Nicola Olyslagers Oceania record in HJ (2.04) highlights day 1 of DL final Mahuchikh equaled her previous world lead of 2.02 for 2nd. In other action, Joe Kovacs (22.46), Jessica Schilder (20.26), Katie Moon (4.82), Mondo (6.00), and Simon Ehammer (8.32) won DL field event titles on Day 1 The track action is all on Thursday.
*MB: August 27, 2025: A historic day for British Athletics - Morgan Lake becomes 1st Brit to clear 2.0m Placed her 3rd overall.
News From Pre-Meet Presser
- Karsten Warholm says bad weather forecast benefits him “I grew up with rain and with headwind so I would see it almost as a competitive advantage."
- Yared Nuguse: "It really has to be like an all or nothing sort of moment for me" Nuguse also said even befoe USAs he always wanted to do the DL final and had even asked for a wildcard entry. Now he has no choice. Win or the season is over.
- MB: Noah Lyes says he wants to run fastest time ever in rain (19.60) & Tebogo says he can help him do it
Talk about high-stakes drama. Americans Josh Hoey and Yared Nuguse need to win Thursday's DL final to make it to next month's World Championships in Tokyo, but Emmanuel Wanyonyi and Niels Laros are standing in their way.
*MB: START LISTS FOR ZURICH DIAMOND LEAGUE FINAL ARE UP
- What Americans have a chance to qualify for World Champs in Zurich? If an athlete wins in Zurich they can unlock a Worlds spot for themselves or a teammate. Could Yared Nuguse or Josh Hoey sneak their way onto the World squad? Could Grant Fisher earn Cooper Teare a spot by winning the 3000m?
- Olympics.com: "Noah Lyles, Letsile Tebogo and the fire vs ice battle for sprint supremacy" Lyles tries to become the first-ever male athlete to win six Diamond League titles. According to Tilastopaja, he is 10-1 up on Tebogo in 100m and 200m head-to-head matchups (the time Lyles lost was the Paris Olympic 200m).
- Nikki Hiltz explains decision to scratch from Zurich DL final "We've got three weeks until the world championships, and what's best for me right now is to be back at high altitude to get in some solid training before then. ... Although part of me hates to miss out on an epic race I'm also extremely confident in this decision!"
- Kenya's Ferdinand Omanyala out of Zurich DL 100m due to injury setbacks He said he still hopes to be "fully fit for Tokyo."
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NCAA XC season is almost here
- Iowa State men ranked #1 in NCAA XC pre-season coaches' poll New Mexico, OSU and defending champs BYU are ranked 2-4. *Regional Rankings
- Defending champ BYU start off as the unanimous #1 in pre-season NCAA XC coaches' poll Oregon, NC State and New Mexico are ranked 2-4. *Regional Rankings
- NCAA.com: 7 cross country questions entering the 2025 season How will NAU do without Mike Smith and is the NC state women's dynasty over?
GB Names Their World Squad
- British team named for Tokyo World Champs Defending world champions Josh Kerr and Katarina Johnson-Thompson (heptathlon) lead the squad. Keely Hodgkinson is joined in the 800m by Olympic 1500m bronze medalist Georgia Hunter Bell who passed on the 1500m. George Mills will race just the 5000m (Kerr is joined by Elliot Giles, Neil Gourley, Jake Wightman) and 19-year-old Innes FitzGerald is in the 5000m.
*MB: British Athletics World Champs Team - Olympic 1500m medallist Hunter-Bell is ONLY doing 800
Even More Injury News
Previous Pre-Zurich News
- World Athletics Preview: Tons of great sprint action set for day 2 at the Zurich DL Final The 200m will see Olympic 100m champ Noah Lyles vs Olympic 200m champ Letsile Tebogo and Akani Simbine, Trayvon Bromell and Christian Coleman battle it out in the 100m. Julien Alfred leads the women's 100m against Tia Clayton and Femke Bol and Karsten Warholm are in the 400H.
- Update: Women's PV moved to Wednesday's street meet due to stormy weather forecast for Thursday
- MB: Jakob Ingebrigtsen wanted to run in the Diamond League final, but wasn't allowed to Zurich organizers submitted an application for a wild card for him, but it was rejected by the Diamond League because the rules say that an athlete must race in at least one DL race in that season.
- WA Zurich day one preview: WR holders Mondo Duplants and Yaroslava Mahuchikh highlight The men's PV and women's HJ are two of five DL winners that will be decided on the first day (the others are the men's and women's shot put and men's LJ).
Latest Injury Updates
- MB: NCAA 200m record holder Abby Steiner pausing track career to heal from injuries She recently underwent a third surgery on her left foot and wanted to give herself "the time I need to get healthy." She's also going back to school to get her master's degree in exercise science at the University of South Carolina.
- Olympic decathlon champ Markus Rooth will miss World Championship due to injury He landed outside the pole vault pit during practice, injuring his knee and elbow and will be getting surgery this week.
- France's Olympic 100H silver medalist Cyrena Samba-Mayela will miss Tokyo Worlds due to injury setbacks She recently ran at her first meet since September 2024, but ran 13.30 in the heats and 13.37 in the final, way slower than her 12.31 PB.
Field Event News
- Dick Fosbury's 1968 Olympic High Jump Gold Medal Auctions Off For $158,600
- Sweden men and women defeat Finland in annual Finnkampen dual meet It was the 100th anniversary of the meet. Mondo Duplantis highlighted, winning the PV with 5.80m.
- Opinion Piece: Guardian writer blames GST's failure on cutting the field events Yes, GST would have sold out their Jamaica meet if only they had included the shot put and triple jump. Sarcasm aside, we liked one quote from the writer talking about huge prize money for GST, Athlos and WA's Ultimate Champs: "But for all the lavish prize money on offer, none of this really addresses the core issue: who is really asking for any of this? Who, other than athletes, is furiously demanding more athletics?"
- Japanese Highlights From The Asian Throwing Championships And Twilight Games
- Sprint Stuff: MB: Old timers, please convert this for us. Gout Gout gets ready for Tokyo with a hand-timed 9.94 at a HS meet
Cooper Goes Pro
The 16-year-old Lutkenhaus will forgo his final two years of high school eligibility. He is the first American men's middle-distance runner to turn professional while still in high school.
- MB: COOPER GOES PRO
Mountain Running
- Kenya's Philemon Ombogo Kiriago smashes Smarna Gora course record and wins overall World Mountain Running World Cup Kenya's Gloria Chebet dominated the women's race to move up to second place in the World Cup series standings. GB's Scout Adkin didn't race due to injury, but had already secured the overall World Cup win before this weekend. *Athletics Weekly recap
- Athletics Weekly: Scout Adkin captures WMRA Mountain Running World Cup title
- Kenya’s Richard Omaya Atuya and Finland’s Susanna Saapunki win Velika Planina mountain race in Slovenia
Weekend Distance Action
- Audrey Werro runs 1:56.29 to win Swiss Championships 800m She took almost a full second off her previous NR and is #2 in the world this year.
*MB: Audrey Werro 1.56.29 - World record holder Jacob Kiplimo wins Buenos Aires half-marathon in 58:29 He won by over a minute. Kenya’s Veronica Loleo won the women’s race in 1:06:58.
- Two-time World XC champ Geoffrey Kamworor (59:51) and 2021 World U20 5000m champ Mizan Alem (65:38) win Antrim Coast Half Marathon
Brussels DL
Brussels DL
Hiltz erased a 2.5-second lead at the bell to win their first DL race in 3:55.94 after a 60.7 final lap. It is the first victory by an American in a Diamond League women's 1500 since Shelby Houlihan in 2018. *WA Recap
From a mid-d perspective, Laros's sensational final 200m was the story of the day as he closed in 25.5 to win by nearly a second. In the women's 1500, Nikki Hiltz came from behind to win their first DL title. We broke the action down for you live when it all ended. Watch it on youtube above or get it on demand as a podcast without commercials by joining the Supporters Club.
- Brussels Diamond League results on 1 page
- Official 2025 Brussels DL Live Discussion Thread
- I’ve seen enough. Laros is the favorite for worlds The 20-year-old closed in 25.5 and crushed Phanuel Koech and Yared Nuguse
- Brussels 1500m- Koech ftw?
- Niels MF Laros Wins GOLD in Tokyo
- Hobbs Kessler completely washed? Kessler faded badly in the final 200 and ended up next to last.
- Conceivable: Chebet’s 13:58 WR goes down in a few hours
News from Europe
- Finnkampen - the annual dual meet between Sweden and Finland - turns 100 this weekend and Mondo is thrilled to be competing The meet has quite a history. "Back in 1931 the men’s 800m turned into a fistfight, while in 1992 the entire field for the men’s 1500m was disqualified for indulging in roughhouse tactics."
*2013 1500m world champ Abebe Aregwai, who was last in Brussels 5000 (15:15) when she needed 14:50 to go to worlds,will also race the Finnkampen - Rhasidat Adeleke’s coach Edrick Floreal responds to Sonia O’Sullivan’s criticism of Irish track star O'Sullivan wrote a column where she said “maybe people are telling her she’s better than the relay” but Eldrick Floreal wrote in a text message very simply, “She is honestly injured and cannot compete at a world class level.”
- Joshua Cheptegei was supposed to be healdiner for Antrim Half Marathon this weekend but he's not racing "Joshua is deeply saddened to be missing the race but he is unable to participate due to an illness picked up over the weekend," said race organizers.
- Should Britain be worried about declining funding and numbers in track and field? "The athletes in Los Angeles in 2028 will have a budget that is 8% down on Paris 2024. Even more worrying, athletics is declining in schools and clubs. Figures from England Athletics show that participation in the sport did not recover well from the pandemic. The 50,000 regular athletes in 2019 had fallen to 45,000 by 2023. "
Random
- MB: Chasing 100 - 5 adidas athletes will attempt to be 1st to run 100k in under 6 hrs using a 60mm illegal shoe (Pics) on August 26th
- The Polish champs were this weekend and Three-time Olympic and four-time world champion Anita Wlodarczyk won her 12th national hammer title with a throw of 70.66m Also Pawel Fajdek won the men's hammer with a season's best of 79.07m.
- Record galore at Pan-Am juniors Records were set in 30 of the 47 events contested over five days (18-22 August) including a 9.98 100m by the Cayman Islands' Davonte Howell. *Results
- MB: Michael Johnson not working for the BBC in Tokyo - more GST fallout "He has other commitments, unfortunately, but is looking forward to working with the BBC in the future," said a spokesperson for Johnson to The Indpedendent.
- Former Baylor track star Jayson Baldridge has lost his battle with leukemia at age 26
Do the Right Thing
Ken Stone of the Times of San Diego has the story. FootLocker abandoned their high school national championship, but if they truly are committed to the sport of running as they say they are, they should let another group take over their race.
- MB: After 45 Years, Foot Locker XC Nationals Is No More
- LRC Archives: I Was Bored, So I Went Back and Watched Ritz, Webb, & Hall Battle at the 2000 Foot Locker Cross Country Championships
- MB: Tracy Sundlun (Rock N Roll Founder), Jorge Torres Trying to Save Foot Locker Nationals
- MB: Foot Locker Cross Country Championships Tribute Thread: Share your favorite memories!
- MB: Should Grand Slam Track take over Footlocker?
- MB: Should New Balance take over Footlockers and bring it to the east coast?
News From World Athletics
- Ten years of Seb Coe - How Coe's election helped track and field finally get serious about tackling doping Coe has done a lot to help combat doping, from the formation of the AIU, to banning Russia, to increased testing in Kenya. Also, how would the sport be different if Sergey Bubka (who has been accused of having pro-Russian political connections) had won the presidency instead?
- Marathon course confirmed for Tokyo World Champs You can check out the course map and elevation profile.
- World Athletics reveals branding for the World Athletics Ultimate Championship in Budapest next year The Ultimate Championships in September next year will have the Olympic champions, world champions and DL winners all face-off against each other. Here is a thread from the original announcement last year.
*Mondo Duplantis announced as inaugural Ultimate Star
*Host selection process for 2028 World Athletics Ultimate Championship opens - 2027 World Mountain and Trail Running Championships awarded to Cape Town, South Africa It will be the first time the event is held in Africa.
- Logo unveiled for 2026 World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships Surprisingly, it's not just a pillow and blanket.
- World Athletics rebrands "Inside Track" as "World Athletics+" This is their free fan platform where they share event coverage, athlete interviews, etc.
- Timetable released for 2026 World Indoor Champs in Poland
Other News
- Tokyo World Championships to feature first-ever athlete mental health care space Are today's athletes getting too soft?
- MB: Nike co-founder Phil Knight to donate $2 billion to Oregon Health and Science University's Knight Cancer Institute It's the single largest donation ever to a US university, college or health institution.
- British Athletics in danger of losing archive of historical items The collection of an estimated 10,000 items (including rare books, magazines, programs and memorabilia) could be lost due to the National Union of Track Statisticians (NUTS) being evicted from their current location.
- 97-year-old woman becomes the oldest European to reach milestone of 250 Parkruns Too bad Parkrun doesn't keep records anymore.
- New IOC President Kirsty Coventry says no decision has been made yet on Russia and Belarus competing at the 2026 Winter Olympics 15 Russian and 17 Belarusian athletes competed at Paris 2024 as neutrals.
- AW Preview: World Mountain Running Cup finale in Slovenia this weekend
Lausanne DL
Josh Hoey shocked Lausanne with a 1:42.82 win over Olympic champ Emmanuel Wanyonyi. It was the first male American Diamond League 800m victory since Isaiah Harris won in 2021.
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Belgium's Isaac Kimeli stunned Grant Fisher to win a tactical 5k as Oblique Seville ran 9.87 in cool, wet conditions and NCAA star Doris Lemngole got her first DL steeple victory.
- World Athletics Lausanne Recap NCAA champ Doris Lemngole, made her DL debut with a 9:16 steeple win. Olympic bronze medalist Emmanouil Karalis cleared 6 meters for the 10th time this season to win the PV with 6.02m.
Sprint Injury Updates
- Tokyo Olympic 100m champ Marcell Jacobs withdrew from Lausanne and Brussels DL meets Jacobs hasn't competed since June and the article says that he has a slight muscle injury and now might not compete at all before Worlds.
- Irish sprinter Rhasidat Adeleke to miss World Champs due to "injuries and continuous setbacks" The Olympic 400m 4th placer was qualified for Worlds in the 200m and 400m, but has decided to end her season.
*Sonia O’Sullivan questions Rhasidat Adeleke's decision to snub Ireland relay team at Worlds O'Sullivan said, "That makes you realize, too, the relay will never be a high priority for her. But I think she could have considered that, taken a lot of the pressure off that way. Again, maybe people are telling her she’s better than the relay."
*MB: Sonia O Sullivan on Adeleke
More Recent Results
- Narve Gilje Nordås beats 19-year-old double Euro U20 champ Håkon Moe Berg in close 1500m at Pfungstadt Evening Sports Festival in Germany Nordås ran 3:30.26 to Berg's 3:30.28. *Results
*MB: Håkon Moe Berg (19) 3:30.28
- MB: Ajee Wilson runs 1:57.98 FTW in Germany She won over Australia's Abbey Caldwell (1:58.02) in what was her first sub-1:58 since 2022.
- Video: Ben Pattison edges out Jake Wightman in nail-biter 800m at British Milers’ Club meet (1:45.07 to 1:45.08)
*AW recap [paywalled] Adam Fogg won the 1500m in 3:34.11. - Rachid Muratake breaks 13 for 110H NR at Athlete Night Games in Japan He ran 12.92 becoming the first Japanese man to break the 13 second barrier (moves to #11 on the world all-time list). Asian champion Hiroki Yanagita ran a PB of 10.00 to win the 100m, complicating the selection process for Japan's world champs team.
- Irish round-up: Alex O’Neill and Sarah Healy set PBs at BMC meet They ran 2:00.18 and 2:00.19 to finish 5th and 6th in the race won by GB's Revée Walcott-Nolan in 1:59.05.
- European Result Round-Up: Ditaji Kambundji runs 12.66 for 100H to win CITIUS Meet in Switzerland GB's Jeremiah Azu won the men's 100m in 9.97.
- From Last Week: Cameron Boyek runs 3:35.51 for 1500m to win Trafford British Milers' Club Meet
Doping News
- MB: Parvej Khan ran the entire 2024 NCAA season for Florida after three whereabouts failures The 2024 NCAA mile 7th placer has been given a 6-year drug ban; 4 years for EPO and another two years for whereabouts failures.
- Ukraine's two-time world silver medalist (LJ and TJ) Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk gets 4-year doping ban She tested positive for testosterone.
*MB: Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk (🇺🇦) banned. Testosterone doping. - Gabby Thomas speaks out about athletes who run under a coach who has been caught doping She said, "If you train under a coach who is known for doping (once, twice, or even three times for some) you are complicit. That’s my stance.” Is she throwing shade at Sha’Carri Richardson who trains under admitted drug cheat Dennis Mitchell?
*MB: Gabby Thomas with a public service announcement RE: doping
NYC Pro Field Is Out
Nageeye faces 2021 and 2022 NYC winners Albert Korir and Evans Chebet while Americans Hillary Bor and Joe Klecker make their debut. The women's side also has Hellen Obiri and 2023 NYC champ Sharon Lokedi and Americans Emily Sisson, Fiona O’Keeffe, Sara Hall, Sara Vaughn and Molly Seidel.
Noah Lyles' Chances For Gold Go Up
The official reason is "shin discomfort".
NACAC Championships
Paced by US champ and training partner Kenneth Rooks, Michalski ran 8:14.07 to get under the 8:15 standard. Canada's Aaron Ahl was 2nd in 8:17.17 and Rooks finished 3rd (8:26.52). US's Krissy Gear won the women's steeplechase in 9:35.27 and 2012 Olympic champ Kirani James won the men's 400 final in a championship record 44.48.
*MB: Daniel Michalski Runs World Standard at NACAC in Bahamas
Roban (who runs for St. Vincent and the Grenadines) beat out US's Brandon Miller (1:43.15). US also got gold medals from Emily Mackay in the 1500m (4:09.48) and Nia Akins in the 800m (1:59.75). Canada's Foster Malleck won the men's 1500m in 3:37.54.
- World Athletics NACAC recap The US dominated the medal tables 36 medals (17 gold, 13 silver and six bronze) to beat out Jamaica (8-6-8) and Canada (4-4-4).
More Weekend Distance Action
- Kenya's Amon Kemboi and Ethiopia's Melknat Wudu Sharew win Falmouth Road Race Sharew beat out US's Emma Grace Hurley by one seconds with former Olympic and world champion Vivian Cheruiyot third another 14 seconds back. Kemboi won by 5 seconds ahead of Patrick Kiprop.
- David Roche and Anne Flower set course records to win Leadville 100 Mile Roche defended his title from last year and broke his own CR by more than 14 minutes with 15:12:30 (9:08 pace) while Flower broke a 31-year-old record by more than 8 minutes with 17:58:19 (10:47 pace).
*MB: The official 2025 Leadville 100 thread
Silesia DL
Hodgkinson just missed her pb by running 1:54.74 in her first race in 12 months, Faith Kipyegon Kipyegon came just shy of the 8:06.11 WR in the 3000, Kishane Thompson beat Noah Lyles, 9.87 to 9.90, while Masai Russell (12.19) and Karsten Warholm (46.28) set DL records in the 100H/400H.
After finishing 5th at USAs, Yared Nuguse began his quest for Worlds with a strong 1500m win in Silesia. His 3:33.19 finish puts him on track to qualify for the Diamond League final — and keep his Tokyo dream alive.
Silesia Reaction Show
We break it down for you in the video player. Talk about the meet on our forum.
- Official 2025 Silesia DL Live Thread: Kipyegon chases 3k WR, Hodgkinson returns + live reaction show at 12 noon ET
- Keely Hodgkinson WOW! Almost PRs - 1:54.75 in her season opener FTW in Silesia!! US viewers didn't get to see it. Need a VPN?
- 46.28! Karsten Warholm Blasts to #3 All-Time in Silesia
- Nuguse wins another Diamond League and you haters are silent
- KARSTEN WARHOLM IS SO BACK
- Tsegay 1:59.9 through 800m
- Would you leave your wife if Keely wanted to date you?
HS / NCAA News
- Cooper Lutkenhaus' high school peers react to his 1:42.27 3:36 high schooler Owen Powell said he wasn't watching the race, but got a text with the result from his future college teammate. Powell says, “I genuinely thought he was just trolling. I thought he was messing with me at first. And then I looked up the results and I’m like, ‘Oh, that’s… how did he do that?’”
- LSU signs three-time World U20 medalist and high school 100m record Holder Shawnti Jackson She's transferring from Arkansas where this year she ran a wind-aided 11.05 at the NCAA West prelims, but then DNS'd in the next round.
- MB: When a man joined her women’s [track] team, Caroline Hill lost records, privacy, and trust. Now she’s suing the NCAA
- MB: Former Dartmouth XC coach sues college, claiming Letsrun post as evidence of libel
- USTFCCCA: How many states have hosted the NCAA Championships? Twenty states have hosted DI NCAA XC Champs while others have hosted DII and DIII.
- NXR Northwest relocates to Spokane, WA
NACAC Championships
In a very tactical race he won in 14:38.85 to Teare's 14:38.89. Taylor Roe won the women's 10,000m by more than a minute in 32:19 and an the US also picked up gold medals in the women's LJ (Alyssa Jones), men's shot put (Josh Awotunde) and men's hammer (Daniel Haugh).
GST Still Needs $
Michael Johnson has acknowledged Grand Slam Track’s failure to meet it's payment schedule to athletes and that the 2026 season will not take place unless athletes are paid.
Jakob Update
Ingebrigtsen says his return from injury has been a "mental rollercoaster" and that he had a setback with illness and "irritation to the Achilles" but things are "pointing in the right direction" now. On the steeple he said, "I think that is going to lead up to a very exciting mid-September where worst case scenario we have to change things a little bit and maybe do something a little bit different. Don't forget, I was a steeplechaser in 2017 in my first World Championship..."
Top 5 HS of 2025
Jane Hedengren ran 8:40 for 3,000m in 2025 — a time that would have led the NCAA. But that wasn’t even her best race. Her solo 9:17.75 2-mile at Brooks PR was the crown jewel of a record-breaking season.
Chicago Marathon Elite Field Announced
Korir says he's targeting 2:00:35 and Mantz is targeting the 2:05:38 American record. It will be Rupp's first marathon since finishing 16th at the 2024 Olympic Trials. The women's race has Americans Lindsay Flanagan, Natosha Rogers and the debut of Ethiopia's 14:12 woman Ejgayehu Taye.
Data doesn't lie
We've run the numbers by comparing Lutkenhaus's run against every other age-16 world record, and the data is clear.
Podcast & Highlights
Coach Chris Capeau was our podcast guest and shares how he guided Cooper Lutkenhaus to a record-breaking 1:42.27 in the 800m, in his first year coaching him.
Worlds start 1 month from today
From standards to Diamond League wild cards, here’s who still has a shot at making Team USA for the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo.
HS Top 5
Still only a junior, Natalie Dumas pulled off a stunning triple at New Balance Outdoor Nationals — winning the 400m hurdles, 400m, and 800m in two days, each in all-time top-10 high school marks, capped by a historic 2:00.11 in the 800.
Top 5 High School Performances of 2025
Owen Powell and Josiah Tostenson ran #2 and #3 all-time HS 1500m times at the 2025 Portland Track Festival. Here’s why it’s our No. 4 performance
High Schoolers Brought It In 2025
Quentin Nauman’s sub-four win at the Hoka Festival of Miles came against one of the deepest fields in prep history with a sick close, and he’s still only a junior.
Sha'Carri Airport Video Is Out
It essentially confirms exactly what the police report stated.
Donavan Brazier is BACK, winning his first U.S. title since 2019 in a personal-best 1:42.16. But the story of the race was 16-year-old Cooper Lutkenhaus, who stunned the track world by running 1:42.27 to finish second and obliterate the U18 world record.
Feud on and off track
Noah Lyles stared down Kenny Bednarek before crossing the line to win the 200m at USAs. Bednarek shoved him after the finish and called it “unsportsmanlike.” The tension, the quotes, and the moment captured in photos.
Sunday Recap
Roisin Willis won her first U.S. title to lead an all-new women’s 800 squad to Worlds, while Shelby Houlihan completed her comeback from her doping suspension with a convincing 5000m victory—her first national title in six years.
Sunday Video Show
We break down one of the craziest days at USAs ever. A 16-year-old ran 1:42 for 800m. To get this as a podcast, become a LetsRun.com VIP and join our Supporters Club.
Shocker in the 1500
Koech, who had not raced for two months before USAs due to hamstring tightness, won his first US title in a meet-record 3:30.17. Ethan Strand (3:30.25) was 2nd as Olympic champ Cole Hocker (3:30.37) was only 3rd. Nuguse (3:31.34) led until 120m to go but faded to 5th.
- Podcast: USA 1500m Madness, Koech 1, Strand 2, Hocker 3, Nuguse Out + Dan Michalski (guest) nearly beats Kenneth Rooks Our USA's podcasts are for Supporters Club members, but we made the first 20 minutes of this one for everyone.
Saturday Recap
SML ran 48.90 to win her second US 400m title (Sanya Richards-Ross's American record is 48.70). LRC Supporters Club member Dan Michalski finished 2nd in the men's steeple while 20-year-old Angelina Napoleon's incredible season continued as she was 2nd in the women's steeple behind champ Lexy Halladay-Lowry.
Day 3 MB Talk
- 2025 U.S. Track and Field Championships Day 3 Discussion Thread + Live Discussion Show at 6:30 pm ET We'll break it all down fo you, including an epic men's 1500 final, live right here at 6:30 pm ET.
- Nuguse & Kessler go home DEVASTATED. Koech FTW, Strand and Hocker make the team What a race. Nuguse led but let the pace slip in the middle.
- Dan MF Michalski makes the team!!! Rooks won the steeple but the guy who was repping the LRC singelt a few years ago finishes 2nd.
- Sydney-McLaughlin Levrone 48.90 FTW - can we all admit that's a little disappointing?
Day 2 USAs
Day 2 USAs
Courtney Lindsey (9.82) and Tennessee's T'Mars McCallum (9.83) will join Bednarek on Team USA as Maurice Gleaton Jr. ran 9.92 to finish 6th and tie the US high school record. Kayla White (10.84) and Aleia Hobbs (10.92) rounded out the women's top 3.
Rojo Speaks
There is no way to sugar coat. Mu's results under Bobby Kersee have been disappointing - extremely so after she failed to make the 800m final at USAs. She's gone from unbeatable world beater to American also-ran very quickly. Who should she replace Kersee with?
Despite almost falling at the bell, Lutkenhaus ran 1:45.57 -- just .12 off his high school record -- to finish 2nd in his semifinal behind American record holder Bryce Hoppel. Josh Hoey and Donavan Brazier made the final as well.
A police report alleges that video surveillance shows Richardson got into a heated exchange with Coleman at the Seattle airport on Sunday night where she repeatedly shoved him and threw a pair of headphones that struck him. Coleman denied that anything physical happened and didn't want to be a victim but Richardson was arrested due to the video evidence.
Day 1 at USAs
Day 1 at USAs
All 12 qualifiers for the men's 1500m final ran 3:34 or faster. Plus Athing Mu-Nikolayev said her 2:00.06 sb in the 800 felt "way more comfortable" than her last race in Memphis.
- LRC Lutkenhaus impresses and Dumas fades in the first round of the 800m at USA's Cooper Lutkenhaus advanced to the 800m semifinals with ease while fellow high schooler Natalie Dumas faded to last in her heat.
Infeld has run 15 USATF track finals in her career. Until Thursday, all of those races (281.5 laps, or just shy of 70 miles of racing) had ended the same way: with someone other than Infeld crossing the finish line first. But with a new sponsor (Brooks) and a new (old) coach in Chris Miltenberg, Infeld finally won her first US track title in the 10,000m, 16 years after first appearing at the USATF junior championships in the 800 meters.
Day 1 MB Talk:
- MB: Official 2025 Toyota USATF Outdoors Day 1 Live Discussion Thread It was a fun day. Click on the video player to see our instant reactions. Or listen to it on demand as a podcast by joining the Supporter's Club.
- Nico Young gold medal favorite? Young took down Fisherin a 29:02 race with a 3:57.03 final 1600. We debated ourselves if he's the gold medal favorite but think that honor goes to Berihu Aregawi.
- EMILY MF INFELD What an inspiration. She won her first US outdoor title at age 35!! Shockingly Weini Kelati was just 4th.
- Eric MF Holt!!! HOLTMANIA has officially started! The 1500 heats were super fast and he ran 3:32 out of nowhere.
- No wonder this sport is dying... (men's 10k runners blew my family off and wouldn't sign autographs)
- Mens 10K will be a heartbreaker for someone
- Sha’cari speaks to the media after her prelim!!! You can watch/listen to what she had to say here.
- U.S. Championships: Tough Luck 4th Place Finishers
- Track town pizza in Eugene is WAY overrated
The Latest LetsRun Feature By Jonathan Gault
Three years ago, USATF published a document on its website titled "Journey to Gold: Strategic Roadmap to 2028." The idea: capitalize on a six-year window bookended by two rare opportunities -- a home World Championships in 2022 and a home Olympics in 2028 -- to grow the sport domestically. The aim, spelled out in a purple box on page 1, was to make track & field the country's fifth-most followed sport by LA28. As part of this initiative, USATF launched a series of professional meets known as the "Journey to Gold Tour." Three nationally-televised meets stood at the heart of those efforts. Last year, the USATF Bermuda, NYC, and LA Grand Prix meets were all shown nationally on NBC. In 2025, none of those meets were even held. What happened to them? And what should USATF's role be in promoting/staging professional track meets?
Weekend Listen
Deena Kastor, the Olympic bronze medallist in the marathon, shares stories of the coach who shaped her as a runner and human being.
- LRC Friday 15 Weekend Podcast: USAs Next Week, Grand Slam Track Needs Cash, Kenyan Trials & Byes The LetsRun crew breaks down the latest running news. Only available to Supporters Club members.
If it's too good to be true....
Suspicion of Chepngetich was sky high last October when she ran 2:09:56 in Chicago and now she's been popped.. But since Chepngetich tested positive for a masking agent, she could be competing again as soon as April 2027 even if her ban is upheld. Is that fair? Plus is the AIU nearing a breaking point with Federico Rosa and Kenya?
- Toni Reavis column on Ruth C's bust: Why don't agents, shoe sponsors or marathon Title sponsors do anything about the doping scourge Reavis correctly points out that just banning the athletes isn't working. What is agents were required to put up a bond to vouch fo athletes being clean?
- MB: Breaking: Marathon world record Ruth Chepngetich has tested positive - Will Kenya's Parliament apologize to yours truly?|
- 2024: Amby Burfoot says it out loud - Chepngetich is doping
- 2024: Kenyan parliament is currently discussing my questions of Ruth Chepngetich & are demanding that I apologize Remember when 13 members of Parliament went on a 20+ tirade ripping LetsRun for asking Chepngetich what she would say to people who thought her performace was too good to be true.
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Meet Phanuel Koech
Koech's coach Claudio Berardelli says his talent could be comparable to that of his two biggest stars, marathoner Sabastian Sawe and Olympic 800m champion Emmanuel Wanyonyi. "I’m still trying to figure out exactly what happened and what is the potential of this boy," Berardelli said.
Our Latest Feature
Freeman found incredible success in an event that has often plagued American relay squads, but USATF chose not to renew her contract at the end of 2024. Why? Jonathan Gault investigates.
The 800 Gets LetsRun Love
The 800 Gets LetsRun Love
Kersee doesn't talk often to the media but he talked to our Jonathan Gault about his plans for Athing Mu. Kersee said he believes racing the 1500 will help make Mu a better 800 runner but said he also hopes she can run more 400s moving forward and that she can eventually break 49 seconds in that event.
Hoey's career had stagnated until connecting with Rinaldi in 2023. Within minutes of seeing him train in-person, Rinaldi knew he was special: "I said, if I can’t get this guy to run 1:44, there’s something wrong with me." (SC paywall lifted)
Who?
Jonah Koech wasn't even supposed to be in Sunday's 1500. As they approached the bell, he was in 13th out of 17. A lap later, he was the champion. He is just the third American man to win a Diamond League 1500/mile and the first runner sponsored by Under Armour to win a DL race. His 3:37.27 pre-race pb is also the slowest of any man to win a DL 1500/mile.
How Josh Hoey Rose To The Top Of The World
For five years, Hoey cylced through coach after coach but barely improved from his 1:47.67 high school 800m pb. Learn why he moved around so often -- and why he never gave up. Part I of JG's 7,000+ word feature.
*MB: Josh Hoey profile by JG
- Part II: SC How Josh Hoey Went from Also-Ran to World Indoor Champion, Part II: Going All-In With Justin Rinaldi & The Fast 8 Track Club Hoey's career had stagnated until connecting with Rinaldi in 2023. Within minutes of seeing him train in-person, Rinaldi knew he was special: "I said, if I can’t get this guy to run 1:44, there’s something wrong with me."
Stop Obsessing Over Your Diet
The US indoor 1500m/3000m champion overhauled his fueling in workouts before the 2024 season. Now he swears by his routine.
The Record Books Are Getting Rewritten In 2025
In the span of one week in February, runners broke five world indoor records and every American men's middle-distance record from 800m to 5000m. Jonathan Gault spoke to some of America's top athletes and coaches to find the reasons behind all of the fast times.
One More Look at a Legendary Race
From novice fans to running diehards, there was something for everyone (except perhaps Brits and Norwegians) to enjoy about one of the greatest middle distance races ever run.
Blanks = NCAA XC x 2
Just before Blanks chases a 5,000m pb and collegiate record in what is likely his final NCAA race at Boston University on Saturday, he told LetsRun about the key session of his 2024 XC season -- one he described as "probably the best workout I've had so far in my career."
Jonathan Gault pays tribute to two legends
Simpson and Centrowitz, who both 1st medalled in 2011 and retired in 2024, leave the sport as two of the faces on the Mt. Rushmore of American 1500m running after piling up a combined eight medals at global championships. And despite not ever finishing in the top 3 on the yearly 1500 list (Simpson's best was 4th, Centro's 9th), they will be remembered as two of the better milers of their generation.
Your latest American stars share their insights.
American Record Holders
American Record Holders
Keira D'Amato, the new American record holder in the marathon, was joined by Deena Kastor, who held the record for 15 years.
Sisson was the guest on the LetsRun.com Track Talk podcast after she became the first American to go sub 67 in the half marathon on a record-eligible course. Podcast highlights above. Full pod here.
Woody Kincaid joined us after he broke the American record indoors at 5000. He talks above why he left the Bowerman Track Club. Podcast highlights and link to full podcast here.
Coogan's New Balance Boston team had 3 Olympians in 2021 and 2022 could be the biggest year yet for the program with 2 new additions and the TRACK at New Balance coming on March 1st.
Danny Mackey has taken the Brooks Beasts from an unproven club to the Olympic podium in its first decade.
Dathan Ritzenhein is the first of the top pro coaches to sit down and talk about his club heading into the 2022 campaign.
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LetsRun Classics
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‒Jonathan Liew writing a column in The Guardian entitled, "Michael Johnson’s Grand Slam Track misses the vital village-fete feel of athletics."
MB: Columnist: GST flopped in part because cutting the field events is like cutting the feathers off of chicken