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January 31, 2021

American Track League #2 Recap: Bryce Hoppel Runs 1:44.37; Ryan Crouser Unleashes Another Monster Series 

Hoppel stole the headline at the 2nd American Track League meet even though Ryan Crouser broke the old shot world record once again. Plus wins for Heather Maclean and Sammy Watson.
June 18, 2019

Months After Leaving Their NCAA Teams In the Middle of the Season, Sammy Watson & Lynna Irby Explain Why They Turned Pro

Two NCAA stars went pro in the middle of the season this year. We try to find out why Sammy Watson and Lynna Irby went pro when they did.
June 01, 2019

Startlists For Saturday's Music City Distance Carnival In Nashville

There is a very good women's 1500m with Emma Coburn vs Aisha Praught-Leer, Cory McGee, Shannon Osika, Ce'Aira Brown while the 800 has Athing Mu vs Sammy Watson. The men's 1500 has Andres Arroyo, Rob Napolitano (3:38.03 PB) and Will Leer. *Live Results On Friday, Puerto Rico's Wesley Vazquez won the men's 800m in 1:44.68 over former NCAA indoor champ Brandon McBride (1:45.04). *Meet Home
March 06, 2018

2018 NCAA Indoor 800 Preview: Sammy Watson Is Primed to Break Through; Can Isaiah Harris -- Or Anyone Else -- Hang With Michael Saruni?

Raevyn Rogers, one of the all-time greats, is gone but an even bigger talent may already be on the scene to replace her in Texas A&M true frosh Sammy Watson. *MB: 2018 NCAA indoor 800 - Who wins M. Saruni or I. Harris? Will freshman phenom Sammy Watson take over for Raevyn Rogers?  
June 06, 2017

WTW: It's Okay To Wear Makeup In War, Several HS Girls Do Better Than Sub-4, And An American Wins Comrades

This week Raevyn Rogers tells us it's okay to wear makeup when going to war, we marvel about a bunch of high school girls that did something more difficult than a 4-minute mile, praise a LetsRun poster for winning Comrades, hand out free coaching advice from David Rudisha and snap photos of a 75-year-old great grandmother.
May 24, 2017

2017 Pre Classic Friday Night Preview: Genzebe Dibaba Goes for the 5,000-Meter World Record

Joan Benoit Samuelson night at Pre looks fantastic as a couple of world record holders (Ruth Jebet and Genzebe Dibaba) will be racing as will a couple of American record holder (Emma Coburn and Molly Huddle). Might some WRs and ARs fall?
March 02, 2017

2017 USA Indoors Preview, 1000m: Clayton Murphy Takes On Robby Andrews; Breakout Star Charlene Lipsey Favored in Women's Race

The men's 1k is loaded as it included Murphy, Andrews, Wheating and Kidder.
February 15, 2017

Week That Was: Women's 800m Madness, One Runner from Japan is Better than All of American Men Combined in the Marathon the Last 6 Years, Collegiate Milers and More

The American 800m women took it to another level this week, and a Japanese runner reminded us the American men's marathoners have struggled as a whole.
February 11, 2017

800 Madness at Millrose- Ajee Wilson Breaks American Record, Sammy Watson Gets Mary Decker's High School Record

Ajee Wilson set an American record as Sammy Watson broke the high school record.
February 04, 2017

Six Takeaways From Some Fantastic Action Across The Globe on Super Saturday

What a day. Laura Muir and the Kenyan-born Americans were fantastic.We give you the highlights as we doubt you can spend all of Sunday and all of Saturday glued to your TV or PC.
February 02, 2017

Armory Track Invite, Camel City, Karlsruhe & Nitro Athletics Down Under: Your Guide to 2017's Busiest Running Weekend So Far

There will be A TON of action across the globe on Saturday, from the West Coast of the US to the East Coast to Germany to Usain Bolt in Australia. There's no way you can watch the entirety of all five meets so we preview the best matchups in chronological order and suggest you enjoy the best races from the each meet a la carte, including Hellen Obiri vs. Laura Muir over 3000, Leo Manzano vs. Paul Chelimo in a mile and a Robby Andrews-led squad going for the 4x800 WR.
June 02, 2016

2016 Adrian Martinez Classic: HSers Sammy Watson (US #1 2:03.07 800) & Thomas Ratcliffe (4:01.50 Mile) Run Fast as Brandon Johnson (1:46.79) & Gabriele Grunewald (15:25.40) Pick Up Wins

Andrew Wheating (4th in 800 in 1:47.33), David Torrence (8th in 1:48.55) and Kim Smith (4th in 5k in 15:32.10) were among the big names who raced in Concord, Mass., on Thursday night as a ton of athletes chased Olympic Trials standards in the 800, mile and 5,000.