Kevin Liao
Kevin Liao is your typical running nerd, following the sport for years before starting Spiked Up, Psyched Up. Kevin was previously the cross country and track & field correspondent for Capital One Cup. When not writing, watching Flotrack videos and reading Letsrun.com, Kevin also finds time to run fairly competitively with PR's of 4:12 (1500) and 15:23 (5k) and more famously winner of the 2009 Marshall Clark 4 Mile road race. He is a graduate of UC San Diego (explaining the site color scheme) and current resident of Sacramento, Calif. Among his other sporting interests are rooting for his hometown teams, the San Francisco Giants, San Francisco 49ers and Golden State Warriors.
I was casually browsing the USA Track & Field website on Tuesday evening (as one does) when I stumbled upon the selection procedures for the World Championships this summer in Moscow. Unlike qualifying…Read More
Ron Allice ended his coaching career on Saturday after 50+ years in the sport, including the past 18 years as head coach at the University of Southern California. His last NCAA meet was a pretty darn…Read More
It’s crunch time. With all the early and mid season races complete, we now have a good sense of who’s fit and who’s not. For those who don’t have qualifying standards out of the…Read More
The early season west coast swing has concluded, and a few trends have come out of it. Athletes who were really on fire last year are generally starting 2013 slowly, and rightfully so. The physical and…Read More
A picture may be worth a thousand words, but video can often capture even more than that. For an historic event like the Penn Relays, its reputation is built on the 50,000+ spirited fans who pack the stands…Read More
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A few quick takeaways from last night’s Payton Jordan Invitational:
Ben True is on a new…Read More
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Flowers are blooming, temperatures are rising and, fittingly, the spring track and field season is starting…Read More
The Boston Marathon differs from any other race out there. Unlike other marathons that use an open or…Read More
Spring is officially here. As a native of Northern California, nothing exemplifies this fact for me…Read More
With the indoor season officially wrapped up, it’s time to start gazing at the horizon to bigger…Read More
A few recent events inspired this post. One was a piece written by Ben Rosario lamenting the lack of…Read More
The NCAA is instituting a new policy for qualifying to its indoor national championships. Rather than…Read More
Josh Mance, silver medalist in the 4×400 meter relay at this summer’s London Olympic Games,…Read More
Kim Conley and Diego Estrada will awake from their post-Olympic hibernation on Thanksgiving Day to headline…Read More
No distance runner in the last decade has entered college with expectations higher than those placed…Read More
Sports love making big shows of athletes joining new teams.
Andrew Luck was the man of the hour when…Read More
This was the year’s biggest weekend of NCAA cross country outside of championship season. With…Read More
The year’s biggest collegiate cross country invitational produced some great races as usual. Below…Read More
A break from collegiate cross country didn’t slow down the running action in the Golden State.…Read More
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