– Former 100m world record holder and 4 x 100 Olympic champ Leroy Burrell criticizing the Team USA men’s 4 x 100 after they failed yet again to get the baton around the track at the Penn Relays yesterday.
*MB: FIRE DENNIS MITCHELL NOW
Stanford: Lagat Wins 10,000m Debut in 27:49, Izaic Yorks Beats Pros in 1500, Courtney Frerichs Dominates Steeple Brief comments on the races and full results on 1 page.
LRC Idaho’s Michael Slagowski Becomes The 9th US High Schooler And 4th In Last Two Years To Go Sub-4 In The Mile He did it at the Nike Jesuit Relays in Portland with his teammate rabbiting for 750.
LRC Christo Landry (62:52) And Tara Welling (70:25) Win 2016 US Half Marathon ChampionshipsDesi Linden was 2nd in the women’s race.
Saturday: MBNCAA Champ Clayton Murphy Takes Down World Indoor Champ Boris Berian
*MB: Kendra Harrison (12.56) wins loaded women’s hurdles
*MB:Omar McLeod crushes everyone in men’s hurdles (13.08)
*Sandi Morris Wins Rio Preview PV With 4.70m It moved indoors because of weather and Morris took three attempts at breaking Jenn Suhur‘s indoor WR.
*After Finishing 2nd In Two Events, Stephanie Jenks Leaves Drake With Win In Girls 1,500, Giving Her A Record 9 Individual Titles No other woman had won more than 8.
*The University Of Illinois Men Won Their Foruth Consecutive Hy-Vee Cup
*Texas And Baylor Women Tie For Hy-Vee Cup
Friday: LRC Kirani James Blazes 44.08 World Leader, Jenny Simpson (4:06.44) Outkicks Kate Grace In 1,500 As Mary Cain Is 8th (4:12.62) Was Jenny Simpson hurt over the winter? It sure seems like it, but she got the win nonetheless. Kirani James‘ time, run in 48-degree temps, was the second-fastest ever in the month of April, behind only Michael Johnson‘s 43.75 in 1997.
*Jenny Simpson Is Well Aware That No American Woman Has Ever Medalled At The Olympics In The 1,500
*Good Des Moines Register Article On James And Rest Of Pro ActionAries Merritt didn’t want to kill himself in the cold weather. Bershawn Jackson raced wearing a necklace holding the ashes of his recently-deceased father.
*Aries Merritt Gets Huge Newpsaper Feature, Says He’s 85% Fit – And Fitter Than Last Year
*Video interview With Aries Merritt
*Full Des Moines Register Coverage Of Drake Relays
Earlier Action
LRC Olympic High Jumper Jamie Nieto Paralyzed After Attempting Back Flip At Practice – Please Consider Donating Now A terrible tragedy for Nieto, who always finished his competitions by waving to the crowd and performing a back flip or a back handspring.
LRC The Future Has Arrived – PUMA Unveils BeatBot – A Personal Robotic Pacer Do you hate working out alone? Or seeing races ruined by people going out too fast or slow? Puma has the answer.
LRCAsbel Kiprop, Elijah Manang’oi And Vincent Yator Put On A Show At The 2016 Kenyan Police Championships Get the inside scoop on how Kiprop and Manangoi, who went 1-2 at Worlds last year in the 1,500, totally toyed with the fields en route to 1,500 and 800 titles. Yator pulled off a tough double, winning the 5,000 and 10,000 within the span of 90 minutes. You’re lucky we aren’t charging you to read this 5,500-word masterpiece.
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