January 2023

IT WASN’T EASY to score a No. 1 without winning WC gold, but Yaroslava Mahuchikh managed it, even though she… Read More

THERE WAS NO DIFFICULTY in separating rivals/training partners Sandi Morris and Katie Nageotte (now newly married as Moon). Nageotte won… Read More

CONSPICUOUS BY HER ABSENCE. For the first time since ’07 the Rankings don’t include Brittney Reese, who called it quits… Read More

GOOD ENOUGH to be voted runner-up in the AOY contest (again), Yulimar Rojas obviously was the best here. For the… Read More

AND THEN THERE WERE 3: a trio of U.S. women who have earned No. 1 in the shot. First was… Read More

LAST YEAR VALARIE ALLMAN became only the second American woman — following Stephanie Brown Trafton in ’08 — to earn… Read More

THE WINNER OF 8 OF 10 meets, world champion Brooke Andersen was an easy choice for her first No. 1…. Read More

TALK ABOUT GOING OUT in a blaze of glory! Kara Winger had decided that at age 36 this would be… Read More

PLAYING IT CLOSE TO THE VEST, Michael Norman ran in only 5 meets. But he was a perfect 5-for-5, topped… Read More

HEADING INTO THE WC Emmanuel Korir had a rather mediocre résumé, one that featured a 5th, 6th & 8th to… Read More

THEY WERE CLEARLY 1 & 2, but what order for Jakob Ingebrigtsen and Jake Wightman? They split their two meetings,… Read More

AN UNBEATEN SEASON earned Soufiane El Bakkali his third consecutive No. 1. In addition to WC gold, the tall Moroccan… Read More

HE WAS ONLY No. 21 on the yearly performers list, but Jakob Ingebrigtsen nonetheless repeated as the event leader. His… Read More

MAKING IT 3 No. 1s in the last 4 Rankings, Joshua Cheptegei parlayed his WC gold into the perfect vehicle… Read More

A LONG U.S. DROUGHT ended with Grant Holloway’s repeat win. The last American to be No. 1 two years in… Read More

THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, not surprisingly, formed the basic skeleton for ordering the multi-eventers, placers 1–8 from Eugene filling the top… Read More

ALL-TIME RANKING STATS in the 26-miler? We’re sure you’ll not be in the least surprised to learn that Eliud Kipchoge… Read More

WITH WINS in the year’s two biggest races — the World Championships and the World Team Champs — Toshikazu Yamanishi… Read More

WELCOME TO THE FIRST YEAR of Rankings at the 35K distance. RIP to the 50K as walking’s longest championship distance…. Read More

ALMOST WARHOLMIAN was the season put up by Alison dos Santos: undefeated, WC & DL champion, 3 sub-47 races. Actually,… Read More