September 16, 2024

WTW: What did we learn from Jakob Ingebrigtsen's half marathon debut & are we entering phase II of the super spike era?
Plus a big win streaks get snapped while others get extended. And Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone gets paid despite avoiding the Diamond League like the plague while Grant Holloway doesn't despite running it all the time.
September 04, 2024

Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone Will Not Be Allowed To Compete In Diamond League 200m/400m Finals
According to multiple sources, Diamond League CEO Petr Stastny announced today at the technical meeting for the Weltklasse Zurich meet that Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone will not be allowed to compete in the two Diamond League finals next week as she's not eligible since she didn't compete in any regular season DL meets. Meet organizers are contemplating having her run in the pre-program presumably against less than stellar competition.
*Sydney McLaughlin to double in DL Final - an event she's not eligible for - Update: DL will not let her run
September 03, 2024

Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone Will Double In Diamond League Final That She's Not Eligible For
The rules say that to receive a wild-card entry to the DL final, you must have competed in a DL regular season meet, but SML has not done that.
August 08, 2024

Paris Thursday Recap: WR for Sydney, Gold for Holloway & Tebogo, Lyles Gets Bronze with COVID
SML did it again with WR #6, running 50.37 to win the 400 hurdles as Femke Bol got bronze. Letsile Tebogo ripped a 19.46 for 200m gold as a COVID-stricken Noah Lyles was 3rd.
August 01, 2024

Olympic 400 Hurdles Preview: Sydney v Femke, & Can Rai Benjamin Finally Win Gold?
In Tokyo, we had two races for the ages. Will history repeat itself in 2024? McLaughlin-Levrone comes in off a world record at the US Olympic Trials, while Benjamin is 2-0 vs Warholm since losing at Worlds last year.
July 16, 2024

WTW: Ingebrigtsen Runs 3:26 - Should Kerr Be Worried? Femke Bol 50.95 and NCAA Also-Rans Impress In Europe
Plus how about some love for 16-year-old Rin Kubo who made history by become the first Japanese woman to break 2:00 in the 800 - or did she?
July 01, 2024

6 Takeaways from Super Sunday at the 2024 US Olympic Trials
In the span of 60 minutes on Sunday, six meet records fell in the track events, including Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone's 50.65 WR in the 400 hurdles.
June 30, 2024

Final Day 5 Minute Recap: Sydney WR, Grant Fisher Double, Nikki Leads 3 Sub 3:55, Rai Benjamin WL, and Much More!
June 30, 2024
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone runs 50.65 to set her 5th world record - and 4th straight in Eugene, Oregon
June 18, 2024

The Casual Fan's Guide To The 2024 US Olympic Track & Field Trials
We share the 6 Biggest Storyline For The 2024 U.S. Olympic Team Trials — Track & Field. Who is the fastest man and woman in America? Can SML and Grant Holloway break the WRs? How do Athing Mu and Ryan Crouser look in their 2024 outdoor debuts? And what happens in the greatest event in track - the men's 1500?
May 28, 2024

Week of Track Preview: Double Diamond League & Will Sumner Returns
There's the Bislett Games on Thursday, HBCU Classic in Atlanta on Friday (including Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone in the 400H), and the Stockholm Diamond League on Sunday.
May 18, 2024
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, Bryce Hoppel and Rai Benjamin Impress as Centrowitz's Comeback Gains More Steam
SML doesn't race often but when she does it's almost always incredible. Bryce Hoppel appears to be at a new level in 2024 and is there still a little magic left in Centro?
August 11, 2023
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone Withdraws from 2023 World Championships Due to Minor Knee Injury
A minor knee injury that won't require surgery is keeping one of the sport's biggest stars out of Worlds. And it comes just two days after she committed to racing Bol in the 400h in Brussels.
July 21, 2023

2023 Monaco DL Recap: Gebrhiwet Is Back, Warholm > dos Santos & a New Kenyan Steeple Star
Hagos Gebrhiwet won a stacked 5k in 12:42, and Karsten Warholm broke the DL 400H record again with his 46.51.
February 02, 2023

A Fan's Guide To The 2023 New Balance Indoor Grand Prix: Lyles v Bromell, Sydney v Shericka, Kincaid Returns & a Loaded HS Mile
World champions Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone & Shericka Jackson are both in the 60 while Grant Holloway is debuting in the 60 hurdles. Plus Connor Burns vs Simeon Birnbaum vs Aaron Sahlman in a LOADED boys' HS mile.