Swiss Federation onsite in Phoenix
Phoenix, Arizona –November has seen an outstanding month of growth for the World Athletics Center, with team staff travelling globally to deliver Coach Education courses in Europe and Asia. However,...
View Article“WORLD RECORDS” FOR THE NEW MILLENNIUM
There are those who think that the sport—given the dearth of World Records in recent years—would have been better off if the IAAF had listened to proposals to create a set of “new millennium” World...
View ArticlePrize Recruit: Daven Murphree
As the nation’s best prep vaulter, coming off an undefeated season in an event that almost defies that kind of perfection, Daven Murphree (Harmony, Big Sandy, Texas) had a raft of collegiate options....
View ArticleT&FN List of Male Recruits; part I
American East: Albany: Nathan Hiett 16-6 American: Rutgers: Nicholas Eckett 15-6 Atlantic 10:Rhode Island: Ond ej Honka (Cze) 16-4 ¾ ACC: Clemson: Aaron Owens 16-4; Duke: Connor Hall 16-2; Georgia...
View ArticleWorld Athletic Center eyes Recruitment
Phoenix, Arizona –Whilst Andreas Behm is best known for the successes of his athletes on the track as WAC Sprints and Hurdles Coach, he has also been working hard behind the scenes in his role as...
View ArticleCentral American Rankings
Longtime T&FN correspondent Rey O’Neal has cranked up his ratings for the IAAF’s Central American & Caribbean region. POLE VAULT 1 Lazaro Borges CUB 2 Rolando Cruz PUR 3 Dominic Johnson LCA 4...
View ArticleA Few 2013 Winter Camps
Hood Pole Vault Camps: 2013 Winter Camp — December 27th Friday @ Abilene ,TX (Indoor Vault Facility @ Action Zone ($150 – $250); more Pole Vault City: Florida Camps — December 14th – 15th; Elite...
View ArticleT&FN List of Male Recruits; part 2
Southern: Samford: Tray Oakes 16-7 Southland: Abilene Christian: Chase Jones 16-6; McNeese State: Dakota Breaux 15-6; New Orleans: Caleb Bertrand 17-0; Norah Zorsky 16-6 3/4; Oral Roberts: Justin...
View ArticleT&FN List of Female Recruits
American: Louisville: Chanel Krause 13-0; South Florida: Sophie Brown 12-6 ACC: North Carolina: Carolina Brailsford 12-3, Brittany Hull 13-0 1/4; Virginia Tech: Emma King 13-3, Kristen Lee 13-5 Big...
View ArticleNew Facilities and programs
The New York Armory is having a new Mondo track installed… Arkansas’s John McDonnell Field boasts i t s o w n new Mondo surface… Vanderbilt has opened i t s n e w $31 million indoor arena that...
View ArticleMeanwhile, At Hogwarts
Daniel Radcliffe, AKA Harry Potter, will play Sebastian Coe in an upcoming film to be titled Gold and centered on the ’80 Olympic clashes between Coe and archrival Steve Ovett. Coe’s reaction to the...
View ArticleWorld, American, Collegiate Indoor Records
as of 11/30/13 World 6.15 | 20-2 Sergey Bubka (Soviet Union) Donets’k, Ukraine 2/21/93 5.02 | 16-5½(A) Jenn Suhr (adidas) Albuquerque, New Mexico 3/01 American 5.96 | 19-6½ Lawrence Johnson (adidas)...
View ArticleJunior and High School Indoor Records
as of 11/30/13 World Junior 5.68 | 18-7½ Raphael Holzdeppe (Germany) Halle, Germany 3/01/08 4.63 | 15-2¼ Angelica Bengtsson (Sweden) Stockholm, Sweden 2/22/11 American Junior 5.65 | 18-6½ Jacob Davis...
View ArticleChange Of Events For The Dec King?
Ashton Eaton will take a break from the 10-eventer next year to rest after three intense Worlds/Olympic seasons. He does plan to defend his World Indoor heptathlon title in March, but then look for...
View Article2014: Three of the The World’s top meets
07 MAR 2014 – 09 MAR 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships 2014 Sopot POL 22 JUL 2014 – 27 JUL 2014 IAAF World Junior Championships...
View Article2013: The Top Five Men
Pos Athlete Mark Country 1 Renaud Lavillenie 6.02 FRA 2 Raphael Holzdeppe 5.91 GER 3 Björn Otto 5.90...
View Article2013: The Top Five Women
1 Jennifer Suhr 4.91 USA 2 Yarisley Silva 4.90 CUB 3 Elena Isinbaeva 4.89 RUS 4...
View ArticleThe Top Five Women: All time
1 Elena Isinbaeva 5.06 RUS 2 Jennifer Suhr 4.92 USA 3 Yarisley Silva 4.90 CUB 4...
View ArticleThe Top Five Men: All Time
1 Sergey Bubka 6.14 UKR 2 Maksim Tarasov 6.05 RUS 3 Dmitri Markov 6.05 AUS 4...
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