Not everyone can run Monaco - Sunset Tour & Ed Murphey Classic Were Saturday

The sprint times in Memphis were sensational. Former Olympic champ Athing Mu-Nikolayev wasn't sensational but she took a step in the right direction. *Full broadcast replay

  • MB: Official 2025 Sunset Tour Live Discussion Thread Bailey Hertenstein (14:48.91 pb) outkicked Taylor Roe (14:49.91 pb) to win the 5k as Karissa Schweizer and Lauren Ryan also broke 15:00. American record holder Alicia Monson ran 15:01.63 in her return to racing. Meghan Hunter (1:58.21) won the 800 where 4 women ran 1:58. Navasky Anderson (1:44.40) won the men's 800, where Hobbs Kessler was only 4th (1:44.77). NCAA champ Brian Musau dominated the 5000 in a big 12:59.82 pb as Rocky Hansen also PRd in 2nd in 13:07.77.
  • MB: DREW MF HUNTER - 3:33.41 FTW at Sunset Tour He won the 1500 by 0.46 while Josette Andrews crushed the women's field by nearly 2 seconds in 4:00.10 as Katelyn Tuohy ran 4:08.
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The men's 800 was better than the Olympic final and Wanyonyi showed why he's the Olympc champ. Wanyonyi now has six career sub-1:42s in the 800, one shy of David Rudisha's record, while Hoey is now 5-0 against rival Bryce Hoppel in 2025. In the 1k, Nelly Jepchirchir got the win in 2:29.77 as Addy Wiley broke her own AR. Yomif Kejelcha dominated the 5k. In the 400h, Femke Bol has also had a world lead (51.95). In the 5 also were world leads in the Jordan Scott (17.44 tj), Woo Sanghyeok (2.34 hj) *Youtube show  *WA Recap


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    3 finalists for women's Bowerman award named and they are all very deserving - Fan voting now open What a trio. Pamela Kosgei was undefeated outdoors, won 2 NCAA titles, and ran the #2 time ever in the 5k and 10k. Doris Lemngole SHATTERED the steeple record and broke 9:00. Savannah Sutherland ran 52.46 in the 400h and broke SML's NCAA record.
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      Laros edged out Yared Nuguse by .01 in a thrilling Bowerman Mile while Mu finished last in her return to the 800 in 2:03.44.

      For the first time in 32 years, two outdoor women's distance world records on the track fell on the same day. Chebet is the first woman under 14:00 for 5000m on the track while Kipyegon broke the 1500 record for the third time. *WA Recap
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      Fisher's 3:59.38 mile PB is 10-years-old from when he was in high school. At the pre-meet press conference he joked, "You look at the start list and you see a 3:59 in there and it's like, how'd that guy get in to it?"

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