DOHA, Qatar — The 2019 IAAF World Track and Field Championships are just getting started, but the SOJC Track Bureau has been off and running for a week. We crossed state lines for the first time in June to cover… Continue Reading
DOHA, Qatar — Steeplechaser Emma Coburn has spent the past five weeks training in the Swiss mountains to defend her title at the 2019 IAAF World Track and Field Championships. She seems unconcerned about the high temperatures in Doha, a… Continue Reading
DOHA, Qatar – With a team of gold medal contenders in some of the deepest fields in the sport’s history, the U.S. track and field team is threatening to break some records at the 2019 IAAF World Track and Field… Continue Reading
DOHA, Qatar — Emma Coburn once again spoke candidly about the issue of doping, this time on Wednesday at a Team USA press conference prior to the IAAF World Track and Field Championships. On Sunday, footage from German broadcaster ZDF… Continue Reading
DOHA, Qatar — In the hotel of Team USA, track and field isn’t the only thing on the athletes’ minds. Ping pong and Super Smash Bros are also on the agenda. Olympic shot put gold medalist Ryan Crouser has been… Continue Reading
By Alex Castle PALO ALTO, Calif. — Despite a field with six of the world’s fastest women’s steeplechasers of all time, Kenyan world-record holder Beatrice Chepkoech made it look easy in the Prefontaine Classic’s 3,000-meter steeplechase with a near 10-second… Continue Reading
By Morgan Sudduth Eighteen-year-old Kenyan runner Celliphine Chepteek Chespol managed to win the women’s 3,000-meter steeplechase Friday night at the Prefontaine Classic even though her shoe slipped off on the water jump. Chespol ran the fastest time ever in the… Continue Reading
On the first of some rainy days heading into the U.S. Olympic Trials, athletes toughed out the wet conditions to set new meet records and add nine Olympians to the Rio-bound team. Read our pieces on individual events and athletes… Continue Reading
By Romaine Soh Just months ago, Colleen Quigley was in the pool with her Bowerman Track Club teammates Emily Infeld and Shelby Houlihan, doubting everything. Quigley had been dealing with a hamstring injury all of last year, and whenever she… Continue Reading
By Romaine Soh In the steeplechase Saturday at the Prefontaine Classic, Emma Coburn realized she was on pace to break the American record on her final lap when the clock showed 8:02. But with no clocks on the backstretch and the… Continue Reading