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July 22, 2024

Who Has The Most to Gain and Lose On the Track at the 2024 Olympics?

Noah Lyles and Grant Holloway could become legends with Olympic gold in Paris; with a loss, they'd go down as runners who could not win on the sport's biggest stage.
July 20, 2024

9 Takeaways From 2024 London DL Where Hodgkinson (1:54.61), Hudson-Smith (43.74) Set British Records as Lyles Ran 9.81 PB to Win 100

Do we have new Olympic favorites in the men's and women's 400? Is Grant Fisher in trouble after getting outkicked by Dominic Lobalu? Plus Hiels Laros wins despite losing to Olli Hoare and more.
July 18, 2024

2024 Chicago Marathon Field Is Out: Saina, Bates, D'Amato, Panning Set to Chase Fast Times

2022 London champ Amos Kipruto (2:03:13) and 2023 Berlin runner-up Vincent Ngetich (2:03:13) lead the somewhat shallow men's field where Daniel Ebenyo will debut while Tokyo champ Sutume Kebede (2:15:55) is the women's headliner.
July 12, 2024

Jakob Ingebrigtsen blasts 3:26.73 pb and world lead in Monaco

After struggling over the winter with injury, Ingebrigtsen appears to be in the best shape of his life entering the Olympics.
July 07, 2024

Faith Kipyegon (3:49.04) Breaks 1500m World Record as Jess Hull Runs Stunning 3:50.83 for 2nd

Kipyegon took .07 off her own mark from last year in Florence and showed that she is better than ever despite missing time in 2024 due to injury.
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

Women's 10K: Weini Kelati Wins Olympic Trials; Parker Valby, Karissa Schweizer Looking Good for Paris

Kelati, who won her first US track title, is guaranteed a spot at the Olympics while Valby & Schweizer are likely to qualify via world ranking.
June 25, 2024

Nia Akins Dominates Women's 800 at 2024 Olympic Trials after Athing Mu Falls & Misses Team

Allie Wilson & collegian Juliette Whittaker rounded out the team after Mu's devastating fall at the 200m mark.
June 08, 2024

Parker Valby Wins 2024 NCAA 5,000m Title to Complete Unprecedented Distance Sweep

Valby is the first woman in collegiate history to win five NCAA distance titles in the same academic year and did it in style by running 14:52.18 to break the collegiate record.
June 07, 2024

Parker Valby Dominates 2024 NCAA 10,000m Final to Win Her Fifth National Title

Valby's 31:46.09 took more than 20 seconds off the previous championship record and gave her the win by 5 seconds over Alabama's Hilda Olemomoi (31:51.89).
June 07, 2024

NCAA Day 2: Leo Neugebauer Breaks Decathlon CR (8961), McKenzie Long 21.95 WL, 1500 Ladies Run Super Fast

12 women broke 4:10 in the prelims, plus Ole Miss senior McKenzie Long ran a world lead 21.95 (+0.3) in the 200 after running a wind-legal 10.91 in the 100 (0.0 wind).

June 06, 2024

NCAA Day 1 Recap: Big names advance in 1500, Leo Neugebauer rocks 1st five (4685) & Caleb Dean blasts 400H heats

An NCAA 1500 final for the ages is all set. We can't wait. In the 800, there four 1:45 men were eliminated.
May 30, 2024

2024 Bislett Games: Ingebrigtsen Wins & Warholm Loses on a Thrilling Night in Oslo

Norway’s Olympic champions were the stars of the show on Thursday. Ingebrigtsen (3:29.74) used a dive at the line to beat Timothy Cheruiyot (3:29.77) but Warholm (46.70) was not as fortunate and lost to a great run from Alison dos Santos (46.63 WL).
May 25, 2024

Josh Kerr (3:45.34) Delivers Again to Defeat Jakob Ingebrigtsen and Win 2024 Bowerman Mile

Josh Kerr defeated Jakob Ingebrigtsen for the second straight time in a Bowerman Mile that lived up to the hype.