Here we go Arizona track & field fans! Round 1 of our Arizona track and field athlete of the decade - boys' bracket. Voting starts today and ends 10 pm, June 3rd.
Here we go Arizona track & field fans! Round 1 of our Arizona track and field athlete of the decade - boys' bracket. Voting starts today and ends 10 pm, June 3rd.
With only a couple meets this year, we need to start looking at the 2019 season to see who may be the young men to beat in 2021. We are going to focus our attention today on the boys' 110HH and 300H runners. We looked back at the best frosh and soph boy hurdlers of 2019 and put together a list of the top-87 boys in Arizona who will be back as upper-class athletes in 2021 in both of these events. Below are athletes #78-#87. For the top 77, go to the link beneath our chart.
Sometimes technology doesn't make things easier. One of the top hurdlers returning next year was somehow left out. Our apologies.
With only a couple meets this year, we need to start looking at the 2019 season to see who may be the young women to beat in 2021. We are going to focus our attention today on the girls' 100H and 300H runners.
Over the next several weeks we will be asking you our readers to vote on who should be crowned the #1 AZ track and field athletes in the past decade (2010-2019). This will be a 64-person tournament. 32 boys and 32 girls, covering all events. Sunday will be our first vote, so be ready!
Here we go Arizona track & field fans! Round 1 of our Arizona track and field athlete of the decade - girls bracket. Voting starts today and ends 11:59 pm, May 28th.
Jake Smith was a solid distance runner in high school when he ran for Cibola ('18) and always wanted to run D1. He was able to and here in this interview he explains how that all came to be.
With only a couple meets this year, we need to start looking at the 2019 season to see who may be the young women to beat in 2021. We are going to focus our attention today on the girls' 1600M and 800M runners. We looked back at the best frosh and soph girl middle-distance runners of 2019 and put together a list of the top-82 girls in Arizona who will be back as upper-class athletes in 2021 in both of these events. Below are athletes #63-#82. For the top 62, go to the link beneath our chart.
Coach Scott Moomaw retired this year from Hamilton High School. We sat down and spoke with him on his thoughts of coaching and what it has meant to him.
With only a couple meets this year, we need to start looking at the 2019 season to see who may be the young men to beat in 2021. We are going to focus our attention today on the boys' 1600M and 800M runners. We looked back at the best frosh and soph boy middle-distance runners of 2019 and put together a list of the top-82 boys in Arizona who will be back as upper-class athletes in 2021 in both of these events. Below are athletes #63-#82. For the top 62, go to the link beneath our chart.
With only a couple meets this year, we need to start looking at the 2019 season to see who may be the young women to beat in 2021. We are going to focus our attention today on the girls' 100M and 200M runners. We looked back at the best frosh and soph girl sprinters of 2019 and put together a list of the top-89 girls in Arizona who will be back as upper-class athletes in 2021 in both of these events. Below are athletes #70-#89. For the top 69, go to the link beneath our chart.
We sat down with David Shapiro, AIA Tournament Coordinator for cross county, track and field, and soccer, and discussed the likelihood of cross country this fall and what considerations and plans have been made for a postponed or shortened 2020 season.
Since the track season was cut way short, we are starting to look at the top returning boy sprinters for 2021. We took the fastest times in the 100 and 200 from 2019 to come up with 80 boys to watch next spring.
We have been hearing about these Arizona distance guys who call themselves the Goonsquad and we wanted to find out more about who they were and what they were all about.
Since the track season was cut way short, we are starting to look at the top returning girl throwers for 2021. We took the best throws from 2019 in the shot and discus to come up with 91 girls to watch next spring.
We sat down with AIA's cross country Tournament Coordinator David Shapiro who gave us some insights to what to expect for the potential 2020 high school cross country season.
Since the track season was cut way short, we are starting to look at the top returning boy throwers for 2021. We took the best throws from 2019 in the shot and discus to come up with 88 boys to watch next spring.
Since we couldn't have a full 2020 season, we went back to 2019 to see what underclassman had the best jumps in both the long and triple. We came up with 77 girl jumpers who will be returning next season to see who can have the longest combined long and triple in the state of Arizona.
Since there were not many meets this year, we looked at the top sophomore jumps from 2019 to see who will be coming back as a senior with the best combined long and triple jump marks. We found 74 boys who fit the bill - see where you rank.
We did the boys Fantasy DMR by state a few weeks ago and now we have the girls. This is an All-Time Fantasy DMR made up of athletes from a state. We came up with 12 teams that are pretty darn good. If we missed someone, let us know.
Who doesn't love the 4x400?! Watch last year's 4x400 finals for all divisions.
Here's a list of our 2020 interviews form some amazing Arizona athletes in the past couple of months.
Adam Whitehead is a top distance runner in Arizona and today he is our senior salute.
Watch and relive Johnnie Blockburger's double-win at the Division I state meet in 2019. He set two PRs for himself that day in early May in the 200 & 400.
Mia Olsen fought through injuries in her junior and senior year but still managed to have a great cross country season in 2019. Mia is our senior salute today.
Watch Ali Upshaw's incredible triple-crown performances at the AIA Division IV State Meet (2019). Ali won the 800, 1600, and 3200 over a two-day span in early May of 2019. Videos and photos.
Should the AIA Track & Field Meet be updated and reformatted? We give our ideas on a possible win-win for the AIA State Championships for years to come. What are your feelings on our idea?
Relive Kelee Ringo's 100M race at the AIA 2019 Division III State Meet. Video and pics.
Should the current AIA track & field state championship format be changed? We posed this question in an editorial we wrote yesterday and today we have a poll for you to weigh in on.
Let's look back at last year's final day of the AIA State Championships. Full coverage.