November 16, 2015 Homepage Archive

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Quote Of The Day

“[The IAAF says], ‘We are shocked. Shocked. Staggered. We didn’t know. But now that we do, we will fix it. Trust us!’

So basically, we are asked to give over and trust in either:

An organization so out of touch and unaware of reality that its new leader didn’t know what its ‘spiritual leader’ (Coe’s words), athletes and member federations were doing, even though he was there for seven years in a high-ranking position
An organization that knew, but did nothing until reality was standing there, in their house, with the door lying in pieces”

– The Science of Sport blog, blogging about the Russian doping scandal.

$100,000 .US 12K Champs Were Sunday *Results

LRCMolly Huddle And Sam Chelanga Win .US 12K Championships – Recap, Results And Post-Race Interviews Huddle dominated while Chelanga just held off Tyler Pennel to win by less than a second. Interviews with Chelanga, Pennel, Jared Ward and Molly Huddle. *Washington Post

LRC Molly Huddle Caps Undefeated Season On Roads And Leaves Open the Possibility Of Running Olympic Trials Marathon The chances are not likely as Huddle on the Trials said, “Probably not. I’ll never say never, but probably not.” When asked why she wouldn’t rule it out 100%, she said, “Just because I have taken to the roads pretty well, but I’ll likely delay the marathon debut.”
Discuss: Molly Huddle Leaves Open The Possibility Of Doing The Olympic Marathon Trials
*MB: Official USATF 12k Championship Thread

RRW:Molly Huddle Hopes To Cap Best-Ever Year With Third Straight .US 12-K Title
.US 12K Press Conference Highlights Quotes from Molly Huddle, Sara Hall, Kim Conley, Sam Chelenga, Tyler Pennel.
Race Preview:Molly Huddle And Jared Ward Look For USATF Running Circuit Titles At $100,000 .US National 12K

The Latest Russian Doping Scandal Updates

The IAAF Is Next: A Lot More To Come In Second WADA Independent Commission Report On Corruption Within The IAAF Commission member Richard McLaren said that there could even be calls to suspend the IAAF once the report is released.
Would Really Defeat The Purpose:Could Russian Athletes Compete Under The Olympic Flag If Russia Is Still Banned Come Rio? Apparently Yelena Isinbayeva‘s coach is looking into that option.
Daily Mail:Is There Already A Deal In Place To Ensure Russia’s Return Before Rio? An IAAF insider said if Russia make it to the Olympics “… then it will be because of a huge and genuine turnaround, or forces much bigger than the IAAF.”
IOC President Thomas Bach Confident Russia Will Reform In Time For Rio We’re sure many athletes and fans hopes they are not.
Russian Athletics Federation President Vadim Zelichenok Says IAAF’s Suspension Is “Too Severe”
Russian Suspension Means They Will Be Kept Out Of SPAR European XC Championships In December Russia hasn’t sent a senior team since 2010 anyway.
Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko Says Russia Will Be Compliant In Three Months
Daily Mail:“Lord Coe Must Have Guts To Tackle British Athletics’ Smug Attitude To Doping” Writer accuses Brits of condemning Russians, but sweeping things like Christine Ohuruogu‘s ban for three missed drug tests under the rug.
Yelena Isinbayeva Wrote An Open Letter Asking IAAF Council Not To Impose A Blanket Ban On Russia Thankfully they didn’t listen to her.
GB Captain Martyn Rooney Believes Seb Coe Has Been “Naive” “I want to believe he is the right person for the job. … it is just whether it is the best thing for athletics to have someone who was involved in the IAAF at that period still involved at the turnaround.”

Russia Is Banned *All Russian Doping Scandal News

Breaking: IAAF Provisionally Suspends Russian Athletics Federation; Russian Athletes Banned From All International Competitions 22 of the 24 voting members were in favor of the ban; only one was against. Russia will not be able to host the 2016 World Race Walking Cup or World Junior Championships. To regain membership to the IAAF, the new Russian federation will have to fulfill a list of criteria and pass inspections.
*MB:BREAKING: IAAF Suspends Russian Athletics Federation

A Kenyan Scandal May Be Next – But One Involving Money & Nike

LRC The Sunday Times Reports That Nike/Athletics Kenya Bribery/Theft Allegations Are Now Part Of A Criminal Probe Authorities are taking the ARD/Sunday Times Kenyan allegations seriously as a criminal probe has been launched. *Discuss

IAAF Q&A About Doping/Bribery Scandals One of the questions is about the police investigation of Athletics Kenya.
Kenyan Coach Alleges 3 Marathon Runners Paid Bribes For More Lenient Doping Bans
Brother Colm O’Connell Says If Kenya Doesn’t Want People To Doubt Its Performances In 2016, It Must Make Immediate, Drastic Changes “If Kenya wants to really move into the Olympics with a clear conscience and with global credibility, then … better testing and monitoring of our athletes has to be put in place immediately.”

The Latest In The IAAF/Russian Doping Scandal

The Acting Head Of Russia’s Athletics Federation Said On Sunday The Sport’s World Governing Body Was Punishing Russia To Divert Attention From Its Own Failings
Telegraph: The 10 Biggest Doping Scandals In Sport – Is The Russian Drugs Expose #1? They rank Russia #1, Lance #2 and Ben Johnson #3.
WADA Chief Sir Craig Reedie Says Russia Won’t Be Allowed In 2016 Olympics Unless It Shows It’s “As Clean As The Driven Snow”
Russia Proposed On Sunday That The IOC Let Its Athletes Run Under Olympic Flag During Next 3 Months (And Possibly In Olympics) To Get Around Russia Olympic Ban
Olympic Bronze Medalist Tatyana Arkhipova Was Forced To Withdraw From Sunday’s Saitama International Marathon – 1st Russian Athletes Banned After Russia’s Suspension
Seb Coe Writes Column In Telegraph About Doping Scandal – Urges Engagement, Not Isolation
Might Caster Semenya Be Upgraded To 2011 And 2012 Gold? The IOC and WADA are cracking down on doping but doing nothing about the domination of the 800 that soon will occur if people with hyperandrogenism are continued to be allowed to compete in women’s events without treatment.
The Science Of Sport Gives Its Ideas About The Russian Doping Scandal
Sean Ingle: Do Whistleblowers Need More Protection? Could the lives of whislteblowers like Steve Magness and Yuliya Stepanova be in jeopardy?
Yuki Kawauchi Talks About Russian Doping Scandal – Says Whereabouts System Would Be Improved Drastically If All Athletes Were Forced To Wear GPS Devices
Kiwi Columnist Paul Lewis: Let The Dopers Dope? You’ve Got To Be Kidding
Andy Murray Calls For More Drug Testing In Tennis, Even Suggests Cuts In Prize Money To Pay For It

Former British Olympic Discus Thrower Lawrence Okoye Signs With His Third NFL Team (The Jets) – This Time As An Offensive Lineman He’s been cut several times as a defensive lineman. Trust us – he’ll eventually be a starter in the league.

LRC Flo Groberg Gets The Medal Of Honor And President Obama Talks Running President Obama said it wonderfully: “… he had an incredible gift – he could run. Fast.”

NCAA Track News

LetsRun.com Investigates

LRCUVA Has Reassigned Banned Doper Martin Maric To Intramural And Recreational Sports - He Won't Coach Throws At UVA This Year

UVA and Mr. Maric still are refusing to provide proof that his initial ban was the result of an "unintentional" act as they claim.
*MB:UVA Coach Serving Doping Suspension

Book Review – The Animal Keepers Is Certainly A Keeper

LRC Book Review"The Animal Keepers" By Donn Behnke - A Terrific Tale Of What It Means To Be A Team

We highly recommend this book - hell, we call it "a triumph" - by Chris Solinsky's high school coach, Donn Behnke. Purchase here. 5 out 5 stars.

HS State Meets

MB: FM girls continue to roll – win 10th straight state title as 8th grader Claire Walters (FM) wins individual title
MB: Drew Hunter wins 3rd straight title – by 56 seconds!
*More HS Results

NCAA XC Regionals Are In The Books *Full Results Page

LRC 2015 NCAA Cross-Country Qualifiers Officially Released – List Is Exactly What We Said It Would Be Thank you, Bo Waggoner.

LRC Breaking: 2015 Men’s NCAA Cross-Country Team Qualifiers Southern Utah gets in at #31 as Cornell, UCSB and Eastern Michigan are left at home. Wisconsin‘s streak is also over. Fellow 2014 podium team NAU also is staying home.

LRC Breaking: 2015 Women’s NCAA Cross-Country Team Qualifiers Unofficially, here are your 31 NCAA women’s teams. Updated at 4:32 pm ET with a new set of teams.

LRC Which Unranked Teams Are Going Dancing? Which Ranked Teams Are Staying Home?

RRW:Syracuse, Providence Come Out On Top At NCAA Northeast Regional

Video: Great Lakes Regional Video Coverage Includes interviews with Mason Ferlic, Michael Clevenger and John Mascari.

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