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Quote Of The Day

“I’m super happy. It’s up there with one of my biggest accomplishments. It’s the perfect way to cap off my sophomore year. I think I had an incredible year.”

– Katelyn Tuohy speaking after running 4:33.87 to set the girls high school mile record, dominating New Balance Outdoor Nationals by more than 15 seconds.
*MB: Tuohy 4:33!! New high school outdoor mile record

USAs Start Thursday

LRC$200,018 Running Warehouse USAs Prediction Contest Get your picks in. $100 RW gift certificates and HOKA One One Cliftons to winner.

It’s That Time Of The Year – Who’s Turning Pro?

MB:New Mexico’s Three-Time NCAA Champ Josh Kerr Goes Pro With Total Sports Management
FloTrack’s Rundown Of The College Athletes Going Pro Some big names who have recently announced they’re going pro are Kentucky’s 100H NCAA champ Jasmine Camacho-Quinn, NCAA 400 record setter Michael Norman and NCAA 400H champ Rai Benjamin. Sean McGorty and Karissa Schweizer both signed with Kimbia Athletics, which may mean they could end up with the BTC.

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?

Previous Doping News

Bill Introduced In Congress To Make Doping In Worldwide Events A Crime The House action would call for prison terms of up to 10 years and fines of up to $1 million for knowingly making, distributing or using performance-enhancing drugs in global competitions an is named after Grigory Rodchenkov.
*Alan Abrahamson Is Opposed To It, Calls It “Dumb And Counter-Productive” And Says, “Congress does some really dumb stuff.”
Asbel Kiprop Gives Up Fight To Prove Innocence – Says He Doesn’t Have Resources To Fight IAAF link fixed
5 Members Of Britain’s Anti-Doping Agency (UKAD) Are In Kenya To Train Their Anti-Doping Workers
And From A Different Type Of Transgression: 6th Placer At 2005 Worlds Marathon Says Coach Took Her Wallet Away So She Couldn’t Buy Food And She’d Be Forced To Stay Skinny Yumiko Hara, 36, is currently on trial for shoplifting a candy bar, which she admitted she did do.

College News

Edrick Floreal Leaving Kentucky To Take Head Job At Texas
RR A Look At What Makes Georgia’s Petros Kyprianou So Special – Ambition, Organization And A Lot Of Knowledge Kyprianou, a former decathlon star, has a masters degree in exercise science and biomechanics and is a certified trainer and a competitive weightlifter. He promised the Georgia AD he’s win a national title within 3 years and was proven correct.
RR The Original “Men Of Oregon” Take A Lap Along Memory Lane 11 men who ran for Bill Bowerman got together over NCAAs and reminisced about Bowerman. “I think he was one of the greatest leaders I’ve ever seen,” said Gordon Dahlquist. “He only wanted to be known as a teacher.”
The Bowerman: 2018 Women’s Semifinalists Named A field event star has never won it but we feel it maybe should go to Keturah Orji or Maggie Ewen.
Carl Lewis Recently Returned To His HS To Share Some Of His Coaching Secrets
Jesse Squire Tries To Predict What NCAA Stars From This Year Will Make 2020 US Olympic Team

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.

Here We Go

Breaking:Caster Semenya Will Challenge IAAF’s New Rules On Hyperandrogenism Law firm Norton Rose Fulbright said in a statement that the legal challenge would be filed on Monday at the CAS in Lausanne. Semenya said, “I just want to run naturally, the way I was born. It is not fair that I am told I must change. It is not fair that people question who I am. I am Mokgadi Caster Semenya. I am a woman and I am fast.” *Discuss

Grandma’s Marathon

MBKellyn Taylor Wins 2018 Grandma’s Marathon In 2:24:28 – Moves To #7 All-Time On US List Taylor ran a slight negative split (72:30 first half) and won by nearly six minutes.

Kara Goucher Debating Between Continuing Her Elite Marathon Career Or Moving On To Ultra Running She had a disappointing day in the half with 1:18:15., but is still hoping to qualify for 2019 Worlds in the marathon.
*MB:Kara Goucher runs 1:18+ half marathon – afterwards mentions personal crisis? “It’s something I’ve been dealing with a long time and it’s something that came to a head the last couple months. … A month from now I’m going to be much better. It’s been really draining.”
Taylor’s Boston Contract Forbade Her From Running Any Marathon For 60 Days – Grandma’s Was 61 Days After Boston
*Elisha Barno Wins 4th-Straight Men’s Title In 2:10:06
Garry Bjorklund Half Marathon ResultsPanuel Mkungo (1:02:50) and Monicah Ngige (1:09:55) got the wins.

Distance News Of Note

Gary Cantrell – Founder Of The Famed The Barkley Marathons – Is Walking Across America And Jesse Squire Joined Him For A Walk
Asbel Kiprop Says Federico Rosa Has Abandoned Him In A Time Of Need When other Rosa athletes tested positive, Kiprop went out of his way to vouch for the Rosas, now Federico is allegedly not returning his calls.
*MB: Asbel Kiprop gives up fight to prove innoncence – Says he doesn’t have resources to fight IAAF
Ricky Simms Gives The Inside Scoop On Vivian Cheruiyot’s Training For London He says the training was far from textbook as she missed nearly two weeks in March.
2020 Japanese Olympic Marathon Trials Will Be Held 11 Months Before Olympics On September 15, 2019
Good Read: Michigan State Signee Abdi Ahmed Arrived In The US 4 Years Ago, Speaking No English And With No Parents He went out to track practice and the team was amazed he could hang on a 7-miler with guys running 40-50 mpw. He ran 9:09 as a junior. “I felt I could have more opportunities in my life if I ran harder. Because it is such a hard challenge, running would make the other hard articles in my life easier.”

NCAA 5k Runner-Up Allie Buchalski, Formerly Of Furman, Has Joined The Brooks Beasts She’s a bit worried about the fact that she’s never lived more than 2 hours away from home.
Toni Reavis Compares The Destruction Of Hayward Field To The Destruction Of Fenway Park “It’s been said that only fools and fabulists fail to understand that time marches on. But you can’t design tradition into blueprints. Eugene has something very rare right now, something that took nearly a century to create, something that a modern facility for all its upgrades can’t duplicate…”
5 Years Of Edward Cheserek Photos: Chasing Edward Cheserek
World Cross-Country Bronze Medalist Lilian Kasait Beat Alice Aprot At Kenya Prisons Service Champs A lot of the big stars like steeplechaser Cellphine Chespol are in off events – she’s in the 800.

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??

Previous Junior News

MB: HS coaches/fans, can you explain to me how you choose between US juniors and New Balance Nationals Outdoor?
More Junior News: Kenya’s Under-20 African 800m Champion Solomon Lekuta Wants World Jr. Gold And he’s a big fan of Rudisha but not related to him.
USATF’s Preview Of 2018 USATF Junior Championships
Get The Latest Info From NBNO: Big Board 2018 NBNO
A Few Big Relay Records Could Be In Jeopardy At New Balance Nationals Outdoor Might the boys DMR from 2001, led by Alan Webb, (9:49.78) fall?
DyeStat.com – 10 Women’s Story Lines To Follow At USATF Junior Outdoor Track And Field Championships 2018
DyeStat.com – 10 Men’s Story Lines To Follow At USATF Junior Outdoor Track And Field Championships 2018
DyeStat.com – Who’s Coming – Distance – 2018 New Balance Nationals Outdoor
More HS News: MB: Where’s the love for NJ HSer Devin Hart? He ran 8:53 at Brooks, took a redeye and then ran 8:58 to win NJ MOC

Hurdle News

Former Hurdle Stars Kevin Young And Terrence Trammell Think Sydney McLaughlin Will Break Records Both On And Off The Track
*McLaughlin And Other Pros Expected To Follow Eldrick Floreal To Texas
Devon Allen Says He Learns A Lot Of His Hurdling Technique By Watching YouTube Videos Of course, his HS coach Tim O’Neil – who is coaching him once again – deserves a lot of praise as well.

Sprint News

World’s Fastest Man Zharnel Hughes (9.91) Claims He’s Run 9.79 In Practice
Kirani James Talks About His First Race In Over A Year It went quite well as he beat Fred Kerley 44.35 to 44.36.
Statue Of Shelly-Anne Fraser-Pryce That Will Be Unveiled Later This Month Has Arrived In Jamaica

More Bravado From Kenya

2018 World Youth Silver Medalist Edward Zakayo (13:24 PR, Also 2018 CG Bronze) Vows He’ll Get Revenge On Ethiopia’s Selemon Barega At World Juniors Later This Summer We don’t think so. Barega won World Youths last year and will be at World Juniors this summer.

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.

International Action

France’s Jimmy Vicaut Roars To 9.92 Clocking To Win The Meeting De Marseille 100m It was the European 100m record holder’s 20th sub-10. Other action included Allyson Felix losing in the 400 (3rd in 52.01 in a race won by Italy’s Libania Grenot in 51.51) and Morocco’s Mostafa Smaili winning the 800 in 1:45.76 over GB’s Andrew Osagie (1:45.79).
Moses Kibet (28:26) And Clémence Calvin (31:20) Win Langueux 10K In France Calvin was a surprise home win, breaking the French national 10K road record. Kibet won a close race outsprinting Ethiopia’s Yismaw Ayenu by a second with Gizachev Hailu Negasa (28:28) a close 3rd.
Timothy Cheruiyot (1:44.74) And Cellphine Chespol (2:06.48) Win 800s In PRs At Kenya Prisons Champs The steepler Chespol had earlier also won the 1,500.
England U23/U20 Champs: Jake Norris Breaks British Under-20 Hammer Record With 80.45m The men’s u20 3000 was won with a 56-second last lap after what AW’s Steve Smythewrites was “effectively a 2000m jog, a 600m warm up and then a 400m race.”
Only 76 Points Separate The Top 5 Decathletes After Day 1 Of Ratingen Multi Meet Germany’s Manuel Eitel is the surprise overnight leader while World silver medalist Carolin Schäfer leads the women’s heptathlon.

European News

Men’s 200 In Lausanne On July 5th Is Going To Be Insane With Lyles, Coleman And New Pro Michael Norman Plus Semenya vs. Muir at 1,500.
50 Days To Go: 2018 European Championships Medals Unveiled

Previous Distance News

Lengthy Feature: Cross-Country Coach Scott Beigel Died A Hero In The Parkland Shooting Beigel was off during the period when the shooting happened but lost his life after herding a ton of students into his classroom.
Results From 2018 HOKA NJNY Twilight : Travis Mahoney Wins In 3:41, Nicole Tully Wins In 4:09
Scientific Studies: Pre-Race Sex Won’t Hurt Your Athletic Performance
Aliphine Tuliamuk Will Try To Defend Peachtree Title, Injured Leonard Korir Will Not, But Chris Derrick And Sam Chelanga Are Racing The race is serving as the USATF 10k champs once again. Women’s race will also include Sara Hall and Emma Bates.
Missouri Coach Marc Burns Calls Karissa Schweizer 5k Victory “… her best [title] yet, without a doubt, because everyone had thrown her out, everyone had left her for dead after Thursday.”
After Running A Solo 13:35, Kemoy Campbell Is Hoping To Break Jamaican Record At Jamaican Champs “It would be great to see if I could get the Jamaican record in Jamaica,” said Campbell, who is now training alone. He set the current mark at 13 minutes 20.39 seconds in 2015.
Former Providence runner Julian Oakley is thriving in his first year as a pro but it torn as to what is his event “My long-term future might be over 5k but I really like running the mile,” said Oakel who has run pbs in the 1500m (3:39.92), the mile (3:55.10) and 3000m this year (7:44.34)
The Bowerman: 2018 Men’s Semifinalists A slew of collegiate record holders are on the list but we guarantee you two of them won’t win – Josh Kerr and Michael Saruni.

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

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 Ashworth, a 2:48 marathoner, was a surprise winner in the women’s race but the men’s race went according to form as Mthembu became the first guy to repeat since Stephen Muzhingi did in 2010-11.
*Amputee Runner Completes Comrades Marathon On His Crutches A wound prevented Xotani Luvuno from using his prosthetic, so he did it on crutches instead, completing the the 56-mile ultra in 15 hours, 50 minutes.
*MB: Comrades Marathon (Ultra Pace)