June 26, 2021
Day 9 Recap: Gabby Thomas (21.61) Moves to #2 on All-Time List to Win 200, Erriyon Knighton Runs 19.88 World U20 Record, DeAnna Price 80.31m Hammer American Record
The track was hot in Eugene on Saturday (99 degrees), and so were the performances in the track and the field.
June 20, 2021
Rest of Day 3: Rudy Winkler (82.71) gets the American Record; Michael Norman (44.04), Quanera Hayes (49.78), Keni Harrison (12.47), Garrett Scantling (8,647), Vashti Cunningham (1.96), and Keturah Orji (14.52) win as Allyson Felix impresses
After finishing 4th at the 2016 Olympic Trials, Garrett Scantling gave up the sport and didn't compete at all until 2020. Today he won the decathlon and moved to #2 in the world. Plus Leah Falland ran 8:23 as the women's steeplechase got underway.
June 18, 2021
Men’s Shot Put: Ryan Crouser SHATTERS 31-Year-Old World Record
The first world record at the newly-renovated Hayward Field has fallen on the first day of the 2020 US Olympic Track and Field Trials -- and it was set by an Oregon native. Ryan Crouser crushed the men's shot put world record by 25 centimeters (9+ inches).
June 07, 2018
NCAA Day 1 Recap: Terrific Field Action, Josh Kerr Is Thinking NCAA Record, & Florida’s Title Chances Take a Hit
March 03, 2018
Best of the Mixed Zone: Christian Coleman's Call from Maurice Greene, Will Claye May Skip Outdoors to Promote His Album, & Michael Cherry's Unorthodox Medal-Winning Meal
It was an incredible night for Team USA at World Indoors as they won 5 gold medals - m60, w60h, w400, mtj and wpv - and set three new championship records in the process. We talked to all the gold medal winners and share the highlights. Find out which winner one after practicing only once all winter and who may now skip outdoors to promote his muscic album.
February 18, 2018
Dreams Become Reality: Unheralded Katie Nageotte Upsets Sandi Morris AND Jenn Suhr, Takes WR Attempts, Sharika Nelvis Sets American Record in Hurdles
August 10, 2017
#Jumping60: After Another World Title, Christian Taylor Going to Mountains of France to Try to Break Jonathan Edwards' World Record
August 10, 2016
Women's Heptathlon Preview: Will Jessica Ennis-Hill Win Another Gold? Or Will Brianne Theisen-Eaton Join Ashton As A Gold Medallist? Or Will The Future Of The Sport Arrive?
The women's multi should be a dandy in Rio. Who will emerge on top?
July 01, 2016
LetsRun.com Previews the Field Events at the 2016 US Olympic Track and Field Tirals
We break down the field event action.
March 15, 2014
Super-Frosh: Georgia Freshman Kendell Williams Smashes NCAA And World Junior Record In Women's Pentathlon
March 08, 2014
Could a Little More Distance Training Earned Ashton Eaton $50,000? Eaton Wins World Heptathlon Title In Almost World Record Missing It By 1.18 Seconds
Eaton was ahead of WR pace going into the heptathlon 1000m, but came up a bit short and missed breaking his WR by 14-points. We decided to take this opportunity to talk distance running with Eaton and see what kind of a training a double-multi-event WR holder does.
March 07, 2014
Cornell's And Nigeria's 20-Year-Old Stephen Mozia Fails To Advance To Finals, But Catches Eyes Of Fellow Competitors In Men's Shot Put
March 06, 2014
Pre-Meet Press Conference: World Record Attempts For Pearson, Dibaba And Eaton? XC In The Winter Olympics? And Does The Mayor Of Sopot Read LetsRun.com?
(updated with videos) The customary pre-meet press conference was quite interesting. G. Dibaba, Sally Pearson and Ashton Eaton all revealed whether they're going for the $50,000 world record bonus this weekend. Speaking of Pearson, 8-time global hurdles gold medalist Allen Johnson said Pearson is "the best - not one of the best" and "probably the best hurdler I've ever seen in person." Bruny Surin said he thought a Brit - yes, a Brit (James Dasaolu) - would have broken the 60m WR had he not been injured. All of that plus Pentathlon world record holder Nataliya Dobrynska of the Ukraine talks politics, cross-country as a winter Olympic sport and does the mayor of Sopot read LetsRun.com?