IAAF World Championship Preview: The best NCAA track and field athletes
In 2023 athletes from multiple college divisions have a chance to not only make the World finals, but threaten for medals when they do. Here are just a few names you should keep an eye on that have a chance to shock the entire world.
How fast are the NFL’s best track and field athletes?
The only way to know how fast football players really are, is to see what they do on the track. This is a breakdown of the best track athletes to play in the NFL throughout the modern era.
JT Smith is the fastest man in D1, but isn’t allowed to prove it at the NCAAs
The truth is that JT Smith was never supposed to be this good, because nobody thought a runner at Texas A&M Commerce would turn out to be the fastest in NCAA Division 1.
Conference Realignment is a big problem for college track and field
The truth is that football is king when it comes to college sports, so whatever happens to the conferences is always in their best interest. Which also means it’s probably not a good idea for almost anybody else.
What if D3 MIT dueled D1 Florida in track and field?
Florida is the Division 1 national champion for outdoor track and field. So that makes them the best men’s track team in the country. But what would happen if they actually competed in a dual meet, with the Division 3 National champions?
The fastest HS girls in the 400 meter dash! Where are they now?
What really happens to the fastest girls 400 meter runners in high school? Only 1 girl every year runs the fastest time in the nation. Furthermore, high school is really only the start of any young sprinter’s career.
The Texas Longhorns are women’s NCAA champions, and legitimate contenders to the entire world
2023 is the Lady Longhorn’s first championship since 2005 when Olympian Sanya Richards-Ross was still on the team. But this team might be the greatest women’s college track and field team of all time.
Why the USA men’s 4x100 keeps losing, and how Canada beat them
The reason Canada beat team USA in the 2022 4x100 meter relay, is because they did something right. Something that the USA has gotten wrong for years now. That mistake cost them the race. A race that might go down as the biggest underachievement, or perhaps even the greatest upset in track and field history.
Sam Blaskowski is a D3 sprinter, and 1 of America’s fastest men
Sam Blaskowski made the USA Championships in both the 100 and 200 meter dashes. That’s a big deal for any sprinter. But it is an even bigger deal when you realize who Sam Blaskowski actually is. He is an NCAA Division 3 athlete.
Keni Harrison is STILL the FASTEST hurdler to never win a World title
Keni Harrison does not get the credit she deserves. That is because she has never won a gold medal on the world stage in her signature event. At this point it is the only thing left for her to accomplish on the track.
International athletes are dominating college Track and Field, at every level
The truth is that track and field in the National Collegiate Athletic Association isn’t really about the nation of America at all. Because at this point international athletes are dominating and it doesn’t seem like they have any plans on slowing down.
How did Cordell Tinch, 1 of America’s best hurdlers end up in NCAA Division 2?
Cordell Tinch has been one of the most dominant track and field athletes that nobody ever paid attention to. The only comparison that actually makes sense to him, is already the reigning World Champion, Grant Holloway.
Is Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone already the greatest of all time?
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone is the greatest women’s track athlete in the modern era. But depending on how you look at it, she won’t need to keep running much longer to retire as the greatest of all time.
What happens to HS sprinters who go pro in track?
Erriyon Knighton’s professional success is the exception, and not the rule. Choosing to turn pro in track and field is one of the hardest things that any athlete can do. So for any high school sprinter who does it, you should be careful what you wish for.
Cravont Charleston is the USATF 100 meter champion, and nobody saw it coming
Cravont Charleston is the American champion in the 100 meter dash! It is a victory that is truly an underdog story. But Cravont has always been right there contending in the 100, knocking on the door of success. This is just the first time that he finally kicked the door down.
Does AAU track prepare athletes for the Olympics?
What really happens to the fastest boys at the Junior Olympics? Do they go on to become NCAA champions and Olympic medalists?
Gabrielle Thomas is the USA’s best on and off the track
Believe it or not Gabby Thomas is probably America’s best bet to win the 200 meter dash at the World Championships. She is a winner at almost anything she sets her mind to, and both her opponents and classmates know it.
Melissa Jefferson is an unlikely American 100 meter champion
The truth is that nobody saw Melissa Jefferson winning the USA 100 meter dash. She was not even recruited by the big programs in college because she was never supposed to be this good.
Reranking the 2023 NBA Draft Class as HS recruits
After years of scouting players before they even get a diploma, I wanted to know if the scouts actually get it right about which players will hear their names called on draft day?
Ranking the Top 10 men’s Bowerman award winners
in 2009 the Bowerman award was created to become the Heisman trophy for collegiate track. I compared the individual performances for each men’s winner to determine who is really the greatest athlete of this generation.