Windle takes a bite of Big Apple and wins 800m at TrackTown Summer Series finale in New York...

NEW YORK—One of the biggest revelations of the 2017 track and field season in the United States has been the performance of Brooks Beasts team member Drew Windle (above in green/photo courtesy TrackTown USA).



In a span of six-plus weeks, Windle, a product of Division II Ashland University in Ohio, has lowered his personal best from 1:45.65 from 2016 to 1:45.02 in the pro section of the

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TrackTown Summer Series ends with finals in New York Thursday...

The three meet TrackTown Summer Series, which began last week in Palo Alto, and stopped in Gresham, Oregon Sunday, comes to its conclusion Thursday night at New York’s Icahn Stadium, with several athletes with Washington ties competing.



Pasco native Marisa Howard (left/photo by Paul Merca) is one of five athletes on the defending team champion San Francisco Surge squad with Washington ties,

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Drew Windle takes the win in the 800 at TrackTown Summer Series stop in Gresham...

GRESHAM, Oregon—While he didn’t use the strategy of hanging back and making a mad dash to the front at the end, Drew Windle (above/photo by Howard Lao) of the Brooks Beasts, competing for the host Portland Pulse, ran to victory in the second stop of the TrackTown Summer Series meet at Mt. Hood Community College on sunny Sunday afternoon in the Portland suburb.



Pace setter Stephen Bullard

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It's the busiest weekend in American indoor track & field (and how to watch it)!

Friday and Saturday marks the busiest weekend in top level indoor track and field in America, with the USA indoor championships happening just down Interstate 5 at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland, and the collegians heading to Birmingham, Alabama (Division I) and Pittsburg, Kansas (Division II) for the NCAA indoor championship meet.



THE PROS IN PORTLAND



Naturally, a large

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Dawgs set school DMR record at Notre Dame, plus action at Millrose, Glasgow & GNAC champs...

SOUTH BEND, Indiana—Washington’s distance medley relay team of Blake Nelson, Jacopo Spano, Izaic Yorks and Colby Gilbert broke the school record of 9:31.68 Saturday in finishing second behind Oklahoma State at the Alex Wilson Invitational at the Loftus Sports Center on the campus of Notre Dame University.



Nelson (left/photo by Paul Merca), who narrowly missed becoming the seventh Husky to

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Cas Loxsom of the Brooks Beasts fails to advance in first round of 800 meters...

BEIJING, China—Cas Loxsom of the Seattle-based Brooks Beasts (left/photo by Paul Merca) failed to advance to the second round of the men’s 800 meters Saturday morning at the opening session of the IAAF World Track & Field Championships at the Bird’s Nest Stadium.



Loxsom was near the front of the pack in the first of six heats, and led the field through the first 400 meters in 54.70.

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Ni Hao--it's just about time to roll here in Beijing!

BEIJING, China—Our coverage of the IAAF World Track & Field Championships is now fully underway here at the Bird’s Nest Stadium, site of the 2008 Olympics.



As is the case at the world championships, I did a walkthrough of the stadium to familiarize myself with the surroundings, including the media mixed zone, the photo areas, and our work station, which is just off the finish line.



I was

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Loxsom earns USA Track & Field's Athlete of the Week award for AR in the 600...

INDIANAPOLIS—USA Track & Field named Cas Loxsom (above/photo courtesy USA Track & Field) of the Seattle-based Brooks Beasts as its athlete of the week following his outstanding performance at the University of New Mexico Lobo Open on Saturday, January 24 in Albuquerque, New Mexico.



in his first race of the season, Loxsom set a new American indoor record in the 600 meters with his winning

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