March 2022
FROM THE EDITOR — USATF’s Split Nationals Is A Good Thing
THIS YEAR’S USATF CHAMPIONSHIPS (the outdoor version, that is) will be missing 6 events. Sorta. As noted in “Last Lap,”… Read More
LANDMARKS — March
Retired: Justin Gatlin, 40 On February 10. The ’04 Olympic 100 champ announced the end of his long career on… Read More
STATUS QUO — March
THE LATEST in the aches, pains & eligibility departments: Swiss sprinter Ajla Del Ponte has had her indoor season ended… Read More
LAST LAP — March
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
HS Digest — Big Opposition Brings Out Big Marks
COMPETING AGAINST PROS and collegians is the way that many of the top high schoolers have making their marks this… Read More
ON YOUR MARKS — March
NO ROOM AT THE INN: Not a surprise that housing during the World Championships will be tight in the Eugene/Springfield… Read More
FOR THE RECORD — March
Records reported since the February issue: W = World; A = American; J = Junior (U20); Y = Youth (U18)… Read More
Collegiate Digest — Record-Breaking Season Continues
THE WAY COLLEGIANS performed in February, it’s going to be a heckuva NCAA Indoor Championships. Highlights: Abby Steiner Flying In… Read More
Pro Digest — Fast Miles, High Vaults
THE 5 FIXTURES that wrapped up the Gold portion of this year’s World Indoor Tour — chronologically: Staten Island, Liévin,… Read More
Focus On The U.S. Men’s 200
AS THE WORLD CHAMPS summer approaches, with attendant battles to qualify for Team USA slotted for Eugene in June, we… Read More
Tokyo Marathon Women — No. 3 Performance Ever
TOKYO, JAPAN, March 06 — Brigid is back! World Record holder Brigid Kosgei impressively demonstrated that she has returned to… Read More
“The Ten” Women — Cranny Falls Just Short Of AR
SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, California, March 06 — Molly Huddle’s American Record of 30:13.17 had its closest scare yet as Elise… Read More
“The Ten” Men — Fisher’s 26:33.84 Crushes AR
SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, California, March 06 — It may have been a carefully choreographed time trial, complete with pacing lights… Read More
Tokyo Marathon Men — No. 4 Performance Ever
TOKYO, JAPAN, March 06 — Eliud Kipchoge made good on his promise to return to Japan after winning last year‘s… Read More
Madrid — Rojas Oh-So-Close To Her TJ World Record
MADRID, SPAIN, March 02—Olympic champion Yulimar Rojas gave her own World Indoor Record its closest scare yet to highlight the… Read More
T&FN Interview — Grant Fisher
THE LOOK ON HIS FACE was one of exhausted disbelief. On the first night of track & field in… Read More
A Collegiate 3000 Record For Yared Nuguse
WHO NEEDS COMPANY? Yared Nuguse is making a habit of carving his name into the collegiate recordbooks with solo efforts…. Read More
USATF Indoor Championships/WIC Trials — Women
SPOKANE, WASHINGTON, February 26-27 — As on the men’s side, the first two women in each event qualified for the… Read More