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Introducing: Anna Pierce
posted on March 9, 2010 at 7:03am

She is one of those girls that make you notice her. And it’s not just because of her funky hairstyles. This girl has talent – and loads of it! She can step to the line at just about any distance and be competitive. I admire that about her. She ca...more

Point Loma Nazarene University cuts four teams
posted on March 9, 2010 at 6:58am

Point Loma Nazarene University in San Diego announced last week that this year would be the last for four of its sports teams: men's golf, men's track, men's cross country, and women's softball. PLNU reportedly explained the cuts as necessary to achieve ...more

Introducing the stars of T&F...
posted on March 7, 2010 at 9:26am

Figuring out who actually reads the randomness I write about is a bit of a crap-shoot. It would be nice to do a census of my readers to figure out who my audience is. Not knowing though, gives me the ability to write about whatever I dream up without fe...more

I'm in Doha
posted on March 5, 2010 at 7:59pm

I made it to Doha! But really, if you told me I had woke up in a part of Los Angeles I had never visited before, I would have believed that too. Well…except for the men in dresses. Other than that though, not much is different out here in the Middle ...more

Smile and wave
posted on March 3, 2010 at 1:24pm

People love visiting the Olympic Training Center. I guess I kind of get it…but not totally. It’s still just a bunch of training fields grouped together for different sports and they slap the Olympic rings on it and all of the sudden it seems really ...more

Indoor Nationals
posted on March 1, 2010 at 5:54pm

Can I let you in on a little secret? I’m pretty happy right now. For the last 24 hours I’ve had a permanent grin on my face that won’t go away. And yes, part of it is making the team, because of course, that was the goal. But it’s also becau...more

Recap of the USA Track & Field Indoor Championships
posted on March 1, 2010 at 1:18pm

I managed to not see any results, accidentally or on purpose, except for the women's 800m before the televised coverage on ESPN2 yesterday afternoon. I really love watching track & field on TV, and I think ESPN2 did a great job with the coverage. Ther...more

Cutting track, adding golf at Seton Hall
posted on March 1, 2010 at 7:14am

Seton Hall has decided to cut men's and women's track and field due to budget shortfalls. This academic year will be the last for the teams--four in total because of the indoor and outdoor seasons. When making the announcement last week, the school also a...more

USA Track & Field Indoor Championships: Women's Preview
posted on February 26, 2010 at 1:52pm

Sorry guys, I would love to preview the men's events as well, but there are only so many hours in the day and frankly I know much more about the women. So rather than spend my day Googling the names of some of the men, I'm going to give you a thorough wom...more

Staying the Course
posted on February 22, 2010 at 6:27pm

Some anonymous blog reader was kind enough to post my series of results and jumps from last year up until this past weekend in the comments of my last post. The reasoning seemed to be that perhaps I was headed in the wrong direction. Or maybe I should s...more

39 days
posted on February 19, 2010 at 11:29am

I was unaware that it was Ash Wednesday until it was already almost over. By the time 5 o clock rolled around and it finally dawned on me, I was boarding a plane to England and only planned on being up a couple more hours before I put on my eye mask and ...more

Scavenger Hunt: Game On
posted on February 16, 2010 at 1:11pm

Have I ever told you that I am crazy competitive? Like, ridiculously so? Well I am. That’s not such a far-fetched thing to believe for any person who calls athletics their profession, but for me I feel like I take it to a whole other level. So thi...more

Girls, Inc. Orange County: They sure are strong, smart and bold
posted on February 9, 2010 at 10:57am

Last Tuesday I had the pleasure of meeting with 30 or 40 girls ages 5 to 11 at Girls, Inc. of Orange County. What I had planned was to show them the video of the 2004 US Olympic Trials steeplechase, talk about believing in yourself and dealing with advers...more

Missing the Mark
posted on February 8, 2010 at 9:26am

I’d like to say it was the 22 hours of travel…Or the fact that I haven’t slept more than a couple of hours at a time since Wednesday. There are certainly very legitimate reasons why I didn’t feel at my best today and why I felt just a little disc...more

This Week in Women's Track & Field
posted on February 7, 2010 at 10:02pm

It was another exciting weekend of Indoor Track & Field here in the States and abroad. We all had to wait until Sunday to watch a taped Reebok Boston Indoor Games on ESPN2, but with many people tweeting from the meet, we at least got live results and ...more

Thoughts on Jenny Barringer's Coaching Change
posted on February 6, 2010 at 11:12pm

The news broke on Thursday that Jenny Barringer will no longer be working with her college coach Mark Wetmore of Colorado. This comes as a shock to many because Wetmore's careful handling of Barringer throughout her career is one for the books, from her f...more

From Russia with Love
posted on February 6, 2010 at 11:40am

I’m in Russia, but I have yet to start feeling the love. For starters, this internet I’m on? It cost me $60 bucks. No, that’s not a typo. For 24 hours of connectivity to the world, I pay the price of what it probably costs to provide wifi to the...more

Behind the Scenes
posted on February 3, 2010 at 1:10pm

I have known that I wanted to be involved in television since high school which is why I entered UCLA with the intention of majoring in Communications. However, once there I figured that the internships would probably be too much while training and compe...more

Life of a Long Jumper: The Indoor Season
posted on January 29, 2010 at 12:17pm

It’s about that time. Competition time, that is. This weekend I begin my short, but hopefully successful indoor season. There are years when athletes take Indoors less seriously than others, being that it’s not quite the same as our outdoor season a...more

Last-Minute Millrose Games Preview
posted on January 29, 2010 at 11:56am

The indoor track & field season snuck up on me! Here we are at Millrose Games weekend already! A few cool facts about the Millrose Games: Held annually in Madison Square Garden. The meet started in 1908 when employees of the Wanamaker's department stor...more

Self-employed
posted on January 27, 2010 at 1:46pm

I’m completely self-employed. What does that mean, really? It means that there is absolutely nobody on the planet that really cares what I am doing on a day-to-day basis. No one. And normally that doesn’t really phase me because I’m a pretty sel...more

Being 17
posted on January 22, 2010 at 3:34pm

The other day I had a long conversation with TV producer about a show they are doing that will showcase my very good friend back when she was 17. I’m thinking it’s kind of like the MTV version of Before they were stars… or something. Besides, who ...more

Jenny Barringer's Pro Signing Anticipation Builds, Drama Surfaces, and the Women's Steeple Finally Gets Respect
posted on January 21, 2010 at 9:28pm

Earlier this week, Flotrack announced that they will be broadcasting live Friday's press conference in New York where Jenny Barringer will announce her new sponsor. Barringer, who just finished her collegiate eligibility in November at the NCAA Cross-Coun...more

It's not all about ME
posted on January 20, 2010 at 10:04am

I’m selfish. I hate to admit it, but the proof is in the pudding. Most of the time I live my life for me and spend my most precious resource…my time…on myself. I can usually justify it by saying that the career I’ve chosen calls for this. It i...more

Always a Competitor
posted on January 11, 2010 at 10:05am

I am competitive. I don’t mean in the sense that I like a good dose of healthy competition every once in a while, I’m talkin’ about cutthroat. If there is something to do and doing that something produces a winner and a loser…it’s on. So I’...more
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