As winter sports kick off, The Chronicle is back with our College Sports 101 breakdown, explaining key rules, terminology, ...

The vaulting pole is the one field implement that has no official standards for competition ... The water pit is 27.5 inches (70cm) deep at the end closest to the hurdle, gradually sloping up to track ...

Tracing its roots back to the original Olympic games, track and field has evolved into a sport on the cutting edge of the 21 st century sports scene. Team USA has established itself as the World's #1 ...

The expansive Olympic track and field program consists of track events (such as the 100m sprints, 4x400m relay and 110m hurdles), field events (like the shot put, discus and pole vault) and road ...