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12 September 2020 George 0 Comments

USATF brushes off athletes, punts on Team USA for World Half-Marathon Championship

Next month's World Athletics Half Marathon Championships will take place without Team USA, because USA Track & Field chose to deny athletes who rightfully qualified their chance to compete in their event’s biggest stage, and did so in the quietest way possible. If only this...

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10 September 2020 George 0 Comments

Minnesota track & field cuts will impact results sheets more than balance sheets

The University of Minnesota became the first Power 5 school to cut track & field. The move will not save much money for a school that voted against football, but will cost the sport in athletes.

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04 September 2020 George 0 Comments

College TF/XC program cuts, Part III: When football doesn't help

Football’s surplus is most TF/XC programs’ budget, so surviving the summer was only ever going to be the first trial. Those schools where football doesn't make enough to prop up other sports, well, they end up on this list.

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01 September 2020 George 0 Comments

Blue Oval Showcase stirs more thoughts on formats and fans

Track & field is used to not having fans, so the Blue Oval Showcase was not too jarring to the athletes. But the sport is not used to athletes like Ryan Crouser, who shows that a track & field athlete can do more and better...

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27 August 2020 George 0 Comments

Lessons for long jumpers post-Stockholm DL: Watch more golf and tennis

Track & field athletes, agents, coaches, brand managers, fans... everyone in track & field, particularly long jumpers, would do well to spend some time watching other sports and seeing how things are done.

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24 August 2020 George 0 Comments

Where are all the pop-up mini-meets for jumpers and throwers?

Track & field navigated the coronavirus-induced shutdown by hewing to what it knows best: scarcely attended meets with little concern - and even less coverage - for the field events.

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17 August 2020 George 0 Comments

Big 10 XC/TF should co-sign football parents' letter to save their sports

Big 10 football players' parents are petitioning the conference to reinstate the fall season. Cross-country and track & field athletes, whose sports are dependent on football, should throw their support behind these very public efforts.

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10 August 2020 George 0 Comments

College track & field and cross country program cuts, Part II

Our last post on coronavirus-induced track & field program cuts was starting to get a bit unwieldy, so the list continues here.

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04 August 2020 George 0 Comments

Pac-12 track & field can't afford football giving up 50% of revenue

Pac-12 schools need more than 50% of football’s revenue just to keep football afloat, let alone financially draining sports like track & field.

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02 August 2020 George 0 Comments

Trying to find the professional track & field athletes at USA Outdoor National Championships

Track & field does not make it easy to know who - or what - a professional track & field athlete is. National championship meets are more likely to surface students, side hustlers and ambiguities than an unequivocal pro.

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27 July 2020 George 0 Comments

Unusual athletics: Beer Middle School's straight line track

When you’re finding the address for every throws circle, runway (javelin and jump), track start line, pole vault or high jump landing pad, you’re going to come across some unusual things.

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20 July 2020 George 0 Comments

Where to jump, throw and run: 3-word addresses for athletics

We want to make it easier for athletes, fans and coaches in athletics. The first way we’re going to do that is making it easier to find a place to jump, throw or run.

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