A record 1,043 athletes, which includes a total of nine Olympians and 30 world champions, are expected to compete this weekend when the 2013 USA Masters Indoor Track & Field Championships converge on the Prince George’s Sports and Learning Complex in Landover, Md., March 22-24. … [Read more...]
Suhr sets world record
March 3, 2013 By
ALBUQUERQUE - Jenn Suhr cleared 5.02m/16-5.50 to set the women’s pole vault indoor world record and win her seventh USA Indoor title as the USA Indoor Track & Field Championships continued Saturday at the Albuquerque Convention Center. Competition concludes Sunday. … [Read more...]
Team USA London Roster
July 4, 2012 By
INDIANAPOLIS - Four reigning Olympic Champions and eight current world champions highlight the Team USA roster nominated to the U.S. Olympic Committee by USA Track & Field. A roster of 127 men and women stands ready represent the U.S. in track competition August 3 - 12 in London. … [Read more...]
Culley grabs Women’s 5000m
June 29, 2012 By
EUGENE, Ore. - June 28, 2012 - Julie Culley spent most of the 5000 meter finals out of the limelight on Thursday night, choosing to let others establish the pace upfront and conserving energy for the final surge. … [Read more...]
Rupp does the Double
June 29, 2012 By
EUGENE, Ore. - June 28, 2012 - Just as the record crowd Thursday night at legendary Hayward Field was settling down after a thrilling women's 5000 meter final, 16 men took to the wet evening track in what would be a most fitting end of the day in the final event - the men's 5000 meter final. … [Read more...]
Didrikson, Johnson, O’Brien named to IAAF Hall
June 7, 2012 By
Olympic champions and record holders Mildred 'Babe' Didrikson, Michael Johnson and Dan O'Brien are the latest American track and field legends to be included among the 24 inaugural members of the International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) Hall of Fame. … [Read more...]
Hartle named Athlete of the Week
May 24, 2012 By
INDIANAPOLIS - Nick Hartle has been named USA Track and Field’s Athlete of the Week after winning the 400m, 800m, 1600m and 3200m Friday and Saturday at the 4A Nevada High School State Championships. … [Read more...]
Brown-Trafton sets Record
May 8, 2012 By
INDIANAPOLIS - Olympic gold medalist Stephanie Brown-Trafton set an American record of 67.74m/222-3 on Friday at the Altius TC Throwdown in Maui, Hawaii. Brown-Trafton’s mark improved her own personal best from 2009 by more than five feet, and this was her third personal record set in Hawaii. Brown-Trafton … [Read more...]
Team USA sweeps Penn
April 29, 2012 By
PHILADELPHIA - Team USA on Saturday dominated the biggest international field ever assembled for USA vs. the World to sweep all six races at the 13th edition of the event at the Penn Relays. … [Read more...]
USA vs. the World brings the best
April 26, 2012 By
When USA vs. the World at the Penn Relays was first held in 2000, it created a platform to bring together the best track and field athletes in the world into the middle of one of the sport’s premier annual events. When the 13th edition of the competition kicks off Saturday at the 118th Penn Relays, it will also mark … [Read more...]
