2014 NCAA Indoor Track & Field – Men’s Coverage *Live Results, TV Info*Start Lists/Accepted Entries *Men’s Preview *Women’s Preview

LRC Men’s 5,000: Edward Cheserek Does It Again, Stuns Heavy Favorite, Crushes Lalang In Final 300m, Lalang’s Bid For Historic Triple Over Almost Before It Started (updated)Lawi Lalang‘s attempt for wins at the 5K, mile, 3K triple is over almost before it started as Edward Cheserek got a shocking and dominant upset victory in the men’s 5,000. In an honestly-paced race, Cheserek blew away Lalang in the final 300m, winning in 13:46.67 to Lalang’s 13:52.83.
*Cheserek: ““My plan was to just relax, stay in the back behind Lawi all the time and with (300) to go I said ‘Ok I gotta go,’”
On The Boards: Cheserek’s move *Why lawai, why? *And a-a-a-a KING is BORN!

LRCMen’s DMR: A Fresh Stanford Team Gets Dominant Victory As Oregon Picks Up More Valuable Team Points In SecondStanford gets dominant victory largely thanks to a ridiculous 400 leg from Australia’s Olympic finalist Steven Solomon as Oregon gets 2nd, Indiana 3rd and Notre Dame 4th.
MB:Micheal Atchoo – A STANFORD HERO! *Atchoos Under Appreciated Anchor Leg *OSU DFL in DMR

LRCMen’s Mile Heats: All The Favorites Are Through As Lawi Lalang Gets His Historic Triple Started It Was The Beginning Of The End For Lalalang (updated) No big surprises as all the big names were through comfortably. Oregon’s Mac Fleet and Arizona’s Lawi Lalang were 1-2 in the first heat and BU’s Rich Peters won the second.

LRC Men’s 800 Heats: Edward Kemboi Stays The Favorite As A Couple Big Names Go Out The men’s 800 saw the only big casualties in the distance heats as one of our top picks, Penn State’s Brannon Kidder, as well as the top returner from last year, Sean Obinwa (4th in 2013), didn’t make the final. The pre-meet favorite, Edward Kemboi won his heat as did Ryan Schnulle.

More Messageboard Chatter:2014 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships – Mens Mile… Mac Fleet vs Lawi Lalang – Who Ya got?
*Penn State – OUCH  *D3 dmr 
*Official 2014 NCAA Day 1 Indoor Live Discussion Thread

Monster Field Event Action:
*Beamonesque: Arkansas’ Jarrion Lawson has massive 1.5 foot PB – wins lj with world leading 27 feet, 6½ inches
*FSU’s James Harris PRs twice and clears 7-7 1/4 to win HJ He got close when he attempted the CR of 7-9.75
*Albuquerque native Curtis Beach set up for heptathlon title after strong Day 1

Strints:Deondre Batson wins 200m for Alabaman (20.32)

Team Title: Oregonian: The Oregon men barge into the title picture after great day 1
*MB:2014 NCAA Indoor Team Battle Update – Jesse Squire predicting Oregon men, Florida women will win after day 1

More Coverage and Pre-Meet Coverage in Our 2014 NCAA Indoor Special Section

Men’s 800 Heats: Edward Kemboi Stays The Favorite As A Couple Big Names Go Out The men’s 800 saw the only big casualties in the distance heats as one of our top picks, Penn State’s Brannon Kidder, as well as the top returner from last year, Sean Obinwa (4th in 2013), didn’t make the final. The favorite to win though is Edward Kemboi and he made it through just fine as he won his the first heat and Ryan Schnulle won the second.

Other Big Weekend Action – US 15k – New Balance HS Nationals

MB:Ben True pulls away from Chris Derrick in last mile – Shalane Flanagan sets American Record at 2014 Gate River (US 15k)

Pre-Race:MB:Derrick versus True at Gate River Run on March 15th – Who you got?*Full Entries
*Derrick Q&A – He Says He’s Ready*Race Preview

• HS  Nationals: MB:Foot Locker champ Tessa Barrett sets new HS girls national record of 16:11.85 for 5k *Full NB Nationals Coverage
• Australia – Sydney Track ClassicMB: Duane Solomon wins in Australia – 1:45.95, LaShawn Merritt 20.42, Lauren Fleshman 15:53.02Sally Pearson also won the 100 and 200.
• South American Games:Irving Saladino beats World indoor champ Mauro Vinícius da Silva in lj with 8.16m, Anderson Henriques runs 45.03 in 400

European Distance News

• Farah Won’t Make Decision On Whether To Run Commonwealth Games Until 10 Days Before Farah says he’ll only race if his “speed is good” in his test race the week before and he only wants to go to Commonwealth Games if he’s 100%.
• Good Read: Scottish 800 Runner Lynsey Sharp Returning To Competition This Month After A Year Out With Injury Sharp says now that she’s back running she realizes how miserable she was not training. With the Commonwealth Games at home, Sharp is hoping to run the 800 as well as a leg of the Scottish 4 x 400.
• 2:03 Irish High Schooler Siofra Cleirigh Buttner Might End Up At Villanova

Important Industry News

• USATF Releases Qualifying Standards And Field Sizes For 2014 USA Outdoors The page doesn’t say anything about filling the fields after scratches, which is a huge issue. The question now is will the distance runners boycott or will USATF act now to remove ambiguity which leads to favoritism.
  *MB:USATF: Congrats on qualifying marks, add this and you’re set
• Former TaylorMade-Adidas Golf Exec David Abeles Named CEO Of Competitor Group – He Vows To Support Elites “Having elite athletes is an absolute must. It’s incredible to have a chance to run beside a world-class athlete.”
• Entire Commonwealth Games Track Is Being Built On Stilts So It Will Fit Inside Football Stadium The Commonwealth Games stadium is the first track to ever be built with such technology and LetsRun.com has been told that it could allow for a World Championships to be held at any NFL stadium like Dallas Cowboys stadium.
• MB:American Prof. Thomas Murray named to IAAF Ethics Commission Read

US News

• Q&A With Molly Huddle Ahead Of Her Half Marathon Debut At NYC Huddle wants to try the 10,000 on the track this year and do a marathon before 2016 (even as early as this fall) and says this is part of the process of moving up to that.
• Meeting Between USATF And TFAA Postponed Due To Scheduling Miscommunication The meeting was supposed to be Monday and the article doesn’t say when it’s been rescheduled for.
• Mark Wetmore’s Colorado XC Team Honored At White House For Winning NCAAs They were 1 of 19 championships teams honored.
• RW Researches When You Can Run In Major City Parks In wake of a Central Park runner getting ticketed for running in the park too early, they’ve contacted a bunch of major city parks to see which you have to watch out for.
• The Color Run Settles Dispute With Photographer Who Claimed They Used His Photos Without Permission After 7 months of back-and-forth they came to an undisclosed settlement agreement.

Pistorius Updates

• Police Forensic Expert Says Oscar Pistorius Was On His Stumps (Not Prosthetics) When He Broke Down Bathroom Door This contradicts Pistorius’ telling of events where he said he broke the door down after he fired the gun. The prosecution says he tried to break it down before firing.
• Friend Testifies That Oscar Pistorius Had Argument With A Cop Who Touched His Gun
• Friend Says Pistorius Had A “Love For Guns”
• Oscar Pistorius Vomits, Weeps In Court During Autopsy Testimony Pistorius’ defense lawyer also produced cell phone records and said the security guard lied and that Pistorius actually called him first that night, not the other way around. The guard disagreed, but we don’t understand how there is confusion if there are actual cell phone records available.

Some Weekend Reading Material

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