Track And Field

NUGUSE WINS KALAKAUA MERRIE MILE IN ROAD RACE DEBUTBy Rich Sands, @sands(c) 2023 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved         HONOLULU (09-Dec) -– Yared Nuguse capped a breakthrough year with a thrilling win in the Kalakaua Merrie Mile here, the first road race of his career. After …

JAW-DROPPING 5000M WORLD RECORD FOR GUDAF TSEGAY AT PRE CLASSICBy David Monti, @d9monti(c) 2023 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved NOTE: This story was written remotely –Ed.             (17-Sep) — Reigning world 10,000m champion, Gudaf Tsegay of Ethiopia, not only broke Faith Kipyegon’s 5000m world …

NUGUSE SMASHES AMERICAN RECORD FOR THE MILE: 3:43.97By David Monti, @d9monti(c) 2023 Race Results Weekly, all rights reservedNOTE: This story was written remotely –Ed.            Jakob Ingebrigtsen edges Yared Nuguse in the Bowerman Mile at the Prefontaine Classic (video still via NBC Sports)       …

KERR & REEKIE DELIVER THIRD STRAIGHT SCOTTISH SWEEP AT FIFTH AVENUE MILEBy David Monti, @d9monti(c) 2023 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved           The 2023 New Balance Fifth Avenue Mile champions Josh Kerr and Jemma Reekie, both of Scotland (photo by Jane Monti for Race Results …

KIPYEGON ADDS 5000M GOLD AT WORLD ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPSBy David Monti, @d9monti(c) 2023 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved       BUDAPEST (26-Aug) — They knew it was coming, but they just couldn’t stop it.          Faith Kipyegon winning the 5000m at the 2023 World Athletics Championships …

KERR STORMS TO FIRST WORLD 1500M TITLEBy David Monti, @d9monti(c) 2023 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved           Josh Kerr wins his first world 1500m title at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest (photo by Jane Monti for Race Results Weekly)         …

WITH PATIENT APPROACH, CHEPTEGEI WINS THIRD STRAIGHT WORLD 10,000M TITLEBy David Monti, @d9monti(c) 2023 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved         BUDAPEST (20-Aug) — Two-time defending champion Joshua Cheptegei of Uganda won his third straight world 10,000m title at the National Athletics Center here tonight by using …

ETHIOPIAN SWEEP WOMEN’S 10,000M AT WORLD ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPSBy David Monti, @d9monti(c) 2023 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved       BUDAPEST (19-Aug) — In a nail-biting race with a painfully slow start and a rough and tumble finish, the Ethiopian trio of Gudaf Tsegay, Letesenbet Gidey and Ejgayehu Taye …

CRANNY, MONSON AND ROGERS COME BACK TO SWEEP 5000M PODIUM AT USATF CHAMPIONSHIPSBy David Monti, @d9monti(c) 2023 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved     EUGENE (09-Jul) — It may sound like the name of a law firm, but Cranny, Monson and Rogers are actually America’s three best distance women …

FIVE TOKYO OLYMPIANS ADVANCE TO 800M FINAL AT USATF OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPSBy David Monti, @d9monti(c) 2023 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved EUGENE (07-Jul) — In the only middle or long distance event on the program tonight, five of the six athletes who represented the United States in the 800m at …