2015 NCAA Indoors Start Fri. *Schedule / Streaming *Previews: 800s *MMile *WMile *3,000s *5,000s *DMRs *M Team *W Team

• The LRC Nation Has Voted LRC 2015 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Fan Polls Who does the LetsRun.com nation view as the favorites for NCAAs? Find out here. The LRC faithful think it’s wide open as only in two events is their a favorite garnering more than 50% of the votes. Surprisingly, people are doubting superstar Edward Cheserek as he’s getting less than 50% of the vote in his events.
• DMRs: LRC Edward Cheserek Leads The Oregon Men; Can The Arkansas Women Repeat At Home?
• 5,000s: LRC Oregon’s Eric Jenkins & Providence’s Emily Sisson Are The Heavy Favorites
• 3,000s: LRC Sub-9:00 Women Dominique Scott & Emily Sisson Square Off; Can Edward Cheserek Complete The Triple? .
• Men’s Mile LRC An Epic Battle Between An NCAA Superstar (Edward Cheserek) And A Guy Who Has Never Made NCAAs Before (Cristian Soratos)
• Women’s Mile LRC 1,500 Champ Shelby Houlihan Looks To Add Mile Crown To Her Résumé
• 800s: LRC Brandon McBride & Natoya Goule Shoot For Second Titles In Loaded Fields

More NCAA:

• Good Read: ESPN’s Chris Chavez Asks Where Did Montana State’s Cristian Soratos Come From? Soratos is from the same California city as Olympian Diego Estrada and World Champs marathoner Daniel Tapia. He only ran 2:03, 4:23 (1,600) and 9:52 (3,200) in high school before going to community college for 2 years. Now he’s making his first trip to NCAAs as one of the favorites in the mile.
• A Future Competitor At A US Champs? WSJ Says Edward Cheserek Is Trying To Obtain US Citizenship – “U.S.’s Next Great Runner: A Kenyan”
  *MB: Wall St. Journal: Is Oregon’s Edward Cheserek America’s Next Great Runner?
• Previews From USTFCCCA: Men’s Jumps *Women’s Jumps *Men’s Throws/Multi *Women’s Throws/Multi *Men’s Distance *Women’s Distance
• Arkansas Traveler: “Women’s Track And Field Gears Up For Nationals”
• Harvard Runners Battle Winter Weather
• DIII: Heat Sheets For This Weekend’s DIII NCAA Indoor Championships
• From The Weekend: Concordia’s Matthew Clowes Was A Triple Winner At NAIA Champs He won the mile, 3,000 and anchored his team in the DMR.
  *Full Results Indiana Tech men and Oklahoma Baptist women won the meet.

More Upcoming Action

• Saturday: David Rudisha Opens His Season In Australia “The good news is that my training is going on well … I have had a fantastic training session here in Melbourne City and I am looking forward to Sydney Track Classic.”
• March 29th: Kenyans Abraham Cheroben (58:48) And Kenneth Kipkemoi (59:01) Will Duke It Out At The Berlin Half Marathon They will face Ethiopian Hunegnaw Mesfin (59:39) and 3 more 60:xx Kenyans. Women’s field is led by Sweden’s former Kenyan Isabella Andersson (2:23/70:02), who faces several other Kenyan runners in the 70-minute range.

Women’s Pro News

• Former World 800 Champ Janeth Jepkosgei Warns Current World Champ Eunice Sum To Not Take For Granted Being On Top “This is a race where many new athletes come, you get new challenges, the [Mariya Savinovas], [Caster] Semenyas and what kept me going is there is second and third places to go for.”
• Ken Goe: “A Tip Of The Hat To Retired Julia Lucas, Who Defined Grace And Courage In 2012” “What rivets me to it now are the people who compete in [track], their courage, their attention to detail and their willingness to spend months and years training for a single moment. …”
• Over The Weekend In Australia: Sally Pearson Runs Her First 100H Race Of The Season, Winning In 12.74 Sprinter/model Michelle Jenneke was 2nd.
• British Columnist Angry That Recent Documentary On Paula Radcliffe Overemphasized The Low Points Of Her Career … i.e. the 2004 Olympics.

WADA To Examine Cycling Independent Reform Commission Report Observations “In Greater Detail” WADA director general David Howman: “The report makes serious allegations that riders made payments to officials in order to avoid testing and/or analysis – a so called ‘anti-doping tax.’ …”

IAAF Pres. Lamine Diack To Be Honored At Africa International Sports Convention

Nick Willis & Andrew Wheating Impress At NZ Champs *Results

• Nick Willis Closes In 51.9 To Dominate 1,500 At NZ Champs In 3:50.90 Willis says he’s feeling so good at 32 years old he may carry his career on to 2020. Nikki Hamblin won the women’s 1,500 in 4:12.02. *Race Video
  *MB: Nick Willis flies last lap in 51.9 to win NZ 1500m
• Video: Andrew Wheating Wins NZ 800 In 1:49.82
  *Video Of Wheating’s Heat He jogged in 1:52.92.
• Jake Robertson Easily Wins 5,000; Wants To Go For The 10,000 NZ Record At Payton Jordan The NR is 27:41.95 by Dick Quax from 1977. Zane Robertson didn’t race due to a calf injury. *2nd Article

Spice Up Your Winter – Photo Of The Year Contest

LRC The Story Behind The Alaskan Flip-Off: The 2013 LRC Photo Of The Year

LRC What’s Your 2014 Running Photo Of The Year? Have you taken a photo or seen a photo that could be the running photo of the year (2014 until now)*. Submit or tweet your entries to us. Winner and/or person who tells us of winner wins $100.