DOHA, Qatar — In the hotel of Team USA, track and field isn’t the only thing on the athletes’ minds. Ping pong and Super Smash Bros are also on the agenda. Olympic shot put gold medalist Ryan Crouser has been… Continue Reading
DOHA, Qatar — The last time Kara Winger competed in Doha was in a 2014 Diamond League event, when she was coming off ACL surgery. She finished sixth, but she was happy. Five years later, after adding four more U.S.… Continue Reading
By Brett Taylor PALO ALTO, Calif. — When Jessica Hull walked onto Stanford’s Cobb Track and Angell Field on Saturday, she found herself on the track with the Australian 1,500-meter record holder, Linden Hall, for the first time. She remembered,… Continue Reading
By Brett Taylor PALO ALTO, Calif. — As Darlan Romani released the ball in the fifth round of shot put in the 2019 Prefontaine Classic, he had no idea how far it had gone. But the crowd did. When the… Continue Reading
By Brett Taylor SAN MATEO, Calif. — From the age of 8, Sha’Carri Richardson was fascinated with track and field. What got Richardson interested was a plaque full of medals that her grandmother made for her mother, who was a… Continue Reading
By Brett Taylor Throughout the Portland Track Classic, the Tracklandia podcast hosts, sitting on a couch called the “living room” on the front stretch of the Lewis and Clark track kept asking, “Engels, where are you?” Nike Oregon Project middle… Continue Reading
By Brett Taylor Lindsey Butterworth stayed right behind the pace setter through the first lap of the 800-meter high performance race Sunday at the Portland Track Festival. And once the rabbit was gone, Butterworth took control, made her move and… Continue Reading
By Brett Taylor In the open women’s 3,000 meters Saturday at the Portland Track Festival, Sadie Sigfstead, of Canada, and Fiona Max, of Summit High School in Bend, Oregon, stayed neck-and-neck through each lap, trading the lead multiple times. Sigfstead… Continue Reading