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MB: Official 2014 USATF Outdoors Live Discussion Thread 

LRC What A Race: Molly Huddle Triumphs Over A Brave Effort From Shannon Rowbury In 2014 USATF 5,000 Huddle and Rowbury waged an epic battle to the line with Huddle prevailing in 15:01.56 to Rowbury’s 15:01.71. NCAA champion Marielle Hall was 3rd as Stanford’s Aisling Cuffe was 4th.
MB: Shanon Rowbury should have been DQ’d from the 5000. What do you think. Watch the video and tell us what you think.

LRC Bernard Lagat, At Age 39, Wins His Seventh USA Men’s 5,000 Title – Two Quick Thoughts + Lots Of Post-Race Talk Lagat got the job done yet again as expected since Galen Ruppwasn’t in the field. Or was he?
*Goe: Andrew Bumbalough does everything but win the men’s 5,000 final “You always know he’s coming,” Bumbalough said. 

LRC Cain Vs. Efraimson Fizzles – 3 Thoughts On the Women’s 1,500 SemifinalsThe attention was on the teens but the accomplished veterans Morgan Uceny and Jenny Simpson got the heat wins. Analysis and post-race interviews. *MB: Yes, that’s right, Cain just cruised to beat Efraimson

LRC Men’s 800 Semis: The Big Boys – Solomon, Greer, Sowinski – Advance To Set Up A Great Final A great final with Duane Solomon, Erick Sowinski, Elijah Greer, RobbyAndrews, Cas Loxsom and others is all set, but we’re still wondering about a questionable DQ of Nick Hartle.

LRC  800 Semifinals 2014 USA Nationals: Chanelle Price Scratches, Ajee Wilson Impresses, And So Does Laura Roesler The future looks very bright for Laura Roesler, who won her heat ahead of Brenda Martinez. If you believe that, then remember Ajee Wilson is two years and five months younger.

LRC  Steeplechase Semifinals Go According To Form: Andy Bayer Still Learning, Ben Bruce Wins 3.5 Weeks After A Marathon Recap, results, post-race interviews.
*Women’s Steeple: Mr. Mom: Alan Webb Took Over Child Care Duties So His Wife Julia Could Compete In Steeple She failed to make the final.

Who’s the Greatest American 10,000 meter male runner of them all? Rupp, Mills or Shorter?

More: 2014 USAs Special Section – Full Coverage

• Now that was a 5000 – Huddle over Rowbury at the line!!!
• Molly MF HUDDLE! !!!! Pulling a STEVE JONES!!!!!
• Rowbury and Hasay got owned in the same way, comical and awesome!
• Rowbury drunk finish
• Rowbury tries to cut Huddle off twice and is DENIED

LRC Men’s 10,000: The Race Goes According To Form As Galen Rupp Kicks Away From Chris Derrick In The Last Lap To Win His 6th US 10,000m Title As expected, Rupp was dominant over the final 400 and easily won over Derrick in 28:12. Behind them the best of the rest was 2:10:57 marathoner Ryan Vail, who had a big kick to get 3rd.

LRC Women’s 10,000: Kim Conley Comes Back On Jordan Hasay, Wins First U.S. Title In Front Of Hometown Fans Hasay passed Conley with 230 meters to go but Conley fought back bravely and eventually pulled away for good with 50 to go, sending the crowd into a frenzy. *Sac Bee

LRC Women’s Steeple Semis: All The Big Names Through Bridget Franek and Emma Coburn won their respective heats, both in 9:39. After the race, we spoke with Coburn as well as Stephanie Garcia, who recently PRed by 13 seconds.

LRC Men’s 1,500 Semis: David Torrence Goes Home Early – Leo, Lopez, Leer And Casey All Advance David Torrence‘s first USAs under new coach Jama Aden turned into a nightmare, but it was a great night for a number of underdogs like Ford Palmer who find themselves in the USA final.

Instant Analysis 3 Thoughts On The Men’s And Women’s 800 Heats: A Very Pregnant Alysia Montaño, The Group Of Death, And The Favorites Move On (Mostly) The track action at 2014 USAs is underway and the 800 heats are in the books. Get our instant analysis of the heats which included a very pregnant competitor. MB: WTF is Montano doing on the start line?!

LRC 800 Post-Race Reactions: The Athletes Talk About Their Races Post-race reaction from Chanelle Price, Ajee Wilson, Brenda Martinez, Phoebe Wright, Lea Wallace, Laura Roesler, Charles Jock, Cas Loxsom, Robby Andrews, Sam Ellison and Duane Solomon.

• Sac Bee Day 2 Recap USA  javelin record holder Kara Patterson won her fifth outdoor national title in a showdown with Brittany Borman as they became the first two American women to go over 200 feet in the same meet, Amanda Smock won the triple jump, Kibwe Johnson won his third USA hammer title in four years.
• USATF Day 2 Recap *Day 2 Quotes
• 1968 Heroes Tommie Smith And John Carlos Were In Attendance As was 1964 icon Billy Mills, whom we spoke with at length.

RRWGeorge Claassen, Oldest Comrades Marathon Champion, Has Died At 97

Non-USAs Results: Kenya Chooses Its World Junior Team

• IAAF Recap Of Kenyan Trials For World Junior Champs: Defending Junior Gold Medalist Alfred Kipketer Wins 800 In 1:45.67 Leading Wire-To-Wire Titus Kipyego, a relative of three-time World champion Vivian Cheruiyot, won the steeple (8:22) as Rosefline Chepngetich won the women’s in 9:43. Moses Mukono took the men’s 5,000 (13:46) Elvis Cheboi the 10,000 (28:33).
• Recap Of Paavo Nurmi Games In Turku, Finland: Olympic Champ Krisztian Pars Stays Keeps Winning Streak Going With 79.83 Hammer As Throws Highlight Kenya’s Elijah Manangoi won the 1,500 in 3:38.99; Finland’s Sandra Eriksson won the 3,000m in an 8:55.13.

Previous USAs Stuff

• Meet Co-Director Thinks Sacramento Is A Better Track Town Than Eugene In 2000 and 2004, they drew larger crowds than Eugene did in 2008 and 2012, and he thinks the weather is better as well. Discuss: Sacramento: We’re a better track town than Eugene – we just don’t have the Nike money.
• Mary Cain Is Ready For USAs And Life As A Real Pro – Not A HSer Who Is Pro She reveals her goal is sub-4 for the year.
• With No Gatlin Or Gay, Might It Be Ryan Bailey Who Wins 100m At USAs? Bailey, who got the baton right next to Bolt in 2012, is on the comeback trail from injury.