World Athletics Heritage Plaque Awarded to Legendary Los Angeles Promoter Al Franken Unveiled at the Los Angeles Coliseum
More than 100 guests, including former Olympic track and field stars, coaches, and sports celebrities, attended Thursday’s special ceremony at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum for the unveiling of the Heritage Plaque awarded posthumously by World Athletics, the sport’s world governing body, to legendary Los Angeles promoter Al Franken for special contributions to the development […]
Track Icons Keino, Coghlan, and Greene to Attend Unveiling of World Athletics Heritage Plaque Awarded to Legendary Los Angeles Promoter Al Franken
The Heritage Plaque, awarded posthumously by World Athletics, track and field’s world governing body, to legendary Los Angeles track and field promoter Al Franken for his contribution to the sport
Press Release: Kenya Sweeps Team Titles as Kiprop, Mwangi Win at 2026 BOLDERBoulder 10K
Rudel records fastest American performance ever, Cassidy and Gretsch Win Wheelchair Races With 53,801 participants registered, the 2026 BOLDERBoulder once again transformed the streets of Boulder into one of the nation’s largest and most celebrated running events. Following the 96 waves of citizen runners, the International Pro Team Challenge delivered world-class competition as athletes from […]
Press Release: New Champions to be Crowned at 2026 BOLDERBoulder
Kenya, Ethiopia, Japan and Team USA Highlight Deep Fields BOULDER, Colo. – BOULDERBoulder today announced the rosters for the International Pro Team Challenge. Athletes from the United States and five other countries will toe the line on Memorial Day, Monday, May 25, competing for more than $100,000 in prize money and available bonuses. The individual […]
Elsingi Kipruto Signs NIL Deal with On
Louisville freshman distance standout Elsingi Kipruto has signed an NIL deal with On, continuing a breakout year that has quickly elevated him into one of the NCAA’s rising stars in distance running. The partnership comes after a strong freshman campaign in which Kipruto established himself as one of the ACC’s top performers. Kipruto delivered several […]
Shantae Foreman Signs NIL Deal with PUMA
Shantae Foreman, a triple jump specialist from Clemson University, has signed an NIL deal with PUMA. Foreman built an impressive collegiate athletics career competing for the Tigers, emerging as one of Jamaica’s top collegiate jumpers in both the triple jump and long jump. After a standout high school career in Jamaica at Excelsior High School […]
Gout Gout Featured in 60 Minutes Interview
A recent 60 Minutes interview on CBS profiled Australian sprint sensation Gout Gout, an 18-year-old rising star whose rapid ascent in the 200 meters has sparked comparisons to Usain Bolt. The feature traces Gout’s journey from a schoolyard sprinter in Brisbane to one of the fastest teenagers in history after clocking 19.67 seconds in the […]
Paige Sheppard Commits to Stanford University
Paige Sheppard, one of the most accomplished high school distance runners in New Jersey history, announced that she has committed to Stanford University to continue both her academic and athletic career. The Union Catholic junior, widely regarded as one of the nation’s top recruits in the Class of 2027, shared the news on Instagram while […]
DIII Records for Hagan and Schroeder
Ryan Hagan and Luke Schroeder set new NCAA Division III records over the weekend, with Hagan bettering his own 1500m record and Schroeder taking nearly 0.3 seconds off the prior 110m hurdle mark. At the Duke Twilight, Ryan Hagan of SUNY Geneso ran 3:37.19 to improve upon the mark he set just weeks prior at […]
Another World Record for TCS London Marathon
The 2026 TCS London Marathon set a new Guinness World Record for the largest number of marathon finishers, with 59,830 runners completing the race. That total surpassed the previous mark of 59,226 finishers set by the 2025 TCS New York City Marathon. Organizers highlighted the achievement as another milestone for an event that continues to […]