by Bob Griffiths | Jan 31, 2017 | USATF
Irene Obera named World Masters Athletics Female Athlete of the Year; Allyson Felix selected as 2016 Sportswoman of the Year by Los Angeles Sports Council; Great Edinburgh XCountry Challenge live on USATF.TV +PLUS Click to read original...
by Bob Griffiths | Jan 31, 2017 | USATF
INDIANAPOLIS — 2016 U.S. Olympian Miranda Melville (Rochester, New York) clinched her second consecutive USATF 5,000m Indoor National Race Walk Championship on New Year’s Eve at RIT, breaking her own American record in the 5,000m set last year and going on to...
by Bob Griffiths | Jan 31, 2017 | USATF
EUGENE, Oregon — The world’s greatest athlete, Ashton Eaton, announced his retirement from competitive track & field today (Wednesday) via social media. The two-time, reigning Olympic gold medalist and world record holder, two-time IAAF World Champion,...
by Bob Griffiths | Jan 31, 2017 | USATF
INDIANAPOLIS — Following a landmark eight-year partnership announcement with NBC Sports Group, NBC and its properties will air ten hours of USATF Championship Series indoor competition on broadcast television in 2017, USATF announced Tuesday. Click to read...
by Bob Griffiths | Jan 31, 2017 | USATF
BOSTON — In a meet that saw six world leads set, it was the women’s distance medley relay that reigned supreme. Bettering the world record that was set two years ago at this meet, 2016 Olympians Emma Coburn (Crested Butte, Colorado), Sydney McLaughlin (Dunellen,...