STATUS QUO — July
THE LATEST in the aches, pains & eligibility departments, starting with domestic items: Tianna Bartoletta says that her recent ankle… Read More
July 2018
LANDMARKS — July
Died: Erkki Ahvenniemi, 85; on May 18, in Jyväskylä, Finland. Twice World Ranked twice in the javelin with a high… Read More
FOR THE RECORD — July
Record alterations reported since the June issue. W = World; A = American; J = Junior (U20); Y =Youth (U18);… Read More
CALENDAR — July
Diamond League August 18 Müller Grand Prix; Birmingham, England 30 Weltklasse; Zürich, Switzerland 31 Van Damme Memorial; Brussels, Belgium Other… Read More
ON YOUR MARKS — July
Clubs Sign College Grads New Hampshire 1500 star Elinor Purrier has joined Mark Coogan’s New Balance Boston group; Karissa Schweizer… Read More
LAST LAP — July
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
2018 USATF Championships — Clues For Years To Come
Des Moines, Iowa, June 21-24—For a USATF Championships in the quadrennial “off-year” you have to throw out the formchart. Without… Read More
From The Editor — Maybe You CAN Tell The Players Without A Program
It wasn’t a headline of man bites dog attention-getting, perhaps, but on June 20 our home page’s “Today’s Top Headlines”… Read More
T&FN’s 62nd National Men’s Relay Rankings — Florida Best Of The SEC
As it so often is in all corners of the sport these days, the Southeastern Conference was dominant in our… Read More
London Diamond League — Stylish Emmanuel Korir Climbs All-Time 800 List
London, England, July 21-22—Emmanuel Korir recorded the world’s quickest 800 in 6 years, clocking 1:42.05 to win at the Müller… Read More
Heusden-Zolder — American 5K Record For Houlihan
Heusden-Zolder, Belgium, July 21—A small city in northwest Belgium may be an unlikely place to break the American 5K Record,… Read More
T&FN’s 39th National Women’s Relay Rankings — Purdue Makes History
Purdue turned a nifty trick in ’18, becoming the first Big 10 school to win our National Women’s Relay Rankings… Read More
Monaco Diamond League — Chepkoech Destroys Steeplechase World Record
Fontvieille, Monaco, July 20—Kenya’s Beatrice Chepkoech took 8 seconds off the steeplechase World Record on a night of steamy heat… Read More
World Junior Championships Women — Williams Is Jamaica’s Latest Sprint Prodigy
Tampere, Finland, July 10-15—Only 4 women have ever completed a short-sprint double at the World Junior Championships; Briana Williams is… Read More
World Junior Championships Men — An Improbable 100 Winner
Tampere, Finland, July 10-15—With nearly 250 million inhabitants across a vast archipelago, Indonesia is the fourth most populous country in… Read More
The World Cup — Team USA Romps
London, England, July 14-15—It worked. The first “Athletics World Cup” turned out to be reasonably successful, in spite of many… Read More
Rabat Diamond League — Coleman Victorious In Comeback
Rabat, Morocco, July 13—Christian Coleman bounced back after taking 6 weeks off to rest a sore hammy and beat a… Read More
Mondo Duplantis’s PR Progression, From 5-6 To 19-5½
It’s always fun to look at an athlete’s progression of marks, but rarely do we get to see something as… Read More
Keturah Orji Is A Student Of Her Event
As she faced the scribes and video cameras in Drake’s interview area, Keturah Orji had just finished the domestic season… Read More