Archived Homepage For June 05, 2018
Archived Homepage For June 05, 2018

2018 NCAAs *Schedule & Results *TV & Streaming

Screenshot 2018-06-04 at 12.59.19LRC $200,018 Running Warehouse Prediction Contest Is Here Simple to play. Give us your top 3 from our guide in the running events.

LRC Which Distance Races Should You Be Most Excited About at 2018 NCAAs? We Rank Them All, #1 Through #10 We’ve focused our 2018 NCAA pre-meet coverage on the non-distance events, until now. From the men’s 5,000 (#1) to the men’s steeple (#10), Rojo ranks the distance events at NCAAs this year and then gives out his predictions.

McLaughlin...world record? (photo by Bert Richardson)Women Start Thursday LRC What To Watch At 2018 NCAA Outdoors For Women: Schweizer & Orji Go For #7, The Sydney McLaughlin Show, & Could The Last Race At Hayward Be A Classic? We give you our top 5 storylines for the final NCAAs at Hayward as it’s currently configured, starting with the great Sydney McLaughlin.

michael-norman-wrMen Start Wednesday LRC  What To Watch At 2018 NCAA Outdoors For Men: A Historic 400, A Battle Of NCAA Champs In The 5K, & The Brilliance Of Holloway, Saruni, & Kerr We give you our top 5 story lines starting with an unreal men’s 400.

San Diego Marathon “Shooting”

The San Diego Tribune:Police Arrest Woman Shooter In Downtown San Diego Near Rock ‘N’ Roll Marathon She was only armed with an airsoft gun, but an officer accidentally shot himself while pursuing her (his injuries aren’t life threatening).
*The Washington Post:Officer Accidentally Shot Self During Suspect Chase *CBS News
*MB: Shooter arrested at Roll ‘n’ Roll San Diego Marathon

Weekend US Action

Jail For Aden?

Aden and Souleiman celebrate an indoor world recordJama Aden Update: He Could Get 4.5 Years In Prison, Prosecutors Say They Found Multiple Types Of EPO Pre-Loaded In Syringes And the crazy thing is no one has tested positive, showing how the smart people don’t test positive. Read and discuss at link above.
*The Guardian’s Headline:“Former Mo Farah Aide Jama Aden Could Face Prison Over Doping Offences” When Aden applies for jobs, do you think “former Mo Farah aide” is the first or second line on his resume? Probably first.

Doping News: Bad News For Bolt Fans

Week That Was

2018 Ottawa MarathonLRC Sara Hall Moves Into US Top 10, Linden Hall Breaks Aussie Record, Geoffrey Kamworor Cashes In, The LetsRun.com Singlet PRs Plus the news of an LRC visitor driving to the Pre Classic to find out the meet was already over and an update on Yomif Kejelcha who didn’t run Pre.

Outside NCAA Coverage

Do you know of a good local story on the NCAA? Email us. Full 2018 NCAA Coverage

Upcoming Oslo Bislett Games Are Thursday 2-4 pm ET *TV & Streaming

Sprints And Jumps

IAAF Continental Cup Is This September

Prague on Monday And Other Results

Hayward Field May Soon Be Changed Forever

hayward-field-schillLRC With Hayward Field Set To Be Demolished, Pros Alan Webb, Matthew Centrowitz, Nick Symmonds, Christian Coleman And Jenny Simpson Recall Their Favorite Races At Hayward Some top pros of the post-2000 era recall their favorite Hayward races.
*We Want To Hear From You: MB: What was your favorite race at Hayward Field? The top pros share their favorite Hayward field memories

LetsThrow.com

DeAnna Price Breaks U.S. Women’s Hammer Record With 254’9″ (77.65m) mark She had two throws better than Gwen Berry‘s old national record of 251-10 (76.77m)

The IAAF World U20 Championships Are This July In Tampere, Finland

Screenshot 2018-05-31 at 07.17.142018 Rome Golden Galan Pietro Mennea DL *Full Results 

MB: Official 2018 Rome Golden Gala DL Discussion Thread

So close for CoburnLRC Rome Recap: Ronnie Baker Is The Real Deal, Coburn Nearly Wins But Falls, Samba Sizzles, Manyonga And Echevarría Soar Ronnie Baker took it to Christian Coleman again, there was a great 400m hurdles and long jump, and Emma Coburn might have won the steeple if it wasn’t for a fall on the final water jump.

Video:2018 Rome Diamond League Race Replays And Video Highlights