December 2018

LIKE THE MEN, the women had no European Circuit meets to run in, leaving the African Championships as the year’s… Read More

HER FIRST TITLE of 3 in a row was close, but last year’s wasn’t, and neither was this one. Nafi… Read More

ATHLETE OF THE YEAR Caster Semenya was a lock for her third straight No. 1 in the 2-lapper. She hasn’t… Read More

REIGNING NO. 1 Shaunae Miller-Uibo was undefeated but nonetheless lost the top spot to Salwa Eid Naser, No. 3 a… Read More

WITH A WINNING RECORD against all other vaulters, the most DL wins (3) and the best sequence of marks, Sandi… Read More

SLOWLY BUT SURELY the steeplechase’s 9:00 barrier is becoming almost commonplace. Well, at least for a select few. When the… Read More

SHAUNAE MILLER-UIBO’s successful defense of her crown was the first since Allyson Felix in ’10. It was an easy decision… Read More

THIS WAS A DANDY, featuring all kinds of circular data from multiple candidates for the top spot. The best 2… Read More

ALTHOUGH NOT AN AOY-CALIBER season like those she had in ’14, ’16 & ’17, Anita Włodarczyk’s latest campaign was chock-full… Read More

LONDON ’17 SAW the debut of the women’s 50 at a very late date, and there were so few competitors… Read More

KENI HARRISON’S THIRD No. 1 in a row puts her in elite territory. Only Gail Devers (8) and Karin Balzer… Read More

LOTS OF CONFLICTING evidence in this one, with Dalilah Muhammad winning the DL Final, and having a narrow 3–2 winning… Read More

A TALE OF 2 SEASONS. Shelby Houlihan started her campaign with 4 wins and finished with 2 losses. Conversely, Laura… Read More

POLAND WENT 1-2 AGAIN, but the order was reversed from last year, Wojciech Nowicki taking the top spot from 3-time… Read More

2-TIME REIGNING NO. 1 Omar McLeod started his season in fine fashion, winning the Shanghai and Eugene DL titles in… Read More

2018 ISN’T EVEN OVER YET but already anticipation runs high for next year’s meetings (how many? where?) between Abderrahmane Samba… Read More

SINCE WR HOLDER Hicham El Guerrouj picked up his seventh title back in ’03 the 1500/mile leadership has gone to… Read More

AS IN THE 20, Japan had its first-ever No. 1, this time in the form of Hiroki Arai, a top-3… Read More

FOR THE SECOND YEAR in a row Germany put up a 1–2 in the javelin, Andreas Hoffman & Thomas Röhler… Read More

BACK IN ’14 Tom Walsh became the second New Zealander ever to garner a shot ranking, debuting at No. 5…. Read More