March 1, 2016 | LetsRun.com

2016 NCAA Entries – We Tell You Who Gets In and Who Doesn’t

LRC2016 NCAA Entries - What Did It Take To Get Into NCAAs? How Does It Compare To Past Years?

Find out what it will take to get into NCAAs and who is running what here.

Drug News: Abeba Aregawi Facing Doping Ban

Aregawi Over Simpson at 2013 Worlds LRC Jenny Simpson’s Take On Abeba Aregawi Testing Positive: “What has been announced today is far from justice served.” (link fixed) News broke today that 2013 World 1,500m champ Abeba Aregawi’s “A” sample has tested positive. We have the reaction from 2013 Worlds silver medalist Jenny Simpson.
*MB: Epic fail: Abeba aregawi tested positive for doping

More To Come? Ethiopian Anti-Doping Official Admits That Nine Athletes Are Currently Under Investigation He says that five of them are “top athletes.”
Aregawi Reportedly Tested Positive In An Out-Of-Competition Urine Test In Ethiopia In January
They Start ‘Em Young In Russia: 17-Year-Old Russian Hurdler Maxim Kosyukov Banned For Steroid Use He tested positive back in June after winning the Russian 110H national youth title.

More Weekend Action: Fast Times In Boston *Results

LRC Some Star-Studded Action At Boston University Last Chance Meet As Dejen Gebremeskel, Dawit Seyaum And Asafa Powell Impress Olympic silver medalist Gebremeskel dropped a world-leading 7:38 in the 3K, while Seyaum ran 4:00 in the 1,500. Sheila Reid won a competitive mile in 4:27.
*Asafa Powell Wins 60m In 6.54 Seconds At Boston University Last Chance Meet
Bedan Karoki And Mary Wacera Get World’s Best 10K Victories In Puerto Rico Karoki won in a photo finish over Leonard Barsoton as both were timed at 27:42. Stephen Sambu was 3rd (27:48). Wacera won the women’s race in 31:59, beating out Belaynesh Oljira by 2 seconds. *Full Results
Adelle Tracey’s Upset 800 Win Highlights Day 2 Of British Indoor Champs Tracey won in 2:02.99 as favorites Lynsey Sharp and Jenny Meadows finished outside the top 2.

Tokyo Marathon *Results

LRC Recap Lilesa Turns Back Chumba’s Chance For $500k, Helah Kiprop Stakes Her Claim For $500k With Course Record, And A 19-Year-Old Japanese Guy Runs 2:11:34 Some great racing in Tokyo as AWMM Series IX came to an end.

Dreams Do Become Reality

LRC Meet The Most Interesting Man In NCAA Running: He’s 5’9″, Can Dunk A Basketball And In One Year Has Gone From 4:17 To The #3 Time In NCAA History: Meet Oklahoma State’s Josh Thompson Josh Thompson of Oklahoma State has a unique and cool story.

The Week That Was – Our Weekly Recap

LRCWTW: Someone Break Up The Women Of The Bowerman Track Club, Putting Drew Hunter's Run In Perspective, Much-Improved US 5k Running, And Galen Rupp Imitates Alberto Salazar

This week we also catch up with coaching legends Frank Gagliano and Ron Warhurst, talk about abolishing the US Olympic Trials and wonder if the Russian doping scandal resulted in a murder.

USA And World Indoors Are Fast Approaching

LRCYet Another USATF Controversy? Might Galen Rupp Have To Qualify For World Indoors Out Of The Slow Heat At USA Indoors?

It looks like there may be yet another "A" and "B" heat controversy at USA Indoors this year. Say it ain't so. *Discuss

2016 NYRR Millrose *Results

LRC Matthew Centrowitz Becomes Fourth-Fastest Indoor Miler Ever (3:50.63), Repeats As Wanamaker Mile Champion Nick Willis tried his best to turn back Centro but it was in vain as they entertained.

LRC Ryan Hill Kicks Best To Win Loaded 3,000 In World-Leading 7:38.82; Edward Cheserek 7:40.51 (#2 All-Time NCAA) Is Ryan Hill the top 3,000m runner in the world right now?

LRC The Rest Of The Meet: Betsy Saina Wins A Historically-Fast 5k, Shannon Rowbury Comes Up Short In Her AR Attempt, Ajee Wilson Wins As Does Duane Solomon Some great distance action at Millrose.

LRC Drew Hunter Does It Again – Runs 3:57.81 For A New High School Indoor Mile Record He’s still under the weather and still making history.
*MB: DREW HUNTER 3:57.81

Justin Gatlin / Dennis Mitchell Making Waves

Dennis Mitchell Steps Down As US Relay Coach Due To New Rules To Prevent Conflicts Of Interest Mitchell coaches Justin Gatlin who will almost certainly be in the relay pool. Nice to see USATF being proactive about preventing controversy. We’re happy to see Mitchell out of the job, but mostly for other reasons.
*LRC Archives: Convicted Doper Dennis Mitchell Is Now The Paid Head USA Relays Coach Hired By USATF National Office Without Input Of USATF High Performance Committee
UK Headline: “Justin Gatlin Clocks 9.45 Seconds On Japanese Game Show By Openly Cheating” This older video of Gatlin breaking the WR with huge fans at his back has resurfaced and is making worldwide headlines.
*MB: Gatlin runs 9.45!!!

UK News

Greg Rutherford Leads Announced GB Team For World Indoors Distance athletes include Chris O’Hare, Lee Emanuel, Tom Farrell, Lynsey Sharp and Steph Twell.
Richard Kilty Makes The “Gut-Wrenching Call” To Skip World Indoors To Focus On Olympics Apparently UK selectors offered him a spot despite him being DQd for a false start.
17-Year-Old Won 200 In 21.33 At British Champs Toby Harries said, “I didn’t even think I would make the final so to get the gold medal is literally breathtaking.”
The Guardian: Adelle Tracey confounds the field by winning 800m Tracey works as a freelance hair and makeup artist. Hannah England won the 1500 and Steph Twell took the 3,000 in 8:54.
Paula Radcliffe Elected Vice-Chairwoman Of IAAF Athlete’s Commission
Jonathan Hay And Lily Partridge Win English National XC Champs
AW Weekly Round-Up

Previous Doping / Corruption News

Daily Mail Reporting That A Number Of Ethiopian Distance Bans Are Set To Be Announced Ethiopia, like Kenya, is harder to test out of competition because of the remote location.
Abeba Aregawi Will Be Able To Compete At World Indoors Despite Tax / Citizenship Controversy We don’t know why she doesn’t just pay the taxes; she only owes $1,200.
Russian Olympic And World Champion Doping Racewalkers Have Returned From Bans Several returned to competition this weekend at the Russian championships. If Russia is allowed to compete in Rio, these athletes could be eligible to win medals.

International Weekend Action

James Dasaolu And Asha Philip Win Dramatic 60m Titles At British Indoor Champs Dasaolu won after a false start from defending world champ Richard Kilty while Philip won over favorite Dina Asher-Smith. In distance action, Lee Emanuel ran 7:55 to beat Tom Farrell in the 3,000.
Richard Kilty “Gutted” That He Might Not Get To Defend His World Indoor 60m Title After False Start DQ He complained that the blocks were too small and others had been given a warning. *2nd Article
Dasaolu Daring To Dream After Third British Indoor Title
IAAF Weekend Round-Up: Dafne Schippers Wins Dutch Indoor Champs 60m In 7.03 Stateside, former 2-time NCAA champ Curtis Beach won the heptathlon at the US Indoor Combined Events Champs in Nebraska.
Renaud Lavillenie Highlights Day 1 Of French Indoor Champs With 5.93m Clearance
German Indoor Champs: Julian Reus Breaks 60m NR Record With 6.52 Seconds
Jade Lally Breaks English Discus Record Twice In Three Days She threw 65.10 in Australia.
Poland’s Konrad Bukowiecki Improves His Own European Jr. Shot Put Record With 20.61m

European Mid-D News

Abeba Aregawi In Trouble In Sweden? (translated) She’s been audited by the Swedish tax agency for not paying taxes, but the bigger news is she is saying that she never lived in Sweden, never wanted to be a Swedish citizen and lied to the migration board when she got her citizenship back in 2012.
Recommended Read: The Damage Done By Doping: GB 800 Runner Jenny Meadows Says She Almost Quit The Sport Because She “Didn’t Think Clean Athletes Could Win” Meadows explains the loss of funding, confidence and depression caused by trying and failing to keep up with Russian dopers.
Recommended Read: A Teen Prodigy Derailed By Injuries, Ireland Mid-D Runner Ciara Mageean Is Finally Back Where She Should Be There was a chance she would never run again after having heel surgery a few years ago, but now this winter she’s set two NRs with a 4:08 1,500 and 4:28 mile.
Sad News: Top Polish Steeplechaser Lukasz Parszczynski May Never Run Again After Falling From The Fifth Floor Of A Hotel In Spain (translated) He is recovering now after being in serious condition with multiple fractures, including his pelvis and skull.
Mark English And Ciara Mageean The Star Attractions At This Weekend’s Irish Indoor National Champs English hasn’t hit the standard for Worlds, but can still go if he wins Nationals since no one else has either.

Distance Stuff: Salazar Says He Isn’t Worried

Alberto Salazar Says He Isn’t “Going To Worry About” Galen Rupp Possibly Having To Run The Slow Heat At USAs “It’s out of our hands. There is nothing we can do about it.”
*LRC Yet Another USATF Controversy? Might Galen Rupp Have To Qualify For World Indoors Out Of The Slow Heat At USA Indoors?
Free Coaching Advice: Former Portland State Coach Jonathan Marcus Is Happy To Be Out Of The NCAA As He Was Sick Of Watching Runners Burn Out Marcus feels that peaking for three championships a year too much and shares his optimal redshirt schedule to prevent future burnout. *Discuss
Indiana Runner Q&A With Andy Bayer Bayer’s 2016 is off to a good start as he ran 10 seconds faster at Millrose this year (7:42 3K) than in 2015.
New Zap Fitness House Will Be Named “The Cameron Bean House” Bean passed away in September after being hit by a car while running.
*MB: Cameron Bean (ZAP) killed by car on a run
Q&A: Indiana Runner Catches Up With Bob Kennedy Kennedy talks a bit about his career (high school through pro) and what he’s up to now.

Conference Champs Central Live Results: Big East ACC MPFS SEC Big Ten Big 12 Ivy/Heps *All NCAA

Big East: *Results
Angel Piccirillo Breaks 1,000m Collegiate Record With 2:40.82
MB: Big East DMR-Men There was fast DMR action as Georgetown ran 9:28.91 to beat out Villanova (9:29.17).
Missouri Freshman Kahmari Montgomery Wins 400m With Top-10 Ranking Montgomery won in 45.78.
Villanova Men Win 3rd Straight Indoor Title Villanova got victories from Jordan Williamsz (mile) and Pat Tiernan (3K/5K).
Marquette Women Win Team Title Georgetown’s Katrina Coogan won the 3,000 in 9:07.44.

ACC: *Results *Meet Central
Miami Women, Syracuse Men Win ACC Champs Molly Seidel and Justyn Knight both got 5K/3K double victories.
Friday Replay *Day 1 Recap
MB: Molly Seidel jogs a 15:19 at ACCs #5 all-time in the NCAA.
MB: Justyn Knight 14:01.70 Knight beat out Thomas Curtin by .08.
MB: Henry Wynne dusts Justyn Knight in DMR
MB: Virginia Tech a non qualifying 13th for DMR

MPFS: *Results *Meet Central
MB: Izaic Yorks (Washington) & Sean McGorty (Stanford) Run 3:53!
*GoHuskies.com: Izaic Yorks Runs #3 Fastest Mile Time In NCAA History (Oversize Track) (Includes race video)
*GoStanford.com: “Shocking Mile For Sean McGorty”
MB: Colorado’s new indoor facility paying off at MPSF In the 3Ks, Pierce Murphy (7:51.51) and Connor Winter (7:51.85) went 1-2 and Erin Clark won in 9:08.
Oregon’s Devon Allen Wins MPSF 60H, Breaking Ashton Eaton’s Facility Record With 7.60 Seconds
Register-Guard: Mission Accomplished For UO Women At MPSF Meet
USC Men Win Mountain Pacific Title
R-G: Oregon Men’s DMR Qualifies For NCAAs With 9:28 Victory Washington’s Aaron Nelson won the men’s 5K in 13:49.93.
*MB: Ducks Men Nab #10 Qualifier for NCAA DMR Last Night late

SEC: *Results *Meet Website *Friday Replay *Saturday Replay
MB: Donavan Brazier Wins 800 In 1:46.08 Andres Arroyo (1:46.20) and Hector Hernandez (1:46.32) were a close 2-3.
*Texas A&M Recap: Brazier Breaks 26-Year-Old Meet Record
MB: Ole Miss Cleans Up Distance Events
Arkansas Men And Women Sweep SEC Indoor Champs
Day 1: Arkansas Men, Georgia Women Lead

Big Ten: *Results *Meet Central
*Nebraska Takes Big 10 Men’s Title Penn State freshman Isaiah Harris won the 800 in 1:46.24; Mason Ferlic to0k the 5K in 13:50.
*Michigan Women Win Big 10 Champs Erin Finn double backed from her 3K win with a 15:37 victory in the 5K
*Wisconsin Men, Penn State Women Lead After Day 1 3K victories went to Michigan’s Erin Finn (9:08) and Wisconsin’s Morgan McDonald (8:03).

Big 12: *Results *Meet Website
Texas’ Zack Bilderback Runs 45.27 Seconds, Breaking Jeremy Wariner’s 18-Year-Old Meet Record The time puts Bilderback #2 on the world list for this year.
Oklahoma State Men And Texas Women Win Big 12 Champs On the men’s side it came down to the last event with OSU beating Texas by 1.5 points. OSU racked up quite a few points in the 3K where they took five out of the top six spots. Texas’ Ryan Crouser tied Ryan Whiting‘s collegiate indoor shot put record with 71 feet 3 1/2 inches.
Video Highlights: *Saturday *Friday
Day 1 Full Recap OSU’s Cerake Geberkidane won a close 5K in 14:08.55 as .42 of a second separated the top 3.

Ivy League (Heps): *Results *Meet Home
Princeton Men Get Upset Win Over Cornell
Harvard Women Win 4th Straight Heps Indoor Title
Day 1: Four Women’s Teams Within Six Points of Each Other *Cornell Men Lead After Day 1
HepsTrack.com Coverage

Mountain West: Air Force Men And Colorado State Women Win Team Titles *Results
*MB: AllieO mile repeats at MWC
Big Sky: *Results – NAU Men And Sacramento State Women Win Team Titles

Interesting US Distance News

USOC And USATF File Motions To Dismiss Antitrust Lawsuit Brought By Nick Symmonds’ Run Gum USATF accuses Symmonds/Run Gum of trying to get a “free ride” with “ambush” advertising.
Alexi Pappas Now Running For Greece Pappas has dual citizenship through her father, whose parents were Greek.
*MB: Some seem Salty about Alexi’s decision. Your thoughts? Trevor Dunbar tweeted, “Hard journeys leads to the most rewarding destinations. Proud to be an American. #EarnedNotGiven”
*MB: Alexi Pappas will be representing Greece
Tara (Erdmann) Welling Is Back In The Sport And Having Fun Again After losing her Nike sponsorship, leaving the Oregon Project and tearing her hamstring last year, she thought she was done. But now she’s back running with a Sketchers sponsorship and still chasing the Olympic dream.