HILL vs. LYLES… SORT OF. The much-ballyhooed match race between Noah Lyles and NFL speedster Tyreek Hill is off, due to “complications” and “personal reasons.” It had been set for mid-June in New York. Hill, who had run a 10.15 PR in his first race in 11 years, instead settled for a chance to race Josephus Lyles at the ATX Sprint Classic. He handily beat Noah’s brother in a windy 10.10–10.25 as they placed 4th and 5th…
Nike has signed quartermiler Jacoby Patterson…
Adidas has signed Olivia Howell, the ’23 NCAA Indoor mile champ…
On has signed Bella Whittaker…
Colleen Quigley has launched a pro team called Meridia. Juli Benson has signed on as advisor. Annie Rodenfels is part of the group…
The Spring Run Club has been launched by Jakob Ingebrigtsen. There will be a pro component as well as membership open to the public…
Emily Mackay has left New Balance’s Boston training group and is now training with Pete Julian’s Union AC in Boulder. Heather MacLean has also left the Boston group, and will be coached by Juli Benson…
Allie Wilson is now being coached by BYU’s Diljeet Taylor…
Manhattan has hired Todd Witzleben as head coach…
Cal throws guru Mo Saatara has joined the Texas staff…
Caryl Smith Gilbert has been announced as the coach of the U.S. women’s team for the World Championships in September. Kibwé Johnson had been previously tabbed as the men’s head…
USATF has announced that it will hold its national XC champs in conjunction with Nike Cross Nationals, the big prep meet. The December 06–07 event will be the selection meet for the ’26 Worlds, set for Tallahassee on January 10. The meet will include a 2K race to select the personnel for the mixed 4x2K relay…
Sacramento’s California International Marathon — a fast downhill course — will host the ’25 and ’26 USATF Marathon Championships. A $20,000 prize will go to the winners, with $500 bonuses to those who better OT qualifying standards…
With the Grand Slam Track season having concluded early, overall series winners for the year were Kenny Bednarek (who won all 6 of his races) and Melissa Jefferson-Wooden…
The last three DL meetings before the Zürich finale at the end of August will feature doubled prize money for several events, called “Diamond + Disciplines.” At Chorzów it will be the women’s 400 & 100H, and the men’s 100 & PV. Lausanne will highlight the women’s 400 & 100H and the men’s 100 & 800. Brussels will showcase the women’s 5000 & PV and the men’s steeple & DT…
Gjert Ingebrigtsen has been convicted of hitting his daughter with a wet towel. He was fined and given a 15-day suspended sentence. He was acquitted of abuse charges against son Jakob and another sibling. Jakob and siblings will not appeal the ruling…
A Texas man and his son have both received bans from USADA after the father admitted he gave some of his prescription testosterone to his son prior to the USATF Junior Olympic XC nationals. Dad got a lifetime ban; son, a 4:35 prep miler, got 2 years…
A hotel in Luts’k, hosting Ukrainian athletes before the national team championships, was hit hard by Russian bombs. Property damage was high but no one was killed in the attack…
Kentucky assistant Hakon DeVries has been suspended while the school’s Office Of Equal Opportunity is investigating him…
The stabbing death of an athlete at a Texas prep track meet has led to a murder indictment for the alleged assailant…
CAS rejected the appeal of Yekaterina Poistogova and she will be stripped of her silver medal from the ’12 Olympic 800. That will elevate Kenyan Pamela Jelimo to the runner-up medal and American Alysia Montaño to the bronze…
USATF has announced its marathon team for the World Championships: Erika Kemp, Jess McClain and Susanna Sullivan will represent the women, CJ Albertson, Reed Fischer and Clayton Young the men. Betsy Saina was originally named to the women’s team, but withdrew because of pregnancy…
Emmanouíl Karalís opted not to vault at the European Team Championships. The vaulting took place outside of the Palacio Real in Madrid, and he felt the runway length was too short and too dangerous…
Four days after winning the NCAA 1500, Washington’s Sophie O’Sullivan reported that the trophy was lost somewhere on London’s Tube…
Jackson Cantwell, the national prep leader in the shot, may be done with throwing after his win at Nike Nationals. He has committed to play football at Miami and reportedly will graduate high school early to get a jump start. The reported NIL that clinched the deal may be worth more than $2 million a year…
WADA is urging U.S. authorities to shut down the Enhanced Games, which are set for Las Vegas next year. “For the sake of athlete health and the purity of sport of course it must be stopped,” said WADA head Witold Bańka. Responded USADA chief Travis Tygart, “Bańka’s indignation equals his misinformation or ignorance about how free democratic societies and markets work.”…
In response to bans promised to participants by World Aquatics, the Enhanced Games has offered to pay the legal fees of any clean athletes who compete in defiance of their federations…
A Senate subcommittee focused on WADA and the Chinese swimming positives that were concealed before the Tokyo Olympics. USADA head Travis Tygart urged the government to withhold its dues to WADA until there are significant reforms. “We support the mission, but we need a WADA that is truly independent, a global regulator, not a lapdog to interests other than anything besides clean athletes and parents and sport.”…
World Athletics is looking for a shoe expert who can review and process applications from shoe manufacturers and make sure the shoes match WA rules. In addition, this expert would examine shoes used in World Record efforts to check for compliance and manage the shoe control process at major events…
The Ethiopian federation is taking age cheating seriously, taking the 76 athletes named to its team for the African U18 and U20 championships and running them through scientific assessments. The tests included MRI scans, dental examinations, radiographic bone analysis and more. When the tests were done, only 22 — 6 men and 16 women — were ruled eligible…
President Trump’s latest travel ban targets visitors from 12 nations, but includes an exemption for national team athletes who are coming to the U.S. for the Olympics, World Cup, or other major sporting events as defined by the State Department…
Texas State has joined the Pac-12 Conference, which is now up to 9 members…
An event the size of the Olympics usually eats up a good portion of public tax money. That was the case in Paris, where auditors now say that $6.8B in public funds was spent on the Games. Olympic organizers contested the amount, saying it’s closer to $2B…
Conner Mantz says at the Chicago Marathon he will be gunning for the American Record (Khalid Khannouchi’s 2:05:38 from ’02): “I feel ready to run at that pace. After Boston, where I finished with guys who have run 2:02 and 2:03, it doesn’t feel like a stretch to say I can run 2:05:30 on a looped, flat course. I want to get the American Record in the U.S. I’m well prepared. On the right day, you can do something pretty special in Chicago.” ◻︎
