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LRC Houlihan, Chelimo, & Jager (7 Straight) Grow Their Legends With Convincing Wins At USAs Greatness was on display as 3 of America’s distance stars lived up to their favorite status.

LRC Ajee Wilson And Clayton Murphy, The Class Of US 800m Running, Win 2018 USATF Titles Murphy and Wilson were you expect them: atop the US 800 ranks. Wilson led 5 women to PRs, including Ce’Aira Brown and Raevyn Rogers going 1:58 for the first time and Kaela Edwards going sub-2:00 for the first time.

• Sunday On The Boards: 57.67 Last 400m for Houlihan
• Michael Norman DNS?
• J. Prandini – Wins 200 title, takes 3rd in the 100
• Clayton Murphy Wins Men’s 800, Isaiah Harris goes pro
• Ajee Wilson wins 2018 USA women’s 800 title as expected as 5 break 2:00.00, 7 break 2:00.10 – What’s the most sub-2s in a US race?

Jamaican Champs

• IAAF Recap: After Failing To Make It To NCAAs In 200, LSU’s Jahnoy Thompson Runs 20.21 PR To Win Jamaican Camps Thompson didn’t even score a point at SECs. In other news, 18-year-old Christopher Taylor broke Jamaica’s junior 400 record and won the senior title in 44.88.
• Video Interview: Christopher Taylor Now Turns His Attention To Usain Bolt’s World Junior 200m Record Bolt’s record is 19.93 and Taylor ran a 20.35 PR back in March.
• Ronald Levy And Danielle Williams Recover From Sloppy Performances To Win Jamaican Sprint Hurdle Titles CWG champ Levy won in 13.16 while 2015 world champion Williams ran 12.63.
• IAAF Recap Of Jamaican U20 Champs
• Damion Thomas Equals 110mH WJR At Jamaica Junior Championships The LSU athlete (who was 3rd at NCAAs this year) ran 12.99 to match the previous WJR from 2014.
  *Video Interview: Damion Thomas Not Surprised By His WJR
• Olympic Champ Elaine Thompson Retains Her Jamaican 100m National Title With A Hard-Fought Victory Over Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Thompson won in 11.01 to Fraser-Pryce’s 11.09. Meanwhile, there was chaos on the men’s side as two false starts in the semis led to three big names missing the final, including Yohan Blake, as Tyquendo Tracey won in 10.07. Former NCAA champ Natoya Goule won the women’s 800 in 1:58.85 and Kemoy Campbell won a two-man 1,500m race in 3:51.04.
• Chaos Reigned In Jamaica After Slew Of 100m Semifinal False Starts After false-starting two different times, Yohan Blake ran under protest and won his semi but was tossed. Two other sprinters quit the semis in protest over false start calls. Meanwhile, SAFP false-started and was allowed to compete.
• Unheralded Michael Bentley Wins Jamaican Junior 100 Title In 10.34

International Action

• Final Day Of Japanese Champs: National Records Fall In The Men’s Discus (62.16m) And Men’s 110m Hurdles (13.36) Masateru Yugami amazingly threw 5 straight PRs and 3 straight NRs.
• Japanese Champs Day 2: Ryota Yamagata Ties Meet Record In 100 (10.05)
• Japan Champs Day 1: 2:22 Marathoner Matsuda Dominates 10,000 (31:52) Shuho Dairokuno won the men’s title in 28:30 after 2:06 marathoner Hiroto Inoue did most of the work.
• World Champ Netsanet Gudeta Of Ethiopia (67:30) And Stephen Kiprop Of Kenya (60:15) Win Olomouc Half Marathon
• Moses Kibet (28:34) And Katsiaryna Shaban Karneyenka (33:40) Take Top Honors At Vidovdan Road Race 10k
• Molly Caudery Sets New UK Junior Record In Pole Vault (4.53m) She’ll going to be an NCAA star when she starts college in the US in the fall. *Video
• 44-Year-Old Jo Pavey Returns To Action With 15:48 5,000 Win She was hoping for the 15:30 European standard.
• Eliza McCartney Sets Oceanic PV Record Of 4.92 Meters
• Madrid: Su Bingtian Highlights Meeting Madrid With A 9.91 Victory And Chinese 100m Record Su Bingtian took back the NR he had lost just three days ago to Xie Zhenye‘s 9.97. Ethiopia’s 2016 World Indoor bronze medalist Gudaf Tsegay highlighted distance action, winning the 1,500 unopposed in 3:59.60. *Results
  *MB: 20-year-old Italian Filippo Tortu runs 9.99 in the 100 in Madrid — 2nd white guy ever under 10?
  *Cornell Alum Bruno Hortelano Runs Almost A One-Second PR To Break 29-Year-Old Spanish 400m Record With 44.69 In Madrid Hortelano continues his excellent comeback after he missed all of last year with injuries from his 2016 car crash. Dominican Republic’s former Olympic silver medalist Lugelin Santos won the race in 44.66.
• Kenya:  Gloria Mulei Shatters Kenyan Triple Jump Record With 12.97m In Kasarani The 18-year-old broke the 12.91m record set back in 2001.
• Athens: Olympic Champ Ekaterini Stefanidi Vaults European-Leading 4.80m In Athens

Day 2 at USAs

LRC Noah Lyles Takes Another Step Toward Superstar Status, Wins First U.S. Outdoor Title In 100 With World-Leading 9.88 The 20-year-old Lyles became the youngest man to win the U.S. 100-meter title since Sam Graddy in 1984. *Video Of Lyles’ Race
*MB: NOAH MF LYLES: 9.88: Official Noah Lyles Appreciation Thread
*MB: USA Championships: Ronnie Baker runs 9.90 for 2nd OMG*

Reuters: Lyles Ready To Be A “Big Dog” “I didn’t think that my first USATF championship was going to be a 100 gold medal. I always thought it would be the 200. So to come out here to win the 100, it made me very happy.

Three-For-Three! Former LSU Star Aleia Hobbs Completes Sprint Trifecta At USA Nationals Hobbs this year has won the NCAA 60, 100 and now the USA 100.

LRC 800 Semis Go According To Form – We Can’t Wait For Sunday’s Finals Ajee Wilson, Charlene Lipsey, Raevyn Rogers and Ce’aira Brown all made the final with ease as did Isaiah Harris, Erik Sowinski and Clayton Murphy.
*MB: Is Murphy the favorite? ‘”That’s for you guys to sit in a dungeon and twittle your fingers and write articles about.”
*MB: Anyone else thing Murphy is in trouble for the final?

LRC Men’s Steeplechase Prelims: Isaac Updike Runs A Big PR As Evan Jager Begins His Quest For 7 In A Row Meet Isaac Updike – the pro who has been supporting himself by working at Dick’s Sporting Goods – but is headed to Brussels soon.

Day 1 At USAs

LRC Final Lopez Lomong Is BAAACK, Makes History By Becoming First American To Win 1,500 And 10,000m Titles Lopez Lomong resurrected his career and made history by winning the 10,000 eight years after he won the 1,500 at USAs.

LRC Final Molly Huddle Crushes Final 4 Laps To Win 4th-Straight USATF 10,000 Title Just 66 Days After Running Boston Marathon The 33-year-old Huddle closed out her final 4 laps in a remarkable 4:38.93 to get the win over fellow Olympian Marielle Hall, who was running her first 10k since the Olympics. Olympic triathlon champ Gwen Jorgensen was 7th.
*MB: My god Molly Huddle is good. 66 days after Boston she runs a 4:38 final 1600 to win her 4th straight 10k title
*Q&A With Stephanie Bruce After Her Career-Best Showing In 10k (3rd) And With Ben Bruce After His 16th-Straight USAs

LRC Shock Day 1 Qualifying: Robby Andrews Is OUT, Drew Windle, Donavan Brazier, Sammy Watson, Sydney McLaughlin DNS Boris Berian was eliminated but the usual suspects looked good, including Clayton Murphy. Kate Grace showed some spark.

• Mike Rodgers Runs World’s Fastest 100 Of Year At 9.89, Noah Lyles Runs 9.92w
• Keturah Orji Outduels Tori Franklin, Wins By 3 Inches And Breaks Meet Record In The Process In addition to losing the competition, Franklin also lost some respect off of it in some people’s eyes as she broke her Oiselle contract to compete for Nike.
  *MB: Oiselle says Tori Franklin broker her Oiselle contract to compete for Nike at USAs