August 2022
FROM THE EDITOR — It’s Time To Fill Those Empty Lanes
THE NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS WAS BETTER than the World Championships Trials in an area that you may not have noticed: it… Read More
LANDMARKS — August
Honored: George Williams With the ’22 USATF Coaching Legend Award. The ’04 head Olympic coach had a long career that… Read More
LAST LAP — August
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
ON YOUR MARKS — August
PLAYING GAMES: Whoever wins WA’s “fantasy athletics game” for the WC will be awarded a trip to next year’s championships… Read More
STATUS QUO — August
THE LATEST in the aches, pains & eligibility departments: Still dealing with bursitis in his right foot ,and owning a… Read More
FOR THE RECORD — August
Records reported since the July issue: W = World; A = American; Y = Youth (U18); HS = High School…. Read More
So Who’s On Team USA?
THE TRADITIONALLY CONVOLUTED qualifying mechanism for this year’s World Championships meant that fans couldn’t be 100% sure who was on… Read More
Stockholm DL — A New Outdoor High For Mondo
STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN, June 30 — That clearance! In the absence of any numerical measure, Mondo Duplantis’s clearance of the highest… Read More
USATF Junior Women — HS 800 Record For Whittaker
EUGENE, OREGON, June 23-25 — Maryland prep Juliette Whittaker (Mt de Sales, Catonsville) smashed the High School Record in the… Read More
USATF Junior Men — Speed Prevails
EUGENE, OREGON, June 23-25—Some of the nation’s top preps and college yearlings clashed at the USATF Junior Championships to see… Read More
USATF Champs — Chasing Berths On Team USA
EUGENE, OREGON, June 23-26 — The athletes showed up. Their contests stirred the blood of all who came to watch…. Read More
TrackTown USA’s First Trials Turns 50
Fifty years ago — on June 29, 1972, to be specific — Hayward Field’s first hosting of a full United… Read More
USATF Women’s 800 — Mu Staves Off A Challenge
FEW FAVORITES CAME IN with stronger prospects than Olympic champion Athing Mu, who just turned 20 earlier this month. The… Read More
USATF Women’s 400 — A Rare NCAA/USATF Double
THE 3 MEMBERS of the ’21 Olympic team — Quanera Hayes, Allyson Felix and Wadeline Jonathas — were back, but… Read More
HS Boys Digest — 3 More “Nationals”
LAST MONTH’S ISSUE reported on the Brooks PR meet for high schoolers. Immediately on the heels of that “nationals” in… Read More
HS Girls Digest — 3 More “Nationals”
AS ON THE BOYS SIDE, there was plenty of notable girls action in the trio of season-ending “championship” meets. The… Read More
USATF Men’s 800 — Sticking To The Script
WITH REIGNING WORLD CHAMP Donovan Brazier running the fastest prelim but then exercising his Wild Card option to sit out… Read More
USATF Women’s 200 — Steiner Down To 21.77
ANTICIPATION RAN HIGH for the women’s half-lapper. All three Tokyo Olympians — Gabby Thomas, Jenna Prandini & Anavia Battle —… Read More