January 2021

BEIJING OLYMPICS 100H CHAMP Dawn Harper Nelson had set her big comeback for 2020. “I envisioned how it was going… Read More

WHY HAS MOVING-LIGHT TECHNOLOGY had such a revolutionary impact? Doesn’t the runner still have to do the fundamental physical job… Read More

IN MANY WAYS 2020 became a lost year for international track & field—but still it turned out an extraordinary record… Read More

IT EATS AWAY AT Christina Clemons sometimes, just like it would for any driven athlete: Eugene, June 23, 2012, the… Read More

ON THE MONDAY following WA’s annual year-end Awards Program—a virtual affair for broadcast this time due to the pandemic—President Sebastian… Read More

NOT TO TAKE ANYTHING AWAY from all the fine athletes involved, but the ongoing late-season crush of fast distance times… Read More

A YEAR TO REMEMBER. 2020 full-stop qualifies—mostly because we’d all love to wake up and learn we dreamed it. Mondo… Read More

WITH A SEASON UNMATCHED in quality and quantity, Mondo Duplantis was an overwhelming choice as our 2020 Men’s Most Valuable… Read More

HER CAMPAIGN WAS SHORT, but triple jumper Yulimar Rojas made the most of it, winning twice each indoors and out… Read More

COMPETING HERE, THERE & EVERYWHERE. That was Grant Holloway’s thing for 5 prep and collegiate seasons prior to 2020. Not… Read More

THE PANDEMIC HAS BROUGHT Sharika Nelvis back to Jonesboro, Arkansas, where years before as one of Arkansas State’s Red Wolves,… Read More

WORLD CHAMPION, OLYMPIC CHAMPION. With résumé lines like that, Brianna McNeal—one might think at a superficial glance—would never lack for… Read More