I just saw the WCSN broadcast of the women's 100m final and man was that close. It looked like Lauren had won with 5m to go and then a group of athletes came storming up. I can't recall another 100m final in Olympic or World Champs history where there were so many people so close together.PositionLaneBibAthleteCountryMarkReact17577Veronica CampbellJAM11.01 0.167241007Lauryn WilliamsUSA11.0 [...]

Just wanted to give a heads-up about ESPN's telecast of the Adidas Track Classic this afternoon. Check your local listings just to be sure but it should be showing from 4-6pm EST today. There's a great lineup so far and every time I've been to the meet it was alway top-notch. Here's the meet headline:Jeremy Wariner, Allyson Felix, Xavier Carter, Allen Johnson, Stacy Dragila, Tyson [...]

Sports Illustrated recently released their top 10 high school athletes of the last decade . Topping the list was wunderkind Lebron James. Certainly a worthy pick for the top slot and an athlete who has easily fulfilled his prodigy status. What I was surprised about though was that the list included two track athletes: Allyson Felix and Alan Webb. There have been a couple other tracksters in the pa [...]

Simply the Best: U.S. Men's 200mQuote of the Day: Don't have any!Wave Count: Out of control last night. It probably went around the stadium 15 times total.Simply the Best: Remember the Tina Turner song- Simply the Best. I'm sick ofit. That's the victory lap song for the winners as they start off witha hoard of photographers surrounding them and the flag of their countrywrapped around them.Inte [...]

My bag finally arrived yesterday about an hour before the meet. So,today I got to go for a run with Turena around the marathon course,which is a 5km patch which hooks up with a 10km loop done 3.5 times.It's nice, because the sidewalks here have a designated bike sectionand designated pedestrian section. Another great day of track and field. Took in the evening sessionagain. The weather was much b [...]