The CTFL is here, and they are changing up the sport of track and field. As the first track and field league of its kind, the Canadian Track and Field League brings together athletes from across the country as they compete for the championship. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Canadian Track & Field League (@ctfl_official) The CTFL is composed of 128 athletes on four teams, who compete across 8 disciplines. To keep track of them all, we use the IAAF points system to rank the athletes performance as they compete for gold. The CTFL was created by athletes, for the athletes, with the intention of growing the sport and putting money into athletes pockets.The CTFL has...
The Division I champions will be crowned in 14 men's outdoor track and field events Friday in the third day of the four-day NCAA championships in Eugene, Ore., starting with the high-jump final at 5:30 p.m. PT. At the conclusion of the day, there will be a 2022 men's outdoor track and field champion. Tennessee leads men's scoring entering the final day of men's competition. Click or tap here for live team scoring. On the women's side, five legs of the heptathlon will be held Friday and the champion will be crowned Saturday. Below you can find the streaming information for Friday's events. The action from Men's Day 2 will be aired at 9 p.m. Click or tap here...
Who is Abby Steiner? Abby Steiner born November 24, 1999, is an American track and field sprinter. She holds personal records of 10.90 over 100m and 22.02 over 200m. Steiner holds the indoor 200m American record with a time of 22.09 seconds. Abby Steiner broke the collegiate record in the 200m for the first time at NCAA Championships in 2021 when she tied Thomas's then-collegiate record of 22.38 for her first national title. She's already one of the most-decorated athletes in UK Athletics history, but there's one major accomplishment she’s still chasing. Abby Steiner, who is the current American, collegiate, SEC and Kentucky record holder in the indoor 200 meter dash, has never won an outdoor NCAA championship title. That could...
Sydney McLaughlin blazed the track to open up her season wit’s a 51.61! A time that would be the #3 time in history but it won’t count as hurdle five was put in the wrong spot. Did you see the race? Check out this clip from the race below NEW WORLD LEAD BY @GoSydGo ! 51.61🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 #Sydney #McLaughlin #51 pic.twitter.com/3wwLg6xfZs — AmericanTrackLeague (@americantrack) June 5, 2022 This run by sydney has us thinking… Is Sydney McLaughlin already in world record shape? Initially one might think having the hurdles in the wrong spot would slow you down as it cold mess up your rhythm. The other possibility this shows is the women’s hurdles heights should be higher if the goal is to make the event different...
Michael Norman blazed the track with a standout performance at the Wanda Diamond League track meet in Eugene on Saturday May the 28th setting a Diamond League 400m record of 43.60 to beat Grenada's Kirani James (44.02) and Matthew Hudson-Smith, who broke the British record with 44.35. On this cool afternoon at Hayward Field, with many drops of heavy rain, Norman was one of many athletes who defied the conditions to make it another memorable edition of the Prefontaine Classic. “I had zero expectation of what I could run today,” said Norman, who revealed he and coach Quincy Watts had gone “back to the basics” during their winter training. “Hard work and consistency with diet and training,” he said. “My motto this year has...
