In the season premier of the Track World News Podcast we discuss the Enhanced Games going public, Quincy Wilson committing to Maryland, Grand Slam Track failing to be purchased by World Athletics, top athletes to look out for this year. And much more!
In today’s episode we interview 400m hurdler, Caleb Dean. We discuss his experience with Grand Slam, his fall at the Olympic Trials, and getting ready for the remainder of the season.
In today’s episode, we discuss the following. USC sprinters Max Thomas, Garrett Kaalund, Eddie Nketia, Travis Williams, JC Stevenson, and Taylor Banks light up the track. Gout Gout continues his dominance. Shelly Ann Fraser Pryce announces retirement. And finally, the founder of the Diamond League, Patrick Magyar, calls Grand Slam Track a flop.0:00 - Intro1:34 - USC Sprinters dominate9:02 - Gout Gout runs 9.99 and 19.8415:25 - Shelly Ann Fraser Pryce announces retirement17:40 - Patrick Magyar calls Grand Slam Track a flop
In today’s episode we discuss Grand Slam Track and our reaction to the meet.0:00 - Intro1:07 - Grand Slam Track Reaction10:22 - What Noah would change about Grand Slam18:15 - Kenny Bednarek dominates the 100m and 200m21:10 - Jamaica didn’t do much23:07 - Melissa Jefferson-Wooden sweeps 100m and 200m25:55 - Salwa Eid Naser, Gabby Thomas, and Marileidy Paulino in long sprints28:10 - Matthew Hudson-Smith wins long sprints 34:30 - Tia Jones shocks the world in 100mh37:15 - What Colin would change about Grand Slam38:50 - Fred Kerley says Noah Lyles isn’t on his level42:15 - Heroes and Villains in track and field48:45 - Julien Alfred 300m world lead54:00 - Abdul-Rasheed Saminu runs 9.87 for world lead56:50 - Intl Athlete of the week
In today’s podc,ast we review the Texas Relays, make predictions for Grand Slam Track, and more.0:00 - Intro5:00 - Indya Mayberry 100m10:30 - Arkansas women 4x400m15:00 - World Athletics makes 300m hurdle official event17:48 - Who are the best athletes in the sport ( Rai Benjamin, Noah Lyles, Letsile Tebogo, and Grant Holloway)23:41 - Has Michael Norman under performed?25:21 - Noah Lyles running the 400m?27:15 - Salwa Eid Naser runs 48.94 in 400m31:45 - Grand Slam women’s long sprints predictions38:36 - Grand Slam men’s long sprints predictions43:05 - Grand Slam women’s long hurdles predictions46:30 - Grand Slam men’s long hurdles predictions52:50 - Grand Slam women’s short sprints predictions58:36 - Grand Slam men’s short sprints predictions1:06:05 - Intl Athlete of the Week
In Today’s episode we review the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championship.0:00 - Intro12:10 - Overall Review of the Championship18:00 - We need new track announcers21:45 - Isabella Whittaker breaks 400m American Record28:00 - Jadyn Mays helps Oregon win NCAA title33:15 - Indya Mayberry shocks Jameesia Ford in the 200m36:45 - Jordan Anthony shocks Auburn in the 60m43:30 - Men’s 400m disappointment 51:45 - 4x400m drama1:01:45 - International rise in the sprints1:08:30 - International Athlete of the Week1:14:10 - Could Quincy Wilson go to LSU?
In today's episode we preview the sprinting events for the NCAA Championship. We also go over Oblique Seville defeating Noah Lyles at the Racers Grand Prix and World Athletics adding the mixed 4x100m as a race. Colin's Pick Men 100m - Shaun Maswanganyi, Godson Oghenebrume, and Favour Ashe 200m - Tarsis Orogot, Wanya McCoy, and Lance Lang 400m - Christopher Morales Williams, Johnnie Blockburger, and Judson Lincoln 110mh - Ja'Kobe Tharp, De'vion Wilson, and Darius Luff 400mh - Nathan Ezekiel, Sean Burrell, and Caleb Dean 4x100m - LSU, Houston, and South Florida 4x400m - Texas A&M, Arkansas, and Florida Team Champions - Houston Women 100m - Mckenzie Long, Brianna Lyston, and Jadyn Mays 200m - Mckenzie Long, Thelma Davies, and Jameesia Ford 400m - Amber Anning, Nickisha Pryce, and Aaliya Butler 100mh - Grace Stark, Maribel Caicedo, and Leah Phillips 400mh - Rachel Glenn, Jasmine Jones, and Sydni Townsend 4x100m - Ole Miss, Tennessee, and LSU 4x400m - Arkansas, Tennessee, and South Carolina Team Champions - Arkansas Noah's Picks Men 100m - Godson Oghenebrume, Shaun Maswanganyi, and Favour Ashe 200m - Tarsis Orogot, Wanya McCoy, and Lance Lang 400m - Johnnie Blockburger, Christopher Morales-Williams, and Samuel Ogazi 110mh - Ja'Kobe Tharp, Stephen Eloji, and Darius Luff 400mh - Chris Robinson, Sean Burrell, and Nathaniel Ezekiel 4x100m - LSU, Houston, and South Florida 4x400m - Alabama, Arkansas, and Florida Team Champions - Alabama Women 100m - Mckenzie Long, Brianna Lyston, and Jadyn Mays 200m - Mckenzie Long, Thelma Davies, and Jadyn Mays 400m - Amber Anning, Nickisha Pryce, and Kaylyn Brown 100mh - Maribel Caicedo, Grace Stark, and Rayniah Jones 400mh - Rachel Glenn, Jasmine Jones, and Akala Garrett 4x100m - LSU, Ole Miss, and Oregon 4x400m - Arkansas, South Carolina, and LSU Team Champions - LSU
Today's podcast topics: - Sha'Carri Richardson beats Elaine Thompson-Herah at the Prefontaine Classic and runs 10.83 - Christian Coleman gets another big win in the 100m with a season best 9.95 - Josh Kerr beats Jakob Ingebrigsten in the Bowerman mile - Grant Holloway sets another world lead in the 110mh and almost goes under 13 with a time of 13.03 - Kenny Bednarek stays undefeated in the 200m with a win and a time of 19.89 - Review of the top performances from the East and West NCAA track and field prelims.
Today's episode topics: - Noah Lyles ties the 150m American Record with a time of 14.41 at the Adidas Atlanta City Games. We discuss if he has a chance to break the world record in the 100m. - Fred Kerley says he is breaking the 100m Word Record next time he hit's the track, can he actually do it? - Sydney McLaughlin beats Gabby Thomas and Abby Steiner in the 200m at the LAA Grand Prix with a time of 22.07. Can she now go sub 50 in the 400m hurdles. - Akani Simbine runs the world lead in the 100m with a time of 9.90. He also continues his dominance of beating top tier sprinters including: Christian Coleman, Fred Kerley, Ferdinand Omanyala, Ackeem Blake, and Kendal Williams. - Candence Hill breaks the 150m World Record with a time of 16.30. - Rai Benjamin runs a world lead in the 400mh with a time of 46.86. This was a huge response as Alison Dos Santos ran a world leading time just a week earlier. - Noah Williams gives me tips for running a good 400m as I will be racing at the Prefontaine Classic in the Media 400m.
In this podcast episode, Noah Williams and Colin Waitzman breakdown what happened in the track world this week. Here are the topics: 1. Kenny Bednarek runs world lead time in the 200m at the Doha Diamond League meet with a time of 19.67. Does this performance guarantee his spot on the Olympic 4x100m team? 2. Zharnel Hughes beats Fred Kerley and Christian Coleman in the 200m at the Jamaica Athletics Invitational. Is it time to worry about Fred? 3. Kendall Williams ties the 100m world lead with a time of 9.93. Is he a threat to make the 100m team for team USA? 4. Conference Championship recap and favorite performance of the weekend. LSU 4x100m cooks, Godson Oghenbrume runs 9.99 in 100m, Christopher Morales Williams runs a world lead in the 400m, Sam Blaskowski runs 100m Division 3 NCAA record in 10.09, Grace Stark makes early push for comeback athlete of the year with a SEC 100mh victory, and Mackenzie Long wins the 200m from Old Miss in a world leading time. WE also discuss if the Conference Champion should bey a bye into the National Championship. 5. We close things out talking about the track and field athletes we think could play another professional sport.
In this episode of the Track World News Podcast, Noah Williams and Colin Waitzman break down some big performances from the week and other topics in the sport. Here is the agenda: 1. During the press conference of World Relays Noah Lyles says, "Let's just say a lot of people in the US were very, very, very upset that I ran the 4x400m (at World Indoors). And to that, I say: run faster. Push me out". Did he deserve a spot or should it have been someone else. 2. Team USA gets disqualified in the 4x400m relay due to changing position in the exchange zone. 3. People on Twitter have been saying that sprinters have been running slower recently, but we breakout the numbers to see if that is actually true and the results might shock you. 4. Quincy Wilson runs a 45.17 in the 400m and signs with WME Sports. Can he make the team in the Olympics as a 16 year old high schooler? 5. Story time from our previous conference championships.
We interviewed the Christian Miller, the 17 year old that has the fastest 100m time in the world with a time of 9.93. We discussed what he did to get to this level, how the race felt to him, preparation for the Olympic Trials, and even rank the best high school sprinting states.
Today Noah Williams and I discuss some major changes happening in Track and Field. Here are the topics we discuss. 1. Michael Johnson secures $30 million from investors for new track league, Winners Alliance. 2. Gabby Thomas partners with founder of Reddit Alexis Ohanian, husband of Serena Williams, to create new track series for women only called 776 Invitational. The meet is reported to pay out $95,000 in prize money per event. 3. Daryll Nieta gets an upset victory over Sha'Carri Richardson in the 200m at the Suzhou Diamond League meet. 4. Tobi Amusan false starts in the 100m hurdles and races under protest. Jasmine Camacho-Quinn get's the victory. 5. Akani Simbine get's the upset victory over Christian Coleman and Fred Kerley in the 100m. 6. Rhasidat Adeleke beats Julien Alfred and Dina Asher-Smith in the 100m 7. Penn Relays experience 8. University of South Florida upsets University of Houston in the 4x100m and wins the 4x200m. 9. Bullis protest the 4x400m results behind the scenes look at what happened 10. Bullis Girls break High School National Record 11. Stories from the track
The Track World News podcast makes it's long awaited return with it's new cohost, Noah Williams. Noah is a professional 400m runner for Adidas and a former NCAA Champion from LSU. Here are today's topics. - Mondo Duplantis breaks pole vault world record. What else does he have to do to be the greatest track and field athlete of all time? - Torrie Lewis beats Sha'Carri Richardson in the 200m - what does this mean for the season? - JuVaughn Harrison sets a new high jump world lead. - Christian Coleman beats Fred Kerley in his first 100m of the season. Which is more important early on, winning or a fast time? - Christian Miller breaks Trayvon Bromell's U20 United States 100m record with a time of 9.93. - Courtney Lindsey upsets Letsile Tebogo and puts his name on the map in the 200m. - Kenny Bednarek runs 9.91 for the win in Kenya - Noah shares a story about the first time he met Noah Lyles
Cade Flatt sits down with us to talk upon track and field and how it came into his life. We start out talking about how he differed in highschool compared to all of the other athletes and how it brought him the success that he has seen over the years. We then move onto the decision that he made and why he made it to go to Ole Miss. We lastly talk about what he thinks is the real problem with viewership in Track and Field. You don’t want to miss it!
Today we interview Oregon sprinter, Micah Williams. Micah shares with us his call out on Tyreek Hill (14:14), how he developed his clothing brand (19:20), what it was like winning his NCAA Championship (31:27), his feelings on not being selected to the 4x100m Olympic relay (37:00), what happened when he false started at the indoor championship in 2022 (39:50), and much more.
Shop at https://www.manscaped.com and use code TWN to get 20% off and free shipping! Today we take a look at the updated qualifying standards for the 2023 World Championship in Budapest. World Athletics increased their standards dramatically, and people are not happy about it. Earlier this year, World Athletics shared that they want a 50/50 split with qualifying standards and world rankings for future championships so this is nothing new. We also talk about how this decision impacts college athletes and makes it more difficult for them to qualify. Our second story, we talk about Devon Allen scoring his first touchdown with the Philadelphia Eagles and how track speed is better than football speed. In our third story, we talk about the Commonwealth Games, NACAC, and Euro Championship. We discuss how the timing of these meets are terrible and make for a championship that isn’t as exciting as it could be.
Shop at https://www.manscaped.com and use code TWN to get 20% off and free shipping! Today we discuss why Shelly Ann Fraser Pryce is the greatest sprinter alive and has more sub 10.7 races than Florence Joyner, Carmelita Jeter, and Marion Jones. We also discuss the 100m between Marvin Bracy, Christian Coleman, and Trayvon Bromell (8:45), we then talk about what the United States can learn from the Commonwealth Games (13:00), and the craziness with transferring in the NCAA (19:00).
Shop at https://www.manscaped.com and use code TWN to get 20% off and free shipping! Today we sit down with American Record holder in the 35km race walk Robyn Stevens. Robyn shares with us how she started the sport, racing against Keegan Michael Key and Kevin Hart, retiring from the sport for a decade, World Championship Drama, and much more. Tune in
Shop at https://www.manscaped.com and use code TWN to get 20% off and free shipping! Today we discuss the good, the bad, and the ugly from the world championship. This includes the world record performances, sports betting, tech, start times, Devon Allen false start, and much more.