Meet The Freshman Who Is Taking The NCAA By Storm

LRC Who Is Emmanuel Korir – The Freshman The Set A World’s Best In The 600m? “I Think He Could Be A World Champion In The 800” UTEP coach Paul Ereng knows a thing or two about 800-meter phenoms – he used to be one himself, winning Olympic gold in 1988 as freshman at the University of Virginia. Now Ereng’s got one on his hands in the form of Korir, the freshman who set a world indoor best of 1:14.97 for 600m last weekend (since surpassed), and he thinks greatness lies in Korir’s future.

Doping Updates

• Russia Stripped Of Their Women’s 2012 Olympic 4 X 400 Silver Medal Team member Antonina Krivoshapka tested positive for steroids in a retest of her frozen sample.
• Jo Pavey Wants Brits Who Lost Medals To Dopers To Be Re-Awarded Them At The 2017 London World Championships Pavey finished 4th in the 10K at 2007 Worlds, but was upgraded to bronze when Turkey’s Elvan Abeylegesse was caught in doping retests.
• Usain Bolt And Asafa Powell Not Holding Gurdges Against Nesta Carter For Relay Medal Loss Bolt said, “I’m not going to despite anybody for anything … Nesta and I are still friends.”
• European Athletics President Says Athletes Who Set European Records Will Have Their Blood And Urine Samples Stored For 10 YearsSvein Arne Hansen: “We don’t want cheats to ever feel that they got away with something and that they are safe because they were not caught immediately.”
• Give Us A Break:Former Russian Athletics Federation Head Valentin Balakhnichev Refers Dick Pound To IOC Ethics Commission For Comments On Russia All Pound did was suggest that there was a possibility countries could boycott the 2018 World Cup In Russia in reaction to doping scandals.
• Russian Racewalker Alexander Yargunkin And Javelin Thrower German Komarov Get 4-Year Bans
• Weak Sauce:US Figure Skating Backs Way From Comments Made By Its President Criticizing Russia US Figure Skating came out with a statement claiming president Sam Auxier‘s statements were only “his personal opinions” and not their “official position.”
• Head Of Task Force Examining The Credibility Of Previous European Records Is Engaging With Fans Making Suggestions On Social Media Former Irish race walker Pierce O’Callaghan said even “stories and anecdotes” would help.

More On The US Travel Ban

• The Guardian:“LA’s Olympic Bid Likely To Survive Trump Immigration Order Furor”Sean Ingle writes that IOC voters will likely consider the logistical strength of the bid and the US’s “huge TV audiences and advertising dollars” rather than politics.
• USOC Says Foreign Athletes Will Not Be Affected By The Travel Ban Athletes and officials will get expedited access to the US to participate in competitions.
• Lopzez Lomong Fears For His Two Younger Brothers Who Are College Runners In The US On Visas Lomong said he was “very emotional about the order” because he wondered where would he be if it had been signed in 2001 when he came to the US.
• Pre Classic Meet Director Tom Jordan Condemns President Trump’s Immigration Order  Jordan pointed out that Pre has hosted athletes from Cuba and the Soviet Union even when there were embargoes on those countries.

The Harting Bros

• Recommended Read:Christoph Harting Describes What It Was Like To Follow In His Brother’s Footsteps And Become An Olympic Discus Champion Harting says that when his brother won in 2012, he told himself he was going to do it too and throw ever farther.
• Germany’s 2012 Olympic Discus Champ Robert Harting Announces That He Will Retire After The 2018 European Championships In Berlin Talking about what he’d miss, Harting said, “The feeling when the discus leaves the hand is indescribable and addictive. I want to be in command of my body and when that happens, the performance comes.”

US Indoor Action *All NCAA Results

• UW Invy:Results Distance highlights included Justyn Knight taking down Andrew Wheating and Brannon Kidder in the mile in 3:59.54, Brie Felnagle running 4:27.27 to beat out Alexa Efraimson (4:30.49), a 2:02.29 win for Kate Grace, Colby Gilbert 7:45.71 in the 3,000.
• BU Terrier: *ResultsRobby Andrews won the 1000 (2:21.23), New Hampshire’s Elinor Purrier took the mile in 4:34.98, Esther Guerro the 800 (2:01.72) over Cory McGee (2:02.20).
  *MB: Robby Andrew’s 1k
  *Michigan Puts Three Under 4 Minutes Syracuse’s Adam Palamar won the race in 3:57.39 and then Michigan went 2-4 from 3:58.09 to 3:59.36.
  *MB: GO BLUE! 3 UNDER 4 !
  *Carly Muscaro Of Merrimack College Sets 400m New England College Record With 52.27
• Columbia East-West Challenge: *Results
  *Register-Guard:“Ducks Take Big Bite Out Of Big Apple”Edward Cheserek won the 3K in 7:46 over Kyle Merber and Johnny Gregorek, Raevyn Rogers the 800 in 2:01.75, Samantha Nadel the mile (4:37).
  *Oregon Women Break Collegiate DMR Record Wih 10:48.77 At The ArmoryRaevyn Rogers was on the 800 (2:03.53) and Freshman Katie Rainsberger anchored the team with a 4:30.92 split. In the men’s DMR, Oregon won, led off by Matthew Maton and anchored by Edward Cheserek in 3:54.59. In the 60m, Oregon went 1-2-3 led by Hannah Cunliffe (7.13).
  *Video Q&A With UO Women DMR*DyeStat Article
  *MB:Oregon women just set new NCAA DMR record – 10:48.77
• Razorback Invy: *Results*Missouri’s Karissa Schweizer Runs 4:35 To Win MileAndres Arroyo won the 800 in 1:47.25.
• Trey Cunningham Breaks 60H National High School Record With 7.49

Sprint Stuff

• Usain Bolt Turns In His 2008 4 X 100 Gold Medal; Says “No Bad Blood” With Nesta Carter Bolt said, “I am not fully happy about the situation but rules are rules … What can you do?”
• Wayde Van Niekerk Has Requested A Schedule Change For Worlds So He Can More Easily Do The 400-200 Double The article talks about Van Niekerk challenging Bolt, but Bolt has already said he’s only running the 100 this year.
• Athletics Weekly Profile On Olympic Champ Brianna Rollins Rollins said her one regret at this summer’s Games was that she saw nothing of Rio de Janeiro and didn’t attend any Olympic events besides the closing ceremony.

This Will Please Many

LRC Dennis Mitchell Is No Longer USATF’s Head Relay Coach The controversial coach is out as USATF apparently always hires a new relays coach after the Olympics.
*MB: Confirmed: Dennis Mitchell Out As US Relays Coach!!

The Week That Was Is Back From Paternity Leave

WTW Meet HS Star DJ Principe, Matthew Centrowitz Gets Disrespected, And A Statistical Reason As To Why Men’s Track Is More Popular Than Women’s This week we also take an in-depth look at how often the world #1 wins the Olympics and compare the depth of the three spring World Marathon Majors.

News From Africa

• Eliud Kipchoge Is Predicting Big Things For Vivian Cheruiyot In The Marathon – “I expect fireworks in London …” He thinks she’s going to be the best in the world real soon. “I can predict by the end of 2017 the best road runner will be Vivian.”
• Mary Keitany Makes Bold London Marathon Proclamation “It is still too early to talk about winning the event … But I know I will not be ninth.”
• Eunice Sum Blames Her Sub-Par 2016 On Being Psychologically “Down” Due To Allegations Against Her Manager Federico Rosa In reality, she only ran .09 slower than she did when she won Worlds in 2013. We think she was psychologically down from having to compete against three women with internal testicles.
• Caster Semenya Is Thrilled To Be The Co-Owner Of Famram Solutions – A Company Making The PrincessD Menstrual Cup Has Semenya ever had a menstrual cycle?
• Margaret Wambui Says She’s Trying To Figure Out A Way To Beat Semenya In 2017 “I learnt she was a better runner than me, which has forced me to go back to the drawing board.”
• Felix Sanchez Is Really Enjoying His Time In Nairobi Working With Kenya’s Hurdlers
• Julius Yego Needs A New Javelin Coach As His Old Coach Was Named Finland’s Coach And Is Barred From Working With Foreigners If Nike barred Salazar from working with Farah, would Rupp be a gold medalist?
• Random Fact: Wayde van Niekerk Prefers Fruits To Vegetables He also recommends you don’t respond to direct messages on social media.

News From Europe

Bruno Hortelano And Ruth Beitia Named Spanish Athletes Of The Year By Spanish Athletics Federation Hortelano was a former Ivy League star for Cornell.
*The “Spanish Bullet” Hortelano Is Recovering Nicely From His Car Accident
*Spanish Newspaper On Hortelano / Beitia

European Athletics President Meets With Mayor Of Jerusalem Nir Barkat

Sprints / Throws / Jumps News

• 2-Time Olympic 400H Champ Felix Sanchez Is In Kenya Helping Coach The Hurdlers He thinks Kenya should consistently produce sprint stars as well as distance stars. “There is no reason why they can’t produce greats in sprints consistently.”
• Even Though UF Is #1 In Men’s Track, They Haven’t Had A Guy Win A 60m Race All SeasonMike Holloway says it’s his job to get them running faster: “I’ll get those guys going.”
• Jacko Gill Threw A New PR Of 21.01m Over The Weekend
• Wayde van Niekerk And Caster Semenya Named To Provisional South African Team For World Relays They’ll probably both be in the 4 x 400. We’d love to see Caster on the 4 x 800.
• Olympic PV Champ Thiago Braz Now Can’t Walk Down A Brazilian Street Without Being Recognized 
• 40-Year-Old Kim Collins To Open Season In Czech This Saturday

Track Action: New Balance Games *Results *All NCAA Results

RRW Ajee Wilson Runs 1:25.23 For 600 (#2 All-Time US) As Drew Hunter Wins Mile And HSer D.J. Principe Almost Breaks 4:00 Hunter won the mile in 3:58.92 as Principe finished 3rd (4:00.97). Kate Van Buskirk won the women’s mile in 4:30.14.
*Video:Interview With Principe Principe threw up post-race and had to cut the interview short to sit down.
*Video Q&A With Drew Hunter
*MB: High Schooler DJ Principe Runs 4:00.97
*Organizer Release: Drew Hunter Wins in Professional Indoor Debut; Wilson Soars to 2nd Best American Ever in 600m

• Sammy Watson Breaks 600m High School Indoor National Record In 1:28.67 She won the race by 9 seconds to break the previous mark by .11.
• Molly Seidel Opens Season With 4:44 Mile Win At Notre Dame Invy Erin Finn won the 3,000 in 9:07. *Results
• 4 X 4 Olympic Silver Medalist Javon Francis Gets 800m Win In 1:54.08 In Jamaica
• Florida’s Grant Holloway Joins Ashton Eaton As Only Athlete To Jump 8.05m And Run Under 7.75 In The 60H Indoors
• UTEP Freshman Emmanuel Korir Sets World Indoor 600m Record With 1:14.97 He took .15 off the previous record from 1999. *Discuss