– Casey Comber of Villanova talking after running a massive anchor leg to give the Villanova men their first men’s victory in the DMR at Penn since 2011. In women’s action, Nicole Hutchinson had already led the Wildcats’ women to victory in the 4 x 1,500 – they now have have won 14 times in 17 races in the distance medley, 4 x 1,500, and 4 x 800 relays.
Comber, a redshirt sophomore from a HS just outside of Philly with PRs of just 3:45/4:04, came from 20 meters back after the first lap and took the lead before the bell and held off Notre Dame’s Yared Nuguse (3:58.69) to win thanks to a 3:59.79 split. In the men’s SMR, Penn State’s Isaiah Harris put up the third-fastest 800 leg in Penn history (1:44.74) to lead the Nittany Lions to victory from nearly 4 seconds back. Reminder: The meet will be on NBCSN TV today from 12:30-3 pm ET.
MB:DMR Thread*SMR Thread: Harris splits 1:44.74
LRC Relays Weekend Preview: Jenny Simpson Goes For 2-Mile AR, Sydney McLaughlin Set For 400H Debut, & Andre De Grasse Is Back It’s relays week – normally one of the greatest weekends of the year for college track fans – but this year’s calendar has us a little depressed as the big guns aren’t competing with each other. Instead of everyone going to Penn or Drake, a few are now going to Arkansas, others to LSU and others aren’t going anywhere. Still, there are a few amazing races that we are really excited about but most of them are ironically individual races.
There’s Always The Crazy At London
LRC Meet The Real Life Forrest Gump: Rob Pope (82nd Place In 2:36) Has Nearly Completed Gump’s Epic Quest Of Five Runs Across America
Discussion: LRC Sleuths- Fellow LetsRun Visitor Rob Pope Has Nearly Completed Forrest Gump’s Five Runs Across America And Wants Scrutiny
LRC 15 Years On, Paula Radcliffe Reflects On Her 2:15:25 Marathon World Record “The longer it’s gone on, obviously, the more attached I’ve become to it. And it’s started feel a little bit like part of the family. But it’s inevitable it’s going to get beaten at some point.”
*MB: Paula Radcliffe’s WR could go down this weekend, what questions would you like us to ask her this weekend?
Full London Coverage In Our Virgin Money London Marathon Special Section
LRCNew Mexico’s Josh Kerr Runs 3:35.01 To Break NCAA 1,500m Record As impressive as Josh’s run was, Jim Ryun ran 3:33.1 as a collegiate sophomore 51 years ago but it wasn’t during the collegiate season. In our minds, anything achieved before you go pro or up through the NCAAs of your senior year is the real collegiate record.
Discuss:*Josh Kerr breaks NCAA record 3:35.01!! @Clay Invite
*Why Isn’t Jim Ryun’s 3:33.1 in 1967 the American Collegiate Record?
LRC Week That Was: Eliud Kipchoge Is The GOAT, Paula Radcliffe Is Too, Josh Kerr Runs Fast, But Nick Willis Is Still King Plus Commonwealth Games, Joshua Cheptegei, Tim Don update. And Sarah Sellers wasn’t the only one to negative split Boston.
LRC Mo Farah Showed Us The “Size Of His Balls” And Earned Even More Respect Farah tested his limits in London.
LRCGalen Rupp Is BAAACK- Will Run Prague Marathon May 6th He’ll take on 2:04:08 guy Sisay Lemma, whom he beat in Chicago last year.
Discuss: Galen Rupp listed on the entry list for Prague Marathon (May 6) + other elites Props to message boarder juddy96 for breaking this news.
*Update:Rupp’s Name Has Vanished From Start List And No Update From His Agent Or Race Organizers
LRCPost-Race Interviews From London
LRC Final Crazy 4:22 Opening Mile And 13:48 Opening 5k Can’t Stop Eliud Kipchoge From Winning London In 2:04:17 And Showing He’s Still The Greatest On The Planet A 4:22 opening mile and 13:48 first 5k were way too fast, but they couldn’t stop Eliud Kipchoge from winning London.
LRC Final Vivian Cheruiyot Does It Again, Pulls Off Huge Upset And Wins 2018 London Marathon In 2:18:31 Vivian Cheruiyot stunned the world and Almaz Ayana in Rio in 2016. Today she stunned Tirunesh Dibaba and Mary Keitany and won the 2018 Virgin Money Marathon thanks to a massive 5-minute PR.
LRC With A New Approach, Tactics And London Victory, Vivian Cheruiyot Is Now One Of The Greatest Marathoners In The World This article was pulled from our final women’s recap above.
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