November 2024
FROM THE EDITOR — A Fitting Season Finale?
A CONSEQUENTIAL CHANGE is coming to the international calendar in ’25. You might call it groundbreaking though the sport rode… Read More
LAST LAP — November
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
ON YOUR MARKS — November
SKEPTICS RUN RAMPANT. With various critics publicly voicing doubt about whether Ruth Chepngetich’s marathon WR was achieved without doping, Athletics… Read More
FOR THE RECORD — November
New records reported since the October issue: W = World; A = American; J = Junior (U20); + = event… Read More
STATUS QUO — November
THE LATEST in the aches, pains & eligibility departments: Swedish 5/10K record holder Andreas Almgren was injured shortly before the… Read More
LANDMARKS — November
Died: Kipyegon Bett, 26 On October 06, in Bomet, Kenya. The ’17 WC 800 bronze medalist was the World Junior… Read More
I Think — The Chepngetich WR?
Correspondent Sean Hartnett has been on site to witness and report on the last 20 marathon World Records — 11… Read More
2024 High School Girls Absolute Top 25 Lists
THESE LISTS CONTAIN the leading U.S. high school girls marks — Top 25s in standard events, fewer for others —… Read More
2024 Girls High School All-America Team
THIS YEAR’S TEAM represents the 46th such collection of stars since we began recognizing girls All-Americas with the 1978 season…. Read More
2024 High School Boys Absolute Top 25 Lists
THESE LISTS CONTAIN the leading U.S. high school boys marks — Top 25s in standard events, fewer for others —… Read More
2024 HS Girls Athlete Of The Year — Sadie Engelhardt
PATIENCE HAS BEEN the key to Sadie Engelhardt’s steady improvement. As an 8th-grader she made headlines by running an age-14… Read More
Pre-Nats XC Women — Valby Record Falls, BYU Flies
VERONA, WISCONSIN, October 19 — It’s an old saw that “records are made to be broken.” But sometimes they’re not… Read More
Pre-Nats XC Men — Samuel & Arkansas
VERONA, WISCONSIN, October 19 — It may not have been the proverbial irresistible force and immovable object, but when the… Read More
2024 Boys High School All-America Team
THIS YEAR’S BOYS HONOREES are the 50th All-Am team we have chosen. Our HS editors placed prime emphasis on the… Read More
2024 HS Boys Athlete Of The Year — Quincy Wilson
IF THERE WERE a contest for “what did you do over your summer vacation?” we just may have the all-time… Read More
Chicago Marathon Men — John Korir’s Whirlwind Finish
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, October 13 — John Korir continued his steady rise up the marathon ladder, bursting from a 7-man lead… Read More
Opinion — That USA 4×1 Pass In Paris
Dennis Grady, a long-time sprint relay analyst and critic, has contributed several articles on this subject to our Track Coach… Read More
Chicago Marathon Women — Chepngetich Sub-2:10 WR!
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, October 13 — In both the 2022 and ’23 Chicago Marathons, Ruth Chepngetich blasted away from the starting… Read More
