by Bob Griffiths | May 19, 2016 | USATF
Dwight Phillips will be faced with the rarest of chances Friday. He has the opportunity to earn his fifth World Outdoor Championship gold medal in the men’s long jump at the IAAF World Outdoor Championships in Moscow, Russia, and place his name into elite company. A...
by Bob Griffiths | May 19, 2016 | USATF
MOSCOW — Team USA finished with 25 medals – six gold, 13 silver and six bronze – tying their second-best medal tally at the World Outdoor Championships. Team USA again dominated the scoring table, finishing with 281 points to Russia’s 182 and Kenya’s 139....
by Bob Griffiths | May 19, 2016 | USATF
INDIANAPOLIS — After winning a pair of gold medals at the recent World Outdoor Championships and running the fastest time in the men’s 400m since 2007, LaShawn Merritt (Norfolk, Va.) has been named USA Track & Field’s Athlete of the Week.
by Bob Griffiths | Apr 30, 2015 | USATF
NEW YORK – 2011 World Outdoor Championships gold medalist Jason Richardson and Jamaica’s Dwight Thomas have been added to the list of competitors for the 50-meter hurdles at the U.S. Open Track & Field slated for January 28 at Madison Square Garden. Monday’s...
by Bob Griffiths | Apr 30, 2015 | USATF
INDIANAPOLIS – Two-time world champion Trey Hardee will make his first appearance at the USA Indoor Combined Events Championships along with two of his teammates from the 2011 World Outdoor Championships, Ryan Harlan and Sharon Day, this Saturday and Sunday at...
