Where Are They Going, 2025 Edition

Signings will start soon for the 2025 school year. To facilitate this for athletes and coaches, here are the top HS Race Walk athletes from this graduation year. Always of interest is where the graduates from any year are going

Where Are They Going, 2024 Edition

Signings have started for the 2024 school year. Always of interest is where the graduates from any year are going to continue their academic and athletic careers in college. Most of the major sites covering Track & Field, regrettably, ignore

2023 Bruce MacDonald HS RW AOY Awards

Clayton Stoil & Heather Durrant were selected as the 2023 winners of the Athlete of the Year Awards. Watch their video announcements below. Please subscribe to our YouTube Channel support our efforts.

Burnout in Elite US Race Walkers

In 2016, Joseph Rayner & Juan Gonzalez PhD of the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley completed a study on the Psychological Factors of Burnout in Former/Retired Elite-Level Race Walkers in the United States. Recent events in the professional end

AAU RW Champs Race Preview

The first of it’s kind event being hosted by the AAU is all set and ready to go this weekend, Dec 4-5, in Tallahassee, FL. In an effort to minimize possible health concerns, 3 start times (2:00, 3:15, 3:30) are

Where Are They Going, 2021 Edition

Signings have started for the 2021 school year. Always of interest is where the graduates from any year are going to continue their academic and athletic careers in college. Most of the major sites covering Track & Field, regrettably, ignore

Join the Heffernan Challenge

In an effort to grow Race Walking in the UK and around the world, Irish 50 km World Champion Robert Heffernan has put together a program with top RW Official Pierce O’Callaghan where young athletes can have their technique evaluated

Sloan Victorious at Rams Winter Challenge

Caelin Sloan (23, South Florence, SC) took a big chunk off of her 3000m PR today in Columbia, SC at the Rams Winter Challenge on the campus of Columbia International University. Wearing hip #1, Sloan finished 2nd overall to the

Strive for Greatness Invite Live Stream

Yes, there are indoor meets happening in some areas of the country, so you can get some racing in and watch the live streams, when they are available. On 11/19 at 1:45 ET, you have one such opportunity, thanks to

AAU National Race Walk Championship

The AAU has decided to get back into supporting the Race Walk at a level that has not been seen since USA Track & Field (then TAC – The Athletics Congress) replaced it as the National Governing Body for sport.

NAIA Passes Landmark Name, Image and Likeness Legislation

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) passed the first legislation of its kind in college sports to allow its student-athletes the opportunity to be compensated for use of their Name, Image and Likeness (NIL). The legislation

It’s All About Heart:

The Benefits of Training Using a Heart Rate Monitor The following article appeared in Walk! Magazine, Vol 4 Issue 1, Spring 2008.Some edits have been made by the author since it was originally published. Much has been made over the

Coach Amberly Melendez

The budding cross country/track & field programs at Pratt Community College have added yet another accomplished coach to its ranks, hiring Amberly Melendez as an assistant. A former North American Central American Caribbean (NACAC) U23 silver medalist, Melendez will assist