2019 Stockholm DL *Results

LRCStockholm Recap: Ajee’ Wilson Kicks Off Post Caster Semenya Era With Win, A Guy From Puerto Rico Nearly Wins/Blows 800, Cheruiyot, Ingebrigtsen Impress, Michael Norman, Dina Asher-Smith Triumph On a cold and windy day the stars still put on a show in Stockholm. We break it down including Hellen Obiri losing a 5,000 that was nearly won by a Canadian.

LRCRhonex Kipruto (26:50) Crushes Everyone in Stockholm 10,000 As Paul Chelimo Misses Worlds Standard A tough day for the Americans.

• Stockholm on the boards: Paul Chelimo MISSES worlds qualifying standard, CAN NOT go to Worlds without it
• What’s up with E Manangoi?
• i see Gault is adopting Rojo’s praising white runners who lose
•  Official 2019 Stockholm DL Discussion Thread. WHAT A MEET. Ingebrigtsens vs. Manangoi at 1500, Chelimo and Wanders in 10k + Much More 

Resolution (?) In Nigeria/IAAF Money Controversy

• Seb Coe And Nigerian Sports Minister Solomon Dalung Reach “Amicable Resolution” On $135,000 Overpayment Issue The details of the agreement aren’t known, but the IAAF says it’s confident the full amount will be returned in the near future.
• Just Three Days Ago: Nigeria Sports Minister Solomon Dalung Accuses IAAF Of Blackmail Dalung had his own strange conspiracy theory saying, “I smell a rat in the whole thing and I believe that the whole thing is being orchestrated just to blackmail Nigeria. I think it is not about money erroneously accredited to Nigeria, but there is calculated attempt just to demean and destroy Nigerian athletics.”
• President Of Nigerian Athletics Federation Ibrahim Gusau Impeached Over IAAF’s “Missing” $135,000 There is going to be an investigation into how Gusau spent the IAAF’s money.

Some Recent Youth Results

• MB:Michigan MSer doubles 4:32/9:34. Second place 9:47
• 18-Year-Old Darragh McElhinney Becomes First Irish Junior To Break 14 Minutes For 5,000m He ran 13:54.10 to set a 19-second PR and take 8 seconds off the previous Irish U-20 record. At the same time, John Travers ran 13:28.86 (a 15-second PR), the fastest time by an Irishman since 2011.
• Taryn Parks Wons PA State Meet 1,600m In 4:37.07 After Epic Duel With Marlee Starliper (4:37.45) Parks was the underdog coming in and actually ended up winning leading from start to finish.

NCAA Champs Are Next Week

• Post-Regionals Men’s NCAA Rankings: Texas Tech Still #1 Florida moved up to #2, LSU down to 3rd and BYU up to 4th.
• Arkansas And Southern California Stay 1-2 In Post-Regionals Women’s NCAA Rankings FSU jumped four spots from 7th to 3rd while Texas A&M dropped to 4th. Alabama moved up six spots to 5th.

Bolder Boulder 10k

• In Drama-Filled Final Sprint, Ethiopia’s Hiwot Yemer Wins Bolder Boulder Women’s RaceMeseret Tola had the lead going into the stadium near the finish, but made a wrong turn that ultimately cost her as she finished 6 seconds behind Yemer’s 32:49. Aliphine Tuliamuk was the top American in 3rd (33:00). Ethiopia won the team competition over Team USA Red.
• Kenya’s Benard Ngeno Dominates Bolder Boulder Men’s Race In 28:29 He beat Ethiopia’s Terefa Delesa by 30 seconds. Reid Buchanan was the top American in 8th (29:46); Jared Ward was 9th (29:53). Ethiopia won the team competition over Tanzania as USA Red was only 5th.
• Bolder Boulder Race Video
• MB:Bolder Boulder Live Discussion Thread

British Road Action

• Mo Farah (28:15) And Steph Twell (31:55) Defend Their Titles At The Vitality London 10,000m Farah triumphed over Olympic 5,000 6th placer Andy Butchart by 13 seconds while Twell won her race by 38 seconds. *BBC
• Chris O’Hare (4:00) And Melissa Courtney (4:31) Win Westminster Mile Titles; Laura Muir Only 3rd O’Hare just missed on trying to run the first sub-4 at this race, beating out Elliott Giles (4:01). The women’s race was very close as Sarah McDonald was second (also timed 4:31) and Muir was 3rd (4:32).
  *MB:Laura Muir only third in Westminster Mile. Chris O’Hare runs 4′ flat.
• Steph Twell And Her Husband Joe Morwood Break WR For Fastest Couple Holding Hands (4:50)
• British Masters Mile Records Fall In WestminsterCraig Sharp (4:32) and former Olympian Alyson Dixon (5:01) were the fastest overall masters.

High School News Of Note

• MB: HS jr Nico Young runs 8:47 at Cali state meet, destroys NXN champ Liam Anderson by 6 seconds The message board poster calls him the best CA HS talent since German Fernandez.
• Runner Who Stopped To Pick Up Fallen Competitor Wins CA State Meet In 800 With Huge PR Soph Samantha Wallenstrom had never broken 2:11 but ran 2:08 to win. Last week, she picked up a fallen rival at the section meet.

Pro Distance News

• Legendary Miler Jim Ryun Almost Quit The HS Team After The 1st Day Of Practice Because He Was Very Tired And Sore
• Melissa Bishop-Nriagu Returns To Action For The 1st Time In 2 Years With A PR After Giving Birth Last week, she ran 4:09 PR for 1,500. She is believed to be the top XX finishers in the 2016 Olympic women’s 800.
  *How Melissa Bishop-Nriagu Came Back Stronger From Pregnancy
• IAAF Weekend Road Preview: Ethiopians Look To Extend Winning Ways At Ottawa Marathon
• Mo Farah Is Running A Road 10,000, Laura Muir A Road Mile This Weekend You can watch it on the BBC or via Facebook.
• Sunday’s Vitality Westminster Mile Will Also Serve As The British Masters Championship
• Caster Semenya To Run 1,610-Meter Race In France Before Pre Classic Okay, we made that up. It’s a 2,000 but she’s basically trying to do whatever she can find that is as close as possible to the mile, which she’s not allowed to take without medication.
• Are Full-Time Athletes Really Living The Dream? A Welsh runner who spent three weeks in Flagstaff prefers to balance the 9-5 job with running.
• 16-Year-Old Brit Ethan Hussey Runs 3:46.45

LRC Content

LRC Weekly Podcast: LetsSprint & Guest Ben Rosario: Noah Lyles Over Christian Coleman, Sydney McLaughlin, Paul Chelimo In Trouble? Alysia Montaño Vs. NikeWe go in depth into the sprinting world, talk about another WMM, and are joined by HOKA NAZ Elite coach Ben Rosario for 1 hour to talk about his team.

LRCWeek That Was: Why Do The Kenyan Men Suck At 5,000? Kenny B Runs 19.49 And 44.83, Rachel Schneider Impresses In our weekly recap, we praise the “new” Kenny B, Rachel S, and wonder if steeple fans are outraged that one of their all-time greats was disrespected and forced to run in the slow heat at Oxy.
*MB: Why do the Kenyan men now “suck” at the 5000?

LRCIs The Next Great Sprint Rivalry Here? Noah Lyles Beats Christian Coleman At 100m, Coleman (And Girlfriend) Fire Shots At Lyles On Twitter