by Bob Griffiths | Jan 31, 2017 | USATF
BOSTON — Over a dozen Olympians from the 2016 U.S. Olympic Team, including nine Rio Olympic medalists, will take center stage as the 2017 USATF Championship Series kicks off at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix on Saturday, January 28. Action begins at 3:30 p.m....
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 — 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
INDIANAPOLIS — Picking up where she left off in 2016, 100mH world record holder Keni Harrison got 2017 off to a quick start with a victory at the Rod McCravy Memorial Invitational at the University of Kentucky on Saturday. Harrison won the 60m hurdles in the...
by Bob Griffiths | Dec 10, 2016 | USATF
TALLAHASSEE, Florida — The women of the Boston Athletic Association showed their dominance once again, taking home the women’s open title at the 2016 USATF Club Cross Country Championships at Apalachee Regional Park in Tallahassee. In the open races, there were...