Prague Marathon: Mosop Flops

• Patrick Terer And Firehiwot Dado Are Victorious At The 2014 Prague Marathon Terer ran 2:08:07 to beat Evans Chebet by 10 seconds.  Cuthbert Nyasango was 3rd in a Zimbabwe NR of 2:09:52. Moses Mosop had a disappointing race, running 2:20:37 for 12th. 2011 NYC champ Dado dominated the women’s race in 2:23:34.
• Short Statement From Moses Mosop “My body felt empty from the start. Not enough speedwork was done due to an injury and I will have new start after some rest.”

NCAA / US Track Results *This Week’s Meets *All Conference Results

• Live Results From 2014 Occidental Invy Robby Andrews won the 800 in 1:46.35 and Nikki Hamblin won the women’s race in 2:02.73.
• Maggie Vessey 52.82 In Occidental 400
• Heps: Cornell Holds Off Princeton To Win First Men’s Heptagonal Outdoor Title Since 2010 The point scoring was close as Cornell beat Princeton by 6.67points. Dartmouth’s Steve Mangan won the 1,500 (3:46.23), Princeton’s Chris Bendtsen the 5,000. *Full Results
• Harvard Wins First Women’s Heptagonal Outdoor Title Since 1990 Dartmouth finished 2nd 13 points back largely thanks to Abbey D’Agostino‘s impressive triple as she won the 10k, 5k and 3k over the 3-day meet. *Full Results
  *LRC Video Interview With Abbey D’Agostino After Her 10,000 Debut
  *HepsTrack.com *Championships Central
• Big East: Villanova Dominates Big East Champs Sweeping Both The Men’s And Women’s Titles Jordan Williamsz won the 1,500 (3:47), Patrick Tiernan the 5,000 (13:56).
• Emily Lipari Wins 800 (2:05.66) And Anchors Villanova 4 X 800 To MR 8:33.36 At Big East
  *Full Men’s Results *Full Women’s Results *Big East Championship Central

HS / Youth News

• 10-Year-Old Grace Ping From Minnesota Breaks Age Group WR For 5K With 18:02 She beat the previous record by 40 seconds.
• Results From Loucks Games In NY: Dan Curtis (8:51.24) 3,200 As 4 Go Sub-8:55 Olivia Baker beat strong 800 field in 2:08.42.
• MileSplit Coverage Of Texas State Meet: Devante Lacy Runs 46.10 400; Brandon Bray Clears 17’8.50″ PV

Ken Goe Says Oregon Track Fans Aren’t Happy With The Lack Of Action At Hayward Field During The Regular Season The home schedule has been toned down compared to the past as they only had one scored meet at home and for their other home meets a lot of top runners didn’t compete or competed elsewhere.

Seb Coe Speaks On Rio 2016 Prep And Says IOC Won’t Let Them Fail

• Heps: Day 1 Heps Recap: Harvard Men Lead Team Standings It was close in the men’s 10K as Penn’s Thomas Awad ran 29:26.13 to beat Harvard’s James Leakos (29:26.83).
  *Day 1 Heps Recap: Princeton Women Lead Team Standings Abbey D’Agostino made her 10k debut, winning in a comfortable 33:10 over Princeton’s Megan Curham (33:24) and Cornell’s Rachel Sorna (33:36).
  *HepsTrack Short Play-By-Play From Men’s And Women’s 10ks
• Big East: Big East Day 1 Recap: Villanova Women, Georgetown Men Lead

• HJ One Of The Deepest Ever As Never Before Had Four Men Cleared 2.37m In The Same Meet Russia’s Olympic champ Ivan Ukhov won in 2.41m; only 2 men have ever gone higher.
• Sprint/Field Recap: Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Just Beats Blessing Okagbare To Win 100, LaShawn Merrit Gets The 400 W, Nickel Ashmeade Over Warren Weir In 200
• Valerie Adams’ Win In Doha Is Her 47th In A Row
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US News: Ritz Moving Back To Michigan

• Dathan Ritzenhein Is Leaving Oregon, Going Back To Michigan Ritz and his wife are both Michigan natives and want to go home before the kids get too old. He’ll still be coached by Alberto.
  *MB: Ritz is leaving the Oregon Project
• Athletics Illustrated Q&A With Andrew Bumbalough He says he’s been dealing with an injury which is why he underperformed at Payton Jordan.
• DQed OC Marathon Winner Mohamed Fadil Says He Didn’t Cheat And Will “Defend” His Title Next Year Fadil was DQed because his friend paced him on a bike, but says that his friend only started biking with him after the official lead biker got a flat tire and had to stop.
• Vin Lananna Says Oregon Is In Good Shape As They Prepare To Host This Summer’s World Junior Championship

David Epstein: Tyson Gay Got 50% Reduction In Ban Because He Told Everything Including Info on Jon Drummond’s Encouragment/Heavy Involvement of His Doping Drummond is the chair of USATF’s Athletes Advisory Committee and 2012 Olympic relay coach.
*MB: David Epstein Says Tyson Gay Has Implicated Jon Drummond in Helping Him Dope