Track & Field News

1 day ago | trackandfieldnews.com | Sieg Lindstrom

“I THINK TOMORROW is going to be special,” said multiple Olympic and world champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (JAM) ahead of Friday’s Jetour Doha Meeting (16 May). The global track icon, who was speaking to media in the pre-event press conference (15 May), spoke fondly of her memories of the World Athletics Championships in Doha 2019 and how, almost six years later, she still wants to run fast (and win).

1 week ago | trackandfieldnews.com | E. Garry Hill

I’M BA-ACK! For the first time since my “retirement” in the March 2023 edition, here’s some editorialized babbling from me, wearing my Editor Emeritus hat. The big action in the last month came in one of my favorite events, the discus, as platter-friendly Ramona, Oklahoma, produced a pair of men’s World Records and a women’s American Record and a women’s Collegiate Record. Not everyone thought it was great stuff.

1 week ago | trackandfieldnews.com | Jeff Hollobaugh

IN HER FIRST FORAY over the steeple barriers this spring, BYU senior Lexy Halladay-Lowry made a splash, cutting more than 4 seconds off her best with a 9:18.05, a time that moved her to No. 5 in collegiate history. She will definitely be a force in the NCAA steeple later this season, but that’s no shock to anyone who watched her at the NCAA Indoor, where she raced to 2nd in the 5000 and 3rd in the 3000. That made her the top American in both.

1 week ago | trackandfieldnews.com | Sieg Lindstrom

WESTWOOD, CALIFORNIA, May 04 — For any old-school track & field fans who want to believe that highly competitive dual meets between historic rivals still have cachet, look no further than Drake Stadium, where the UCLA Bruins and USC Trojans proved Sunday that their crosstown showdown remains a really big deal. Maybe part of it was that the Bruins and new coach Joanna Hayes fancied their teams as having a fighting chance to win one of, if not both the men’s and women’s battles.

1 week ago | trackandfieldnews.com | Sieg Lindstrom

AUSTIN, TEXAS, May 01–03 — When Harlan (San Antonio) junior Tate Taylor shifted into hypersonic speed in the final 30m of the Class 6A 100 at the Texas state meet, leaving Duncanville’s Brayden Williams in his wake, there was a feeling he had just hit a gear no previous high school athlete ever had. There was a feeling he had just won the greatest high school 100 ever. After a few moments filled with anticipation, the biggest of dreams were confirmed in full.