Winners, Losers and More from Houston

LRC The Winners, Losers and Most Confused from the Houston Marathon: Leonard Korir, Jordan Hasay, Kiya Dandena, Becky Wade, & the US Cross Country Team We give you the winners (above), losers (those seeking a fast time), and most confused (TV fans) from the Chevron Houston Maraton and Aramco Half Marathon, plus an update on Galen Rupp’s injury and Paul Chelimo.

Middle Distance News

• Good Read: Boris Berian Writes Letter To His Future 80-Year-Old Self Berian hopes that as an old man he doesn’t remember “only the glory,” but also the time he spent struggling as an unsponsored McDonald’s employee.
• Worth A Listen: House Of Run Podcast Q&A With Phoebe Wright Wright talks about getting dropped by Nike, the finances of track and field, doping and more.
• MB: Kate Grace’s Contract With Oiselle Is Up, “Entertaining Offers” From Other Sponsors
• February 10: Genzebe Dibaba Targetting Her Own World Indoor 1,500m Record At Copernicus Cup In Poland Also in the field is Dibaba’s younger sister Anna and 2014 world indoor silver medalist Axumawit Embaye. There will be good 800 fields as well with Adam Kszczot, Erik Sowinski, Marcin Lewandowski and Mark English in the men’s race and world champ Maryna Arzamasova and Euro 1,500m champ Angelika Cichocka in the women’s.

This Weekend’s Indoor Track Action *UW Results *NCAA Results

• 2017 UW Indoor Preview Results: Kate Grace Takes Down Sifan Hassan, Matthew Centrowitz Crushes The Field, And More Kate Grace‘s 3,000 went really well as she beat Sifan Hassan. In men’s action, the NOP dominated as Eric Jenkins won the 1k and mile and Matthew Centrowitz crushed everyone in the 3,000.
• Oregon Opens Season With 7 Event Wins Hannah Cunliffe‘s 1st meet since her injury was successful as she put up a 7.19 NCAA leader in the 60m.
• Raven Saunders Uncorks 2nd-Best Throw Of Her Career (19.10m/62-8)
• Tennessee’s Christian Coleman 6.54 Sets New 60m World Lead
• Kaela Edwards Broke The Collegiate Record With A 2:40.79 1k
• Lake Braddock, With Kate Murphy (4:38) On Anchor, Breaks HS DMR Record With 11:34.54
• HS Phenom Tyrese Cooper Continues To Roll – 16-Year-Old Runs 33.03 NR In 300! Kid Ran 45.23 As Frosh He’s old for his grade and so his 45.23 should be considered a sophomore year time.
• Other Top HS Marks – Brandon McGorty 1:50.85 / Sammy Watson 2:48.18 1k Tyrese Cooper also ran 61.88 for 500 – the #2 time ever for 500.
• No. 4 Razorbacks Open 2017 With Two NCAA Leaders
• Sandi Morris, Olympic Silver Medalist, Opens Indoor Season With 15-3 Clearance In Reno Mike Arnold and Jeff Coover both went 18-2.50 in the men’s.
• Olympic HJ Champ Ruth Beitia Jumps WL 1.95m

XC Results

• Seville XC: Ruth Jebet Beaten – Ethiopia’s Senbere Teferi And Bahrain’s Aweke Ayalew Win
• Olympic Steeple Champ Conseslus Kipruto Wins Antrim XC In Sprint Finish Caroline Chepkoech Kipkirui dominated the women’s race by 42 seconds.
• Joshua Cheptegei Wins Ugandan XC Champs And World XC Trials The U-20 10k champ from 2014 won by 22 seconds as Stephen Kiprotich was 5th. Teen Mercyline Chelangat won the women’s race.

Random Links

• High School Runner Shovels Entire Track After Snowstorm Just To Avoid The Treadmill
• Friends And Family Remember Oklahoma Educator And Runner Killed In Hit & Run While Running “Michael would have wanted to go out running. That was him. It was something he did every morning before he came to work and he loved running races with his family. He just loved to run.”
• Anticlimactic Usain Bolt And Elaine Thompson Were Voted Jamaica’s Best Sportsman And Sportswoman Of 2016 If it had been anyone else, there would have been rioting in the streets.
  *IAAF CEO Olivier Gers Was A Guest Speaker At The Award We bet you didn’t even know the IAAF had a CEO.
• An Event-By-Event Analysis Of Women’s Athletics Events In The UK And Prediction For 2017 London WC
• 9 Unique Destination Race Ideas For Your Next Vacation

RIP Friends And Former Teammates Remember Maribel Sanchez Souther, 41, For Her Vivacious Spirit “She could be very fierce and competitive when she had to be, but she also knew how to be light, very funny, and have a good time with the ordinary things. She thought that whatever had to be done, we might as well make it fun.”

Ridiculous News From Russia

• Russian Parliamentary Group Is Investigating Whether Doping By Moscow Laboratory Director Grigory Rodchenkov Was Really The Result Of A Foreign “Criminal” Group
• Russia Wants To Host The 2028 Summer Olympics In Saint Petersburg, Kazan Or Sochi

Other Links That Make The Cut

• Runner’s World Podcast On How Humans Started To Run So They Could Hunt
• CBC: Would Soccer Accept Caster Semenya? The CBC doubts they would as after Semenya’s gold in 2009 soccer put in tests to “ensure the correct gender of all players by actively investigating any perceived deviation in secondary sex characteristics.”
• “Come Back, Ashton” – Jamaican Columnist Wants Ashton Eaton To Come Back To Track As A 400 Hurdler

Previous Non-Distance News

• Omar McLeod Reflects On His “Astonishing Year” It was pretty much perfect. First he won World Indoors. Then he became the 1st man to go sub-10 and sub-13. Then he won Olympic gold.
• USOC And LA 2024 Say They Aren’t Interested In 2028 Games – Just 2024
• Tom Walsh Isn’t Worried About Losing Kiwi Title To Jacko Gill Walsh,who had his 1st day of work in 2017 at a construction site on Wednesday, is getting ready to face Gil, Ryan Crouser and Ryan Whiting at the Big Shot event in Christchurch on Feb. 19,
• If You Are Only A “Weekend Warrior” And Exercise 1-2 Times A Week, You’ll Likely Live Just As Long As Those Who Do It 5 Times A Week
• Keni Harrison Offers You Tips On Hurdling, Texting And Dating

LetsRun.com’s World And US Rankings

*Men’s Marathon: Eliud Kipchoge Caps A Historic Year As World #1 As Breakout Marathon Star Galen Rupp Leads The Americans
*Women’s Marathon: London/Olympic Champ Jemima Sumgong Tops The List; Shalane Flanagan Top American
*Men’s 3,000/5,000: Mo Farah Is #1 Again; Paul Chelimo Tops U.S. List After Shock Silver In Rio
*Women’s 3,000/5,000: Almaz Ayana Is World #1; Shannon Rowbury Or Molly Huddle For U.S. #1?
*Men’s Steeple: Men’s Steeple: Conseslus Kipruto Ascends To #1 After A Year To Remember; Evan Jager (#2) Leads Americans Again
*Women’s Steeple: Ruth Jebet Leads The Way; Olympic Medallist Emma Coburn Tops U.S. List For Third Straight Year
*Men’s 1,500: Olympic Champion Matthew Centrowitz Is Our World #1
*Women’s 1,500: Faith Kipyegon Unseats Genzebe Dibaba As World #1; Jenny Simpson Back On Top Of U.S. Rankings
*Women’s 800: Caster Semenya Is the Clear World #1; Kate Grace Finishes A Shocking Year As U.S. #1
*Men’s 800 David Rudisha Is On Top For 2nd Year In A Row; Olympic Bronze Medalist Clayton Murphy Leads The Americans