May 15, 2017 | LetsRun.com

NCAA Studs

LRC Top 10 Greatest Performers from NCAA Conference Weekend: Christian Coleman, Fred Kerley, Deajah Stevens, Grant Fisher, Dani Jones and More Shine Just another ho-hum NCAA weekend with a 9.97/19.98 double, 44.09 in the 400m, 11.05/22.09 double, 51.8 second lap in a 1500m. Plus there was some great distance action. From Grant Fisher‘s domination of the Pac 12 1500 to the arrival of Texas A&M’s true freshman Devin Dixon as an NCAA star (1:45 win at SECs), we’ve got the top performances from last week covered.

On The Roads

USATF: Dathan Ritzenhein Finishes Strong To Win Hometown Race At USATF 25K Champs Ritz beat out defending champ Christo Landry by 13 seconds while Aliphine Tuliamuk was the repeat champ on the women’s side, coming in ahead of Neely Spence Gracey.
*MB: Ritz Is Back! Wins USATF 25K Champs At Fifth Third River Bank Run
Ethiopians Leul Gebresilase (29:28) And Azemra Gebru (33:59) Win Okpekpe 10K In Nigeria
Bekelech Daba Breaks Latvian All-Comers Record With 2:31:22 Victory At Riga Marathon Zimbabwe’s Joseph Kyengo Munywoki won the men’s race in 2:12:14 but the big story was that Valerijs Zolnerovics set a new Latvian NR of 2:14:23.
Ben Blankenship (4:01) And Emily Lipari (4:34) Win Medtronic TC 1 Mile Road Race
*MB: Blankenship SMOKES Nick Willis in Road Mile
June 3: Brianne Nelson Will Return To Defend Her Crown At The Freihofer’s Run For Woman 5K In Albany, NY She’ll face a deep American field that includes Aliphine Tuliamuk, Ashley Higginson, Amy Van Alstine and Maegan Krifchin.

NCAA Conference Week *All NCAA Results

SEC: *Results
IAAF: Texas A&M’s Fred Kerley Flies To 44.09 At SEC Champs, Moving Himself To 17th On The World All-Time List
Arkansas Women Capture 10th Straight SEC Crown Arkansas got a win in the 1,500 from Nikki Hiltz in 4:17.94, who beat out NCAA indoor 5,000 champ Karissa Schweizer. Schweizer also ran and won the 5,000 as Jazmine Fray took the 800 (2:02.00).
Texas A&M Men Win SEC Team Title Over Arkansas By 13 Points Texas A&M’s Devin Dixon won the 800 in 1:45.71 over Florida’s Andres Arroyo and Ole Miss’ Craig Engels. Engels got a win in the 1,500 as his teammate MJ Erb won the 5,000 (13:47).
Tennessee Star Christian Coleman Completes Sprint Double, Running One Race With An Untied Shoe Coleman ran 9.97 with one shoe untied to win a close race with LSU’s Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake (9.99).
Texas A&M’s Lindon Victor Breaks The Collegiate Decathlon Record Again Victor broke Trey Hardee‘s 11-year-old record back in March and then one-upped himself at SECs with 8,539 points.
*MB: Wow: Fred Kerley walks across the line in 44.09 in his prelim at SECs!!
PAC-12: *Results
Oregon Men & Women Sweep For 9th Straight Year It’s 11 wins in a row for the men.
Sprint Star – Yes, Sprint Star – Kyree King Leads Duck Men To Title King swept the 100 (10.09w) and 200 (20.27w) as Oregon won both short sprints for the first time since 1959. Cheserek only ran the 10k and that was the only mid-d or distance event the Ducks won.
Oregon Women Sprint To PAC-12 Track Crown, Led By Deajah Stevens One year after Hannah Cunliffe won the 100 and 200, Stevens did it in 11.05 and 22.09 – the 22.09 was a world lead.
Goe: “Rarely have (the Ducks) looked as impressive from start to finish as they did on the sunny afternoon before 6,778.”
1,500s: MB: Is Dani Jones the next Jenny B? She won the 1,500 and 5,000.
Stanford’s Grant Fisher Won The Men’s 1,500
Hayward Field Renovations Are Being Delayed Not Due To Money Concerns But Simply Because They Want To Get The Design Perfect The money has been raised. “It’s a very clear goal, that we want this to be the best track and field venue in the United States and maybe even the world. It’s caused a lot more pause on our designs to make sure we connect the history of the East Grandstand to the rest of the renovation, the West Grandstand, to capture it all.”
Edward Cheserek Comfortably Wins PAC-12 10K To Help Oregon Men Take The Team Score Lead Oregon is in the lead by 13 points with rivals USC in 4th (34.5 points).
Oregon And USC Women In Position To Battle It Out For PAC-12 Title On Final Day They are both tied for 5th place with 24 points; Colorado is currently in the lead (CU went 1-2 in the 10K with Erin Clark getting the win).
Arizona’s Bailey Roth Takes Home Steeple Title In 8:39
The Oregonian: “Nasty Conditions Don’t Slow The Ducks On Day 1”
Oregon Is Hosting PAC-12s – Men’s Team Is Only Favored By 5, Women By 13 The meet will be broadcast live on Sunday on PAC-12.com.
Register-Guard: Oregon Will Have Home Field Advantage As They Try To Sweep The PAC-12 Meet For The 9th Consecutive Year
Big 10: *Results
Penn State Men Win Their First Big 10 Title
Purdue Women Win First Title Since 1999
Minnesota’s Madeline Strandemo Took Steeple Title In 9:51 Illinois’ Dylan Lafond won the men’s race in 8:40.
Wisconsin’s Malachy Schrobilgen Won Men’s 10,000 Title Michigan’s Gina Sereno won the women’s 10K.
ACC: *Results
Virginia Tech Men Beat Virginia By 1 Point; Virginia Tech Women Win By 6 Over FSU Notre Dame freshman Anna Rohrer won the 10,000 in 33:22 by over a minute.
Virginia Men Hold Dominant Lead After ACC Day 2
Big 12: *Live Results
Kansas State Women Win 1st Title In 15 Years, Texas Men Win
Texas Men And Kansas State Women Leading After Big 12 Day Two Kansas State has a solid 16-point lead while the men’s competition is close with Texas Tech 1.5 points behind in second.
Haley Crouser First Woman In Texas History To Win Big 12 Javelin Title
Big East: Results
Marquette Women Are Back-To-Back Big East Champs Distance results were highlighted by Providence’s Brianna Ilarda winning the steeple in 9:56.
The DePaul Men Win Big East Team Title
Conference USA: *Live Results
*El Paso Times: “How Did UTEP Land World Class Runner Emmanuel Korir?” Stud freshman Korir has lit the NCAA on fire this season, running 44.67 and scaring the 800 record with 1:43.77.
IC4A/ECAC: LIU Brooklyn Men, Cornell Women Win
Big Sky: Sac State Women, NAU Men Win Results here.
MAC: Akron Men And Women Sweep MAC Champs

Will 2017 Worlds Be The Best Marathon Ever?

Kenya Names Eliud Kipchoge, Wilson Kipsang, And London Marathon Champion Daniel Wanjiru To Its World Marathon Squad The women’s squad is just as loaded with Mary Keitany, Edna Kiplagat and Florence Kiplagat.
*MB: Did Kenya just announce the most elite marathon field ever!
*David Monti Tweets That None Of The Selected Athletes Have Committed To Worlds

TrackTown The Movie Is Now Out In Theaters In The US

Alexi Pappas’ Film TrackTown Opens Today (May 12) In Boston, Chicago, Columbus, Corvallis, Eugene, Portland, San Fan, Seattle, LA And NYC If you don’t live there, you can also watch it on itunes. If you thought it came out last June (like we did), that was just the premiere.

Tracktown Gets LA Times Review: “A funny, sweet movie that explores the struggles of a serious athlete without alienating those whose sneakers are gathering dust in the closet.”
Tracktown Gets NY Times Review: “Fact and fiction blend nicely in ‘Tracktown,’ the modest, appealing feature.”

Upcoming Action: Ritz Is Back On The Road This Saturday

Saturday: Dathan Ritzenhein Running Fifth Third River Bank Run In His Home Town Ritz says he’s wanted to do the race for years, but it never fit in his schedule when he was training for the track or a spring marathon. He’ll face a good field that includes last year’s winner Christo Landry.
May 26: Genzebe Dibaba Targeting Her Sister’s 14:11 5,000m World Record At The Pre Classic Besides the clock, Dibaba will face former World silver medalist Mercy Cherono, Rio 5th placer Senberi Teferi and Americans Kim Conley, Marielle Hall and Emily Sission.
*MB: Genzebe Dibaba aims to break her sister’s 5,000m WR at Pre!
May 20: Jo Pavey, Kate Avery Andy Vernon And Dewi Griffiths Highlight Entries For Night Of The 10,000m PRs The event, which will take place next Saturday night, will serve as the trials for GB’s world 10,000 squad.
June 2: Nick Willis, Ajee Wilson, Dejen Gebremeskel Will Highlight Distance Action At adidas Boost Boston Games Willis will face Collins Cheboi and Drew Hunter while Gebremeskel is up against Muktar Edris, Thomas Longosiwa, Edwin Soi in the 5,000. Donovan Brazier leads the 800 and Wayde van Niekerk stars in the accompanying “street meet.”
May 27: Euro Heptathlon Champ Anouk Vetter Leads Strong Dutch Contingent For Hypo Multi-Event Meet In Gotzis
June 10: European 10,000m Challenge Is In Belarus
July 9: 100H WR Holder Keni Harrison Will Star At London Anniversary Games The men’s sprint hurdle race will be strong too with Olympic silver medalist Orlando Ortega, Aries Merritt and David Oliver.

Usain Bolt Headlines

Usain Bolt And His Girlfriend Are “Thinking About Kids Very Soon” The article also mentions how Bolt apparently told his dad “I don’t want to be like you” because he cheated on Bolt’s mom with two women, putting Bolt’s post-Rio celebrations last year in a strange context.
Usain Bolt Says There Is “Zero” Chance Cincinnati Bengals Receiver John Ross Would Beat Him In 40-Yard Dash Ross challenged Bolt to a race earlier this year after he ran 4.22 to break the NFL combine record.
Video: Quick Q&A With Usain Bolt Bolt’s favorite drink is champagne, he’s good at cooking eggs and he likes to binge watch Big Bang Theory.
The Telegraph: “Usain Bolt Will Retire A Beloved Legend, But BBC Film Asked A Few Questions” Article is behind a paywall unless you create an account.
*Video For UK IP Addresses: BBC: Usain Bolt: The Final Chapter
As New “CEO” Of Maison Mumm Champagne, Usain Bolt Helps With Victory Celebrations At Kentucky Derby

**Nike Sub-2 Marathon Distance Attempt *Race Replay**

LRC Breaking2 Falls Short, But Eliud Kipchoge Runs An Astonishing 2:00:25 It won’t go in any record books, but Kipchoge showed once again he is the greatest marathoner of all time. We try to break down his remarkable run.
*Miss The Show? Watch The Replay Here

*Form Analysis: What Could Nike Scientists Do To Better Manage Fatigue The Next Time Around?
*Pat Butcher: “So, Superman is not a big, chisel-jawed white Jewish guy from New York, after all. He is a weedy little black guy from 3,000 metres up in the Great Rift Valley in Kenya.”
*RW: Processing The Aftermath Of The Sub-2:00 Attempt An interesting note is that Kipchoge unexpectedly used the new Swedish sports drink used by Kenenisa Bekele and the rival Sub2Hr project.
*IAAF: Eliud Kipchoge A “Happy Man” “I hope next time people believe it is possible.”
*NY Times: Eliud Kipchoge Runs World’s Fastest Marathon, In Nike’s Special Shoes
*WSJ: Nike Marathon Stunt Fails To Break Two-Hour Barrier

2017 Shanghai DL Full Results TV & Streaming

LRC 19-Year-Old Noah Lyles Arrives As A Star By Winning His Diamond League Debut In 19.90! Lyles is officially the REAL DEAL as he became just the fourth human to break 20.00 before turning 20.
*Full Results

LRC Shanghai Recap: David Rudisha Trounced As The Sprinters And Jumpers Steal The Show updated with video David Rudisha was trounced by 19-year-old Kipyegon Bett but the other favorites in the mid-d and distance races delivered as Olympic champs Faith Kipyegon and Ruth Jebet were dominant. Luvo Manyonga put on a show in the long jump and so did Elaine Thompson in the women’s 100m.

IAAF: South Africa’s Olympic Silver Medalist Luvo Manyonga Breaks Diamond League LJ Record With 8.61m Victory Olympic discus Sandra Perkovic recorded her 35th Diamond League competition win.
IAAF: Elaine Thompson, Shaunae Miller-Uibo, Noah Lyles Blast To World Leads In Shanghai

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Full Coverage And Pre-Meet Coverage Can Be Found In Our Shanghai DL Special Section

Interesting Reads

After Missing 2015 And 2016 Due To Injury, Jake Robertson Is On Fire In 2017 And Wants To Race Mo Farah In London *MB: Jake Robertson is eyeing Mo Farah: “If my brother and I are in shape we at least can make him hurt for it.”
2017 May Be The First Year You Get Custom 3-D Printed Shoes Thanks To Adidas
8 Pieces Of Old Running Gear That Runner’s World Writers Can’t Throw Away From the Ipod Shuffle to the Timex Ironman, they’ve got some items we love as well.

Vaulting News

Olympic Pole Vault Bronze Medalist Eliza McCartney Talks About The Moment When She Realized She Had A Future In Track & Field McCartney unexpectedly won the Australian Junior Championships back when she had only been pole vaulting for seven months.
High Schooler Cole Riddle Breaks Arizona State Pole Vault Record With 17-7 (5.35m)
HS Pole Vault Star Mondo Duplantis Voted European Athlete Of The Month Duplantis, who has Swedish citizenship, is already expected to make waves in the pro ranks after he cleared a world U20 record of 5.90m at the Texas Relays.
*In Addition To Winning The PV, Duplantis Was Runner-Up In The Louisiana State Meet Long Jump
RunBlogBlog Article About The Difficulty Pole Vaulters Face When Traveling With Their Poles Transporting 8-10 poles on flights, to and from meets and storing at hotels is as difficult as the competitions themselves.

From The Track To The Gridiron

USA Today: Decathlete Garrett Scantling Trying To Make It In The NFL Scantling hasn’t played football since high school, but after getting 4th at the Olympic Trials last year, Scantling has put track on hold and is trying out for the Atlanta Falcons.
Baltimore Ravens Have Two Former Track Athletes Among Draft Picks Marlon Humphrey was a world youth champion in the 100H and 400H while Tim White was 4th at NCAAs last year in the TJ.

The Latest On #Breaking2

LRC How Far Did Eliud Kipchoge Really Run In His Breaking 2 Attempt? What Was the Deal With Him Crossing the Blue Line? Kipchoge’s incredible 2:00:25 clocking wasn’t achieved because he ran less than 26.2 miles. No, the course may have actually been seven seconds long.

2024 Olympic Bid News

The Latest On LA 2024

After 4-Day Tour Of LA, The IOC Left Impressed “The commission members were almost ecstatic about the level of the venues that they’ve found and that they’ve seen and that they’ve been able to meet those people that manage those venues.”
LA Times Criticizes IOC For Being Secretive And Less Than Transparent During LA Visit “Evaluators met behind closed doors, shutting out the public. During tours of L.A., they were kept separate from journalists and, when the groups wandered too close, officials scrambled to herd them in opposite directions.”

Hope Everyone Enjoyed Mother’s Day

Good Read: Alysia Montano Interview “On Racing, Motherhood And Medals” Montano looks back at the 2014 USAs when she ran while 8 months pregnant and was eating a sandwich in the call room beforehand.
Runner’s World: Six Runners Who Have Extra Reasons To Celebrate Mother’s Day The post-Olympic baby boom is in full swing in 2017 with many top women taking time away from the sport to have a baby this year.
Good Read: On His First Mother’s Day Without His Mom, Larry Eder Remembers Her
Sally Kipyego Was A Month Pregnant When She Finished 2nd At The 2016 New York City Marathon Kipyego talks about running the NYC Marathon not knowing she was pregnant, stopping running 18 weeks into her pregnancy, weight gain and potential comeback.

Sprint Stuff

Trivia Related To English Gardner 1) She’s The 7th-Fastest 100m Woman In History But Has Never Medaled Individually, 2) She Grew Up In The Same Town As Carl Lewis – Willingboro, New Jersey
Jamaica’s 4 X 400 Olympic Silver Medalist Christine Day Gives Her Tips For Sport And Life Day’s dating advice is, “Keep it in the dating zone and don’t rush things because that is when it can get messed up.”
Moving To Cali? Michael Johnson’s House On Sale For $3.2 Million
Sanya Richards Ross Backs WR Reset But Notes That Not All Post-2005 Times Will Be Clean Richards-Ross would inherit the 400m WR from East Germany’s Marita Koch (47.60 in 1985) as her 48.70 PR is the best post-2005 time.

More On Breaking2

LRC Pacing2: Chris Derrick & Andrew Bumbalough Tell What It Was Like To Pace Eliud Kipchoge To 2:00:25 Derrick and Bumbalough talk about not only the details of the attempt but also their tremendous respect for Kipchoge.

LRC Nike Or Its PR Firm Altered The Time On The Clock In Eliud Kipchoge Breaking2 Finish Line Photo The best marketers in the world wanted everything to look perfect, so they just added 2 seconds to the finish line clock photo they sent out, which was off.