This One Thing Will Change Track FOREVER...

In this podcast episode, Noah Williams and Colin Waitzman breakdown what happened in the track world this week. Here are the topics: 1. Kenny Bednarek runs world lead time in the 200m at the Doha Diamond League meet with a time of 19.67. Does this performance guarantee his spot on the Olympic 4x100m team? 2. Zharnel Hughes beats Fred Kerley and Christian Coleman in the 200m at the Jamaica Athletics Invitational. Is it time to worry about Fred? 3. Kendall Williams ties the 100m world lead with a time of 9.93. Is he a threat to make the 100m team for team USA? 4. Conference Championship recap and favorite performance of the weekend. LSU 4x100m cooks, Godson Oghenbrume runs 9.99 in 100m, Christopher Morales Williams runs a world lead in the 400m, Sam Blaskowski runs 100m Division 3 NCAA record in 10.09, Grace Stark makes early push for comeback athlete of the year with a SEC 100mh victory, and Mackenzie Long wins the 200m from Old Miss in a world leading time. WE also discuss if the Conference Champion should bey a bye into the National Championship. 5. We close things out talking about the track and field athletes we think could play another professional sport. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/trackworldnews/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/trackworldnews/support

In this episode of the Track World News Podcast, Noah Williams and Colin Waitzman break down some big performances from the week and other topics in the sport. Here is the agenda: 1. During the press conference of World Relays Noah Lyles says, "Let's just say a lot of people in the US were very, very, very upset that I ran the 4x400m (at World Indoors). And to that, I say: run faster. Push me out". Did he deserve a spot or should it have been someone else. 2. Team USA gets disqualified in the 4x400m relay due to changing position in the exchange zone. 3. People on Twitter have been saying that sprinters have been running slower recently, but we breakout the numbers to see if that is actually true and the results might shock you. 4. Quincy Wilson runs a 45.17 in the 400m and signs with WME Sports. Can he make the team in the Olympics as a 16 year old high schooler? 5. Story time from our previous conference championships. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/trackworldnews/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/trackworldnews/support

We interviewed the Christian Miller, the 17 year old that has the fastest 100m time in the world with a time of 9.93. We discussed what he did to get to this level, how the race felt to him, preparation for the Olympic Trials, and even rank the best high school sprinting states. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/trackworldnews/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/trackworldnews/support

Today Noah Williams and I discuss some major changes happening in Track and Field. Here are the topics we discuss. 1. Michael Johnson secures $30 million from investors for new track league, Winners Alliance. 2. Gabby Thomas partners with founder of Reddit Alexis Ohanian, husband of Serena Williams, to create new track series for women only called 776 Invitational. The meet is reported to pay out $95,000 in prize money per event. 3. Daryll Nieta gets an upset victory over Sha'Carri Richardson in the 200m at the Suzhou Diamond League meet. 4. Tobi Amusan false starts in the 100m hurdles and races under protest. Jasmine Camacho-Quinn get's the victory. 5. Akani Simbine get's the upset victory over Christian Coleman and Fred Kerley in the 100m. 6. Rhasidat Adeleke beats Julien Alfred and Dina Asher-Smith in the 100m 7. Penn Relays experience 8. University of South Florida upsets University of Houston in the 4x100m and wins the 4x200m. 9. Bullis protest the 4x400m results behind the scenes look at what happened 10. Bullis Girls break High School National Record 11. Stories from the track --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/trackworldnews/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/trackworldnews/support

The Track World News podcast makes it's long awaited return with it's new cohost, Noah Williams. Noah is a professional 400m runner for Adidas and a former NCAA Champion from LSU. Here are today's topics. - Mondo Duplantis breaks pole vault world record. What else does he have to do to be the greatest track and field athlete of all time? - Torrie Lewis beats Sha'Carri Richardson in the 200m - what does this mean for the season? - JuVaughn Harrison sets a new high jump world lead. - Christian Coleman beats Fred Kerley in his first 100m of the season. Which is more important early on, winning or a fast time? - Christian Miller breaks Trayvon Bromell's U20 United States 100m record with a time of 9.93. - Courtney Lindsey upsets Letsile Tebogo and puts his name on the map in the 200m. - Kenny Bednarek runs 9.91 for the win in Kenya - Noah shares a story about the first time he met Noah Lyles --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/trackworldnews/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/trackworldnews/support

Cade Flatt sits down with us to talk upon track and field and how it came into his life. We start out talking about how he differed in highschool compared to all of the other athletes and how it brought him the success that he has seen over the years. We then move onto the decision that he made and why he made it to go to Ole Miss. We lastly talk about what he thinks is the real problem with viewership in Track and Field. You don’t want to miss it! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/trackworldnews/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/trackworldnews/support

Today we interview Oregon sprinter, Micah Williams. Micah shares with us his call out on Tyreek Hill (14:14), how he developed his clothing brand (19:20), what it was like winning his NCAA Championship (31:27), his feelings on not being selected to the 4x100m Olympic relay (37:00), what happened when he false started at the indoor championship in 2022 (39:50), and much more. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/trackworldnews/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/trackworldnews/support

Shop at https://www.manscaped.com and use code TWN to get 20% off and free shipping! Today we sit down with former LSU Tiger, now pro hurdler Eric Edwards Jr. He shares with us his guarantee to LSU to win the team title, how he started with hurdles, who he things would win University of Florida or LSU, and much more. Tune in --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/trackworldnews/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/trackworldnews/support

Shop at https://www.manscaped.com and use code TWN to get 20% off and free shipping! Today we take a look at the updated qualifying standards for the 2023 World Championship in Budapest. World Athletics increased their standards dramatically, and people are not happy about it. Earlier this year, World Athletics shared that they want a 50/50 split with qualifying standards and world rankings for future championships so this is nothing new. We also talk about how this decision impacts college athletes and makes it more difficult for them to qualify.  Our second story, we talk about Devon Allen scoring his first touchdown with the Philadelphia Eagles and how track speed is better than football speed. In our third story, we talk about the Commonwealth Games, NACAC, and Euro Championship. We discuss how the timing of these meets are terrible and make for a championship that isn’t as exciting as it could be. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/trackworldnews/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/trackworldnews/support

Shop at https://www.manscaped.com and use code TWN to get 20% off and free shipping! Today we discuss why Shelly Ann Fraser Pryce is the greatest sprinter alive and has more sub 10.7 races than Florence Joyner, Carmelita Jeter, and Marion Jones. We also discuss the 100m between Marvin Bracy, Christian Coleman, and Trayvon Bromell (8:45), we then talk about what the United States can learn from the Commonwealth Games (13:00), and the craziness with transferring in the NCAA (19:00). --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/trackworldnews/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/trackworldnews/support