2017 NCAAs Start Wednesday *TV & Streaming *Schedule & Results *Men’s Preview *Women’s Preview *Projected Team Scores / Event-By-Event Breakdown

LRC Tulsa’s Marc Scott Wins 2017 NCAA 10K Title Just Two Days After Being Hospitalized For a “Mini-Seizure” On Monday, four miles into a 10-mile run, Marc Scott suffered what he described as a “mini-seizure” which resulted in him going to the hospital. Today, he won his first NCAA title.

LRC Christian Coleman Blasts 9.82 100m To Crush the NCAA Record The University of Tennessee started didn’t wait long to make history. *Video interview/race

LRC Video Interviews From The 2017 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships Josh Kerr, Craig Engles, etc. We’re talking to all the stars as they step off the track.

Messageboard talk:

• MB: Official 2017 NCAA Outdoor Day 1 Live Discussion Thread
  
• MB: Usain who? My goodness. Christian Coleman just cruised to an NCAA record of 9.82!!!
• MB: NCAA Distance Top 3 Predictions

• CU’s Dani Jones, NCAA 3k Champ, Thinks NCAA 1,500 Will Be “A True Testament” To Her Fitness
• Justyn Knight Says “It’s Gonna Be Interesting” To See How NCAAs Play Out Without Cheserek
• Oregon Coach Robert Johnson Thinks Edward Cheserek Should Get The Bowerman Award Maybe in the past, but definitely not this year.
• Great Read: Nebraska Jumper Isaiah Griffith Has Overcome Death Of His Mother To Qualify For NCAAs In 2 Events After his mom’s death, things were chaotic and he was ultimately adopted by his 21-year old sister but he always kept dreaming BIG.
• Oregonian Hands The Title To Oregon Women: “The question isn’t whether the Oregon Ducks will win the women’s title, but by how much.”
• USC Women’s Coach Won’t Admit The Team Battle Is For Who Finishes 2nd
• Oregon Ducks’ Deajah Stevens Has Made A Fast Ascension In American Sprinting Ranks Last year at this point, she was the PAC-12 runner-up at 200. Now she’s an Olympian with 34,000 Instagram followers.
• NCAA.com: 10 Things To Know About The 2017 Outdoor Champs
• USA Today: Five things To Watch At This Week’s NCAA Track Champs

Full Coverage in 2017 NCAA Outdoor Special Section

Distance News: Despite Cancer, Grunewald Still Shooting For USAs

• And You Thought You Had A Busy Week: Gabriele Grunewald Has A Live Biopsy On Monday, Chemotherapy On Tuesday And A Race On Saturday Even though she’s starting chemo, Grunewald hasn’t given up on qualifying for USAs and will shoot for the 4:09.50 standard at the Music City Distance Carnival.
• MB: Galen Rupp Will Open His Season Saturday In The 10,000 At The Portland Track Festival
• MB: Kenenisa Bekele And Tirunesh Dibaba Lead Ethiopian Marathon Squad For Worlds The men’s squad also has Olympic 10,000 bronze medalist and Dubai winner Tamira Tola and 2:04-man Tsegaye Mekonen. The women’s squad also has defending champ Mare Dibaba, Tokyo/Berlin runner-up Birhane Dibaba and Dubai runner-up Shure Demise.
• Caster Semenya Is Juggling Her Race Schedule With Her Exams As She Finishes Up Her Degree Semenya has one more semester as a sports science student at the University of North West in South Africa.

Rome DL Is Thursday (2-4pm ET) *Schedule, Entries, Results *TV & Streaming

Thursday: Slew Of Tantalizing Face-Offs On Tap For Rome Diamond League Distance action is highlighted by Genzebe Dibaba vs. Hellen Obiri and World XC champ Irine Cheptai in the 5,000 and Conseslus Kipruto vs. Ezekiel Kemboi in the steeple. The 800 has Donavan Brazier and a whole lot more and and Sifan Hassan is in the 1,500. *IAAF Preview *Provisional Entry Lists *5 Things To Look Out For At The Rome DL

More Upcoming Action

• Saturday: Elaine Thompson Pulls Out Of This Weekend’s Racers Grand Prix The article doesn’t state why.
• Saturday: The London Champ Will Face The Boston Champ As Mary Keitany And Edna Kiplagat Line Up For The NYRR Mini 10K Other notables in the field include Betsy Saina, Americans Aliphine Tuliamuk, Natosha Rogers and Amy Van Alstine, NYC 4th placer Joyce Chepkirui, Mamitu Daska and GB’s Jo Pavey.
• June 18: Strong High Jump Field Led By Olympic Champ Ruth Beitia Set For Stockholm Diamond League
• June 28: Usain Bolt Confirmed For 100m At Ostrava Golden Spike Meet Previously announced was Mo Farah in the 10,000, David Rudisha in the 1,000m, Conseslus Kipruto in the steeple and Wayde Van Niekerk in the 300.
• July 6: Christian Taylor, Tori Bowie And Dalilah Muhammad Announced For Lausanne Diamond League

An LRCer Wins The Comrades Marathon

• USA’s Camille Herron Is Your 2017 Comrades Marathon Champion Herron becomes the first American woman since 1997 to win the 56-mile ultra.
  *MB: Camille Herron (jaguar1) WINS Comrades Marathon!
• After Previous Finishes Of Third And Second, South Africa’s Bongmusa Mthembu Wins Men’s Race At Comrades Marathon

Sprint / Jump News

Reccommended Must Read The LA Times Takes A Look At The Recovery Of Jamie Nieto – Once Paralyzed From The Neck Down, Nieto Is Now Hoping To Walk Down The Aisle At His Own Wedding Do yourself a favor and allow yourself 10 minutes so you can read the piece by Nathan Fenno and be inspired by Nieto.

• Greg Rutherford Re-Injures His Ankle In Italy – Goes To Hospital For Scans Afterwards
• Stephen Francis Isn’t Concerned At All That Elaine Thompson Got Smoked At The Pre Classic He notes that Tori Bowie destroyed Thompson last year at Pre as well and Thompson ended up being the double Olympic champ.
• Blanka Vlasic Hopes The Berlin Stadium – Where She Won WC Gold In 2009 – Isn’t Turned Into A Soccer-Only Stadium
• 1984 Olympic 400H Silver Medalist And HS Coach Danny Lee Harris Arrested On Suspicion Of Contacting A Student “With Intent To Commit A Sex Crime”

• US’s Lauryn Williams Looks Back At The Controversial Finish In The 2007 World Champs 100m When She Had To Wait 30 Minutes To Find Out Who Won
• Justin Gatlin Isn’t Convinced Usain Bolt Will Retire After This Season
• Oh No, Say It Isn’t So: Carmelita Jeter Won’t Race In 2017 Jeter says she isn’t retired and is still training “just to stay in shape,” but won’t race this season.
• Usain Bolt Took More Than 2 Weeks Off To Mourn The Loss Of A Good Friend

News From Oregon

• Oregon Coach Robert Johnson Says The Team Embraces The Pursuit Of The Triple Crown “It’s here now. We’re going to talk about it probably ad nauseum until the meet.”
• Register-Guard: “Newcomers Have Made A Big Impact On The Oregon Ducks” A look at the transfers and freshmen who will make an immediate impact for Oregon in their first year in Eugene.
• As Longtime Coach Kelly Sullivan Retires, Ken Goe Explains Why Being The Coach At Oregon State Is Such “A Tough Gig” Whether it’s the UO Ducks or OSU baseball, Oregon State has a lot of competition for attention/support.