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.
European Team Championships In The Books
- Niels Laros Wins Competitive 5000m On Final Day Of European Team Championships He closed in 52.31 to win in 13:44.45 over Switzerland’s European 10,000m champ Dominic Lobalu (13:45.37) and Spain's Euro 10,o00m bronze medalist Thierry Ndikumwenayo (13:45.38). Finland’s European U20 gold medalist Ilona Mononen won the women's steeple.
- World Athletics Final Day Recap: Larissa Iapichino (Long Jump) And Leonardo Fabbri (Shot Put) Help Italy Defend Its Crown At Euro Team Champs
- Belgium Wins 2nd Division At European Team Championships As Slovenia And Norway Also Gain Promotion The top three teams gain promotion to Division 1 while the bottom three teams from Division 1 are relegated to Division 2.
- Dominant Iceland Win Euro Team Champs 3rd Division They along with Luxembourg and Bosnia & Herzegovina gained promotion from Division 3 to Division 2.
- BBC: GB Finish Fifth At Euro Team Champs
More Weekend Results
- Kenyan National Champs Recap: 2022 World U20 Champ Reynold Cheruiyot Nips 2019 World Champ Timothy Cheruiyot In the 1500m By 3:37.23 To 3:37.28 Kelvin Loti won the 800m with a big PB of 1:43.61, George Mutinda (44.51) and Mercy Oketch (50.32) took the 400s and Ferdinand Omanyala won the 100m in 10.08. This meet did not serve as Kenya's world trials (those are in August).
- Two-Time World Champ Chase Jackson Breaks Her Own US Shot Put Record With 20.95m At The Iron Wood Classic In Idaho It's the farthest throw in the world since 2013.
- MB: Tyreek Hill Beats Josephus Lyles (Noah's Brother) In ATX Sprint Classic 100m In Texas (10.10 to 10.25)
On The Boards
On The Boards
Western States 100
Olson won in 14:11:25 ahead of Chris Myers (14:17:39) with Killian Jornet third (14:19:22). Hall won in 16:37:16 while Fu-Zhao Xiang finished runner-up again in 16:47:09.
European Team Championships
- Spain's Mohamed Attaoui Breaks 800m Championship Record With 1:44.01 Victory At Euro Team Champs Femke Bol dominated the flat 400m in 49.48, just .04 off her PB from three years ago. Olympic silver medalist Nadia Battocletti won the 5000m in 15:56 and Germany's Karl Bebendorf took the steeple in 8:20. Hungary’s Boglarka Takacs got a surprise win over Poland's Ewa Swoboda in the 100m (11.06 to 11.13).
*MB: Bol easily wins 400m at European Team Championships
- Greece's Two-Time Olympic Long Jump Champ Miltiadis Tentoglou Leaps World-Leading 8.46m To Highlight Saturday At European Team Champs France’s Anais Bourgoin won the women's 800m in a meet record 1:58.60.
- Defending Champions Italy Lead, But Nailbiting Climax Ahead Going Into Final Day At Madrid 2025
- Belgium, Norway And Slovenia Sit In Promotion Places After 2nd Division Day 1
NCAA News
- T&F News Chooses New Mexico's Ishmael Kipkurui And Michigan's Savannah Sutherland As Their Collegiate Outdoor Athletes Of The Year Kipkurui won the NCAA 10,000m title and earlier in the year set the collegiate record at 26:50.21 while Sutherland set the collegiate 400H record at 52.46 when she won her second consecutive NCAA title.
- Bowerman Award Men’s Semifinalists Announced Distance runners to make the list were UNC's Ethan Strand, BYU's James Corrigan, New Mexico's Ishmael Kipkurui and OSU's Brian Musau. The list of 10 will be whittled down to three finalists on July 8.
- Bowerman Award Women’s Semifinalists Announced Distance women on the list are Stanford's Roisin Willis, New Mexico's Pamela Kosgei and Alabama's Doris Lemngole.
RIP Bill Dellinger
Dellinger was titan of the sport, beloved by so many of his former athletes. He did it all -- set American records in the 1500m and 5000m, NCAA mile champ, made three Olympic teams, earned 1964 Olympic bronze, coached Oregon to four NCAA XC titles (and one on the track), coached Steve Prefontaine. What a life.
- MB: RIP Bill Dellinger, 1934-2025
- DyeStat: Oregon Hall of Fame Coach And Three-Time Olympian Bill Dellinger Dies
- USTFCCCA Mourns The Passing Of Two-Time Hall-of-Famer Bill Dellinger Dellinger was inducted into the USTFCCCA Coaches Hall of Fame in 1998 and then into the Collegiate Track & Field/Cross Country Athlete Hall of Fame in 2024.
- The Register Guard: Bill Dellinger's Life In Photos
- GoDucks.com Bill Dellinger Tribute
Jamaican Champs
Kishane Thompson moved up to #6 all-time in the 100m, as 20-year-old Tina Clayton emerged as the future of Jamaica women's sprinting.
- Discussion: Kishane Thompson 9.75 #6 All-time at Jamaican Champs
- 38-Year-Old Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Qualifies For Her 9th World Championships She finished 3rd in 10.91 behind Tina Clayton (10.81) and Shericka Jackson (10.88).
- Usain Bolt Pays Tribute To SAFP, Says "She Showed That I Should Have Stayed Longer"
- World Athletics Recap
Two Very Different Headlines From The British Media On Kipyegon's Sub-4 Attempt
- The Independent: "Faith Kipyegon Didn’t Run Four Minutes For The Mile – But This Is How She Can Succeed Next Time" Some interesting insights from GB's Georgia Hunter Bell who served as one of the two female pacers. She says that they used her to practice the drafting strategy with the elite men and that 60 second 400m reps "felt more like 65 seconds for the effort."
- The Telegraph: "Faith Kipyegon’s Gutsy Failure Suggests Women May Never Break The Four-Minute Mile" They ask, "If Kipyegon, perhaps the greatest female middle-distance runner, cannot get closer even with the might of Nike’s multimillion pound innovation department behind her, can any woman run a mile under four minutes?"
Western States 100 Starts Saturday
- iRunFar: 2025 Western States 100 Men’s Preview Can 2011 champion Kilian Jornet win again?
*MB: Will Killian Jornet win Western States for 1st time since 2011? - iRunFar: 2025 Western States 100 Women's Preview Last year's runner-up Fu-Zhao Xiang is the top returner. Faces Two-time third-place finisher Eszter Csillag and 2022 third-placer Marianne Hogan.
- Kilian Jornet Pre-2025 Western States 100 Interview
- Marianne Hogan Pre-2025 Western States 100 Interview She was 3rd place in 2022.
- iRunFar's 2025 Western States 100 Live Coverage
Breaking-4
Kipyegon gave it a go but after hitting 1200 in 3:01.84 (4:03.82 mile pace), she faded to a 63-second last lap. *Full race video
- MB: Faith Kipyegon breaking-4 official discussion thread
- MB: I've timed it twice - I'm pretty sure Faith Kipyegon didn't run a 4:06.42 mile today in Paris. What was here real time?
- MB: What did Nike actually spend on the sub 4 mile attempt? The numbers we are hearing may shock you.
- MB: Nike claims that in a pre-race test, another Nike pro ran 3% faster in mile with pacers and speedsuit. So what happened?
- MB: This Faith Kipyegon thing illustrates something that really bothers me with how women are marketed to/treated in general
- MB: Whoever came up with the idea of Faith Kipyegon breaking 4min should be fired
- MB: Faith Kipyegon Not Even Close to Sub 4
Non-LRC coverage Breaking 4 Coverage
- Toni Reavis: You can't hurry love - or, a 4-minute mile "Ater Paris today, we—at least, I—didn’t come away thinking a sub-4-minute mile is imminent for women. In fact, it seems to have quite a long way to go."
- Outside: Faith Kipyegon Didn’t Break the 4-Minute Mile. But She Ran a Damn Good Race.
- NY Times: Faith Kipyegon falls short in attempt to break four-minute mile
- Independent: Faith Kipyegon agonisingly close to Breaking 4-minute mile goal We can't believe multiple media outlets acted like she was close.
- The Guardian: Faith not enough as Kipyegon misses four-minute mile barrier by six seconds
Live LRC Watch Party & Reaction Show
Non Sub-4 Links We Found Interesting
Q&A with Nico Young who reveals Mike Smith said he could run between 12:42 and 12:46 in Oslo "Yeah, going into that race, I had talked to my coach [Mike Smith], and he thought I could run somewhere between 12:42 and 12:46. Just hearing those numbers was wild."
*Nico Young reminds everyone that a race doesn't "define how successful you are or who you are as a person."
*Nico Young says "there were plenty of moments when I felt like checking out, stepping off the pace, or hesitating to make a move" in Oslo He focused on physical cues to get through the doubt.
- Olympic silver medallist Christian Cantwell's son, Jackson, won the US-20 shot title but may never throw again He's the #1 offensive tackle in the Class of 2026 but is rumored to be graduating early.
- Tate Taylor is surprised as he's named Gatorade HS AOY When you run 9.92 in the 100 as a junior in HS, you deserve. “I was very surprised,” Taylor said, “because at first, I kind of knew it was about Gatorade, but I thought it was the state player of the year. I didn’t think it was the national player of the year.” Taylor said the moment he realized he had won the national award was “like a movie.”
- 2-Time Olympic marathon medalist Yuko Arimori named 1st female director of Japanese Athletics (JAAF) She won silver in Barcelon and bronze in Atlanta.
- Australian politican praises Gout Gout's run in Ostrava - "A Queenslander showing the world how it’s done" - and lots of racist replies come in This story isn't exaggerated. There are a LOT of disgusting posts up including, "This African will NEVER be Australian, not matter how much you try to polish the ****"
- Cordell Tinch reflects on his 12.87: "I don’t think I’ve ever felt that way during a race”
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.
Links That Made The Cut According To Our Human Vetting Process
- MB: Will Killian Jornet win Western States for 1st time since 2011? The race starts on Saturday.
- MB: Backyard ultra WR has fallen in Australia - 118 hours and counting!!! Two men, Phil Gore and Sam Harvey started lap 119, with Harvey collapsing on the course and Gore finishing the loop. Now Gore holds the backyard ultra world record with 119 laps.
- 2028 Canadian Olympic Trials are awarded to London..... Ontario The 2027 Canadian champs will be there as well.
- Gout Gout happy to have run faster than Usain Bolt dd in his 1st Ostrava meet “Who doesn’t want to be Usain Bolt? Being compared to Usain Bolt feels great but I would like to put my personality in the upcoming story.”
- 22 Olympians from 14 countries are headed to Idaho's Iron Wood Throws Classic ths weekend Saturday’s competitions will be a World Athletics Bronze-level meet. World ranking points and a $30,000 total purse will be awarded.
Marathon News
- Ethiopia Names Tokyo Marathon Squad: Olympic Champ Tamirat Tola And Defending World Champ Amane Beriso Headline The other men are Tokyo Marathon winner and runner-up Tadese Takele and Deresa Geleta. The women's team has London Marathon champ Tigst Assefa, Tokyo Marathon winner Sutume Asefa Kebede and 2024 Amsterdam Marathon winner Yalemzerf Yehualaw.
- Sifan Hassan Announced For Sydney Marathon On August 31st We are not fans of the WMM expansion. Instead of getting more better races, we are diluting the races we have now.
- Romanian Kenyan-Born Marathoner Delvine Relin Meringor Gets 3-Year Doping Ban She was 7th place at the Paris Olympics and has a 2:24:32 PB.
- World Athletics Looks Back On The 50th Anniversary Of Women's Running Legend Grete Waitz's First World Record She ran 8:46.6 to set the record in what was her last race under her maiden name, Grete Andersen. At the time, 3000m was the longest championship distance for women, but Waitz would go on to become a legend in the marathon with and Olympic silver and nine NYC Marathon wins.
Blowout Podcast
Faith Kipyegon is going for sub-4 on Thursday and the LRC crew broke it down and was joined by Dr. Mike Hahn of the Bowerman Sports Science Center & Wu Tsai Human Performance Alliance to discuss it. Plus European record holder & 12:44 man Andreas Almgren was on the show.
Sprint Stuff
- Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Confirms Her Last Race On Jamaican Soil Will Be Jamaica National Champs This Weekend She's retiring after this year. The women's 100m heats are on Thursday and the final on Friday.
- Erriyon Knighton Was In Court This Week Over His Contaminated Positive Doping Test Case Last year, Knighton tested positive, but was cleared by USADA who determined his positive test was from contaminated meat. However, WADA and the AIU have challenged that ruling and Knighton's case is now being heard by CAS.
- Gout Gout Says The 100m Is "Too Short" For Him "I definitely like 200 more than 100 because 100 is a bit too short for me. You get the start and then you're already at the finish line. I really like getting out and getting to my top speed and keep holding it to the finish line. So 200 is great and I love it,"
- Nigeria's 10.93/21.96 Second Sprinter Favour Ofili Switches Allegiance To Turkey She won 200m silver at the 2022 Commonwealth Games and is the 150m WR holder. This article says World Athletics hasn't approved the transfer yet.
- Florida's 10.97 Woman Anthaya Charlton Turns Pro
Admin News
- Outgoing IOC President Thomas Bach Got A 10% Pay Raise To $350,000 For His Last Year In Office Way less than USATF pays Maxi Siegel.
*LRC Archives: In 2022, USATF Posted A $6.7 Million Loss As CEO Max Siegel Raked in $1.3 Million He made $3.8 million in 2021. - Two Key Executives Leave Grand Slam Track The chief content officer and chief live event officer have both left.
*MB: And just like that... GST execs depart - World Athletics Wants To Hire A Company To Handle The Shoe Regulation Process Interesting that part of WA's world record ratification process includes the physical shoes being collected and inspected.
- World Athletics Opens Bidding Process For 2029 And 2031 World Championships After Tokyo this year, Beijing is hosting in 2027.
- NCAAA D1 Nationals Awards Baylor's Nathaniel Ezekiel and Michigan's Savannah Sutherland are track athletes of the year and Oklahoma's Ralford Mullings and Washington's Hana Moll are field athletes of the year.
2025 Ostrava
- Gout Gout Breaks His Own Australia Record With 20.02 Win In His European Debut In Ostrava
- MB: Official Ostrava Golden Spike 2025 Thread: Tuesday 24 June
- MB: Koech is officially for real. 3:29.07 FTW in Ostrava. Hoey 3:29.75 and Myers 3:29.80!!
- MB: Chris Robinson wins 400m hurdles in Ostrava with his penis hanging out You've got to see it to believe it.
Breaking 4 is Thursday
Breaking 4 is Thursday
In a guest column, former US diplomat James Nealon and Tom Ratcliffe, director of Bannister: Everest on the Track, trace the connection between Roger Bannister's first sub-4:00 mile from 71 years ago and Faith Kipyegon's attempt in Paris on Thursday, and what it means to dream of breaking barriers.
*Breaking 4 prediction contest give us your predictions
*MB: Faith Kipyegon breaking-4 official discussion thread (+watch party/reaction show at 1:55 pm ET)
*MB: CU Boulder Scientists (Drafting Experts) Call Out & Respond to Rojo's Comments on Sub 4-Mile Attempt
*MB: NY Times: Can Faith Kipyegon's bra help her make history?
Biomechanics expert Mike Hahn breaks down Kipchoge's run, and the drafting experts at CU Boulder have responded to Rojo.
Nike may use 11 pacers - yes 11 - for entire race to help Kipyegon They don't want to shuffle in and out pacers as it will mess up the air bubble so it looks like all but 2 will be men who will run the whole way. Kipyegon is the yellow dot, running from left to right in the images.
- The Guardian: Nike PR stunt or giant leap forward? Faith Kipyegon aims to make history "Still, a question remains. Would Nike really be doing this if Kipyegon didn’t have a shot at the impossible – even if it won’t count as a world record under World Athletics rules as it is not an official race? It all makes for a highly intriguing four minutes. So what is it? Nike PR stunt or groundbreaking moment for women? Kipyegon is about to face her moment of truth."
- Previous: LRC Sorry track fans, Faith Kipyegon isn’t breaking 4:00 in the mile – Can we live in the real world and not la-la land? Sorry track fans, our Robert Johnson says Faith Kipyegon isn’t breaking 4:00 in the mile – Can we live in the real world and not la-la land?
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Upcoming Action
- European Athletics Team Championships Women's Track Preview (June 27-29) Femke Bol is in the 400m and Olympic 10,000m silver medalist Nadia Battocletti in the 5000m.
- European Athletics Team Championships Men's Track Preview (June 27-29) The 5000m will be a highlight with Switzerland’s Euro 10,000m champ Dominic Lobalu, Italy’s Euro half-marathon champ Yemaneberhan Crippa, the Netherlands' Niels Laros, and Spain's 12:47 man Thierry Ndikumwenayo.
- European Team Championships 1st Division Men's Field Preview
- European Team Championships 1st Division Women's Field Preview
- Iceland Has A Big Lead After Day One Of European Team Championships 3rd Division
Steve Prefontaine Shoe News
- Good Read: A Pair Of Steve Prefontaine's Shoes From 1973 Recently Went Up For Auction The shoes were modified by Bill Bowerman, worn extensively by Pre, modified and have been in the possession of his former girlfriend's nephew since he died. An interesting article that touches on the history of Pre and Nike.
*The Shoes Ended Up Selling For $69,850
*The Oregonian: "A 10-Year-Old Boy Was Given Nike Shoes In 1975. Now They're Worth A Small Fortune." - Nike Pays Tribute To Steve Prefontaine With Special "Pre Montreal" Vaporfly 4 The look is based on the shoe Bill Bowerman made for Prefontaine for the 1976 Montreal Olympics (which Pre never got to compete in). They look pretty cool.
Upcoming DL Action
- Trio of Olympic Medalists Highlight Prefontaine Classic Men’s 400m On July 5 Olympic champ Quincy Hall faces bronze medalist Muzala Samukonga and former Olympic champ Kirani James.
- MB: 16 Year old Kiwi Sam Ruthe Running Prefontaine mile
- Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone Announced For Pre Classic 400m
- Olympic Champ Julien Alfred Announced For Pre Classic 100m
- One Of The Best Discus Fields Ever Set For London DL On July 19 Jamaica's Olympic champ Roje Stona vs Sweden's world champ Daniel Ståhl vs Lithuania's WR holder Mykolas Alekna vs the British record holder Lawrence Okoye.
More Recent Results
- Christian Allen And Anna Gibson Win Broken Arrow Ascent Race As Kilian Jornet Finishes Back In 23rd
*MB: Kilian Jornet goes home devastated at broken arrow - Elhousine Elazzaoui And Joyce Njeru Win Broken Arrow Skyrace
*World Athletics Recap Of Both Broken Arrow Races - Japan's Ritsumeikan University Wins UK Ekiden After The University Of Oxford DQ'd Oxford finished more than four minutes ahead of Ritsumeikan, but were DQ'd for passing the sash outside the designated area.
- Ireland Sets New National 4x100m Record Of 38.92 Seconds At World Continental Tour Meet In Switzerland
- France’s Sweden’s Lovisa Karlsson (Decathlon) And Antoine Ferranti (Heptathlon) Win Arona Multi-Event Meet
High School Nationals & US U-20 Champs
She won a close race over Emmry Ross (2:00.25) and also Sadie Engelhardt (2:02.50). Dumas and Ross move to #5 and #6 on the HS all-time list. Caleb Winders won the boys 800m in 1:46.85. Elise Cooper won the 200m in 22.44 (#5 prep all-time).
*MB: Natalie Dumas wins 800 (2:00:11), 400 (51:15), and 400h (55:95) at NBNO
- Herriman Boys Break 14-Year-Old High School 4x800 Record With 7:26.12 At NBNO Hanne Thomsen set a meet record in the girls 2-mile with 9:55.48.
- Quentin Nauman Outleans Evan Noonan By A Hundredth For Mile Victory At Nike Outdoor Nationals, 4:00.52 To 4:00.53 Lily Alder won the girls mile in 4:39.20.
- Paige Sheppard Outkicks Sadie Engelhardt, Smashes Sophomore Class Record In Mile At NBNO Sheppard denied Engelhardt her three-peat, winning with 4:33.67 (#7 on HS all-time list) to Engelhardt's 4:34.46. Quincy Wilson ran 45.37 to claim his third consecutive 400m title. Natalie Dumas won the 400m in a MR 51.14 and Lillie Bogdan took the 2000m steeple in 6:32 two days after winning Nike Outdoor Nats in 6:29. Carter Smith took the boys mile in 4:01.20.
- Union Catholic Girls Crushes Distance Medley Relay National Record At NBNO Paige Sheppard ran a 4:35.97 anchor leg to get them the win in 11:12 (previous record was 11:20 from last year).
- USATF U20 Championships Recap Texas' Meagan Humphries was a highlight breaking Anna Hall's heptathlon meet record of 5791 points (#4 on the US under-20 all-time list).
- LaFell Jr. Breaks Quincy Wilson’s 400m Meet Record At Adidas Track Nationals The 8th grader ran 49.55 to win the middle school 400m (he has a 49.15 PB).
- 2025 adidas Track Nationals Recap
Boston 10K
Lokedi held off Gladys Kwanboka for the win as both women ran 31:39. Tanzania's Gabriel Geay (28:14) won the men's race for the third time while Emily Sisson (3rd, 31:42) and Zouhair Talbi (2nd, 28:18) were the top Americans. *Full results
Previous High School Nationals / US U-20 Champs
In rainy, cool conditions he broke his own record by more than half a second and now is the fastest high schooler ever by a full second. And as a 16-year-old sophomore, he still has two years to lower it further.
She just beat out her 8:40.99 record from she set during her 3200m a couple of weeks ago. In the 100m. In other action, Corbin Coombs won the 3000m in 8:03 and Tate Taylor edged Maurice Gleaton Jr in the 100m by .01 seconds, 10.10 to 10.11.
*MB: Jane Hedengren 8:40 at NON!!!!!!!!
- Twins Makenna And Morgan Herbst Clean Up With 800m/400H Victories At USATF Under-20 Champs Makenna won the 800m in 2:02.48 (#14 on the prep all-time list) and Morgan took the 400H in 55.78 (#5 on the prep all-time list). Camerin Williams won the men's 800m in 1:46.81. And high schooler Zariel Macchia had an impressive triple, winning the 1500m in 4:21 and also placing third in the 3000m and 5000m.
- Camryn Dailey Sets Age 13 World Record With 11.39 For 100m At New Balance Nationals She broke the previous record of 11.53 set by Melanie Doggett last year. She also ran 11.35 to win the final, but that was wind-aided (+2.5 m/s).
- Nike Signs 14-Year-Old Sprint Star Melanie Doggett To NIL Deal She holds multiple age-group world records including the 7.17 second 60m she ran at the Millrose Games this indoor season.
Friday HS Nationals Coverage
- New Balance Nationals Friday Recap: Natalie Dumas Wins 400H In 55.99 (#8 On Prep All-Time List) And Anchors Her Team's SMR To 2nd Place With A 2:03.90 800m She'll also race the open 800m on Sunday when she'll be up against Sadie Engelhardt and NB Nationals Indoor champ Emmry Ross.
- Nike Outdoor Nationals Friday Recap: Aiden Wendring (5:56.54) And Lillie Bogdan (6:29.81) Won The 2000m Steeple Bogdan's time put her #9 on the high school girls all-time list. Southeastern TC of Indiana won both the SMR and mixed gender 4x400.
Paris DL
The 31-year-old Habz ran a nearly two-second pb while the 18-year-old Koech, who had never run a 1500 as of two weeks ago, broke the world U20 record. Plus Americans Josh Hoey & Bryce Hoppel went 2-3 in the 800 and 20-year-old Angelina Napoleon ran another huge pb in the steeple.
Negative Coaching News
- Former Stanford All-American Hakon DeVries Suspended As University Of Kentucky Track/XC Assistant Coach Pending Investigation
- Canadian Track Coach Ken Porter Found Guilty Of Sexual Abuse Of His Young Athletes Four Decades Ago A judge found him guilty of five criminal charges relating to historic sexual abuse of young male athletes, describing Porter as “an adult in authority using a child for their sexual gratification.”
- British Coach And Race Director Chris Barnes Given Lifetime Ban From UK Athletics For Inappropriate Relationships With Athletes Barnes admitted to having relationships with athletes he coached and using racist language.
Paris DL Reactions
What a meet. The LetsRun.com crew broke it down right when the meet ended. If you'd like this as a podcast join our Supporters Club today.
- Discussion: Official 2025 Paris Diamond League Live Discussion Thread
- Azeddine Habz 3:27.49 1500 at age 31!!!
- Paris Men’s 1500m: Fakest Sht I’ve Ever Seen
- Paris Diamond League 1500m 2025 - 14 competitors averaged 2.2 second personal best
- US women's steeple suddenly loaded
- Does Angelina Napoleon finish college?
- Phanuel Kipkosgei Koech : how soon will he totally annihilate the 1500/mle WR's?
- 2 Guys Just Ran 3:27 and 6 Sub 3:30 in a Non Diamond League 1500
- Kejelcha is what people think Pre is
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)
Week That Was
2019 world champ Donavan Brazier is BACK and healthy according to Mike Smith. In the 15+ years of the Diamond League, African-born men had won 78 of 80 Diamond League 5000s. Now for the first time, they are riding a 2-meet losing streak as an American won in Olso and a Swede in Stockholm. Plus can we admit the myth of Track Town USA is officially dead?
Linke We Found To Be Interesting
- Recommended Read How does one HS produce so many of the top HS runners in the country (Newbury Park & now Crater)? DyeStat takes a look at it Josiah Tostenson & Tayvon Kitchen first raced each other as 4th graders Their school district buses all 800 elementary school students to a 5k on Halloween every year.
*Crater coach Justin Loftus asked Sean Brosnan for advice several years ago
*MB: How does one HS produce so many of the top HS runners in the country (Crater & Newbury Park)? Don't say it's luck - NCAA.com: Can the fastest NFL players beat the NCAA track stars? Here's what the numbers say
- Ben Johnson doping scandal series coming to Paramount+ Canada in early 2026. It's a new six-episode drama series based on theCanadian sprinter and his dramatic downfall at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul.
- USADA chief Travis Tygart rips China in appearance at US Congress and says Chinese athletes would have had to eat 11 pounds of food, seven gallons of drink to get their 2021 TMZ levels!
RIP
- 1960 US Olympic Trials 800m champion Tom Murphy has died and his cousin Walt Murphy pays his respects Tom inspired a great lifelong love of the sport in Walt, one of our sport's biggest historians.
- Former Cal Poly & Kansas St. coach and Nike Director of Global Sports Marketing Steve Miller has died He also was the head of the Professional Bowlers Association.
- Former Ukrainian youth discus champ Vitaliy Rymaruk has died on the front line defending Ukraine The 26-year-old is survived by his wife and young daughter.
Sprint News
- A look at the men's 400 for next week's Jamaican trials Why in the world is Jamaica holding its trials for a September Worlds in June? Reigning world champ Antonio Watson will compete even though he doesn't need to.
- British Olympic hurdler David King - best known for historic tie - retires He made the final of "the 2022 World Indoor Championships, having drawn lots after recording an identical time to Japan's Shusei Nomoto in the semi-final."
High School Nationals & US U-20 Champs Have Started
- DyeStat Preview: 10 Storylines To Watch At Nike Outdoor Nationals Jane Hedengren is racing the mile and the 3000m and Cooper Lutkenhaus the 800m. There is also "one of the greatest high school boys 100m lineups ever" with NR holder Tate Taylor (9.92), Maurice Gleaton, Jr (wind-aided 9.82) and Brayden Williams (10.01). The girls 100m has Dana Wilson (11.02) and Mia Maxwell (11.04).
- DyeStat Preview: 10 Storylines To Watch At New Balance Nationals Outdoor at Franklin Field Sub-4 teammates Josiah Tostenson and Tayvon Kitchen are both racing (Tostenson in the 800m/4xmile and Kitchen in the 2 mile, 4xmile and DMR). 4:27.97 runner Sadie Engelhardt goes for her third straight mile title and is in the 800m. Herriman UT is going for Newbury Park's 4 x mile record of 16:29.31. Plus NJ's Natalie Dumas is going for the 400, 400h, 800 triple, and of course, Quincy Wilson is in the 400.
- Athletes to watch at the USA Track & Field U20 Championships
- U20 meet will overlap with the first two days of the Nike Outdoor Nationals and some HSers are doing both For a field event performer, why not sign up for 12 attempts instead of just six? For a sprinter, why not take two chances at a favorable wind reading, or insurance against a false start?
*Oregon HS sprinter Grant Velley flips college commitment from Southern Oregon football to Oregon Ducks track Valley has PBS of 10.36/20.86.
*A year ago, Rylan Hainje had never hurdled or done any organized sports. Now he's the US #2 in in 300h (35.82) and #3 in the 110h (13.28) It certainly helps to have good genes. His dad had NBA and NFL tryouts.
Important Administrative News
- Henrik Ingebrigtsen's 2019 secret video recording of Gjert yelling at Jakob actually ended up helping Gjert in court. A big part of the charges were that Jakob and his sister lived a life of fear but the court wrote, "It must be emphasized that Jakob shows no sign of fear or submission toward the defendant. He stands his ground and retaliates against the defendant's verbal abuse."
- Jakob reacted to Gjert's ruling with a post about his daughter on Instagram "The one goal I care most about, is that Filippa will love and respect me for her upbringing."
- Sebastian Sawe reveals he's doing Berlin in the fall “It’s too early to talk about a world record. It takes time and clear planning to achieve it,” he said.
- Nearly all of the GST athletes haven't been paid, but most are being patient and expect to eventually get paid
- Arkansas men, Oregon women win USTFCCCA program of year awards They simply add up your place at NCAA xc, indoors and outdoors and the lowest score wins.
Women in the news
- Boston University's Vera Sjöberg of Sweden was stunned no one was passing her as she went from 7th to 2nd in the 5000 at NCAAs on the last lap And the crazy thing is she was doubling back from the 1500. A great run at her first NCAA outdoor championships.
- Faith Kipyegon is praying a lot as her sub-4 attempt gets closer - It's next Thursday
- Femke Bol will return to the 400m flat for the European Athletics Team Championships 1st Division which will take place from June 27 -29 in Madrid, Spain.
- Runner's World: What happens to your body when you run a fast marathon vs a slower one You certainly have to run at a lower percentage of your VO2 max if it's taking 5 hours versus 2.5.
USATF 4 Mile Champs / Paavo Nurmi Games
Maier won in 18:03 ahead of Casey Clinger (18:06), Biya Simbassa (18:07) and Charles Hicks (18:11). Roe ran an American best of 19:40 to win by over 20 seconds.
- Paavo Nurmi Games Recap: Ethiopia’s 2022 World U20 800m Champ Ermias Girma Beats Narve Gilje Nordas In The 1500m (3:33.49 To 3:33.83) Germany’s Frederik Ruppert won the steeple (8:10.39) and Canada’s Gabriela DeBues-Stafford the 1500m (4:02.00). *Full results *Discuss
- GB's Romell Glave Wins 100m Over Andre De Grasse And Marcell Jacobs Glave ran 10.08 while De Grasse finished 6th (10.23) and Jacobs 8th (10.44).
- Slovenia's European Champ Kristjan Ceh Wins Historic Discus Throw With 70.61m Ceh won over Australia’s Olympic bronze medalist Matt Denny and Sweden’s two-time world champ Daniel Stahl as the top-3 all threw over 70 meters (Denny with 70.52m and Stahl with 70.19m) for the 1st time in history outside of the Oklahoma Throw Series.
Non-Distance news
- Arkansas' NCAA 100m Champ Jordan Anthony Turns Pro
*SI.com: "Razorbacks Face Wide Receiver Reckoning As Jordan Anthony Goes Pro In Track" - Mondo reveals he was motivated in part to break WR in Stockholm as Usain Bolt said he'd party with him if he broke the WR "They etch the names of world record holders here. It's going to be really special to have my name etched in the stadium. It's the most beautiful stadium, in my biased opinion. It'll be one of the greatest memories for me, I think, in my career," said Mondo of his home WR.
- Alastair Chalmers was star struck after competing with the Big 3 in the 400h in Stockholm "Just getting to speak to them afterwards was awesome, and getting just on that level with them was great," said Chalmers who has a 48.30 pb.
- How Did The Bowerman Watch List Athletes Fare At NCAA Champs? Some of them strengthened their claim to the award by winning an NCAA title while others realistically fell out of the running by finishing further back
Not Upcoming
- Noah Lyles Pulls Out Of 50 Yard Match Race With NFLer Tyreek Hill For "Personal Reasons" Lyles said, "We were very deep into creating the event. In fact, it was supposed to happen this weekend. Unfortunately, there were some things, complications, personal reasons that it just didn't come to pass, but we were full on. We were going to shut down New York's Times Square and everything, it was going to be a lot of fun."
*MB: Scared Noah Lyles dodges Tyreek Hill
Distance News
- RIP: Nina Kuscsik, The First Official Boston Marathon Women's Winner, Passes Away At Age-86 She ran Boston in 1969, before women could officially enter, then won the race in 1972. She was also one of the first women in the world to break three hours when she ran 2:56:04 to finish 2nd at the 1971 NYC Marathon. *Obituary
- The Boston Marathon Is Going To Start Adjusting Qualifying Times From Downhill Races They will add on 5 minutes to qualifying times from courses with 1,500 to 2,999 feet of net-elevation loss and 10 minutes to times from courses with 3,000 to 5,999 feet. (They won't accept times from courses with over 6,000 feet elevation loss).
- MB: Washington State Going Distance Only (pretty much) Effective immediately, they're cutting support for all field events and having "limited opportunities" for sprints/hurdles.
Ingebrigtsen Verdict Is In
He received a suspended 15-day prison sentence and has to pay $1000 for the altercation where his daughter says he hit her in the face with a towel. He was cleared of other charges of abuse including those against Jakob. Gjert Ingebrigtsen lawyers said, “The decisive factor in the court’s conclusion was that there was no evidence that created a continuous fear in his children. The court has particularly emphasized that several close family members and outside witnesses have not seen or experienced abuse.”
- MB: Gjert Ingebrigtsen CLEARED of charges of abusing Jakob
- The Guardian's Sean Ingle: "The Trial That Gripped Norway Like A Soap Opera Has Ripped Apart Track And Field's Most Famous Family" Ingle writes, "A court cleared Gjert Ingebrigtsen of many of the abuse charges made against him but the father and coach’s hope of reconciliation seems remote."
- BBC: "The Tumult In The Ingebrigtsen Fairytale Was Never Far From The Surface"
Sprint Stuff
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- Bobby Kersee, Sydney McLaughlin's Coach, Slams Cancellation Of Grand Slam Track Kersee made a lengthy Instagram post where he said, “Our athletes are world-class. They train hard and deserve better. The Grand Slam brand is still very promising, but today, seasons and careers are impacted ...Our world-class athletes deserve a world-class organization and commitment to match.”
*MB: Bobby Kersee's latest self-awareness fail
- Usain Bolt Names The Three Men He Wishes He Could Have Raced Against In His Prime His list is Michael Johnson, Don Quarrie and Van Niekerk. On Van Niekerk he said, "And I'm very sad that I didn't get to compete against van Niekerk, we wanted to do a 200m and I was not fit enough. ...He's the world record holder (over 400m) and I was like, 'You know what? To run a 200m with him, who would be the best?'
Portland Track Festival - Brazier's Back Baby!
Donavan Brazier is running in the 1:43s after only 2 races in his comeback. This one was a beautiful victory that reminded us of the Brazier of old. In other action, former high school phenoms Katelyn Tuohy and Drew Hunter got wins, as current high schoolers Owen Powell and Josiah Tostenson ran 3:36 (#2 and #3 on the HS all-time list). Justyn Knight and Luis Grijalva returned to action.
- MB: DONNY MF BRAZIER: In case you weren't convinced. He's officially, officially back. 1:43.81 negative split
- DyeStat Recap: "Donavan Brazier Makes Triumphant Return To Portland Track Festival With Fastest Time Since 2020"
- MB: Owen Powell and Josiah Testosterone 3:36
- MB: Katelyn Touhy 15:04
- Donavan Brazier Video Interview
- Portland Track Festival Day 1 Results UA Dark Sky's Isaac Updike (8:13) and Gracie Hyde (9:24) won the steeplechases. NAZ Elite's Abby Nichols (31:52) took the women's 10,000m.
Stockholm DL
There were some great performances in this one. In addition to the Swedes, Rai Benjamin (46.54) took down Warholm and dos Santos in the much-anticipated 400H race and Julien Alfred ran 10.75 (+0.9). Emmanuel Wanyonyi won the 800 in 1:41.95 as Josh Hoey PR'd and ran 1:42.43. Georgia Hunter Bell won the women's 800 in 1:57.66 as Mary Moraa ran a BIZARRE race. Linden Hall won the women's 3000 in 8:30.01. Behind Almgren, Cole Hocker struggled in the 5000 but Ky Robinson broke 13:00. Geordie Beamish ran 8:13 in the promotional steeple. *WA Recap
- 12-2 pm ET: BAUHAUS-galanlive thread, Wanyonyi vs Hoey & Hoppel, Hocker goes for a fast 5000! Loaded men's 400h
- Hoey DESTROYS Hoppel. Moves to #3 all-time in US on 800 least. 1:42.43.
- Nico who? Sweden's Andreas Almgren solos a 12:44.27 European Record in Stockholm WHAT A PERFORMANCE in front of the home crowd. Cole Hocker bit off more than he could chew and got dropped 5.5 minutes in, and ran 13:09.
- Hocker 13:09 in Sweden - should he just stick to 1500?
- Random Swede runs 12:44 to smack the Africans and set new European record!?
- WR Duplantis - Mondo clears 6.28 to delight hometown crowd in Stockholm.
2025 NCAAs (Wed-Saturday)
Doris Lemngole shattered the NCAA steeplechase record with an 8:58.15 while Savannah Sutherland clocked 52.46 in the 400m hurdles to break Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone’s record on a historic final day of the 2025 NCAA Women’s Championships. Georgia cruised to the team title, and standout wins also came from Sophie O’Sullivan, Roisin Willis, Pamela Kosgei, and Aaliyah Butler.
- NCAA Discussion:
- SUPER SATURDAY! 2025 NCAA Outdoor Champs -- Day 4
- All you haters-- Sophie O'Sullivan NCAA Champion
- Doris MF Lemngole 8:58 Steeplechase
- Rita Gary (Furman Coach) tweets about foreign athletes
- Marco Langdon calls out critics on LetsRun
- What percent of NCAA athletes at the 2025 Championships are on PEDs?
Tyreek Hill in LA
NFL star Tyreek Hill ran 10.15 in his return to the track — and held up a “Noah could never” sign afterward.
More NCAA Coverage
- Georgia Women Win Their First Outdoor Team Title At NCAA Champs Georgia scored 73 points to dominate ahead of USC (47 points) and Texas A&M (43 points).
- Michigan's Savannah Sutherland Breaks Collegiate 400H Record To Win NCAA Title Her 52.46 is #9 on the world all-time list.
- Track Recap: South Carolina's JaMeesia Ford Wins 200m In 22.21, But Denied The Sprint Double By USC's Samirah Moody Moody just barely beat her, 11.136 to 11.139. Aaliyah Butler and Dejanae Oakley went 1-2 for Georgia in the 400m with 49.26 and 49.65 (Butler's time is #5 NCAA all-time).
- Field Recap: Fresno State's Cierra Jackson Sets Discus Meet Record With 65.82m Georgia's Elena Kulichenko defended her HJ title with 1.96m.
- The Oregonian: Portland's Matt Strangio Honors Late Father With All-American Finish In NCAA 5000m Strangio's father passed away while watching NCAA Indoor Champs.
More Weekend Distance Results
- Emile Cairess (27:27) And Megan Keith (31:19) Win British 10,000m Titles Cairess dominated by 36-seconds while Keith beat out Calli Haugher-Thackery by 4 seconds. *Results
- MB: Evan Jager 8:35.94 11th place - May 31 2025 - Nikaïa meeting in Nice, France
- Kenya's Paul Machoka And GB's Scout Adkin Win Tatra Fest Mountain Race In Poland
NCAA Men
Nathan Green kept the Washington Husky streak alive, Sam Whitmarsh cruised in the 800, as James Corrigan got his NCAA title and Brian Musau defended his crown from indoors in the 5000. Texas A&M & USC tied for the team title.
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Jordan Anthony is definitely the king of NCAA sprinting now. Is a pro career in the cards next?
More NCAA Coverage
- Texas A&M, USC Men Tie For NCAA Title After The Meet Comes Down To The 4x4 Texas A&M placed 2nd in the 4x400, but USC picked up the one crucial point they needed to tie A&M.
- Friday Track Recap: Kentucky's Carli Makarawu Blazes 19.84 200 Win From Lane 9 Over 100m Champ Jordan Anthony Auburn’s JaKobe Tharp won the 110H in 13.05 (#3 NCAA all-time) and Baylor’s Nathaniel Ezekiel won the 400H in 47.49 (#3 NCAA all-time).
- Friday Field Recap: Oklahoma’s Ralford Mullings Upsets WR Holder Mykolas Alekna To Win NCAA Discus Title With Meet Record Throw (69.31m) The previous meet record dated back to 1992.
- DyeStat: "Texas A&M Enjoys A Day Worth Remembering And A Share Of Men's Title At NCAA Championships" Texas A&M coach Pat Henry told his team before the meet on Friday, "This day never comes back. Never in your whole life – this day will never, ever come back. So you remember it. This group will have fond memories of this one."
- DyeStat: "For USC, A Season Of Ups And Downs Concludes With A Share Of Long-Awaited Outdoor Title" It had been 49-years since USC had won an outdoor title.
Oslo DL
And George Mills broke the British record in 4th (12:46.69) as 9 guys broke 12:50 and 13 broke 13:00. Young's time is the fastest ever outdoors by an American and trails only Grant Fisher's 12:44.09 world indoor record on the all-time US list. Today's run was the first time in nearly 50 years that an American man has gone to Europe and won a 5000 while running within 10 seconds of the world record. Way back on July 4, 1978, Marty Liquori won in Stockholm in 13:16.21 when Henry Rono's WR was 13:08.4.
- Nico MF Young. Holy shit. Nico Young 12:45.27 FTW in Oslo outdoor AR!!!! George Mills British record!! Young wins WR attempt in Oslo. Wow.
- When is the last time, if ever, that an American went to Europe and won a 5000, running within 10 seconds of world record?
- Official 2025 Bislett Live Discussion Thread
- What new drugs are all these American runners taking?
LetsRun Oslo Recap Show
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US distance fans. Pinch yourself. An American-born athlete has won a LOADED Diamond League 5000. Wow. We break it down for you above.
Other action: WA Recap: Karsten Warholmd breaks 300h world record (32.66), takes down Benjamin and dos Santos I the 800, Emmnauel Wanyoni held on and won a thrilling 800 in 1:42.77 as Sedajti returnde with a 1:43.06 (3rd). Isaac Nader (3:48.25) wins Dream Mile comfortably in 3:48.25 as Cam Myers was 2nd in 3:48.97 as 11 broke 3:50. Faith Cherotich edged Yavi in women’s steeple 9:02.60. Sprints: Julien Alfred "cool and calm" 10.89 (+1.1), Isabella Whittaker took the 400 in 49.58 as Henriette Jæger breaks the Norwegian record (49.62), Cuba's Reynier Mena won the 200 in 20.20 (+1.5), and Dalilah Muhammad crushes field in 400h (53.34)
NCAAs Day 2
Pamela Kosgei smashed the meet record in the 10,000m as Michaela Rose got Suzy Favor Hamilton's legendary record in the 800
- Hana Moll Wins NCAA Pole Vault Title, Breaks Her Twin Sister's Collegiate Record With 4.79m She came in ranked second behind her twin sister Amanda, but ended up coming out on top while her sister had an off day to finish third (4.49m). South Carolina's JaMeesia Ford highlighted the sprints, making the finals in four events (100m, 200m, 4x100, 4x400).
- MB: Suzy Favor 800m NCAA Meet Record Finally Falls (Michaela Rose 1:58.95 in the semis)
- MB: What is the fewest number of athletes to win an NCAA D1 track team title?
Women's Distsance News
- Outside Talks To The Nike Breaking4 Team About The Slew Of Strategies They Are Using To Try And Help Faith Kipyegon Run A Sub-4 Mile This Month She is using a new superspike, the Victory Elite FK, a Nike “Fly Suit” and headband to help her be more aerodynamically efficient and some yet to be announced pacing/drafting strategy.
*The Guardian's Sean Ingle: "Skinsuits, Superspikes, And A Sticky Headband - How Faith Kipyegon Hopes To Run Sub-Four Minute Mile" - Jess McClain Will Replace A Pregnant Betsy Saina On US World Marathon Team McClain finally makes her first US team after going to Paris as the alternate in two events last year (she finished 4th in both the marathon and the 10,000m at the Olympic Trials).
GST LA Cancelled
After the most successful meet of the year in Philly, there will be no meet #4 in 2025 as it was abruptly cancelled 2 weeks before it was to take place. GST did not give a reason for the cancellation, but claimed there will be a meet in 2026 in LA.
Kipkurui is the first Kenyan winner since Edward Cheserek in 2016 as Kenyans went 1-3-4-5. Furman's Dylan Schubert was the top American in 7th.
Jakob should have been leading the Oslo 5000
- Jakob Ingebrigtsen speaks optimistically about his achilles injury - calls it "just an irritation""My injury was just an irritation in the Achilles tendon," Ingebrigtsen told AFP on the sidelines of the Oslo Diamond League, which he will miss. "So the injury itself is not that critical. But if you're not cautious and don't take it that seriously, it can develop to be something serious. And of course, I'm not interested in that.
*Ingebrigtsen coy on when he'll return to competition
LetsRun.com's World-Famous Messageboard In The News
- Outside magazine raves about Norwegian singles training method - one developed by Sirpoc84 on the LRC forums Most people don't have the time to doubles like Jakob. How can you incorporate Jakob's training into your own? This 271-page thread with more than 5,400 posts can tell you: MB: Modifying the Norwegian approach to lower mileage.
- Ingebrigtsen brothers start a new track club & nutrition company - will invest at least $3 million into omega-3-based nutrition The press release gives a shout-out to the LetsRun.com forums without mentioning them directly. The new club's name - Spring Run Club. Sign up now.
World XC Will Be Here Before You Know It - Make Your Travel Plans Now
This is a good idea as you'll save money and have a built in crowd. Plus you'll expose the current edition of US HS talents to the pros. The event will be used to pick the team for the World XC champs to be held in Tallahassee in January 2026. For the U20 teams, the top four finishers at USAs will get a spot, with the final two spots reserved for the NXN and Foot Locker champions.
Brooks PR - Have We Already Found The Next Brazier?
![Boys 800 Meter [Lutkenhaus 1:46.26!!!] - Brooks PR Invitational 2025 [Full Race Replay]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/hx9xMxAEzwc/maxresdefault.jpg)
Michael Granville's 29-year-old record of 1:46.45 (Granville never ran faster by the way) is history. Owen Powell was 2nd in 1:46.63. Watch it above. In other events, Jane Hedengren's amazing season continued as she ran yet another HS record - this time a 9:17 full 2 miles, which is right in line with her 14:57 5000. NJ's Paige Sheppard ran 2:01.50 in the 800, Texas's Mia Maxwell ran 11.04 (+1.2) in the 100, and middle schooler Camryn Dailey ran 51.67 in the 400.
- DyeStat Boys Recap: Cooper Lutkenhaus Surpasses 29-Year-Old National High School 800m Record
- DyeStat Girls Recap: Jane Hedengren Runs Another Mind-Boggling Record For 2-Mile
- MB: Jane Hedengren “the GOAT” 2 mile in 9:17.75 = #8 all time US woman
- MB: Can Lutkenhaus get the U18 and U20 800m world records?
- MB: Middle School Girl runs 51.67 for 400
- MB: 2 mile High School girls showdown at Brooks PR: Hedengren, Engelhardt, Ritzenhein, Blade, Macchia, (more)
Recommended Read
- Recommended Read: The curse of Kenya’s long-distance runners An excellent piece by Jonathan W. Rosen for The Economist on how many of Kenya's stars struggle after finally making it.
*MB: The tragedy of Kenya Distance Runners: You've missed this grreat story. Read it.
Upcoming
- Full Entry Lists Published For Oslo And Stockholm DL Oslo is Thursday and Stockholm on Sunday.
*MB: 5000 m WR attempt in Oslo - This Week In Europe Preview: Four World Athletics Continental Tour Meets
NCAA Court Case Finally Approved
- Judge Approves $2.8 Billion House V. NCAA Settlement; Landmark Decision Opens Door For Revenue Sharing In College Athletics One of the biggest concerns for T&F was roster limits and at the judge's request to "grandfather in" current athletes, attorneys amended the agreement so that schools "have the option to keep current players on their rosters and temporarily exceed new limits until their eligibility expires."
- College Coaching Associations Issue Statement, Urge Congressional Action To Protect Broad-Based Sports In their statement they say, "We are concerned that the new financial obligations placed on schools will force administrators to divert their attention and resources away from non-football and non-basketball sports – the programs where the majority of NCAA student-athletes participate."
- RW: "New NCAA Roster Limits Just Got Approved. Here’s What It Means for Track And Cross-Country." The article mentions that exceeding the roster limits for current athletes is an option, not a mandate and that last month Notre Dame was the first school to commit to grandfathering in all athletes.
- MB: NCAA vs. House Ruling: Realistic Projections for the future of NCAA Track & Field/Cross-Country
This Week's Pod
Clip on Nico Young at link. For full podcast click here.
No. But they might be #2. Ethiopia has to be #1 even though they haven't medalled in the event since 2019. But Fisher, Young, Hocker Teare, Blanks, Nur, Wolfe, Jacobs, Kincaid, Beadlescomb, etc. is an impressive group.
Lots of Team NB Boston News
MacLean, who improved incredibly from 4:19 to 3:58 under Mark Coogan, was extremely grateful for her time on the team. Team NB Boston will be without 3 Olympic 1500 runners this summer as 1500m Olympian Emily Mackay also recently left and Elle St. Pierre just gave birth.
The news comes as a surprise as Mackay excelled while training with the group, improving from 4:08 to 3:55 and making the Olympic team in 2024.
Team NB Boston is hopeful Valby can rejoin the team at altitude camp and run USAs.
Marathon Trials
Men's standard lowered from 2:18 from 2024 while women's standard stayed the same.
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."
Kipyegon opens her season in Xiamen with nearly a WR But...
On Wednesday, Nike announced that Kenya's Faith Kipyegon will attempt to break four minutes in the mile on June 26 in Paris. Spoiler alert. She's not going to break 4. And it's not going to be particularly close. Did you know the 1k time she ran on Saturday where she just nearly broke the WR is still below sub-4 mile pace?
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.
Best of Jon Gault
Best of Jon Gault
Take Your Love of LetsRun to the Next Level
Take Your Love of LetsRun to the Next Level
LetsRun Classics
LetsRun Classics
‒Agent Eric Lilot talking to LetsRun.com about what he thought when 18-year-old Kenyan phenom Phanuel Koech ran 3:27 in the second 1500 of his life.
*MB: Where did teen phenom Phanuel Koech, who just ran 3:27 in the 2nd 1500 of his life, come from? Jonathan Gault tells you