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MB: Official 2018 NCAA Day 4 Live Discussion Thread
LRC Q&A: Houston’s Brian Barraza on His Daring Front-Running Strategy, Fall in NCAA Steeple Final, & Earning the Respect of His Sprint Star Teammates The man who earned the respect of sports fans nationwide has no regrets. Barraza: “I don’t think that there’s any way that I could have run this race any differently. I gave it everything that I had and honestly, when you come down to this championship-style races or championship meets, all you can ask for is a shot, and I took my shot. And I will never be regretful of that.”
MB: Official 2018 NCAA Outdoors Day 3 Discussion Thread
LRC Sprint Madness As Men’s 4 X 100, 4 X 400, 400, And 400 Hurdles NCAA Records Fall, Field Events Lead Georgia To First Team Title What a meet.
LRC Recap Of NCAA Distance Drama: Saruni And Kerr Upset, Barraza Falls In Steeple, McGorty Gets Title What a day at NCAAs in the distances. We recap it all.
LRC The Greatest Collegiate 400 Ever: Michael Norman Runs 43.61 To Defeat Akeem Bloomfield’s 43.94 And Nathon Allen’s 44.13 NCAA and facility record for Norman.
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)
LRC Final Sharon Lokedi Wins NCAA 10,000m As Six Women Break 30-Year-Old Meet Record Great run by Lokedi. Full recap with video of finish.
LRC Women’s Day 1 Recap: Comeback Stories (& Fast Times) In The 1,500, A Great Day Of Sprinting, & A Slugfest Is Brewing In The Team Competition A great day of action. The only bad news is the weather forecast for Saturday – cold AND rain.
LRC Predictions And Favorites For All The Running Events At NCAAs We tabulated the votes in our Running Warehouse prediction contest.
LRC 2018 Adrian Martinez Recap: Ce’Aira Brown Goes Sub-2 Again, Marta Freitas 4:25 Mile, And After 15 Tries Leo Manzano Goes Sub-4 Congrats to Leo for sticking with it.
LRC Women’s Steeple Barrier Set At Men’s Height At Oslo Bislett Games, Chaos Ensues Luckily no one was seriously injured. After things returned to normal, America’s world champ Emma Coburn nearly got the win.
*MB: Gender equity!? Barriers for women’s steeple set at men’s height!!!
LRC2018 Bislett Games Recap: Elijah Manangoi Wins A Tactical Mile, Jakob Ingebrigtsen Beaten In 1,500 As Abderrahman Samba Amazes Again Norway is a rising power in athletics circles but none of their young stars – the Ingebrgitsens, Moen or Warholm – won today. In other action, the rabbit won the men’s 10k and the British recordfell in the women’s 100.
NCAAs MB Talk:
*Official 2018 NCAAs Day 1 Discussion Thread
*What!? Some guy I’ve never heard of just won the ncaa 10k!!! The unheralded Ben Flanagan of Michigan via Canada is your NCAA champ.
*Men’s 10k Thread – Men’s 10k is on!!! 29 point first 200. The first lap was 60.94 as the three Alabama Kenyans tried to break free but they have been caught.
*BEN FLANAGAN IS SQUEAK FROM “BASEKETBALL”
*WHAT THE HECK happened to BYU? The had the last, next to last and third to last finishers in the 10k.
*Josh Kerr says he may go for the collegiate record in the final
*Georgia’s 9.99 man Kendal Williams and Arkansas State’s 9.97 man Jaylen Bacon are OUT of NCAA men’s 100 after 1st round The Houston sprint squad is BRINGING it and have 3 guys in the final.
*LRC Post-Race Interviews We’re uploading them as the meet takes place, so mute ESPN and listen to this.
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.
LRC $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.
Men 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.
LRC 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
Jama 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.
MB: Official 2018 Rome Golden Gala DL Discussion Thread
LRC 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
IAAF Preview:Pole Vault Duel Between World Champ Sam Kendricks Vs. Mondo Duplantis One Of The Highlights In Stockholm DL Distance action includes Jenny Simpson vs. Laura Muir in the 1,500, a men’s 1,000 with Adam Kszczot vs. Kenyans Kipyegon Bett and Ferguson Rotich and Pre Classic 2 mile winner Selemon Barega leading the 5k. Other highlights: Russia’s Maria Lasitskene looks to extend her HJ win streak, Olympic champ Tianna Bartoletta vs. world indoor champ Ivana Spanovic in the LJ, world champ Karsten Warholm vs. world leader Abderrahman Samba in the 400H and a rematch between Murielle Ahoure and Dina Asher-Smith in the 100m.
*Five Things To Look Out For At The Stockholm Diamond League
LRC Upset City! Michigan’s Ben Flanagan Stuns Everyone To Win 10,000m Title Ben Flanagan had never broken 29 minutes in his life before Wednesday, but he believed in himself and he stunned the NCAA track and field world by winning the 10,000m title.
*Ben Flanagan Raves About Coach Kevin Sullivan After His 10k Win “He cares so much about his athletes and instills a level of self-belief that is incredibly humbling, yet motivating. I hope everyone gets the chance to meet Sully, it really is a special privilege.”
*SI’s Chris Chavez Talks With Flanagan’s Mom
LRC Day 1 Recap: Terrific Field Action As Denzel Comenentia Leads The Meet By Himself, Josh Kerr Is Thinking NCAA Record, & Florida’s Title Chances Take A Hit A great day 1 is in the books and Comenentia won the hammer and the shot.
*Despite LJ Struggles, Florida Men Still Projected To Win By 13 At NCAAs
Full Day 1 Results On 1 Page Ben Flanagan of Michigan pulled the upset in the men’s 10,000m, Chris Nilsen of South Dakota broke the NCAA meet record in the pole vault, and Georgia’s Denzel Comenentia won the shot put and the hammer throw. Grant Holloway of Florida was a non-scorer in 9th in the long jump.
LRC On the Eve Of The Final Meet At Hayward Field, A Tribute To American Track And Field Legend, “The Magician,” Bill Dellinger Dellinger may be most known for coaching at Oregon but he got an Olympic medal in 1964 as well. Worth a read/quick watch.
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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
LRC 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.
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