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2021 NCAA DI Men’s Indoor Track & Field Rating Index – Week 6

WTW: The Japanese Men and Athing Mu Run Fast, NAU Loses and Much More March 1, 2021 The fear of COVID-19 seems to be declining as the number of vaccinations rise. As a result, the number of competitions is increasing and we hope to bring back our Week That Was on a regular basis after only intermittently writing it over the last year. Past editions of the Week That Was can be found here. Got a tip, question or comment? Please call us at 844-LETSRUN (538-7786), email us or post in our forum. Article continues below player Below we take a look back at a great week of action. If you missed our r...

Photo: © Photosport Ltd 2019 / Alisha Lovrich Etching his name alongside the likes of Snell, Lovelock, Walker and Dixon, Kiwi athletes for which first names were rarely necessary. Now, as he strived for an Olympic swansong, Willis was passing the baton to a rising star ready to write the country's next chapter of middle-distance greatness. The two time Olympic 1500 metre medallist, and Commonwealth Games gold medallist, said Sam Tanner was capable of surpassing even those lofty achievements. "Sam is doing as good, if not better, than I was at the same age. We should be getting excited abou...

”I am frothing, fizzing, buzzing … everything. I’m just super over the moon. I was hoping for an Olympic qualification, we worked hard and got it, so I’m super stoked.” The achievement was a personal best for the young Kiwi by nearly 2 seconds (he ran 3:36.44 in Tauranga on January 1) and also a US collegiate record. No Oceania runner had ever ducked under 3:35 indoors before, but both Tanner and race winner Oliver Hoare of Australia did so in New York on Sunday (NZT). Supplied/Stuff Sam Tanner. Hoare won in a national record 3:32.35, with Britain’s Jake Wightman holding off T...

Brazier, Hoppel & Purrier Set American Records at NBIGP Feb 14, 2021 David Monti The 26th edition of the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix saw 11 national indoor records, including three American records in the distance events by Donavan Brazier in the 800m (1:44.21), Bryce Hoppel in the 1000m (2:16.27), and Elinor Purrier in the two-mile (9:10.28).  What was the fourth of six gold-level meetings of the 2021 World Athletics Indoor Tour was held for the first time at the Ocean Breeze Track and Field Athletic Complex in Staten Island, N.Y., because the event's regular home in Boston, the Reggie L...