Alicia Monson makes successful return to racing

Alicia Monson makes successful return to racing

LOS ANGELES — She started off cautiously, even tentatively, settling onto the back of a train of 21 runners in the Sunset Tour 5,000-meter run chasing the neon blue and green pacing lights around the Jack Kemp Stadium track Saturday night. Two years ago, Alicia Monson, the American record holder at both 5,000 and 10,000 meters, would have been out front, hundreds of meters ahead of many of the women in Saturday’s field. But there was Monson now,…

Randolph Ross makes statement in first race since 3-year absence

After three years away from the starting blocks, Randolph Ross made a statement in his comeback race Sunday at the Meeting International de Marseille, finishing second in the men’s 400 meters with a time of 45.41 seconds. The event marked Ross’s first competition since serving a lengthy suspension for anti-doping violations and tampering, and the result quickly signaled that the former NCAA and Olympic champion remains a force in American sprint…