I just want to keep getting better year-by-year. Train the best that I can, as smart as I can, consistent as I can. Hopefully that will allow me to be world class over the next decade or so.
From USATF
Coming off a difficult double at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Track & Field, where he...
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"This is a hard endeavor. The 4 minute barrier still means something, especially on 38-year-old legs.”
By Eric Wills, GQ.com
Over the course of five Olympics, New Zealand's Nick Willis became a track & field legend. Now, at 38, he’s trying to complete an unprecedented feat: breaking the 4...
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“I thought the clock was off for a second. It was cartoonish. It just didn’t seem real.”
By Jeff Hollobaugh, Track & Field News
Enough talk about potential. On a Saturday night in Portland at Lewis & Clark’s Griswold Stadium, Hobbs Kessler (Skyline, Ann Arbor, Michigan) proved to the world...
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“I was pleasantly surprised, but I wasn’t like, ‘How did I do that?’ I knew I had it in me.”
By Jeff Hollobaugh, Track & Field News
After running a stunning 3:57.66 Mile seemingly out of nowhere, Hobbs Kessler is suddenly one of the most talked-about names in the sport — usually appended to...
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