June 12, 2018 | LetsRun.com

Comrades Was Last Weekend But We Didn’t Have Space For It Up Top

RRW 2018 Comrades Recap: Bongmusa Mthembu repeated, Ann Ashworth pulled off upset in women’s race Asworth, a 2:48 marathoner, was a surprise winner in the women’s race but the men’s race went according to form as Bongmusa Mthembu became the first guy to repeat since Stephen Muzhingi did in 2010-11.
*MB: Comrades Marathon (Ultra Pace)

An Inner Look At How USATF Operates

Screenshot 2018-06-12 at 11.40.38 Memo Says Max Siegel Promised 2021 USATF Champs To Mt. SAC AFTER Pulling Out Of 2020 Trials Great reporting by Ken Stone. Meanwhile we’re one lawsuit away from Eugene not being ready for 2020 Trials.

Full Contract Between Mt. SAC And USATF For Hosting Olympic Trials Released Want to host the Trials? Come up with $3 million + all the expenses for the Trials.

Kipchoge At Berlin 2018

MB: It’s Official: Eliud Kipchoge to go for it again at 2018 BMW Berlin Marathon He’ll be joined by Wilson Kipsang and Zersenay Tadese.

Non-NCAA Weekend Action

RRW: Mary Keitany Dominates NYRR New York 10K Keitany ran 30:59 to win by more than a minute. Aliphine Tuliamuk (32:08) and Molly Huddle (32:25) were 2-3.
LRC Saturday’s Racers Grand Prix: Results And Video – Noah Lyles Goes Sub-10 For First Time At Racers Grand Prix In Jamaica Ajee Wilson went sub-2 in the 800.
*IAAF Recap: Zharnel Hughes Runs 9.91 World Lead Noah Lyles was 2nd (9.93) and Yohan Blake 3rd (10.00). Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce continued her comeback from childbirth with a 11.10 victory while Kirani James out-dipped Fred Kerley to take the 400m in 44.35.
Genzebe Dibaba Runs 3:56.68 World Lead To Win The 1,500 In Chorzow, Poland The time was the third-fastest 1,500 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.

NCAAs Friday

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.

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.

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

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

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)

Demolition Of Historic East Grandstand At Hayward Field Has Begun

Ken Goe: Preliminary Work Begins On Demolition Of East Grandstand At University Of Oregon’s “Historic” Hayward Field Opponents say demolition is in violation of state law, UofO says everything is fine.

LRC East Grandstand Supporters Issue Statement Saying Demolition Of Hayward Field Is Illegal Violation Of State Law “Noncompliance with ORS 358.653 constitutes a violation of state law, and so it is our opinion today’s work violates and invalidates the demolition permit issued by the City of Eugene for the Hayward Field Renovation Project. The City permit office has been informed of our grave concern about the willful destruction of publicly owned historic property.”
*MB: Historic Hayward Field may soon be a thing of the past – Demolition of East Grandstands may have already begun

Upcoming: Ostrava Golden Spike Tomorrow

Wednesday: Solid Distance Action Set For Ostrava Golden Spike Meet With Genzebe Dibaba In The 800 And World Indoor Silver Medalist Selemon Barega In The 3,000 Against Shanghai DL 5,000 Winner Birhanu Balew There is also a great matchup in the women’s 1,500 with Gudaf Tsegay (4:00.96 meet record), Nelly Jepkosgei (4:00.99) and Dawit Seyaum (3:58.09). Non-distance action includes Mutaz Barshim in the HJ, recent hype LJer Juan Miguel Echevarria, 200 world champ Ramil Guliyev, Justin Gatlin vs. Mike Rodgers and Commonwealths champ Akani Simbine in the 100, and Dafne Schippers vs. Murielle Ahoure in the 200m.
June 19: Renaud Lavillenie Competing On Home Soil At The Meeting De Montreuil Olympic 200m bronze medalist Christophe Lemaitre is also competing.

Stockholm Diamond League Sunday *Results

LRC Stockholm Recap: Young Stars Duplantis & Echevarria Get First DL Wins, Echevarria 8.83!!!!!, Women’s 1,500 Goes Out In Sub-60 This meet was surprisingly entertaining with world leads in 5,000, 100H, 1,000 and discus. Jenny Simpson 4th in the 1,500.

Stockholm Discussion: Echevarria Goes 8.83. Will He Get WR? With .1 less wind it would have been longest jump in world since Mike Powell‘s WR.
First Time Ever A Women’s 1,500 Has Gone Out Sub-60? 59.96 For 1st 400 In Stockholm Turns out it was done 25 years ago.
Live Stockholm DL Thread

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

Previous Non-NCAA Weekend Action

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

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

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.

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.

Portland Track Festival *Results

Clayton Murphy Outkicks Drew Hunter In Portland Track Festival 1,500m Murphy ran 3:40.25 to Hunter’s 3:41.05. Eric Jenkins took the 5,000 in 13:21 and Drew Windle the 800 in 1:47.50 over Craig Engels (1:47.96) with Matthew Centrowitz in 6th. On the women’s side, Stephanie Brown ran 4:06.71 to win the 1,500 over Emily Lipari, Dani Jones and Alexa Efraimson. Marielle Hall won the 5,000 in 15:16.
Discuss: Clayton Murphy takes down Drew Hunter, Windle>Centro @8, Jenkins (13:21), Marielle Hall (15:16) Win

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

MB: Official 2018 NCAA Day 4 Live Discussion Thread

LRC USC Women Bring The Curtain Down On Hayward Field By Clinching The National Title In Dramatic 4 X 400 Relay Jonathan Gault provides his take on what was likely the final major race at Hayward Field.

LRC Distance Recap: Sammy Watson Gets Her First NCAA Title, Karissa Schweizer Her Last, Allie Ostrander #2 And Jessica Hull #1 The great NCAA career of Schweizer came to an end while Sammy Watson got title #1.

LRC Miss NCAAs On Saturday? Race Videos And Highlights

LRC Sydney Goes Pro Sydney McLaughlin did what we expected: turned professional.

Saturday On the Boards (recaps coming):
OH MY G*! USC WINS IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sydney McLaughlin’s Split in the 4×4
Sammy MF Watson!
John Anderson of ESPN please stop the jokes
John Anderson – PLEASE continue with Track and Field
It’s Official: Sydney McLaughlin has turned professional

High School Action

Katelyn Tuohy Breaks New York State Champs Meet 1,500m Record With 4:14.75 Victory The sophomore won the race by more than 13 seconds to complete the 1,500/3,000 double.
Quick Two-Mile Victories By James Mwaura (8:48.76) And Taryn O’Neill (9:54.40) Highlight Brooks PR The top 8 boys broke the 9-minute barrier (sophomore class record for Cole Sprout in 2nd with 8:49.46) while the top 5 girls went sub-10. Mile wins went to Dustin Horter (4:04.68) and Mariah Castillo (4:41.40). Sprint action included 400m wins by Sean Burrel (46.97) and Jan’taijah Ford (53.06). *Results
Katelyn Tuohy Breaks Aisling Cuffe’s New York State 3,000m Record With 9:09.71 Victory To Win The NY State Meet The time also broke her own 9:15 national sophomore class record.
*MileSplit: NY State Meet Day 1 Highlights
MB: Biological boys go 1-2 at girls state finals in Connecticut… awkward finish (video)

NCAA Recaps From The Local Media

Nike Designer Tinker Hatfield And Supporters Of Preserving Hayward Field’s East Grandstand Meet In Eugene 50 supporters met to discuss what legal and historical preservation options they could use to save the East grandstand.
Register-Guard: USC Trojans Win Final Event To Edge Georgia Bulldogs For Team Title By 1 Point The meet was ridiculously tight with Stanford just one more point back in 3rd and Kentucky 7 points off USC in 4th.
The Oregonian: USC Claims NCAA Women’s Title As Oregon Ducks Wilt In The Rain Oregon was hoping to contend for the win, but ended 7th in the team standings.
Austin Meek: It Was An Oregon Weather Day On The Final Day Of NCAAs Meek writes that they expect the rain, but could have done without the hail which hit runners so hard they couldn’t see the finish line.
Register-Guard: Oregon Were Thinking Big Things Were In Store For Their Final Meet At Hayward Field, But Were “Left Instead Wondering What Might Have Been”
The Oregonian: Georgia Wins, Records Fall, The Oregon Ducks Barely Register In NCAA Men’s Champs Georgia scored 52 points to finish 10 ahead of pre-meet favorite Florida. Oregon had its worst team finish in 16 years to finish with 8 points in 35th.
Register-Guard: Record-Setting Men’s Final Day Doesn’t Include The Oregon Ducks

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 x 100 squads clash at the Harry Jerome Invitational on June 26-27.

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.

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.