– Eric Jenkins after winning NCAA title #1 last night in the men’s 5,000, which he closed in 8:00 for his last 3k.
Talk about it live: Official 2015 NCAA Indoor Day 2 Discussion Thread
5,000s A Night To Remember For American 5,000m As Emily Sisson And Eric Jenkins Capture First NCAA Titles The futures of American seniors Eric Jenkins and Emily Sisson look very bright as they both got their first NCAA titles in the 5000m.
*MB: Props to Sisson for more than just winning
*Jenkins’ 5k, historically
DMRs 2015 King Cheserek Is Magnificent And So Is Arkansas’ Dominique Scott Over Frosh Elise CrannyElise Cranny made Dominique Scott run her best to beat her as Arkansas repeated as DMR champs. Edward Cheserek and the Oregon coaches were able to celebrate the final straight of this one.
*MB: DMR mile legs were scared of KING CHES!!!! –
LRC Shawn Barber Goes 19’4″ In Pole Vault, Trayvon Bromell Becomes #3 Fastest Person (Counting Pros) Ever At 200m Indoors Video of the 19’4″ jump.
*AP Recap Of Day 1: Marquis Dendey Goes 27′-2, Michael Lihrman Produces WT Record Of 80’10.25″
*Dendy Won By .25 Over Arkansas’ Jarrion Lawson
*Barber Had “Good Looks” At 6.0m
*PV Record Progression The record hadn’t been broken since 1999, now Barber has broken it 4 times in 2 months.
*After Getting DQed In 60, Trayvon Bromell Runs 20.23 To Break MJ’s School Record
LRC Brandon McBride And Natoya Goule Talk After Advancing In 800 Prelims Goule’s coach had her read the LRC preview of the 800.
Aren’t There Enough Roads? Why Pave Trails? Community In Minnesota Outraged That County Will Pave Miles Of Trails In Local Park
The classy Julia Lucas hung them up in style, Nick Willis won the Kiwi champs and so did Andrew Wheating. We've got some great 1,500 action from Euros, a tweet of the week, a video of the week and airbrushed logos.
LRC Remembering LRCer Van TownsendThe running world lost one of its bright lights this week with the death of Van Townsend.
*MB: RIP Van Townsend: Share Your Respects Here
At the USATF annual meeting, people went to great lengths to try to not give the membership a voice. The USATF Board this weekend has the momentous to restore confidence in the organization. Do they care at all what the members think or are they going to justify a decision based on erroneous information? *Discuss Here
MB:David Rudisha opens season by destroying field by 2+ seconds, runnng 1:45.01 in Australia
MB: Ben True And Amy Cragg (Hastings) Win 2015 Gate River Run (US 15k Champs)
RRW7 Story Lines To Follow At 2015 United Airlines NYC Half, Which Will Feature A Big Tailwind Lots of things to take a look at, including the 13.1 debut of Andrew Bumbalough.
LRCIn Defense Of Ryan Hall: The Moses Mosop Connection How Kenyan 2:03:06 man Moses Mosop proves Ryan Hall’s self-coaching wasn’t a mistake and why there is hope for the US’s fastest marathoner to get back on top.
LRCRyan & Sara Hall Tackle The LA Marathon; Meb, Ritz & Huddle At The NYC Half; Plus The U.S. 15K Champs With True, Vail And The US Women’s XC Team One of the busiest racing weekends of the year sees Ben True go for a three-peat at the 15K Champs while USA XC champ Laura Thweatt leads the women’s field. In NYC, Molly Huddle faces Desiree Linden plus Sally Kipyego; Meb, Ritz and Teg take on Stephen Sambu and Juan Luis Barrios. Plus Jared Ward and the Halls run USA Marathon Champs as part of the LA Marathon on Sunday.
RRW Anna Rohrer Runs 16:10.70, Edges Ryen Frazier And Sets National High School 5,000m Mark
Was The San Luis Obispo Marathon’s Website Hacked By Terrorist Group ISIS? That’s what the hacker claimed and the FBI is investigating. The race will still go on as planned in April.
Recommended Read:Julia Lucas Blogs About The 2012 Olympic Trials 5,000 And Her Retirement From Professional Track And Field “And so, as I emerge from a career that ended not as I would have liked, disappointed with what could have been and almost was, I still look to running. … A race is just a race, but running can be anything.”
*MB:Julia Lucas wrote an article about losing out in the 2012 Olympic Trials 5,000
*LRC Archives:The Women’s 5,000 Final – The Olympic Trials At Its Absolute Best
*“It Should Be Mathematical: One Couple, Two Dreams, .04 Seconds” Popular piece by Michael Heald.
*Official Julia Lucas Appreciation Thread!!!
Next week, the USATF Board has the opportunity to do the right thing and honor the wishes of 85% of USATF delegates and nominate Bob Hersh to the IAAF Council. The track and field community that the Board is supposed to serve could not have made it more clear - Bob Hersh, not Stephanie Hightower, should be the USA nominee to the IAAF Council.
Nate Houle had it all: a beautiful wife, wonderful son, and his dream job coaching track at his alma mater Southern Utah University (Cam Levins' school, Nate was Cam's teammate). Then, in the span of five months, he lost his job, and was diagnosed with a rare cancer. Rather than make Nate bitter, the cancer has given Nate a new appreciation for life and God's plan for him. That makes him our Runner of the Month.
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Good Read: ESPN’s Chris Chavez Asks Where Did Montana State’s Cristian Soratos Come From? Soratos is from the same California city as Olympian Diego Estrada and World Champs marathoner Daniel Tapia. He only ran 2:03, 4:23 (1,600) and 9:52 (3,200) in high school before going to community college for 2 years. Now he’s making his first trip to NCAAs as one of the favorites in the mile.
A Future Competitor At A US Champs?*MB:Wall St. Journal: Is Oregon’s Edward Cheserek America’s Next Great Runner?
WADA To Examine Cycling Independent Reform Commission Report Observations “In Greater Detail” WADA director general David Howman: “The report makes serious allegations that riders made payments to officials in order to avoid testing and/or analysis – a so called ‘anti-doping tax.’ …”
IAAF Pres. Lamine Diack To Be Honored At Africa International Sports Convention
LRC The Story Behind The Alaskan Flip-Off: The 2013 LRC Photo Of The Year
LRC What’s Your 2014 Running Photo Of The Year? Have you taken a photo or seen a photo that could be the running photo of the year (2014 until now)*. Submit or tweet your entries to us. Winner and/or person who tells us of winner wins $100.
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