Sean McGorty Has Been Searching for His Best Event. He May Have Found It.
When
Sean McGorty ran 8:20.77 in his 3000-meter steeplechase debut on May 9 at the USATF Golden Games at Mt. SAC the fastest debut ever by an American it marked the germination of a seed that had been planted three years earlier. Though the running world only learned of McGorty s desire to take up the event when the Golden Games start lists were published that week, it is an idea that had been in the works for quite some time, even before McGorty had joined the Bowerman Track Club.
Why Have Three Of The BTC’s Biggest Stars – Shelby Houlihan, Lopez Lomong, & Evan Jager – Only Raced Once Total In 2021?
Select Bowerman Track Club Stars Shelby Houlihan, Lopez Lomong, & Evan Jager Likely to Make Season Debuts in Portland
May 17, 2021
Today marks 32 days until the US Olympic Track & Field Trials begin in Eugene, Ore., yet two of the biggest stars in American distance running have still yet to race in 2021. The Bowerman Track Club’s
Shelby Houlihan, the reigning US 1500m and 5000m champion, and
Lopez Lomong, the reigning US 5000m and 10,000m champion, have both been conspicuously absent from the spring racing scene. And the most credentialed long-time member of the Bowerman Track Club, seven-time US steeplechase champion
Will PPV Work? How Will Centro Look? 6 Big Questions Ahead of 2021 Sound Running Track Meet
May 13, 2021
The 2021 track season is heating up. In recent weeks, some of America’s top stars have been gearing up for the Olympic Trials at events like the USATF Grand Prix and USATF Golden Games, and there’s another loaded meet on tap this weekend in California: the Sound Running Track Meet, which doubles as the first installment of the 2021 American Track League outdoor season.
The Track Meet is basically taking the place of Payton Jordan, which was cancelled this year, with super deep distance fields led by the likes of
USATF Golden Games Preview: What A Meet!!! Brazier v Hoppel v Murphy, Lyles v Bednarek, Jager Returns, McGorty Debuts, & DK Metcalf
May 7, 2021
We’re just six weeks out from the US Olympic Trials, and this weekend many of America’s top athletes have decided it’s time to show their cards.
Evan Jager is running his first steeple since 2018.
Allyson Felix is running her first 200 outdoors since 2017. And world champions
Noah Lyles (200m) and
Donavan Brazier (800m) will run their specialty events for the first time outdoors in 2021 the latter against a stacked field that includes
Bryce Hoppel and
Shelby Houlihan is still nowhere to be seen and