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State and local dignitaries celebrate the opening of the Reno-Tahoe Indoor Track Facility at the Reno-Sparks Convention Center on Thursday night in Nevada. Photo by Matt Traub/SportsTravel

New Indoor Track Facility a Boost for Reno-Tahoe Tourism

Teams and coaches gathered in the stands and alongside the edges of the banked track, chugging energy drinks and chewing on energy bars as athletes from all around the Western United States vaulted, jumped, threw and sprinted over a three-day period. The scene for the Silver State Invitational is what the Reno-Sparks Convention and Visitors […]

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USA Track & Field, COO Renee Washington Honored by World Athletics

World Athletics has named USA Track & Field as the winner of its Member Federation Award and USATF Chief Operating Officer Renee Washington was awarded Woman of the Year from the international federation. Washington received the honor in recognition of her work to promote the advancement of gender equity in athletics, including new USATF initiatives […]

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Grand Slam Track

Grand Slam Track Adds Miami and Philadelphia to Inaugural 2025 Schedule

The new professional track competition being organized by four-time Olympic champion Michael Johnson, Grand Slam Track, will have a meet in Miami from May 2-4, 2025 and Philadelphia from May 30–June 1. “South Florida knows how to host big events and that’s exactly what we’re bringing with Grand Slam Track,” said Johnson, the league’s founder […]

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U.S. Paralympics Track & Field Program to Become Part of USA Track & Field

USA Track & Field is bringing the U.S. Paralympics Track & Field program in-house beginning January 1 as part of a partnership that will unite all of its athletes under one roof, the national governing body and United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee announced Wednesday. American track and field athletes captured 34 medals, including 14 […]

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Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon, will be one of the sites for a 2025 Diamond League meet. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

2025 Diamond League Schedule Released

The 2025 Diamond League will include its now-traditional stop in Eugene, Oregon, as part of the full schedule of events released this week with the season starting in the Far East. The Diamond League’s first 2025 meet will be in Xiamen, China, on April 26 and will remain in China for the second meeting of […]

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Sha’Carri Richardson Prefontaine 2024
Sha'Carri Richardson wins the women's 100 meters at the Prefontaine Classic on May 25, 2024, in Eugene, Oregon. (AP Photo/Thomas Boyd)

Prefontaine Classic Announces 2025 Dates

The Prefontaine Classic has announced its dates for the 2025 edition, as the event returns to Hayward Field at the University of Oregon on July 5, 2025, for the 50th edition of the meet. The announcement comes one day after the end of the 2024 Wanda Diamond League at the Allianz Memorial Van Damme in […]

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SportsTravel Podcast Susannah Scaroni

Susannah Scaroni: On the Paralympics, Marathons and Improving Adaptive Sports Events

Like many Olympians and Paralympians, Susannah Scaroni has had to overcome her share of challenges. In her case, a car accident at the age of 5 caused her to need a wheelchair for mobility, a journey that led her to adaptive sports. Her initial experience was not positive. But when she discovered a welcoming adaptive […]

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NAIA Gainesville

Gainesville to Host 2025 and 2026 NAIA Indoor Track & Field National Championships

The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics has selected Gainesville, Florida, and the Alachua County Sports & Events Center to host the 2025 and 2026 NAIA Indoor Track & Field National Championships, with the first event taking place February 27 through March 1, 2025. The Alachua County Sports & Events Center includes a 200-meter banked, six-lane […]

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Allyson Felix is one of the most decorated Olympians of all time, with seven gold medals and 11 total medals. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Allyson Felix Elected to International Olympic Committee Athletes’ Commission

Five-time U.S. Olympian Allyson Felix, who made Olympic history by winning 11 medals, has been elected to the IOC Athletes’ Commission. Felix will serve an eight-year term and be confirmed as member of the International Olympic Committee at the Closing Ceremony of the 2024 Games in Paris on August 11. Felix stepped away from athletics […]

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Paris Olympics Athletics
Noah Lyles, in lane seven, wins the men's 100-meter final at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Saint-Denis, France. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Noah Lyles’ Dramatic Olympic Win Boosts USA Track & Field’s Brand

PARIS — Max Siegel cut a relaxed figure on the concourse at the Stade de France in the early evening on Sunday, less than 90 minutes before that night’s session of athletics at the 2024 Olympic Summer Games. This is the time every four years that USA Track & Field gets more exposure than ever. […]

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