sub-48
WHILE THE MEN’S POY process yielded no fewer than 26 performances which received votes in our 5-4-3-2-1 scoring system, the… Read More
Men’s Performance Of The Year — Mondo’s Tokyo WR
LAST YEAR IN THIS SPOT we wrote, “It’s not uncommon for the AOY to also nab POY honors, which Mondo… Read More
2025 World Women’s Top 10 Voting
VOTING BY OUR 34-member international panel in this annual exercise — our 51st year of choosing a Women’s Athlete Of… Read More
2025 T&FN Women’s Athlete Of The Year — Beatrice Chebet
AS ’25 DREW TO A CLOSE, T&FN Women’s Athlete Of The Year voters were presented with one of the strongest… Read More
2025 T&FN Men’s Athlete Of The Year — Mondo Duplantis
HE HAS PLAYED THE PART BEFORE to rousing cheers, but being a World Record-breaking vaulter is a role that gets… Read More
2025 World Men’s Top 10 Voting
VOTING BY OUR 34-member international panel in this annual exercise — our 66th year of choosing a Men’s Athlete Of… Read More
Dudek Ramped Up Cautiously, Finished XC As Nationals Doubler
“THE YOUNGER KIDS always have an advantage because they know it’s possible from the older sisters.” Ian Forsyth, one of… Read More
World Champs Are “The Next Thing” For Double XC Champ Spencer
IT MIGHT SURPRISE some folks to learn now, after all he’s accomplished, that Jackson Spencer was not exactly the overwhelming… Read More
Kalakāua Merrie Mile — Johnson Front-Runs To AR
HONOLULU, HAWAI‘I, December 13 — The race comes at a typically quiet time of the year for middle distance runners,… Read More
