FROM THE EDITOR — What Kind Of Fan Are You?
STOP ME IF YOU’VE HEARD this one before: It’s not an easy year in which to be a track fan…. Read More
July-August 2020
FOR THE RECORD — July/August
Records reported since the March/April issue (there were none to report in the May/June edition). W = World; + =… Read More
LAST LAP — July/August
HERE’S THIS MONTH’S collection of short takes on generally off-track activities that have gone a long way towards shaping the… Read More
CALENDAR — July/August
This listing is for major upcoming meets. Here’s the link to our total collection of Calendars & Timetables. Diamond League… Read More
Focus On The U.S. Men’s Shot Scene
PREPARE FOR LAUNCH. The U.S. men’s shot crew is ready. Though the Trials and Olympics sit locked down by a… Read More
TRACK SHORTS — July/August
ANOTHER SAMPLING of what major players are up to in this year of the pandemic: Surfing the club scene: ex-Penn… Read More
ON YOUR MARKS — July/August
BUSTED: former IOC president Avery Brundage, always a polarizing figure, has been demoted 45 years after his death by San… Read More
STATUS QUO — July/August
HERE’S THE LATEST in the aches, pains & eligibility departments, with whereabouts violations very much in the news, particularly for… Read More
LANDMARKS — July/August
Awarded: Jim Ryun, 73 The legendary miler received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Trump during a July White… Read More
Reigning Champ Tripp Piperi Waits On An NCAA Chance
WHILE THE LAST few months have been tough for pro athletes—and they have—the plight of collegians is in several senses… Read More
Focus On The U.S. Women’s 400 Scene
THE QUARTER. The 1-lapper. The 400. By any name, it is the most brutal of the sprints, asking of its… Read More
What Will College Track Look Like On The Other Side?
IN JOURNALISTIC TERMS, it’s the ultimate moving target. Our efforts to bring you a reasonable forecast on what will happen… Read More
Some Sparkling Marks In U.S. “Summer Season”
AS WE MOVED FROM JUNE TO JULY, something happened that hardcore U.S. fans have wanted for years: a sequence of… Read More
Nick Ponzio Climbing The Lists Quickly
“I WAS FINALLY ABLE to tap into this potential that I had never done before because of the fact that… Read More
High School News Digest
THE PREP SEASON, for almost all intents and purposes, came to a grinding halt back in March, with not only… Read More
Allyson Felix Ready To Add To Her Medal Haul
AMERICA’S MOST-BEMEDALED track star ever (see sidebar) knows time isn’t on her side—and while one might assume the Tokyo postponement… Read More
Michael Norman Now A Full-Bore Triple Threat
“AND NOW WE HAVE the same PR.” Michael Norman and Noah Lyles, that is. In the 100. The admiring quotee… Read More
A New High For Ryan Crouser
SURE BEATS BASS FISHING. At least if field & track is your favorite sport. With no meets on the schedule… Read More
Trayvon Bromell’s Long Road Back
THE TIME—10.04 to win a 100 heat at the Showdown In OTown in Montverde, Florida, on the 4th of July—jumped… Read More