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
Michael Wardian wins World Marathon Challenge with record-breaking performance; Casimir Loxsom breaks 600m world record at Penn State National Open; Texas A&M men’s 4x400m relay team breaks collegiate record, fastest indoor lead leg in history 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,...
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
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...
