by Bob Griffiths | Apr 30, 2015 | USATF
BARCELONA, Spain – Nine in the morning is early for most, but, for Team USA’s Brianne Nerud (North Shore, N.Y.), it was the perfect time to demolish the national high school record in the women’s steeplechase. Nerud’s performance was part of a busy morning at the...
by Bob Griffiths | Apr 30, 2015 | USATF
BARCELONA, Spain – For Team USA, the evening session of the opening day at the IAAF World Junior Championships in Barcelona was highlighted by a solid finish by Aisling Cuffe in the finals of the women’s 3000, Gunnar Nixon’s taking of the lead in the men’s decathlon,...
by Bob Griffiths | Apr 30, 2015 | USATF
BARCELONA, Spain – America’s stars of tomorrow will be on display at the 14th IAAF World Junior Championships beginning on Tuesday in Barcelona. Montjuïc Olympic Stadium will be the venue of the six-day competition (July 10-15) that will feature 180 countries and the...
by Bob Griffiths | Apr 30, 2015 | USATF
INDIANAPOLIS- Gunnar Nixon has been named USA Track & Field’s Athlete of the Week after winning gold in the decathlon and achieving a new American Junior record of 8,018 points at the recent World Junior Championships in Barcelona, Spain. Click to read original...
by Bob Griffiths | Apr 30, 2015 | USATF
Central Park Track Club New Balance (New York) dominated the twelfth edition of the USATF National Club Track & Field Championship that concluded on Saturday in Omaha, Neb. Click to read original...
by Bob Griffiths | Apr 30, 2015 | USATF
BARCELONA, Spain – Under some very special circumstances, the U.S. women’s qualified for tonight’s final of the women’s 4×400 relay to start the final day of the IAAF World Junior Championships in Barcelona. Not only did the Americans better the time to beat by...