Corruption (Incompetence?) And Doping

• Reuters: Two Russian Coaches And A Doctor Banned For Doping Are Still Active In The Sport Sounds like these Russians are using loopholes (like being a “PE teacher” at a university instead of a coach) to skirt their bans. Any elite athletes caught working with banned coaches/doctors should be banned themselves; it should be that simple.
• Suspended Nigerian Federation President Claims “Doesn’t Know Anything About” The Missing $135,000 From The IAAF Don’t they have bank records where this money can be tracked? How can this money be so hard to find?

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 Blond 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

• Idaho Statesman: Allie Ostrander Going For Three Peat In NCAA Steeplechase Ostrander would be Boise State’s first three-time national champion in any sport.
• Recommended Read: DyeStat Pre-Meet Article: Family Man Chris Nilsen Balances Pole Vaulting And Parenting Nilsen and his high school girlfriend had a son during his sophomore year who is now 16-months old.
• USA Today: “For Louisville 400 Hurdler Martice Moore, Obstacles Filled His Path To NCAA Title Contender”
• The Oregonian: Oregon Women Begin Their Pursuit Of NCAA Women’s Team Trophy
• USTFCCCA: Olivia Gruver (PV), Grant Holloway (110H) And Allie Ostrander (Steeple) Have A Chance For Three-Peats At NCAAs
• North Dakota State shot put, discus star Payton Otterdahl finds fuel in failure going into NCAA champs Otterdahl wanted to make up for last year where he entered NCAAs as the top seed in the SP, but only finished 10th. (Note: He was 4th in the SP on Wednesday and has the discus on Friday).
• Daily Trojan: USC Women Shooting For Victory In Austin
• The Bowerman Award Women’s Pre-Nationals Watch List UO’s Jessica Hull is the lone distance runner on the list.

Previous NCAA News

• 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

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.