Champions were crowned and world records were set on Monday in Paris. The night ended with Sweden's Armand Duplantis, gold medal already secured, feeling the full weight of the crowd as he pursued a ...

East Peoria, Richwoods and Brimfield high school athletes are among those up for the Journal Star Girls Athlete of the Week for Aug. 31-Sept. 5, presented by CEFCU. The University of New Mexico North ...

Track and field will never fail to surprise its fans: a sport full of tiny details, where the smallest of margins separates moments of glory from those of agony and heartache. Jamaican discus thrower ...

Former Mead thrower Simon Rosselli qualifies for discus finals at U20 World Athletics Congress Aug. 8—The dream of winning a world championship is very much alive for Simon Rosselli. On his first ...

CHARLESTON — Hersey senior Logan Farrell required some assistance to the top of the state podium on Saturday afternoon. It was a fitting conclusion to a 12-month odyssey that Farrell, a once promising ...

With hair sprouting from the top of his visor, gold glinting from his ears and Squidward socks on his feet, Joseph Brown is fairly recognizable from the discus ring. But for the U.S. Olympic Track and ...

Track and field returns for the 2024 Paris Olympics on Wednesday, with a pair of finals leading the schedule. A gold medal will be awarded in the men's 400-meter final and discus throw, with numerous ...

MIDDLETOWN, N.Y. — Kingston High junior Tiffany Hajba smashed a 41-year-old school record in the girls’ discus throw with a toss of 148 feet, five inches in the Tigers’ Orange County Interscholastic ...

Downers Grove North’s Sophia Solecki had a different set of responsibilities at last season’s big varsity meets, especially late in the season. Solecki spent last season toiling her trade in the shot ...

The 2026 IHSAA girls track and field season began in early March. IndyStar is highlighting six athletes who compete in the shot put and discus throw to watch this season. The Center Grove senior ...