Olympic Trials Men’s 200 — Noah Lyles Bounces Back
THE HALF-LAPPER as the two Q rounds played out emanated a déjà vu all over again kinda feel — as… Read More
August 2021
Olympic Trials Women’s Heptathlon — Huge Improvement For Annie Kunz
A 550-POINT PR catapulted Annie Kunz into exceptional territory. Her 6703 score — a total exceeded in the meet only… Read More
Olympic Trials Women’s 800 — Another Junior Record For Athing Mu
THE HIGHLY ANTICIPATED 2-LAPPER presented intriguing elements: a young upstart versus proven veterans, and steam-bath conditions prompting race-plan revisions. It… Read More
Olympic Trials Women’s 400H — And A World Record To Wrap Things Up
RUNNING THE RACE of a young lifetime, Sydney McLaughlin unleashed a World Record 51.90 over the long hurdles to give… Read More
Olympic Trials Men’s 1500 — Cole Hocker Outfoxes The Fox
ONCE AGAIN MATTHEW CENTROWITZ proved he is the master of tactics in the 1500, but that didn’t protect the reigning… Read More
Olympic Trials Men’s Long Jump — Harrison’s Double A Done Deal
HE DID IT. JuVaughn Harrison won an unprecedented OT double in the high jump and long jump. Well prepared for… Read More
Olympic Trials Men’s High Jump — JuVaughn Harrison Starts His Double
THAT SOARING TEMPERATURES might make the high jump difficult started to become apparent at the first height, an “easy” 7-1… Read More
Olympic Trials Men’s 5000 — Paul Chelimo Tough To Pass
DEPENDING ON POINT OF VIEW, Paul Chelimo is either a competitor, a tactician or a cheater. Down the stretch of… Read More
Olympic Trials Men’s 110H — Grant Holloway Destroys The Field
AN AMAZING PENULTIMATE DAY of the Trials was closed out by Grant Holloway’s 12.96 win to lead a Tokyo-bound trio… Read More
Olympic Trials Women’s Hammer — A Pair Of ARs For DeAnna Price
ON A SIZZLING DAY nothing was hotter than DeAnna Price’s hammer. The reigning world champion put Olympic gold squarely in… Read More
Olympic Trials Men’s 400H — Rai Benjamin Oh-So-Close To WR
OLYMPIC TRIALS TRACK EVENTS rarely begin their qualifying rounds with an overwhelming, odds-on favorite. This year’s men’s 400H was an… Read More
Olympic Trials Women’s 20K Walk — Robyn Stevens Overwhelms Field
GETTING STUCK IN A BROKEN ELEVATOR at the ’18 NACAC in Toronto proved to be a stroke of extreme good… Read More
Olympic Trials Women’s 200 — A Race Second To One
A WORLD-LEADING 21.98 PR in her heat? When Gabby Thomas was asked about going so fast in the first round,… Read More
Olympic Trials Women’s Vault — Katie Nageotte Gives WR A Try
THE SEARING HEAT brought a relatively quick end to the vault, but not before Katie Nageotte continued to her ascent… Read More
Olympic Trials Women’s Javelin — The Big 2 Dominate
WITH ONLY 2 COMING IN having met the Olympic standard, the event wasn’t so much about selecting the U.S. team… Read More
Olympic Trials Women’s 10,000 — Emily Sisson’s Strategy Plays Out
IT HELPED TO HAVE A GOOD RACE PLAN heading into the rescheduled Saturday-morning 10,000, and Emily Sisson displayed even better… Read More
Olympic Trials Women’s Long Jump — 4-Peat For Brittney Reese
THE GUARD MAY BE CHANGING in other events, but the long jump is still the domain of ’12 Olympic gold… Read More
Olympic Trials Men’s 20K Walk — Now Nick Christie Waits
THE PLAN — by moving the start to 7:00 in the morning — was to beat the worst of the… Read More
Olympic Trials Men’s Discus — Mason Finley Finally Found Technique
DEFENDING HIS TITLE, only the third discus thrower after Mac Wilkins and Anthony Washington ever to do so at an… Read More
Olympic Trials Men’s Steeple — Hillary Bor Had The Best Last Lap
THANKS TO DONN CABRAL’S going to the front and staying there for the better part of 6 circuits, the steeplechase… Read More
