If Only All Coaches Were This Honest With Their Athletes
– Texas Tech coach Wes Kittley talking with Lubbockonline.com about how he’s going to encourage Divine Oduduru to go pro.
For an inspiring profile of Oduduru’s dream to take his family out of poverty, read this IAAF feature on him. Given the fact he’s already semi-famous for a YouTube interview that he gave when he was just 16, and he just ran the 2nd greatest single-day 100/200 double in history (9.86/19.73), we hope he gets a lot.
Speaking of getting a lot, NCAA women’s sprint star Sha’Carri Richardson has gone pro.
MB: One and done: Sha’Carri Richardson goes pro after running NCAA and World jr record of 10.75 in 100
- The world has lost a bright light: Rest in Peace Gabe Grunewald
- One and done: Sha'Carri Richadson goes pro after running NCAA and World jr record of 10.75 in 100
- British WC marathoner Tish Jones (2:31:00 pb) does up to nearly 250 miles (400km) of training a week.... on a bike
- Katelyn Tuohy’s season over
- Fair or Foul? Canadians rip US women's soccer team for "disgraceful" celebrations in 13-0 rout.
- Ryan Shay Road Mile: July 27th/Prize Money-Travel Money
- Matthew Boling's 44.7 split isn't as impressive as it seems
- Evan Jager Missing In Action?
- Check your scores/change your picks in $200,019 Running Warehouse Prediction contest
2019 Oslo DL Is Thursday (2 PM ET) *Schedule & Results *TV & Streaming
LRC 2019 Bislett Games Recap: McLaughlin and Warhold (NR) Win, Chepkoech Loses, Coleman Runs a WL, and Norway’s Dream For The Dream Mile is Denied SKarsten Warholm got a big NR in the men’s 400h, Sydney McLaughlin got a win in her 400 hurdle Diamond League debut, Christian Coleman ran a world lead in the 100, Beatrice Chepkoech suffered a rare loss in the women’s steeple and the hometown fans’ dream of a Norwegian victory in both the 400 hurdles and Dream Mile did not become reality as Marcin Lewandowski beat Jakob Ingebrigtsen yet again.
OSLO MB Chatter:
- Official 2019 Oslo DL Discussion Thread: Coburn races a woman she basically accused of being dirty, Jakob I in Dream Mile
- Drew MF Hunter drops a 7:39 3k, his previous best was 8:14
- Kasrten MF Warholm crushes 400H European Record …runs 47.33
- Will Lewandowski be a threat in Doha?
Pro Sprint News
- Ivet Lalova-Collio Writes A Letter To Her Younger Self Lalova, the fastest non-African woman in history (10.77), famously blew Employee 1.0 a kiss in 2011 in a video that has now been seen nearly 100,000 times.
- In Case You Missed It: Justin Gatlin Ran 10.01 On Tuesday Andy Bayer ran 8:18 in the steeple.
Non-Distance News
Marquise Goodwin Says He’s Serious About Going For 2020 Olympic LJ During The NFL Offseason “It’s just off-season, same way I did it in high school, college, NFL. Just make it happen. It’s all on my off time. I use it as part of my training.”- IAAF Profile:Slowing Down Is The Key To Michael Norman Going Faster Norman says he has a new “secret race pattern” that has been helping him and “unfortunately” will just do the 400m at Worlds.
- The Guardian: “No Can Live Without Love”: Dutee Chand, India’s LGBT Trailblazer Talking about the backlash, Chand said, “It is going to take time for people in my village to get used to the idea.”
- July 20:Omar McLeod And GB’s Andrew Pozzi To Clash In 110H At London Anniversary Games
- BBC Podcast Interview With Michael Norman And Kori Carter
Doping News
- Runs In The Family: Kenyan 2:06:13 Marathoner Felix Kirwa Gets 9-Month Ban After Testing Positive For Rat Poison Surprise, surprise, Kirwa is the brother of 2016 Olympic marathon silver medalist and EPO cheat Eunice Kirwa.
- Russian Athletics Federation Vice President And 2008 Olympic HJ Champ Andrei Silnov Facing Doping Ban For “Possible Violation Of Anti-Doping Rules” He’s being investigated by the Athletics Integrity Unit.
- GB’s Goldie Sayers To Receive Her 2008 Olympic Javelin Bronze At London DL Next Month – BBC Sport She was upgraded to bronze when Russian Mariya Abakumova was stripped of silver after a retest of her frozen sample.
Previous Gabe Grunewald News
Justin Grunewald Shares Picture Of Gabe Resting Peacefully At Home On Her “Comfy Couch” In a tweet on Tuesday he said, “She’s still comfy on the couch sleeping, listening to stories and messages from friends and strangers around the world.”- BBC:Pros Including Deena Kastor, Kara Goucher, Paula Radcliffe And Jo Pavey Tweet Messages To Gabe Grunewald Goucher said, “Thank you for showing me what bravery looks like.”
- MB: Gabe Grunewald “enters end of life care”
Miscellaneous
- GB’s Former Marathon WR Holder Steve Jones Among Those Honored With MBE In Queen’s Birthday Honors
- Olympic Trials Tickets Go On Sale July 25th
- Tokyo 2020 Medal Podiums To Be Made Out Of Recycled Household And Ocean Waste 45 tons of plastic will be needed to create the 100 podiums for the Games.
- IAAF:RIP 1964 Olympic 20k Race Walk Champion Ken Matthews (Age 84)
- British Publication Athletics Weekly Changing Its Name To “AW” The AW editor explained the name change: “It is an affectionate little acronym that has been used for decades … So it seems to make sense for us to scrap the slightly long-winded ‘Athletics Weekly’ and instead … start formally using the name that everyone has used for years anyway.”
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LRC Podcast:Remembering Gabe Grunewald, What A Great NCAA Outdoor Meet Listen on your favorite podcast platform or in the player below.
Adrian Martinez Classic Is Tonight In Concord, MA *Live Stream – Elite Races @ 6:37PM ET *Results
2019 Adrian Martinez Classic Live Results / Start Lists Top athletes competing include Robby Andrews, Kyle Merber, Will Leer, Isaiah Harris, Nikki Hiltz and recent California soil record setter (4:19) Therese Haiss.
NCAA News
Sinclaire Johnson Will NOT Go For Worlds, Is Shutting Down Season After NCAA 1,500 Win “I didn’t want to get too greedy and try to chase more and more times and possibly undo the magic of what happened this past weekend. I just want to end on a high note.”- One And Done: Sha’Carri Richardson Goes Pro After Running NCAA And World Junior Record Of 10.75 In 100
- Texas Tech Coach Wes Kittley Expects Divine Oduduru To Go Pro
- Chris Nilsen, Coffee Barista Dad And Multi-Time NCAA Pole Vault Champ, Reflects On Beating Mondo At NCAAs “Coming in I wasn’t, ‘I have to beat Mondo.’ I was more focused on, I wanted to jump high, I wanted to jump 5.90 or higher and I completed my goal,” Nilsen says. “I didn’t think about it as coming in and wanting to beat Mondo. Competing against him is just fun.”
- NCAA Men’s HJ And LJ Champ JuVaughn Harrison Says He’s Better At The LJ But Loves The HJ More
- Emma Gee, BYU Steeplechaser, Comes Out As Bbisexual; “I am the only out LGBTQ athlete at BYU.”
- Robyne Johnson Leaving BU To Take Over At Cal
Other Distance News
Evan Jager Update: MB: Craig Virgin reports that Evan Jager has “been battling an injury this past winter and spring.”- World 1,500m Champ Elijah Manangoi Wants To Run The 1,500/5,000 Double In Doha Manangoi ran his first 5,000m in Kenya last week (neither this article nor the recap give his time).
- Hardrock Hundred Canceled Due To Historic Snowfall The race was supposed to be next month, but due to historic snowfall in the mountains this winter, race organizers felt it was too dangerous.
*MB: Hardrock 100 – Cancelled
What Is Going On In Nigeria?
Athletics Federation Of Nigeria Call Emergency Meeting To Decide To Decide On Reopening Investigation Into Missing IAAF Money They are trying to figure out if suspended president Ibrahim Gusau is to blame.
Hayward Field Updates
Good Read:Ken Goe: “When the new Hayward Field finally opens for business, will Eugene still be Track Town?” After years without a regular season to excite the fans, Goe asks if the “Hayward field magic” will still exist by the time the new (much larger) stadium finishes construction.- PAC-12 Announces New Hayward Field Will Host The 2020 PAC-12 Track Championships
And The Greatest Ultras And Ultra Runners Are … (Ultramarathon Exploration Sponsored By HOKA ONE ONE)
LRCThe Greatest Ultramarathons In The World: The “Triple Crown Of Ultras”: Comrades, Western States, UTMB There are a ton of great ultras in the world, but after a month plus of debate we’ve come up with a big 3.
LRCThe G.O.A.T. Of The Ultramarathon Is … We can’t give it away as we want you to read the article. On the women’s side, our winner is an American.
Caster Semenya On SA World Squad
Don’t Count Your Chickens:Caster Semenya Named In South Africa’s Preliminary Squad For World Championships Whether she can compete or not will depend on the results of her appeal to Switzerland’s Federal Supreme Court. She is currently free to compete (without hormone treatment) until June 25th.
High School: NBNO And Brooks PR Are This Weekend *NBNO Free Live Stream (Starts Thursday) *NBNO Results*Brooks Start Lists*Brooks Webcast Info (6 PM ET Saturday)
- Who’s Coming? A Look At The Stars Competing At The 2019 New Balance Nationals Outdoor, Which Starts Thursday
Katelyn Tuohy Ends Her Season; Won’t Compete At New Balance Nationals Or USATF Champs Her coach cited “fatigue” as the reason for shutting down the season early.
*MB:Katelyn Tuohy’s season over- DyeStat Distance Preview New Balance Nationals Outdoor (NBNO)
*More Previews:*Sprints/Hurdles*Jumps*Throws*Full Entries*Webcast Info Starts Thursday @ 10AM ET - Saturday:Ericka VanderLende Shooting For Sub-9:50 2-Mile At Brooks PR*Brooks Star Llists*Brooks Webcast Info Broadcast starts at 6PM ET.
Mid-Week Action In France & Finland
France: MB: Caster Semenya Runs 5:38.20 For 2k At Montreuil Meet The time is equivalent to a 4:06.00 for 1,500m.- Caster Semenya Says She Isn’t Worried About Changing From The 800m “I am a talented athlete, I am not worried. I can run any event I want. It can be 100m, 200m, the long jump, heptathlon – you name it.”
*Semenya Thinks The IAAF Should Focus On Doping, Not Her “I’m not an idiot. Why will I take drugs? I’m a pure athlete. I don’t cheat. They should focus on doping, not us. I’m never going to take drugs.”
*Post-Race Video Interview - Laura Muir Wins 800m In 2:00.63 In Montreuil She beat out Ukraine’s European indoor and outdoor bronze medalist Olha Lyakhova by over a second.
- Finland: Anita Wlodarczyk’s Hammer Victory (75.61 All Comers’ Record) Highlights Paavo Nurmi Games Distance winners were Kenya’s Cornelius Tuwei (1:46.37), Andy Bayer in the steeple (8:18.29) and Uganda’s Winnie Nanyondo (4:06.21 over Ethiopia’s Fantu Worku (4:06.27). *Full Results
More NCAA Stuff
USTFCCCA Names Athletes And Coaches Of The YearGrant Holloway, Divine Oduduru, JuVaughn Harrison, Sha’Carri Richardson and Yanis David were named track/field athletes of the year.- Ex-Harvard Coach Walter Johnson Pleads Guilty To Possession Of Child Pornography
- Assistant Robert Farrell Takes Over As Rutgers Head Track And Field Coach Long-time coach Mike Mulqueen is transitioning to men’s and women’s head XC coach.
- Assistant Valerie Brown Named Head Coach OF Austin Peay State University
Post-NCAAs Stuff
Mondo Duplantis Goes Pro With PUMA In a “thank you letter” to LSU, Duplantis says he’s loved his time competing as a Tiger, but “Now, it’s time to pursue another dream” going for medals at Worlds and the Olympics. *Discuss- Allie Ostrander Made History As First Boise State Athlete To Win Three National Titles
- Texas Tech Fans Welcome Back NCAA Champions With Celebration
*IAAF: After NCAA Heroics, Rising Star Divine Oduduru Now Sees Doha On His Horizon - Daily Bruin:UCLA Had Their Strongest Performance In Six Years At NCAAs
- University Of North Carolina Not Renewing Contract Of Head Coach Harlis Meaders
- Full List Of All DI All-Americans
- Oregon State Announces 23 New Recruits
Reactions To Russia’s Ban Getting Extended Again
Olympic/World HJ Champ Mariya Lasitskene Slams Russian Officials For “never-Ending Disgrace” Talking about coaches who still encourage doping she said, “They’re long overdue for retirement. A new generation of our athletes must grow up with a different philosophy, and for any athlete, it’s the coach who provides that.”- Russia Won’t Hold Senior Positions On IAAF Council For 4 Years There are new elections in September, but since the Russian federation is still suspended, they couldn’t nominate any candidates this past weekend.
- Russia’s Olympic Committee Head Says He “Regrets” IAAF Decision, But Claims Russia “Absolutely Fulfilled Its Obligations”
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