January 2019
FOR THE RECORD — January
Records broken since the December issue. W = World; A = American; C = Collegiate J = Junior (U20); Y… Read More
From The Editor — Is The IAAF Being Innovative In The Right Places?
I LOVE THE FACT that the wheels keep turning in Monaco. The IAAF recognizes the fact that track is having… Read More
LANDMARKS — January
Hired: Sarah Hollis USATF hired Sarah Hollis as its Chief Marketing & Revenue Officer. Hollis, who had previously worked at… Read More
ON YOUR MARKS — January
THE NCAA EAST REGIONAL, which in several past years has gotten $200,000 in subsidies from the Jacksonville Tourist Development Council,… Read More
LAST LAP — January
Here’s this month’s collection of generally off-track activities that have gone a long way towards shaping the way the sport… Read More
CALENDAR — January
U.S. Indoor Invitationals January 24–26 Texas Tech Invitational, Lubbock, Texas 25–26 Houston Invitational, Houston, Texas Indiana Relays; Bloomington, Indiana National… Read More
Off-Track Racing Roundup For January
It’s easy to think of January as indoor-track time, but as always, there was significant action outside, both on the… Read More
TRACK SHORTS — January
SAFE! As we reported in December’s On Your Marks section, France’s Jimmy Gressier took finishline theatrics in an interesting new… Read More
Do The Multi-Events Really Need Revamping?
It’s the Gundersen Method, in recent years a component of the rules in Modern Pentathlon and Nordic Combined that heightens—at… Read More
A Recordsetting Opening To The Indoor Season
THE FIRST WEEKEND of January found track still sleeping off turkey/football overloads, but things immediately turned hot just 7 days… Read More
Vaulter Olivia Gruver Going For A 3-Peat
The University of Washington has a great tradition in the vault, dating back to Brian Sternberg in the ’60s all… Read More
NCAA Women Eligibles — Top 20 Returners
This NCAA Division I-oriented compilation lists the top 20 eligible women’s performers for the ’19 outdoor season in order of… Read More
Prediction Department — 2019 World Championships Medalists
Picking World Championships podium people in January—when a crystal ball sometimes looks more like a snow globe—is always risky business,… Read More
High School Girls Eligibles — Top 20 Returners
While the ’18 high school boys season was very much senior-dominated at the top end, the girls were just the… Read More
NCAA Men Eligibles — Top 20 Returners
This NCAA Division I-oriented compilation lists the top 20 eligible men’s performers for the ’19 outdoor season in order of… Read More
Major U.S. Names Coming Off The Shelf
Some major U.S. performers are fighting their way back from sit-downs of various kinds during the 2018 campaign. Here are… Read More
STATUS QUO — January
Here’s the latest in the aches, pains & eligibility departments, featuring our mid-year collegiate recruiting reports Bahrain’s ’16 World Indoor… Read More
How Do You Qualify For The 2019 World Championships?
IN THE WAKE of the collapse of plans to use its new world rankings as the prime way to qualify… Read More
Prediction Department — 2019 NCAA Women’s Winners
Here’s our picks to stand at the stop of the podium at the NCAA Indoor (Birmingham, Alabama; March 08–09) and… Read More