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DESPITE WHAT AMOUNTED to a 3-meet season, Athing Mu was the only good choice for No. 1: undefeated world champ… Read More

FURTHER BURNISHING her claim as perhaps the event’s greatest ever, Faith Kipyegon moved into a tie for all-time points scored… Read More

DESPITE ANOTHER limited season (4 meets after 3 in ’21), Norah Jeruto was an undefeated world champ and retains her… Read More

THE FIRST 4 from the World Champs maintained those placings here, gold medalist Gudaf Tsegay narrowly taking the top spot… Read More

AS IS FREQUENTLY THE CASE in the 10,000, the year’s major race acts as a pretty solid template. With only… Read More

REIGNING No. 1 Jasmine Camacho-Quinn went 3–3 with longtime rival Tobi Amusan, but the decision in the Nigerian’s favor was… Read More

LAST YEAR WE HEADLINED, “And Now The Sub-52 Barrier Is History.” Make that sub-51, as Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone continues to rewrite… Read More

SHE CAME INTO THE WC as the favorite, but defending champ Ruth Chepngetich stepped off the Eugene course before the… Read More

SHE ENDED UP as our No. 1, but Kimberley García (formally García Leon) had anything but an all-conquering season. When… Read More

AS IN THE 20, Kimberley García came into the WC 35K with a less-than-perfect résumé, having lost her only race… Read More

IT WASN’T EASY to score a No. 1 without winning WC gold, but Yaroslava Mahuchikh managed it, even though she… Read More

THERE WAS NO DIFFICULTY in separating rivals/training partners Sandi Morris and Katie Nageotte (now newly married as Moon). Nageotte won… Read More

CONSPICUOUS BY HER ABSENCE. For the first time since ’07 the Rankings don’t include Brittney Reese, who called it quits… Read More

GOOD ENOUGH to be voted runner-up in the AOY contest (again), Yulimar Rojas obviously was the best here. For the… Read More

AND THEN THERE WERE 3: a trio of U.S. women who have earned No. 1 in the shot. First was… Read More

LAST YEAR VALARIE ALLMAN became only the second American woman — following Stephanie Brown Trafton in ’08 — to earn… Read More

THE WINNER OF 8 OF 10 meets, world champion Brooke Andersen was an easy choice for her first No. 1…. Read More

TALK ABOUT GOING OUT in a blaze of glory! Kara Winger had decided that at age 36 this would be… Read More

THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, not surprisingly, formed the basic skeleton for ordering the multi-eventers, placers 1–8 from Eugene filling the top… Read More

FOR THE SECOND YEAR in a row Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone broke the 400H WR twice, with the second of them earning… Read More