After surging to a course-record 1:06:33 win at Sunday’s NYC Half, Hellen Obiri was stoic and soft spoken. “I trained for this. I’m good.” And at the 10k mark with seemingly endless stretches of highway ahead, she shifted gears on Agnes Ngetich, who remained locked beside her. Half of the race remained but Obiri had …
Two days of action at the Ocean Breeze Sports Complex last Sunday marked an exit point of the indoor season, with slots on Team USA’s world championship roster ripe — and later claimed. For the athletes, an assessment of early year fitness revealed itself as a reminder that there were no guarantees at the finish …
Behind the veil, a delicate exhibition of choreography goes through its final checks, balances and approvals on the track. At practice for the 2026 USA Track and Field Indoor Championships last weekend in New York, the calm to competitors testing the surface one last time before the big show was only interrupted by the loud …
From the sound of the starter’s pistol, race after race, the united gaze of the action on the track was a signal on Sunday that it was time to join the running hive mind. And through another iteration of the Millrose Games, anticipation was converted into raw competition as emerging talents put existing stars on …
The luster of a busy 2025 season faded a bit more at the 2026 New Balance Indoor Grand Prix last Sunday in Boston as the tone for the year was set in the form of a pair of world records by Josh Hoey and Hobbs Kessler along with several world leads. The following day, just …
Nearly every road, trail, path and patch of land in the collegiate cross country landscape led to Columbia, Missouri on Saturday as individual and team champions were decided at the 2025 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships. Gans Creek Cross Country Course laid itself bare and silently challenged the best in the sport to surge …
While the finalists for World Athletics 2025 photograph of the were announced last week, the short list of images — and photographers — fell even more of the story of a packed season on the track, field and on the road. Of the 141 images that were submitted for the top photo honor, 10 made …
With the outdoor track and field season quiet until next spring, the collegiate cross country season roars into championship mode. At stake are national titles, bragging rights, rivalries settled (or extended) and the yearly crop of breakout stars who offer a glimpse of the future of the sport far down the line. But at its …
While the track and field season saw it’s apex at September’s world championships in Tokyo, the stakes — and spectacle — were upped a few notches as Athlos returned to New York City last week to close the campaign with a production that would be impossible to not notice. If last September’s inaugural showcase were an …
The pinnacle of a long 2025 track and field season found a triumphant end in Tokyo as new champions were crowned, others boosted their legendary status and some nations hung symbols of pride alongside gold, silver and bronze hardware. If it were finally time to transfer ownership of the track and field campaign over to …