August 2025
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
FOR THE RECORD — August
New Absolute Records reported since the July issue: W = World; A = American; J = Junior (U20); Y =… Read More
Kyle Garland Is Rolling Clear-Minded, Clear-Hearted
IT ALL SEEMED SO EASY a few years ago, when Kyle “Freight Train” Garland burst onto the scene. He… Read More
Tokyo 2025 Medal Predictions
MEN GOLD SILVER BRONZE 100 Kishane Thompson (Jamaica) Kenny Bednarek (USA) Noah Lyles (USA) 200 Noah Lyles (USA) Kenny Bednarek… Read More
Kenny Bednarek Sharpens Winning Attitude
NO ONE WANTS TO BE famous for finishing 2nd. Not Adlai Stevenson or Susan Lucci. Not Ralph Metcalfe or Jim… Read More
Jefferson-Wooden Working Out A Winning Equation
IT TURNS OUT that Melissa Jefferson-Wooden’s historic ascension was a math problem to be solved: 100 plus 200 (meters), minus… Read More
Who Is Jonah Koech, Slayer Of Medalists?
IT’S A FAIR QUESTION: After someone wins the USAF 1500, knocking off the Olympic gold and bronze medalists, as well… Read More
FROM THE “ME”: That Lutkenhaus 800!
THE TRACK WORLD is still trying to make sense of the USATF men’s 800 final and the 2nd-place finish of… Read More
USATF Men’s Shot — Loaded Field Scrambled In Furious Finish
HINDSIGHT MIGHT EVENTUALLY tell us the men’s shot competition represented a changing of the guard. The event has been dominated… Read More
USATF Women’s 400 Hurdles — Magnificent Muhammad Fights On
WITH THE ABSENCE of WR holder Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone — she focused on the 400 — the hurdles promised to… Read More
USATF Men’s 110 Hurdles — Still A Cub, Tharp Showed Sharp Teeth
IN A STEALTH MOVE befitting a tiger — an Auburn Tiger, that is — Ja’Kobe Tharp roared out of lane… Read More
USATF Women’s Shot – Jackson Rules Deepest-Ever Nats
NEVER BEFORE in a USATF women’s shot comp have more than 3 putters surpassed 19m. A record 5 did so… Read More
USATF Women’s Pole Vault — First Title For Morris Since ’22
MAKING UP FOR the disappointment of not making the Olympic team, Sandi Morris cruised to her fifth outdoor national title… Read More
USATF Women’s 5000 — Comebacking Houlihan Kicks Best
AFTER COMING BACK hot from her 4-year doping ban during the indoor season, capped by a silver medal in the… Read More
USATF Men’s Pole Vault — Miller Time Arrived With A PR
THE DAY BELONGED TO Austin Miller, no question about it. The 31-year-old veteran vaulter had never finished higher than 8th… Read More
USATF Women’s Discus — Allman Lofts Longest In-Stadium Throw This Millennium
AN OPENING TOSS of 220-7 (67.25) virtually assured Val Allman a spot on the Tokyo squad, but her desire to… Read More
USATF Men’s 5000 — Hocker Laid A Trap And Sprung It
THE COMPETITORS in the men’s 5000 seemed quite content to let Cole Hocker author the script for the first 4300m… Read More
USATF Women’s 800 — Wily Collegian Willis In Wild Finish
TEN ENTRANTS had previously met the WC qualifying standard (1:59.00), and many others had run near or faster than that… Read More
