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LRC Greatest Of All Throws: Michael Carter’s Unbreakable High School Shot Put Record Turns 40 One of the greatest records in all of sports is now 40 years old and no one one has even come within four feet of it. Read all about it here. We’re so amazed by it we had Jonathan Gault write more than 5,000 words about it.
*MB: Jonathan Gault on Michael Carter a must read. Definitely the greatest high school record

European News

• IAAF: Injuries Finally Behind Him, Bogdan Bondarenko Unafraid Of What The Future Holds After missing all of 2018 due to injury and surgery, Bondarenko was thrilled to win in Rome earlier this month. “It was an incredible feeling to win and I rejoiced like a child.”
• GB Pole Vaulter Holly Bradshaw (5th At The 2016 Olympics) Talks About Body Image; Insinuates That Nike Dropped Her Because Of Looks, Not Performance She says that after London 2012 if you put her name in Google the next suggested word was “fat.”
• Josh Kerr’s 3:33.60 At Brooks PR Broke Steve Cram’s British Under-23 Record He beat Cram’s time by just .06 seconds and also moved to #2 on the Scottish all-time list behind Chris O’Hare.
• Kevin Mayer Donates The Kit And Spikes He Wore During The Decathlon WR To IAAF’s Heritage Collection In Doha

Doping News

• Olympic Marathon Silver Medalist Eunice Kirwa Gets 4-Year Doping Ban It was announced last month that she tested positive for EPO.
• Will They Ever Learn? Russian Runner Artyom Denmukhametov Suspended For Working With Banned Coach Vladimir Kazarin Are there no coaches left in Russia not linked to doping? Is that the issue here?
• Russia Has To Replace 10 Athletes For European Games Squad With Athletes Who Have Neutral Status Only 9 of the 19 athletes they had initially chosen had neutral status.
• IAAF Approves Applications Of 14 More Russians To Compete As Neutral Athletes The list is athletes who will compete at the European U23 Champs and/or the World University Games.
• IAAF Approves Application Of Russian Javelin Thrower Ekaterina Starygina To Compete As A Neutral Athlete
• WADA Recommends Dismissal Of Two Romanian National Anti-Doping Agency Officials After Finding Doping Cover-Up Both the director general and president were implicated in positive doping tests being covered-up for at least three athletes.

Brooks PR / NBNO *Brooks PR Results *Brooks PR Meet Video *NBNO Free Live Stream *NBNO Results

• MB: Josh Kerr Wins Men’s Pro 1,500m At Brooks PR Meet In 3:33.60 Former NCAA indoor mile champ Henry Wynne was second (3:35.14) and Brannon Kidder third (3:35.14). Katie Mackey won the women’s race in 4:05.97.
• MB: Three 4:03s at Brooks PR Boys Mile Nick Foster won the race in 4:03.11. Zofia Dudek won the girls mile in 4:41.34.
• Brooks PR Full Results Ericka VanderLend won the girls 2 mile in 9:53.00 (#4 all-time) while Cole Sprout won the boys race in 8:46.41. AJ Green (1:50.71) and Rosin Willis (2:04.86) won the 800s.
• NBNO Sunday: Freshman Kayla Davis Wins 400m In 51.17 MR Marlee Starliper won the girls mile in 4:41.18.
• NBNO Saturday: Kurt Powdar Runs #4 All-Time 13.27 To Win 110H
• DyeStat NBNO Friday Recap: Sydney Masciarelli Highlights With A 16:16.20 Victory In The 5,000m The time broke her own sophomore class record. Kelsey Chimel was runner-up in 16:18.57.
  *MB: Sydney Masciarelli will be better than Katelyn Tuohy
• MileSplit: Robbie Cozean Wins Men’s NBNO 5,000m In 14:26.18

What Are The Best Ultras In The World? (Sponsored By HOKA ONE ONE)

LRC The “Majors” Of Ultrarunning Earlier this week we had our “triple crown” of ultras. Now we’ve got the other races we think you should pay most attention to.

LRC Rojo And Wejo’s Favorite Ultra Marathons LRC’s founders (who have never run an ultra) tell you their favorites.

Previous: The Greatest Ultramarathons In The World: The “Triple Crown Of Ultras”: Comrades, Western States, UTMB

Distance News: Galen Rupp On The Comeback Trail

• Recommended Read: RW: Galen Rupp Interview Talking About His Comeback From Surgery And Being “Reinvigorated” By Break From Racing It was a very tedious process getting back to real running after surgery, but Rupp is back to 85 “dry” miles (plus more on the underwater treadmill) and says retirement isn’t on his mind.
  *MB: Galen Rupp Tells Runner’s World the American Record and Gold Medal are still within Reach
• MB: Allie Ostrander Gives “Rant” On Instagram About ESPN’s Commentating Ostrander writes, “I was disappointed with the commentary that has occurred during my races for the past two years. Both times, the comments have brought attention to my appearance more than my ability. In 2018, I was called ‘the baby faced assassin’ and told that I looked like I still played with barbies.”
  *Dwight Stones Responding To Criticism Over Allie Ostrander Commentary: “Having a little fun! Lighten up. We’re fans of hers. Thx for watching.” This was a tweet from Stones last week, before Ostrander had made her “rant” post.
• MB: Twitter Spat between Jonathan Marcus and Noah Droddy The disagreement culminated with Marcus blocking Droddy.

2019 Adrian Martinez Classic *Full Meet Replay *Results

LRC 2019 Adrian Martinez: Comebacks Galore And Everyone Is Feeling #BraveLikeGabe Charlie Grice (3:54) and Elle Purrier (15:08) were the big winners on the night in terms of time but Abbey D C impressed as did Nikki Hiltz and HSer Ryan Oosting. Plus Robby Andrews and Isaiah Harris try to come back from injury.

MB Talk:

• Elinor Purrier Goes From 15:23 to 15:08 at Adrian Martinez Classic!! 
• HSer Ryan Oosting runs 4:03 – US#1 
• Adrian martinez classic 

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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

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 Year Grant 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