From The Editor — Timing Of U.S. Trials Meets Still Not Right
KUDOS TO USATF for its moving of the Nationals a month later this year, ameliorating some of the disconnect that… Read More
August 2019
LAST LAP — August
Here’s this month’s collection of generally off-track activities that have gone a long way towards shaping the way the sport… Read More
USATF Championships — 3 Records Highlight Hot Trials
DES MOINES, IOWA, July 25-28—Dalilah Muhammad’s 400H World Record and American Records from vaulter Sam Kendricks and hammer thrower DeAnna… Read More
ON YOUR MARKS — August
UK ATHLETICS DROPPED THE BALL big-time at the Euro Team Championships, entering the wrong athlete on its 4×4. The team… Read More
Pan-Am Games — A Big Meet For Kara Winger
LIMA, PERU—Kara Winger was in a good place when she threw an opening 207-8 (63.31) to take the javelin lead… Read More
LANDMARKS — August
Reinstated: The IAAF’s Caster Semenya Ban On July 29 the Swiss Federal Tribunal revoked its super-provisional order that had allowed… Read More
STATUS QUO — August
Here’s the latest in the aches, pains & eligibility departments Last year’s No. 2-rated 100 runner, Ronnie Baker was conspicuous… Read More
FOR THE RECORD — August
Absolute records reported since the July issue. W = World; A = American; J = Junior (U20); HS = High… Read More
TRACK SHORTS — August
A USATF notebook as a tense 4 days of track & field in Des Moines sorted out the U.S. team… Read More
CALENDAR — August
Here’s the link to our total collection of Calendars & Timetables for 2019. The International Track Circuit August 18 Müller… Read More
Now Dalilah Muhammad Has The Best Of Both Worlds
IT’S A CLASSIC QUESTION: which would you rather have, a gold medal or a World Record? Every athlete in our… Read More
Meet Craig Engels, Race-Video Fiend
USATF 1500 WINNER Craig Engels has trained primed with motivation aplenty since the ’16 Olympic Trials. A 4th (800) and… Read More
Prediction Department — 2019 World Championships Medalists
IN A NORMAL YEAR one can do a pretty good job of making World Champs medal predictions by the time… Read More
Hammer AR Setter DeAnna Price Has The Answers
DeANNA PRICE need look no farther than the inside of her left arm to remind herself why she throws. There… Read More
Teahna Daniels Shakes Off Complacency
ON HER WAY to the USATF 100 title—and now on to Doha—Teahna Daniels almost fell. More than once. She nearly… Read More
Sam Kendricks Dissects His American Record
THE INSTANT HE CLEARED the highest bar of his career, 19-10½ (6.06), Sam Kendricks knew he would be dogpiled by… Read More
For Donald Scott, Football’s Loss Was Track’s Gain
FIRST PLACE. That’s the story 2 years in a row for Donald Scott in the USATF triple jump. Indoors, he… Read More
Meet Justin Robinson, America’s Latest 400 Prodigy
ON ITS FACE, Justin Robinson’s rise as America’s top high school 400 runner has been as rapid as his times…. Read More
USATF Men’s 400 Hurdles — Benjamin In A Class Alone
THIS, RAI BENJAMIN’S first appearance in a USATF Championships, was the 22-year-old USC alum’s title contest to lose and, mindful… Read More