January 2025

By clicking on the following by-event links — represented by the No. 1 woman in each discipline for 2024 —… Read More

By clicking on the following by-event links—represented by the No. 1 man in each discipline for 2024 — you’ll be… Read More

THIS IS A LISTING of all the Absolute (indoor and outdoor combined) Records set during calendar ’24. For a listing… Read More

TWICE BEFORE THE U.S. (and World) AOY, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, now a 3-time World No. 1, is back in first position…. Read More

THREE TIMES PREVIOUSLY, Rai Benjamin earned Top 10 positions in our U.S. Athlete of the Year voting: No. 2 in… Read More

THE BATTLE FOR Men’s Performance Of The Year couldn’t have been closer, but the tussle on the women’s side wasn’t… Read More

VOTING BY OUR 33-member international panel in this annual exercise — our 50th year of choosing a Women’s Athlete Of… Read More

IN THE PAGES THAT FOLLOW you’ll find all kinds of facts & figures relating to each of the 42 individual… Read More

IT’S NOT UNCOMMON for the AOY to also nab POY honors, which Mondo Duplantis did. But while it’s not unheard-of,… Read More

VOTING BY OUR 33-member international panel in this annual exercise — our 65th year of choosing a Men’s Athlete Of… Read More

“EIGHT ONE-HUNDREDTHS of a second!” An enthusiastic conversation with UNC coach Chris Miltenberg about the jaw-dropping, record-smashing 1–2 finish by… Read More

FORMER NO. 1s were very much in evidence, with Nafi Thiam (2016–18, 2021–22), adding her sixth title, Katarina Johnson Thompson… Read More

HARUKA KITAGUCHI won the two biggest meets of the year and was over 60m (196-10) with all 11 of her… Read More

CAMRYN ROGERS’ DEFENSE of her No. 1 position was rather obvious, as Canada’s Olympic champion lost only a single meet… Read More

NEXT STOP, RAMONA OKLAHOMA? Valarie Allman’s ultimate destination for 4 years in a row now has been the top rung… Read More

NO SHORTAGE OF DATA HERE. Sarah Mitton and Chase Jackson met 8 times: at all 5 of the regular-season DL… Read More

SHE BLEW UP IN PARIS, but Kimberley García more than made up for it with 4 major wins (nobody else… Read More