June 08, 2019 Homepage Archive

2019 NCAAs Schedule, Start Lists, Results Women’s Distance PreviewMen’s Distance Preview TV & Streaming*LRCFree Post-Race Interviews

LRC 10.75! LSU Freshman Sha’Carri Richardson Arrives as a Star With Insane Collegiate 100m Record The men’s sprints at NCAAs were insane, but Richardson’s run today was even better. She broke the 30-year-old collegiate record, clocked the fastest time in the world in two years, and moved to #9 on the all time list. All while celebrating early. And she’s only 19.

1500 LRC Sinclaire Johnson of Oklahoma State becomes 2nd fastest collegian ever, wins thrilling NCAA 1500 duel with Jessica Hull The #2 and #4 times in NCAA history got the mid-d and distance action underway in Austin on Saturday.

Steeple LRC Allie Ostrander makes history and 3-peats as NCAA women’s steeplechase winner Ostrander became the first woman to win three straight NCAA steeplechase crowns and she did in style, with a new PB as she remained undefeated in the event.

800 LRC Texas A&M’s Jazmine Fray wins coveted 1st NCAA title in her last race, goes wire to wire and wins 800 in 2:01:31 After many disappointing performances at NCAAs, the NCAA indoor record holder finally got it all right as a senior.

Rome DL *Full Results

LRC Full Recap: Michael Norman Upsets Noah Lyles, A Bekele Runs 12:52 For 5,000, Dibaba Over Muir A great Rome DL meet is in the books and Noah Lyles has lost a 200m for the first time ever. Huge PR for Elle Purrier and a national Canadian 5,000m record for Mo Ahmed. *Video Of Norman > Lyles

LRC What A Race Donavan Brazier WINS In Rome In 1:43.63 Great race, great win for Brazier to get his first Diamond League win.

IAAF:Michael Norman Defeats Noah Lyles In Epic 200m Showdown In Rome 19.70 to 19.72.
IAAF:Telahun Haile Bekele And Genzebe Dibaba Come Out On Top In Rome Distance Duels
USATF:Norman-Lyles clash highlight of four-win day for Team USA at Rome
Rome OTB: Michael Norman TAKES DOWN Lyles @200
Wow: Donavan Brazier is the top 800 m runner in the world –
Ben True – 7 Straight Years 13:12 or Faster
Nick Willis 13:56 DFL?
Pre-Race: Noah Lyles is Racing Michael Norman @ 3:25 pm eastern But Talks Christian Coleman: “He just never liked me” The rivalry continues to grow. *NBC Article

Sprints/Jumps

Could Canadian Decathlete Damian Warner Break The 10-Second Barrier This Season? Warner lowered his own decathlon 100m record to 10.12 in Gotzis a couple weeks ago.
GB 110H Hurdler Andrew Pozzi Explains Why He Uprooted HIs Life To Move To Italy To Be Coached By Hurdles Guru Santiago Antunez He says one of the difficulties is being long distance with girlfriend and star heptathlete Katarina Johnson-Thompson who is based in France.
From Earlier In The Week: Former Two-Time World 400H Champ Zuzana Hejnova Opens Her Season With A 55.04 Victory In Prague It was her fastest time since 2017.
IAAF Inside Athletics Video Interview With Italian 2.02m High Jumper Elena Vallortigara Vallortigara was a youth star, but then struggled with years of injuries until last year when she started to improve for the first time in almost a decade.

NCAA Message Board Talk

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.”
MBSemenya 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?

NCAA Day 4 Chatter and Interviews

MB Talk

NCAA post-race videos: More here

Day 3 At NCAAs

LRC 2019 NCAAs: Grant Holloway’s 12.98 NCAA 110 Hurdles Record & Divine Oduduru’s 9.86/19.73 Double Highlight An INCREDIBLE Night Of Sprinting If you add up the winning times for the 100, 200 and 110 hurdles tonight, the total is lower than what won gold for the 2016 Olympics and 2017 Worlds.

Day 3 Distance Recaps

800 LRC 19 For 19: Bryce Hoppel Remains Perfect And Wins 2019 NCAA Men’s 800-Meter Title Hoppel won his 2nd NCAA title of the year with style as he PR’d (1:44.41).

1,500 LRC Notre Dame’s Yared Nuguse Snatches NCAA Men’s 1,500 Title At Line From Michigan State’s Justine Kiprotich The men’s 1,500 was decided by three one-thousandths of a second.

Steeple LRC Steven Fahy Of Stanford Survives Fall, Wins Men’s Steeplechase Final At 2019 NCAA Championships The final 30 seconds of the men’s steeplechase were wild as both leaders went down.

5k LRC Morgan McDonald Outkicks Grant Fisher (Again) To Win Men’s 5,000 Title At 2019 NCAA Outdoors McDonald closed in 52.91 seconds, truly world-class stuff, to become the sixth man to win an NCAA XC, indoor and outdoor title in the same academic year.

NCAA Day 3 Message Board Talk

Day 2 At NCAAs

LRC Weini Kelati Turns Back Carmela Cardama Baez Over The Final 100 Meters To Win An Epic NCAA 10K Final What a finish. Yesterday, Ed Eyestone called the 10,000 meters “the most exciting event in track & field” – albeit after a 24-lap setup. Tonight, we saw why.

LRC 2019 NCAA Women’s Distance Prelims: NCAA Champs Danae Rivers & Karisa Nelson Go Home; Allie O Impresses Nelson has battled health issues this spring, while Rivers ran a tactically poor race and wound up boxed in with nowhere to go in the home straight. Ostrander’s 9:44 was the fastest time ever in an NCAA prelim.

MB: Official Day 2 2019 NCAA Outdoor Discussion Thread
MB:Weini Kelati DOMINATES Americans

Outside Coverage:

USTFCCCA Full Day 2 Recap Includes video highlights.
Florida’s Yanis David’s Incredible Series Wins NCAA LJ Title She had the best jump by a collegian (6.84m -22-5¼) since 2015.
Women’s Pole Vault: Tori Hoggard Captures First National Title As a senior, she got NCAA titles #1, upsetting NCAA record holder Olivia Gruver and twin sister Lexi Jacobus, who had won 4 titles.
LSU’s Sha’Carri Richardson Becomes First U20 Woman To Go Sub-11 And Sub-23 On Same Day Her 10.99 was an U20 world lead and she ran a 22.37 PR in the 200m.
Georgia Star Johannes Erm Dominates Decathlon (8352) As He Eyes 2020 Olympics

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 NCAAsWorld #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.

LRCMen’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.

Non-NCAA Distance Action – FBK Games On Sunday *Watch US 10k Champs

RRW: Sara Hall Outkicks Stephanie Bruce To Win US 10k Champs In 32:27 Hall put 5 seconds on Bruce over the final 200m while Sally Kipyego took 3rd in 32:35 and Emma Bates was 4th.
*RRW Preview
Sunday:Sifan Hassan Using “Wavelight Tech” To Try To Break Her Own European 5000m Record (14:22.34) At The FBK Games In Hengelo Instead of pacemakers, “wavelight technology” will be used ito help the athletes follow the desired target pace. Rome DL winner and 12:52 man Telahun Haile Bekele will race the 5000m again here. Dafne Schippers leads sprint action in the 100m.
Saturday:Spain’s Luis-Alberto Hernando And Netherlands’ Ragna Debats Are Back To Defend Their Titles At The World Trail Running Champs Apparently the 44k race is the shortest the championship has been in years.
Last Week: Drew Holman (7:07:40) And Justyne Wilson (8:52:25) Win 50 Mile Trail National Championship In Ithaca, NY If you’re curious what pace that is, Holman ran 8:33/mile and Wilson 10:39/mile.

Day 1 At NCAAs

LRC Clayton Young And BYU Earn Redemption, Young Sprints To 2019 NCAA 10K Title A year ago, BYU runners took the last 3 spots in the NCAA men’s 10,000. Tonight, they took 3 of the top 4, led by Clayton Young‘s national title.

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.

After Two Disappointing NCAA Meets, LSU’s JuVaughn Harrison Gets Redemption With 8.20m Long Jump Victory
Anderson Peters Leads Mississippi State To A 1-2-3 Javelin Sweep At NCAAs
Texas’ Adrian Piperi Opens NCAAs With National Shot Put Title (21.11m)
Daniel Haugh Wins First NCAA Title In Kennesaw State School History With 74.63m In The Hammer
Kentucky’s Daniel Roberts Runs #2 All-Time NCAA 110H Time With 13.06 Roberts entered the meet tied with Grant Holloway at 13.07, but now is the sole owner of the #2 spot. Today’s final should be interesting to say the least.

Wednesday Was Global Running Day

IAAF: More Than 15,000 Runners Participate In IAAF Run 24-1 This was the IAAF’s series of one mile races on six continents across 24 hours to celebrate Global Running Day.
IAAF:Nearly 50,000 Children Take Part In IAAF Kids Mile Runs On Global Running Day

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 …”