By Ariel Sax Friday was not a bad day for Florida freshman Grant Holloway. He helped usher the Gators all the way to win the 2017 NCAA Men’s Outdoor National Championship. He won the 110-meter hurdles and he anchored the 4×400… Continue Reading
By Ariel Sax EDespite a recent back injury, Cornell’s Rudy Winkler won the NCAA men’s hammer championship with a distance of 243 feet, 2 inches Wednesday at Hayward Field. “This was the first meet where I felt really comfortable and… Continue Reading
By Ariel Sax Mariya Lasitskene broke her personal best in the high jump Saturday to win the Prefontaine Classic high jump with a height of 6 feet, 8 inches (2.03 meters), which was also the highest jump in the world… Continue Reading
By Ariel Sax Tatsiana Khaladovich from Belarus won the javelin Friday evening at the Prefontaine Classic with a distance of 217 feet, 6 inches, (66.30 meters), which is only 1 1/2 inches away from her personal best. Khaladovich maintained most… Continue Reading
By Ariel Sax Washington’s Elizabeth Quick defended her women’s pole vault title Sunday at the Pac-12 championships, clearing 13 feet, 8 1/4 inches with only two misses. Following in second was Washington’s Kristina Owsinski, who also cleared 13-8 1/4, but… Continue Reading
By Ariel Sax Colorado’s Madison Boreman won the women’s 3,000-meter steeplechase at the Pac-12 championships on Saturday by sprinting from third place in the last 50 meters to pass Colorado’s Sage Hurta and Utah’s Grayson Murphy. Her winning time was… Continue Reading
By Ariel Sax Sunday marked a special day for 26-year-old Alex Esterberg in the Eugene Marathon – it was his very first competition. Esterberg, one of Eugene’s locals, was the marathon’s only hand cyclist this year. Going into his freshman year… Continue Reading
By Ariel Sax Jordin Andrade, a 2016 Olympian for Cape Verde, won the men’s 400-meter hurdles Friday at the Oregon Twilight Meet with a time of 50.88 seconds, slower than his personal 400-meter hurdle record of 49.24 – a time… Continue Reading