LRC9 Thoughts About The Team Races

*Full Women’s Team And Individual Results

Women’s Race Recap:Abbey D’Agostino And Providence Come Through As Favorites At 2013 NCAAs 1-2-3: Abbey D got xc title #1,Butler was a surprising third.
*LRCAbbey D’Agostino, Emma Bates And Kate Avery React
*LRCRay Treacy And Matt Roe React

Outside LRC
*D’Agostino: “I woke up this morning with a good feeling and a great deal of trust in myself.”
*Fox Sports Arizona: James Li: “I’m proud of them for what they did today, which is definitely very special.”
*3rd-Ranked Arkansas Not Upset With 15th: “This is a solid step forward for the future.”
*Ray Treacy: “The women were brilliant.”

DII And DIII
*DII Men: Adams State Repeats, Has Won 5 Of 6
*DII Women: Grand Valley State Easily Captures Third National Title In Four Years
*DIII Men: St. Olaf Knocks Off North Central And Claims First National Title
*DIII Women: Johns Hopkins Repeats As DIII National Champions, Led By Hannah Oneda

NCAA Women On the Boards:

• Providence Your National Champions!!!!

• Abbey D'Agostino the Next Great American?

• Official 2013 NCAA XC Discussion Thread

• Major Propers Kate Avery

Other Weekend Road / Track Action

• Nineteen Japanese Collegiates Go Sub-29 At Kanto Region University 10,000m Time Trial The fastest time was Takuya Fujikawa in 28:35.
• Japan Running News Recap Of International Chiba Ekiden: Kenyan Team Wins In 2:03:59 CR; Japan Was Second, USA 5th A lot of big names competed, including former World XC champ Joseph Ebuya, NZ twin Zane Robertson, Will Leer and two-time World XC champ Emily Chebet.
  *IAAF: Team Kenya Breaks Course Record
  *Full Results
• Atsedu Tsegay And Netsanet Gudeta Win Titles At Great Ethiopian Run 10K 2013 Boston Marathon champ Lelisa Desisa ran with the leaders through halfway before starting to struggle and fade.
• Yuki Kawauchi Wins Koedo Kawagoe Half Marathon In CR 1:04:44
• Random 31:23 10k guy beats Krar, Wardian, etc to win JFK 50 in near course record time
• Kenyans Dominic Kimwetich Kangor (2:15:06) And Gladys Kipsoi (2:40:05) Win Kampala Marathon In Uganda

Other News

• Athletics Illustrated Asks “Will Kenenisa Bekele race the marathon and how fast will he go?” According to the Jack Daniel’s VDot tables Bekele’s 5K-10K PRs are worth a 2:01:00, but those tables are very generous for the marathon. Bekele’s 5K would be worth just sub 2:03 on JK’s conversion chart.
• Bahamas Atheltics Federation Suspends Its President
• IOC President Thomas Bach Says It’s “time for the United States to present a strong bid” He was referring to the 2024 Olympics.

Hopefully Something Comes Of This: IAAF Holding Seminar To Discuss Participation Issues With Cross-Country

Doping News: JADCO Resigns

• Entire Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission, Including Chairman Dr. Herb Elliot, Has Resigned In Wake Of WADA Visit Sports minister Natalie Neita-Headley said that the commissioners resigned to “facilitate the re-structuring of JADCO” and because of “a public perception of the existence of conflicts of interests among some of the members of the commission.”
• Congress Hearing Looks At Doping In Horse Racing; USADA May Be Called In To Help Implement Regulations And Testing USADA head Travis Tygart: “Make no mistake, the win-at-all-costs culture is alive and well and will flourish in every sport including horse racing, if we do not take decisive action to stop the take-no-prisoners competition from running wild.”

T-Day: World-Class Fields Set For Silicon Valley Turkey Trot: Kim Conley Defends Her Title Against Sally Kipyego And Betsy Saina Other top females include Bridget Franek and Chelsea Reilly. The men’s field is led by Alan Webb, Leonard Korir, Diego Estrada, Shadrack Biwott and David Torrence.