Runner's World • August 31, 2022

Cheering for a Cause with Alan Page at the Twin Cities Marathon

The runners participating in the Twin Cities Marathon will once again hear an unmistakeable loud sound on the race course. That sound comes from the sousaphone of NFL Hall of Famer and former justice in the Minnesota Supreme Court, Alan Page. Though says, for him, it’s less of an instrument and more of a “noisemaker.” He’s played it for the past 25 years, as the runners . That tradition will continue at the event on October 2. This year, it will have a new twist. “As a football player, people

Runner's World • August 24, 2022

Anna Hall Goes Pro, Signs with Adidas

Two-time NCAA champion & world championship bronze medalist Anna Hall has signed a professional contract with Adidas. She made the announcement on on Friday that she would forgo her remaining eligibility at the University of Florida to turn pro. She is now being represented by the Doyle Management Group, which represents the likes of Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Ryan Crouser, Valarie Allman and Sandi Morris. Hall transferred from the University of Georgia to Florida in 2021, and then proceeded to

Runner's World • August 23, 2022

Hurdler Devon Allen Makes Spectacular Touchdown Catch

Devon Allen gave the Cleveland Browns a dose of Olympic speed on Sunday afternoon. The two-time Olympic hurdler, who was signed by the Philadelphia Eagles in the offseason, used his speed against the Browns secondary and hauled in a 55-yard touchdown pass in the third quarter of a preseason game in Cleveland. Allen formerly played football at the University of Oregon. twice, which led him to temporarily hang up his cleats and focus on track and field. Allen had a tremendous season on the trac

Runner's World • August 22, 2022

Here's What to Know About the New World Athletics Qualifying Standards

On Friday, World Athletics announced the updated for the 2023 World Championships, which is set to take place in Budapest, Hungary. According to the , defending world champions, 2022 Diamond League champions, World Race Walking Tour champions, leading hammer throwers on the Continental Tour and World Combined Events Tour champions will have the wild card for next year's championships. A few key changes from include an increased number of athletes in the field events, with the number of athlete

Runner's World • August 15, 2022

Ricardo Dos Santos Alleges Racial Profiling for a Second Time

For the second time in two years, professional sprinter Ricardo Dos Santos says he was racially profiled by the police. The latest incident occurred last Saturday night. Seven armed police officers stopped Dos Santos as he was driving home in London, United Kingdom. In a series of tweets, which includes video footage, he explains the incident. Dos Santos, a 400-meter specialist, competed for Portugal at the Olympics last summer in Toyko. He is the Portuguese national record holder in the 400 m

Runner's World • August 9, 2022

Ahmaud Arbery's Killers Sentenced to Life in Prison

On Monday, a federal judge handed down a second life sentence to Gregory and Travis McMichael, the father and son who are two of the three men convicted of killing 25-year-old Ahmaud Arbery. Both Gregory and Travis McMichael were sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole in . Arbery went for a jog on February 23, 2020, when he stopped to check out a house that was under construction . The McMichael’s, alongside their neighbor, William "Roddie" Bryan Jr., chased Arbery down

Runner's World • August 5, 2022

The Great XC Debate: Can This Radical Change Grow Interest in Running?

• Writers and running fans Malcolm Gladwell and David Epstein had a spirited online debate about how to fix high school sports. • Gladwell proposed a new strategy to increase participation in sports, such as cross country, which would then increase interest in those activities later in life. • Epstein agreed with certain principles but noted where Gladwell’s ideas may fall short. It’s already back-to-school season. And for runners in high school, that means cross-country season is here. It’s

Runner's World • August 4, 2022

What a Finish! Roisin Willis Goes Sub-2 Minutes at the U20 World Championships

Roisin Willis is one of the best high school athletes to ever step foot on the track. She’s set multiple state and national records, and she was aiming to put forth a dominant effort at the U20 World Championships in Cali, Colombia, this week. Her valiant effort on August 3 was not only enough to help her run a sub-2 minutes for personal best time of 1:59.13 (and the gold medal), but also her dominant run set the U20 championship record. Audrey Werro of Switzerland had the lead coming off the

Runner's World • August 3, 2022

19-Year-Old Letsile Tebogo Runs 9.91 100 Meters—a U20 World Record

That’s what Letsile Tebogo accomplished on Tuesday at the U20 World Championships in Cali, Colombia. The 19-year-old sprinter from Botswana ran 9.91 in the 100-meter final to take the gold. Tebogo left no doubt about it in that final. As he was separating from the field and getting closer to the finish line, he started to celebrate the win with the race victory locked up. While the early celebration could be deemed as disrespectful to his opponents, he says that it was not his intent. “The st

Runner's World • July 22, 2022

5 Things You Should Know About Michael Norman

The 24-year-old was looking to win gold in the 400 meters at the 2022 World Athletics Championships against a loaded field that includesd world record holder Wayde Van Niekerk of South Africa, 2012 Olympic gold medalist Kirani James of Grenada, and rising star Champion Allison of the U.S. And in a close contest, Norman took home gold on the Hayward Field track in Eugene, Oregon, with his time of 44.29. Now that he has won gold on the big stage, here are five things you should know about the Ame

Runner's World • July 21, 2022

5 Things You Should Know About Noah Lyles

The 25-year-old defending world champion in the 200 meters was looking to defend his title at the World Athletics Championship on Thursday night against a stacked field that included fellow American star Erriyon Knighton—and he did just that. He blitzed the race from the start, winning in an electric time of 19.31 to take gold and set the new American record. It was the third fastest 200 of all time behind Jamaicans Usain Bolt and Yohan Blake. It’s safe to say Lyles is now on another level when

Citius Mag • August 11, 2021

Invisible Strings: Robyn Stevens' Long Road To A Dream Fulfilled

Robyn Stevens has the need for speed….walking. It’s what she was destined to do. She takes on the persona of her favorite superhero, Supergirl when she hits the race walking course. Her grit, fearlessness, determination and her underrated nature play to her advantage against her opponents. Just ask Kevin Hart and Keegan-Michael Key, who tested Robyn and lost in their race walk attempt on Hart’s “Going for Gold – 2020 Tokyo “Tryout” episode on his “LOL” network. Those same qualities helped her

Citius Mag • August 2, 2021

With Or Without The Mask, Raven Saunders Is Always Herself

Raven Saunders can have two different personalities and a seven-foot shot put ring determines which personality she will display on any given day. Saunders takes on the personality of a popular Marvel superhero when she walks in the shot put ring – The Incredible Hulk. She says she relates to the Hulk when it comes to competition because the Hulk operates with reckless abandonment when he needs to go into full form and if there was a mission that needed to get done, he did whatever it took to

Citius Mag • July 30, 2021

The Gold Standard: Kaylin Whitney

That’s the superhero that Kaylin Whitney says best describes her on the track. She prefers Tom Holland’s version of the character because as she puts it, he’s constantly in a state of fun. “..He just seems like he’s having fun all the time and that’s how I feel like now,” Whitney said. “I just have fun with what I do, and I do love it. And that’s just how I feel all the time.” She certainly felt that way on the evening of June 20, the night she qualified for the 4×400 relay team at the 2020 Ol

flrunners.com • July 2, 2020

Florida XC, T&F Alumni Lead Pandemic Frontlines

flrunners.com • June 24, 2020

XC Teams Facing Off-season Uncertainty Head On

COVID-19 has caused a great deal of uncertainty as to what the offseason will look like for cross country teams in the state of Florida. As coaches and athletes wait for the official word as to when they are allowed to train as a team, we reached out to a few coaches around the state to hear how they're dealing with the unknown. Ryan Lowe, who is the head coach of the boy's cross country team at Lake Mary High School describes the past couple of months as quite the experience. Lowe said that h

flrunners.com • May 5, 2020

Passion and Effort Leads To Success For Samuel Austin

Samuel Austin has two things in mind when he steps up to the starting line for a race: to win and to leave everything he has on the track. "I really want to win, but I also feel like if I don't give it my all, then what's the point," he said. The junior from Oviedo High School admits that he throws up after every race he runs. For him, the vomit is validation that his efforts were not in vain. "If I give it my all, then I'm going to throw up every time," he said. Austin consistently delivere

flrunners.com • April 19, 2020

Prose With The Pro's: Chris Kail of Elite Timing

At any given track meet, Chris Kail will sit underneath a large tent near the finish-line with his laptop open, making sure that everything is going according to plan. He arrives two hours before the meet starts to set up his equipment and make sure everything works and is one of the last to leave when the meet is over. While this may seem like a lot of work, working in timing has turned out to be a match made in heaven for Kail, as it has combined two things he loves, track and computers. Kai

flrunners.com • April 6, 2020

Pole Vault Coach Focuses On The Process Over Performance

Bill Cashman is proof that numbers never lie. In his 36 years of coaching, he's coached over 70 state champions with 51 of the champions coming by way of the pole vault, 6 national champions, over 100 high school All-Americans and his athletes have earned 11 state records in the pole vault. His coaching style has resulted in the success of the athletes that he trains. What's the key behind his coaching success? His former athlete Erica Sergeant, the former three-time state champion and two-time

flrunners.com • March 10, 2020

Central Florida Roundup: Athletes Shine at Brian Jager

The respective tracks in Winter Park and down in Miami were burning from the fast times and fantastic performances from all across the state. The Central Florida area dropped epic performances during the Brian Jager Elite Classic and the Sam Burley Hall of Fame Invitational. Here are a few of the more impressive results that the Central Florida athletes had last weekend. Tyson Williams put on a show at the Brian Jager Elite Classic, running his second fastest time ever in the 110m hurdles with