Quote Of The Day
– Duane Solomon on USA getting 3rd in the World Relays 4 x 800.
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Reuters Saturday Recap: Yohan Blake Leads Jamaica To 4 X 200 World Record
It was a great day one before a loud and festive crowd in Nassau. We'll have a full LRC recap Sunday morning. Distance recaps below. In other non-distance action, the Dennis Mitchell-coached 4 x 200 team was DQed, and the relatively unknown US women got 4 x 100 gold.
LRC Updated World Relays Start With A Bang As Kenya Holds On For Gold And USA Settles For Bronze In 4 X 800
What a crazy anchor leg it was in the first final at the loud and raucous World Relays.
LRC UpdatedW 1,500: Kenya Crushes World Record, USA Beats Old World Record, Australia Celebrates Bronze
The Kenyans crushed the soft world record and the Americans overcame a violent fall for silver.
More Non-LRC Coverage
- Jamaica Wins World Relays 4 X 200 In World Record Time Of 1:18.63 The team of Nickel Ashmeade, Warren Weir, Jermaine Brown and Yohan Blake won the $50,000 plus the WR bonus of $50,000. The US team was DQed for a handoff outside the exchange zone between Curtis Mitchel and Ameer Webb. So much for what Wallace Spearmon predicted about “almost flawless” baton passes.
*Jamaica Gleaner 4 X 200 Article: Yohan Blake Says He Thinks They Could Have Gone Faster - USATF Recap: U.S. Women’s 4 X 100m Relay Runs World-Leading Time To Win Gold At IAAF World Relays The team of Tianna Bartoletta, Alexandra Anderson, Jeneba Tarmoh and Lekeisha Lawson ran 41.88 to beat Jamaica’s 42.28.
*Day One Team USA Quotes
*IAAF report - IAAF Report Of Women’s 4 X 400m Relay Heats
- IAAF Report Of Men’s 4 X 400m Relays Heats
#USATFDoesItAgain & Lauren Fleshman Speaks Out
LRC USATF Does It Again: Dennis Mitchell, Convicted Doper, Your Head Sprint Coach For World Relays Eight years after USATF accidentally appointed convicted doper Dennis Mitchell (of the “five bottles of beer and sex with his wife at least four times” excuse) to be a USA National Team coach, USATF has done it again, but this time for real with the full backing of the USATF national office. Lauren Fleshman Blasts USATF For Selecting Convicted Doper Dennis Mitchell As A Team USA World Relays Coach “It’s like putting someone who has formerly served time for fraud in charge of your bank. Or a convicted child abuser in charge of your day care.”
NCAA Preliminary Rounds Are Next Weekend
- Men And Women’s Entries For NCAA DI West Preliminary RoundLawi Lalang doubling up 1,500/5K while Edward Cheserek will be doing the 5K/10K as will Kennedy Kithuka and OSU’s 27:36 man Shadrack Kipchirchir.
- Men And Women’s Entries For NCAA DI East Preliminary RoundAbbey D’Agostino running only the 5,000.
- DII Inspirational Story: Neal Anderson Missed 2012 XC Nationals When He Found Out He Had A Brain Tumor; Now He’ll Close Out His Career At DII Oudoor Nationals He managed an 18-month comeback and ran a 9:27 steeple at a last chance meet (he has a 9:08 PR) to qualify.
Fast Times At HS State Meets
- Ricky Faure Wins Wyoming State Meet 800 In 1:48.14 (#10 All-Time)
- State Records Go Down At Iowa State Meet: Stephanie Jenks Ran A 9:24 3K To Break Katie Flood’s 9:27 Record From 2010 In the 3,200, Thomas Pollard ran 8:50.43 to break a nearly 30-year-old record, just beating out Chandler Austin‘s 8:51.74. A total of four guys ran under 9:02 at the meet.
Two Huge Comeback Races: Mary Keitany And David Rudisha
- Big Race Weekend In Ottawa:Mary Keitany Makes Her Return To Competition And Geoffrey Mutai And Wilson Kiprop Go Head-To-Head In Ottawa 10K On SaturdayThis will be Keitany’s first race back from pregnancy, her last race being her 4th-place finish at the Olympics.
- Recommended Read:Great Interview With The Well-Spoken David Rudisha, Who Hopes To End A “Very Tough Twelve Months” With A Good Comeback Race At Pre Classic Next Weekend
Previous World Relays News
- World Relays To Be Held On Brand New Mondo Super X 720 Track Surface
- Jamaica Open To Hosting World Relays In The Future
- IAAF President Lamine Diack Meets With The Prime Minister Of The Bahamas
- IAAF Men’s Events Preview Jamaica is the favorite in the sprints, US has the edge in 4 x 400.
- IAAF Women’s Events Preview Jamaica vs. USA in the 4 x 100 and 4 x 200 with Jamaica the favorites, US favorites in 4 x 400.
NCAA News
Tyson Gay Drama Continues
Jon Drummond Sues Tyson Gay, USADA for Defamation
Either Drummond is telling the truth or this lawsuit was absolutely idiotic. We’re hoping for a full trial with discovery. That should clean up the sport. *Discuss
Week That Was
LRCSome Ridiculous NCAA Performances, Analyzing Emma Coburn, Calling Foul On Greg Rutherford, And Sports Gene Proven To Be True
It was a crazy week as Emma Coburn got a huge DL win, Courtney Okolo set the NCAA 400m record but may not be the best 400m runner on her team, Kennedy Kithuka and Erin Finn dominated, Trayvon Bromell ran 9.77 and Nick Arciniaga ran in a spiderman suit.
Diamond League #2 – Shanghai DL Was Sunday *Full Results*TV/Streaming Info
WSteeple: LRCEmma Coburn Pulls A Meb: Gaps The Field Early, Runs PR And Stunningly Wins The Steeple In her first steeple of the year, Coburn was brilliant as she ran a PR and got a convincing victory.
*Emma Coburn pulls a Meb – gaps field early and shockingly wins Shanghai DL*EMMA MF COBURN!!!
W1,500: LRC Abeba Aregawi Wins In 3:58, Jenny Simpson Nearly Breaks 4:00, Runs Second-Fastest Time Of Her Career Not a great day for Treniere Moser and Morgan Uceny. *4:00.4 for Jenny Simpson – Incredibly smart race!!
#EPICFail M800: LRC Taoufik Makhloufi Sticks Out Tongue And Arms Celebrating His 800m “Win” And Loses As A Result Makhloufi snatched defeat from the jaws of victory as an emerging star, Robert Biwott, arrived from Kenya. The Americans Johnson, Mulder and Sowinski, all struggled. *Hahahah MackDaddy LOSES while celebrating!!!!*Makhloufi What a Jackass
Full Coverage, Including Pre-Meet News, Can Be Found In Our Shanghai Diamond League Special Section
Abrahamson: USATF Acts Quickly
USATF Reprimands Oiselle Within 12 Hours For Doctoring World Relays Uniform Photos, Can't Resolve Bumbalough DQ Within 3 Months
Believe it or not USATF can accomplish something quickly – even on a Sunday with a lawyer involved. It’s beyond time for USATF to show the same sense of urgency for clean and fair sport.
Saturday Photos (Click For Gallery)
Non-World Relays Results
Mary Keitany Dominates Ottawa 10K In Comeback Race After Year Off For PregnancyShe set a CR of 31:22 and won by a minute in her first race since the London Olympics. Wilson Kiprop won the men’s race in 28:01 beating David Kogei (28:07) and Geoffrey Mutai (28:09).- Chris O’Hare Wins Bupa Westminster Mile In A Tactical 4:06; Alison Leonard Just Beats Out Master Runner Helen Clitheroe As Both Clock 4:35Roger Bannister was there watching on as David Weir tried and failed to break the 3-minute barrier, but still set a new world best at 3:07.
- Olympic Bronze Medalist Thomas Longosiwa Wins Kenya Prisons Services In Record Time Of 13:33.0 He beat out the previous record holder Timothy Kiptoo and 2012 World Half Marathon bronze medalist John Mwangangi.
- Alexa Efaimson Breaks Washington State Record By Running 4:37.85 In The 1,600
- PA State Champs: Ross Wilson Wins 3,200 Breaking 30-Year-Old MR With 8:56.29 Second and third (Tony Russell and Colin Martin) also went sub-9 and 4th place (Kevin James) was 9:03.
Saturday World Relays Talk
RRW: Cape Town Marathon Winner Lindikhaya Mthangayi DQed For Doping; Gets Four-Year Ban It’s his second positive test as he got a 6-month ban 4 years ago.
Sunday Road Action
- Preview Of Sunday’s Bupa Westminster Mile And London 10K No Mo Farah, but other UK elites competing include Andy Baddeley, Chris O’Hare, Charlene Thomas, Julia Bleasdale and Emelia Gorecka in the mile and Andy Vernon and Gemma Steel in the 10K.
- Preview Of Sunday’s Edinburgh Marathon: Kenya’s 2:10 Man David Toniok And Defending Champ Risper Kimaiyo Lead Fields
Other News
- “Average Joe” Wins Colfax Marathon In 2:40:47 The father of 3 does his runs at 4AM with a group of other dads so they can finish in time to send their kids to school.
- Philip Hersh: USOC Boss Pulls In $2 Million Over Past Two Years “In an era when some U.S. Olympic athletes have turned to crowd source funding to pay for their training, the top brass at the U.S. Olympic Committee is doing better than ever financially.”
US Distance Runners In The News
LRC Emma Coburn Talks About Her Shanghai Win, American Records And Training With Jenny SimpsonCoburn surprised herself by winning and had to miss a scheduled post-race massage she had scheduled as she had to do interviews and a victory lap. She thinks her training partner, Jenny Simpson, can get the US record of 3:57.12 in the 1,500.
*Coburn USATF Athlete Of The Week
LetsRun Experiences The Craziness Known As Bay To Breakers *Crazy Costume Photos
LRC Nick Arciniaga Enjoying New Sponsor Under Armour; Says Yuki Kawauchi Is One Of His Heroes, Talks About Racing In A Spiderman Singlet Arciniaga thanks to Under Armour had a very cool singlet.- LRC Sara Hall Talks About The Difficult Bay To Breakers Course, Her Busy 2014 Racing Season and A Fall Marathon Debut
LRCThe LRC Singlet Comes Out Of Retirement As Employee 1.1 Represents The singlet got an official 12k PR and thankfully held off Scott Baughs and the Asics Aggies centipede team. “Bay To Breakers went from being on my ‘bucket list’ to one that I definitely have to do again.”
Previous World Relays
LRCMen's 4 X 1,500: A Kenyan Team For The Ages Goes For The World Record, The US Battles Ethiopia For Silver
Please pause and appreciate how SPECIAL this Kenyan men's team is. Their 1,500 PRs convert to an average of 3:46.10 miles per man - faster than Alan Webb's American record. 15:04 for 4 x mile.
LRC Women’s 4 X 800 Preview: Can The US Women Take Down Eunice Sum And Kenya And Win Gold? Kenya has the best anchor, but the US has Chanelle Price, Ajee Wilson and Brenda Martinez. What wins out? *MB:Can the US win gold?
Non-LRC World Relays Coverage
- We Hope He Didn’t Just Jinx US:Wallace Spearmon: “We’re going to have to clean sticks, almost flawless.”
- British Men’s Sprinters Ordered By UKA Head To Keep Their Tempers In Check after Fist Fight
- 2007 World 800 Champ Janeth Jepkosgei Says Her Body Is “Back In Great Shape”
- IAAF Previews:Women 4 X 100m *Women 4 X 400m*Men 4 X 100m*Men 4 X 400m*Women 4 X 200m*Men 4 X 200m
More Coverage In Our Worlds Special Section
USADA Responds To Drummond
USADA Says The Lawsuit Filed By Jon Drummond Is “Baseless” A USADA spokesperson said, “Mr. Drummond’s baseless lawsuit against the US Anti-Doping Agency is an effort to circumvent the mandatory arbitration process established to protect the rights of all clean athletes, coaches and the integrity of competition.”
Other Upcoming Distance Action
Monday: Ryan Hall, Shalane Flanagan, Sara Hall And Deena Kastor Highlight Elite Field For Monday’s Boulder Boulder 10K Kenya’s two time defending champ Alan Kiprono and Ethiopia’s three time winner Mamitu Daska lead the international fields. Other top US elites competing include Luke Puskesdra, Jeffrey Eggleston, Brent Vaughn, Bobby Curtis, Ben Bruce, Kellyn Johnson and Mattie Suver.
*Shalane Flanagan Says Boulder Boulder Has Been On Her “Bucket List” And She’s “Just Looking For A Race, A Hard Effort” For a fall marathon as she’s still choosing between Chicago, NYC and Berlin.- Next Weekend: Mary Cain Might Not Run Pre Classic 1,500 Because Alberto Salazar Doesn’t Know If She’s Ready To Race Against Abeba Aregawi And Jenny Simpson Cain hasn’t raced since indoor and Salazar is assessing her fitness before he makes the call. He might put her in the 800 instead.
*MB: Mary Cain May Duck The Competition At Pre - Emily Chebet, Mamitu Daska Aiming for Third Title at Freihofer’s Run for Women
Beijing IAAF World Challenge Meet *Full Results
Recap Of Beijing’s IAAF World Challenge Meet: Justin Gatlin’s 9.86 100 Win HighlightsIn the 800, Andrew Olivier ran 1:44.88 to beat Erik Sowinski (1:45.68) as Teng Haining set a Chinese NR in 4th place (1:46.32). Paul Kipsiele Koech won the steeple in 8:06.04 and Rababe Arafi the 1,500 in 4:02.71 over Gudaf Tsegay (4:02.83). Ana Simic improved her HJ world lead to 1.98m and Brianna Rollins ran 12.58 in the 100H to tie the world lead. Veronica Campbell-Brown won the 100 (11.14).
*Photo:US Sprinter Tiffany Townsend Falls During Beijing IAAF World Challenge 100m
*SA’s Olivier Talks About His 800 Win: “The [fast] times will come. I was in control of the race and that was the goal.”
*MB: Gatlin 9.86 in Beijing, 2014
Pre Classic Keeps Getting Better
UK News: Mo Farah Pulls Out Of Bupa London 10K
- Mo Farah Pulls Out Of Bupa London 10K As He’s Not Fit Enough Yet To Race His agent Ricky Simms said, “He took a few weeks off training, went on holiday and just resumed jogging 10 days ago.”
- Olympic Heptathlon Champ Jessica Ennis Talks About Her Eventual Comeback From Pregnancy And Hopes Of Defending Her Title In Rio 2016 She wants to defend her heptathlon title, but is considering switching to the 100H as a backup plan as her PR in that even would have put her 4th in London. *2nd Article
- Olympic HJ Bronze Medalist Robbie Grabarz Out For The Season As He Needs Knee Surgery
Wetmore Speaks
LRCMark Wetmore Talks About Emma Coburn's Big Win, Jenny Simpson's Four-Flat And What The Future Holds For Ben Saarel
Wetmore gave his star steepler splits to hit 9:19 and that's what she did. The expected PR came with an unexpected bonus - victory. Plus what is Jenny Simpson focusing on? And what will Ben Saarel run at NCAAs?
2014 Oxy HP Complete Coverage*MB Thread *Video*2014 Results
- LRC Men: Collis Birmingham Stuns Galen Rupp; Centro Cruises; Elijah Greer Beats Robby Andrews At His Own Game; Dan Huling 8:17 It was a real late night for people staying up on the East Coast but they were jolted awake in the very last race of the night.
LRC Women: Brenda Martinez Edges Maggie Vessey As Both Break 2:00; Shannon Rowbury Wins As Jordan Hasay PRs; Kate Van Buskirk PRs- LIVE THREAD: Official 2014 Oxy HP Performance Thread – Rupp, Centro, Willis, Martinez, and Mackey, and more!
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