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August 3, 2022

Track & Field/Cross Country Rule Changes for 2022-23 Season

Every year the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) reviews the rules for every sport looking to improve the experience for student-athletes. Last month, the NFHS revisited the rules for high school track & field/cross ...

June 13, 2022

Gators Sweep D1 Outdoor Track & Field Championships

by Wesley Sykes

The Florida Gators men's and women's outdoor track & field teams each captured their respective national titles over the weekend. The Gators men's team totaled 54 total points, with Texas finishing second with 38 points. The championship for F...

June 11, 2021

Facility Focus: Illini’s Demirjian Park Head of the Pack

by Brendan Kurie, Contributing Writer

The YouTube video lasts just 96 seconds, but that’s plenty of time for dozens of exciting exultations from the University of Illinois women’s soccer team. It’s the type of over-the-moon exuberance usually reserved for championship celebratio...

May 13, 2021

Mask Mandates Updated in Oregon After Runner Collapses

by Wesley Sykes

The Oregon Health Authority updated its mask guidance recently for non-contact sports following a high school runner collapsing during the home stretch of a race in Bend, OR. As part of the updated guidelines, those participating in non-contact sp...

April 7, 2021

Track Coach Fired for Refusing to Force Athletes to Wear Masks

by Wesley Sykes

A New Hampshire high school track and field coach was fired earlier this week for not making his student-athletes wear masks. Brad Keyes, a third-year track and field coach at Pembroke Academy, penned a letter to his athletic director, Fred Vezina...

December 10, 2020

OSAA Pushes High School Sports to February

by Wesley Sykes

The Oregon School Activities Association (OSAA) announced earlier this week that the start of the high school sports season will be pushed back to February. In a report from The Statesman Journal, practices for winter sports were slated to begin a...

November 13, 2020

Ivy League Cancels Winter Sports, Delays Spring

by Wesley Sykes

The Ivy League became the first NCAA Division I conference to officially cancel its winter sports season, according to an ESPN report. In addition to canceling the winter sports season, the Ivy League also announced the postponement of spring spor...

October 30, 2020

UAA Conference Cancels 2020-21 Winter Season

by Wesley Sykes

The University Athletic Association (UAA) Presidents Council has unanimously approved a resolution to cancel all formal UAA winter sport competition for the 2020-21 season. Over the last several months several UAA committees comprising athletic ad...

April 17, 2020

Choosing turf: how one school district implemented a superior product

by Jess Schmidt

{Sponsored} Ten years ago, the Hamburg Area School District in Pennsylvania renovated the stadium that contained their football field as well as the track. At the time, the field was grass, and it was subject to all of the issues that can result from...

February 4, 2020

Achieving excellence in coaching by learning from the best

by Jess Schmidt

{Sponsored} Lawrence Judge, Ph.D., epitomizes coaching excellence. His experience includes coaching NCAA champions, Olympians, Paralympians and over 100 All-Americans for over 30 years. At the November 2019 World Championships in Dubai, his athletes ...