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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

Minion’s first uniform and other stuff via @Le_diable
by Lesley Higgins: Running Before, During and After Pregnancy
posted April 5, 2013 at 8:31pm

Back in January my amazingly paternal baby daddy came up with a great suggestion that we turn all of our old race shirts into onsies. This seemed brilliant, except that I didn’t have a sewing machine, nor have I sewn anything for the last ~20 years....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

Track & Field: Women’s College Team Report
by The Track & Field Superblog
posted April 4, 2013 at 10:40pm

I like college track, as a separate and distinct entity from either professional or high school track, because of the things that make it different from those other two levels. Yes, this is a tautology, but bear with me. I like all three levels of track...more

I want an Olympic baby (via @le_diable)
by Lesley Higgins: Running Before, During and After Pregnancy
posted April 4, 2013 at 9:36pm

Too much to ask? Here’s the thing: there are all kinds of studies that say that drinking 200mg of caffeine is “fine.” They say that there have been no birth defects from studies of women who consumed this amount during pregnancy. This i...more

Questions, Answered (via @karathrowsjav)
by Kara Throws Javelin
posted April 1, 2013 at 9:36pm

Photo by Russ: My first week of ball throws in Chula Vista! The two questions I had on my page recently were from Sebastian Alexander Miller and Sean Elkinton.  Sebastian asked what my plans were for this year and whether or not I would be ...more

Track and Field: The Weekend’s Best Matchups
by The Track & Field Superblog
posted March 28, 2013 at 10:04pm

The outdoor season is just getting started, and there’s plenty of action already among collegiate and professional athletes. Here are my picks for the top matchups. 1. Derek Drouin vs Erik Kynard High jump Texas Relays, Austin TX Saturday, 11:00am...more

NCAA Track & Field: How the Mighty Have Fallen
by The Track & Field Superblog
posted March 28, 2013 at 6:51pm

When I was a high school kid, Tennessee was one of the top track programs in the nation. Or at least it seemed that way, with all their two-sport football/track guys like Willie Gault and Sam Graddy. They dominated the SEC for a long time, winning 21 ou...more

Coaches, Athletes and Sex: Not a Good Game Plan
by Pat Griffin's LGBT Sport Blog
posted March 26, 2013 at 6:41pm

In December, Bev Kearney, the highly successful women’s track and field coach at the University of Texas, was looking forward to a new contract from the university with a substantial raise.  In early January she resigned to avoid being fired f...more

Praying to the Turnover Gods
by Meggan's Running Blog
posted March 25, 2013 at 2:31pm

I've had two S.I. episodes this week, but the last one was not near as bad as the first so I feel like I'm headlong back in the right direction. I saw Jack Weimer for an hour, I did strength everyday. I'm running a large amount of miles, and with the exce...more

Track and Field Mailbag!
by The Track & Field Superblog
posted March 23, 2013 at 7:42pm

This is my second “mailbag” post ever. It’s a straight ripoff of a straight ripoff: Bill Simmons (ESPN’s “Sports Guy” and one of the creators of Grantland.com) created the “mailbag” column after unsuccessfu...more

The Weekend’s Best Track and Field Matchups: World Cross Country and more
by The Track & Field Superblog
posted March 22, 2013 at 8:09pm

It’s still early in the spring, but there’s some good competition this weekend, headlined by a couple of major distance events. 1. Kenya vs Ethiopia World Cross Country Championships, Bydgoszcz POL Sunday, 1:15pm local time (8:15am ET) There ...more

USA Women’s Field Event Power Rankings
by The Track & Field Superblog
posted March 19, 2013 at 5:36pm

Last week I posted my first men’s field event power rankings of the year and promised to give you the women’s rankings this week. Those who have met the all-important World Championships qualifying standards are noted: red for A, blue for B. ...more

Distance Divas Elite
by amyYB
posted March 19, 2013 at 1:55pm

Dreaming Big...more

St. Patrick’s Day and Track and Field
by The Track & Field Superblog
posted March 17, 2013 at 4:34pm

Today is St. Patrick’s Day, which makes it a perfect day to celebrate track and field (just like the other 364 days of the year). How so? From what I read, St. Patrick’s Day really isn’t a major observance in Ireland. Only in the USA ...more

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