– Dave Johnson, Penn Relays director, talking about the volunteers who make Penn happen.
LRC 8 of The NFL’s First 9 Draft Picks Were Track and Field Athletes In High School – How Good Could the First-Round Picks in the 2017 NFL Draft Have Been Had They Stuck With Track & Field?8 of the top 9 picks (88.9%) and at least 19 of the 32 in the first round (59.4%) were also track and field athletes in high school. Did any of them have Olympic potential?
*MB: 8 of the top 9 picks in the 2017 NFL Draft were track and field athletes in HS, how good could they have been?
MB: Official Penn Relays Live Discussion Thread
Previous News/Full Coverage On Our Penn Relays Event Page
Another “High-Profile” Athlete in Kenya Has Tested Positive On the messageboard, we’ve been telling you for days that a source told us more names are coming from Kenya and Reuters has confirmed this fact.
*MB: 3 hammers about to drop on Kenya
MB: Clayton Murphy and Katie Mackey Win USATF Road Miles at Drake 3:59.96 for Murphy, Riley Masters second; Mackey (4:37.00) beat Amanda Eccleston and Shannon Rowbury.
*USATF Race Recap
*Post-Race Video Interviews:*Murphy*Mackey
*Q&A With Grand Blue Mile Race Director And Former Pro Blake Boldon
Previous News/Full Coverage On Our Drake Relays Event Page
LRCCas Loxsom – World’s Fastest Man At 600m – Dismissed from Brooks Beasts, Looking for a Sponsor The mid-d runner, who enjoyed a great indoor season and just won gold at the World Relays, is looking for a new sponsor after being dismissed from the team for violating “team conduct rules on multiple occasions”.
*MB: Cas Loxsom no longer a Beast?
LRC Q&A Why Is NASDAQ Chairman Bob Greifeld Investing Some Of His Millions In Pro Track And Field In The US? The super-successful Greifeld is one of the main backers of the Track Town Summer Series. Is he crazy or will he help make track and field more popular and profitable in America?
Coaches Of Winning Athletes At 2017 Worlds Will Also Get Medals Now coaches can really live vicariously through their athletes.
WTW2017 London Was The Fastest Marathon In History, A Mother Of 7 Runs 2:24 In The Marathon, Clayton Murphy Didn’t Run As Slow As People Said He Did, And Might An NCAA Frosh Be The Greatest 400/800 Guy In History? We break down the past week in running that saw the Virgin London Marathon and the World Relays.
LRCAbbott World Marathon Majors Looking To Expand – Signs Deal With Chinese Company To Find Races In Asia And Africa
*MB: World Marathon Majors looking to expand – How many is too many? What criteria should they use?
MB: Official 2017 World Relays Live Discussion Thread
LRC Clayton Murphy Anchors US To 4 X 800 Gold And Reaffirms His Status As The Current World #1David Rudisha, are you training hard? Clayton Murphy is in supreme form right now.
*US Men Talk After Race
LRC Sunday Sprint Recap US Women Fall In 4 X 100, Canada And De Grasse Win 4 X 200, Merritt Wins Exciting 4 X 400, Bahamas Brings Down House In Mixed Relays Scroll down for Saturday recap.
Pole Vault World Champion Shawn Barber Announces He Is Gay Shawn becomes one of the more prominent male gay athletes in the world.
MB: Official 2017 London Marathon Live Discussion Thread
OMG LRCMary Keitany Survives Nearly Suicidal First Half And Blitzes A 2:17:01 To Take Down Paula Radcliffe’s Women’s-Only World Record And Win 2017 London Marathon Running history was made as Mary Keitany ran the fastest marathon ever in an women’s-only race and she did so in mind-boggling fashion as she ran the first half more than a minute faster than any woman in history. Tirunesh Dibaba had a historic run as well, putting herself third on the all-time list in 2:17:56. On the American front, Laura Thweatt had a super impressive run, taking almost 3 minutes off her PR to finish sixth in 2:25:38.
*Mary Keitany Won More Than $300,000 Today $55,000 for the win, $100,000 for sub-2:18, $25,000 for the course record and $125,000 for the world record.
What A Battle LRC After An Epic Battle, Daniel Wanjiru Outduels Kenenisa Bekele To Win The 2017 London Marathon A great back-and-forth between Kenya’s Daniel Wanjiru and all-time great Kenenisa Bekele saw Wanjiru win a close race in 2:05:48 as he held off a late charge by Bekele.
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Full Coverage In Our 2017 London Marathon Special Section
Good Read:GB Olympic 4 X 400 Bronze Medalist Anyika Onuora Shares How She Nearly Died From Malaria 10 Months Before The Games Anyika says she is “literally had to learn how to walk again” after being hospitalized and receiving emergency care and is “lucky to be alive.”
Next Month: Super-Deep Field Set For Pre Classic Women’s 1,500 With Seven Sub-4:00 Women The field will include Olympic champ Faith Kipyegon, Olympic silver medalist Hellen Obiri, USA’s Jenny Simpson, Shannon Rowbury, Kate Grace and GB record setter Laura Muir.
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