The Biggest XC Weekend of the Regular Season is in the Books *Live Wisco And Pre-Nats Results *All Results

LRC No. 4 Oregon Men & No. 2 Colorado Women Deliver as Edward Cheserek (23:34) and Erin Finn (19:44) Dominate at 2016 Pre-Nats The Oregon men scored 85 to runner-up No. 5 Arkansas’ 110, while the Colorado women (93) easily held off No. 9 Oregon, 93-154. Cheserek won by 21.4 seconds while Finn won by 23.7.

XC Message Board Talk
MB: Official 2016 Wisco/Pre-Nats Discussion Thread
MB: Justyn Knight will win NCAA D1 Cross Country Nationals
MB: Syracuse officially not the favorite
MB: Grant Fisher beat Sean Mcgorty
MB: Breaking: Allie Ostrander is “currently injured and will likely redshirt the cross country season”

LRC No. 4 Washington Women Win 2016 Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational As Boise State’s Brenna Peloquin (20:00) Pulls Away To Win Individual Crown Boise State’s Brenna Peloquin came into the year as the #2 runner on her team – now she’s the NCAA favorite. #1 Providence certainly isn’t the favorite any more as they are missing a few studs.

Breaking News LRC Allie Ostrander Is “Currently Injured And Will Likely Redshirt The Cross-Country Season” We wish we had better news to report about the woman who was 2nd at NCAAs as a freshman last year. *Discuss

US News Of Note

• Great News Jamie Nieto Now Walking With A Walker He was paralyzed doing a backflip in practice in April.
• Connie Price-Smith, Butch Reynolds, Buddy Edelen, Al Feuerbach, And Frank Zarnowski Are USATF Hall Of Fame Inductees For 2016
• Interesting Read Meet Sam Lapray: The Real Estate Developer/RunGum Co-Founder And Assistant Coach To Nick Symmonds
• Alysia Montano Does Q&A With USADA About Having To Compete Against Russian Dopers Montano talks about being wronged by dopers and what’s motivated her to continue competing clean.

Long-Distance News

• After Comeback Victory In Chicago, Abel Kirui Wants To Make History At London 2017 By Becoming The First To Win Three World Marathon Titles Kirui has slipped from being the 6th fastest marathoner of all time to 33rd on the world all-time list, but has shown he is still a force in non-paced races.
• Mo Farah Says He Wants To Take A Shot At The 10,000 World Record In His Last Year On The Track Farah blamed his focus on championships for not ever making a record attempt, saying, “I wouldn’t have won what I have done in terms of medals, had I gone for the record.”
  *MB: Mo Farah 2 go for the World record in the 10k in 2017
• 2015 Berlin Marathon Champ Gladys Cherono Pulls Out Of NYC Marathon With Back Injury
• Ultrarunner Pete Kostelnick On Pace To Break 36-Year-Old Trans-America Record Averaging more than 70 miles a day to run across the country in less than 46 days, 8 hours and 36 minutes.
• Florence Kiplagat Makes Low-Key Return To Kenya After Chicago Marathon Victory There was no big airport celebration with the traditional milk “mursik,” but she still snapped a photo with David Rudisha.

The UK Media Has A Lot More On Retiring Jessica Ennis-Hill

• The Telegraph: “Jessica Ennis-Hill Has Earned Right To Relish Every Minute Of Her Retirement”
• Many Calling For Jessica Ennis-Hill To Be Made A “Dame”
• Good Read: Jessica Ennis-Hill’s Grandfather Used To Give Her $6 For A PB And $3 For A Medal, But Eventually Had To “Renegotiate” The Deal
• GR: The Guardian: “From Reluctant Athlete To Olympic Gold – Farewell To Jessica Ennis-Hill” Ennis had her first hangover when she was 16. She got up the next day, threw up, and competed in a junior track meet.
• GR: BBC Has A Poem For Jessica Ennis-Hill
• Ennis’ Coach Toni Minichiello: “Jessica Ennis-Hillis is dedicated, humble and funny – she’s the best ever.”
• Steve Cram: “She fully deserves to be called an all-time great.”
• Former Olympic Heptathlon Champ Denise Lewis: “Jessica Ennis-Hill’s poise, dignity and brilliance will be sorely missed.”
• The Guardian: “It’s fitting that Ennis-Hill’s reign mirrored the meteoric rise of women’s sport.”
• Collection Of Tweets From Athletes Paying Tribute To Ennis-Hill
• Jessica Ennis-Hill’s Career In Pictures
• SPIKES Takes A Look Back At Ennis’ 2012 “Super Saturday” Victory

Doping Stuff: Was An Irish Sprinter Wrongly Banned?

• Irish Sprinter Steven Colvert Calls Anti-Doping System A “Farce” After New Evidence Shows He May Have Wrongly Been Banned For EPO Use When Colvert tested positive for EPO (unusual for a sprinter) he screamed his innocence. Now more than 2 years later with his ban over, he’s still screaming as multiple scientists have cited “flaws in the procedure” which tested his sample.
• News Week: “Why An Irish Sprinter Serving A Doping Ban Deserves A New Hearing” Even the WADA expert at Colvert’s original hearing said there was such a small amount of EPO in his sample that “you need to be an expert to clearly identify it.”
  *Lab Times Journal Article With Research By Four Norwegian Scientists
• Norwegian Skiing Star Blames Sun Cream After Failing Drug Test For Anabolic Steroid A team doctor has admitted that he gave the skier the cream to treat sun burns on her lips during altitude training.
• USADA Head Travis Tygart Lashes Out At Fancy Bear Hackers As “Con Artists” “This is just another desperate attempt to distract from the real issue of (Russia’s) state-sponsored doping.”

News From Oregon

• MB: Kate Murphy Commits To Oregon The 4:07 high school OT qualifier announced on Twitter that she’ll be a Duck next year.
• The Oregonian: “Lots Of Coming And Going Within The Oregon Track Program” Nine additions have been made to the roster, but some key athletes have transferred or quit, including school shot put record holder Brittany Mann, who transferred to USC.
  *Register-Guard: Oregon Track And Field Bolsters Its Roster
  *MB: Why are so many Oregon athletes transferring?
• Wrong Person Awarded First Place At Portland Marathon Apparently workers at the finish line couldn’t tell the difference between a 2:36 marathoner and a 2:36 half marathoner.
  *MB: Portland Marathon gives 1st place to wrong runner
• The Oregonian: Some Portland Marathoners Upset After Running A Half Mile Too Long The race director’s response was troubling as he said, “It’s not a big deal” since only slower runners were affected. *Fox 12 Oregon Article