Track & Field News
| Editor | E. Garry Hill |
|---|---|
| Categories | Sports magazine |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Founder | Bert Nelson & Cordner Nelson |
| First issue | 1948 |
| Country | USA |
| Based in | Mountain View, California |
| Language | English |
| Website | www |
| ISSN | 0041-0284 |
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]
The magazine provides coverage of athletics in the U.S.A. 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. Ed Fox is publisher and Janet Vitu is executive publisher.[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.[who?]
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.[citation needed]
See also
References
- ^ Porter, David L. (1995-01-01). Biographical Dictionary of American Sports: 1992-1995 supplement for baseball, football, basketball, and other sports. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 9780313284311.
- ^ http://www.usatf.org/usatf/files/69/695a8112-b7a0-4b9d-9dbb-8b4bca22677c.pdf
- ^ Gisondi, Joe (2007-04-10). "On Sports: Track & Field – covering meets". On Sports. Retrieved 2016-05-08.
- ^ "Contacting Us".
- ^ "Contacting Us". www.trackandfieldnews.com. Retrieved 2016-05-08.