Former basketball player Jack Stadlman bursts onto the track scene

3 weeks, 3 days ago

Prep talk: Jorden Wells of Servite is freshman to watch in football, track

LA Times

Jorden and Jace Wells are freshmen brothers at Servite who play football and run track. When freshman Jorden Wells of Servite High ran the 100 meters in 10.64 seconds last month, it was a warning to everyone about his potential speed and talent in track and field as well as football. “Electric” is how football coach Chris Reinert describes Wells …

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

Who’s running this team? UCLA’s DeShaun Foster said he makes fourth-down calls

LA Times

UCLA’s Jacob Busic congratulates Mateen Bhaghani after he hit a game-winning field against Hawaii on Aug. 31 in Honolulu. “Every decision that we did was me,” Foster said Wednesday during his first meeting with reporters since the Bruins’ come-from-behind, 16-13 victory over Hawaii last weekend. “I just didn’t like the situation at the time,” Foster said. “Long time coming.” Flores’ …

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9 months ago

Teenager Quincy Wilson, 16, qualifies for 400m final at Olympic trials with fastest high school times ever

New York Times

At just 16 years old, Quincy Wilson has become one of the most captivating stories of the U.S. Olympic track trials, qualifying for the finals in the 400 meter with the fastest teenage times in American history. Wilson’s weekend started with a time of 44.66 in round one Friday, which broke Darrell Robinson’s 42-year-old national high school record of 44.69. …

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9 months ago

Olympic track hopeful Eric Holt quits job, moves in with parents to focus on making Paris Games

Associated Press

EUGENE, Ore. — Middle-distance runner Eric Holt quit his job and moved back in with his parents. “All of the struggles he’s had, all of the people that have said he can’t do it, that he’s not talented enough — this is the great American story,” his coach, John Trautmann, said. “Hopefully, it has the All-American ending, too.” Holt also …

Work Running Way Eric Track Holt His Parents

9 months, 1 week ago

Bob Schul, the only American runner to win the 5,000 meters at the Olympics, dies at 86

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Bob Schul, the only American …

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9 months, 1 week ago

Through connection to their land, Tarahumara runners are among Mexico’s most beloved champions

Associated Press

CHIHUAHUA, México — Miguel Lara was born to run. Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print “When we got married, we used to head to Urique to get food,” said Maribel Estrada, Lara’s wife and mother to their 3- and 11-year-old children. “Long before marathons existed, the Tarahumara people were already running.” Share Share …

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9 months, 3 weeks ago

Loxton 94-year-old Percy Voigt proves age is no barrier to achieving athletic success

ABC

As the autumn sun shines down on the Kadina race track, crowds gather for the main event of the 2024 SA Masters Games: the 100-metre sprint for competitors aged 90 to 94. With his sage green polo tucked neatly into his brown cotton trousers and a grin on his face stretching ear to ear, 94-year-old Percy Voigt stands out from …

Games Age Masters His Family Hamilton Supplied Percy

11 months, 3 weeks ago

Michael Penix shows off athleticism at pro day with impressive 40-yard dash, vertical jump

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! SEATTLE — Michael Penix Jr. used his pro day to demonstrate the athleticism that wasn’t always on display during his two seasons carving up defenses at Washington. “I’m just ready to see where I’m going so I can help a team win football games,” Penix said. …

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1 year ago

March Madness: ‘There’s something pure about Jack Gohlke,’ Oakland’s masterful 3-point shooter

Associated Press

PITTSBURGH — The shots at times looked crazy. Whispering updates across the room to his wife in an effort not to wake his infant son, Hillsdale coach Keven Bradley felt a mix of awe and “of course.” “You watch the shots he took and made, for 99% of college basketball players, those are bad shots, shots you don’t want your …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Murali Sreeshankar — ‘Kobe Bryant will always remain at the core of my heart’

The Hindu

Coming off a silver medal at the Asian Championships, with multiple jumps over 8m and a personal best of 8.41m this season, long jumper Murali Sreeshankar is looking in fine touch as he heads towards the World Championships. He also speaks about his often testy but ultimately trusted relationship with his father, his ‘Mamba mindset,’ and why he always carries …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Sha’Carri Richardson lets down her hair before winning 100 meters at U.S. track championships

LA Times

Sha’Carri Richardson grabs the tape as she wins the women’s 100-meter dash ahead of Tamara Clark on Friday night during the U.S. track and field championships in Eugene, Ore. For the past two years, as a suspension for a failed drug test cost her the spot she earned in the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, then failed to advance past the first …

World Championships Richardson 100 Final Lyles Charleston

2 years ago

Stolz stuns sports world with historic performances at speedskating championships

NPR

Stolz stuns sports world with historic performances at speedskating championships American speedskater Jordan Stolz is setting records as he looks ahead to the 2026 Winter Olympics. He recently became the first man to win three individual gold medals at the world championships. Stolz won the 1,000 and 1,500 meter races, too - the first man, a very young man, to …

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2 years, 11 months ago

Once homeless, UCLA’s Zaylon Thomas makes his mark on the track

LA Times

The same question haunted Zaylon Thomas when he was a teenager trying to get to high school as a senior preparing for graduation and a promising athlete looking for his next option. UCLA’s Zaylon Thomas crosses the finish line in his heat of a 200-meter race at the Rafer Johnson/Jackie Joyner-Kersee Invitational at Drake Stadium. It was just like finding …

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3 years, 7 months ago

The origin story of Andre De Grasse: From a kid who didn’t know how to warm up to an Olympic champion

New York Times

Eight runners lined up for the 100-metre final at the York Region track and field championship that day in May 2012, and one was a star bound for the Canadian national team. “We were kind of shocked, to be honest, that a guy with no formal training — and not wearing proper running attire – just comes out and almost …

Olympics School Race Olympic Running High No One

3 years, 11 months ago

Inside the workouts that transformed Stars’ Jason Robertson into one of NHL’s top rookies

New York Times

When the Dallas Stars’ Jason Robertson left the Edmonton bubble on Sept. 29, 2020, he had already flipped the page. “I was like, ‘Wow, he’s tall and lanky,’” Gonzales said of his initial impressions of Robertson. “The last six months, I’ve a stronger stride than normal,” Robertson said. “That’s the mentality we looked for in our training sessions.” Jason Robertson. …

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4 years, 4 months ago

Caleb Johnson goes from bouncer to bouncing opponents for UCLA

LA Times

Phil Austin has this to say about Caleb Johnson, and he means it in the kindest way possible: “He was just a freak,” the Fullerton College assistant coach said of his former player. “I’ve seen some crazy stuff when I was working,” Johnson said, recalling the seemingly nightly routine of removing at least one customer from the premises. After 2½ …

Loss Bruins Ucla Jack Fullerton Tackles Defensive Backs

4 years, 11 months ago

Brian Dutcher: Work ethic, gym-rat nature has Jalen McDaniels on the right path

New York Times

Stuck inside his place and powerless to do anything about it until the coronavirus pandemic somewhat eases, Jalen McDaniels is doing whatever he can to keep his sanity while he takes this forced hiatus. “There is no sure thing,” San Diego State’s Brian Dutcher said. “At first the second defender would run at him and you’d call a play and …

Basketball Play Right Seattle Going Think Things

5 years, 6 months ago

‘Machine’ team Ingebrigtsen: How restitution training, warm milk and goal-setting drove brothers to cusp of greatness

The Independent

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6 years, 1 month ago

Anonymity may be fine for Purdue-Fort Wayne's John Konchar, but his story deserves to be told

New York Times

— To watch John Konchar play basketball is to repeatedly ask yourself if anyone — especially Konchar himself — appreciates the latest in a long lines of remarkable things you have witnessed. “The game is so slow to him.” Konchar is a three-time first-team All-Summit League pick, and he’s a lock to make the team again this year. “When I …

Career School Game Chicago Play Points John

6 years, 3 months ago

Veteran athlete hailed for record-breaking 1,800-mile run across New Zealand admits he hitched lifts

The Independent

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New Zealand Run Living Well Mr Newburn Veteran Athlete Newburn

6 years, 4 months ago

The secrets of endurance athletes

BBC

The secrets of endurance athletes Getty Running a distance race – like a 246km ultramarathon – takes extraordinary physical fitness. “If you put those three together you’ll run a fast marathon,” Burnley says. “We then have anaerobic metabolism, which are energy-transfer processes not involving oxygen.” The reason you couldn’t sprint a marathon, he says, is that your body can’t supply …

Athletes Credit Body Race Running Endurance Your Body

7 years, 6 months ago

Insight on WMU players from a Spartan who knows them well

New York Times

EAST LANSING, Mich. — When Michigan State’s Brett Scanlon kicks off Saturday against Western Michigan, he doesn’t anticipate any unusual emotion to surface. He transferred to MSU in 2015 because, he said “at the time, wasn’t the right school for me.” An intriguing player out of Dowagiac Union High School — where he was a quarterback, linebacker, kicker and punter …

Going Usc Broncos Kid East Lansing Spartan Scanlon

8 years, 10 months ago

Runversation: About the super runner who can keep going

Deccan Chronicle

“The dog days are over, The dog days are done The horses are coming, So you better run Run fast for your mother, run fast for your father Run for your children, for your sisters and brothers Leave all your love and your longing behind You can't carry it with you if you want to survive.” Those lines are from …

Running Run Ran Karnazes

9 years, 1 month ago

Country star Clay Walker says exercise keeps him moving through multiple sclerosis

LA Times

Country music star Clay Walker hails from Texas, a state that loves its football. As a kid, when he wasn’t playing quarterback he was on the basketball court or exploring the outdoors with his cousins. Then I got double vision and facial spasms and my hands stopped working; I couldn’t hold a guitar pick. In the warmer months I have …

Stretch Exercise Keeps

9 years, 8 months ago

Column: Sprinter Andre De Grasse by chance starts career on track for great finish

LA Times

Basketball was Andre De Grasse’s first love, but he became a man without a team when his suburban Toronto high school eliminated the program before his senior year. “I want to be able to, as soon as I walk out on the track, hear everyone is screaming, ‘Whoo,’ ” De Grasse said. “It’s up to him how good he can …

Canada School High Run Think Usc High School

10 years, 2 months ago

Tasmanian teenager sprinter one of best in world

ABC

SIMON SANTOW: As 2014 comes to an end, there is a Tasmanian teenager who has an extraordinary year to reflect on. FELICITY OGILVIE: It's been an exceptional year for the Tasmanian teenager Jack Hale. FELICITY OGILVIE: The training also payed off in the long jump with Jack Hale posting a personal best of 7.66 metres. FELICITY OGILVIE: The president of …

World Long Jack Jump Hobart Hale Ogilvie

10 years, 6 months ago

Schoolboy Jack Hale smashes 100m record to become Tasmania's fastest runner

ABC

A 16-year-old schoolboy who broke a host of sprint records to claim the title of Tasmania's fastest runner has set his sights on Olympic gold. St Virgil's student Jack Hale broke the Tasmanian men's open 100 metres record and four underage records at an interschool meet at Hobart's Domain. "I've started doing them about three months ago and I've been …

Tasmania Hale

10 years, 10 months ago

Carl Lewis on the secret to running faster and better

Firstpost

It’s the real conundrum, right? Whether you’re an athlete, footballer, cricketer, rugby player, tennis player or a basketball player — the one thing that sportspersons are always pushing themselves to get is fast. A lot of times people think running faster is pushing forward — but it’s about pushing down and moving your body in an angle where you can …

Athlete Player Better Thing Lewis Pushing

11 years, 1 month ago

Uphill Streif: The Super Bowl of skiing … in reverse

CNN

Follow us at @WorldSportCNN and like us on Facebook Story highlights Vertical Up held on World Cup downhill in Kitzbuhel with athletes going up not down Three years since its inception, it has been dominated by a 42-year-old Italian farmer Athletes can boast an average heart rate of 190 bpm during the course of the event Line-up of competitors for …

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11 years, 5 months ago

Running: The Autobiography, by Ronnie O'Sullivan

The Independent

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Living Well

13 years ago

The Biomechanics of Good Running

Wired

AUSTIN, Texas — If you're a runner and you can't extend your hip well behind you on your stride, Jay Dicharry has bad news: You're never going to be a great runner. You can still run, and run well, but not everyone can attain the ideal stride needed to be a truly great runner. But as you run, you'll lose …

Run Runner Your Stride Dicharry

20 years, 9 months ago

Timing Is Everything

LA Times

David Davis last wrote for the magazine about Sacramento Kings owners Joe and Gavin Maloof. “Finding your event, understanding your event, developing your event — those are things you learn in college,” says veteran runner Inger Miller, who supports Felix but is wary of the path she’s chosen. “She’s just pure — a pure talent.” “Allyson Felix is a breath …

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31 years, 8 months ago

Off Streets and on to Center Court, Instructor Serves Hope to Youth

LA Times

TIMES STAFF WRITER Forehand smashes and overhand volleys filled the air with bright yellow tennis balls on a gray morning at DeForest Park in North Long Beach. “He’s a real trouble-shooter for us,” said Arlene Barco, assistant director of the tennis league. “I’ve always found him to be a very professional person,” said Long Beach Parks Supt. “He often gives …

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