“Bannister: Everest On The Track” – The Film You Supported – Is Getting Lots Of Press

• David Epstein Talks To NPR About “Bannister: Everest On The Track”
  *LRC Review Of “Bannister: Everest On The Track” – “History wonks and running buffs will vie for who loves this movie the most.”
  *RRW Preview Screening Of “Bannister: Everest On The Track” Held At Armory
• Results From Saturday’s Bannister 60th Anniversary Mile Race In Kampala’s Mandela National Stadium

News From The UK: Farah Will Run Commonwealth Games

• Mo Farah Committs To Running 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games He tweeted that he hasn’t decided between racing the 1,500, 5,000, or 10,000 yet.
• Paula Radcliffe Says Tyson Gay’s Reduced One-Year Drug Ban Is “Too Lenient” “… I would think he would have to have given a lot of information for such a lenient ban.”
• Glasgow 2014 Forced To Shut Down “Crashing Website” After Thousands Of Fans Left Frustrated In Ticket Rush
• UK 28-Year-Old Commonwealth Games 200m Champion Leon Baptiste Retires He says he’s never fully recovered from a knee surgery in 2012.

You’re Only As Old As You Feel

104-Year-Old Sets 100m World Age Group Record With 32.79 Seconds Afterwards, Stanislaw Kowalski said, “I feel like a new man.”

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 6.67 points. 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

• 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

Week In Review

WTWBen True, Hassan Mead, Adam Goucher And The Payton Jordan 5,000, Molly Huddle's 30:47, Aisling Cuffe, Elise Cranny And Brannon Kidder