May 14, 2019 | LetsRun.com

A Call To Action

LRC Editorial The Olympic Marathon Trials Are (Still) In Jeopardy — Here’s What USATF & the IAAF Can Do to Fix It No American marathon is more compelling than the Olympic Marathon Trials. But if USATF and the IAAF don’t act, the drama and intrigue of the Trials could be destroyed in 2020. Please take 30 seconds to tweet, post, and share about this issue with the tags @USATF, @iaaforg, @TeamUSA, @nbcsports, and #savethetrials. We couldn’t care less if you share this article — we just want awareness to the issue in general. Write your own article and we’ll reshare it.
*MB: Help save the US Olympic Marathon Trials – A call to action

2019 IAAF World Relays *Results

LRC Miss Watching The World Relays? Here’s Video Of All The Finals Donavan Brazier and Ce’Aira Brown won the new and bit crazy 2 x 2 x 400. US men got walked down in 4 x 400. US women lost 4 x 400 (but won 4 x 100).

*Sports Writer Rips Bahamas Track Federation For Men’s 4×400 DNS At World Relays Bahamas’ 4×400 has been among the best in the world in recent years, but World silver medalist Steven Gardiner was dealing with an injury and somehow the BAAA didn’t put in for a substitute in time.

RIP

Renowned Track & Field Historian Roberto Luigi Quercetani Passes Away At Age Of 97 Quercetani was a founder member of the Association of Track Field Statisticians (ATFS).
European Athletics’ first female Vice President Strasser passes away at 85 Strasser was also a 1960 and 1968 Olympian for Austria in the javelin.

Is Being A Pro Runner Mom A “Crazy Dream?”

Recommended Read And Watch: Former USA Olympian And World 800m Bronze Medalist Alysia Montaño Stars In Video About How Nike And Other Sponsors Don’t Support Pregnant Athletes: “Nike Told Me To Dream Crazy, Until I Wanted A Baby” Montaño, Kara Goucher and Phoebe Wright all speak out about how Nike (and Asics) have contract policies that penalize women for taking time off to have a baby.

Non-World Relays International Results

HS News Of Note

PA’s Marlee Starliper Runs 9:54 .75 3,200 To Break PA State Record (#8 All-Time) At Loucks Games She’s just outside the top 10 if you convert to 2 miles.
Georgetown Signee Matthew Payamps Runs 8:52 As 5 Boys Break 9:00
Her Grandfather Was A Legend. Her Dad Was A State Champ. Now It’s This N.J. Thrower’s Turn – Meet Abby Nonnenberg

More Marathon News

2019 Boston Marathon Running Form Analysis Jae Gruenke gives an interesting analysis of how Lelisa Desisa‘s form broke down at the end of the exciting finish and talks about how she’s worked with Jordan Hasay to try to run more like the top Africans.
Eliud Kipchoge Says Going For Sub-2 Hours Isn’t About The Money “My team doesn’t put money in front and for sure it’s not about business and money involved … It’s good to make history, it’s good to leave a memorable mark in athletics.”
Nice Story: Des Linden Gives Her Boston Bib To 3-Year-Old Super-Fan Who Wore A Makeshift One Out Of A Post-It Note The three-year-old is a big fan and Linden said his bib needed an “upgrade.”

High School Distance Corner

MB: Danish 14-Year-Old Alex Vang Christensen Runs 30:50 For 10,000 The time was over a minute faster than the world best for 14-year-olds.
MB: CBA- 5 man average of 4:15 for 1600m in one race Their top guy was 4:10.97 and their 5th man was 4:18.69. The team also recently had a four man average of 9:14 in one 3200m race.

Random Running Stuff

Dog “Bandits” One Of The Toughest Ultras In The World At The Marathon des Sables (Sahara Desert Ultra) The dog ran six days out of the seven day race and became very popular with the runners. All the social media posts altered the owner who had lost and was able to pick the dog up at the finish line.
Mom And 8-Month-Old Daughter Shatter Stroller Half Marathon Record By More Than Five Minutes Lauren Stroud ran 1:22:29. Alan Webb‘s wife, Julia Webb, apparently broke the record in 2016 with 1:22:57, but it was never ratified by Guinness.
BBC: Belfast Marathon Organizers Admit Their Course Was .3 Miles Too Long They said it was “human error” as the lead car driver diverted from the route.

Olympic News

Mondo To Supply Athletics Track At Tokyo 2020 For Eighth Consecutive Olympic Games The company has done the track surface and equipment for every Games since the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.
Site Traffic Overwhelms Tokyo 2020 Ticket Website On Opening Day The website struggled from the moment it opened with long wait times due to the high volume.
Head Of UK Sport Katherine Grainger Has Plans For GB To Host The Olympics Again And Top The Medal Tables GB was 2nd only behind the US at Rio 2016.
Japan Considers Use Of Military Airbase For Commercial Flights During Tokyo 2020
Los Angeles Releases “Privately-Funded, Balanced Budget” For 2028 Olympics The budget is $6.9 million, which is up from the original estimate of $5.3 billion.

Post-Conference Weekend NCAA News

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USTFCCCA’s Conference Weekend-In-Review There is a ton to keep track of during conference weekend, but this is a solid rundown of the highlights.
Texas Tech And LSU Men Still Sit 1-2 On Post-Conference NCAA Rankings Florida moved up to 3rd and BYU down to 4th.
Arkansas Remains On Top In Updated Women’s NCAA Rankings Southern California moved up to 2nd, Texas A&M down to 3rd and Kentucky remained 4th. New Mexico had a big jump from 9th to 5th.
IC4A/ECAC: Navy Men, Albany Women Win IC4A/ECAC Championships *Results
*MB: Army West Point Broke the Honest Effort Rule at IC4A Championships
USTFCCCA List All The Collegiate Leading Marks From Conference Weekend The lack of distance marks on the list isn’t surprising given championship tactical racing, but Texas A&M’s Devin Dixon did run an NCAA-leading 1:44.76.
Event-By-Event Top 10 Marks From The Collegiate Weekend

Anti-Doping News

WADA Might Choose Its Next President To Replace Craig Reedie Today The final vote is in Nov., but that might be a “formality” as 21 WADA board members will pick their candidates today. Top candidates are former Polish mid-d runner Witold Banka and former Dominican Republic swimmer Marcos Diaz. Outspoken WADA vice pres. Linda Helleland was once a leading contender, but is now most likely out of the running.
Russian Anti-Doping Chief Yuri Ganus Calls For Dismissal Of Athletics Federation Head Dmitry Shlyakhtin Ganus called for the removal of multiple officials who were in anyway tied to the past doping scandals and said, “The Russian athletics federation needs real change. We have to stop deceiving not only all those around us, but ourselves first and foremost.”
Scottish Hammer Thrower Mark Dry Suspended By UK Anti-Doping The Commonwealth Games bronze medalist is charged with “tampering or attempted tampering with any part of doping control.”
*BBC Reports This Is Likely Out-Of-Competition Whereabouts Related

Another Court Case To Come

Athletics South Africa To Appeal Caster Semenya Testosterone Ruling The appeal will be lodged at the Switzerland Federal Tribunal and will be based on a number of complaints including lack of clarity “as to how the IAAF will implement the regulations.”

2019 IAAF World Relays Schedule And Results TV & Streaming Event-By-Event Previews Live Blog

Day 2: Poland Upsets US In Women’s 4 X 400, T&T Beats US In Men’s 4 X 400, Brazil Beats US In 4 X 100
*MB: Are you kidding me? USA manages to lose both men’s 4 x 400, women’s 4 x 400 and men’s 4 x 100 at World Relays

Despite 3 High-Profile Losses, US Still Tops Points Table With More Than Twice As Many Points As Anyone Else
Jamaicans Take Second Spot In World Relays Points Table
Athletics Weekly: “Brazil win 4x100m as GB’s men are third in Yokohama”
Great Britain Men Win 4 X 100m World Relays Bronze Despite Baton Error But Adam Gemili Injury Causes Concern
IAAF: First Wave Of Relay Teams Qualify For Doha 2019 Worlds 10 of the 16 4 x 100 and 4 x 400 spots at Worlds were up for grabs. Same for 12 of the 16 mixed 4 x 400 spots.

Day 1: MB: Donavan Brazier and Ce’aira Brown win gold, Japan (not the US) botches men’s 4 x 100

IAAF Day 1 Recap: On Night Of Dramatic Event Debuts, US Dominates – IAAF World Relays Yokohama 2019, Day 1
USATF Recap: US Wins Both Finals On Day 1 Of 2019 IAAF World Relays Gold in the 2 x 2 x 400 as well as the shuttle hurdle relay. The US women had a world lead in the 4 x 100 and while the US men won their heat and beat China, Canada and Japan, they only had the 4th best time of the day.
Home Calamity As Japan’s Male 4 X 100m Runners Fail To Make Final
Lukewarm Results For Jamaica On Chilly World Relays Opening Day – Chilly For Jamaica Means 20 C (68F)
British Women Blunder In 4 X 100m At World Relays Two years ago, the British men screwed up and four months later they won Worlds.
MB: Australia false starts in shuttle hurdle relays final at 2019 IAAF World Relays, event is run with just 2 teams

2019 BOA Chicago Is Going To Be Fun – Farah Vs. Rupp 24 Is On

LRC Galen Rupp & Mo Farah Are Running The 2019 Chicago Marathon; What Does This Mean For Farah’s Future On The Track? Does this mean that Farah is out of the 10,000 at Worlds since it takes place one week before Chicago? Can Rupp improve on his 1-22 record against Farah? Jordan Hasay is also going to the Windy City as well.
*MB: Mo and Rupp confirmed for Chicago Marathon 2019

IAAF’s Rules Aren’t Just About Caster Semenya

IAAF’s Intersex Rules Will Affect At Least Three Kenyan Athletes They include Olympic 800m bronze medalist Margaret Wambui and 400m sprinters Maximilla Imali and Evangeline Makena.
In Light Of The Caster Semenya Case, Alex Hutchinson Shares His Top Books That Explore Sex, Gender And The Nature-Nurture Debate

HOKA ONE ONE Project Carbon X World Record Attempt Results Video Replay Of Race (Sponsored)

LRC With Better Pacing Could Jim Walmsley Have Gone Sub 6? The heat took its toll, but the question remains did Walmsley’s pacing possibly cost him the sub 6 for 100k? *Discuss

What Are The Best Ultra Marathons In The World? We Have No Idea Comrades? Western States? UTMB? That-3,100 mile race around the block in NYC? We really don’t have a clue. It’s time LetsRun.com got up to speed on the ultra marathoning and HOKA is sponsoring our five-week quest and has given us no instructions. We want your input. We’re going to give away 10 pairs of HOKA shoes to the LRC visitors who help us most in this quest. Sponsored content by HOKA ONE ONE.

More Weekend Results

Athlete Refugees Domnic Lokinyomo Lobalu (29:14) And Paulo Amotun Kokoro (30:32) Finish 1-2 At Geneva 10k
Kenya’s Alexander Mutiso (61:10) And Japan’s Keiko Nogami (69:27) Win Sendai International Half Marathon In Japan
Japanese Weekend Track Highlights At the Chubu Region Corporate Championships Kenyans Rodgers Chumo Kwemoi and Macharia Ndirangu had a close 10,000m finish with Kwemoi winning in 27:55.27 to 27:55.73.

US Action Of Note *US 25k Results

LRC “White Lightning” Matthew Boling Runs Incredible 10.13/44.75 (Relay) Double At Texas State Meet – Just How Good Is The HS Sprint Phenom? We separate fact from fiction regarding the HS sprinter who is generating headlines worldwide. Yes, he is white, no he isn’t close to as good as Usain Bolt, and much more.
*HSer Matthew Boling Rocks At Texas State Meet He won the 100 in a wind-legal 10.13, the long jump in a wind-legal 25 feet, 4.5 inches, split 44.75 to bring his team to victory in the 4 x 400. He also anchored his 4 x 100 team to a win but they were DQed and his team lost the state meet by 2 points as a result.
*MB: Matthew Boling 4 x 400 Split 44.74 Includes race video.
*MB: Isn’t Matt Boling’s best event the LJ?
*MB: Why does everyone keep referring to Matt Boling’s 10.13 as the new national record? It’s the fastest time ever in HS-only competition during the regular season.

LRC A Behind-The-Scenes Look At Mary Cain’s Recent Training Camp In Mammoth Lakes, California Cain reveals that she got into an injury cycle after quitting the Nike Oregon Project which she said “wasn’t really a mesh” for her. As for her current training, she’s focused on staying healthy. “My new mantra for the next couple of months is to become an athlete again, not just a runner.” said Cain.
*LRC Mary Cain Returns To Action, Wins 4 Miler In 21:50 In 1st Completed Race In 918 Days
*MB: Mary Cain is BACK! Cain runs (and wins) 4 mile race in Central Park.

LRC Parker Stinson Shatters American 25k Record, Emma Bates Wins At 2019 USATF 25k Champs Emma Bates ran the fastest time by an American ever in a 25k race.
*MB: Official 2019 USATF 25k Champs Discussion Thread. Parker Stinson breaks the American record!

Conference Championship Weekend – The SEC Men’s Meet Was Incredible *Conference Championship Central

SEC: LSU Men And Arkansas Women Win *Results *Meet Home
Storybook Men’s Ending: MB: Mondo Duplantis breaks collegiate record to move LSU into the lead, they win their first title since 1990 in very next event He vaulted 6.00m (19′ 8.25″). *LSUsports.net Recap *Arkansas Recap *IAAF
MB: Hakim Sani Brown runs 9.99 to win SEC 100 title but doesn’t start 200 final and Florida loses the team title as a result Had he finished 2nd or higher, Florida would have won, instead LSU won it’s first title since 1990.
MB: WTF: A day after running 13.07, Grant Holloway runs wind legal 13.12 and loses SEC 110h Yes, Daniel Roberts, who beat Omar McLeod a few weeks ago, won with a 13.06.
Aussie Frosh Imogen Barrett Won 1,500 Title In 4:17, 1st Freshman Winner In 13 Years
Day 2: MB: Hakim Sani Brown leads SEC qualifiers by A LOT in both 100 (10.10) and 200 (20.36w) Of course, we should remind ourselves his PRs before Florida were 10.05 and 20.32.
MB: Grant Holloway runs 13.07 in prelims at SEC
Day 1: Mississippi State Men And Auburn Women Lead After First Day Alabama’s Gilbert Kigen (29:27.77) and Florida’s Jessica Pascoe (34:08.41) won the 10ks.
LSU Off To Strong Start With 11 Qualifiers On First Day Of SEC Champs

PAC-12: Oregon Men, USC Women Win *Results *Meet Home
Cravon Gillespie’s Record-Setting Day Leads The Oregon Men To Their 13th Consecutive PAC 12 Title Gillespie won the 100m in a school record 9.97, the 200m (20.17) and ran on UO’s winning 4 x 100. Oregon’s Cooper Teare ran 13:49.77 to beat out Grant Fisher (13:50.30) in the 5,000. Fisher was doubling back from the 1,500, where he was second, .11 behind AZ State’s William Paulson (3:49.18).
USC Women Capture Second Consecutive PAC-12 Title They beat out Oregon by 17 points. Women’s distance results included ~~UW’s Katie Rainsberger (4:19.92) over UO’s Jessica Hull (4:20.60)~~ Jessica Hull winning 1500 easily and Dani Jones taking the 5,000m (15:54).
Pac12.com Event-By-Event Highlights
Mother Nature Steals Show On Day 1 Of PAC-12 Track & Field Championships A lightning delay altered the schedule.
Oregon Distance Runner Carmela Cardama Baez Normally Is In Bed At 10 PM, But On Saturday She’ll Be Running The 10,000 At PAC-12s.
Good Read: The Oregonian: 800m Runner Susan Ejore Has Come A Long Way In A Hurry For The Ducks Ejore is the PAC-12 favorite, but five years ago she graduated high school in Kenya never having run a race.

ACC: *Results *Meet Home
Day 3: Florida St. Women And Virginia Tech Men Win *Results We’re pleased that a team (UVA) with a doper as a coach didn’t win the team title at home. Florida St. won by the largest margin ever (41.5 points) since the conference went to 15 teams.
Day 2: Final Day Of Competition Moved By 3.5 Hours Due To Threat Of Rain At ACCs The UVA men and Florida St. women have the lead.
Day 1: Several Records Fall As ACC Champs Get Underway Syracuse’s Iliass Aouan (29:01.13) and Notre Dame’s Anna Rohrer (33:30.73) won the 10,000s.
FSU Men And Women Hoping To Sweep ACC Champs
ACC Champs Preview

Big 12: *Results *Meet Home
Texas Women And Texas Tech Men Win As Divine Oduduru Runs 9.99 Texas’ Teahna Daniels won the women’s 100 (11.10) and 20 (22.71).
Texas Tech Wins Fourth-Straight Big 12 Title Distance highlights: Oklahoma State’s Hassan Abdi won the 10,000 in 29:31.42 over Iowa State’s Edwin Kurgat (29:31.98). Kansas’ Bryce Hoppel took the 800m in 1:45.95.
Texas Women’s Recap

Big 10: *Results *Meet Home
Ohio St. Women DOMINATE Big 10, Winning For The Second Consecutive Year They won by 41. *Ohio State Article
Iowa men Win Big 10 At Home Their first title since 2011. *Hawk Central Article
Video: Three Of Six Runners Fall in Big Ten Men’s 800m Prelim
Nebraska Men And Indiana Women Lead Heading Into Final Day

Mountain West: *Results *Meet Home
Colorado State University Completes Rare Sweep Of Men’s And Women’s Mountain West Titles Colorado State University is the first school to sweep all four conference titles in the same year since BYU in 2011. Allie Ostrander won the 5,000m in 15:45.66 over New Mexico’s Ednah Kurgat (15:50.93). Ostrander was also second in the 1,500. NM’s Charlotte Prouse took the steeple (9:47).
*Weini Kelati Solos 32:09 10k At Mountain West Champs She’s now #16 all-time in the NCAA.