by Bob Griffiths | May 19, 2016 | USATF
With more than 120 track and field athletes on Team USA at the 2012 Olympics, it took an army for a support staff to help them prepare for the biggest competition stage in the world. Even the world’s top athletes need help to get to the podium, and Dustin Williams is...
by Bob Griffiths | May 19, 2016 | USATF
INDIANAPOLIS – Jeremy Taiwo (Renton, Wash.) has been named USA Track & Field’s Athlete of the Week after setting the heptathlon world record in the high jump of 2.25m/7-4.5 en route to his 6,156 point performance at the Husky Classic on Saturday. Click to...
by Bob Griffiths | May 19, 2016 | USATF
NEW YORK – In its biggest single-event sponsorship in more than a decade, USA Track & Field on Wednesday announced that it will launch the .US National Road Racing Championships in the fall of 2013. The announcement marks the beginning of a three-year partnership...
by Bob Griffiths | May 19, 2016 | USATF
INDIANAPOLIS – Beth Alford-Sullivan of Penn State and Mike Holloway of the University of Florida have been tapped to lead Team USA as the women’s and men’s head coaches at the 14th IAAF World Outdoor Championships in Moscow, Russia, August 10-18, 2013, USA Track...
by Bob Griffiths | May 19, 2016 | USATF
More than 64 years removed from when he stood on top of the figurative world, Herb Douglas still holds a firm place among the legends of track and field and the legends of African American athletes. It’s a lifetime few have the chance to live and thanks to his...