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FeaturedMeet Alex Morris: Pushing Past His Limits to the NYC Marathon
Alexander, a Brooklyn-based runner is taking on his first-ever full marathon. For him, this race is more than just 26.2 miles, it is the ultimate test of discipline, resilience, and community.
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Asian American and Pacific Islander Athletes in Track and Field
The month of May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. We’d like to take this opportunity to put the spotlight on some of the amazing Asian American and Pacific Islanders within the track and field community, not only in the United States, but in other parts of the world as well. The list…
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Sisterhood Spotlight: Jenny Hitchings
Jenny Hitchings is an American distance runner from Sacramento, California, who at the age of 59 set a new world record at the 2023 London Marathon
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Sisterhood Spotlight: Des Linden
In her recently published memoir, Choosing to Run, two – time Olympian Des Linden shares her start in athletics, her wide range of accomplishments, and how she recovered when times got hard.
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AAU Track and Field partners with Olympian led TrackGirlz to offer track and field girls empowerment programming to its members
ORLANDO, FL. – The Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) Track and Field, one of the nation’s largest youth track and field event organizers, most recently partnered with TrackGirlz, a nonprofit organization led by USA Olympic Sprinter & High Performance Coach, Mechelle Lewis Freeman, and Wellness Coach, Jennifer Forrester. This joint effort will provide direct pathways to implement…
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Track and Field Olympians empower teens through Camp Tour kicking off in South Africa
2x Olympic Gold Medalist, Natasha Hastings, and Olympian Mechelle Lewis Freeman collaborate to use their track and field experience to empower teens as they kick off their 2018 Camp Tour in Johannesburg on March 3rd and in Cape Town on March 10. JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – Jan. 25, 2018 – PRLog — Hastings’ Tea Time with Tasha program aims to…
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Female Winner of the Bowerman Award: Raevyn Rogers
The Bowerman award was named after the great Oregon track and Field coach Bill Bowerman. Bill Bowerman has an unbelievable legacy in the track and field world. Not only was he an extremely successful athlete himself, he was the head track and field and cross country coach of the Oregon Ducks for 23 years. During…
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Balance is Key
As an athlete, finding balance between work, life, and athletic goals is a constant challenge. Whether you’re a student athlete or a professional, it’s a daily task to find the time and to create balance for every aspect in your life. We hope you enjoy this special letter written by TrackGirlz ambassador Faith Robinson, track…
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Believe in the Pass
The only events in track and field that are not an individualized event are the relays. Having the opportunity to run a leg on a relay team is an exhilarating experience that only a select few sprint and distance track and field athletes get to have. They get to work together, challenge each other to…