FROM THE EDITOR — Why Does WA Undervalue NCAA Competition?
WHEN SEB COE WAS CAMPAIGNING for the IAAF presidency back in 2015, an important part of his pitch to the… Read More
April 2021
New Opportunities In The Professional Meet Department
IN THE FEBRUARY ISSUE we asked, “Will New Meets Pump New Life Into The U.S. Calendar?” That was our positive… Read More
ON YOUR MARKS — April
WHAT TOOK THEM SO LONG? For the first time ever, Texas and Texas A&M will compete in a dual meet,… Read More
LAST LAP — April
HERE’S THIS MONTH’S collection of short takes on generally off-track activities that have gone/will go a long way towards shaping… Read More
STATUS QUO — April
THE LATEST in the aches, pains & eligibility departments: Quartermiler Chloe Abbott has bypassed her final season with Kentucky to… Read More
FOR THE RECORD — April
Records reported since the March issue. W = World; A/Am = American; C = Collegiate; JC = Junior College; J… Read More
LANDMARKS — April
Reelected: Thomas Bach, 67 As president of the IOC; for a final 4-year term. With no opposition, he won with… Read More
WA’s “Global Conversation” — You Too Can Join
A WORLD PLAN for our sport is afoot and World Athletics wants your input, whatever your role in this rich… Read More
Focus On The U.S. Women’s 100
THROW A DART. That’s our best Olympic Trials advice to anyone seeking to pick the top 3 in the women’s… Read More
Road Racing Ramping Up
JUST AS TRACK is slowly coming back somewhat to normalcy so is the road scene, even if April won’t be… Read More
A Long Journey Pays Off For Tara Davis
FOR TEXAS LONG JUMPER Tara Davis, big marks, big performances, records and championships are about being in the right place…. Read More
Sha’Carri Richardson Is Still The 100’s Young’Un
“I’M JUST STARTING THIS JOURNEY,” says Sha’Carri Richardson. That June afternoon back in ’19 when as an LSU frosh she… Read More
High School Girls Indoor AOY — Sophia Gorriaran
IN SOME CORNERS of high school sport, debate rages over whether society is forcing young athletes to specialize too soon… Read More
2021 Indoor Women’s Athletes Of The Year
THE KEY TO WINNING a women’s AOY honor this year in any of our four categories was to be good… Read More
Conner Mantz Checks One Off His Bucket List
HE STILL HAS LOTS of races to run and goals to achieve but after his NCAA XC win Conner… Read More
Aleia Hobbs Feeling Young & Healthy
THE 2018 SEASON played out big for Aleia Hobbs. NCAA 60 champion indoors and 100 champ outdoors (plus the anchor… Read More
Cole Hocker Joins A List Of Legends
COLE HOCKER NEVER RAN at Historic Hayward Field. Never a race or a workout. Never witnessed a meet there. “It… Read More
High School Boys Indoor AOY — Jaylen Slade
THIS YEAR HAS BEEN an education for Jaylen Slade (IMG Academy, Bradenton, Florida), who has won our HS Indoor AOY… Read More