by Bob Griffiths | May 19, 2016 | USATF
EUGENE, ORE. – Lashawn Merritt made a statement by winning the men’s 400m, while Brenda Martinez ran the second fastest time in the world in the women’s 800m on the second day of the Nike Prefontaine Classic Saturday. Held at historic Hayward Field, the Nike...
by Bob Griffiths | May 19, 2016 | USATF
iPhone users now have the best resources yet to follow the World’s #1 Track & Field Team when USA Track & Field released major improvements to the iPhone version of the USATF app. Now consistent with the iPad version, the iPhone version features highlights for...
by Bob Griffiths | May 19, 2016 | USATF
1) Americans to compete in Rome Diamond League 2) Chicagoland Summer Throws Series hosts Best in the Nation 3) NCAA Outdoor Championships kick off in Eugene Click to read original...
by Bob Griffiths | May 19, 2016 | USATF
INDIANAPOLIS – Justin Gatlin (Orlando, Fla.) put on a thrilling show as he beat two-time Olympic champion Usain Bolt by one hundredth of a second at the Rome Golden Gala, the fifth stop of the 2013 Diamond League series. Click to read original...
by Bob Griffiths | May 19, 2016 | USATF
Brian Sternberg, who set the world record multiple times in the men’s pole vault during the 1963 season before suffering an injury that left his paralyzed the majority of his life, died May 23 just one month short of his 70th birthday. Sternberg had been hospitalized...
by Bob Griffiths | May 19, 2016 | USATF
On Wednesday the USA Track & Field Alumni Association launched a pair of efforts to help the victims of the Boston Marathon explosions in the form of a 4x100m Relay for Boston event at the upcoming USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships and a donations page...
