Athing Mu Edges Out Ajee’ Wilson for the 800 Meter Title
It was down to the last 50 meters today at the U.S. championships.
It was down to the last 50 meters today at the U.S. championships.
The 2017 World Champion wants to be back on top on the global stage.
Elise Cranny won the race and Karissa Schweizer came in second, qualifying for her second event for the world champs.
Cory McGee and Elle Purrier St. Pierre finished in second and third and have also earned bids to the world championships in Eugene at the end of July.
The top three finishers in each event will qualify for the World Championships, which will be held on U.S. soil for the first time at the end of July.
A look at the track and field races from this weekend.
Alicia Monson and Natosha Rogers also qualified for the World Championships in July.
On Running assembled a relay team of six women from six different countries for the Speed Project, a race from Los Angeles to Las Vegas. The team set out to be the fastest all-women team to ever complete the trek, but a set of unexpected challenges derailed their aspirations.
Nikki Hiltz is moving to Flagstaff, Arizona, to train under Mike Smith alongside Rachel Schneider and Elly Henes and plans to continue racing in their custom “Protect Trans Kids” singlet.
A new documentary about the most important race of Sha’Carri Richardson’s life premiered yesterday at the Sundance Film Festival. Produced by the late Virgil Abloh, Sub Eleven Seconds is “a meditation on time, loss, and hope.”
A proposal has been submitted to the NCAA to equalize the men’s and women’s cross-country race distances by 2023.