World Championships XVII — Life In The Post-Bolt Era
FOR THE FIRST TIME since the ’03 edition, Usain Bolt’s name isn’t part of our World Championships forecasting. The Jamaican… Read More
September 2019
2019 World Championships Timetable
DOHA, QATAR, September 27-October 10—World Championships XVII will be entirely a late-afternoon/evening meet. For the first time ever at a… Read More
2019 World Championships Men’s Top 10 Predictions
OUR INTERNATIONAL PANEL has crunched all the data, and the overall results say that the U.S. men will enjoy a… Read More
2019 World Championships Women’s Top 10 Predictions
OUR INTERNATIONAL PANEL has crunched all the data, and the overall results say that the U.S. women will experience a… Read More
STATUS QUO — September
Here’s the latest in the aches, pains & eligibility departments, and a lot has happened in the run-up to Doha:… Read More
From The Editor — 4 Decades Of World Championships Memories
A BETTER TRACK MEET than the Olympic Games? That’s my take on the World Championships. Really. None of the overblown… Read More
LAST LAP — September
Here’s this month’s collection of generally off-track activities that have gone a long way towards shaping the way the sport… Read More
FOR THE RECORD — September
Records reported since the August issue. W = World; HS = High School; + = event not recognized by official… Read More
ON YOUR MARKS — September
PLENTY OF DOHA TESTS. To help in keeping tabs on “biological passports,” the Athletics Integrity Unit plans to collect more… Read More
CALENDAR — September
This month’s calendar offering is slightly different in that there is nothing listed here in the traditional place for such…. Read More
LANDMARKS — September
Died: Norma Crocker, 84 In Brisbane, on August 21. A member of Australia’s gold medal-winning 4×1 at the ’56 Olympics,… Read More
2019 Collegiate Cross Country Preview
ALTHOUGH HIGH SCHOOL cross country unambiguously gets up and running in September, at the collegiate level it’s not so much… Read More
NCAA Cross Country Preview Part 1: Men’s Top 10 Teams
THERE IS NEVER a lot of fresh data to go on when making XC predictions for the slow-in-September-slam-bang-in-October/November NCAA harrier… Read More
NCAA Cross Country Preview Part 2: Women’s Top 10 Teams
WITH SOME OF the top NCAA women’s programs having to rebuild after significant roster losses, sorting out who the favorites… Read More
NCAA Cross Country Preview Part 3: Men’s Top 10 Individuals
OUR WOMEN’S individual picks are full of familiar faces. That’s far less true of the men, decidedly influenced by the… Read More
NCAA Cross Country Preview Part 4: Women’s Top 10 Individuals
WHEN BOISE STATE’S Allie Ostrander (6th last year) turned pro, that affected this fall’s odds immensely. However, the field will… Read More
2019 High School Girls All-America Team
ATHLETE OF THE YEAR? That’s something we unfortunately have to hold in abeyance on the girls’ side this year, until… Read More
2019 HS Girls Absolute Top 25 Lists
These lists contain the leading U.S. high school girls marks for the 2018–19 season. These lists are “absolute,” combining indoors… Read More
Who’s On Team USA For The World Championships?
MAKING THE U.S. team for Doha wasn’t quite as easy as 1-2-3, although in many events the first 3 finishers… Read More