More Problems In Rio

•  Rio Olympic Stadium Track Has Been Delayed At Least A Month Due To Local Hold-Ups And Bad Weather Mondo says that it will be done in time and that “everything is under control.”
• Disturbing: Human Arm Photographed Floating In Guanabara Bay Close To Rio 2016 Sailing Venue

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.

A Legend Talks About A Potential Future Legend

LRC Highlight Video Of Alan Webb Giving Drew Hunter His Gatorade AOY Award Yesterday It looks like both Alan Webb and Drew Hunter enjoyed themselves.

LRC Alan Webb Discusses Whether He Thinks Drew Hunter Can Break His Outdoor Record, Why The Flurry Of HS Sub-4:00s Is A Good Thing, And Who Had The Better Career – Himself, Ryan Hall Or Ritz? Alan Webb reveals that he does indeed think Hunter can break his 3:53 outdoor record. As for who had the better career – himself, Ritz or Hall – he pleads the 5th.