June 5, 2019 | LetsRun.com

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MB: Official 2019 NCAA Outdoor Day 1 Discussion Thread

LRC Mondo Duplantis Is BEATEN At 2019 NCAA Outdoor Track And Field Champs, Chris Nilsen Wins By Breaking His Own Meet Record LSU’s Duplantis, the #2 outdoor jumper of all time and 2019 world leader at 6.00m, was beaten as South Dakota’s Nilsen got PRs at 5.90 and 5.95 to score the upset – and break his own meet record.

LRC 2019 NCAA Men’s Distance Prelims: Bryce Hoppel Gets A PR, A Terrific 1,500 Final Is Set, & The Heat Claims Some Victims In The Steeple What we know after day 1: Hand the men’s 800 NCAA title to Bryce Hoppel.

Upcoming On The Track: Rome DL Is Tomorrow *Rome Entry Lists

IAAF Preview: “Thrilling Head-To-Heads Galore In Rome” Noah Lyles vs. Michael Norman in the 200, Dina Asher-Smith vs. Elaine Thompson and Marie-Josee Ta Lou in the 100m, Katerina Stefanidi vs. Sandi Morris in the PV.
NBC’s Five Events To Watch At The Rome Diamond League
Olympic And World 1,500m Champ Faith Kipyegon Making Her Return From Pregnancy At The Pre Classic Kipyegon hasn’t raced since September 2017 after she took time away to have a baby.
IAAF: Quality Oslo, Stanford (Pre) And Lausanne Fields Filling Out Timothy Cheruiyot will take on world indoor 1,500m record holder Samuel Tefera and Jakob/Filip Ingebrigstenin the Lausanne 1,500m, while Christian Coleman was announced for the Oslo 100m.
June 16: Tori Bowie, Aleia Hobbs And Murielle Ahouré Will Face Off In The adidas Boost Boston Games 100m
July 6: Eilish McColgan And Marc Scott Lead GB Euro 10,000m Cup Teams Men’s squad also includes Dewi Griffiths and Nick Goolab.

Russian Doping News

The Sunday Times Reports That Russian Officials Tried To Cover Up A Doping Case For World HJ Silver Medalist Danil Lysenko They claim Russian officials forged medical documents to the AIU to cover-up Lysenko’s whereabouts violations last year.
The Telegraph: “Russia Infighting Could Lead To World Championship Expulsion As Officials Turn On Each Other” A source claims that a series of damaging stories have been leaked internally to the Russian and international press.
WADA Director General Olivier Niggli Claims RUSADA Is A “Worthy Anti-Doping Organization” Niggli praised RUSADA improvements, but added, “We do not have to be naive, because many things change, we must remain alert, we must see how RUSADA will develop.”

Non-Distance News

Recommended Read: Washington Post Profile On Viral Sprint Star Matthew Boling Some interesting notes from the article include that Boling’s coach hired a uniformed officer to shadow him at the Texas state championships and that Boling doesn’t like the nickname “White Lightning.”
From The Weekend: Brooke Andersen Moves To #3 On The All-Time US Hammer List With A 76.75m Throw To Win The Iron Wood Throws Classic
GB’s Euro Indoor Silver Medallist Christina Schwanitz Throws Shot Put European Lead Of 19.23m To Win Halle Throws Meet In Germany

Previous NCAA News

Two Years Ago, BYU’s Erica Birk-Jarvis Bombed At NCAAs While Pregnant; Now She’s The #2 Seed In Seeple
NCAA’s #2 High Jumper Karla Teran Grew Up In Mexico But Has Already Graduated From Arizona In 3 Years
Don’t Just Hand The Pole Vault Title To Mondo Quite Yet; South Dakota’s Chris Nilsen Is The #2 Vaulter In The World This Year And Has 2 NCAA Titles To His Name
UH Track Star Kahmari Montgomery Seeks Storybook Ending With 400m Title His HS coach says he didn’t even break 60 seconds when he 1st ran the 400.

Weekend Road Action

MB: To everyone worried about the Olympic Marathon Trials, the winning times of a IAAF gold race today were 2:31:22 & 2:11:47 That’s what won the Lanzahou marathon.
RRW: In Race Debut, BAA’s Elaina Tabb Wins 41st Freihofer’s Run For Women In 16:03 She beat Diane Nukuri by 3 seconds. Saratoga high school senior and NXN runner-up Kelsey Chmiel was 4th in 16:24. Three-time Olympian Jen Rhines was the masters winner (17:22 for 11th overall).
Alice Wright Knocks Nearly 2 Minutes Off PR By Running 71:43 At San Diego Half Marathon Her previous PR was 73:17.
Stockholm Marathon Men’s Course Record Falls Sahlesilassie Nigussie (Ethiopia) ran 2:10:10.

Field Event: Canada’s Brittany Crew Sets New NR In Shot (18.69) At Hallesche Werfertage

Upcoming Diamond League Action

June 30: Sick Field Set For Pre Classic Bowerman Mile With Elijah Mangangoi, Timothy Cheruiyot, Matt Centrowitz, Nick Willis, Clayton Murphy Plus Filip and Jakob Ingebrigsten, Johnny Gregorek, Ayanleh Souleiman and more.
July 12: Elijah Manangoi Wants To Break The 1,500m World Record At The Monaco Diamond League Meet “It’s now 11 years and for sure, someone should think about breaking it. It’s quite possible with good preparations and I believe I am doing that.”
July 20: Six More Reigning World Champions Confirmed For London Diamond League The list includes Wayde van Niekerk, Sally Pearson, Karsten Warholm, Mutaz Barshim, Katerina Stefanidi and Christian Taylor.

IAAF Responds To Swiss Court

IAAF Seeking A “Swift Reversal” Of Swiss Court’s Suspension Of Testosterone Rules The IAAF says the suspension only applies to Caster Semenya (so Francine Niyonsaba and Margaret Wambui still can’t run) and it only applies until June 25th.
Full IAAF Statement In Response To Swiss Federal Tribunal “The IAAF is convinced there are some contexts, sport being one of them, where biology has to trump identity.”
IAAF Defends Itself Against Women’s Sport Groups That Attacked Intersex Rules “The DSD Regulations were introduced precisely because the IAAF is committed to protecting the rights and opportunities of female athletes. The IAAF is entitled, indeed required, to give male and female athletes an equal chance to excel …”

Long Distance Running News

Sports Science Expert Yannis Pitsiladis Says The Two-Hour Marathon Could Be Broken Soon But will it be an athletic accomplishment or a scientific one? Pitsiladis said, “We need to develop tools to inject carbohydrates into the runner’s body effectively and to provide them with intelligent sensing systems that monitor physiological variables and provide feedback on their condition in real time.”
RW: Are Elite Men Or Women Better At Pacing A Marathon? New data analysis shows elite men are much more likely to speed up at the end of a marathon and women keep the same average pace.
USATF 24-Hour Running Team Named For 2019 World 24-Hour Championships

Dutee Chand Gets A Cold Reception At Home

Dutee Chand’s Village “Disowns” Her After She Comes Out As India’s First Openly Gay Athlete – “It’s humiliating for all of us.” Even Chand’s mother isn’t supporting her as she said, “We belong to a traditional weaver community, which does not permit such things. How can we face our relatives and society?”

Swiss Supreme Court Temporarily Suspends IAAF Regulations

Swiss Supreme Court Lifts IAAF Regs On Semenya Until At Least June 25th
IAAF Vows To Fight On After Caster Semenya Cleared To Run In Swiss Court Appeal An IAAF statement said, “We will continue to fight for what we believe is in the best interests of all female athletes in our sport.”
MB Semenya wins in court, is able to race all distances without lowering her testosterone
MB: Email of the day: Why in the hell does a Swiss court have jurisdiction over the IAAF which isn’t based in Switzerland?

Interesting Reads

MB: Twitter spat between Christian Taylor, Will Claye, Rome meet director and Carl Lewis is getting interesting The Rome meet director says Claye wanted a $10,500 business class ticket to compete but Claye says it’s only that much as the meet director insisted he show some fitness.
MB: Russian continues to be Russia: Sunday Times says Russia faked documents from bogus clinic to reduce Danil Lysenko’s ban
The Ascent Of Shelby Houlihan The article reveals that Houlihan finds it hard to say motivated at the end of a season and that she missed some time after indoors with a foot injury.
After Retiring After Leading The Minnesota Track/XC Program For Nearly 20 Years, Gary Wilson Is Now A Volunteer HS Freshman XC Coach
Eldred Henry, Who Came Up With The First 70-Foot Shot In DII History Last Week, Sarted His Track Career After A Guy Who Picked Him Up While Hitchhiking Told Him To Try It Now he’s #9 in the world.
After Running 2:08:14 In London, Callum Hawkins Now Says Doha WC Marathon Is HIs #1 Goal Some are probably a little surprised he’s apparently not scared off by the heat given what happened to him last year.
The State Of Running 2019, By Jens Jakob Andersen For IAAF And RunRepeat.com An interesting read full of fascinating facts. Participation #s are on the decline worldwide for the first time and men have never been slower. The fastest women in the world run in Switzerland. *IAAF Summary
*85.33% Of Chinese Cities Held A Marathon Last Year
Jessica Ennis-Hill Thinks Katarina Johnson-Thompson Is Ready To Take On Olympic Champ Nafi Thiam

Doping Or Diet?

USA’s 2017 World Long Jump Silver Medalist Jarrion Lawson Facing 4-Year Drug Ban After Testing Positive For The Banned Steroid Trenbolone Lawson vehemently maintains his innocence saying the failed drug test was from eating contaminated meat. The low level of trenbolone in his sample and the evidence he provided from the restaurant seem to be consistent with this. Ajee Wilson and Will Claye have both been cleared by USADA in cases involving contaminated beef, but the AIU is being more strict with Lawson.
*MB: Jarrion Lawson – TAINTED MEAT
WADA Publishes Stakeholder Notice Regarding Clenbuterol Meat Contamination WADA is amending their code to allow valid meat contamination cases to be dealt with fairly and allow athletes to avoid DQs. Unfortunately for Jarrion Lawson, this rule change concerns clenbuterol, not trenbolone.
More Doping News: Russia Files 296 Neutral-Athlete Applications With The IAAF In 2018 the IAAF approved 73 Russians to compete, 68 applications were denied and 6 athletes had their neutral status revoked.

Jumps

Christian Taylor Calls Out Rome Golden Gala; Is Afraid For The Triple Jump’s Future In The Diamond League Taylor says it was a “real shame” that he has to miss out on competing due to “budgetary reasons.” He added, I hope the [DL] and triple jump can find a way to work together to produce a world class show.”
BBC Podcast Interview With South Africa’s World LJ Champ Luvo Manyonga And Aussie 800m NR Holder Joseph Deng

Pre-NCAA News

LRC NCAA Track And Field Preview Podcast: Texas, “Ballsyness,” Bill Simmons On Matthew Boling, Praise For IAAF & Gabe Grunewald We preview NCAAs, discuss guns in Texas, get sidetracked with more gender/sex talk, and discuss Bill Simmons’ take on Matthew Boling aka “The Blonde Bomber.”

LRC $200,019 LRC Running Warehouse NCAA Outdoor Prediction Contest The NCAAs start Wednesday. It’s time to get down to business. Get your picks in.

LRC Get Ready For Holloway Vs. Roberts & Mondo Vs. Nilsen As The World’s Best Clash At 2019 NCAAs World #1 vs. World #2 in 110 hurdles and pole vault.

LRC Women’s Distance Preview: Dani Jones Goes For 5K Glory, A Repeat Bid For Jessica Hull & 3-Peat Bid For Allie Ostrander Some big names will be looking to win their 4th NCAA titles later this week in Austin.

LRC Men’s Distance Preview: A Classic 5K, Wide-Open 1,500 & 10K, & Bryce Hoppel Chases The Perfect Season Can Morgan McDonald become a legend? Will Grant Fisher go out a winner or loser? We tell you here.
*MB: 2019 NCAA men’s distance preview: Will Hoppel remain undefeated? Who will go out a winner – McDonald or Fisher? We tell you here

The Register-Guard: “It’s A Sprint To The Finish For Oregon Senior Venessa D’Arpino” D’Arpino, a transfer from Oregon State, had years of injury issues, but finally made it to NCAAs as an individual qualifier. She’ll also run the 4 x 100 with her twin sister Kerissa.
The Oregonian: Ducks Sprinter Cravon Gillespie Hits Warp Speed For NCAAs UO sprints coach Curtis Taylor thinks Gillespie can run “a lot faster” than the 9.97 he put down last month.
Interesting Stats Lists: Where Do NCAA Qualifiers Come From? 56 countries will be represented at NCAAs with 984 Americans (81%) and Jamaica coming in next highest with 42 (3.5%). Texas has the most on the “home state” list with 142. Vermont has the fewest with zero.
Pretty Impressive: There Are 31 Athletes Making Their Fourth Career Appearance At NCAAs The list includes eight former champions.
USTFCCCA: Athletes Doubling (Or Tripling) At NCAAs Are Expected To Score More Than Half The Points At The Meet
Men’s Pre-NCAA Bowerman Watchlist Morgan McDonald and Devin Dixon are the two distance men on the list.

Gabe’s Still Fighting – Grunewald’s Husband Says The Fact That She Didn’t Die Over The Weekend Is “Divine Intervention Or Miracle”

LRC Gabe Grunewald Nearly Died On Saturday: “It Can Only Be Explained As Divine Intervention Or Miracle” On Saturday, Gabe Grunewald‘s husband told her she was dying and said goodbye. What happened next was remarkable.
*MB: Justin Grunewald reports that he thought Gabe Grunewald was dying yesterday before miraculous recovery

Music City Distance Festival Live Results Meet Home

Emma Coburn Just Misses Her 4:05.10 PR, Runs 4:05.24 To Win Music City 1,500 5 other women, including 4 Americans, hit the the WC standard of 4:06.50.
Cole Sprout (4:04.19) And Jenna Hutchens (4:43.33) Win HS Miles At Music City Cruz Culpepper ran 4:04.82 for 2nd.
HSer Athing Mu Runs 2:01.38, Moves To #6 All-Time In US HS History
Sammy Watson Runs 2:05.11 We wish we were wrong in our prediction that any shoe company signing her had made a mistake.
MB: Duane Solomon Is Back Baby!?! – 1:55.04 at the Music City Distance Carnival It was the 2012 US Olympian’s first 800m in over 2 years. Puerto Rico’s Wesley Vazquez won the men’s 800m in 1:44.68 over former NCAA indoor champ Brandon McBride (1:45.04).

Ultramarathon Exploration (Sponsored By HOKA ONE ONE)

LRC Q & A With Sage Canaday One Week Out From Comrades – A Race An American Man Hasn’t Won In 25 Years Can Canaday possibly defy the odds and end America’s 25-year Comrades Marathon drought?

LRC Weekly Podcast

LRC Track Talk Podcast: Stockholm Diamond League, Transgender Athlete CeCe Telfer Wins NCAA Women’s 400 Hurdles Title, Guest Sage Canaday Before Comrades Marathon

High School News / Controversy

News

Double World Jr. Sprint Champ Briana Williams Sizzles To 11.10 Jamaican U20 Record She goes to HS in the US so that’s the #2 time in US HS history. She also ran 22.95 fro 200.
*MB: US HSer Brianna Williams sets Jamaican jr girls 100 record of 11.10
Katelynne Hart Runs New Illinois All-Time High School Best Of 4:39.57 To Win Women’s Magis Mile At the Illinois state meet, she pulled off the 800, 1,600, 3,200 triple.

Controversy

MB: Will Kelsey Chmiel be disqualified from the NYS Championships? She and a fellow Saratoga runner pulled over into lane three at the end of the NY State Qualifier meet so the third and fourth place runners could pass and qualify for states (Chemiel and her teammate were already auto qualifiers).
MB: WI 1,600m female state meet runner refuses DQ, has to get pulled off track The “one and done” false start rule should not apply to distance races. Especially at the high school level.

2019 Stockholm DL *Results

LRC Stockholm 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.

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

Distance News

Good Read: World U20 1,500m Champ George Manangoi Talks About How He Overcame The Death Of His Older Sister And Sickness To Win Gold Manangoi is the younger brother of world 1,500 champ Elijah Manangoi. George explains how Elijah supported him through the tough times and has helped lead him in training.
The Guardian Claims “Pressure Mounts” On The IAAF As Three Women’s Sport Organizations Speak Out The IAAF is not going to change their stance on this due to social pressure as they knew what kind of backlash they’d get before they fought the CAS case. They are pursuing what is fair despite the criticism and we applaud them for that.
Zane Robertson Looking Forward To His Marathon Debut At The Gold Coast Marathon In Australia On July 7th Talking about moving past sibling rivalry with his twin brother Jake, Zane said, “We realized that this world is so much bigger than that and the challenge is not with each other but against ourselves to be better than we were yesterday.”
Podcast Interview With NAZ Elite’s Stephanie Bruce Bruce talks about her recent racing success (won US Half champs among other things), her mental toughness and her YouTube series.