Quote Of The Day
– Lawi Lalang after outkicking Edward Cheserek in a thrilling race to win the NCAA 5,000 in a meet record of 13:18.36.
- Wow Wow Wow!! The greatest 5000 in NCAA history. Lawi comes back on Ches!!! NCAA Record.
- No rojo the greatest 5000m in ncaa champs history was not this race
- CAT FIGHT in the 1500!!! Cory McGee and Stephanie Brown
- Solinsky in 10k at the Portland Track Festival
- Mary Cain Ducking Again??
- Time for Cheserek to go pro?
2014 NCAAs Start Wed. In Eugene *Live Results / Start Lists / Schedule *TV/Streaming Info *LRC Video Interviews *Event-By-Event “Info Sheets”
LRC Greatest NCAA 5k Ever: Lawi Lalang Defeats Edward Cheserek And 10,000m Screaming Oregon Fans NCAA meet record – check. 10,000 plus screaming fans – check. Great finishing duel- check. Greatest NCAA 5,000m ever – check.
LRC Brandon McBride Defends 
Indoor Title As SEC Runners Take the Top Four Spots
It was a thrilling four-man battle down the home straight, but in the end McBride had just enough to hold everyone off.
LRC 2012 Olympian Shalaya Kipp Upset As Michigan State’s Leah O’Connor Arrives A runner was dominant over the final 1.5 laps but it was O’Connor, not Kipp, as Boise State’s Marisa Howard PRed by 15+ seconds to get 2nd.
LRC Oregon’s Laura Roesler Comes Through As The Favorite To Earn 10 Points For The Women Of Oregon Roesler crushed the field the final 200m.
MB:Official 2014 NCAA Day 3 Outdoor Live Discussion Thread The 800 finals and women’s steeplechase plus the 100 finals highlight. Give your thoughts here.
MB: Wow Wow Wow!! The greatest 5000 in NCAA history. Lawi comes back on Ches!!! NCAA Record. UO goes 2-3-4!!!
MB:THE KING IS DEAD!
MB: Upset City: Leah O’Connor Crushes Kipp – 9:36.43 FTW !!! The 800s went according to form but not the women’s steeple.
More NCAA Day 2
LRC1,500 And Men's Steeple Prelims - Favorites Cruise Through To Set Up Some Great Finals
The big players - Lawi Lalang, Mac Fleet, Emily Lipari and Stephanie Brown - all looked great as expected. Oregon's Sam Prakel was an unexpected surprise. The finals should be great. The intrigue came with an almost cat-fight between some of the top 1,500 women.
*MB: CAT FIGHT in the 1500!!! Cory McGee and Stephanie Brown
LRCFlorida's Marquis Dendy Delivers And Wins Men's Long Jump For Florida
The inconsistent Dendy, who had never scored before outdoors, was on his game and had three jumps better than anyone else and gave the Gators 10 key points in the team competition.
2014 IAAF Oslo – ExxonMobil Bislett Games Was Wed. *Results/Schedule/Entries*TV/Stream Info (2pm ET) *IAAF Full Preview
LRCEvan Jager Runs Boldly, Just Misses American Record In Steeplechase By .16Evan Jager bravely went out on the heels of the rabbit, on sub-8 pace. He ended up with a career-best 2nd place finish.
*MB:JAGER – 8:06.97
LRC Men’s 5,000: Galen Rupp’s AR Attempt Fails To Materialize As Yenew Alamirew Outkicks Caleb Ndiku For Win The field never went for a fast time, they went for the win as Rupp ended up 3rd.
*Galen Rupp Reaction After Running 13:03.35 For Third In Oslo: “There are no short-cuts in distance running.”
LRCMen’s Mile: Ayanleh Souleiman Notches Another DL Win As Nick Willis And Germany’s Homiyu Tesfaye Join The Sub-3:50 ClubAyanleh Souleiman held on for yet another victory as Nick Willis nearly went from last to first to get under 3:50 for the first time in his career. Matthew Centrowitz went in the other direction in this one.
*MB:Nick Willis 3:49.83 Welcome to the Sub 3:50 Club
LRC Women’s 800: Eunice Sum Keeps Her Undefeated Streak Going As Ajee Wilson Gets Season’s BestEunice Sum won her 11th straight, America’s Ajee Wilson had a great runner-up showing as Brenda Martinez struggled.
MB: OFFICIAL 2014 Oslo Diamond League Discussion Thread
*2014 Oslo Diamond League Video Highlights Bislett Games
NCAAs On The Boards
How Much Do The Non-Runners Of The Sporting World Run?
- Do You Think You Train As Hard As A World Cup Soccer Referee? Apparently They Run 6 To 8 Miles Per Game Just Doing Their Job They literally have to train with tempos, sprints and fartlek workouts to be able to keep up with the ball during the game.
- Interesting:Distance Run Per Game In Non-Track Sports Of the listed sports, soccer is the most at 7 miles. Baseball players on the other hand will cover .46 miles if that. Football receivers do about 1.25.
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More NCAA Day 3
- Trayvon Bromell Wins 100 In New World Junior Record Of 9.97
- Oregon Men Almost Have The Meet Locked Up With 25-Point Lead Going Into Final Day
- Still A 4-Team Battle On Women’s Side With Oregon, Texas A&M Leading Texas And Florida Going Into Final Day
*Updated Team Scores - Register-Guard: Not Without A Fight: Lawi Lalang Hands Edward Cheserek A Rare Loss After A Battle Down The Stretch Of The 5,000
- Georgia Freshman Kendell Williams Narrowly Wins Heptathlon After A Fall In The 800 Almost Costs Her The Title Oregon Head Coach Robert Johnson talks about the men’s 4 x 400 DQ and how the appeal was denied. He says he didn’t sleep at all Thursday night thinking about it.
- After Getting Only 3rd At SEC Meet, Texas A&M Freshman Shamier Little Beats Conference Rivals To Win 400 Hurdles
NCAA Day 3 On The Boards
NCAA Day 2 On The Boards
Jenn Suhr Wins NYC Street Vault *Recap*Photo Gallery/ Video
More Oslo
- Jessica Judd On Sub-2: “I can’t quite believe it. I was petrified beforehand. It’s the first trip I’ve done on my own so it was a bit daunting.”
- Judd Hails Paula Radcliffe For Helping Her Through Injury Hell Judd slipped during the winter and fractured her sacrum.
- Ashton Eaton Makes History By Being First Victorious Decathlete At A Diamond League Meet Although it technically wasn’t one of the scored Diamond League events.
- Allyson Felix Continues Comeback With 200 Win However, her winning time of 22.73 was more than a second off her 21.69 PR and her main challenger Murielle Ahoure ran a horrible race finishing 5th.
- IAAF Recap: Sandra Perkovic And Renaud Lavillenie Stay Perfect
- IAAF: Novlene Williams-Mills And Kaliese Spencer Show Jamaican Style In Oslo
Josh McDougal On The Comeback Trail
Recommended Read: Josh McDougal Blogs About His Comeback From 7 Years Of Injury, Which Got Going Sunday Night With A 4:10 Mile At The Music City Distance Carnival “… We felt there was no better way to start back than jumping in head first. Would it be pretty? … Probably not! But all new stories have to begin somewhere.”
*MB: Josh McDougal comeback? Coach Steve Magness?
We’re Not Making This Up
- Tim McGraw Wears A Nike Oregon Project Shirt At A Concert In Ohio
A picture is certainly worth a thousand words in this case.
MB: Tim McGraw is a Rupp Fan?!?
Archive:Why Do Celebrities Like Tim McGraw And Hugh Jackman Lie About Using Steroids? - 91-Year-Old World Record Marathoner Underwent Radiation Treatment For Skin Cancer A Month Before Race She’s raised more than $90,000 for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.
Men’s Doping Poll Results *World Record Doping Polls*Female Stars Doping Poll
LRCWho Do You Think Is “Dirty”? Who Do You Think Is “Clean”? Male Track And Field Stars Doping Poll Results What 3 US-based stars have 50% more speculation than virtually everyone else?
*MB:LRC Male Stars “Clean” or “Dirty” Doping Poll Results
NCAA Day 2
W10k Emma Bates Gets NCAA Title #1 After Great Stretch Battle With Elinor Kirk
The women's 10,000m was historically fast and it featured two lead changes in the final 100. Emma Bates and Elinor Kirk battled side-by-side for much of the final 100m, but Bates was too good in the end and got her first NCAA title. *Post-Race interviews With Emma Bates, Elinor Kirk, Julie Bottorff, Erin Finn, Elvin Kibet And Megan Curham
NCAAs Day 2 Thursday Live
MB:Official 2014 NCAA outdoor Day 2 discussion thread
Day 2 Video Interviews Here Cory McGee, Katie Flood, Stephanie Brown, Emily Lipari, Ben Saarel, Mac Fleet, Linden Hall, and many more.
Constantly updated. Turn off your sound during the first half of the 10,000m final and listen to our interviews.
Day 2 10,000m Photos, 1,500m PhotosClick Here Or Below
Emma Bates 2014 NCAA Champion
NCAAs Day 1: King Ches Dominantes
LRC 4-For-4! Edward Cheserek Runs 24.8 Last 200 To Blow Away Field In NCAA 10,000 Final King Cheserek waited until the final 250, but boy was it special as he remained undefeated for his life at NCAA champs.
*MB: Cheserek – 24.71 last 200!!! Wow!!!! (EOM)
LRC 1:45 Man Edward Kemboi Fails To Advance In 800; Favorites In Women’s 800, Steeple All Advance The favorites in men’s and women’s 800 and women’s steeple all looked great.
LRC Video Interviews
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More Day 1 NCAAs
- MB:Official 2014 NCAA Day 1 Live Discussion Thread Things have started awfully for Oregon as the Ducks dropped the baton in the 4 x 100 and then Annie LeBlanc failed to make 800 final.
- Oregon Women Try To Rebound After 4 X 100 Relay Disaster They misplaced their “go” marks for one of the exchanges and ended up DNFing with a missed baton pass.
- .2 m/s From Sub-10 Seconds: Baylor’s Trayvon Bromell Runs Barely Wind-Aided 9.92 In 100 Prelims
- Register Guard: Texas’ Two-Time Defending 400 Champ Ashley Spencer DNFs In 400 Heats, Phyllis Francis Comes Back From 4 X 100 Bobble To Make 400 Final Article doesn’t mention it, but Oregon almost had another disaster as Francis let up at the line and finished 3rd in her heat, but made it on time.
- VideoInterview With Oregon’s Robert Johnson On Team Points After Day 1
- Texas’ Ryan Crouser Wins NCAA Shot Put, But Hurts Foot On Final Throw He was on crutches in the mixed zone and said he was going for X-rays.
- Oregon’s Jenna Prandini Gets Oregon 10 Points By Winning Women’s LJ
- Princeton’s Julia Ratcliffe Wins NCAA Hammer Title
- Gator Fawn Miller Wins NCAA Javelin Tltle
Farah Will Do 2 Events At Glasgow 2014
Non-NCAA Weekend Action: adidas GP, NBNO, NY Mini 10K
- 4:01 Miler Garrett O’Toole Leads LOADED adidas Grand Prix Boys’ Dream Mile
We’re not sure if we agree with meet organizers when they say O’Toole (4:01.81) leads this field as it’s loaded – 5 US #1s are in the field, including Blake Haney (8:46.80), Ricky Faure (1:48.14) and Foot Locker champ Grant Fisher.
*LRC Article On O’Toole’s 4:01 At The Adrian Martinez Classic Last Week
- Saturday’s NYRR New York Mini 10K Puts Defending Champ Mamitu Daska Up Against Linet Masai And A Deep American Field Top Americans included Molly Huddle, Desi Linden, Amy Hastings, Lauren Fleshman, Annie Bersagel, Amy Van Alstine and Deena Kastor. UK’s Gemma Steel and Ethiopia’s Bronx local Buzunesh Deba are also in the race.
- Girls’ Dream Mile At adidas GP Led By Stephanie Jenks As Alexa Efraimson Is In The Pro 1,500 Race And Elise Cranny Has Pulled Out
- Entries For This Weekend’s New Balance Nationals Outdoors
*Live Webcast – Fri. 10AM ET, Sat. 9:15AM, Sun. 8AM*Meet Schedule *Results*Meet Home
Sprint News: VCB 100 WL, 22.80 For HSer Whitney, Gatlin 10.05
Veronica Campbell-Brown Runs World-Leading 10.86 100 In Florida- High School Sophomore Kaylin Whitney Runs #3 All-Time 200 (All-Conditions) With 22.80, Finishing 2nd To VCB Her slightly wind-aided time (2.1 m/s) puts her only behind Allyson Felix‘s 22.51 and Marion Jones‘ 22.67. She also ran a US-leading 11.30 100.
- Full Results From 2014 Star Athletics Sprint Meet In Clermont, FL: Justin Gatlin Wins 100 In 10.05
- US Sprinter Reggie Dixon Gets Doping Suspension For Missing 3 Out Of Competition Tests Dixon has a 10.21 100m PR and was second in the 60 at 2013 US Indoor Champs.
- Ariana Washington Wins 100/200 Double At California State Meet For 3rd Straight Year, Running 11.22 And 22.96
LRCHow Seven Olympians And 55 Other Pros Ended Up Racing At A High School Track Next To A Playground
A vision, cause and nearly $20,000 from Hoka One One go a long way in attracting stars.
LRCLeo Manzano Upset In Mile; Wins For Cas Loxsom, Dana Mecke, Violah Lagat And Amy Hastings At 2014 Adrian Martinez Classic
Talk about an upset. Eric Finan had a 4:04 PR coming in (including his converted 1,500 best) but chopped off 6 seconds and took down Manzano in the process. Plus Morgan Uceny came up just short of getting the outdoor world lead in the women's mile.
LRCMassachusetts High Schooler Garrett O'Toole Runs U.S. #1 4:01.89 Mile
The Princeton-bound O’Toole, a LetsRun.com message board poster, ran 58 over the last lap to move into the top 15 all-time in the HS ranks and come close to sub-4 on the 50th anniversary of Jim Ryun‘s first sub-4. We caught up with him after the race.
*MB: HSer Garrett O’toole runs 4:01.89
Pre Day 2 Photo Gallery Is Here*Prefontaine Day 1 Gallery (Galen Rupp American Record Here)
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The Olympic Stadium track will always bring fond memories for Manzano
Will Ndiku, shown here at Pre last year, have reason to celebrate on Friday?
Souleiman had reason to celebrate after a big win last year
Amos will look to repeat at Pre
Galen Rupp coming to you live on NBC
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