She's spent the last six months running against the best competition America has to offer. Now can 17-year-old Mary Cain take the leap to the global stage with a top-three finish at the U.S. Track & Field Championships in Iowa this weekend?
As the 2013 USA Outdoor Championships begin on Thursday, the city of Des Moines might have more on the line than the athletes, each of whom is looking for a place in the field at the IAAF World Championships in Russia this August.
Nearly 60 hours of track & field action from Drake Stadium will be available online or on television beginning with Wednesday's USA Junior Championships. USA Track & Field announced the 50 online hours on USATF.TV today.
Olivia Baker and Sabrina Southerland closed out the 2013 high school season just as you'd have expected — with dominating victories at the New Balance Nationals in Greensboro, N.C.
The third time she broke the New Jersey triple jump record on Saturday stunned even Mount Olive's Keturah Orji. Not because she leapt almost 44 feet, but because the effort seemed far from perfect.
Surrounded by track & field history, five Stan Saplin Award winners — Elliott Denman, Bill Miller, Marc Bloom, Frank Litsky and Walt Murphy — came together for a special event. Miller, a track writer at the New York Times for 60 years, is turning 90.
Before Suffern native Jen Clayton, now of the University of Central Florida, was able to float like a butterfly in the NCAA long jump, she was stung by a bee. That didn’t stop her from showing that she was "back and stronger than ever."
Abbey D'Agostino of Dartmouth was the lone athlete from a Northeastern university to win an NCAA Championship over the weekend, but others connected to the area laid such claim.
Purdue freshman Chukwuebuka Enekwechi discovered and developed his penchant for throwing heavy objects at The Armory. He also grew academically in the Armory Prep program. With a rookie season behind him, prepare for his stardom to come.
Backpacks, line dancing and great performances. It's time for the outdoor version of the New Balance Nationals as many local athletes are in Greensboro, N.C., to represent the Armory region.