May-June 2020
FROM THE EDITOR — What If All The Olympics Were Shunted By A Year?
BACK IN THE FALL OF 1980 U.S. fans and athletes were still reeling from having been boycotted out of the… Read More
Focus On The U.S. Women’s 1500 Scene
TOKYO IS DELAYED and nothing about the world or the sport is normal these days, yet an inescapably heartening state… Read More
TRACK SHORTS — May/June
ANOTHER SAMPLING of what major players are up to in this year of the pandemic: Asthma sufferer Noah Lyles has… Read More
ON YOUR MARKS — May/June
HIGHER OR FASTER FOR RENAUD LAVILLENIE? The 33-year-old French vault star says that recent events have him thinking he will… Read More
STATUS QUO — May/June
HERE’S THE LATEST in the aches, pains & eligibility departments: It will be a bit of a wait to see… Read More
LAST LAP — May/June
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
Shelby Houlihan’s Afterburners Ready To Be Lit Again
THE EIGHTH IN A SERIES of event-focus articles on the U.S. women’s 1500, an event on a hot streak and… Read More
LANDMARKS — May/June
Died: Francisco Aritmendi, 81 On April 12, in Guadalajara, Spain. The ’64 winner of the International Cross County Championships, the… Read More
Shannon Rowbury’s Final Games: 1500 Or 5000?
THE SEVENTH IN A SERIES of event-focus articles on the U.S. women’s 1500, an event on a hot streak and… Read More
Life In The U.S. Without The Big Spring Meets
TO THE TRUE-BLUE track & field fan in the United States, nothing says spring quite like a relay carnival. Essentially… Read More
Running Is In Shannon Osika’s Blood
THE SIXTH IN A SERIES of event-focus articles on the U.S. women’s 1500, an event on a hot streak and… Read More
CALENDAR — May/June
Tentative New 2020 Diamond League Schedule * = new date is the same as originally scheduled June 11 Bislett Games… Read More
Focus On The U.S. Men’s 110 Hurdles Scene
AFTER BEING SHUT OUT of the Olympic medals in Rio—something that had happened at no previous Games—and then not making… Read More
Stefanídi Takes Ultimate Garden Clash 2
MAY 16—AFTER THE NOVEL SUCCESS of the livestreamed men’s Ultimate Pole Vault Garden Clash two weeks ago, Olympic champion Ekaterína… Read More
Dog Days For Jenny Simpson
THE FIFTH IN A SERIES of event-focus articles on the U.S. women’s 1500, an event on a hot streak and… Read More
“I Feel Like I Can Conquer Anything,” Says Grant Holloway
THE FIFTH IN A SERIES of event-focus articles on the U.S. men’s 110 hurdles, a loaded discipline for Team USA… Read More
Kate Grace Now Taking A Positive Approach
THE FOURTH IN A SERIES of event-focus articles on the U.S. women’s 1500, an event on a hot streak and… Read More
Daniel Roberts Reflects On A Dream Season
THE FOURTH IN A SERIES of event-focus articles on the U.S. men’s 110 hurdles, a loaded discipline for Team USA… Read More
Elle Purrier Spending Her Spring At Home
THE THIRD IN A SERIES of event-focus articles on the U.S. women’s 1500, an event on a hot streak and… Read More