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Quote Of The Day

“I think it is an unnecessary controversy. Men and women run the same distances on the road. Cross-country can be any distance and people should run whatever distance they want to run. But there is no slight in running the shorter distance. It is political correctness argument that does not have to be. The ECCA have been stalwarts of the sport and they are right to put out a questionnaire. That is great. Women run 10k on the track, run marathon on the roads, so I think it is up to them. The days of women being moderated by the federations are long gone. Women will run as far as they want to run.”

– Former Olympic 10,000 bronze medalist and British running great Brendan Foster talking about the current debate in the UK over men and women running different distances in XC.

2018 World IndoorsSchedule / Entries / Results TV/Streaming InformationAll LRC Coverage$200,018 Prediction ContestPreviews: M800 W800 M1,500M3kW3k

LRC Final Genzebe Dibaba Wins Thrilling 3k, Hassan 2nd And Muir 3rd Genzebe Dibaba’s mastery of the indoor oval continues. Dibaba was able to just hold on and secure a much-deserved gold after she made a big mid-race move. The question we have now is, “Should Hassan be DQed for cutting off Muir near the line?”
*MB: Official 2018 IAAF World Indoor Day 1 Live Discussion Thread

LRCShould Sifan Hassan Have Been DQed For Veering Out And Obstructing Laura Muir? In our minds, the IAAF rule book needs to be reworded as a DQ is very harsh. We’d prefer to have seen Hassan moved back to third for fouling Muir.
*MB: Should Sifan Hassan be DQd?

LRC Danil Lysenko & Maria Lasitskene Claim High Jump Titles On Opening Night At World Indoors Lysenko’s win streak continued while Mutaz Essa Barshim, who hadn’t lost at all in 2018, was upset.

Full Coverage: 2018 Worlds Special Section

Outside Worlds Coverage

Did You Forget That Laura Muir Is Studying For A Veterinary Degree? If You Did, The British Media’s Got Your Back
*Athletics Weekly*BBC*European-Athletics
Athletics Weekly:Christian Coleman Says Patience Is A Virtue When It Comes To Sprinting 60m “The 60 is so short you think ‘I just want to get out the fastest and try to get away from everybody as quickly as possible’. But you can’t execute it like that … The whole process should be really smooth.”
The High Jump Takes Center Stage On Opening Day Of World Indoors Two years ago in Portland it was just the pole vault on the opening day and this time it’s the high jump (plus the women’s 3k).
GB Hurdler Andrew Pozzi Wants To Win A World Indoor Medal To Make Up For Lost Time The 25-year-old Euro indoor champ hasn’t won many medals due to years of injury struggles.
Athletics Weekly:Andrew Pozzi Is Back In Birmingham With A Medal In Mind Pozzi watched his first-ever track meet in Birmingham 15 years ago when he was 10 years old.
The Telegraph:CJ Ujah Hoping To Put British Sprinting “Back On The Map” In Post-Usain Bolt World On Christian Coleman‘s 60m WR: “It doesn’t scare me.”
Former Two-Time World Hurdle Champ Colin Jackson Picks His Six Events To Watch At World Indoors The men’s and women’s 1,500 makes his list.
Five To Watch In Birmingham

LetsThrow.com

World Javelin Champ Johannes Vetter Sets 91.22 World Lead In South Africa Elsewhere, former World 400H champ Dai Greene ran 49.49, his fastest time since 2013.
Q&A With Throwing Queen Valerie Adams Reflecting On Her Four Consecutive World Indoor Wins From 2008-2014 She says her favorite meet was 2012 World Indoors in Istanbul.
Top Indian Javelin Thrower Fails Drug Test They don’t name the athlete, but it wouldn’t be hard to figure out with the info they give.

More From The Weekend

The Deepest Pole Vault Competition Ever Went Down In The French City Of Clermont-Ferrand World champ Sam Kendricks won on countback over world record holder and meet organizer Renaud Lavillenie as both men cleared a world-leading 5.93m. A record seven men went over 5.88m, including Armand Duplantis, who set a new world Under-20 record in 5th place.
Kenya’s Dickson Tuwei (2:08:18) And Morocco’s Kaoutar Boulaid (2:25:32) Win Sevilla Marathon Tuwei used a late burst of speed in the last 200m to beat Laban Kipkemboi by 2 seconds.
Enyew Mekonnen And Enatnesh Almirew Win Ethiopian XC Titles Early in the race world 5,000m champion Muktar Edris had a 50m lead, but had already started fading when he was passed 3k into the 10k race.
NOP’s Suguru Osako And Tomoka Kimura Win Japan National XC Championships
GB’s Dominic Ogbechie Breaks World Age-15 High Jump Record With 2.22m
A Result We Missed Last Weekend:Yuki Kawauchi Wins Kitakyushu Marathon With 2:11:46 CR Both of Kawauchi’s younger brothers were in the race with Yoshiki Kawauchi finishing 3rd (2:22:44) and Koki Kawauchi 6th (2:30:05).

Glasgow Grand Prix *Results

IAAF Recap:Kenya’s Justus Kiplagat (7:39.09) Beats Out Paul Chelimo By .01 In Men’s 3k Other distance winners were Bethwell Birgen (1,500 – 3:37.76), Beatrice Chepkoech (1,500 – 4:02.21), and Adam Kszczot (1:47.15). Non-distance action was highlighted by Christina Manning beating out Sharika Nelvis in the 60H to win the IAAF World Indoor Tour series by a tie-breaker. There was also a stacked women’s 60 where World 100m silver medalist Marie-Josee Ta Lou won in 7.07 over GB’s Diana Asher-Smith, double Olympic champ Elaine Thompson with Dafne Schippers in 5th.
Ekaterini Stefanidi (PV) And Mariya Lasitskene (HJ) Extend Their Winning Streaks In Glasgow Stefanidi got her 19th consecutive win with a 4.75m stadium record while Russia’s Lasitskene made it 37 in a row with 1.95m.
BBC:Diana Asher-Smith Edged Out In Glasgow 60m Final
MB:Glasgow Grand Prix (Chelimo, Szczot, Radcliffe etc)

More Weekend Action

Sara Hall Wins Battle With Stephanie Bruce To Set Course Record And Win Gasparilla Half Running in humid hot conditions, Hall ran 72:00 to beat out Bruce by just one second. *Results
Army Runner Elkanah Kibet Wins Gasparilla Half In 63:38, Beating Out Parker Stinson By Three Seconds
*Toni Reavis’ Gasparilla Half Recap
Zharnel Hughes Edges Yohan Blake In Jamaican 100 To Set 10.01 World Lead It was a PR for Hughes while 28-year-old Blake ran a SB of 10.05.
Adam Hickey And Phoebe Law Win English National XC Titles
Kris Jones And Mhairi Maclennan Crowned Scottish XC Champs
Rebekah Nixon And Declan Reed Win At Northern Ireland And Ulster Championships

NCAA News

Jesse Squire Examines Where The 2019 And 2020 NCAA Outdoor Championships Might Be Oregon is re-bidding for 2020, but Squire thinks 2019 will be at Drake Stadium in Des Moines although he also looks at Sacramento (Hornet Stadium), Philadelphia (Franklin Field), New York (Icahn Stadium) and several others.
Ken Goe Speculates On Hayward Field Renovations Even though no official announcement has been made, he’s heard from “usually reliable sources” that the stadium will be completely torn down. It’s also been reported that the state of Oregon is only contributing $10 million of the $40 million organizers were hoping for.
Oregon’s Three-TIme NCAA Champion Ariana Washington Still Doesn’t Have A Qualifying Standard For NCAA Indoors Washington is currently only ranked 57th in the 200 and 59th in the 60. Coach Robert Johnson says they’re “scratching their heads” over it as they don’t know why she’s not running up to her normal standards.
Men’s Updated NCAA Rankings Leave Texas Tech And Florida As The Top 2 Arkansas moved up from 5th to 3rd.
Latest Women’s NCAA Rankings Have No Changes To The Top 9 With Arkansas, Southern California And Kentucky As The Top 3
DI Athletes Of The Week Last Week Were South Dakota’s Chris Nilsen And Cincinnati’s Annette Echikunwoke Nilsen jumped 5.80m to put himself tied for 9th on the all-time NCAA list while Echikunwoke threw 24.78m to move to #2 all-time NCAA.
Event-By-Event Top 10 NCAA Marks From Last Week

Prediction Contest Still Open

Deadline ExtendedLRC Running Warehouse $200,018 World Indoor Prediction Contest Get your picks in now. We’ll give you the consensus picks for the 3k and HJ if you enter tonight before Friday’s action.
*Early Picks Percentages Of The LRC Nation You can be strategic and find out who the LRC nation is picking and then pick upsets in strategic places to maximize you chances of winning.

Our Weekly Recap – Did You Know There Was A $266,650 1st Prize Handed Out Last Week?

WTW Some Dude You’ve Never Heard Of Just Won $266,650 In A Half Marathon In Saudi Arabia, Incredible Japanese Men’s Marathoning, Another WR For Kyle Merber, Freshmen Sydney McLaughlin And Lynna Irby Put On A Show At SECs Our weekly recap spans the spectrum, from the Japanese showing the American men how to run the marathon, to another WR for Kyle Merber, to freshman Sydney McLaughlin running a world-leading 50.52 400m and possibly not having as good a weekend as another freshman – Lynna Irby of Georgia.
Discuss: What collegiate athletes had their dreams become reality this past weekend?

Usain Bolt And Other Sprint Stuff

Turns Out Usain Bolt Was “Lying” About Signing A Pro Soccer Contract Rather than a pro club, Bolt is captaining a team for a charity soccer match in Manchester on June 10th. *Discuss
Before We Found Out It Was A Joke, The Independent Asked If We Should Even Care About Usain Bolt Signing With A Soccer Team? Fans of whatever club he joined might actually have been annoyed.
Nigerian Sprinter Disappears From Commonwealth Games Camp In Australia 400 sprinter Bamidele Emmanuel disappeared and there are rumors that he is trying to run for another country (which he can’t since the IAAF have froze all transfer of allegiances).
How Much Is Usain Bolt Worth And Where Does Most Of His Money Come From? Gatorade gives him over 3 million a year plus a bonus every time he’s pictured drinking it.

Looking Ahead

March 18:Blockbuster Fields Set For 2018 NYC Half Marathon: 2016 Champion Stephen Sambu Faces Dathan Ritzenhein, Wilson Chebet (59:15), Chris Derrick, Abdi Abdirahman, Shadrack Biwott The women’s race has last year’s runner-up Emily Sisson, Vivian Cheruiyot, Desi Linden, Mamitu Daska (66:28), Buze Diriba (66:50), Betsy Saina, Aliphine Tuliamuk and Allie Kieffer.
Final Entries Available For European Throwing Cup In Leiria, Portugal Next Weekend
Schedule For 2018 Outdoor Championships Released The meet is from June 6th through June 9th with men and women on alternating days.
Brooks Announces New Date For Brooks PR Invy In Seattle The meet is June 8th, on the 3rd day of NCAAs.
*MB: Brooks PR Invitational Scheduled During NCAAs
Glasgow To Host 2019 European Indoor Champs
Tokyo 2020 Unveils Olympic Mascots The choice was made following a vote where students from 16,769 schools were allowed to choose one of three mascot pairings from an initial 2,042 entries.

Post-Conference Champs NCAA Updates

Georgia Moves From 3rd As Conference Weekend Shakes Up Latest NCAA Rankings Arkansas and Kentucky are 2-3 while LSU moved up from 6th to 4th.
No Changes To The Top 5 Teams In Updated Men’s NCAA Rankings Texas Tech, Florida and Arkansas still sit 1-3.
Sydney McLaughlin And NC State Thrower Josh Davis Are NCAA Athletes Of The Week McLaughlin obviously for her world junior 400 record while Davis set the collegiate weight record at 23.83m to win ACC Champs.
Event-By-Event Top-10 Marks Of The Collegiate Weekend

2018 Tokyo Marathon

LRCThe Crazy Thing On The Arm Of Million $ Marathoner Yuta Shitara Is E xplaine d Chasing a $1 million bonus, at the final water stop Yuta Shitara took the effort to slide something up his arm with a cartoon face on it and run with it to the finish. You all have figured out what it was – a cartoon picture of Shitara. *Discuss

LRC Dickson Chumba & Birhane Dibaba Win, Amy Cragg Runs US #5 A-T 2:21:42, & Yuta Shitara Runs 2:06:11 To Set Japanese Record And Win $936,000 The Japanese Corporate Track and Field Federation’s “Project Exceed” was offering 100 million yen ($936,000) to any man who could break the 2:06:16 national record. Shitara did it with a legendary run, mowing down the field after he was dropped at 32k.

Japan Running News Recap: “The Greatest Day In Japanese Men’s Marathoning History” Nine Japanese men under 2:10 and another four under 2:11.
MB: Confirmed: Wilson Kipsang dropped out due to a stomach ailment.
LRC Live Official Thread, Stream, Results

NCAA: Conference Champs Weekend *Conference Champs Central

SEC: *Results*Meet Home
Sydney McLaughlin Wins With A World Junior Record 50.52 The Kentucky freshman also established a new SEC and collegiate freshman record, although she almost lost all of that as Georgia freshman and U20 World champ Lynna Irby finished just 0.1 back.
*MB:Sydney McLaughlin 50.52 400
Missouri Gets SEC DMR Victory (11:08.18) Thanks To A 4:25.56 Anchor Leg From Karissa Schweizer
*MB:KARISSA SCHWEIZER JUST SPLIT A 4:25.56
Alabama Men Win Their First SEC Title Since 1972 It was a super tight meet as Alabama just beat out Arkansas by 3 points with Florida another 4.5 points back. Distance action included Arkansas winning the DMR (9:37.01) over Ole Miss (9:37.08) and Kentucky’s Jacob Thomson taking the 5,000 (13:49.50) in a close race with two Alabama runners.
Arkansas Women Win 12th Straight SEC Title Arkansas Nikki Hiltz won the mile in 4:37.37; Texas Tech’s Sammy Watson won the 800 (2:04.25).
Karissa Schweizer Sets SEC 3,000 Record With 9:00.56 Dominant Victory She broke the previous record of 9:10.48 by Cory McGee from 2014.
Reigning Outdoor Pole Vault Champ Olivia Gruver Clears 4.67m To Win SEC And Move To #2 All-Time NCAASydney McLaughlin lead the heats with 50.97 (#3 all-time U20).
Arkansas Get 1-2 Punch In Men’s 3,000 Thanks To Cameron Griffith (7:54.19) and Jack Bruce (7:54.95)
Taliyah Brooks’ Pentathlon Title Leads Arkansas To The Top Of The Standings After SEC Day 1
Florida Men Lead SEC Champs After Day 1
Texas A&M Will Williams Wins SEC LJ With Impressive 7.99m
USTFCCCA Gives You Their Top Conference Champs Matchups The three events they are most looking forward to are the SEC women’s 60m, SEC women’s 400 and Big 12 men’s HJ.

ACC: *Results*Meet Home
Saturday Recap:Justyn Knight Named Meet MVP After Winning The 3k/5k Double For The Third Consecutive Season Knight ran 8:02 to make it another Syracuse 1-2 as Aidan Tooker was 2nd (8:04).
FSU Men and Women Sweep ACC Indoor Titles Virginia Tech men and women were both runner-ups, losing by just 4 points on the men’s side.
Olympian Steven Solomon Blazes To An Australian, ACC And Duke Record Of 45.44 In The 400 Prelims It was the Stanford alum’s first 400 race as a Duke grad student.
Friday Recap:Florida State Men And Louisville Women Lead The Team StandingsJustyn Knight ran 13:50 to lead a Syracuse 1-2 in the 5,000 while Louisville’s Dorcas Wasike won the women’s race (16:34).

Big 12: *Results*Meet Home
Texas Tech Men Claim Their First Ever Indoor Big 12 Title
Texas Women Secure Big 12 Title Less Than Two Weeks After Firing Of Head Coach Mario Sategna They beat runner-up Kansas by 5 points.
Texas Men In First After Day 1 Their DMR squad dominated by 9 seconds with 9:40 to get their first conference win since 2009.
Iowa State Women Lead Big 12 After Day 1 Their DMR ran 11:15 to win their first title since 2014. Iowa’s Andrew Jordan and Edwin Kurgat also went 1-2 in the men’s 5K.
AP:Documents Show That Texas Coach Mario Sategna Was Fired “Without Cause” Sategna had been with Texas for 15 years and helped them to multiple Big 12 conference titles. By firing him without cause, Texas owed him about $220,000.

MPSF:*Results*Meet Home
Stanford Gets A Slew Of Distance Wins As Elise Cranny Breaks The School Mile Record With A 4:31.29 Victory Freshman Fiona O’Keeffe ran 9:04 to win the 3k and Olivia Baker took the 800 in 2:04.31 and also anchored the winning 4 x 400.
*Oregon’s Jessica Hull Breaks Oregon Mile School Record With 4:32.61 (2nd Behind Cranny)
BYU Victories In Rory Linkletter (3k- 7:54.29) And Abraham Alvarado (Mile – 4:02.70)
USC Men And Women Sweep MPSF Champs Neither competition was even close as both USC teams won by over 20 points.
Register-Guard:Oregon’s Cardama Baez Runs 15:55 To Win 5,000 Title In A Close Race With BYU’s Laura Young BYU’s Connor McMillan won the men’s race handily in 13:46. Multi-time NCAA champ Ariana Washington‘s season is over as she didn’t make the 60m final and doesn’t have an NCAA qualifying time. DMR wins went to the UCLA men (9:46) and Washington women (11:07).
USC Has Strong Day To Lead The Women’s Standings After Friday’s MPSF
BYU Men Are #1 After MPSF Day 1
Good Read:Runner’s World: Love An Underdog? Oregon Has One To Root For In Walk-On Mick Stanovsek At not many schools can you be considered an underdog with a 4:10 high school PR, yet Stanovsek didn’t make the team his freshman year, but now has a 3:57 PR.

Big Ten: *Results*Meet Home
Minnesota Women Get Convincing Big 10 Win Finishing 11.5 Points Ahead Of Purdue 2017 NCAA outdoor runner-up Isaiah Harris won the 800 (1:50.15) while both Wisconsin’s Oliver Hoare and Indiana’s Katherine Receveur completed successful 3k/5k doubles.
Ohio State Men Win First Big 10 Indoor Since 1993 They got wins in the SP, LJ, PV, 200, and 4 x 400 to beat Nebraska by 8 points.
Wisconsin Women Sit On Top After First Day Of Big Ten Champs Michigan’s women’s DMR ran 11:04.77 to miss a top-12 NCAA qualifying spot by only 1.67 seconds while the Iowa men ran 9:45.10 to just beat out Indiana (9:45.34). 3K wins went to Wisconsin’s Oliver Hoare (8:11), Indiana’s Katherine Receveur (9:11).
Ohio State Men In First Place After Big Ten Day 1

Mountain West: *Results*Meet Home
NCAA Mile Champ Josh Kerr Anchors New Mexico To A 9:33.41 DMR Victory At Mountain West Champs Utah State was a close runner-up in 9:34.61. According to USTFCCCA, converting for altitude, New Mexico’s time is 9:24.73, which tops the descending order list. Boise State ran 11:05.39 to win the women’s DMR over the Ednah Kurgat-led New Mexico (11:07.88).
Colorado State Men And Air Force Women Lead Mountain West

Heps: *Results*Meet Home
Princeton Dominates HEPS By Widest Margin Ever They scored 169 points to beat runner-up Penn by 67 points. Cornell was 5th, the first time since 2002 they finished outside the top 2.
UPenn Women Win First Ivy Indoor Title For 22 Years They had a comfortable 32-point win over Harvard.
Three Women’s Teams Within Four Points Of Each Other After Heps Day 1 Penn leads with Harvard, Dartmouth and Princeton close behind.
Princeton Men Lead After Day 1 Of Heps They have a 30-point lead on Brown in second.

Big East: *Results
Villanova Sweeps Men’s And Women’s Big East Titles Marquette was a close 2nd for both men and women.
Marquette Men And Women Lead After Day One At Big East Champs*Day 1 Results

America East: MB:Unbelievable!! Albany Loses Conference Championship due to EPIC DQ!!

More Distance News

The Guardian Has New Opinion Piece On Caster Semenya: “The Unequal Battle: Privilege, Genes, Gender And Power” The author tries to tackle the Semenya debate from political point of view, making it about women’s rights, racism and income inequality when it really should just be about the science.
Cas Loxsom On Depression And The Realities Of Chasing The Running Dream
*MB:Cas Loxsom lays it all out in flotrack interview
GB 800 Runner Lynsey Sharp Blogs About Being “Emotionally Drained” Due To Endless Traveling And Boyfriend Andrew Butchart’s Fractured Foot Sharp says it was strange that Butchart “dealt with [the injury] better than” she did.
Naming Of Australian Commonwealth Team Delayed Due To Seven Appeals Over Non-Selection Olympian Jeff Riseley is appealing after he finished 3rd in the 800, but an athlete in the “B” final ran faster and gained selection. A “B” final in an 800? How about just adding an extra round?
Schedule Announced For The 2018 Bring Back The Mile Grand Prix Tour They have five road miles planned for 2018 starting with the Grand Blue Mile in Des Moines on April 24.
Athletics Weekly Preview: English, Scottish And Welsh National Cross-Country Championships Are This WeekendDewi Griffiths will be going for his 7th consecutive Welsh national XC title.

Vin Lananna Suspended

LRC Trying To Make Sense Of USATF’s Suspension Of Vin Lananna – Was This A Silent Coup? After reading USATF’s explanation for placing Vin Lananna on administrative leave, we were more confused than before we read it. So we try to make sense of it all.

The Oregonian:Vin Lananna “Taken Aback” By The USATF Board’s Move To Put Him On Temproary Leave USATF activist Becca Gillespy Peter slammed the decision, saying, “The board has been disregarding the will of the USATF membership for years, and this is just the latest slap in the face to the volunteers who have dedicated their lives to the sport.”
Register-Guard Article Apparently Lananna didn’t inform UO about the DOJ investigation either even though it is university policy, but a spokesperson said they didn’t consider the TrackTown contact with the DOJ a university matter.
MB: Vin Lanana being placed on “Administrative Leave” by USATF board!

Pre-Worlds News

LRC Pre-2018 Worlds Podcast We get you ready for the start of the action today and share with you inside info as to whom people are picking in our prediction contest.

LRC Donavan Brazier – 20-Year-Old US 800 Star – Talks Before His First World Indoor Championships Brazier talks about his goals and what tactics he needs to take down the great Emmanuel Korir.

LRC Boots Are On The Ground & The 4 Things We’re Most Excited About At 2018 World Indoors Our boots are on the ground in the UK and we give you 4 reasons as to why you must watch World Indoors. If you like World Records, incredible field event action and must-see distance battles, then you are going to really enjoy the 2018 Worlds.

LRC 1,500m M Worlds Preview: With No Centro, Willis And Only 1 Kenyan, This Race Is There For The Taking Might the world be meeting a new 18-year-old star from Ethiopia by the name of Samuel Tefera when it’s all said and done?

LRC 800m W Preview: Can USA’s Ajee’ Wilson Get The Elusive Gold Medal? Or Does Niyonsaba Keep Rolling? How does Raevyn Rogers do? Does Niyonsaba stay undefeated lifetime indoors?

LRC 2018 World Indoors M 800 Preview: Brazier! Korir! Kszczot! Oh Baby, This Is Going To Be Good We can’t wait for the men’s 800 as it features two of the sports brightest mid-d talents in Donavan Brazier and Emmanuel Korir.

LRC 2018 World Indoors M 3K Preview: Paul Chelimo Goes For His First Global Gold Against A Trio Of Ethiopian Studs Chelimo has he hands full as Ethiopia has three entrants and they are all very good. Could 18-year-old Selemon Barega be the successor to Haile G and Kenenisa B?

Assorted Distance News

World 800m Champ Pierre-Ambroise Bosse Charged With “Intentional Violence With Use Or Threat Of A Weapon” After The Brawl That Left Him Injured Last Year Bosse sustained multiple facial fractures in what he described as “a violent assault,” but the suspect claimed Bosse threw a beer bottle at his face.
*MB:Bosse assaulted!!
Oregon Men Only Qualified Distance Runners For NCAA Indoors They’ll send five individuals and a DMR.
The Telegraph Writes That “Cross-Country Is The New Battleground As Women Step Up Bid For Equality” We agree women should run the same distance, but we disagree that this is a sexist issue. It may have been in the ’70s, but today women run shorter because of tradition and/or because they want to, not because anyone thinks they can’t handle an extra kilometer or two.
Runners Are Literally Begging For Entries To The Cherry Blossom Ten Mile The race has a message board where those who missed the lottery registration can get a big transfer from someone who can no longer race.
Aussie Jeff Riseley Loses His Appeal Over Commonwealth Games 800 Selection Riseley was 3rd at the Aussie Trials, but a 19-year-old in the “B final” ran faster and was selected instead.
Jon Olson And Traci Falbo Claim USATF 100 Mile Road Championships Titles Olson won in 13:39:32 (8:11 pace) and Falbo ran 17:03:15 (10:14 pace).
Caster Semenya “Overwhelmed” By Laureus Award Nomination

Previous Worlds News

Ethiopia’s Selemon Barega Eagerly Anticipating World Indoors After Running His First Indoor Race Last Month Barega was intimidated by his first indoor track, saying not knowing how he’d be able to run on the banked surface, but did just fine with a world-leading 7:36 victory in the 3,000.
Greg Rutherford Pulls Out Of World Indoors Due To Lack Of Fitness Rutherford only got to enter in the first place because the host nation gets an automatic entry if they don’t have anyone qualified for an event.
Hurdler Andrew Pozzi And 800 Runner Shelayna Oskan-Clarke Voted GB World Indoor Captains
Six World Indoor Championships Medals To Be Reallocated In Birmingham*USA Athletes Getting Upgraded Medals Are Tianna Bartoletta (LJ), Michelle Carter (SP) And Hyleas Fountain (Pent)
Jamaican Olympic Hurdles Champ Omar McLeod Will Not Get To Defend His World Indoor 60H Title Due To Visa Issues It’s unclear what happened as McLeod’s manager blamed the JAAA for not procuring necessary paperwork, but the JAAA denied it was their fault.
IAAF Event-By-Event World Indoor Previews
IAAF World Indoor Tour Winners Secure Wild Cards For Birmingham 2018 Team USA got one wild card from Christina Manning in the 60H.
IAAF World Indoor Statistics Handbook It includes info like past world indoors results, medals tables, and other stats.

Distance News

Mo Farah And Gary Lough Discuss Their Coaching Relationship Ahead Of This Weekend’s Big Half In London Lough: “I think we get on pretty well but at the end of the day we’re here to do a job. I’m not here to be his friend. I’m here to be his coach. So while we spend a lot of time together, we also do our own things so it feels very natural. It feels very workable.”
Recommended Read:Edward Cheserek Faced Tough Times This Past Summer Dealing With The Grief Of Suddenly Losing His 18-Year-Old Sister That, along with injuries, made for a difficult post-collegiate transition, but as Cheserek explains, moving to Flagstaff and a six-week block with 100+ mile weeks got him in great shape for the winter.
Good Watch:8-Minute CNN Feature On Gabriele Grunewald And Her Battle With Cancer
Guardian Writer Explains Why Money Is The Reason You Don’t See More Kenyans Running Ultramarathons Prize money is the main motivator for most Kenyans and there isn’t as much available in the ultra world. So the reason fast Kenyans don’t do it is pretty much the same for any sub-2:10 marathoner. They can make more money on the roads.
GB’s Andrew Butchart Says He’ll “Come Back Mentally Stronger” From Broken Foot Which Is Keeping Him Out Of The Commonwealth Games Butchart says he’s thinking more positively now, but when he first got the news he “started bawling and thinking this is so bad.”
Sad News: Kenyan Distance Runner Francis Kiplagat Dies In Car Accident In Nairobi The accident involving two cars claimed six lives, but former African 5,000 silver medalist Vincent Yator was not one of them as he has been discharged from the hospital and is recovering at home.

What A Crazy Low-Key Meet

LRC Hoka NJ*NY TC Breaks 4 X 800 World Record As 3 Teams Run Under Old Record, Josh Hoey (1:47.67) Crushes 800 High School National Record, Emily Sisson (15:13) 5k World Leader, Japanese Mile Record, 1st Sub-4 By A DIII Guy This meet had it all, including only a few hundred fans for a race where three teams broke the 4 x 800 world record and featured an anchor leg by Olympic 1,500 champion Matthew Centrowitz (who got the baton in the lead and couldn’t maintain it).

LRC Matthew Centrowitz On His Move Back East, Trying To Break American Records, His 2017 Season, & His Upcoming Australian Trip

Usain Bolt And Soccer: Publicity Stunt Or For Real?

Usain Bolt Signs With A Soccer Team; Will Announce Club On Tuesday Bolt was supposed to have a tryout with Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund next month, but now says he’ll make an announcement tomorrow at 3AM ET. *Discuss

LetsJump.com

Recommended Read:Photographer Tony Duffy Explains How His Photo Of Bob Beamon’s World Record Long Jump In 1968 Changed His Life Duffy was at the Olympics as a spectator, but dabbled in photography as a hobby and snuck down to the first row to take the now iconic picture. The attention it got motivated him to quit his accounting job and start his own photo agency (which he later sold to Getty for $29.4 million).
RR #2:World And Olympic Pole Vault Silver Medalist Sandi Morris Talks About The Highs And Lows Of Her Career Morris lows came at the start of her college career and her favorite high when she won an NCAA indoor title in her final year in 2015.
Stacked Pole Vault Field Set For All Star Perche Meet In France On Sunday Renaud Lavillenie, Sam Kendricks, Piotr Lisek, Shawn Barber and more. Recent upset surprise US champ Katie Nageotte will also be in action.
South Africa’s World Long Jump Champ Luvo Manyonga Explains His Love For Jumping “When I jump, it makes me feel like a super hero. … I don’t want to stop jumping until I have jumped out of the pit.”
LetsThrow:Valerie Adams Making Her Return To Competition At The Big Shot Meet In Christchurch On March 16th This will be her first meet since 2016 as she missed last year to have her first child.

RIP David Torrence

LRC David Torrence’s Death Ruled An Accidental Drowning, But For His Family Questions Remain Because Of Death Threats While the medical examiner’s report and the Scottsdale PD ruled Torrence’s death an accidental drowning, David’s mother, Bianca Torrence, is frustrated because she feels investigators didn’t seriously consider another possible cause of death: murder. Bianca said that multiple people told her that David had received death threats in 2016 and said she does not believe that Scottsdale PD has taken the information about the death threats seriously.
*MB: David Torrence’s Death Ruled An Accidental Drowning, But For His Family Questions Remain Because Of Death Threats