Tremendous Matchup In Chicago

It’s Official: Rupp Vs. Farah In 2018 Bank Of America Chicago Marathon With Pacers! link fixed We’ll find out how friendly the ex-training partners are on the streets of Chicago.
From The Archives: 5/28  Galen Rupp and Mo Farah: It’s more than you think!
*5/28 Okay so Mo actually does join Galen in Chicago, who wins?

Week That Was

WTW: NCAA Upsets, Katelyn Tuohy Vs. Mary Cain, Battle Of Sexes In Connecticut, LRC Singlet Gets First National Title Plus Leo Manzano went sub-4 and Georgia almost swept the NCAA titles after being 8th and 5th at the SEC meet.
Discuss: The LetsRun curse has been lifted – Leo Manzano has broken sub 4. What athlete should we name the LRC passwords after now??

Ostrava Golden Spike *Results

• LRC 2018 Ostrava Golden Spike Recap: Echevarria Soars To 8.66 World Leader In LJ, Gatlin Tunes Up For USAs With Win In 100, Barega Wins Again Juan Miguel Echevarria was sensational as the 19-year-old became the 1st human to record 3 jumps over 8.50 in the same competition in 21 years. American Ben True was with the leaders in the 3k at the bell and ran 7:41.86 and Genzebe Dibaba got smoked in the 800 and failed to break 2:00. Plus Gatlin won the 100, Kim Collins retired, Selemon Barega got a world lead in the 3,000, Dafne Schippers defeated Ahoure in the 200, and more.
• Ostrava Live Thread
• Wejo’s Thoughts On Ostrava: Ostrava Was Entertaining: Echevarria With 3 Bombs In Long Jump, Gatlin Wins 100 (Video)+ 25 Guys In The 3k, 13 Women In 800 

More Long Jump News

Greg Rutherford Will Retire At The End Of The Year As Injuries Have Taken Their Toll: “I just don’t want to be in pain every day of my life.” His athletic career isn’t over as he’s hoping to become a pro cyclist. No joke.
*Greg Rutherford: London 2012 Long Jump Champion To Try Track Cycling After Track Retirement
*RR Tribute: Greg Rutherford Ends AGlorious Career As He Competed, Squeezing Every Last Drop From His Crumbling Body “In any other era, Greg Rutherford probably wouldn’t have been an Olympic champion. His winning mark of 8.31m in London would not have won gold in any other Games since Tokyo 1964, or set a world lead in any of the past 40 years. Had rivals Dwight Phillips and Irving Saladino been fit then it might not have been enough in 2012, either. But Rutherford possessed a determination which transformed him from a talented long jumper into a multiple champion.”

Mike Powell loans his 1991 WR singlet to Ostrava museum until Continental Cup takes place there at end of summer 

2018 Chorzow, Poland Diary: Brittney Reese Ends 2018 Season, Now Focus Is On Preparing For 2019 We are very confused by this. Who needs 10 months to get ready for 2019? *Discuss

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 

• Ken Goe: Supporters Of Hayward’s East Grandstand About Out Of Options Goe writes, “I think they are about out of options unless they want to lawyer up and go to court.”
• Register-Guard: Dismantling Of Historic Hayward Field East Grandstand Starts With Removal Of Wooden Bleachers Work on demolishing the stadium is expected to begin next month.

Post-NCAA

• Recommended Read: LA Times: Inside The USC Women’s Track Team’s Relay Miracle At The NCAA Championship A great read.
  *MB: USC Star of the NCAA Women’s 4 x 400 relay, Kendall Ellis to Turn Pro Not a surprise considering she’s run 49.99 and was a senior.
• Kendall Ellis Is Turning Pro With a 49.99 PR and her epic 4 x 400 anchor, this isn’t surprising at all.
• Register-Guard: NCAAs Were Less Than Memorable For Oregon 7th and 35th place wasn’t how they were hoping to go out in the last meet at “historic” Hayward Field.
• The Inside Story On Sean McGorty’s Comeback From Achilles Surgery To An NCAA Title In Less Than A Year
• Alabama Men And Stanford Women Named USTFCCCA Programs Of The Year Stanford broke a 9-year streak by the Oregon women for the best team across all three seasons (XC, indoor, outdoor).
• USTFCCCA: The 2018 Outdoor Season And The Collegiate Record Book A rundown of the ten collegiate records that went down during the 2018 season.
• List Of The NCAA DI All-Americans For 2018 Outdoor T&F Season

Asian Junior Champs

• Two More Records Fall As Asian Junior Champs Conclude Japan 18-year-old Nozomi Tanaka dominated the women’s 3,000 to win by almost 10 seconds in 9:04.36 while Japan set a MR in the women’s 4 x 400 (3:38.20).
• Iran’s Hossein Rasouli Produces Major Upset To Win Asian Junior Champs Discus With A 62.29m Championship Record Japan went 1-2 in the women’s 800 with Ayaka Kawata taking the win (2:04.14).
• 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

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

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