by Bob Griffiths | May 19, 2016 | USATF
INDIANAPOLIS – Molly Huddle (Providence, R.I.) earns USA Track & Field Athlete of the Week honors for the second time in 2013 after breaking the women’s 12 km world record Sunday, Nov. 17 at the .US National Road Racing Championships in Alexandria, Va. As...
by Bob Griffiths | May 19, 2016 | USATF
INDIANAPOLIS — USA Track & Field legend Jackie Joyner-Kersee and 2013 World Champion David Oliver are among the slate of elite track & field athletes participating in USATF Field Day (Dec. 6) and USATF Community Day (Dec. 7). The events are part of the USATF...
by Bob Griffiths | May 19, 2016 | USATF
When the career of a track and field athlete comes to a close, few can accurately state they ever performed at a world-record level. It’s as exclusive of a group as you will find in the sport and Libby James has been able to place her name next to elite company well...
by Bob Griffiths | May 19, 2016 | USATF
John Nunn is becoming well known around the track and field world for his cookies. A hobby that has turned into a small business, Nunn proclaims on his website that each cookie is “made with 200 percent love.” Click to read original...
by Bob Griffiths | May 19, 2016 | USATF
MOSCOW — In perhaps the most dominant performance to date at the 2013 IAAF World Championships, LaShawn Merritt crushed the field in the men’s 400 meters to lead a four-medal night for a surging Team USA Tuesday at Luzhniki Stadium. Nick Symmonds, Jenn Suhr and Tony...
by Bob Griffiths | May 19, 2016 | USATF
MOSCOW – Team USA advanced three men and women to the next round of the women’s 5,000m and men’s 1500m during Wednesday morning’s qualifying session, while Dwight Phillips also became the oldest man to ever advance to the finals of the long jump at the IAAF...