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NCAA Division II men’s and women’s outdoor track and field championships qualifiers announced

by admin | May 18, 2022 | Representation, SEW

The NCAA Division II Men’s and Women’s Track and Field Committee has announced the participants for the 2022 NCAA Division II Men’s and Women’s Outdoor Track and Field Championships. A total of 754 participants, 377 men and 377 women, will compete in the...

These are 5 of the most versatile athletes in women’s outdoor track and field this spring

by admin | May 12, 2022 | Representation, SEW

Track and field consists of both track and field events. Simple right? Well, most athletes in the sport don’t overlap their events between track and field, specializing in just one side of the sport. However, there are a few who run in events on the track and...

Letesenbet Gidey, world-record holder in 5000m, 10,000m, sets marathon debut

by admin | May 11, 2022 | Representation, SEW

Ethiopian Letesenbet Gidey, the world-record holder at 5000m, 10,000m and the half marathon, will make her marathon debut in Valencia, Spain, on Dec. 4. Gidey, 24, broke the 5000m world record in Valencia in October 2020, then broke the half marathon world record in...

Terence Crawford’s 7-year-old daughter loses shoe, comes back to win track race in heroic effort

by admin | May 11, 2022 | Representation, SEW

Terence “Bud” Crawford — who has yet to lose a fight in his professional career (38-0, 29 KOs) — is in the midst of an astonishing rise in the boxing world, but it’s the talent of his daughter, Talaya, which currently has our jaws on the...

Gabby Thomas Is Conditioned for a Never-Ending Push to the Finish Line

by admin | May 10, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW

The sky over Austin is a gloomy slate, but Gabby Thomas couldn’t be in a sunnier mood after thundering through an afternoon workout that would’ve had anyone else scraping themselves off the tarmac. “I’m really working on tackling the 100 [meters],” says Thomas, a...

Track star Kendall Ellis on passing baton to next generation and setting world record with Roisin Willis

by admin | Apr 21, 2022 | Representation, SEW

It was a whirlwind 24 hours for Kendall Ellis. Sitting in her Southern California home last Thursday afternoon, she got a call from her agent Wesley Felix. “How do you feel about coming to Boston to run a DMR [distance medley race]?” he said. Read...

Track superstars Heather MacLean and Elle Purrier St. Pierre on breaking a world record

by admin | Apr 20, 2022 | Representation, SEW

Heather MacLean and Elle Purrier St. Pierre’s friendship was evident as the baton passed through the four-person women’s indoor distance medley relay (DMR) at The TRACK at New Balance in Boston last Friday. MacLean, who ran in the 1500 meters at the Tokyo...

Allyson Felix: US Olympic great to retire at end of season

by admin | Apr 14, 2022 | Representation, SEW

Allyson Felix, the most decorated female track and field Olympian of all time, will retire at the end of the season. The 36-year-old American has won 11 Olympic medals, including seven golds, as well as 13 world titles. She competed at her fifth and final Olympics in...

Valarie Allman breaks American record in discus, world’s best throw in 30 years

by admin | Apr 11, 2022 | Representation, SEW

Olympic gold medalist Valarie Allman broke her American record on Friday with the world’s best discus throw in 30 years. Allman, 27, launched a 71.46-meter throw at a meet in San Diego, bettering her previous national record by nearly a foot. Read...

Olympian Allyson Felix wants to change the gender pay gap “completely” and achieve “true equality”

by admin | Mar 14, 2022 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW

U.S. statistics show women are still being paid less than men. Legendary Olympian Allyson Felix told CBS News that she wants the gender pay gap to change “completely.” Women earn 83 cents for every dollar men make, according to the 2021 numbers from...
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