The best photos on MileSplit over the 2023 calendar year captured the very essence of this sport.
Our top stills celebrated everything from joyous moments to painful finishes to the most shocking results caught on camera.
Hundreds of thousands of photos were published on MileSplit over the year -- and across the U.S. -- and over the indoor, outdoor and cross country seasons. We tallied our photographers very best work over that time.
This year, we've set a few rules for our submissions. Photographers could only select up to three stills from the year, with a limit of one photo per meet.
We've continued to break our submissions into categories, funneling our work into areas "On the Oval," "In The Field," "On The Course," "Under The Lights," and over "Post-Race Moments."
Continue scrolling below to find our best work over the year.
ON THE OVAL - IN THE FIELD - ON THE COURSE - UNDER THE LIGHTS - POST-RACE MOMENTS
ON THE OVAL
* Bullis School's Quincy Wilson takes the hand-off during the 4x400 at the Penn Relays in April
Photo Credit: Derrick Dingle/MileSplit New York
* Juliette Laracuente-Huebner reacts after winning one of her four events at the Ohio State Outdoor Championships in June
Photo Credit: Shawn Conlon/MileSplit Ohio
* A girls runner warms-up before a race over the Ohio outdoor season
Photo Credit: David Nguyen/MileSplit Ohio
* Jamal Britt leans at the line during the 110mH men's hurdle preliminaries at the U.S. Outdoor Championships in July
Photo Credit: Cory Mull/MileSplit
* Sophia Gorriaran competes during the women's professional 600m race at the Millrose Games
Photo Credit: Derrick Dingle/MileSplit New York
* Sprinters react off the line of the 100m start during the boys outdoor state meet in Indiana
Photo Credit: Owen Fink/MileSplit Indiana
* An Archbishop Carroll (DC) athlete finishes the anchor of a sprint relay indoors at adidas Indoor Nationals
Photo Credit: Dan Loughlin/MileSplit North Carolina
* A runner in Mississippi celebrates after finishing a race at the state championships
Photo Credit: MileSplit Mississippi
* Allie Zealand wins the girls 3,200m championship at the RunningLane Track Championships
Photo Credit: Chris Wells/Milesplit
* A steeplechaser prepares to canon ball into the water at the Dogwood Invitational
Photo Credit: Mary Ann Magnant/MileSplit Virginia
* Emma Stutzman reacts after winning the Colorado Class 5A 3,200m outdoor title in May
Photo Credit: Bobby Reyes/MileSplit
* The Providence women celebrate after finishing the women's 4x1500m at the Penn Relays
Photo Credit: Tom Smith/MileSplit New Jersey
* A Glen Oak (OH) athlete takes a hand-off during a 4x800 over the outdoor season
Photo Credit: Christian Lisle/MileSplit Ohio
* A 60-year-old master's runner starts his 400m race at the RunningLane Track Championships in May
Photo Credit: Jeffrey Stout/MileSplit
* Julia Score reacts to breaking 5 in the mile at the Franklin Central Distance Showcase in Indiana
Photo Credit: Kent Graham/MileSplit
* The anchor of the Centerville boys relay team celebrates on his way to the finish at the Elk Relays
Photo Credit: Shawn Conlon/MileSplit Ohio
* A runner from Bishop McNamara distances herself from the field during a relay race at the Penn Relays
Photo Credit: Mary Ann Magnant/MileSplit
* A runner competes at the District 12 Championships in Pennsylvania over the outdoor season
Photo Credit: John Davern/MileSplit
* A runner from Fishers runs his relay leg at the Bronchos Sprinters Showcase in Indiana
Photo Credit: Owen Fink/MileSplit Indiana
* A University of Missouri athlete screams during a competition over the outdoor season
Photo Credit: Derrick Dingle/MileSplit New York
* duPont Manual's Jessica Secor competes during the Dream Mile in Kentucky over the 2023 outdoor season
Photo Credit: Jennifer Schoenegge
* Kendra Harrison and Alaysha Johnson battle in the 100mH during the NYC Grand Prix in June
Photo Credit: Joe Swift/MileSplit New York
* Sha'Carri Richardson celebrates after taking home the anchor leg for the U.S. women's winning 4x100 relay in Budapest at the World Championships
Photo Credit: Kirby Lee/USA Today Sports
Note: While Kirby Lee shoots primarily for USA Today (and Image of Sport), we publish his photos through a contract with MileSplit and FloTrack.
IN THE FIELD
* Jenna Rogers explodes after clearing a high jump bar at the U.S. Outdoor Championships in July
Photo Credit: Fanta Mithmeuangneua
* A pole vaulter suspends in mid-air after an attempt at the Ohio State Indoor Championships
Photo Credit: David Nguyen/MileSplit Ohio
* An athlete lands in the pit during adidas Outdoor Nationals in June
Photo Credit: Josh Brown/MileSplit
* An athlete sprints down the long jump runway during New Balance Nationals Indoor in March
Photo Credit: Cara Mooney/MileSplit
* A Major Impact athlete leaps from the board in the long jump at Nike Indoor Nationals in March
Photo Credit: Joe Swift/MileSplit New York
* A triple jumper flies through the air during the Huntley Sectional in Illinois
Photo Credit: Laura Duffy/MileSplit Illinois
* Ryan Crouser launches a massive throw in the shot put during the U.S. Outdoor Championships in July
Photo Credit: Kirby Lee/USA Today
ON THE COURSE
* William Floyd High School (NY) junior Zariel Macchia competes during Foot Locker Nationals on Dec. 9 in San Diego
Photo Credit: Raymond Tran/MileSplit California
* A runner falls to the ground after finishing a race at the 4th annual RunningLane Cross Country Championships in Huntsville, Alabama on Dec. 2
Photo Credit: Alison Markham/MileSplit
* A runner guns it to the finish at the RunningLane XC Championships in December
Photo Credit: Carlos Martinez/MileSplit Texas
* Gianna Rahmer, an eighth-grader from Eldorado (NM), wins the New Mexico state cross country championships
Bobby Reyes/MileSplit Colorado
* Los Gatos' Aydon Stefanopoulous shocked California when he won a CIF Division II title in November
Photo Credit: DeAnna Turner/MileSplit California
* Southlake Carroll's Caden Leonard leads the pack at the Texas Class 6A cross country championships in November
Photo Credit: Gabriel Nieland/MileSplit Texas
* An Oklahoma State cross country athlete plays his NCAA Championship trophy like a guitar in November
Photo Credit: David Nguyen/MileSplit
* Two runners from Tennessee race to the finish line during the Tennessee Cross Country Championships
Photo Credit: Michael Giglio/MileSplit Tennesse
* Runners celebrate after finishing the NCAA Division III cross country championships
Photo Credit: Nate Kuntz/MileSplit Pennsylvania
* A runner from The Woodlands shows exhaustion after finishing her state championship race in Texas
Photo Credit: Carlos Martinez/MileSplit Texas
* Libby Dowty and Nicki Southerland battle to the line at the Indiana state cross country championships
Photo Credit: Mike Kepner/MileSplit Indiana
* Runners from Pennsylvania make their way down the Parkview Course in Hershey during the Foundation Invitational
Photo Credit: Nate Kuntz/MileSplit Pennsylvania
* A runner takes a moment on the ground after finishing her 5K at the RunningLane Cross Country Championships on Dec. 2 in Huntsville, Alabama
Photo Credit: Gabriel Nieland/MileSplit Texas
UNDER THE LIGHTS
* A runner in California prepares for his race at Mt. SAC over the outdoor season
Photo Credit: Raymond Tran/MileSplit California
* Mason Louis prays before his race at the Ohio Indoor State Meet
Photo Credit: Shawn Conlon/Milesplit Ohio
* Athing Mu reacts after winning the women's 800m in 1:54.97 at the Prefontaine Classic
Photo Credit: Ashley Tysiac/Milesplit
* It was all business for CJ Allen as he lined up for the 400mH final at the U.S. Outdoor Championships in July
Photo Credit: Bobby Reyes/MileSplit
* An athlete points to the camera during an outdoor meet in Colorado
Photo Credit: Tim McDonald/MileSplit Colorado
* Three athletes relax before their jumping event at adidas Outdoor Nationals in June
Photo Credit: Cory Mull/MileSplit
* A runner reacts out of the blocks during an outdoor race
Photo Credit: MileSplit Mississippi
POST-RACE MOMENTS
* Craig Engels reacts for the camera after a professional race in Tennessee
Photo Credit: Michael Giglio/MileSplit Tennessee
An exhausted runner falls to the ground after a cross country race in California
Photo Credit: Raymond Tran/MileSplit California
* Two teammates from Brentwood High School (TN) find some down time during the XC season
Michael Giglio/MileSplit Tennessee
* A Mount Tabor runner screams emphatically after a cross country race in North Carolina
Dan Loughlin/MileSplit North Carolina
* The Noblesville girls celebrate after winning the Indiana outdoor state championships
Photo Credit: Owen Fink/MileSplit Indiana
* New Newbury Park High School cross country coach Kris Karsten poses during a practice over the fall
Photo Credit: Tomoki Chien/MileSplit California
* Runners hug after finishing the Bermuda XC Challenge in December
Photo Credit: John Davern/MileSplit Pennsylvania
* A runner is congratulated with high fives after taking Assumption to a win in the 4x800 at the Class 3A outdoor championships
Photo Credit: Jennifer Schoenegge/MileSplit Kentucky
* University of Texas' Leo Neugebauer celebrates after claiming an NCAA outdoor championship in the decathlon
Photo Credit: Ashley Tysiac/MileSplit
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MileSplit's Best Photographs Of 2022
The best photos on MileSplit over the 2023 calendar year captured the very essence of this sport.
Our top stills celebrated everything from joyous moments to painful finishes to the most shocking results caught on camera.