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ALREADY THE FIRST EUROPEAN ever to earn the top spot 3 years in a row, Miltiádis Tentóglou ran that streak… Read More

RAI BENJAMIN was certainly glad to see the termination of one record he owned. That was his streak of 4… Read More

ALL-MONDO-ALL-THE-TIME has been pretty much the tale of the vault since the pandemic year of ’20. And as this year’s… Read More

THOSE WHO LIKE JUMPOFFS got their wish in Paris, but in the final analysis Hamish Kerr liked things better than… Read More

NOT SINCE RENALDO NEHEMIAH (1979–81) had anyone won 4 in a row. With his quartet Grant Holloway has a shot… Read More

ASIDE FROM THE EUROS, all the considered races essentially served as qualifiers or test runs leading up to the Olympics…. Read More

ALMOST AS TOUGH as the choice for No. 1 man in the 400, the 5000 required a lot of debate,… Read More

SOUFIANE EL BAKKALI is No. 1 for the fifth time, but his invulnerability was dented by Amos Serem’s run in… Read More

FOR THE THIRD YEAR IN A ROW Jakob Ingebrigtsen lost the major championship but rates No. 1 anyway… Uncharacteristically, he… Read More

THE TOUGHEST CHOICE OF THE YEAR? May well have been, with Quincy Hall oh-so-narrowly edging Matthew Hudson-Smith for the top… Read More

THE TOP HALF of the Rankings follows the Olympic order perfectly, with Letsile Tebogo becoming the first-ever Motswana to earn… Read More

NOAH LYLES, continuing his move from the world’s top 200 runner to its best straightaway sprinter, won 5 of his… Read More

DAVID RUDISHA’S WORLD RECORD is a dozen years old now, but ’24 brought its severest threat yet, Emmanuel Wanyonyi missing… Read More

UNIVERSITY PLACE, WASHINGTON, December 14 — What they call “cross country weather” was the toughest opponent Paris steeple medalist Kenneth… Read More

SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, December 14 — Making his third trip to Foot Locker Nationals, Tam Gavenas reveled in the familiarity… Read More

SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, December 14 — Never, ever count out Beth Leachman (Champion, Boerne, Texas). Thanks to her teammates, she… Read More

ANTALYA, TÜRKIYE, December 08 — Just over 2 months following Jakob Ingebrigtsen’s wrap on his ’24 track season with a… Read More

BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, December 07 — Cross country training and racing tends to render athletes strong as steel with endurance for… Read More

BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, December 07 — Following in the footsteps of her predecessor as NCAA cross country champion, Alabama’s Doris Lemngole… Read More

PORTLAND, OREGON, December 07 — At 4K, the front of the Nike Cross Nationals boys race Saturday could not have… Read More