Greatest-Ever Trials? How Did ’24 Stack Up?
WHEN CONFRONTED WITH a series of great competitions capped by a World Record to complete an Olympic Trials there is… Read More
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Patience Carried Constien To Second Olympics
JUST A FEW MONTHS before the Olympic Trials, Val Constien had no intention of being on the steeplechase start line… Read More
Paris DL Men — Sedjati To No. 3 All-Time In Deep 800
PARIS, FRANCE, July 07 — While the women scored the big headlines at the Stade Charléty, the men’s events did… Read More
Paris DL Women — WRs Ancient And Recent Toppled
PARIS, FRANCE, July 07 — Two of the sport’s toughest World Records came tumbling down at the Meeting de Paris,… Read More
Bucket List Spectating — Jamaica Champs
I’VE BEEN TO too many U.S. Olympic Trials to count without fingers. When the opportunity arose to cover the Jamaican… Read More
Cole Hocker Set To Aim High In Paris
IT WOULDN’T BE accurate to say Cole Hocker was wandering lost through the woods in 2022 and ’23, but those… Read More
Anna Hall Fought To Revive Self-Confidence And Won
LUCK HASN’T ALWAYS been on Anna Hall’s side the last few years. Yes, she’s certainly had plenty of success —… Read More
Olympic Trials Event Reports You May Have Missed
Our News Roundup e-mailings are limited to 10 articles and other vagaries of the system make it difficult to set… Read More
Olympic Trials Women’s 1500 — Hiltz MR Leads PR Parade
NIKKI HILTZ ANTICIPATED a hot 1500 and a barn burner it was. The World Indoor silver medalist knew where the… Read More
Olympic Trials Men’s Long Jump — Davis Best At Right Time
WITH THE OLYMPIC qualifying standard, 27-5½ (8.37), unmet by any entrant, yet several projecting as likely qualifiers via the WA… Read More
Olympic Trials Women’s 20K Walk — Stevens Up Front Again
SEVENTEEN WOMEN STARTED (at 7:31) a minute after the 16 men and the 20K, 20-loop early-Saturday chase around a curvy… Read More
Olympic Trials Men’s 20K Walk — Christie Repeats Sans Paris Prospect
JUST THE WAY they were done in ’21, the 20K walk Trials were staged over a 1K road loop around… Read More
Olympic Trials Men’s Hammer — One Long Bomb Lifted Haugh
IN FRIDAY’S QUALIFYING, the big news was the advancement in 2nd-place of Californian Justin Stafford, who PRed at 249-9 (76.12),… Read More
Olympic Trials Men’s Discus — Games No. 2 For Evans After 8 Years
ONCE AN OLYMPIAN was not enough for Andrew Evans, the Kentucky alum who competed for 2 more years after Rio… Read More
Olympic Trials Men’s Triple Jump — Collegians Over Old Guard
HEADING INTO THE Olympic Trials, Fairleigh Dickinson senior Salif Mane and Miami’s Russell Robinson, neither of whom projected as a… Read More
Olympic Trials Women’s Steeple — Constien & Company Upend U.S. ATL
WITH PERENNIAL TEAM USA leaders Emma Coburn and Courtney Frerichs on the DL, the steeple looked ripe for a new… Read More
Olympic Trials Women’s Discus — Commanding Allman Performances
THREE WOMEN — world champion Lagi Tausaga, Olympic champion Valarie Allman, and NCAA champion Veronica Fraley — began the Trials… Read More
Olympic Trials Men’s High Jump — WIC Medal Was McEwen’s Springboard
A WORLDS OR OLYMPIC finalist at the last trio of big dances (2021–23), Indoor silver medalist Shelby McEwen took care… Read More
Olympic Trials Women’s 10K — Favored Kelati Prevails In Stretch
WITH ONLY Weini Kelati having achieved the Olympic standard of 30:40 and a race-time temperature of 79° (26C), it was… Read More
Olympic Trials Women’s Shot — Jackson Found Rhythm, Broke Free
AS THE WOMEN’S shot qualifying began on Friday evening, more than half the field – 13 of the 24 –… Read More
