FROM THE EDITOR: If Only I Had Room To List 5 Tokyo Highlights
THIS ISSUE IS FILLED with our coverage of a grandly entertaining Worlds XX, a global champs of superb quality. Anybody… Read More
October 2025
FOR THE RECORD — October
New Absolute Records reported since the September issue: W = World; A = American. MEN’S FIELD Pole Vault 6.30 |… Read More
LANDMARKS — October
Died: Jairus Birech, 32 On September 18, following an illness. The Kenyan steeplechaser finished 4th in the ’15 Worlds after… Read More
STATUS QUO — October
THE LATEST in the aches, pains & eligibility departments: Canada’s Moh Ahmed pulled out of the 5000 after aggravating a… Read More
ON YOUR MARKS — October
THE TOKYO MEDALS you saw athletes celebrating with immediately after their events were the real thing. After they got through… Read More
LAST LAP — October
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
NCAA Cross Country Preview — Overview/Schedule
WHEN ASSESSING NCAA XC possibilities in September, hard data is relatively scarce. Evidence in the form of major meet results… Read More
2025 World Champs Medalists Chart With Links To Event Reports
Click on event labels in left column to read news stories. MEN GOLD SILVER BRONZE 100 Oblique Seville (Jamaica) Kishane… Read More
NCAA Cross Country Preview — Women’s Top 10 Teams
BYU AND NC STATE have had a stranglehold on the NCAA Women’s XC Championships the past 5 years, sharing the… Read More
NCAA Cross Country Preview — Men’s Top 10 Teams
A TEAM THAT MAY finally be in a position to win its first NCAA title in 31 years — after… Read More
NCAA Cross Country Preview — Women’s Top 10 Individuals
PROJECTING THE BEST NCAA XC runners in the country two months ahead of the NCAA can be tricky, but it… Read More
NCAA Cross Country Preview — Men’s Top 10 Individuals
FORECASTING AN NCAA XC Championships individual top 10 can be a fool’s errand in late September, especially when many of… Read More
Tokyo25 — Lightning Strike Performances And Clamorous Crowds
TOKYO, JAPAN, August 13–21 — The noise often seemed deafening. The return of the world’s best track & field athletes… Read More
Katie Moon’s Mighty Gold Medal Mindset
COMPETING SUCCESSFULLY in the pole vault at the very highest of levels is all about mastering pressure. No one knows… Read More
Benjamin Won, Lost, Then Won Again In Tokyo
EVERY ATHLETE at some point experiences both the thrill of victory and agony of defeat. But they’re not supposed to… Read More
Crouser Pushed Through Pain Into Unknown For Third WC Gold
EVEN WHEN RYAN CROUSER is subpar, he’s still the favorite to win. After all, Crouser’s par is so much better… Read More
Berlin Marathon — Sawe’s Bold Gambit Scuppered By Weather
BERLIN, GERMANY, September 21 — The 2025 Berlin Marathon may well be long remembered as the one that got away…. Read More
World Champs Men’s Decathlon — Back To School Days
SEEING A COMPETITION for medal positions among Kyle Garland, Leo Neugebauer and Ayden Owens-Delerme is definitely new on the world… Read More
World Champs Men’s 4 x 100 — A Lap Team USA Will Want To Remember
THE HANDOFFS ARE almost always the story in the 4 x 100. This time around, solid exchanges led to a… Read More
