Archived Homepage For October 21, 2016
Archived Homepage For October 21, 2016

Distance Runner News: Nick Symmonds Wants 1 More

Updates On Tyson Gay Daughter Story

On The Roads

5 Of The 6 US Olympians Will Be In NY For The Marathon After All

Men's Team USA for RioRio 2016 U.S. Olympic Marathon Team Invited To Serve As Grand Marshals For TCS New York City Marathon On Sunday, November 6Galen Rupp won’t be attending due to family commitments.

Who Was The Best In 2016?

IAAF Announces Nominees For 2016 World Athlete Of The YearAshton Eaton, Keni Harrison and Christian Taylor were the only Americans to make the cut.

Olympic News

The Biggest XC Weekend Of The Regular Season Is In The Books *Live Wisco And Pre-Nats Results*All Results

Cheserek coasted to an easy win in Terre Haute

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”

Brenna Peloquin talks to a Flotrack reporter after her winLRC No. 4 Washington Women Win 2016 Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational As Boise State’s Brenna Peloquin (20:00) Pulls Away To Win Individual CrownBoise 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.

The last time we saw Ostrander on a cross country course, she took second at NCAAsBreaking 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

Long-Distance News

Dreams Become Reality

jagerweddingLRC Evan Jager’s Fairy Tale 2016 Continues As He Gets Married In SwedenJager married Sofia Hellberg-Jonsén on Saturday in Sweden. Read about the wedding and how they met.
*MB:Sorry Ladies (And Fellas): Evan Jager Is Married!

Road News: Fast Half Action Set For Sunday

Assorted Distance News

Q & A Time With A Top NCAA Coach

The Huskies rolled at Wisconsin last week (photo courtesy @UWTrack)LRC Q&A: Washington Coach Greg Metcalf Talks About The Win At Wisconsin, A Showdown With No. 1 Colorado At PAC-12s And Whether This Is His Best Team Since The Loaded 2008 Squad Only #11 in the pre-season polls, the Huskies dominated at Wisconsin, putting all seven women in the top 50 and going 1-6 in the open race, and are now #2 in the land. Now it’s on to PAC-12s, which features four teams ranked in the top 11 nationally. The UW staff has already scored the PAC-12 meet on paper; where do they have Washington finishing? Plus should NCAAs be hosted by UW at Chambers Bay golf course (site of the 2015 U.S. Open golf tournament)?

Doping News: Did WADA Hang An Innocent Man?

Very Sad News: Our Thoughts Go Out To Tyson Gay And His Family

Tyson Gay’s 15-Year-Old Daughter Shot And Killed At A Restaurant In Lexington, KYTrinity Gay was shot in the neck by a stray bullet after two cars exchanged gunfire outside the restaurant at 4AM on Sunday. Three men have been arrested and charged in connection with the shooting.

More NCAA Coverage

Knight blows by ParsonsMen’s Wisco Race LRC No. 1 Northern Arizona (78 Points) Rolls To Big Win At 2016 Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational; Syracuse’s Justyn Knight (23:51) Unleashes Big Kick To Claim Individual Title #1 NAU lived up to it’s ranking with a great performance. In terms of the individual race, Justyn Knight blew everyone’s doors off.

Outside LRC Coverage

Pre-Race Coverage

VoteThe Votes Are In LRC LetsRun.com NCAA XC Fan Poll #1: The LRC Nation Thinks NAU Is WayOverrated And That Syracuse Will Repeat The votes are in for our first fan poll of 2016 and our results are very much different than the USTFCCCA poll, at least on the men’s side. The LRC nation thinks #1 NAU is overrated and that Syracuse is the team to beat. Also LRC likes Stanford way more than the coaches poll.

LRC Pre-Race Analysis Who’s #1 On The Men’s Side? How Good Is Stanford? And Three Other College XC Questions Ahead Of Wisconsin/Pre-Nats Weekend

Doping News

Sprint Stuff: Johnny Dutch Confesses, Bolt Leading AOY Votes

Doping News

RIP Trinity Gay

News From Over The Pond

News From Europe

And Kenya Alice Aprot Nawowuna Stays Hot – Wins XC Race In Kenya She’s been training and racing a lot since running 29:53 in Rio. The men’s race was won by Abraham Kiptum, who ran a 59:36 half marathon last month.

Sprints And Jumps