– Kiwi Matt Baxter, 2017 NCAA XC runner-up, reaping praise on the NCAA system which has transformed him from a 14:10 runner to budding star.
Usain Who? MB: CHRISTIAN MF COLEMAN – COLEMAN OPENS 2018 WITH 6.37 WR!!! Coleman, who beat Bolt in London, opens 2018 with a stunner.
MB: UTEP’S Michael Saruni Runs 1:14.79 600m WR Technically the 600m distance is a world’s best.
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LRCCaster Semenya Free To Dominate For At Least 6 More Months As CAS Keeps IAAF’s Rules On Hypeandrogenism SuspendedAfter a two-plus year wait, the IAAF got back to the court with what it hoped was proof that women with internal testicles and jacked up testosterone levels have an advantage over other women. The IAAF proposed new regulations that just cover the 400-mile. CAS has asked for more info. Sadly many following the case closely feel that ultimately the IAAF will lose.
Disgraceful:Fancy Bears Is Trying To Act Like The IOC Is Bribing Doping Whistleblower Yuliya Stepanova By Offering Her $$$ The latest Fancy Bears hack shows email correspondence where financial arrangements for Stepanova are discussed after she risked her life to expose Russian doping.
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Oh baby, it’s on!!Kenenisa Bekele Added To 2018 London Marathon Field Meaning We’ll Get Bekele vs Kipchoge and Farah at 2018 London
Plan your winter/Set your DVRs now 2018 USATF Indoor Championship Series TV Broadcast Schedule Released – Millrose Leads Way With 2 Hours Live On NBC
LRC Exclusive Reigning Olympic And World Indoor Champion Matthew Centrowitz Will Skip 2018 Indoor Season, Race In Australia Instead In other Centro related news, we have learned that Like Father, Like Son, the memoir by Matt Centrowitz – Matthew’s father – may be turned into a feature film.
*MB: Breaking: Reigning world indoor champ Matthew Centrowitz will NOT defend his crown – will race in Australia instead One LRCer is disappointed that Americans tend to really get up for Worlds only when it’s in the US.
Feb. 10th: Raevyn Rogers Will Race 800 And Christian Coleman, Noah Lyles And Cameron Burrell Will Clash In 60 At 2018 NB Indoor Grand Prix The women’s 800 also includes Sifan Hassan of the Netherlands and Great Britain’s Lynsey Sharp. Get your tickets now.
Ken Goe In The Oregonian: “IAAF Visit To Oregon Ahead Of 2021 World Track Champs Leaves Unanswered Questions” A big issue is the necessary renovations to Hayward Field which were supposed to start in 2016, but haven’t even begun. And now sources say the project will be a “complete teardown” instead of the original plan to preserve the iconic East side of the stadium.
*MB: So long Hayward Field…
Will London’s Crystal Palace Also Be Demolished? The future of Crystal Palace as an athletics facility hangs in the balance with a sports consultancy company due to deliver its verdict on the venue next month.
NCAA Action
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LRCA PhD Student, Son Of A World Masters Champ, And A Guy Who Trained With The Big 10 100m Champ: Meet The Winners Of The $200,017 Running Warehouse NCAA XC Prediction Contest See who the kings and queens of LetsRun.com are.
LRCWe Revise Our Steeplechase Rankings, Moving Ruth Jebet To #2, Emma Coburn To #3, And Drop Kiyeng To #4 We love the input of you – our visitors on the forums – and you convinced us that Coburn should be ahead of Kiyeng. *Discuss
LRC 10 Things I Learned From The Best High School Cross-Country And Track Coaches In America LetsRun.com’s Wejo flew to Boulder to hear from the high school top XC coaches in America Joan Hunter (#1 team), Dan Iverson (#2 team), Jonathan Dalby (#3 team) and John O’Malley (Foot Locker champ). What did he learn? A lot.
Discussion: “I attended a clinic with the top high school cross coaches in the country: ask me anything.”
LRC Final Molly Huddle Breaks American Record At 2018 Aramco Houston Half Marathon Huddle went out blazing fast – 66:29 pace at 15k – and held on to get the AR in 67:25. In the process, she beat Jordan Hasay by 73 seconds. Oh yeah, Huddle didn’t win. She was just 7th. Ruti Aga, the 2017 Berlin Marathon runner-up, won in 66:39. Updated with analysis, quotes and videos.
*RRW:Three USA Records For Molly Huddle At Aramco Houston Half Marathon
*Houston Chronicle: After AR In Houston, Molly Huddle Is Looking Forward To Boston And Another Clash With Hasay Huddle: “I think her recent marathon success is going to spark a good rivalry. She’s just at another level of running right now. Rivalries are good for the sport. I think we’re going to be finishing close to each other in Boston.”
LRC Final Jake Robertson (60:01) Crushes Stacked Field Over Final 2 Miles To Win 2018 Houston Half Marathon Kiwi Jake Robertsonwas dancing after this one was over as he got the biggest win of his career and took some huge scalps, including runner-up Guye Adola. American Sam Chelanga moved to #4 on the US all-time list with a 60:37 and Haron Lagat cracked the top 10 for the US all-time at 61:01.
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*Post-Race Reaction: Jake Robertson Paid His Own Money To Top Up And Fly Business Class To Houston As He Knew He Was Ready To Run Fast
Marathon:LRCBazu Worku (2:08:30) And Degefa Biruktayir (2:24:51) Win Full MarathonsWilkerson Given (2:15:52) and Sarah Crouch (2:35:22) were the top Americans.
*Houston Chronicle Recap Of Ethiopian Domination
IAAF: Ethiopians Dominate In Houston Once Again We think the Kiwis did incredibly well on a per capita basis.
LRC Meet Mr. Cross-Country, The Sport’s Biggest Fan Cross-country’s biggest fan, Michael Mahon, resides in Massachusetts, where for the past 33 years he has traveled to over 1,747 career meets, bag of cans in tow. And he doesn’t plan on stopping anytime soon.
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