Sieg Lindstrom

2 weeks ago | trackandfieldnews.com | Sieg Lindstrom

IF YOU’RE A TEAM SCORE FOLLOWER, don’t emulate a Dodger fan and leave the meet early. It looks as if there’ll be no shortage of action on the track as the men’s meet winds up. With 2 running events remaining — the 5000 and 4×4 — Minnesota projects to be in the lead, a point up on Texas A&M. But then New Mexico is slotted for 18 off a 1-2 in the 5000 and suddenly the Lobos are up by 8 with just the relay to go.

3 weeks ago | trackandfieldnews.com | Sieg Lindstrom

IN THE BAD NEWS for favored Georgia, the Bulldogs lost 9 points off their projected score from last time’s chart. But after the Regionals the good news for Caryl Smith Gilbert’s powerful squad was that closest pursuer Texas A&M dropped a dozen, making the margin a tough-to-overcome 27. The 10-deep predictions for each event (‘ = athlete not eligible for U.S. international teams):TOP 10 TEAMSprojected scorechange in scoreprevious place1. Georgia64–91=2. Texas A&M37–122=2. USC37–244.

3 weeks ago | trackandfieldnews.com | Sieg Lindstrom

THERE’S NOTHING NEW about the clamorous wider world with its trends and controversies pushing unpleasantly into the purity that is our beloved sport at its center. However, last weekend, as I write, two doozies, each fraught with negativity in one way or another, washed into the competition space and national headlines. They involved a meet for which I have great and long-standing affection, the California high school state meet.

3 weeks ago | trackandfieldnews.com | Sieg Lindstrom

FEARLESS FORECASTING by Roy Conradas of June 04TEAM USA for September’s World Championships in Tokyo will be chosen at the later-than-usual USATF Championships (Eugene, July 31–August 03). Collegiate athletes will face a long break between the NCAA and the USATF meets. From the exceedingly tenuous vantage point of 9 weeks out, here’s our Top 10 charting for each women’s event at USATF. The listing of an athlete in a discipline doesn’t guarantee she’ll contest that event (or events).

3 weeks ago | trackandfieldnews.com | Sieg Lindstrom

PEERLESS PROGNOSTICATIONS by Dave Johnsonas of June 04TEAM USA for September’s World Championships in Tokyo will be chosen at the later-than-usual USATF Championships (Eugene, July 31–August 03). Collegiate athletes will face a long break between the NCAA and the USATF meets. From the exceedingly tenuous vantage point of 9 weeks out, here’s our Top 10 charting for each men’s event at USATF. The listing of an athlete in a discipline doesn’t guarantee he’ll contest that event (or events).