– LSU sprinter Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake after winning the SEC 200m in 19.95 to complete the triple crown (he also won the 100 and 4 x 100). Mitchell-Blake becomes only the third Brit to go under the 20-second barrier and missed the UK national record by only .01.
*Video:Mithcell-Blake Was Too Emotional To Talk Immediately After The Race*LSU Article
Boston Mayor Marty Walsh also was on hand to pump up excitement for the United States' first-ever street meet, which will be free for all on the Boston Common.
But does he think Dennis Mitchell should be fired?
MB: 3:37.75 for Awad at Swarthmore. 0.01 off the NCAA lead In a race rabbited by Nick Willis, Awad got his OTrials qualifier but the race was won by David Torrence, who picked up the Olympic Games standard of 3:36.20 with a 3:36.02. Julian Mathews also got it as Hamish Carson missed it by .05.
High School: LRC Michael Slagowski Runs 1:48.36 High School Leader – “He’s Laying The Wood To This”
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Good news, Galen Rupp and US women’s marathon fans – it just got a lot easier to medal in Rio as Athletics Kenya picked a 2:24 woman and a man who is about to celebrate the 2-year anniversary of his last sub-2:10 clocking (May 25th) to the Olympic team. Stars like Edna Kiplagat and Mary Keitany will be sitting at home. Updated with new stats for Dickson Chumba and Bernard Kipyego and the fact that Wilson Kipsang didn’t want to go to Rio.
*Eliud Kipchoge In Search Of Elusive Olympic Gold In Rio Kipchoge has won Olympic silver and bronze, but never gold.
Junior Brandon McGorty Edges Drew Hunter And Alex Lomong In One Of The Deepest High School 800s Ever Brandon is the brother of Stanford runner Sean, Lomong is the brother of US Olympian Lopez and Hunter is the sub-4 high schooler who, after lowering his 800 PR by nearly 4 seconds, came back to run an 8:43 3,200m.
*MB: Michael Slagowski 48.54 open 400.
*MB: Drew Hunter 1:48.64/ 8:43 3,200m Double
LRC No Need To Panic, Bolt Fans – Usain Bolt Opens Season With 10.05 100m At Cayman Invitational With video. Bolt opened with a 10.09 in 2013 at this same meet. In other action at this meet, Kendra Harrison ran 12.42 in the hurdles, giving her the 3 fastest times in the world in 2016, and Jenna Prandini got the 100 /200 double (11.16 / 22.63). *IAAF Recap
LRCFederal Judge Dismisses Nick Symmonds’ Run Gum Lawsuit; USATF And USOC Can Restrict Non-Apparel Logos At Olympic Trials USATF and the USOC won at least the temporary legal battle but have they won the war? Will athletes stand for being told USATF has the legal authority to prevent them from monetizing a logo that USATF does not even attempt to monetize itself?
Keep Chasing Your Dreams:At Just Shy Of 41, Marathoner Scott Westcott Will Become Australia’s Oldest Track Olympian When He Competes In Rio This will be Westcott’s first Olympics as he missed being selected at the three previous Games despite running qualifying times.
Recommended Read:NY Times: Man Vs. Marathon Meet Yannis Pitsiladis, the scientist behind the Sub2 Project who is trying to raise $30 million and challenging the validity of every training principle out there to try and get a man to run a marathon in under 2 hours. He thinks it can be done by the end of 2019.
Part 2: An Unknown To Most Of The World, Yannis Pitsiladis Was A Huge Factor In Kenenisa Bekele’s Comeback At The 2016 London Marathon Pitsiladis worked with Bekele, giving him a rehab program and restricting his diet down to 1,000 to 1,500 calories a day to help him lose the excess 25 lbs. he had put on.
*MB: Good Lord, the Bekele London Training Stuff Was True*LRC Archives: The Myth Of The Sub-2-Hour Marathon
LRC Was Caster Semenya’s Final 100m In Doha The Fastest Ever Run In A Women’s 800? Crazy as it sounds, she closed in 13.6.
2016 Doha Recap LRC A Day Of Distance Dominance: Asbel Kiprop, Conseslus Kipruto, Almaz Ayana & Caster Semenya Earn Big Wins On Track & Field’s Opening Day The 2016 Diamond League season opened with a bang in Doha as favorites Asbel Kiprop, Almaz Ayana and Caster Semenya won in utterly dominant fashion. The men’s steeple wasn’t as kind to the favorites as Jairus Birech lost and Ezekiel Kemboi got embarrassed. American Ameer Webb looked fantastic in the men’s 200, Dafne Schippers ran fast but lost the women’s 100 to Tori Bowie, and a number of Americans picked up their first-ever DL victories in the field events. *Full Results
MB: Official 2016 Doha Diamond League Discussion Thread
RRW $25,000 Buys A Lot Of Diapers: New Dad Lucas Rotich And Cynthia Limo Win UAE Healthy Kidney 10k In New York And Pick Up $25k Each Zane Robertson (4th) and Laura Thweatt (6th) were the first NAFBs across the line. *Results
We span the track and field globe and ponder if Edward Cheserek is now an underdog at NCAAs while discussing fashion choices and intersex athletes.
Learn how (and why) Fairfax (Va.) HS won a 4 x 100 using a high jump bar for a baton.
*MB: HS Team Runs and Wins 4 x 100 Using a High Jump Bar For A Baton (amazing video)
Golden Grand Prix: Justin Gatlin Clocks 10.02 Into A .4 m/s Headwind
*Tianna Bartoletta Gets 100-LJ Double Win; Shawn Barber Takes PVErik Sowinski won the 800 in 1:45.92 while Ben Blankenship (7:52.80) was 2nd in the 3K. Caroline Chepkurui took the steeple in 9:31.
*Gatlin Says That Racing Usain Bolt Has Made Him “Smarter And Wiser”
Jamaica Invite: Jamaica Invite Recap: Elaine Thompson Blasts To Wind-Aided 10.71, Powell Wins 200m, Alexa Efraimson Wins 1,500m Thompson said she wants the 100, 200 gold in Rio. Efraimson won the 1.500 in a meet record 4:08. *IAAF Recap
Texas Invite: Trayvon Bromell Runs Wind-Aided 10.00, Ashley Spencer Runs 55.75 In Hurdles Spencer ran 54.70 in the hurdles two weeks ago, which is the #2 in the world right now and would have made her #16 in world last year.
Oxy Invite Meet Results:Brenda Martinez 2:01 800, Carmelita Jeter 11.42 100m
LRC Oregon Twilight: Edward Cheserek Beaten By Guy You’ve Never Heard Of At Oregon Twilight, Mary Cain Runs 2:08 800, Edward Kemboi Wins 800 High schooler Katie Rainsberger lowered her PR to 4:14.20. Video of Ches’ finish. *Results
A Big Pro Time In S. Africa: Wayde van Niekerk Runs 44.11 400m In Low-Key Meet In South Africa
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