We believe it's the fastest split in NCAA history.

• LSU's Juvaughn Harrison And Texas A&M's Tyra Gittens Both Win SEC Long Jump / High Jump Double Kentucky's Abby Steiner ran 22.41 to equal #3 on the all-time NCAA 200m list. Auburn's Joyce Kimeli won the 5000m over Arkansas' Katie Izzo, 15:46.88 to 15:47.82. Ole Miss' Cole Bullock won the men’s race (13:59.10).
• MB: Matt Boling - World Leading 20:37 In His Heat At SECs He also placed 4th in the LJ (8.07m).
• SEC meet DMR records fall on Day 1 of SEC champs Ole Miss ran 9:29.35 as Alabama ran 10:59.21.

• IMG Academy's Girls Win Adidas Indoor Nationals DMR; Just Miss National Record They ran 11:34.86 to win handily over Saratoga and put themselves #3 on the all-time list (the record is 11:34.54).
• Hunter Jones Breaks High School 5000m Sophomore Class Record With 14:49.62 Win At Adidas Indoor Nationals
• adidas Track Nationals is this weekend in Virginia Beach When the normal nationals was cancelled, Joe Lee of the Bullis School in Maryland, sprung into action and planned this in hardly any time.

• Locals who have volunteered at Lake Biwa Mainichi Marathon for the last 50+ years reflect on the race's demise What a shame. The past winners of Japan's oldest annual marathon include Abebe Bikila, Martin Fiz, Paul Tergat, and Wilson Kipsang. This year's race is the last.
• Researcher takes a look at how much 40 5-decade sub-3 hour marathoners declined The results are fascinating. "With consistent training and racing regimens, it is possible to limit the age-related decline in marathon performance to less than 7 percent per decade at least until 60 years old.” Joan Benoit Samuelson was the only woman studied.

• Caster Semenya launches appeal to European Court of Human Rights in final effort to defend 800m Olympic title “I hope the European court will put an end to the longstanding human rights violations by World Athletics against women athletes,” said Semenya. Memo to Caster, there is no human right to be a professional athlete. Your natural sporting gender is intersex as you have functioning internal testes and do not have a uterus.
• Tokyo Olympic Organizers says Torch Relay will begin on March 25th but with no cheering "No shouting, no cheering. Please cheer by clapping your hands and maintain appropriate distance in case there is crowding," said one official.
• Brisbane 2032: Alan Abrahamson says IOC's latest announcement means i 2032 "the Olympics will return to Australia 32 years after Sydney in 2000" Abrahamson thinks they shouldn't rush things and should consider Doha where more than 6,500 people have died building the World Cup stadiums.

What a show. We recorded this right after Grant Holloway's WR. Our featured guest is Ben True who tells us how he just ran a 26+ second pb of 27:14 at age 35. Yes, the shoes helped but True reveals he's become rejuvenated by paying Dan Curts $20,000 a year to train with him. Plus is a marathon in True's future?
*MB: The Ben True pod - An amazing listen. True reveals he pays Dan Curts $20k a year to train with him

• GB team for European Indoors is released - 800 NR holder Elliott Giles skips out "Elliot Giles has pulled out of the European Indoor Championships to focus on training for the summer season." That's what we call some weak sauce.
  *MB: Elliot Giles pulls from Euro Indoors
• A retired doctor heard a Seb Coe radio interview and was concerned about the sound of his voice so she contacted him and he's now getting voice treatment
• A detailed look at Frank Horwill's legendary simple race-pace equivalent formula Horwill recognized that an elite man's 1500, 3k, 5k and 10k pbs were all about 4 seconds per lap slower.

• UofOregon is hoping to host April meets at Hayward Field They're encouraged after meeting with County health officials.
• Oregon and New Mexico high schools hold first xc practices in 15 months "Washington and California are back in play, too, with small late winter cross country meets beginning to populate the calendar. Virginia is also getting started, with meets set to begin March 1."
• Track and field action is resuming this weekend in Jamaica with 9 meets
• Maybe It Can: African xc champs scheduled for March 6-7 in Togo is indefinitely postponed

• Oklahoma State Tops Tulsa In OSU Winter Open Dual Meet Lead by individual wins from Isai Rodriguez and Molly Born, OSU beat Tulsa by one point for the men and 19-points for the women.
• RRW: After Trials Disappointment & COVID, Matt Llano Ready To Race In Atlanta Llano talks about how he was really worried about the potential for heart damage after coronavirus so worked with a cardiologist to come back to training conservatively.
• Athletics Weekly Looks Back At The Top 20 Races Of All-Time GB Distance Great Dave Bedford
  *Dave Bedford's Finest 100 Races In Chronological Order
• Sean Wade Broke Four American Masters Age Group Records This Month After setting men 55-59 records for 12k, 15k and 10 mile during a 10 mile race in early February, Wade ran 26:11 last weekend to break the 8k US record and tie the world best.

• 1992 and 2000 Olympic 10,000 champ Derartu Tulu elected as president of the Ethiopian Athletics Federation She had been the interim head since Haile G stepped down in 2018.
• 2000 people in UK sign petition asking for lifetime bans for abusive coaches and UK Athletics head Joanna Coates seems to agree it's warranted How about for dopers as well?
• UTMB announces elite fields for 2021 Former UTMB champs Courtney Dauwalter of the U.S. and Francesca Canepa of Italy headline the women’s race. 3-time winners Pau Capell François and D’Haene and Xavier Thévenard are in the field as is reigning champ Pau Capell and American Jim Walmsley.

• Has Wayde Van Niekerk Made The Right Call To Leave Longtime Coach To Move To Florida? Van Niekerk announced last week that he's leaving his 79-year-old coach Tannie Ans Botha to train with Noah Lyles' group in Florida.
• Tannie Ans Botha Says There Are No "Ill Feelings" Between Herself And Van Niekerk "...Everything is good between us. I am happy that I have contributed something to his professional and personal life."