– 29-year-old Collis Birmingham, who has PRs of 13:09.57 and 27:29.73 on the track, after stunning 12:58.90/26:48.00 man Galen Rupp last night in California.
Former Sub-4 HSer Tim Danielson Convicted Of Murder Danielson tried to get off by saying he had temporarily gone insane due to an anti-smoking drug called Chantix.
*MB:Former HS Sub-4er Tim Danielson: Guilty of Murder – Faces 50 to life
LRC It’s Official: Cornell’s AD Is Cooler And A Bigger Track Fan Than YoursCornell’s AD traveled 258 miles to watch a college track meet and dyed his hair and eyebrows red after the Cornell men won the outdoor Heps (Ivy League) crown.
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
Yelena Isinbayeva Says She Plans To Come Back To Competition After Her Pregnancy She is due to give birth in June.
IAAF Recap Seiko Golden Grand Prix In Tokyo: Jenny Simpson Wins In A World-Leading 4:03.91; Emma Coburn Well Beaten 2nd In 4:07.49 Japan’s Sho Kawamoto won the 800 in 1:45.75 as Erik Sowinski was 3rd (1:46.38) and Ukraine’s Bohdan Bondarenko cleared 2.40m in the HJ to beat Russia’s Ivan Ukhov. Other winners included Justin Gatlin in the 100 (10.02 into a headwind), Brianna Rollins the 100H in 12.62, Kirani James the 200 (20.63).
*Full Results
*Video Of Bondarenko’s 2.40 As Well As His Failed WR Attempt
*Russia’s Darya Klishina Gets LJ World Lead In LJ With 6.88m
Asbel Kiprop, Silas Kiplagat, Makhloufi and Wote produced a “classic” and “astonishing” 1,500 to start the season. The Ethiopian national record was set and it only got 6th place.
The 1.75-year wait for for young studs Mo Aman and Nijel Amos to race each other was worth it. Read all about and watch the race.
Eunice Sum got the win in the battle of world champions as Chanelle Pricewent sub-2:00 and Molly Beckwith improved.
Was this the greatest women’s 3.000m race ever run?
*Dibaba On Her 6th-Place 3K Finish: “I don’t know what went wrong.”
Paula Radcliffe Targeting 2015 London Marathon For Career Swan Song “I guess in a way it’s me being greedy as I just want to finish my career on my own terms.”
Wait Almost Over For Irish Hurdler Derval O’Rourke To Receive Her European Indoor Bronze Medal After She Was Upgraded Due To Doping Positive Turkey’s Nevin Yanit won, but got a 2-year drug ban.
The inaugural IAAF World Relays Championships later this month are going to be amazing - US and World records are going to drop and many US medals will be won. Too bad many American stars such as Jenny Simpson, Nick Symmonds and the entire Nike Oregon Project will miss out.
*Discuss
Other Countries Name Their Squads:
*Christine Ohuruogu Leads GB For World Relays GB is sending a men’s and women’s 4 x 100 and 4 x 400.
*Australia Names Team For World Relays
MB:Ajee Wilson Runs 9+ Second 1500 PB at Swarthmore Wilson seems to be moving on from her World Indoor disappointment very nicely as she ran a huge PR.
2012 Archives:Kyle Merber Runs 3:35 At Swarthmore
104-Year-Old Sets 100m World Age Group Record With 32.79 Seconds Afterwards, Stanislaw Kowalski said, “I feel like a new man.”
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.
Our crack stats team gives you the lowdown on Stanford's fast times. How do Ben True and Hassan Mead compare to Adam Goucher and Galen Rupp? Will there be a slew of sub 13:00 Americans in 2014? Plus, some fast times from Aisling Cuffe and teen star Elise Cranny. The performance of the week was Molly Huddle's 30:47 10k. And some props for Brannon Kidder.
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