Day 4 Distance Coverage

1,500 LRC Sinclaire Johnson Of Oklahoma State Becomes 2nd-Fastest Collegian Ever, Wins Thrilling NCAA 1,500 Dual 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 PR 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.

5,000 LRC Colorado’s Dani Jones Kicks To Another NCAA Title, Wins 5,000 In 15:50.64 Dani Jones has only been running on land since mid-April. That proved to be enough for another NCAA title tonight in Austin.

NCAA Post-Race Videos: More Here

News From The IAAF – Name Change/Russia Still Banned

• IAAF Unveils New Name And Logo; Will Now Be Known As “World Athletics” IAAF CEO Jon Ridgeon: “The IAAF name has been in existence for over 100 years, but it has little understanding or relevance to those outside of athletics. The new identity creates a symbol that can stand alone and work with partners and events.”
• IAAF Extends Russian Suspension For The 11th Time Following Allegations Of Forged Documents And Suspended Coaches Remaining Active Russia has made progress as they paid the IAAF the $3.2 million cost of the Russian investigation and the Moscow lab data is being analyzed, but these other corruption issues hurt them. They could still have a chance to be reinstated before Worlds in September. *BBC article
• IAAF Council Approves Out Of Competition Drug Testing Funding For Road Races The IAAF is looking to improve the amount of testing after it was shown that in 2018, 74% of IAAF Gold Label road race podium finishers were not including in any out-of-competition testing pools.
• IAAF Council Notes On Eugene 2021 Review From Seb Coe: “The athletes will be a lot closer to the fans and the fans to the athletes, which will create a really unique atmosphere. There are however some operational aspects that we need to be creative about. These will be a very different type of championships but that in essence is a good thing.”
• IAAF Renews Long-Standing Partnership With Seiko For Another 10-Years Seiko will continue to do the timing and measurement services at IAAF events.

2019 Comrades *Results

Gerda Steyn breaks 6 hour barrier, wins 1st Comrades title in 5:58:53! Steyn took more than 10 minutes off the women’s old up CR of 6:09:24. 2017 champ Camille Herron DNFd.

Edward Mothibi guns down 2-time defending champ Bongmusa Mthembu and wins Comrades by 25 seconds in 5:31:33 100k WR holder Nao Kazami of Japan was third in 5:39.16. Sage Canaday was the top American in 21st.
*MB: Sage Canaday under/over? 

IAAF Overturned Athletics South Africa Decision To Ban Russian Amateur Runners From Competing In Comrades Marathon The IAAF made the decision after it was found teh athletes were amateurs and not affiliated with the Russian Athletics Federation.

Non-NCAA Distance Action – FBK Games On Sunday

• Sunday: Sifan Hassan Using “Wavelight Tech” To Try To Break Her Own European 5,000m Record (14:22.34) At The FBK Games In Hengelo Instead of pacemakers, “wavelight technology” will be used to help the athletes follow the desired target pace. Rome DL winner and 12:52 man Telahun Haile Bekele will race the 5,000m 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: A Bunch Of International Stars Including Yuki Kawauchi Turned Out For The IAAF’s Run 24-1 On Global Running Day
• 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.
• A Bunch Of International Stars Including Yuki Kawauchi Turned Out For The IAAF’s Run 24-1 On 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 …”