Christopher Kelsall
Runner, writer, race director, coach, website-guy and Lydiard advocate.
Nick Willis puts on show as an organiser, then puts on a show as...
Nick Willis, New Zealand's top middle-distance runner, organised a men's elite mile race as well as a women's 800m elite race and called it the 2014 Michigan Track Classic in Saline, Michigan. The meet took place Sunday, August 10th...
USATF NACAC report from Kamloops
The Americans report on their athlete's performance at NACAC track and field championships.
Some solid performances from Shelby Houlihan, Erin Finn, Cierra White, Ashton Purvis, Akeem Alexander and several others. The Americans, as expected were very strong in the relays.
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Norway 2022 bid fears grow
Opposition to Olympic Games bid mounts as Norway deals with the possibility of a 2022 bid backlash.
Oslo 2022 have sought to clarify "misconceptions" over the role of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) amid fears they are losing the public...
Chris Solinksy moving from athlete to coach
One of Jerry Schumacher's best athletes, Chris Solinsky, who owned the American record for 10,000m and was the first non-African person to run under 27:00 for 10,000m is moving on to coaching. The top is a perilous place, so...
Europeans to Get Thousand hours of TV coverage of Euros!
The Europeans love their track and field. Proof of that is their offering 1000 hours of television coverage of the sport, specifically the European Athletics Championships.
The 22nd European Athletics Championships in Zurich has crossed the milestone of 1,000 hours...
Uh Oh, Australian Athletics Authority being investigated
Australian athletics heavyweights have demanded an external investigation into the sport’s peak body as fresh allegations emerge about axed coach Eric Hollingsworth and an apparent protection racket around him.
Hollingsworth was sensationally sent home from the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow...
Evan Jager Interview: Badgers, Olympics and setting an American record
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Evan Jager is an American middle-distance runner who specialises in the 3,000m steeplechase. He hails from Algonquin, Illinois, which is a town with a population of 30,000 and is located approximately 70 kilometres...
Kenya in “Rightful Place” as athletics medal leaders at Commonwealth Games
Athletics Kenya was apparently quite satisfied with their 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games performance by saying that they "took their rightful place as leaders," in the medal haul in the sport of athletics. Fair enough, no one expected any different....
Double world and Olympic track champion to race half-marathon event in September
Mo Farah is set to return to road race action in September at the Bupa Great North Run.
The double world and Olympic track champion has had his summer plans interrupted by illness and was forced to withdraw from the 5000m...
Ray Williams added to the Ole Miss Track and Field Staff
OXFORD, Miss. – Brian O’Neal added head coaching experience to his Ole Miss track & field staff on Wednesday with the addition of Rafael “Ray” Williams.
For the last four years, Williams has served as the head coach of the...
