✍️ University of Georgia 400m runner and Team USA Olympian Aaliyah Butler has signed an NIL deal with Nike. She is just the second sprinter to sign an NIL deal with the Swoosh.
More on her + her goals for 2025 via @phofmahoney.bsky.social:
citiusmag.com/articles/aal...
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What The Best Quotes Of 2024 Tell Us About The Year To Come 🔁
Some of @thelapcount.bsky.social's favorite quotes from track & field athletes that we aren’t leaving behind in 2024 ⤵️
📬: citiusmag.com/articles/best-track-and-field-quotes-2024
✍️ @phofmahoney.bsky.social + @audreyallen.bsky.social
The distance squad in Gainesville just gets better and better🔥🔥🔥
NCAA XC and 5000m All-American Juliet Cherubet goes from Texas Tech to Florida via the transfer portal 🐊
(h/t @phofmahoney.bsky.social)
“A successful 2025 is: make it to Worlds, get to the final, and then beat Marco. He’ll come right behind me.”
Watch out. Former NCAA 800m champion Isaiah Jewett has teamed up with coach Chris Woods to train alongside Marco Arop
Story via @phofmahoney.bsky.social: citiusmag.com/articles/isa...
Got the chance last week to speak with Isaiah Jewett about his move to train with Coach Chris Woods and Marco Arop ahead of the 2025 season. Big things coming for the Tokyo Olympian, give it a read⤵️
citiusmag.com/articles/isa...
WOOOO!
Officially a marathoner ✅
Media girlie turned marathon girlie for the day! Had a blast racing in the elite field at CIM this morning.
Grateful for the experience and opportunity to connect with so many incredible people along the way. I love this sport!
Already dreaming about the next one! 💭
My first season following and reporting on NCAA cross country was awesome. Check out today’s edition of @thelapcount.bsky.social for a throws guy’s takeaways from a season that’s as far away from throwing as you can possibly get⤵️
www.thelapcount.com/p/lap-197-an...
Quick reflections on the past few months with @citiusmag.com ⤵️
Leading up to NCAAs, I had the opportunity to chat with top coaches to share their insights + help shine a light on their programs.
✍️ You can find all the Q&As here: citiusmag.com/search?query=NCAA%20Coach%20Spotlight
More to come! 🗣️
🚨BREAKING🚨: Sidi Njie, the top 400m recruit in the Class of 2025, has committed to Georgia.
I spoke with Sidi this week about his decision and a big summer on the U20 scene⤵️
citiusmag.com/articles/sid...
Beautiful day to crown some
national champions!
Wisconsin coach Mick Byrne says there have been 5,000 tickets sold for tomorrow’s meet, and cheekily says that the people of Wisconsin will find a way in one way or another.
“It’s gonna be 8-9,000 people for sure.”
OSU’s Dave Smith at the NCAA presser on the OSU-BYU battle tomorrow in the men’s team race:
“Last year, we knew who the team to beat was, it was NAU… We knew who the villains were.”
Says this year is a wide-open team race with a ton of good teams:
“If I was allowed to bet, I’d bet on the field.”
Closing out my 2024 XC arc this weekend on-site with @citiusmag.bsky.social.
📍Madison, WI
The World Ultimate Championships will be without:
- Ryan Crouser
- Val Allman
- Joe Kovacs
- Leo Fabbri
- Sarah Mitton
- Chase Jackson
- Yemi Ogunleye
- Lagi Tausaga
- Camryn Rogers
- Brooke Andersen
This is a travesty.
Hey track fans,
We’re not all here yet but we created a starter pack for our CITIUS MAG resident track and field nerds (past and present) who write, create podcasts/videos on all things we love about the sport.
Follow along and we’ll continue updating it as more join. ⤵️
go.bsky.app/ShaoTF7