Brittney Reese News

Tyson Gay and Sanya Richards were voted the winners of the 2009 Jesse Owens Awards by members of the U.S. track and field media, along with track fans who voted for their favorites in the first-ever Jesse Owens Athletes of the Year Fan Vote presented by Nike.

Dr. Phillips is the new No.1 in Class 6A football, and with victories against Edgewater, Kissimmee Osceola and Olympia in the rearview mirror, the Panthers are primed to ride that ranking into the postseason, which opens Nov.

Over a span of 125 years, the Sun Herald has followed many championship efforts, great athletes, great coaches, great games and breaking sports events.

You've heard of the NCAA Division I . But do you know about the other divisions? And do you know about the NAIA and the NJCAA? When it comes to athletics and picking a college, there are other good choices beyond Division I. Often, high school athletes, particularly, elites and those wanting good competition in college, think only of D-1. For ...

Jeter dominates at World Athletics Final 2009 World Outdoor Championships bronze medalist Carmelita Jeter posted the fastest women's 100m time in 12 years with her victory over the weekend at the IAAF/VTB Bank World Athletics Final in Thessaloniki, Greece.

Lopes-Schliep, and Felicien Gay defeats Powell in 100m Canada's Gary Reed competes in a Men's 800m semifinal at the World Athletics Championships in Berlin on Friday, Aug.

Canadian Gary Reed added another strong result to close out the 2009 track and field season on Saturday, finishing second in the 800 metres at the World Athletics Final in Greece.

A crowd of approximately 30 people gathered inside the historic Lyceum on the Ole Miss campus Tuesday morning as Ole Miss Chancellor Dan Jones recognized former Rebel All-American jumper Brittney Reese and all her recent accomplishments.

Tyson Gay, right, from U.S. and Asafa Powell from Jamaica , second right, cross the line in men's 100 meters.

Tyson Gay of the US beat Jamaica's Asafa Powell in the men's 100 metres at the World Athletics Final here.

Tyson Gay beat Asafa Powell in the 100 meters at the World Athletics Final on Saturday, finishing in 9.88 seconds in his last major race of the season.

Team USA stars Allyson Felix, LaShawn Merritt, Sanya Richards, Christian Cantwell, Brittney Reese, Tyson Gay, Bernard Lagat, Dwight Phillips and Kerron Clement will lead a strong contingent of Americans at the 2009 IAAF World Athletics Final September 12-13 at Thessaloniki, Greece.

Who is track's greatest runner? Long-distance star Kenenisa Bekele wonders what it would be like to race sprinting great Usain Bolt.

Ethiopia's double Olympic champion Kenenisa Bekele added 5,000m gold to his 10,000m title, becoming the first man to do so at a World Championships.

As the 2009 World Championships of Track and Field come to a close and the trip of a lifetime for this track coach nears its end, I can take the time to recount what has transpired in the last two weeks with a little more perspective and humor.

On a frantic final day of competition in the Olympic Stadium Kenenisa Bekele underlined his place as one of the all-time greats of distance running when he added the world 5,000 metres title to Monday's 10,000 gold.

Given the United States' status as track and field's superpower, the criticisms leveled against it are understandable.

Brittney Reese and Team USA's 4x400m relay squads won gold, Bernard Lagat won his second medal, and Shannon Rowbury won 1,500m bronze Sunday evening at the 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics at the 1936 Olympic Stadium in Berlin, Germany.

This wasn't a scene the Americans were hoping to see again. The setting shifted, yet the world championship results played out eerily similar to the Beijing Olympics.

China finally won a gold medal through Bai Xue in the women's marathon in the last day's competition of the 12th World Athletics Championships, putting an end to their frustrating wait for an athletics title since the Beijng Olympics.