2019 NCAA 1500m champion Sinclaire Johnson will forgo her remaining collegiate eligibility to turn professional, the former Oklahoma State star announced Monday night on Instagram:

If you couldn’t be in the stadium at the 2019 USATF Outdoor Championships in Des Moines, the next best spot to experience the meet was down in the mixed zone, where athletes' emotions ran high and the entertainment even higher.

Plenty was clarified in Des Moines last weeks. Most of the team was settled, but not all, and favorites like Noah Lyles, Christian Coleman, Ajee Wilson, Donavan Brazier and Shelby Houlihan asserted themselves 

What a week it was in Des Moines at the 2019 USATF Outdoor Championships. It’s time for some winners and losers.

Allyson Felix is unsponsored no more. The most decorated women’s track and field athlete in Olympic history has signed a deal with Athleta, a women’s apparel brand. Felix competed at last weekend’s USATF Championships unattached for the first time in her professional career. It was her first race since giving birth last November. 

We scored the 2019 USATF Championships 'NCAA style' to see which pro track group won the meet in the distance events 800-10k.

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As Dalilah Muhammad settled into the blocks for the women’s 400m hurdles, her coach Lawrence “Boogie” Johnson watched on a monitor in the warm-up track. Out of the stadium is where Johnson watches all his athletes compete, free from the fanfare of the crowd and the ability to observe the clear angles that television provides. 

When Craig Engels was weighing his professional options coming out of college in 2017, his biggest focus was joining a group that would allow him to train with the best runners in the world. 

2019 USATF Outdoor Championships photos by Travis Miller.