Archived Homepage For January 31, 2016
Archived Homepage For January 31, 2016

The Big Pro US Meets Start This Weekend *Camel City Elite Full Results *Post-Race videos

Drew Hunter celebrating his win over Grant Fisher at the Brooks PR meet last year. Photo by John Jefferson, courtesy of Brooks Running.

LRCDrew Hunter Breaks Gerry Lindgren’s 1964 American HS Record, Matt Centrowitz, Garrett Heath And Shannon Rowbury Keep Rolling Gerry Lindgren‘s American indoor high school record had stood since 1964 and is finally gone thanks to Drew Hunter running 7:59.33 in a race won by the hot Garrett Heath. Matt Centrowitz won the mile and dabbed for Carolina fans as Shannon Rowbury got another win at the Camel City Elite meet. Updated with post-race videos.

Previous Flash Drew Hunter Breaks American High School Indoor (and Outdoor) 3000 Meter Record With 7:59:33 
*Pre-Race: LRC Drew Hunter’s Coach Reveals Hunter Only Took Three Days Off After Foot Locker And That “If He Runs Successfully, Then He’ll Probably Break The [HS 3k] Record”

Centro won big at USAs in 2015 but couldn't hold that form until WorldsPre-Meet LRC Nike Oregon Project Stars Matthew Centrowitz & Shannon Rowbury Reflect On Their 2015 Seasons & Look Ahead To 2016; Plus A Nick Symmonds Update We sat down with Centro and Rowbury on Friday ahead of the Camel City Elite meet. Centro talked about how he’s glad the U.S. Trials are closer to the Olympics this year than last (9 weeks versus 6) and how he plans to close the gap to Asbel Kiprop. Rowbury discussed her bittersweet 2015 season, Genzebe Dibaba‘s crazy workout, and why her rivalry with Jenny Simpson is overblown.


Olympic Shot Put Champion Valerie Adams Gets Engaged


What Are The Healthiest And Least Healthiest States In The Country? Hawaii, Colorado and California top the list, while West Virginia is on bottom.

“Failure” = Victory If You Focus On The Journey

2016 World Indoors And The 2016 Olympics Are Approaching

More Distance News

Distance News

Sprint Q&A: Jeremy Wariner

LRCWhat’s Jeremy Wariner Doing Working At Jimmy John’s? 7 Questions With The Olympic Legend Wariner posted online that he was now a general manager at a Jimmy John’s sandwich restaurant. We wondered if it could be that one of the greatest 400m sprinters of all time was retiring, so we reached out to see what was up.
*MB: Is Jeremy Wariner’s investment in Jimmy John’s smart?

Saturday’s Pro/NCAA Track Action *All NCAA Results

Road News

Two Great Distance Reads

The UK Press Is Going After Seb Coe

Two Officials Tell Daily Mail That Seb Coe “Alerted UK Athletics Officials To Claims That Cash Bribes Were Being Offered For 2017 World Championships Votes” The British press is trying to make a scandal out of him knowing of the bribes as he told Parliament last month he knew of no one being offered bribes.
*Lord Coe Denies Knowledge Of Bidding Bribes For 2017 World Athletics Championships

More Adminstrative News: A Group Of Refugee Athletes Will March Together In The Opening Ceremony Of The Olympics In Rio And we thought the Olympics weren’t supposed to be political.

Week That Was

LRCMeet The Japanese Super Running Twins, Ryan Hall Is A Great Dude, Kate Grace Is Back, Mo Farah Vs. Kamworor, And When Sub-4 Isn't Sub-4

Dubai is in the books, the indoor track scene started to heat up, Japan's dominance over America in the marathon is complete, a sub-4 isn't always a sub-4, and Mo Farah will take on Kamworor for the world title in March.

Still Nothing Confirmed To Report In Adidas-IAAF Story

Marathon Trials News – Less Than 3 Weeks To Go

Friday Pro/NCAA Action: Kim Conley And Allie O Scorch 5,000m; Fast DMRs At Penn State *All NCAA Results

Portland High Performance Meet #3 *Results

Rupp Certified: Galen Rupp To Race The 2016 Olympic Marathon Trials

It’s Official:Galen Rupp To Run 2016 US Olympic Marathon Trials As Well As World Indoors Turns out all the speculation (see here, here and here) was true as Rupp will be lining up on the streets of LA next month to make his highly anticipated marathon debut while shooting for an Olympic berth. Or maybe it wasn’t all speculation as a source told Rojo this was the case back in December as shown here.

Field Event News

News From Overseas

Obligatory Daily Doping/Corruption Section

Monday Would Have Been Steve Prefontaine‘s 65th Birthday – Happy Retirement, Pre