DES MOINES — Connor Kunze achieved his goal in the boys 100-meter dash at the Iowa high school state track and field meet on May 24 at Drake Stadium. The Nevada junior's mission all season was to win ...

BEIJING -- Usain Bolt lowered his 6-foot-5 frame into a too-small seat in the warm-up room and watched on TV as his main rival coasted across the line in a first-round heat at the world championships.

Julian Onesti of St. Augustine Prep ran one of the fastest 100-meter dashes in Cape-Atlantic League history Friday night. The senior finished third in the Non-Public A 100 dash in a personal-best ...

Newly crowned world champion Melissa Jefferson-Wooden left nothing up to chance as she stormed to a new championship record of 10.61 in the 100-meter dash final. Jefferson-Wooden went into these ...

St. Xavier sophomore sprinter Claude Spillman, son of former NFL player C.J. Spillman, had Kentucky's fastest 100-meter and 200 times. Spillman thinks he excels in the 200 due to his strong finishing ...

Sept. 8 (UPI) --A serial Guinness World Record-breaker from Spain defeated one of his own titles by running 328 feet backward in 16.55 seconds -- while wearing high heels. Christian Roberto López ...

In a race between Joey Chestnut and Usain Bolt, who could eat a hot dog then run a 100-meter dash faster? Professional athletes and hot dog-eating contest fans alike are divided as the new ...

1903 — Jim Jeffries knocks out Jim Corbett in the 10th round to retain his world heavyweight title in San Francisco. 1936 — In Berlin, the U.S. wins the first Olympic basketball gold medal with a 19-8 ...

EUGENE – Melissa Jefferson-Wooden and Kenny Bednarek ruled the 100 meters on a muggy Friday with scintillating victories in the USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships at Hayward Field.