Jeff Hollobaugh

THOUGH SHE WON the '19 title, the DL Final has not really been Sydney McLaughlin's thing in recent years, particularly in her specialty, the 400H. Instead, that has been Femke Bol territory, and the Dutchwoman had won every post-pandemic title. To do so again, she would have to beat Anna Cockrell, who had earned the Paris silver ahead of her.

PREDICTING THE TOP individuals this far out from the Big Dance is always a big challenge (or more precisely, an impossibility). In a sport where many of the best don't race early, and where training progress is difficult to discern, we are often left with the only real data we have — how a runner performed last fall, and whether the track season showed any continuation of that trajectory.

IT’S AN AMERICAN tradition for towns lucky enough to boast an Olympic medalist: the speeches, the proclamations, the parade, the... Read More

IF THERE WERE a contest for “what did you do over your summer vacation?” we just may have the all-time champion in Quincy Wilson. Still just 16, he showed up recently for the first day of his junior year at Maryland's Bullis School with tired legs and an Olympic gold medal.

PATIENCE HAS BEEN the key to Sadie Engelhardt's steady improvement. As an 8th-grader she made headlines by running an age-14 record of 4:40.16 in the mile. While that would be a high-water mark for many runners, Engelhardt has gotten better each season, and is now our High School Girls Athlete Of The Year.

IN A COLLEGIATE career that saw her win 7 NCAA titles indoors and out for the Florida Gators, Jasmine Moore has grown quite comfortable with success. She was no stranger to it. She transferred to Gainesville after starting at Georgia, where she earned All-America honors in both of the horizontal jumps as a frosh. Before that she had been a prep All-America (and a U.S. Ranker) for Lake Ridge High School in Mansfield, Texas.

THESE LISTS CONTAIN the leading men’s performers signed up for the 2024–25 collegiate year, coming from either a U.S. high... Read More

THESE LISTS CONTAIN the leading women's performers signed up for the 2024–25 collegiate year, coming from either a U.S. high school or another country. The marks listed are lifetime bests. r=road mark.

November 22, 2024 by Jeff Hollobaugh As usual, part 1 of our Where They Are Going offering focuses on the new faces on the collegiate scene.

December 18, 2024 by Jeff Hollobaugh UNIVERSITY PLACE, WASHINGTON, December 14 — What they call “cross country weather” was the