Olympic Track And Field News

If Lolo Jones returns to Lake Placid, N.Y., later this year in hopes of making the Olympic bobsled team, she can expect a frosty reception.

Since winning the Wildflower Long Course Triathlon in 2011, Jesse Thomas has won five more triathlons, including two more Wildflowers and the Rev3 Florida, Rev3 Maine and Ironman 70.3 Poconos in 2012.

Xavier Donaldson, 7, of Montclair , won two gold medals and a silver in the USA Track & Field New Jersey Junior Olympics meet this past weekend in Palisades Park .

Caryl Smith Gilbert, a six-time Conference USA Coach of the Year at the University of Central Florida who guided the Knights' women's team to a program-best fifth place finish at both the 2013 NCAA Track and Field Outdoor and Indoor Championships, has been named USC's Director of Track and Field, USC athletic director Pat Haden announced today .

Emma Coburn, right, of the University of Colorado, races during the preliminary rounds of the women's 3,000 meter steeplechase at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials at the University of Oregon's Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore., on Monday, June 25, 2012.

South Africa's Olympic chief says he had a constructive meeting with the International Association of Athletics Federations at the weekend, in an effort to explain the administrative takeover of Athletics SA and prevent international sanctions.

REPORTS of a failed drug test by Jamaican sprint darling Veronica Campbell Brown late last week sent shock waves of seismic proportions through the local and international track and field fraternity and elicited a variety of responses from her legions of fans both here and overseas.

Come to a track meet. There you will see coaches screaming as their athletes as they run or sprint on the track.

Growing up the youngest of four brothers is never easy, especially when you have to live up to the lofty expectations that Dexter Neboh's big brothers have set before him.

Throughout his college career, Elijah Greer has been one of the top 800-meter runners in the country.

Jamaica's 200 metres world champion Veronica Campbell-Brown has tested positive for a banned diuretic, sources close to Jamaican athletics told Reuters .

Some might see the national championship as the goal achieved, the end of the road.

More than 600 athletes and 23 teams were represented Saturday at the USATF Virginia AAU Track Junior Olympics at Todd Stadium.

The Class of 2013 winners were chosen by Herald staff writers and editors based on first-hand observations and information from coaches and athletic directors.

The head of Jamaican track and field said Saturday that one of the sprinting powerhouse's athletes has failed a doping test and officials are awaiting the result of the backup sample.

It's been almost a year since the Summer Olympic Games in London, but Molly Huddle isn't slowing down one bit.

Jeff Ellis, 54, overcame colon cancer to win his sixth gold medal as a power lifter in the Michigan Senior Olympics.

Grassley, a longtime Republican representative, understands the importance of wrestling, which many acknowledge is woven into the cultural fabric of the state that he serves.

No wonder Brianna Rollins runs so fast. She had no choice, what with six younger brothers nipping at her heels.

Jamaica's 200 meters world champion Veronica Campbell-Brown has tested positive for a banned diuretic, sources close to Jamaican athletics told Reuters.