Allyson Felix of the US wins bronze in the 400 meters, her 10th Olympic medal, the most for any woman in track history
TOKYO (AP) — The new medal standard in Olympic women’s track has been set. American Allyson Felix stands alone at the top and still has a chance to go even higher. The 35-year-old Felix won her record 10th Olympic track medal Friday night at the Tokyo Games with a push down the home stretch of […]
A star is found: In 200, De Grasse finally gets his gold
TOKYO (AP) — Perhaps the world’s next sprint star wasn’t so hard to find after all. He’s Andre De Grasse, the Canadian who ran his first sprint in baggy basketball shorts and borrowed spikes, and now has an Olympic gold medal in the 200 meters. De Grasse powered past a pair of Americans — Kenny […]
McLaughlin outsprints teammate Muhammad for hurdles record
Sydney McLaughlin broke her world record and won the Olympic 400-meter hurdles gold, finishing in 51.46 seconds in yet another close victory over U.S. teammate Dalilah Muhammad.
Allman’s Joy: Discus thrower waits out rain for gold medal
TOKYO (AP) — The path to Valarie Allman’s gold medal — the first for the U.S. track and field team at Olympic Stadium — started with, of all things, a plate of spaghetti. That promise of pasta from her high school team was enough to lure her into the discus and to the point she […]
One of SC’s best ever, Jamison, will join the Gamecocks a year early
Airport High School track star Jayla Jamison wins much too easily on the prep stage, so maybe joining the USC Gamecocks a year early will offer her a challenge.
Hayden Bullock’s discus journey from Bellbrook HS to Air Force Academy
Hayden Bullock (Bellbrook High School Class of 2019) started throwing his sophomore year at Bellbrook High in order to stay in shape for football. He wasn’t expecting to fall in love with the sport.
Former Cape Henlopen track champion Friend-Uhl still running into the record books
Remembered in Delaware for her state champion ability on the track at Cape Henlopen High School, Sonja Friend-Uhl is still making an impact in running, breaking numerous American Masters records during her athletic career.
High hopes for Satellite HS boys and girls track and field after conference meet
As of March 25th, Joe Wester lowered his school record in the 800 to 1:53, and the boys 4 x 800 lowered the school and county record to 7:44 which is the 9th fastest all-time for a Florida team.
TCU track and field star continues to represent his country
Chengetayi (Du) Mapaya, already winning championships and setting records in the NCAA, is not planning on slowing his momentum down anytime soon.
Satellite gets two indoor school records broken during one track meet
SATELLITE BEACH, Fla. — We took 12 runners from Satellite and DeLaura to Virginia Beach to run the VA Showcase indoor track meet from January 15-17. All ran very well with Gabe Montague running a new school record in the mile with a time of 4:1. Gabe, Joe Wester, Justin Wilson, and Graeme Burns ran […]