Track & Field News
Track & Field News is an American monthly sports magazine founded in 1948 by brothers Bert Nelson and Cordner Nelson, focused on the world of track and field.[1][2]
| Editor | E. Garry Hill |
|---|---|
| Categories | Sports magazine |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Publisher | Janet Vitu |
| Founder | Bert Nelson & Cordner Nelson |
| Year founded | 1948 |
| Country | USA |
| Based in | Mountain View, California |
| Language | English |
| Website | www |
| ISSN | 0041-0284 |
The magazine provides coverage of athletics in the United States from the high school to national level as well as covering the sport on an international bases.[3] The magazine has given itself the motto of "The Bible of the Sport".[4]
E. Garry Hill is the magazine's editor and Sieg Lindstrom is the managing editor. Janet Vitu is publisher and Ed Fox is publisher emeritus.[5]
Each year, the magazine produces world and US rankings of top track & field athletes, selected by the magazine's editors along with an international team of experts.
Many of the standard abbreviations used throughout the sport, like WR=World Record; WJR=World Junior Record; AR=American Record, started as print saving abbreviations in the magazine.
Track & Field News discontinued paper and ink publication of the magazine and went to digital format only as of January 2018.[6]
References
- Porter, David L. (January 1, 1995). Biographical Dictionary of American Sports: 1992-1995 supplement for baseball, football, basketball, and other sports. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 9780313284311.
- The History of the United States Olympic Trials
- Gisondi, Joe (April 10, 2007). "On Sports: Track & Field – covering meets". On Sports. Retrieved May 8, 2016.
- "Contacting Us". Track & Field News. Archived from the original on 2016-05-22.
- "Contacting Us". Track & Field News. Archived from the original on July 23, 2017. Retrieved February 18, 2018.
- http://citiusmag.com/track-and-field-news-digital-move/