In the 200, Noah Lyles survived a scare to beat Kenny Bednarek, 19.90 to 19.94, while Rai Benjamin ripped a 47.13 in the 400 hurdles. There were big wins for Ollie Hoare (1500) and Bryce Hoppel (800) as well.
MT SAC GOLDEN GAMES
Jager was a pre-planned DNF at 2k, while Huddle only managed 15:23 in a women’s 5,000 that was won in thrilling fashion by Canada’s Julie-Anne Staehli in a 22-sec pb of 15:02.
Seattle Seahawks wide receiver DK Metcalf ran a credible 10.37 but finished last in the second heat of the men's 100 meters at the 2021 USATF Golden Games at Mt. SAC on Sunday, failing to advance to the final later this afternoon.
Golden Games MBoard Talk
- USATF Golden Games at Mt.Sac official discussion thread
- DK METCALF 10.37 - Rojo nailed it
- Jager only rabbits 2000m of the steeple has bruise? on his shoulder
- Purrier’s Sunglasses @ Mt SAC
- Does running a 3:33 1500 show that Knight is a medal threat at the 5k?
- What the hell is up with Craig Engels?
- Is Pete Julien a bad coach?
- Jeff Eisenberg is a Fool-- re: Metcalf speed
- Ritz Talks A Big Game... Just Like Rosario.....
- Brazier Scratches Mt. Sac - Showdown with Hoppel, Murphy OFF
On The Boards
Some Very Quick High School Results
Lex Young was runner-up in 8:43.71.
*MB: 4 Newbury Park boys break 9:00 in same race - all of them are underclassmen!! Two run 8:43 including soph Lex Young, Nico's bro
- Jose Garcia And Connor Washington Tie For Third Fastest All-Conditions High School 100m With 10.00 They had a +5.7 m/s tailwind.
International Distance Action
It was the fastest debut ever and #5 all-time. Kenya's world bronze medallist Rhonex Kipruto won the men's race in 27:11.01.
*MB: Gudaf Tsegay 29:39 (#5 all-time) in 10,000 debut in Portugal
- AW Recap: Alexandra Bell Highlights British Milers' Club Grand Prix With 2:00.14 Win In The 800m Euro 800m champ Keely Hodgkinson stepped down to the 400m and set a PB of 53.73. Archie Davis won the men's 800m in 1:46.65.
- Glenrose Xaba Wins South Africa Half-Marathon Title In 69:30 Xaba is coached by Caster Semenya and her wife as part of the Masai Athletics Club.
Orgon Twlight
Yared Nuguse made a statement on Friday night: he’s back. Cole Hocker showed he's human.
Register Guard Recap: Former Duck Devon Allen Returns To Hayward Field With A 13.40 Win In The 110H Adams State senior Eilish Flanagan broke the DII steeple record with 9:40.68 while BYU's Garrett Marsin won the men's race in 8:34.40.
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Ritz says Alicia Monson “could be someone like Shalane and Deena” and Olli Hoare has a skillset “unique to five or ten other people in the world.” The OAC is a new team, with a new coach, and some big goals.
Olympic Related News
- Tokyo Olympic Stadium Holds Track And Field Test Event Without Fans 420 athletes competed including Justin Gatlin who won the 100m.
- Seb Coe Insists Olympics Should Go On Despite Opposition “Why should the Olympics take place? Because they are the premier sporting event in a four-year cycle. They are very much more than a sporting event."
- It Sounds Like Brisbane For The 2032 Olympics Is Almost A Done Deal Australian Olympic Committee president John Coates said, "The reality is this: for Brisbane and Queensland, the bell for the last lap has rung."
- Seb Coe Meets With Tokyo Governor After Marathon Test Event To Discus COVID Countermeasures
- British Olympic Association And UK Sport Offer Tentative Support For 2036 Or 2040 London Olympic Bid
Field Event News
- Ryan Crouser Goes Over 22m Barrier Four Times In Arkansas Twilight Shot Put With A Best Of 22.69m Crouser now has 117 22-meter throws in his career which is a ridiculous record considering the second best of all-time is Ulf Timmerman with 39.
- World TJ Champ Yulimar Rojas Opens Her Season With A World-Leading 15.14m In Spain
- Germany’s Johannes Vetter Throws 91.12m On Day One Of European Throwing Cup
- Mondo Duplantis Leads Solid Pole Vault Field For Muller Grand Prix On May 23rd He'll face Sam Kendricks and Poland's Piotr Lisek.
Doping News
- CAS Rejects Appeals By Moroccan Marathoner El Mahjoub Dazza And Indiana 800m Runner Gomathi Marimuthu Dazza, was once ranked 8th in the world in the marathon and Marimuthu was stripped of her Asian 800m title as they both received 4-year doping bans.
- NY Times: Ahead of Tokyo Olympics, Better Drug Testing Is a Hard Promise to Keep The pandemic has made inconsistent testing in some countries even worse.
- CAS Rejects Appeal By Italian Race Walk Doper Alex Schwazer The former Olympic 50km walk champion was appealing against an 8-year doping ban.
- WADA Hits Their Highest Testing Figures Since Pandemic Started They actually did more tests in March 2021 than they did in March 2019, but in-competition testing is still low because there are less competitions.
Sprint News
The Gender Debate Has Been Going On A Lot Longer Than You May Realize
The Western press apparently referred to her and her sister, who also won Olympic gold, as the "Press Brothers". Both retired when sex testing was implemented.
Tokyo 2020 News
- USA Today Opinion Piece Argues Athletes Who Are Mothers Should Be Allowed To Bring Their Infants Or Toddlers To The Tokyo Games Includes quotes from Allyson Felix who has a 2-year-old and Aliphine Tuliamuk who gave birth in January.
- Tokyo's State Of Emergency Extended Until The End Of May
- Online Petition To Cancel Tokyo Olympics Gets 200,000 Signatures The petition was started by the man who lost in last year's election for Tokyo governor.
- Vaccine Developers Pfizer And BioNTech Donating Vaccines To The IOC To Give To Athletes Ahead Of The Tokyo Olympics
*Pfizer Donates Vaccines To Irish Olympic Committee - Diving World Cup Goes On Successfully In Tokyo As Olympic Test Event
- IOC Official John Coates Says Tokyo 2020 Will Take Place But Admits Public Opposition Is "A Concern"
- IOC President Thomas Bach's Pre-Olympics Visit To Tokyo Will Likely Be Postponed Due To State Of Emergency
Countdown to the Trials
Athing Mu is certainly one of the athletes better-positioned to make the Olympic team in 2021 than she would have been in 2020. The opposite is true for Jenny Simpson. We run through some of the other athletes whose stock has risen -- or declined.
We give you a refresher on how one qualifies for the Olympics this year where a bigger emphasis has been put on world ranking. Want to know who is on track to make the US Trials? Check out the TrackTimes.run website.
Us News
We haven't heard of a windfall like this for a runner since Chris Lukezic.
- Ed Grant, legendary New Jersey track and field writer who has attended every Penn Relay since 1946, dies at 94 The funeral is May 17th.
- 2021 Boston Marathon Cutoff Time Set at 7:47 Below Qualifying Time The race has decided that people will still need to be socially distanced outside in October and as a result, 9,215 qualifiers were rejected.
- Meet a guy who qualified by 1 second.
- Podium runner: A look at the 5 most memorable miles in running history You know the list is trash when they don't have Bannister's sub-4 in the top 5 but have Jenny Simpson's win at the 2019 5th Avenue mile on there.
Some Interesting Reads from Overseas
- Seb Coe feeling confident after attending Sapporo test event and is hoping fans will be allowed at Olympics "Today Sapporo demonstrated the highest level of capability to organize successful," said Coe.
- After waking up in a pile of vomit right before XMAS, Irish 2:09 marathoner Stephen Scullion hasn't drank alcohol since "I tried to think of one time in my life where alcohol has actually done something good for my life, and I couldn’t think of one thing," said Scullion who admitted he was battling depression right before his 2:09. "I was doing brilliant at running, that’s the easy part for me."
- A look at the setup of Team New Balance Manchester Many of the athletes who include Ciara Mageean and Jonathan Mellor live in the team house.
- Scholarship fund in honor of Lloyd Cowan Bursary is launched THey want to give out £500 twice a year to coaches and to unfunded athletes aged 16-23. Donate here. "Lloyd once told me that ‘everyone has a dream,’ and he aimed to support athletes and coaches to achieve their goals, however, big or small. He was always helping build the future of athletics."
- British pole vaulter Holly Bradshaw caught Covid a few months ago but is doing well now She's got a much more holistic view of things than a few years ago when she'd often break into tears after not winning.
- Coach Phil Kissi explains how he coached Steph Davis to Olympic marathon spot
The 2021 Diamond League Kicks Off This Month In Doha
- Two-Time World 5000m Champ Hellen Obiri And WR Holder Letesenbet Gidey Set For 3000m Showdown In Doha On May 28 Gidey broke Obiri's African 3000m record in 2019 with 8:20.27, but Obiri won their last matchup in the 2020 Monaco DL 5000m.
- Russians Anzhelika Sidorova (Pole Vault) And Ilya Ivanyuk (High Jump) Invited To Doha Diamond League Meet
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