Archived Homepage For November 26, 2015
Archived Homepage For November 26, 2015

Happy Thanksgiving!

Doping News Outside Russia / The IAAF


George Barber, Father Of Pole Vault World Champ Shawn Barber, Banned From Coaching For Sex Offense Athletics Canada discovered he served a prison sentence in 2007 for having sex with a 17-year-old student athlete.
*MB:PV Gold Medalist Barber’s dad/coach suspended for sex offence

One Of The Sport’s First Convicted Dopers Dies Tragically Young At Age 59

Sweden’s Greatest-Ever Sprinter Linda Haglund – One Of The First Athletes Ever Banned For Doping – Dies Suddenly At Age 59 (Translated) Fourth in the 100m at the 1980 Olympics, her 7.13 60m best still is Sweden’s record some 37 years later. Her bust in 1981 was a game changer.

 More News From Europe: 

Former Sub-4 High Schoolers Who Are Now Triathletes

Other Distance News

Cheating / Doping News


Stephanie Hightower Appointed Vice President Of NACAC Athletics Association

A Legend Passes And We Barely Knew Anything About Him

Mal WhitfieldFrank Litsky Of NY Times Remembers Mal Whitfield: One Of America’s Greatest 800m Runners – 2 Time Olympic Champ AND A Tuskegee Airman Whitfield’s life (2 Olympic golds 1948 and 1952 while serving in the military, being a Tuskegee Airman in a segregated military, and spreading track and field throughout the globe) was pretty amazing. Plus, after he retired from track, he advised a ton of athletes, including Kip Keino of Kenya and Mamo Wolde. He died this week at 91. *LA Times Obit
On The BoardsMal Whitfield – USA 800m Legend – RIP

LetsRun.com Investigates

LRCUVA Has Reassigned Banned Doper Martin Maric To Intramural And Recreational Sports - He Won't Coach Throws At UVA This Year

UVA and Mr. Maric still are refusing to provide proof that his initial ban was the result of an "unintentional" act as they claim.
*MB:UVA Coach Serving Doping Suspension

Final 2015 NCAA XC Analysis *LRC Photos: *D1 Men’s Race (514 Photos) *D1 Women’s Race (486 Photos) *D1 Banquet*D1 Post-Race*DIII Men (257 Photos) *DIII Women (185 Photos)

Another day, another NCAA title for Edward CheserekLRC Our Final Look At NCAA Cross: Was Syracuse Winning NCAAs The Most Significant Development In A Generation?Chris Lear seems to think so. Plus praise for Edward Cheserek and the men of Oregon and the UNM women. Who are the early favorites for 2016?

Bruce came out of nowhere to take 23rd at NCAAsLRC Forget About The Winners: The Biggest Surprises And Underperformers At NCAA Cross Edward Cheserek and Molly Seidel were the winners, but who exceeded/came up short of expectations?

Molly Seidel:“I’ve Been Hearing About That Stupid Curse for Years” Seidel talks about breaking the curse, why she struggled early in her college career, and “busting up” her knee in a bike crash the week before NCAAs.

Excellent Read:DailyRelay Examines In Great Detail Whether UNM Is The Greatest-Ever Women’s Team And If Cheserek Is The Greatest-Ever Men’s IndividualMartin Smith‘s 1982 UVA team was VERY good but UNM appears to be a little better.

Scandals / Doping: IAAF, Russia, Africa

NCAA Photos Galore *D1 Men’s Race (514 Photos) *D1 Women’s Race (486 Photos) *D1 Banquet*D1 Post-Race*DIII Men (257 Photos) *DIII Women (185 Photos)

Occupy Athletics Kenya

Great Ethiopian Run And Haile’s Farewell Race

Interesting Distance News

Book Review – The Animal Keepers Is Certainly A Keeper

LRC Book Review"The Animal Keepers" By Donn Behnke - A Terrific Tale Of What It Means To Be A Team

We highly recommend this book - hell, we call it "a triumph" - by Chris Solinsky's high school coach, Donn Behnke. Purchase here5 out 5 stars.

Distance News: Learn From The Pros

A Scandal Or Just A Ridiculous Conflict Of Interest?

Seb Coe in a Video He Made When he Ran for IAAF PresidentBBC Gets Hands On Leaked Craig Masback Email Which Shows Nike-Paid Seb Coe Talked To Lamine Diack About Eugene 2021 Coe, who still is paid six figures per year as a brand ambassador for Nike, denies there is anything wrong with what he did. “I did not lobby anyone on behalf of the Eugene 2021 bid. After their narrow defeat for the 2019 Championships I encouraged them to re-enter another bidding cycle as they had a strong bid.” That may be true but we 100% think Coe can’t be paid for Nike while the head of the IAAF.

Dick Pound Says 2nd Report On IAAF/Russian Corruption Won’t Come Out Until January But It Will Be Worth The Wait As There Will Be A “WOW” Factor “When we release this information to the world, there will be a wow factor. I think people will say how on earth could this happen? It’s a complete betrayal of what the people in charge of the sport should be doing.”

US Women In The News

Interesting But Random

Post-NCAA News

2015 NCAAs Were Saturday *Results (DI, DII And DIII) *Complete NCAA Coverage

Syracuse CelebratesIn Case You Were Gone Over The Weekend Syracuse “Out-Coloradoes” Colorado For NCAA Cross Crown As Edward Cheserek Makes History Look Easy Colorado and Syracuse were tied at 8k but “Syracuse out-Coloradoed Colorado over the last 2k” to get the crown. King Cheserek crushed Patrick Tiernan the final 2k. Full recap with interviews of Chris Fox, Mark Wetmore, Justin Knight, Grant Fisher, Patrick Tiernan and more.

seidelwinsLRC Molly Seidel Breaks The Foot Locker Curse And New Mexico Makes History The Foot Locker curse is over and the New Mexico women proved themselves to be the greatest women’s team in history as they had the lowest point total in the modern era. Interviews with Seidel, Dominque Scott, Joe Franklin, Anna Rohrer and the Lobos.

 Banquet Photos (Click For Gallery) 

Distance News: Three Months Until The Marathon Trials