July 2021
FROM THE EDITOR — An NCAA Anniversary That Wasn’t
IT SEEMS TO HAVE GONE LARGELY OVERLOOKED, but this year’s NCAA Championships marked 100 years of the meet’s existence, the… Read More
The NCAA Championships Returns With A Bang
EUGENE, OREGON, June 09-12 — It felt special because it was: the NCAA Championships returned from the pandemic as the… Read More
LAST LAP — July
HERE’S THIS MONTH’S collection of short takes on generally off-track activities that have gone/will go a long way towards shaping… Read More
FOR THE RECORD — July
Records reported since the June issue. A or Am = American; C = Collegiate; J = Junior (U20); Y =… Read More
ON YOUR MARKS — July
ATHING MU’S SUBTLE MESSAGE: Although the 400/800 star only signed up for the longer race at the Trials she wants… Read More
STATUS QUO — July
THE LATEST in the aches, pains & eligibility departments, many of which will have notable effect on the Olympic Trials…. Read More
NCAA Day 4 Women’s Field — MR For van Klinken, Busy Day For Gittens
Women’s High Jump: Glenn A Rare Frosh Winner A rematch of the SEC was in the works, as the formchart… Read More
NCAA Day 2 Women — Two CRs Better Than One For Rogers
EUGENE, OREGON, June 10 — The women got their chance to try out the new version of Hayward Field and… Read More
NCAA Day 4 Women’s Track — Mu Faster Yet Again, Sturgis Doubles
Women’s 100: Surprising Sturgis All The Way Our formchart projected USC’s TeeTee Terry for the win. The undefeated Trojan senior… Read More
NCAA Women’s Teams — USC Too Fast On Final Day
A meet that had been forecast as a 3-way down-to-the-wire battle was anything but as USC piled up the most… Read More
NCAA Day 3 Men’s Field — Another “W” Each For Harrison & Washington
Men’s High Jump: Harrison Matches His Own Double JuVaughn Harrison never left any room for doubt. Trying to become the… Read More
NCAA Day 3 Men’s Track — Spectacular Races & Times
Men’s 100: Laird Wins One He Wasn’t Favored In Built on the wiry side for a sprinter and heretofore known… Read More
NCAA Day 1 Men — Dever MR Captures Deep 10K
EUGENE, OREGON, June 09 — The brand-spanking-new version of Hayward Field finally got its NCAA Championships baptism as 6 men’s… Read More
NCAA Men’s Teams — The LSU Machine Doesn’t Disappoint
LSU has long been a familiar face at the top end of NCAA men’s team scoring, but not since ’02… Read More
Florence DL — An Impressive Trio Of Hurdle Winners
FLORENCE, ITALY, June 10 — Barriers didn’t really get in the way of the three hurdle victors at the Golden… Read More
Ethiopian Trials — Letesenbet Gidey’s Turn For 10,000 WR
HENGELO, NETHERLANDS, June 08—Running on the same track where Sifan Hassan had set the women’s 10,000 World Record just 2… Read More
USATF Showcase — 2 More Big Throws By Valarie Allman
PRAIRIE VIEW, TEXAS, June 06 — The women’s discus Olympic champ and the world titlist may have duked it out… Read More
Music City — Sydney McLaughlin Didn’t Have Much Rust To Bust
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE, June 04-06 — In her first 400H race since she won WC silver in October of ’19 Sydney… Read More