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The NAIA, Explore Asheville and Airstream Ventures have announced Asheville, North Carolina, as the host city for the NAIA Men’s and Women’s Outdoor Track & Field National Championships in 2026 and 2027. “We are honored to welcome the NAIA Outdoor Track & Field National Championships to our community in 2026 and 2027,” said Vic Isley, […]
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Cape Town will host the 2027 World Mountain and Trail Running Championships from October 6–10, marking the first time the World Athletics event will be held in Africa. It is estimated that about 1,200 runners from more than 80 nations will compete in 2027. There are four senior championship races with individual and team medals awarded […]
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The road run to Los Angeles is already in process for USA Track & Field, which has started the process to find a host for its marathon trials and hopes to have the selection of a host wrapped up within the next year. The 2028 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Marathon will select the U.S. […]
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USA Track & Field has announced the appointment of Jay Holder as its new chief content and communications officer. Most recently, Holder served as the executive director of Running USA. During his tenure, Holder led the development of a comprehensive strategic plan and introduced a modernized membership structure with expanded benefits. In the interim, Kathleen […]
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The Jay M. Robinson Mondo Track & Field Facility will host the USA South Conference Championship on April 25–26 in Concord, North Carolina. The event is the first meet of the 2025 season at the Cabarrus County venue, featuring 150 athletes competing in track and field events including high jump, long/triple jump and all throwing […]
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World Athletics says national track and field federation executive boards must be at least 40% female by 2029 after the governing body of athletics published further details of its three-year gender leadership strategy on Tuesday, having achieved gender parity on its ruling council in 2023 and becoming the first Olympic sport to do so. “This […]
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Grand Slam Track and the Jamaica Tourist Board have announced a partnership ahead of the inaugural Grand Slam Track event in Kingston this spring. The partnership is between the destination and the track competition launched by four-time Olympic champion Michael Johnson. Kingston was previously announced as host of the first of four Slam events April […]
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The 2025 USA Track & Field Para National Championships will take place at Hayward Field at the University of Oregon from July 31 through August 2, the first time in U.S. Para track and field history that the meet will be combined with the USATF Outdoor Championships. The Para program joined USATF last fall. The […]
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Before Noah Lyles made history in Paris by winning the men’s 100-meter dash in a photo finish, he won a national indoor championship by 0.01 seconds in the 60-meter dash in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The sport itself has seen a variety of new facilities come online in the past few years and off an outdoor […]
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Curt Clausen, a three-time Olympian and the only American man to medal in the race walk at the World Athletics Championships, was elected to a four-year term as president of USA Track & Field, succeeding the outgoing Vin Lananna. Clausen earned a bronze medal in the 50km walk at the 1999 World Championships in Seville […]
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