By RJ Chavez The last name Crouser can be found in many record books across the history of track and field, but one place it was missing was at the Prefontaine Classic. Coming off a personal best 73 feet and… Continue Reading
By Becky Hoag The Hayward crowd went crazy on the second day of the Prefontaine Classic as the reigning world champion, Christian Taylor, and fellow American Will Claye battled during the last two rounds of the triple jump. This competition… Continue Reading
By Shawn Medow In his final meet at Hayward Field, Mo Farah made it look easy in the 5,000 meters, winning in 13 minutes, 0.70 seconds and besting Ethiopia’s Yomif Kejelcha and Kenya’s Geoffrey Kamworwor by 0.51 seconds. “It’s quite… Continue Reading
By Maverick Pallack Although the headline of the men’s 100 meters race at the Prefontaine Classic was an Olympic rematch between American Justin Gatlin and Canadian Andre De Grasse, United States sprinter Ronnie Baker won with a time of 9.86… Continue Reading
By Maggie Vanoni Rio Olympic bronze medalist Sam Kendricks gave two thumbs up to his coach after clearing the second height of 18 feet, 3 inches (5.56 meters), allowing him to keep his spot in the top three in the… Continue Reading
By Shawn Medow The Prefontaine Classic has a new women’s 200-meter record, and it’s owned by American sprinter Tori Bowie. “My coach said I was capable of running 21.7 today,” Bowie said. “The major goal for today was coming out… Continue Reading
By Linden Moore LaShawn Merritt has had a busy month of May. The 30-year-old Olympian ran in in Doha and Shanghai Diamond League events before returning to the U.S. to compete in the annual Prefontaine Classic. I’ve been running a… Continue Reading
By Abigail Winn The men’s Invitational and Bowerman miles brought the crowd to its feet at the Prefontaine Classic on Saturday, and for good reasons. In the men’s Bowerman mile, Kenya’s Ronald Kwemoi won with a time of 3 minutes,… Continue Reading
By Sierra Webster Caster Semenya of South Africa, two-time Olympic gold medalist in the women’s 800 meters, came into the Prefontaine Classic on Saturday hoping to clinch her 13th consecutive 800-meter victory since 2015. Semenya was joined in the 800… Continue Reading
By Linden Moore Kenyan Faith Kipyegon battled sun and wind as she won her second consecutive 1,500-meter race at Hayward Field on Saturday, crossing the finish line with a time of 3 minutes, 59.67 seconds in her second Prefontaine Classic.… Continue Reading