FROM THE EDITOR — Cross My Heart, I Love XC
LAST MONTH IN this space my esteemed friend and colleague Jeff Hollobaugh, our Managing Editor, got me thinking. Not for… Read More
December 2023
LAST LAP — December
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 — December
IS A REAL SUB-2:00 marathon coming soon? Kelvin Kiptum missed by just 36 seconds in Chicago in October. Now he… Read More
FOR THE RECORD — December
New record reported since the November issue: W = World; w-o = women-only. WOMEN’S ROAD 10K (w-o) 29:26 W Agnes… Read More
STATUS QUO — December
THE LATEST in the aches, pains & eligibility departments: British vaulter Holly Bradshaw is still hoping to make it back… Read More
LANDMARKS — December
Named: Noah Lyles & Sha’Carri Richardson As USATF’s ’23 Athletes Of The Year. Lyles won the Jesse Owens Award for… Read More
Autumn Road Digest
As the year races toward its conclusion, fall competition on asphalt has produced some noteworthy results. Frankfurt Marathon — Getachew… Read More
Anna Hall’s Focus Is Razor Sharp On Paris
“I’M NOT AT THE TOP of my own event yet,” says Anna Hall, uttering a simple sentence that will define… Read More
2023 Girls High School All-America Team
THIS YEAR’S GIRLS HONOREES comprise the 45th grouping we have chosen since we first launched our HS All-America project after… Read More
2023 HS Girls Athlete Of The Year — Hana Moll
THOUGH SHE WAS already knocking on the door of national- and world-class pole vaulting as a junior, Hana Moll (Capital,… Read More
2023 High School Girls Absolute Top 25 Lists
THESE LISTS CONTAIN the leading U.S. high school girls marks — Top 25s in standard events, fewer for others —… Read More
2023 HS Boys Athlete Of The Year — Simeon Birnbaum
WHEN HE BROKE 4:00 in the mile as a junior, Simeon Birnbaum made himself a name to watch his senior… Read More
2023 Boys High School All-America Team
THIS YEAR’S BOYS HONOREES are the 49th grouping we have chosen since we first launched our HS All-America project after… Read More
With An Ace Veteran Absent NC State Dug Deep
AFTER SATURDAY’S DRAMATIC NCAA Cross team victory over favored Northern Arizona, NC State coach Laurie Henes found herself at a… Read More
Blanks Captured XC Crown With Heart And A Plan
CLOSING IN ON the finish line with victory secured, Harvard’s Graham Blanks saluted the crowd, then took a personal moment,… Read More
NCAA Women’s XC — Valby Supreme, Wolfpack 3-Peats
EARLYSVILLE, VIRGINIA, November 18 — The atmosphere of the NCAA Women’s XC Championships took on the aura of a heavyweight… Read More
NCAA Men’s XC — Oklahoma State Strikes Back
EARLYSVILLE, VIRGINIA, November 18 — One year ago, Oklahoma State lost the NCAA Championship to Northern Arizona on a tiebreaker…. Read More
2023 High School Boys Absolute Top 25 Lists
THESE LISTS CONTAIN the leading U.S. high school boys marks — Top 25s in standard events, fewer for others —… Read More