– Asbel Kiprop talking about his DNF at the Kenyan National Champs which serve as their trials for the Commonwealth Games. Did Kenya drop the ball with their men’s 1,500 team? The team doesn’t have Kiprop, who was made to race after flying back after the Rome Diamond League meet on Thursday or Silas Kiplagat, who (probably wisely) didn’t race. *MB:Asbel Kiprop Out of Commonwealth Games
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Talk about an upset. Eric Finan had a 4:04 PR coming in (including his converted 1,500 best) but chopped off 6 seconds and took down Manzano in the process. Plus Morgan Uceny came up just short of getting the outdoor world lead in the women's mile.
The Princeton-bound O’Toole, a LetsRun.com message board poster, ran 58 over the last lap to move into the top 15 all-time in the HS ranks and come close to sub-4 on the 50th anniversary of Jim Ryun‘s first sub-4. We caught up with him after the race.
*MB: HSer Garrett O’toole runs 4:01.89
More US News:
Catching Up With NZ’s 19-Year-Old Shot Put Star Jacko Gill, Who’s Recently Been Overshadowed By Tom Walsh, Who Won NZ Champs And Got A Bronze Medal At World Indoors Gill says his prep for Commonwealth Games is going well and he’s fit and healthy.
Article/Interview With Galen Rupp From Norwegian Newspaper (In Norweigian) “Galen Rupp has killed the myth that you have to be African to run fast at medium to long range. But he slept in altitude tent since he was 14 years old.”
IAAF Looks At The Rise Of US Sprinter Tori Bowie, Who Is Having A Breakthrough Year, Winning The Pre 200 And Rome 100 She was an underdog in both races, which included Olympic champ Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, and at Pre was given lane 1. She was actually mostly considered a LJer before this year.
MB: Who is this girl Tori Bowie?
Awesome:Eric Avila Finds Redemption And First Sub-4 Mile At Jim Ryun Festival Of Miles In SD What a race. Avila, the 2007 CA 3,200 champ, who went to NAU and failed out and started digging ditches, is back in a big way. He went from 4:07 to 3:56 in the mile (did have a 3:42 1,500 PR), just edging AJ Acosta in front of a raucous home-town crowd. Denna Kastor (5:02) was way off the Masters mark as Sarah Brown won in 4:33. *Video*Vine*Photos *MB: Eric Avila’s return is complete!! Goes from 4:07 to 3:56 in front of Jim Ryun and Alan Webb and racuous crowd.
*RRW: Fun Evening, Fast Times At Jim Ryun Festival Of Miles
Avila Mania: Recommended Read: Awesome Profile Of Eric Avila’s Resurrection From May: State Champ Was “Cocky” And It Cost Him “I was a cocky little turd. … I didn’t approach things right. Let’s just say I was an idiot.”
*Eric Avila Is Now Thriving At Southern Oregon University
Archive: 2007: Is Avila The Best Prep Ever?
Another Good Read:Topeka Capital-Journal: Jim Ryun Relives Record-Setting Race Of 50 Years Ago
*Ryun’s Predecessor Tom Sullivan Talks About Losing His HS Record “I am very privileged and honored to be able to say that Jim Ryun broke my record. I am more fortunate, however, to have been born four years before Jim Ryun.”
Awesome Read:Track And Field News Recalls How 50 Years Ago Jim Ryun’s Sub-4 Was Far From Being Huge Track News The 5k at the same meet, where Gerry Lindgren set his legendary 13:44 HS record, was called “the most significant race by American distance runners in history” by a TFN co-founder.
Usain Bolt Will Miss Ostrava Golden Spike And Paris DL Meet This Month As He’s Not In Shape To Race He’s been coming back from a foot injury and says while he is 100% healthy and training, he is behind where he normally is.
Running Times Looks At The Top Running Meccas In The US: Flagstaff, Boulder And Eugene Top Their List These 12 cities are popular with elites for their great trails and running communities.
Miss The Meet? How To Watch Universal Sports In The US On Your Computer/Ipad/Phone/Roku On Demand If You Don’t Get It Via Cable/Satellite $9.95 a month.
More in our Rome Diamond League Special Section.
All They Care About Is Football/Basketball: Ohio State Coach Ed Bethea Is Leaving To Become Indiana Assistant As He’ll Be Getting A Pay Raise Discuss this in our forum where you can get the inside scoop on the coaches openings: 2014 College Track And Field Open Coaching Positions Discussion *MB:Agree or disagree w Letsrun – Ohio State track and field is a joke
LRCWho Do You Think Is “Dirty”? Who Do You Think Is “Clean”? Male Track And Field Stars Doping Poll Results What 3 US-based stars have 50% more speculation than virtually everyone else?
*MB:LRC Male Stars “Clean” or “Dirty” Doping Poll Results
Fixtures From 1964 Tokyo Olympic Stadium Up For Sale Get a royal box seat for just ¥250,000 ($2442). LRC is interested in the manhole covers for just ¥20,200 ($197).
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