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Quote Of The Day

“Every time I come to the Penn Relays I never ran the anchor leg. Due to injuries in the past, I haven’t done it as much in the Relays. However, I have done it in the Olympics. So being able to run the anchor leg today and pulling the win out for my team, was something special. It was definitely a close race in the end, but I knew right away that I won the race for team USA. I think the crowd knew also. For a race to come down to the wire the way this did, is what you live for as an athlete. You prepare for moments like this. A win like this is huge for us. It brought us closer together as a team, as well as show what we are capable of doing. What we did out there today, is only half of what we will be doing in the upcoming Olympics. It’s definitely going to be something great to see.”

– Walter Dix on anchoring the USA 4 x 100 to victory at Penn Relays as they ran 38.57 to beat Jamaica by .01.

Drake/Penn Drake Results Drake Video ReplaysPenn Results USA vs. World Video Replays

LRCAman Wote CRUSHES The Field And Nick Willis At Drake – Wins By 7+ Seconds In 3:53.39

US’s Kristi Castlin Wins Drake Relays 100H In Upset Victory Over World Champ Brianna Rollins It was a photo finish as Castlin beat Rollins 12.571 to 12.576. Rollins hadn’t lost a 100H race in almost two years. The USA White team, which included Aries Merritt, won the men’s shuttle hurdle relay over Jamaica. *Video
*Drake Recap: Arkansas And Illinois Men Tie In Overall Team Scoring; Baylor Wins For The Women
*DyeStat High School Drake Relays HighlightsStephanie Jenks ran a US#1 4:28.72 for 1,500 and a US#1 3K of 9:26.87 which broke Katie Flood‘s MR.
*MB: Official Day 2 2014 Drake Relays Discussion Thread

Distance News

Haile G’s Masters Marathon World Record Attempt In Hamburg Is Off As He Pulls Out Due To Pollen Allergies It’s a shame as the world record holder Andres Espinosa is being flown into Hamburg by meet organizers.
*LRCWorld Record Holder Andres Espinosa Of Mexico To Be Guest Of Hamburg Marathon Espinosa’s masters world record of 2:08:46 was going to be no easy feat for Geb, as it is the best Masters World Record in all of track according to the IAAF tables.
*MB:Say it ain’t so: Haile G pulls a Rupp – pulls out of Hamburg marathon WR attempt with pollen allergy

Canadian Olympian Sheila Reid Signs On With Oregon Track Club Elite
Since She’s Kenya’s #1 Woman, Hellen Obiri Likely Will Be Forgiven For Skipping Kenya’s World Relay Trials To Wwin $25,000 At Drake Another person skipping the Trials is Bethwell Birgen, who is injured.
Good Read: Toni Reavis Runs Into Last Boston Survivor To Leave Hospital, John Odom, And Realizes We Live In A Small, Small World His wife went to high school with Ryan Hall‘s father and his daughter went to college with Meb.
The Science Of Sport Takes A Look Back At The Spring Marathon Season We always like what these guys write.
In Honor Of 50th Anniversary Of 1st-Ever Sub-4 Mile By A HSer, The Jim Ryun Festival Of Miles Will Be Held In San Diego On June 5th
Rita Jeptoo Thinks She Can Beat Mary Keitany’s 2:18:37 National Record, Doesn’t Rule Out WRecord
Joan Benoit Samuelson Won 55-59 Division In Boston (2:52:10) Her son (2:50:01) and daughter (3:15:49) also ran.
Boston Race Director Dave McGillivray Ran Boston At 7pm In About 4 Hours
Meet The HS Principal In Kenya Who Raises Money To Pay The School Fees Of The Best Athletes To Keep Them In School Among those he’s helped – Edward Cheserek.
Western States 100 To Be Broadcast Via Livestream

Jumping News

Olympic LJ Silver Medalist Godfrey Mokoena Talks About Why He’s Returning To His First Love – The Triple Jump Mokoena was a former world junior champ in the triple but gave it up due to an injury in 2007.
Greg Rutherford Smashes British Long Jump Record With 8.51m, Proving Olympic Gold Was No Fluke Many discounted Rutherford after his gold, including, Nike, which ditched him. *Video – the meet was in front of a handful of spectators.

News From Down Under

Previous Drake/Penn News

Drake – Wed: WR Holder Renaund Lavillenie Returns To Competition and Wins in 18-8 3/4 at Drake PV Mall CompetitionCuba’s Yarisley Silva won the women’s comp in a world lead of 15-4 1/4 (4.68m). *Video*Photo Gallery*Athlete Quotes

Lucey Wins Beautiful Bulldog Contest – Gets Time Magazine Feature

Penn: Recommended Read:NY Times: Penn Relays – The meet that never stopped running The article includes a historical photo gallery of Jesse Owens, Roger Bannister, etc. *Photos

5 Hours Of Track TV Coverage Saturday At Penn And Drake Relays On NBC Sports Drake is on from 7:30-11:0 pm ET on Fri. Watch USA vs. The World at the Penn Relays at 12:30pm ET on Sat. and then the Drake Relays from 3-5pm ET. Penn Relays US DMR has Leo Manzano, Brandon Johnson, David Torrence and Manteo Mitchell while AJ Wilson is on the SMR.

Kenyan News: Moses Mosop And Abel Kirui Return To Action

Saturday: Kenya World Relay Champs Trials Set For This Saturday In Nairobi
May 4: Two-Time World Champ Abel Kirui Will Race Berlin 25K Against Paris Marathon Champ Peter Some And Afirca 10K Champ Kenneth Kipkemboi Kirui is happy with his comeback from the injury that kept him out of Moscow 2013 and talks about his racing plans for the summer and fall.
May 11: Moses Mosop Faces Deep Field With Eight Sub-2:08 Men At Prague Marathon The field includes CR holder Eliud Kiptanui (2:05:39) and defending champ Nicholas Kipkemboi. The women are led by 2011 NYC Marathon champ Firehiwot Dado (2:23:15) and Flomena Chepchirchir (2:23:00).

More Upcoming Track Action

Warren Weir, Justin Gatlin, Walter Dix And Nesta Carter Highlight Deep 100 Field For Next Saturday’s Jamaica International Invitational Other top sprinters competing at the meet include Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Allyson Felix, Brianna Rollins and LaShawn Merritt.
IAAF Preview Of Austria Combined Events Challenge On May 31st: Ukraine’s World Champion Hanna Melnychenko Faces Brianne Theisen-Eaton World silver medalist Germany’s Michael Scrader leads men’s decathlon.
Roads: Scottish/British Athletes Chris Thompson, Susan Partirdge, Freya Ross And Alyson Dixon Running Bupa Great Edinburgh 10-Mile On Saturday

Spokeswoman For Oscar Pistorius Denies Rumors That He Took Acting Lessons Before His Trial

David Rudisha’s Younger Brother Dreams About Following In His Footsteps And Breaking The 800 WRFrancis Leparon Rudisha is in high school and has a 400 PR of 49.38.

LRCBoston Photo Gallery (32 Photos Now, We’ll Have Hundreds Tomorrow)

Dusseldorf *Photo Gallery

Annie Bersagel PRs to Win 2014 Dusseldorf Marathon in 2:28:59; Gilbert Yegon Wins Men's Race In 2:08:07

A nice PB and win for Beragel after her 13th place finish at the World Half Marathon Championships.

More Drake/Penn *Penn Special Section, Drake Special Section

Penn: USA Vs. World: Team USA Takes Four Titles, Including Men’s DMR With David Torrence, Brandon Johnson And Leo Manzano
*Jamaican Women’s 4 X 100 Wins Penn Relays In World-Leading 42.81
*MB: USA vs World DMR – A hard way to run 2:59 – 67-58-54 – – Leo finishes of 1600 with 54.3 to give USA the win!Leo outkicked the Australian team. *Video of Leo’s kick

Chanelle Price Wins Penn Relays Mile In 4:31.68 “Anything under 4:35 is awesome for me. The mile is a little long for me.”
*MB: Chanelle Price keeps rolling – 4:31 FTW full mile at Penn Relays

LRCOregon And Cheserek Do It Again – Win 4 X Mile In 16:09 With A 4:11 1st Leg!Now we’re wondering, “Can the Ducks go sub-16?”
*MB: When will they go for mythical sub 16?

LRCVillanova Women Complete The Sweep – Win 4 X 800 At Penn RelaysEmily Lipari had Laura Roesler sitting on her at the end of this one, but Roesler had come from too far back to have anything left.

LRCVillanova Men Go Slowest To Fastest To Win Men’s 4 X 800 In 7:16.58

More Saturday:Texas Women’s 4 X 400 Wins Penn Relays In 4th Fastest Collegiate Time Ever (3:25.05)
Pittsburgh Men’s 4 X 400 Win Penn Relays In School Record 3:03.44
LSU’s Rodney Brown And Jasmin Stowers Make History With Wins At Penn Relays Brown broke the meet discus record with 210 feet, 9 inches. Stowers became the first person in meet history to win the 100H 3 times. The LSU men’s 4 x 100 came in second as Jamaica’s UTech won in 38.71.
Aggies Get 3 Wins And A School Record On Final Day Of Penn Relays They got a Championship of America win in the women’s 4 x 200 with 1:30.21. The Aggie women’s 4 x 100 also won on Friday in 43.11.
DyeStat High School Penn Relays Highlights Chaminade HS got a US#1 in the boys 4 x 800, running 7:39.44, but lost to Jamaica’s Calabar, which ran 7:37.36 for the win.
Jamaica College Wins High School 4 X 100 In Meet Record Time Of 39.72

Friday:LRC Edward Cheserek Wows The Penn Relays Crowd – Turns On Jets In Final 300 And Gives Oregon A Resounding Victory In Men’s DMR Indoors, Stanford crushed Oregon. Outdoors, with Fleet and Cheserek, it was time for some revenge and oh boy was Cheserek good. *AP
*Laura Roesler’s Tweet On Edward Cheserek’s DMR Kick: “I feel like I was just in a track video game where someone waited to use their last boost til the very end.”
*OregonDucks.com
*MB:2014 Penn Relays men’s DMR? Penn State, Stanford, Nova or Oregon?

LRCDéjà Vu: Villanova And Emily Lipari Kick Past Cuffe And Stanford For 4 X 1,500 Crown – Abbey D 4:08 Split!If you read yesterday’s recap, you know exactly what happened today.

MB: Stanford Bound Olivia Baker’s runs 2:02.55 anchor leg – fastest in Penn HS historyShe gave her HS team Columbia it’s second straight COA win.

More/Full coverage in our Penn Special Section, Drake Special Section.

Diamond League Begins In 2 Weeks – Download The Media Guide For 2014

Meb Still Making News

A MUST READ: The Inside Story: How Did Meb Get Far Enough Ahead To Win 2014 Boston? Toni ReavisTells You Reavis has the scoop of what went on in the top African pack.

Q&A With The Man Who Took The Lead Early With Meb – Josphat Boit“At one of the water stations, Meb kept his pace and I went with him. That is when we found that we had pulled away from the group.”
Two Elite Women Describe Was It Was Like To Finish The Boston Marathon Right Near Meb
NY Times: A look at the nature of the NYAC’s proud sponsorship of Meb Keflezighi Meb can thank former Columbia star Caroline Bierbaum LeFrak.

The US Road Mile Champs Were Tuesday In Des Moines

Leo Manzano, Heather Kampf Win Close Races At The USA 1 Mile Road Championships Manzano just edged Pat Casey, winning in 4:05.71 to Casey’s 4:05.81. The women’s race was also close as Kampf ran 4:34.62 to beat Katie Mackey (4:35.30) and Sara Hall (4:35.81).
*Men’s Race Video*Women’s Video

NCAA Stuff

Updated DI Rankings: Oreogn Men Move Up Past FSU; Texas A&M Still On Top For The Women As Top 6 Remain Unchanged
Laura Roesler And Dentarius Locke Are NCAA DI Athletes Of The Week Roesler moved to #8 on the all-time NCAA list with 2:00.54. Locke helped FSU with the ACC Championships by winning the 100, 4 x 100 and 3rd place in the 200 and 4 x 400.

Weekend Track Results – Results: Mt. SACOregon Relays*ACC

Mt. SAC: Duane Solomon Opens With 1:43.88 At Mt. SAC Results and MBoard thread. Super-impressive. Erik Sowinski 1:44.58. Friday distance highlights here. *Full Results
IAAF’s Highlights From Mt. SAC And Other International Weekend Track Action
Laura Roesler Wins 800 In 2:00.54, Beating Geena Lara (Gall) And Maggie Vessey Oregon’s Phyllis Francis won the 400 in 51.57, beating pros DeeDee Trotter and Lashinda Demus.
High Schooler Elise Cranny Runs 2:04.81 In Elite 800
Ashton Eaton Finishes 4th In His 400 Hurdles Debut With 50.01Natasha Hastings won the 200 in 22.71, beating out Bianca Knight and Blessing Okagbare.

Oregon Relays: LRC5k a Waste Of Time For Fans As King Cheserek And Eric Jenkins Tie In Oregon Debut, Centro Opens In 3:41, Efraimson Runs 2:09The big 5k matchup was a dud. *Full Results

LRC Mt. SAC 5k: Jordan Hasay Goes For It, Abbey D’Agostino Outkicks Her, But Sweden’s Meraf Bahta Wins Abbey-Hasay-Brenda Matchup In the end, Abbey D was only 3rd, Jordan Hasay 6th, and Brenda Martinez 8th, but there was a lot of drama getting there as Jordan showed no fear once again, Abbey outkicked her, but the internationals came out on top. Jordan did set a PR. In other action, Matt Hughes won the steeple and Kennedy Kithuka the 5k. *Results

Princeton:He’s back!!?? Robby Andrews over Donn Cabral 3:42 baby!!!
Oregon:Kate Grace’s 2:04:52 Wins Oregon Relays 800 Over Anne Kesselring
ACC Champs: Friday Recap: Florida State Men And Women Lead The Team Scores FSU’s Colleen Quigley (10:09) and Virginia’s Kyle King win steeples. Duke’s Juliet Bottorff (32:53) and Syracuse’s Martin Hehir (29:10) win 10Ks.
Get Well:Legendary UH Coach Tom Tellez Recuperating After Car Accident

Drake And Penn Weren't The Only Relay Action This Weekend

World 5,000 Silver Medalist Mercy Cherono Anchors Kenyan 4 X 1,500 Team To World Record At Kenyan World Relay TrialsThe team won in 17:05.72. Also in action was Asbel Kiprop, who won the 1,500 in 3:36.1 over Silas Kiplagat (3:36.4). Eunice Sum won the 800 in 2:03.2, beating 2007 World champion Janeth Jepkosgei (2:03.9).
*Capital FM Recap With Full Selected Team RosterHellen Obiri was left off the 4 x 1,500 team despite being Kenya’s top miler this year.

Four Boston Marathon Runners Caught Banditting Under Same Bib Number

Glen Mills (Usain Bolt’s Coach) Not Planning Retirement Yet But Preparing His Assistant Coaches To Continue Racers TC Program When He’s Gone He says for example, with star HS sprinter Zharnel Hughes, he’s done very little and credits his success to his assistant coach, Patrick Dawson.

Admin News

USOC Will Narrow Down Cities For 2024 Olympic Bid To 2 Or 3 In June Currently Los Angeles, Boston, Dallas, Philadelphia, San Diego, San Francisco and Washington DC want to put forward bids to host. The final decision on one bid city will be made at the end of the year.
Glasgow Commonwealth Games Organizers Unsympathetic To Criticisims By Journalists About Huge Fees To Use Internet And Don’t Plan To Change It will cost $158 for general wi-fi, while photographers will have to pay up to $440.
Rio Mayor Says Sports Federatirions Are Making Unacceptable Demands About Facilities For 2016 Games “We are not going to deliver glamorous stadiums that will become ‘white elephants’ in the future, like Beijing did with the Bird’s Nest.”

US Mid-D News: Spikes Mag:A Day In The Life Of Nick Symmonds Symmonds, like LetsRun.com’s JK, loves Dr. Pepper, eats 4-5,000 calories a day (but barely touches breakfast). In the afternoons, he often tries to learn Spanish.

International Distance News

Video: Julia Bleasdale’s South African Training Diary It must have worked, as she recently won Carlsbad in 15:06.
World Half Champ Gladys Cherono Stays Hot – Wins Mid-Week Jianzhen International Half Marathon In 68:26
Graeme Fell, Marcel Jobin, Lynn Kanuka (Williams), Bruce Kidd, Jason Tunks Headline Athletics Canada Hall Of Fame Class of 2014Fell had the steeple record (8:12.58) for 28 years, Kanuka won bronze at the 1984 Olympic Games in the 3,000, Kidd still holds Canada’s junior 5,000 record from 1962 – 52 years after the fact.
Marathon Legend Ramaala Confirms Plans To Run For Athletics South Africa Presidency Next Month

Upcoming Action:

Johnny Gray Is Confident That Duane Solomon Will Break His 1:42.60 800 American Record This Year Solomon started out his season great running 1:43.88 at Mt. SAC.

Sprint / Jumps News

Funny Video: Ukraine’s HJ World Champ Bohdan Bondarenko Slips And Crashes Into HJ Pit
A Sneak Peek Inside Allyson Felix’s Shoe Closet
UK’s 20-Year-Old Sprinter Delano Williams Says He’s Learning A Lot From Training In The The Racers Track Club With Usain Bolt And Yohan Blake Williams is from Turks and Caicos, but since they don’t have their own Olympic committee, he competes for the UK. Last year he ran 10.28 and 20.27.
IAAF Profile On French Junior Hurdler Wilhem Belocian, Who Ran The World Junior 60H Record During The Indoor Season Belocian has his eyes set on more junior records outdoors as well as the World Junior title he’ll chase in Eugene this July.

The 118th Boston Marathon ResultsTrackingFull Elite FieldsLRC Boston Photo Gallery

Soon will more than 200,000 have read this?
Early On Ryan and Meb Were Side by Side LRCAmerican Strong: The Untold Story Of American Teamwork And How Ryan Hall Helped Meb Win Boston American Meb Keflezighi rightfully got the glory but his American competitors helped him out. The untold story of American Strong.

“Best @letsrundotcom article I’ve ever read I believe.” – @GreccoCole
LRC Dick Patrick – Meb Strong: How Meb Worked His Magic Once AgainMeb once again pulled it off, when very few thought he could. Dick Patrick tells us how the deserving champ did it.

The 118th Boston Is Monday ResultsTrackingFull Elite FieldsLRC Boston Photo Gallery

LRCThe American Drought Is Over: Meb Keflezighi Wins The 2014 Boston MarathonThe American drought is over. American Meb Keflezighi ran an extremely gutsy race to hold off Wilson Chebet and win the 2014 Boston Marathon. Nick Arciniaga and Jeff Eggleston were in the top 10 as Ryan Hall was 20th in finishing his first marathon in three years.

Official 2014 Boston Marathon Race Discussion Thread
Did any of you cry watching Meb win?
RYAN HALL 2:17 Boston.
In Case You Missed It: Video Highlights Of Boston
Interview With Meb: “I wanted to do it for the runners.” Plus he admits he was wondering if he went to soon.

Flanagan Spent at the Finish

LRCFour Thoughts On The Women’s Race: Shalane’s Bid For Glory, Jeptoo’s Incredible Final 3 Miles, The 2:18 And 2:19 Clubs, And Desi LindenWe break down the women’s race: Flanagan’s move bold or foolish?, Rita Jeptoo crushed the final 3.2 miles, the 2:18 and 2:19 clubs have 2 more members, and Desi Linden.

Rita Jeptoo Crushes It The Final 10k To Win Boston Marathon In 2:18:57Rita Jeptoo took care of business. American Shalane Flanagan set a blistering early pace and then Rita Jeptoo brought it home in convincing fashion to smash the Boston course record. Flanagan held on for the fastest time by an American in Boston.