– Excerpt from IAAF piece by Steve Landells describing the makeup of the winning team in the 8 x 100m relay which ended the Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, China. The randomly assigned teams in the event were comprised of 8 athletes (4 boys, 4 girls) from all event disciplines and different nations. Overall, 66 teams (so 528 athletes) competed.
LRC Big Drama In Zurich: A Winner Take All 800 And 1,500, Emma And Jenny Go For DL Titles The first of the two DL finals should be spectacular as the winner of the men’s 800 and women’s 1,500 likely will take home $50,000 and a spot into 2015 Worlds, whereas second will get just a $6,000 consolation prize. Plus New Balance teammates Emma Coburn and Jenny Simpson try to bring home DL titles to the USA. *IAAF full meet preview
*Press conference highlights The presser featured European sprinters Dafne Schippers, James Dasaolu and Adam Gemili as well as discus thrower Sandra Perkovic,
*Update On Overall Diamond League Standings LaShawn Merritt (400) and Sandra Perkovic (discus) just need to start in Zurich to win the overall title, but in other events it’s a battle. The men’s TJ will come down to Will Claye and Christian Taylor while the 400H is between Michael Tinsley and Javier Culson.
LRC 2014 Women’s XC Preview: #8 Stanford, #7 Oregon Last year was an aberration as neither Stanford nor Oregon cracked the top 10 at NCAAs. That won’t be the case this year as both teams are much better. The nation’s #1 recruit, 4:10 1500 woman Elise Cranny, is headed to Stanford and the #2, 2-time NXN champ Sarah Baxter, to Oregon. Plus Oregon has everyone back plus some transfers. We take a look at the increasing importance of the transfer market to building an xc power.
*Previous:#10 Iowa State & #9 Colorado
Coaches’ Poll: Preseason Poll: Colorado Men Receive Unanimous #1 Vote
*Michigan Takes the Top Spot In Women’s Preseason Poll; Oregon Is Ranked 2nd
Pretty Cool: Youth Olympic Games Ends With 8 X 100m Relay With Mixed Athletes From All Event Groups And Countries The winning team ran 1:40.20 (about 12.53 a runner), which is 800m just .71 faster than David Rudisha‘s WR.
*Final List Of US Medals/Results
Ferguson, MO Locals Say Running Bridges The Gap Between The Races City councilman Dwayne James talks about the local Twilight 5K, which he says “has done a great job in bringing in a diverse crowd of participants, be it in race, age, or running ability.”
Bummer:Usain Bolt Pulls Out Of Zurich DL Meet And Decides To End Season EarlyGlen Mills says that he wants him to end the season while he’s unbeaten healthy and injury free.
LRC Usain Bolt And Mo Farah Call It A Season, The Origins Of The Hand Clap, An NFL Star Moves To The Triple Jump, Meet Myles Marshall: The US 800 Star Whose Parents Ran 1:43.92 And 2:00.81It was a big week on the track with Jenny Simpson winning the 1,500 in Stockholm, so we talk about everything else that happened outside of Stockholm and Birmingham.
Alexa Efraimson Goes Pro With Nike The US HS star will stay with her coach Mike Hickey and still go to college.
*DyeStat Video Interview
LRC Men’s 600:David Rudisha Goes For World Record, Settles For Dominant Victory Rudisha and American Cas Loxsom went for it on Sunday. Neither got what they wanted but Rudisha ended up with a big victory over the Euro champ.
Men’s Steeple: LRC Jairus Birech Crawls Over Final Steeple Barrier To Win Diamond League Steeple Birech has been so dominant this year that today he could totally butcher the last barrier, crawl over it and still win by a ton. updated with video
MMile: LRC Asbel Kiprop Makes Statement With Convincing Win In Emsley Carr Mile Has Kiprop secretly been the best miler in the world this summer? How did Leo and Centro do? updated with video
w800: LRC Lynsey Sharp Earns First Diamond League Victory Of Her Career As Ajee Wilson Struggles American Brenda Martinez started to like the Brenda of 2013. With video.
MB:Official Birmingham Discussion Thread: Rudisha Goes For The WR In 600
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