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Washington's Megan Goethals comes back from injury and earns 12th place finish at 2012 Pac 12 XC Championships
Ok State women finish strong runner up position at 2012 Big 12 XC Champs

TRACK & FIELD Articles and Blog Posts

Track and Field World Power Rankings — Women
by The Track & Field Superblog
posted May 22, 2013 at 8:54am

Adidas Grand Prix edition Who are the world’s best athletes in each event? It’s not necessarily the same ranking as on the world lists for each event (although there is quite a bit of crossover). We don’t have win-loss standings, and the Diamon...more

NOLA via @Karathrowsjav
by Kara Throws Javelin
posted May 20, 2013 at 8:27am

I finally went to visit Ty at UNO! He was hired as the head coach there last fall, and has done a super job setting up a brand new track and field program. Two of his athletes head to the NCAA East Regional this weekend, and he's set to welcom...more

Ashley Higginson Taking Ownership (1 of 2)
by carabyrd
posted May 19, 2013 at 5:16pm

Ashley Higginson started the 2013 steeple season strong by taking the win at the Oxy High Performance meet this past Friday in a time of 9:45.83 and was just short of the 9:43.00 World A standard. Opening up in the steeple at Oxy was not Higginson&r...more

Track & Field Dual Meet Hall of Fame: Sheila Hudson
by The Track & Field Superblog
posted May 15, 2013 at 9:20am

The second-to-last athlete honored in the spring 2013 class of the Dual Meet Hall of Fame is Cal long/triple jumper Sheila Hudson. Hudson was a four-time NCAA Champion, three times in the triple jump and once in the long jump. In dual meet competition s...more

Dual Meet Hall of Fame: Jackie Joyner (Kersee)
by The Track & Field Superblog
posted May 14, 2013 at 8:59am

As a nod to the USC-UCLA rivalry, every spring will see one athlete from each of the two universities honored in the Dual Meet Hall of Fame. The last athlete was a Trojan and this one will be a Bruin. She’s only the greatest athlete of all time,...more

Track & Field Major Conference Championship Team Projections
by The Track & Field Superblog
posted May 11, 2013 at 10:15pm

The two major conference championships going on this weekend are the SEC and Pac-12. So who is going to win? One way is to look at the USTFCCCA rankings. In a situation like this, though, those are not exactly helpful–those rankings are a numeric...more

Professional Rugby Player Phaidra Knight signs with Heraea Marketing
by HeraeaMarketing
posted May 8, 2013 at 8:18pm

Phaidra Knight chooses the right team...more

The Tough Times via @karathrowsjav
by Kara Throws Javelin
posted May 2, 2013 at 8:59am

Huckleberry, one of Drake's most beautiful bulldogs!I traveled to Drake Relays last week to hang out with the awesome ASICS people, cheer Russ and all the other competitors on, and see my Mom and Grandpa. It turned out to be such a fun week, but it ...more

2013 Outdoor NCAA Track & Field: Women’s All-Dual Meet Team
by The Track & Field Superblog
posted April 30, 2013 at 10:53pm

The final women’s collegiate dual-meet rankings will be released tomorrow. Ahead of that announcement, I chose my first ever All-Dual Meet Team. These are all athletes who competed in dual meets, and specifically in the events for which they were ...more

Dual Meets: An example of Efficiency
by The Track & Field Superblog
posted April 30, 2013 at 10:42pm

I do a lot with collegiate dual meets. I do rankings, schedules, records, all kinds of stuff. It’s not necessarily that I think they’re the best form of college track competition–meets like Penn and Drake and conference and national ch...more

Track & Field: The Weekend’s Best Matchups
by The Track & Field Superblog
posted April 20, 2013 at 11:10am

If you’re looking for my weekly preview, it’s at my new project, the Daily Relay. Check it out, there’s a lot going on this weekend. ...more

New Website: The Daily Relay
by The Track & Field Superblog
posted April 17, 2013 at 7:52pm

You might wonder what happened to my weekly college awards writeup. The answer is that they’re somewhere else: a new website project called The Daily Relay. It’s a cooperative effort between several bloggers. Besides me, there’s Kevin...more

Track & Field: The Weekend’s Best Matchups including Shalane Flanagan vs. History
by The Track & Field Superblog
posted April 12, 2013 at 9:37pm

Shalane Flanagan vs history Boston Marathon Monday, 9:32am ET No American, man or woman, has won the Boston Marathon since 1985. Much has changed since then, and at times the probability of ever having a US winner appeared to round to zero. But this yea...more

NCAA Track and Field : Hope and Rain
by The Track & Field Superblog
posted April 12, 2013 at 8:51pm

Spring is a heart full of hope and a shoe full of rain. –unknown Senior Allison Weimer anchors to victory on Senior DayPhoto courtesy BGSU Athletics Yesterday I was the PA announcer for the Bowling Green versus Toledo women’s track meet. ...more

Interview with Brooke Pleger
by The Track & Field Superblog
posted April 9, 2013 at 9:08am

Earlier today I sat down with Bowling Green’s Brooke Pleger, who has burst onto the national scene in the hammer throw. Currently ranked second in the NCAA, she’s had a meteoric rise. Her yearly progression: 2010 High School 47.24m / 15...more

Track and Field Weekly College Awards
by The Track & Field Superblog
posted April 8, 2013 at 3:09pm

There was a lot of action over the weekend. Let’s get to it! Men Team of the Week: Oregon Ducks The Ducks won their own Pepsi Team Invitational over Texas A&M, Washington and Washington State. Depending on your system, the Aggies were either...more

Track & Field: The Weekend’s Best Matchups
by The Track & Field Superblog
posted April 5, 2013 at 8:25pm

There’s a lot going on this weekend, as college track takes it up a notch, spring road racing is really getting started, and the IAAF’s World Challenge series begins. 1. Texas A&M at Oregon (women) Saturday at 12:00pm local (3:00pm ET) Li...more

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