– Excerpts from a column by Austin Meek in the Eugene Register-Guard, letting the locals know where everything stands.
MB:Usain Bolt has ‘blocked sacroiliac joint’ – pulls of Paris and Lausanne
10.98er Candace Hill is running as is 4:37 miler Christina Aragon
Kara Goucher said she doesn’t like being labeled a liar and said she will come out with a lot more information to show she is not one.
*MB: “People have been threatened at this meet” – Kara Goucher
*MB: When asked if he’d testify under oath, Salazar says he’d have to ask his lawyer
*MB: Is Rupp prepared to testify under oath? “We’ll see.”
*Oregonian: Kara Goucher has harsh words for Salazar after women’s 5,000 and hopes everyone gets to testify under oath
Excellent Recap: BBC’s Mark Daly Responds To Salazar’s Open Letter And Recaps Where Things Stand Now – What Questions Remain? This is an excellent recap by the man who did the investigation into doping and Salazar for the BBC. He suggests Alex Salazar could face a ban.
USATF has quietly hired convicted doper Dennis Mitchell to lead the USA Relays program. Sadly, they are afraid to take ownership of the decision and have Dennis and Max Siegel discuss why Dennis is the best man to lead Team USA or have Dennis publicly account for his doping past.
More Doping News: Victor Conte thinks use of IGF1LR3 is “rampant” – says he’s “heard hundreds of athletes” that are microdosing 7mg of testosterone a dayBoth forms of cheating appear to be nearly undetectable and the IFG1LR3 only costs $200 for a 40 day supply.
*Jamaica Anti-Doping Agency Joins The Modern World – Has Started Blood Testing
LRC Emma Coburn Sets Meet Record In Women’s Steeple As Stephanie Garcia And Colleen Quigley PR And Punch Their Tickets To Beijing Coburn was simply sensational, but also a little lucky to not be DQed. We explain. Leah O’Connor wiped out on the last barrier.
*MB: Leah O’Connor: “God damnit, f***”
*MB: Gut wrenching fall for Leah O’Connor in the steeple
*MB: Ben Blankeship appreciation thread. Thanks for not being a pansy and leading the race.
1,500 Final: LRC Matthew Centrowitz Amazes & Robby Andrews Kicks His Way Onto US 1,500m Team As Leo Does What He Always Does (Updated with new Beijing team info) What a race. Matt Centrowitz destroyed everyone with the largest margin of victory since 2004, Robby Andrews had an incredible kick, and Leo Manzano had his 10th straight top 3 finish.
Post-Race Reaction: LRC Matt Centrowitz On The NOP Doping Investigation And Dominating The 2015 USATF 1,500m Final
*MB: 1:48.7 last 800m for Centro
*MB: What was Robby Andrews thinking? I’ll tell you – I wanna go to Beijing!!! He’s Back Baby!! Andrews 2nd, Leo 3rd
*MB: Ben Blankeship appreciation thread. Thanks for not being a pansy and leading the race.
*Ken Goe:A Motivated Matthew Centrowitz Dominates The USATF 1,500 Final
Juniors: LRC: Blake Haney Takes Down Andrew Hunter & Grant Fisher To Win USA Jr. 1,500 Title Haney got the best of the high schoolers Haney and Fisher. Post-race video with all three.
*Raevyn Rogers (2:06.64) Wins 800 Title
LRC In A Battle Of American Record Holders, Molly Huddle Sprints Away From Shalane Flanagan To Win US 10,000 Title; Emily Infeld Takes 3rd Full recap with video interviews and analysis.
*Oregonian: Molly Huddle Defeats Shalane Flanagan For U.S. 10,000-Meter Title, Passing Career “Milestone”
*MB: What!!! Molly Huddle is scratching the 5k!!!??? –
Updated LRC Galen Rupp Wins His 7th Straight US 10,000 Crown; Ben True 2nd; Hassan Mead Third 7 in a row is amazing.
*Tim Layden Of SI With A Tremendous Piece On Galen Rupp/Alberto Salazar It opens like this: “Things were much the same Thursday night, yet things were also different, in such a way that they can never be made entirely whole again.” Plus he reveals Mo Farah is on asthma medication.
*Oregonian: Allegations? What Allegations? Galen Rupp Runs Away With The 10,000 At The USATF Championships
*Chris Chavez: No One Booed Rupp, But Rupp’s Battle Not Over
*Hayward Field Fans React To Allegations Against Galen Rupp
*MB: Galen Rupp is a mother F*&(*&iXXX Bada$$ !!! congrats!
LRC800 Prelims: Charles Jock & Brandon Johnson Go Home As The Rest Of The Favorites Advance
LRC M 1,500/W Steeple: Half Of The Men’s 1,500 Final Are Oregon Ducks + Andrews & Wheating Advance
OTB: *Leah O’Connor Runs Her Last Race For MSU And Signs With adidas (Video Interview)
*Colleen Quigley Talks About Turning Pro With Bowerman Track Club And Her Dad Driving Her Stuff From Florida
Five Things On ESPN’s Radar At USATF Outdoor ChampionshipsBen Blankenship and Boris Berian make the cut.
Day 2: Daily Relay Day 2 Preview: What2Watch Friday At The USATF Championships
Alan Abrahamson Pans New Boston 2024 Bid – “Bid 2.0 is DOA” He urges the USOC to pick LA for 2024 or 2028.
Final Day: MB: Official Day 4 2015 USA Outdoor Live Discussion Thread
M5,000: LRC Ryan Hill Wins It As Galen Rupp Almost Misses Out On Making U.S. Team At 5,000 Rupp was beaten by an American, make that two, for the first time since 2013.
*MB: Holy ***!! Ryan MF Hill takes down Rupp. Hill 1, True 2, Rupp 3. Bernard Lagat is left at home. Recap coming.
*MB: An Emotional Bernard Lagat Speaks about Missing Worlds Team — MUST-WATCH
M800: LRC Nick Symmonds Is Back, Symmonds Wins 6th US Title As Erik Sowinski And Cas Loxsom Punch Their Tickets to Beijing Duane Solomon took this one the “Twilight Zone.” Symmonds was smart enough to stay away from that zone and then mow down the field in the final 200.
W1,500: LRC Jenny Simpson Repeats In A Wild Women’s 1,500 10 women had a shot at the team with 100 to go. Simpson and Rowbury went 1-2 but guess who got 3rd and 4th to punch their tickets to Beijing?
w800: LRC Supermom Alysia Montano Is Your 800m Champion!!!Simply unbelievable as Alysia Montano, less than one year after giving birth, beat a tremendous women’s field including one of the favorites for Worlds, Ajee Wilson, who lost a shoe and held on to make the team.
Steeple LRC There’s Never Been A Better Steeple At USAs As Evan Jager Leads The Way As Top 3 All Beat Previous USA Meet RecordEvan Jager led a record brigade as the top 3 all broken Dan Lincoln‘s previous USATF meet record.
W5,000: LRC Nicole Tully Edges Marielle Hall Hall To Claim Her First US Title In Thrilling Race – Abbey D’Agostino Third This race had everything a distance fan would want – fast pace, PRs all over the place and an amazing finish. Now a woman who only scored once at NCAAs and who only had previously been 10th at USAs is the national champ.
Day 4 On The Boards:
Complete Coverage In Our 2015 USA Outdoor Special Section
LRCW 1,500/M Steeple Prelims: Alexa Efraimson Goes Home While Mary Cain Advances; Evan Jager & Donn Cabral Look Great In Steeple The favorites advanced except for Efraimson while Evan Jager talked supplements and what about people who think he might be doping after.
LRC 800 Semis: US #1 Boris Berian Goes Home, Nick And Duane Are Back Ready To Rumble, And What A Women’s Final We Have The 800 finals on Sunday are tremendous even without Boris Berian as Nick and Duane look like they are back just in time.
LRC: Nick Symmonds: “I owe Salazar an apology unless some better evidence comes out … this process is great for this sport.” Symmonds was impressed with Salazar’s rebuttal, thinks more evidence will come out, and praised the Gouchers and Steve Magness for coming forward and LRC for asking the tough questions.
*Duane Solomon Going To Go To “Twilight Zone” And Take 800m Final Out At WR Pace Video.
Friday Live MB Talk:1,500 Semis: Order is restored. Mary Cain is in!! Alexa Efraimson is out!! Videos with both.
*800 Semis: Shocker In Men’s Race: Order is restored. Nick Symmonds is in!!! Boris Borian is out!!
*Women’s 800 Final Is Gonna Be Unreal In heat 2, Wilson, Price, Vessey and Montano were within .09 of each other and that was just one heat.
*Evan Jager Addresses People Who May Think He’s On Drugs And His Supplement Usage
*Dan Huling Talks About His Allergies And Getting An Inhaler
Day 2
100s LRC Tyson Gay’s Return To USAs Results In Victory In Men’s 100 – Tori Bowie Wins First US Title In Women’s Race Afterwards:
*Tyson Talks About Being Listed As Nike And Supplements
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