June 15, 2014 | LetsRun.com

2014 NCAAs In The Books Results LRC Video Interviews *LRC Photos

LRC Mac Fleet Repeats As Lawi Lalang Comes Within .04 Of Being First To Ever Pull 1,500/5k Double

Lawi Lalang came within .04 seconds of being the first man to pull off the 1,500/5k double, but Oregon's Mac Fleet was too good and repeated as NCAA champion before the Oregon crowd.
On The Boards: USA USA! MAC FLEET IS THE NEW KING!! Edges Lalang by .04 in 3:39.09!!

LRCW5000: Marielle Hall Arrives! Stops Abbey D From Winning NCAA Title #8

It came down to Hall, D'Agostino and Stanford's Aisling Cuffe, but in the end it was Hall who broke away with a 30.4 last 200 to win her first NCAA title. The UT senior has dropped more than a minute off her 5,000 PR in the last year. Pretty damn impressive.
On The Boards: Marielle Hall pulls a shocker, takes down Abbey D in 5k – Wins in 15:35.11!!

LRCW1500: ASU's Shelby Houlihan Crushes Field Over Final 200m As Cory McGee Is Runner-Up Again

Everyone had a chance in this one with a lap to go, but there was no question who was best over the final lap - ASU's Shelby Houlihan.
On The Boards: Shelby Houlihan Crushes The Last 200 To Shock Women's 1,500 Field

LRCLast Man Standing: Anthony Rotich Successfully Defends His Steeplechase Crown

This race was very exciting over the last lap. An all-out war between two men that almost resulted in both of them going down on the final barrier because they were so spent. In the end, Rotich was your winner. Might runner-up Stanley Kebenei soon be on a US Olympic team?
*MB: Anthony Rotich and Stanley Kebenei wage great battle in men's steeple - Rotich repeats- Mason Ferlic top American in 4th

Photos: 455 Photos From Saturday

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Women: Texas A&M Women Win 4th Title In 6 Years Pat Henry‘s squad gets it done again.
Oregon Duck Women Finish 3rd Despite Jenna Prandini’s Heroics Pandini won the long jump and was 3rd in the 100 and 2nd in the 200.
Men: Ken Goe: Oregon Men Get First NCAA Outdoor Title In 30 Years In Style The Ducks scored 88 points and were winning just about everything, including the 110m hurdles.
Mac Fleet First Male To Repeat as NCAA 1,500 Champ Oregonian
Devon Allen, Winner Of Hurdles In NCAA Meet Record 13.16, Was MVP As A Receiver In Ducks Spring Football Game

NCAA Day 3 On The Boards

2014 IAAF Oslo – ExxonMobil Bislett Games Was Wed. *Results

LRC Evan Jager Runs Boldly, Just Misses American Record In Steeplechase By .16 Evan 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.”

LRC Men’s Mile: Ayanleh Souleiman Notches Another DL Win As Nick Willis And Germany’s Homiyu Tesfaye Join The Sub-3:50 Club Ayanleh 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 Best Eunice 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

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.

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

Men’s Doping Poll Results World Record Doping Polls Female Stars Doping Poll

LRC Who Do You Think Is “Dirty”? Who Do You Think Is “Clean”? Male Track And Field Stars Doping Poll Results
*MB: LRC Male Stars “Clean” or “Dirty” Doping Poll Results

2014 IAAF NYC – adidas Grand Prix Was Saturday Results LRC Photo Gallery

LRC W1500 And W800 Abeba Aregawi Wins Again As Two High Schoolers Take On The Pros And Alexa Efraimson Is The One Who Impresses The Most Two high schoolers ran in the pro races at the adidas Grand Prix. Sure there was Mary Cain (4th in 800 in 2:01), but the one stealing the show today was Alexa Efraimson. Plus Mary Cain revealed she may not run the 1,500 at USA juniors.

LRC David Rudisha Returns To The Winner’s Circle As Duane Solomon Questions His Tactics The king David Rudisha is back to his winning ways as American Duane Solomon was left questioning his tactics.

“The greatest men’s high jump competition in the history of the sport.” Bondarenko and Barshim both took jumps at the WR. Bondarenko was your winner.

LRC The Real Deal: Footlocker Champ Grant Fisher Wins Dream Mile in 4:02.02 Chopping 7 Seconds Off His PR Fisher is only a junior.

Full Meet Recap David Rudisha returned to the winner’s podium, Yohan Blake got beaten, LaShawn Merritt kept winning and more. Wayde van Niekerk ran 44.38 for 2nd and South African 400m record.

MB: Official 2014 New York Diamond League Discussion Thread
LRC Photo Gallery from Photo Run.
MB: Grant Fisher smokes field at adidas Dream Mile – Runs 4:02.02 The HS junior, who won Foot Locker in the fall, took down the nation’s best in New York today.
MB: Mary Cain 4th at adidas GP in 2:01.67

Solinsky Still Has A Ways To Go

Chris Solinsky Runs 29:05 For 3rd At Portland Track Classic; Says He Just “Didn’t Have It Today” He said he ran a workout that indicated he could even be in 28-minute shape, but that he thinks the problem is all mental right now and not having the “toughness” he usually does. The race was won by Nouredine Smail in 28:56.
*Full Results
*MB: Solinsky in the 10K at the Portland Track Festival

NY Mini 10K = Huddle AR

Molly Huddle Sets American Road 10k Record - Becomes 1st American To Win New York Mini 10-K Since 2004

Huddle broke Mary Slaney's 30-year old record for a women's only race by running 31:37.

New Balance Outdoor Nationals In The Books Results Meet Site

Day 1: Anna Rohrer, Alex Ostberg Dominate 5000m
*Overall Day Recap (Non-Distance)
Day 2: National Record And Historic Two Mile Highlight Day Two Northport HS set a record by having three guys from one team go sub-9 minutes in the 2-mile in first, third and fourth (8:53, 8:56, 8:57). The top five in the race were sub-9.
*Overall Day Recap
Day 3: Mile Crown Caps Ryen Frazier’s Triple at New Balance Nationals
*Overall Day Recap

NCAA Day 3: "King Ches" Dethroned

LRC Greatest NCAA 5k Ever: Lawi Lalang Defeats Edward Cheserek And 10,000 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.

DSCN5472 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.

Friday NCAA Photo Gallery 317 Photos+

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 Photos Click Here Or Below

Emma Bates 2014 NCAA Champion

Jenn Suhr Wins NYC Street Vault Recap Photo Gallery/ Video

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?

**Adrian Martinez Classic LRC Photos Results**

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.

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