ThinkingTrack

previews, commentary, analysis, a few memes | covering Olympics, World Champs, Diamond Leagues, NCAA Champs | Header: @HowLao Photography | thinkin bout track🫡

[Jonathan Gault @jgault13]

Three-second 800m pb for Myers yesterday in Germany and his seventh win in seven races in 2026.

He's entered in the Diamond League 1500m in Stockholm next weekend.

[Track & Field Gazette @TrackGazette]

Watch Samuel Ogazi 🇳🇬 run a big PB & World Lead of 43.82s over 400m at the NCAA East Regionals!

Justin Braun 🇺🇸 2nd in a PB of 43.99s.

[ThinkingTrack @ThinkingTrack]

Whoaaa

[Travis Miller @travismillerx13]

Samuel Ogazi and Justin Braun BOTH runs 43s moving up to No. 3 and No. 6 in 400m collegiate HISTORY! 💯

🇳🇬Ogazi's time also lowers his Nigerian national record

[ThinkingTrack @ThinkingTrack]

OFC HE HAD IT this guy is the best man

[Nat @NLS_TF]

@KingAlbii23 Ajayi 9.85 WL later tonight will stand for a few weeks

[ThinkingTrack @ThinkingTrack]

@NLS_TF 9.7 soon huh???

[Track & Field Gazette @TrackGazette]

9.84s!!🤯🔥
World Lead ☑️
National Record ☑️
2nd fastest man in NCAA history ☑️

Kanyinsola Ajayi (Auburn) 🇳🇬 drops a big PB of 9.84s (0.7) to win his 100m heat at the East Regionals and qualify for the NCAA Championships!

He takes over the 100m World Lead in 2026.

[Jonathan Gault @jgault13]

Lots of intrigue at Sunday's Rabat Diamond League.

-Quincy Hall returns in 400m
-Americans Brazier & Nuguse take on 800/1500 world champs Wanyonyi & Nader
-A stellar steeplechase with world champ Beamish v. Olympic champ El Bakkali on home soil

PREVIEW:
https://t.co/biTo5UGBy7

[a_lite @amb01812]

Have had Ajayi pegged as a future 9.7 guy; here are his best historical comparisons (sub-10s and pb through 21):

Yohan: 12 - 9.82
Trayvon: 10 - 9.84
Coleman: 9 - 9.82
Asafa: 9 - 9.87
*Ajayi: 7 - 9.88

*He likely reaches double digits/lowers his pb before turning 22

[McKirdy Trained @McKirdyTrained]

I wrote this to the @WorldAthletics competition committee a few months ago - pertaining to what I heard about Elite Label events or higher.

I’m glad the road events are “label” events, but for many track and field athletes, elite or higher now becomes that much harder…

[Ayo (it's AH-YAW, not EH-YO) @bobaandtrack]

Coach Clive Pullen is building K-State jump avengers

[ThinkingTrack @ThinkingTrack]

Incredible what a jump!

great team energy after too

[Jumpers World @jumpers_world]

8.75m (+3.2) for Tafadzwa Chikomba 🇿🇼 while barely touching the board!!! 🤯🫨

The 19th longest jump of all-time under all conditions!

[Global Athletics Hub @glblathletichub]

Twin brothers Isaiah & Xzaviah Taylor impressively ran the exact same time from different heats in the 400m hurdles at the NCAA East Regionals.

[ThinkingTrack @ThinkingTrack]

@Tmoneybags007 I was there in person incredible energy

[fast8trackclub @fast8trackclub]

Crazy to think that Meet Promoters and Agents can now heavily influence the selection of athletes for the World Championships spots!

The purity of turning up to a 400m track and running fast has been lost 😞

We now have a tennis ranking system without tennis prize money!

[ThinkingTrack @ThinkingTrack]

@AndrewGreif I heard the ‘25 800m final came close with Brazier Lutkenhaus and Hoppel!

[Laurent Meuwly @LaurentMeuwly]

And here a statistical work from @louisheyer based on last year’s performances and showing that the decided standards are far off the targeted 40%…

[Forevergoated999 @Tmoneybags007]

Strength Level of WA Standards measured by All-Time lists
Women
10.96 ✅ 136
22.45 ✅ 231
50✅ 123
12.60 ✅ 97
54✅ 78
3:58 ✅ 79
9:06.5 ✅ 27
14:36 ✅ 88
30:40 ✅ 99

Men
9.95 ✅ 138
20.07 ✅ 159
44.45 ✅ 121
13.18✅ 95
48✅69
1:43 ✅60
3:30✅56
12:50✅38
26:48✅28
8:08✅67

[𝐍𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝟓𝟕𝟖𝟐𝟏 @nthtofly]

Le 800m

Du 2 octobre 2019 au 16 septembre 2023 : 1 homme (tombé pour dopage) court sous les 1'43

Mondiaux 2027 : tu dois courir sous les 1'43 pour faire les minima World Athletics

[Owen Corbett @slowencorbett02]

These are insane... just for fun - here are the standards from the last time Worlds was in Beijing, just one athlete generation ago in 2015

800 - 1:46/2:01
1500 - 3:36.20/4:06.50
Steeple - 8:28/9:44
5000 - 13:23/15:20
10,000 - 27:45/32:00
Marathon - 2:17/2:43

😂😂😂

[Jonathan Gault @jgault13]

The 2027 World Championships qualifying system is out. Story on:

-How it works
-How many Americans would have earned the standards last year in distance races (not many!)
-How it will affect the pros' schedules and USAs
-Bad news for BU & Ramona

https://t.co/olqWuy54rG