FOR THE RECORD — October
Records reported since the September issue. W = World; A = American; J = Junior (U20); HS = High School;… Read More
October 2019
FROM THE EDITOR — That’s How A Season Should End!… Or Is It?
AS THE LATEST World Championships ever held (the previous late-date staging was Rome ’87, which wrapped up a month earlier,… Read More
Grant Holloway Had To Win Over The Doubters
WINNING HURDLE GOLD in Doha was all about redemption for Grant Holloway, who was slotted only at No. 5 on… Read More
HS Girls Athlete Of The Year — Briana Williams
IT TOOK US A WHILE to get there, but now we can announce our choice as the top HS girl… Read More
CALENDAR — October
Here’s the link to our total collection of Calendars & Timetables for 2019. Conference XC Championships October 21 SWAC; Jackson,… Read More
STATUS QUO — October
Here’s the latest in the aches, pains & eligibility departments (our big collegiate-recruiting guide will appear in next month’s edition):… Read More
LAST LAP — October
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
ON YOUR MARKS — October
MAYBE INEOS was the winner. How many people watched Eliud Kipchoge’s 1:59 marathon? 779,000 reportedly watched the stream live, and… Read More
World Championships XVII
DOHA, QATAR, September 27–October 06—From the moment it was awarded to a small yet fabulously wealthy nation in the Middle… Read More
LANDMARKS — October
Died: Martin Lauer, 82 On October 6; in Pegnitz, Germany. At both the ’56 and ’60 Olympics, he placed 4th… Read More
Joe Kovacs Had Reason To Smile In Doha
WHAT NEEDS to align to win history’s greatest shot competition ever? (Or maybe, as silver medalist Ryan Crouser suggested after… Read More
Pre-Nationals XC — The BYU Show
TERRE HAUTE, Indiana, October 19—BYU showed up full of run at Indiana State’s Pre-National Invitation on the LaVern Gibson Championship… Read More
Nuttycombe XC — Team Favorites Roll
VERONA, WISCONSIN, October 18—It was a very good day to be numero uno at the Nuttycombe Invitational. Northern Arizona’s top-ranked… Read More
Nia Ali’s Turn For A Victory Lap
AS NIA ALI and her children watched her boyfriend, Canadian sprint ace Andre De Grasse, do one of his laps… Read More
The $64,000 Question: “Is It The Shoes?”
WITH BOTH Eliud Kipchoge and Brigid Kosgei running into the marathon history books on the same weekend wearing Nike Vaporfly… Read More
Coleman Has Ushered In The Post-Bolt Era
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS XVII in Doha rang down the final-final curtain on the Usain Bolt era and in the always-center-stage 100… Read More
Collegiate XC Is Up & Running
UP UNTIL mid-October, clashes between top-ranked teams were not only rare but often misleading, as few put together their squads… Read More
Chicago Marathon — World Record For Brigid Kosgei
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, October 13—Just a day after Eliud Kipchoge went sub 2:00, Brigid Kosgei shocked the marathon world going 81… Read More
Eliud Kipchoge Gets His Sub-2:00 Marathon
VIENNA, October 12—Running in near-ideal, overcast conditions on the streets of the Austrian capital behind a rotating phalanx of world-class… Read More