Track & Field

The father of Austin Metcalf, the white Texas teen murdered by Karmelo Anthony last year, is blasting members of the media.

A jury in Collin County, Texas, has found 19-year-old Karmelo Anthony guilty of murder in the 2025 stabbing death of 17-year-old Austin Metcalf.

Jurors deciding the fate of 19-year-old Karmelo Anthony can now consider manslaughter charges, as opposed to murder, according to reports.

Lawyers representing accused murderer Karmelo Anthony claim that Austin Metcalf had no right to put his hands on their client as they steadfastly maintain their defense that Anthony acted in self-defense.

Jurors in the murder trial of Karmelo Anthony reacted with shock and horror after viewing graphic images showing Austin Metcalf’s eviscerated heart.

Karmelo Anthony’s claim of self-defense took some hits on Saturday after several eyewitnesses testified that he “provoked” 17-year-old Austin Metcalf before fatally stabbing him in the chest.

An eyewitness to the fatal stabbing that left 17-year-old Austin Metchalf dead, claims that his alleged killer, fellow teenager Karmelo Anthony, was asked to leave his team’s tent “15 times” before the fateful altercation that led to Metcalf’s death.

A controversial transgender athlete in California has caused another backlash after winning a girl’s track championship on Saturday.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Fred Kerley ran 100 meters in a pedestrian 9.97 seconds Sunday night to win the Enhanced Games in a race where the sprinters had to be placed in the starting blocks four times because of false starts and untied shoes.

A North Carolina high school track star went from winning his state championship race to being disqualified for “taunting” his opponents.

Mother of Trans Track Star Criticizes New Policy Allowing Girls to Receive Gold Medals

A transgender athlete in California so dominated the state finals that it brought protest and outrage from fans and parents in attendance.

Ethiopian marathon runner Yebrgual Melese has died after suffering a medical emergency during training. She was only 36.

During the men’s heptathlon at the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Torun, Portland, a Brazilian runner named Jose Fernando Ferreira was struck by a pole dislodged by a nearby pole vaulter.

A high school track team in Anaheim, California, was mowed down during a routine training in broad daylight by a suspected drunk driver.

Reigning 100-meter world champion Sha’Carri Richardson was arrested last weekend for allegedly assaulting her boyfriend at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.

One of the Oregon girls who protested the presence of a transgender athlete last weekend claims that a track and field official ordered her and her partner in protest to “get out of the photo” after they stepped off the podium.

A judge reduced the bond for Karmelo Anthony — who is charged with murder after the fatal stabbing of fellow teen Austin Metcalf at a high school track meet in Frisco, Texas — from $1 million to $250,000, and has placed him on house arrest.

Karmelo Anthony, the 17-year-old stabbing suspect in the death Austin Metcalf, reportedly said “touch me and see what happens.”

The Virginia high school track runner who suffered a brain injury after being struck in the head by an opponent with a baton has been cleared to compete at nationals two weeks after the shocking incident.

The Virginia high school track runner seen striking another runner in the head with a baton on a viral video, held a rally for supporters after being charged with assault and battery.

The Virginia teenage track runner who struck an opponent in the head with a baton during a race last week has been charged with assault and battery.

On Tuesday, the track runner who is accused of hitting another runner with a metal baton during a race, Alaila Everett, a senior at I.C. Norcom High School in Portsmouth, Va., showed ABC’s “Good Morning America” new footage that shows a different angle of the incident.

The high school relay runner accused of bashing another runner in the head claims it was an “accident” and says her feelings are hurt.

A high school track star suffered a concussion when she was bashed in the head with a baton by her opponent during a race.

Sadie Schreiner, a transgender runner for RIT, was seen boasting about beating a field of female opponents on social media over the weekend.

U.S. Olympic track and field star Fred Kerley was arrested in Miami Beach after a confrontation with police on Thursday.

16-year-old British sprinter Jake Odey-Jordan raced out to a commanding lead on Friday and then inexplicably stopped running.

A court document that is a part of the lawsuit against the Biden Administration for its expansion of Title IX claims that a transgender middle school athlete in West Virginia knocked female athletes out of competition over 700 times.

West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey has publicly announced his support of the five middle school girls who oppose trans athletes.

Kearsarge Regional High School sophomore high jumper Maelle Jacques, who is a male but competes as a girl, has won the New Hampshire Interscholastic Athletic Association Division 2 state championship.

Shawn Barber, the Canadian pole vault record holder and 2015 world champion, has died from medical complications. He was 29.

A man who was an unremarkable athlete in high school has declared himself “transgender” and is suddenly breaking records in college.

A teen girl has spoken out against her school district’s decision to allow boys to join the girls’ cross country team in Seattle.

A male high school student in Maine who identifies as transgender competed in the girls’ 5k cross-country competition and dominated.

Speaking to reporters after winning the 200-meter sprint, one of the three events he won where he won gold, Lyles sought to emphasize the international aspect of the World Championships by taking a shot at NBA champions.