June 9, 2018 | LetsRun.com

2018 NCAAs Schedule & Results TV & Streaming Post-Race Interviews Running Warehouse Prediction Contest

MB: Official 2018 NCAA Day 4 Live Discussion Thread

LRC Q&A: Houston’s Brian Barraza on His Daring Front-Running Strategy, Fall in NCAA Steeple Final, & Earning the Respect of His Sprint Star Teammates The man who earned the respect of sports fans nationwide has no regrets. Barraza: “I don’t think that there’s any way that I could have run this race any differently. I gave it everything that I had and honestly, when you come down to this championship-style races or championship meets, all you can ask for is a shot, and I took my shot. And I will never be regretful of that.”

MB: Official 2018 NCAA Outdoors Day 3 Discussion Thread

LRC Sprint Madness As Men’s 4 X 100, 4 X 400, 400, And 400 Hurdles NCAA Records Fall, Field Events Lead Georgia To First Team Title What a meet.

LRC Recap Of NCAA Distance Drama: Saruni And Kerr Upset, Barraza Falls In Steeple, McGorty Gets Title What a day at NCAAs in the distances. We recap it all.

LRC The Greatest Collegiate 400 Ever: Michael Norman Runs 43.61 To Defeat Akeem Bloomfield’s 43.94 And Nathon Allen’s 44.13 NCAA and facility record for Norman.

Sprint Stuff

Noah Lyles Says He’s Eyeing Usain Bolt’s 19.19 World Record – “I dream about it every night.” Lyles also talked about Jamaican sprint dominance: “Doesn’t feel good. Seeing Americans not at the top hurts my soul.”
Court Drops Multiple Charges Against High School Sprinter Tyrese Cooper Cooper won’t face any legal action for multiple felony charges after his alleged involvement in two car robberies.
Wayde van Niekerk Still Recovering From Injury, Won’t Race At All In 2018
China Vs Canada: Can Precise Passing Conquer Raw Speed? That’s the question that will be decided when these two 4×100 squads clash at the Harry Jerome Invitational on June 26-27.

Other NCAA News

Register-Guard: Oregon Women Still A Contender After Opening Day It’s looking like a four-way battle between Georgia, Kentucky, Oregon and USC. *The Oregonian Article
RW Pre-10k: Karissa Schweizer NCAA Champion Good Luck Routine Schweizer has a ritual phone call with her grandpa before every race.
IAAF Recap: Rai Benjamin And Michael Norman Break Collegiate Records At NCAAs
IAAF NCAAs Day 1-2 Recap

Outside NCAA Coverage

Kentucky Athletic Website Hints That Sydney McLaughlin Is Going Pro After This Season There were no quotes from her, but the article read, “This weekend, in all likelihood, will be McLaughlin’s last as a collegian. She wants to make it count.”
*MB: Sydney McLaughlin going pro this summer????
Georgia’s Denzel Comenentia Has Historic Sweep Of NCAA Hammer And Shot Titles His double win puts Georgia in the lead after day 1.
The Register-Guard: A Pair Of Meet Records Fall On Opening Day South Dakota’s Chris Nilsen in the PV (5.83m) and Mississippi State’s Anderson Peters in the javelin (82.82m).
The Register-Guard: Long Jump Showdown Fizzles During NCAAs Day 1 It was supposed to be a battle between Oregon’s Damarcus Simpson and Florida’s Grant Holloway, but that never materialized as both athletes had poor showings in 9th and 10th, leaving Ohio State’s Zack Bazile with a dominant 8.37m win.
Jesse Squire: What To Watch: Thursday At The NCAAs
The Oregonian: Oregon Ducks Falter In Men’s Competition Day 1 “The Ducks find themselves in unfamiliar territory after Day 1, scoreless and without many opportunities to make up ground …”
The Register-Guard‘s Austin Meek Argues NCAAs Should Come Back To Eugene Every Year “If the new Hayward Field is everything it’s cracked up to be, it will be hard to justify putting the NCAA meet anywhere else.”
Ken Goe: Women’s Title Is Up For Grabs As NCAA Meet Begins At Hayward Should be a five way battle between Georgia, USC, Oregon, Kentucky and Stanford.
Ken Goe: One More Time For Magic To Happen In “Historic” Hayward Field

Previous NCAA News

Recommended Read: Georgetown Runner Mike Crozier Finds Closure In NCAA 10k After Years Of Injury After more than two years of limping around with injuries, it took Croizer until a 6th year, but he’s going out in the best way with a trip to NCAAs.
RR #2: Toledo Runner Janelle Noe Makes Comeback From Catastrophic Burns To Qualify For NCAAs Noe suffered life threatening burns over half her body and has battled over the last 2+ years to make her comeback and qualify in the heat at Regionals, despite her burns affecting her temperature regulation.
*MB: “Burns Covered Half Her Body. Now She’s Running in the Country’s Most Prestigious College Meet”
GoFundMe For Geoffrey Cheruiyot’s Funeral Expenses Donations will cover flight expenses to Kenya for his brother and sister as well as other funeral expenses.
*MB: RIP: Geoffrey Cheruiyot – Middle Tennessee State steepler dies just days after running at NCAA regionals after car accident and being hit by bus
Men’s Bowerman Award Pre-NCAA Watch List Distance runners on the list are Josh Kerr, Justyn Knight and Michael Saruni.
Women’s Bowerman Award Pre-NCAA Watch List Karissa Schweizer is the only distance athlete to make the list.

More Hayward Field News

Bill Bowerman’s Sons Are So Against The Hayward Field Design They Made Phil Night Take Take Their Father’s Name Off The Nine-Story Tower Knight admitted that the criticism from the Bowermans and Steve Prefontaine‘s sisters has been disappointing and hard to take.
Daily Emerald: 40 Advocates Of Preserving Hayward Field’s East Grandstand Host A Discussion To Take Action Former Oregon coach Peter Thompson: “We’re not against the renovation at all. … The university right now is not working with the community. We don’t need something sleek and glitzy – we need something Eugene.”
Ken Goe Says Phil Knight And His Wife Should Get Final Say On The Hayward Field Reconstruction Since They Are Putting Up Most Of The Money He should get say, but it’s at a public university on their property and will affect thousands of athletes and fans for years to come. It should not just be his call.
Oregon Campus Will Lose One Street And 115 Parking Spots Due To Hayward Field Reconstruction
Final Track Town Tuesday Of 2018 Season Will Be At Hayward Field With A Tribute To Former Oregon Coach And Three-Time Olympian Bill Dellinger

Sunday Action

Hengelo: Full Results 2018 FBK Hengelo Games: Jenny Simpson Wins The Mile, 400 PR From Chrsistian Taylor Dafne Schippers, Sam Kendricks, Luvo Manyonga and Mariya Lasitskene with wins and Erik Sowinski a SB.
*Russia’s Mariya Lasitskene Extends Her HJ Winning Streak To 41 With 2.03m World Lead
*IAAF FBK Games Recap
*MB: Jos Hermens’ agency has taken over FBK Hengelo Games – will feature new, innovative format this weekend but 0 distance races
Two-Time Olympic Champ Meseret Defar (68:26) Wins Rock ‘N’ Roll San Diego Half; Titus Ekiru (61:02) Upsets Olympic Silver Medalist Feyisa Lilesa To Win The Men’s Race

LetsThrow.com

DeAnna Price Breaks U.S. Women’s Hammer Record With 254’9″ (77.65m) mark She had two throws better than Gwen Berry‘s old national record of 251-10 (76.77m)

Sad News

Friday Post-Race Interviews (In Player Below Or Here)

NCAA Thursday

LRC Final Sharon Lokedi Wins NCAA 10,000m As Six Women Break 30-Year-Old Meet Record Great run by Lokedi. Full recap with video of finish.

LRC Women’s Day 1 Recap: Comeback Stories (& Fast Times) In The 1,500, A Great Day Of Sprinting, & A Slugfest Is Brewing In The Team Competition A great day of action. The only bad news is the weather forecast for Saturday – cold AND rain.

LRC Predictions And Favorites For All The Running Events At NCAAs We tabulated the votes in our Running Warehouse prediction contest.

Non-NCAA Weekend Action

Genzebe Dibaba Runs 3:56.68 World Lead To Win The 1500 In Chorzow, Poland The time was the third fastest 1500 of her career and a Polish all-comers’ record. Another Polish soil record went down to Ryan Crouser in the SP as he threw 22.27m to beat Tom Walsh and set the record for the most career throws over 22m. Renaud Lavillenie won the PV (5.81m), Sergey Shubenkov won the 110H twice, Canada’s Commonwealth champ Christabel Nettey upset Brittney Reese in the LJ (6.88m), and Poland’s Anita Wlodarczyk and Pawel Fajdek both had upset losses in the hammer as Gwen Berry threw 77.78m to take back her American record.
Sunday: Ethiopia’s 2:05 Man Kelkile Gezahegn Looking To Defend His Title At The Lanzhou Marathon He faces 2:06 man Abayneh Ayele while last year’s runner-up Tigist Girma (2:29:05) faces Gulume Tollesa (2:23:06) and Merima Mohammed (2:23:06).
IAAF Recap: Sri Lanka’s Aruna Darshana Dazzles At Asian Junior Champs Breaking A 19-Year-Old Meet Record To Win The 400m In 45.79

Adrian Martinez Classic

LRC 2018 Adrian Martinez Recap: Ce’Aira Brown Goes Sub-2 Again, Marta Freitas 4:25 Mile, And After 15 Tries Leo Manzano Goes Sub-4 Congrats to Leo for sticking with it.

2018 Oslo Bislett Games Full Results TV & Streaming

Half the barrier is at the right height LRC Women’s Steeple Barrier Set At Men’s Height At Oslo Bislett Games, Chaos Ensues Luckily no one was seriously injured. After things returned to normal, America’s world champ Emma Coburn nearly got the win.
*MB: Gender equity!? Barriers for women’s steeple set at men’s height!!!

LRC 2018 Bislett Games Recap: Elijah Manangoi Wins A Tactical Mile, Jakob Ingebrigtsen Beaten In 1,500 As Abderrahman Samba Amazes Agai n Norway is a rising power in athletics circles but none of their young stars – the Ingebrgitsens, Moen or Warholm – won today. In other action, the rabbit won the men’s 10k and the British record fell in the women’s 100.

Robby Andrews Says The Crowd At The Oslo DL Was Louder Than The Millrose Games
BBC: Dina Asher-Smith SEts New British 100m Record Ran 10.92 To Get 2nd Behind Murielle Ahoure In Oslo
BBC: Jake Heyward Runs British #3 All-Time Under-20 1500m Time With 3:39.84 For 9th In Oslo
Reuters: After 200 Win, Guliyev Says He Wants Pietro Mennea’s European Record The 19.72 record has stood since 1979.
Recommended Read: New TJ American Record Holder Tori Franklin Credits A Lot Of Her Success To New Coach Andreas Pavlou, Whom She Met Thanks To A Random Airplane Encounter Franklin was 2nd in Oslo today.
MB: Official 2018 Bislett Games/Oslo Diamond League Discussion Thread
MB: Why isn’t Jakob Ingebrigtsen running the Dream Mile with his older brothers?
MB: Julien Wanders vs Sondre Moen, Olso Bislett Games 10,000m

NCAAs MB Talk:

*Official 2018 NCAAs Day 1 Discussion Thread
*What!? Some guy I’ve never heard of just won the ncaa 10k!!! The unheralded Ben Flanagan of Michigan via Canada is your NCAA champ.
*Men’s 10k Thread – Men’s 10k is on!!! 29 point first 200. The first lap was 60.94 as the three Alabama Kenyans tried to break free but they have been caught.
*BEN FLANAGAN IS SQUEAK FROM “BASEKETBALL”
*WHAT THE HECK happened to BYU? The had the last, next to last and third to last finishers in the 10k.
*Josh Kerr says he may go for the collegiate record in the final
*Georgia’s 9.99 man Kendal Williams and Arkansas State’s 9.97 man Jaylen Bacon are OUT of NCAA men’s 100 after 1st round The Houston sprint squad is BRINGING it and have 3 guys in the final.
*LRC Post-Race Interviews We’re uploading them as the meet takes place, so mute ESPN and listen to this.

Women Start Thursday LRC What To Watch At 2018 NCAA Outdoors For Women: Schweizer & Orji Go For #7, The Sydney McLaughlin Show, & Could The Last Race At Hayward Be A Classic? We give you our top 5 storylines for the final NCAAs at Hayward as it’s currently configured, starting with the great Sydney McLaughlin.

LRC $200,018 Running Warehouse Prediction Contest Is Here Simple to play. Give us your top 3 from our guide in the running events.

Full 2018 NCAA Outdoor Coverage Here

Previous NCAA News

LRC Which Distance Races Should You Be Most Excited About at 2018 NCAAs? We Rank Them All, #1 Through #10 We’ve focused our 2018 NCAA pre-meet coverage on the non-distance events, until now. From the men’s 5,000 (#1) to the men’s steeple (#10), Rojo ranks the distance events at NCAAs this year and then gives out his predictions.

Men Start Wednesday LRC What To Watch At 2018 NCAA Outdoors For Men: A Historic 400, A Battle Of NCAA Champs In The 5K, & The Brilliance Of Holloway, Saruni, & Kerr We give you our top 5 story lines starting with an unreal men’s 400.

Paavo Nurmi Games And Other Recent Results

IAAF Paavo Nurmi Games Recap: Magnus Kirt Wins Javelin Showdown With Estonia NR Of 88.73 Kirt beat out German duo Thomas Rohler and Johannes Vetter, but didn’t pass the 93.09 Finnish record, so did not get to win his own island. Other winners included Meskerem Mamo in the 3,000 (8:38), Youness Essalhi in the 1,500 (3:38.39), Sergey Shubenkov 110H (13.18), Ramil Guliyev 200m (20.23) and Sandra Perkovic discuss (66.22m). *Results
Connor Clark (3:54) And Tracee Van Der Wyk (4:29) Win State Street Mile Titles In Santa Barbara Van der Wyk just beat out Kim Conley (4:30) while Clark won a close race over Reid Buchanan and Craig Lutz, who also both ran 3:54 (top 11 all were sub-4).
10-Year-Old Arielle Avina Wins Rock ‘N’ Roll San Diego 5K In 19:20 She’s the youngest female to ever win a RnR series 5k event.

Did You Run On June 6? It Was Global Running Day *IAAF 24:1 24-Hour Live Stream

IAAF Is Celebrating Global Running Day With Series Of 24 One Mile Races In Cities Throughout The World The IAAF Run 24:1 starts in Auckland New Zealand and ends on the other side of the world in Vancouver, Canada. The USA run is in Los Angeles.
More Than 600 European Race Oranizers Have Signed Up To Take Part In Global Running Day

Prague On Monday And Other Results

Ryan Crouser Remains Undefeated (22.31m), Mike Rodgers Runs WL 9.92, Paralympian Blake Leeper Runs 44.42
*MB: Blake Leeper double-amputee 400 WR 44.42 in Prague Swimmers aren’t allowed to compete with fins on. Wheelchair racers don’t race Eliud Kipchoge. We have no idea why Paralympian 400 runners are allowed to compete against able bodied athletes in official competitions. If they want to do it as an exhibition, we are all for it but this is getting ridiculous.
Rikenette Steenkamp Breaks 21-Year-Old South African 100m Hurdles Record With 12.91 In Prague Steenkamp has an impressive story as it was just 2016 when she had to relearn how to walk after having surgery to remove an extra bone in her ankle.
Czech Republic’s Jakub Vadlejch Approaches The 90m Barrier With 89.02m Javelin Win In Prague
Greg Mitchell (1:100:36) And Melissa Gacek (1:25:03) Win USATF Masters Half Marathon Championships
USATF Weekend Round-Up A good run-down of the top USA results from the weekend for anyone who wasn’t reading the LRC home page the past few days.
AW Weekly Round-Up

Hayward Field May Soon Be Changed Forever

LRC With Hayward Field Set To Be Demolished, Pros Alan Webb, Matthew Centrowitz, Nick Symmonds, Christian Coleman And Jenny Simpson Recall Their Favorite Races At Hayward Some top pros of the post-2000 era recall their favorite Hayward races.
*We Want To Hear From You: MB: What was your favorite race at Hayward Field? The top pros share their favorite Hayward field memories

Eugene Register-Guard Exclusive: Phil Knight Walked Away From Paying For Hayward Field Renovations Last Year; Worlds Weren’t Coming To US Until He Changed His Mind Great read that talks about some of the infighting behind the project. Read and discuss at link above.
Oregonian Exclusive: Nike Vice President Of Design Tinker Hatfield Blasts New Plan For Hayward Field Hatfield says the new design will have a negative effect on performance and attendance. In a way, he also blasts Phil Knight and Seb Coe. It can’t be a coincidence that this story and the one above came out on the same day. Discuss Here

Jail For Aden?

Aden and Souleiman celebrate an indoor world record Jama Aden Update: He Could Get 4.5 Years In Prison, Prosecutors Say They Found Multiple Types Of EPO Pre-Loaded In Syringes And the crazy thing is no one has tested positive, showing how the smart people don’t test positive. Read and discuss at link above.
*The Guardian’s Headline: “Former Mo Farah Aide Jama Aden Could Face Prison Over Doping Offences” When Aden applies for jobs, do you think “former Mo Farah aide” is the first or second line on his resume? Probably first.

2018 Rome Golden Galan Pietro Mennea DL *Full Results

MB: Official 2018 Rome Golden Gala DL Discussion Thread

LRC Rome Recap: Ronnie Baker Is The Real Deal, Coburn Nearly Wins But Falls, Samba Sizzles, Manyonga And Echevarría Soar Ronnie Baker took it to Christian Coleman again, there was a great 400m hurdles and long jump, and Emma Coburn might have won the steeple if it wasn’t for a fall on the final water jump.

Video: 2018 Rome Diamond League Race Replays And Video Highlights

Stockholm Diamond League Is Sunday *Provisional Entry Lists

IAAF Preview: Pole Vault Duel Between World Champ Sam Kendricks Vs. Mondo Duplantis One Of The Highlights In Stockholm DL Distance action includes Jenny Simpson vs. Laura Muir in the 1,500, a men’s 1,000 with Adam Kszczot vs. Kenyans Kipyegon Bett and Ferguson Rotich and Pre Classic 2 mile winner Selemon Barega leading the 5k. Other highlights: Russia’s Maria Lasitskene looks to extend her HJ win streak, Olympic champ Tianna Bartoletta vs. world indoor champ Ivana Spanovic in the LJ, world champ Karsten Warholm vs. world leader Abderrahman Samba in the 400H and a rematch between Murielle Ahoure and Dina Asher-Smith in the 100m.
*Five Things To Look Out For At The Stockholm Diamond League

NCAAs Day 1 Men (Wednesday)

LRC Upset City! Michigan’s Ben Flanagan Stuns Everyone To Win 10,000m Title Ben Flanagan had never broken 29 minutes in his life before Wednesday, but he believed in himself and he stunned the NCAA track and field world by winning the 10,000m title.
*Ben Flanagan Raves About Coach Kevin Sullivan After His 10k Win “He cares so much about his athletes and instills a level of self-belief that is incredibly humbling, yet motivating. I hope everyone gets the chance to meet Sully, it really is a special privilege.”
*SI’s Chris Chavez Talks With Flanagan’s Mom

LRC Day 1 Recap: Terrific Field Action As Denzel Comenentia Leads The Meet By Himself, Josh Kerr Is Thinking NCAA Record, & Florida’s Title Chances Take A Hit A great day 1 is in the books and Comenentia won the hammer and the shot.
*Despite LJ Struggles, Florida Men Still Projected To Win By 13 At NCAAs

Full Day 1 Results On 1 Page Ben Flanagan of Michigan pulled the upset in the men’s 10,000m, Chris Nilsen of South Dakota broke the NCAA meet record in the pole vault, and Georgia’s Denzel Comenentia won the shot put and the hammer throw. Grant Holloway of Florida was a non-scorer in 9th in the long jump.

Tonight In Boston (Concord, MA)

2018 Adrian Martinez Preview

Have You Ever Seen The Last 2 Laps Of The 1964 Olympic 5,000m? (We Hadn’t Either Until This Article)

LRC On the Eve Of The Final Meet At Hayward Field, A Tribute To American Track And Field Legend, “The Magician,” Bill Dellinger Dellinger may be most known for coaching at Oregon but he got an Olympic medal in 1964 as well. Worth a read/quick watch.

Previous Outside NCAA Coverage

A Look At UTEP’s Forgotten Man – Jonah Koech Koech, who beat NCAA record holder Michael Saruni twice at conference, has opted for the 800, not the 1,500, at NCAAs as that’s where his passion is.
USF’s Charlotte Taylor Tries For Another NCAA Title In 10,000 Taylor, who grew up playing soccer with boys, describes herself as a “vicious” as a child, is 1 of 13 foreigners on the team and they are getting 6 more for next year.
Oregon Women Will Fight To Retain Their NCAA Women’s Track Title This Week They are seeded 3rd – 4 points out of 1st – but easily could win if Arianna Washington, the 2016 NCAA 100 and 200 champ, returns to form (but she’s not projected to score).

Do You Know Of A Good Local Story On The NCAA? Email Us. Full 2018 NCAA Coverage

San Diego Marathon “Shooting”

The San Diego Tribune: Police Arrest Woman Shooter In Downtown San Diego Near Rock ‘N’ Roll Marathon She was only armed with an airsoft gun, but an officer accidentally shot himself while pursuing her (his injuries aren’t life threatening).
*The Washington Post: Officer Accidentally Shot Self During Suspect Chase *CBS News
*MB: Shooter arrested at Roll ‘n’ Roll San Diego Marathon

Weekend US Action

LRC Solid Distance Results At The 2018 Music City Distance Carnival Highlights included Emily Richards (2:00.67) and Thomas Staines (1:45.57) taking the 800 wins and steeple wins from Genevieve Lalonde (9:38) and Anthony Rotich (8:34). 4:05.69 win by Marta Freitas in the 1,500.
*DyeStat: Caitlin Collier (2:00.85 800) And Brodey Hasty (8:00.92 3,000) Come Up Big At Music City Distance Carnival Collier: “This was a much bigger mental battle against myself. I realized I could go out and run against all those other women.”
*MileSplit: Caitlin Collier Runs #5 All-Time 800 With 2:00.85
*MB: Caitlin Collier 2:00.85
*MB: Brodey Hasty Runs #3 All-Time 3000 With 8:00.92 At Music City
RRW: Sarah Pagano Wins Freihofer’s Run With Big Final Surge Diane Nukuri had a small lead towards the end, but Pagano surged past her in the final kilometer to win in 15:48 with Stephanie Bruce 2nd (15:53) and Nukuri 3rd (15:56).
MileSplit Video Interview: Anthony Schwartz Runs 4th All-Time High School 100m With 10.09
MB: Sophomore Matt Strangio Closes In 57 To Win California State Meet 3200 In 8:56
Anna Hall Breaks National High School Heptathlon Record with 5798 She destroyed Kendell Williams‘ record by 220 points and she’s only a junior in HS.
Katelyn Tuohy Runs Double US#1s Ahead Of New York State Meet 4:22 for 1,500 and 9:15 for 3k at the same HS meet is pretty darn impressive.
MB: Zach Miller’ Amazing North Face 50 Miler Finish

Sprints And Jumps

Recommended Read: Dawn Harper Nelson Tells The Story Behind Her 2008 Olympic 100H Gold Harper talks about coming back to the athlete village and sharing a room with teammate Damu Cherry, who was 4th. “All night she was crying in bed and I am in the other bed knowing I am Olympic champion, bursting with emotion.”
Bahamas 400 Runner Steven Gardiner Shares The High And Low Of His Career Apparently third time was the charm for Gardiner as e won World silver last year after having the two lows of his career at Rio 2016 and Beijing 2015.
IAAF: 100 Years After Her Birth, Francina “Fanny” Blankers-Koen’s Legacy Lives On She is most remembered for winning four golds at the 1948 London Olympics in the 100, 200, 80m hurdles and 4 x 100.
Jamaica’s Commonwealth Games TJ Champ Kimberly Williams Explains Her Love For The Sport “The best thing about triple jump is that it is very technical and it feels easy when you do it right. I often know it is a good jump when I’m going into the jump phase because it feels like I have been in the air forever.”