Track & Field News

12/10/2025

From 1000 meters out, Jane Hedengren ratcheted down the pace to cut 7.39 from Parker Valby’s absolute CR for 5000. Link to the full article below!👑
https://trackandfieldnews.com/colyear-danville-opener-2025-hedengren-cr-hoey-wr/

BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, December 06 — The talk before the Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener at the hyper-fast Boston U Track &... Read More

12/08/2025

On the Glendoveer course’s “terraces” rise with 200m to run, “that’s when I knew I just had to put it all out there, put everything on the line for it,” said winner Jackson Spencer. Link to the full article below!🏆
https://trackandfieldnews.com/nxn-boys-2025-favorite-spencer-makes-right-moves/

PORTLAND, OREGON, December 06 — The Nike Cross Nationals boys’ race had seen some very unexpected individual champions in recent... Read More

12/05/2025

SHE HASN’T VENTURED far from her native San Diego for college, but for 100 hurdler Anisa Bowen-Fontenot that 120M relocation to the USC campus has entailed quite a change of scenery. Link to the full article below!💨
https://trackandfieldnews.com/prize-recruit-anisa-bowen-fontenot-usc/

SHE HASN’T VENTURED far from her native San Diego for college, but for 100 hurdler Anisa Bowen-Fontenot that 120M relocation... Read More

12/01/2025

Confirming a pattern that was obvious throughout the fall, the percentage of foreign-born All-America’s at the NCAA XC champs surged above 60%. Big change. What’s driving it? Link to the full article below!💨
https://trackandfieldnews.com/a-foreign-wave-rises-high-in-the-ncaa

THE NCAA SCENE has changed dramatically in recent years, as old-school athletics and modern-day money have battled in the courts,... Read More

11/28/2025

The repeat NCAA XC winners club that Doris Lemngole joined includes a world champion (Sonia O’Sullivan, 5000 in ’95 plus ’98 World Cross short & long course) and two who eventually earned Olympic 10,000 silvers (Shalane Flanagan ’08 & Sally Kipyego ’12). Link to the full article below!🙌🏼
https://trackandfieldnews.com/lemngoles-back-to-back-win-a-rare-achievement/

WINNING THE women’s individual title moved Alabama junior Doris Lemngole into rarefied company as a back-to-back champ. Before the 23-year-old... Read More

11/24/2025

Laurie Henes’ NC State Wolfpack ran to a fourth NCAA title within 6 years, turning back defending champion BYU for the two teams’ third 1–2 finish of the ’20s. Link to the full article below!🏆
https://trackandfieldnews.com/ncaa-womens-xc-roaring-rivalry-wolfpack-over-cougars/

COLUMBIA, MISSOURI, November 22 — Laurie Henes’ NC State Wolfpack and Diljeet Taylor’s BYU Cougars match up against each other... Read More

11/18/2025

Elizabeth Khatevi, a heretofore unheralded A&M-Corpus Christi soph, surged from 4.5 seconds down at 4.5K in the South Central race to a 9-second win. Link to the full article below!🏆
https://trackandfieldnews.com/ncaa-xc-regionals-women-2025/

9 SITES, November 14 — All races contested at 6K (3.73M). The top 2 teams (and their members) in each... Read More

11/17/2025

Washington State soph Solomon Kipchoge (759) won the Mountain Regional in ’24. Now he’s the West champ by a 19-second margin. Link to the full article below!🙌🏼🏆
https://trackandfieldnews.com/ncaa-xc-regionals-men-2025/

9 SITES, November 14 — All races contested at 10K (6.21M). The top 2 teams (and their members) in each... Read More

11/04/2025

After 22 years, the venerable New York City Marathon course record was finally toppled. Hellen Obiri came out on top of a fierce three-woman battle with fellow Kenyans Sharon Lokedi and Sheila Chepkirui over the second half of the race to win her second title in New York. Link to the full article below!🙌🏼
https://trackandfieldnews.com/nyc-marathon-women-obiri-finish-drive-nets-course-record/

NEW YORK CITY, November 02 — After 22 years, the venerable New York City Marathon course record was finally toppled.... Read More

11/03/2025

After an uneventful opening 16 miles, the 54th New York City Marathon gradually turned into a thrilling duel that yielded the closest finish in race history. Benson Kipruto held off fellow Kenyan Alexander Mutiso by a mere 0.03 (you read that right) for the win. Link to the full article below!🏆
https://trackandfieldnews.com/nyc-marathon-men-kipruto-claims-win-by-3-hundredths/

NEW YORK CITY, November 02 — After an uneventful opening 16 miles, the 54th New York City Marathon gradually turned... Read More

11/01/2025

Riley Hough's outstanding 2nd place run helped deliver a runner-up finish for Michigan State Track and Field and Cross Country on their home course at the Big Ten Conference XC champs behind Oregon Track and Field.