July 02, 2019 Homepage Archive

They Need To Learn To Follow Their Own Rules

LRCLooking For Athletes Who Were Wrongly Denied A Pan Am Games Spot (And A Lawyer Who Wants To Help Them) Based on your best 2019 performance, should you be on the 2019 Pan Am team had not USATF violated its own published selection criteria and picked the team off of 2018 and 2019 marks? There still may be hope for you, but you need to contact us ASAP. We want to file a Section 9 grievance for you.

2019 Pre Classic *Results

LRC Women’s Prefontaine Recap: Hassan Wins Greatest Clean* Women’s 3,000 Ever, Faith Kipyegon Returns In Style, Caster Semenya Wins Again, Houlihan, Coburn Impress The 100 and 200 match-ups fizzled. Vashti Cunningham went 2.00 for 1st time.

Pre On Boards: Pre Classic 2019 (6/30) – Official Discussion Thread

WHAT ARE THEY DOING AT THE NIKE OREGON PROJECT? The poster is raving about them but another poster says 40% of the team either was MIA or ran poorly.
Bowerman Struggling Big Time We thought they had a good meet.
JESS MF HULL
Paul Chelimo is BAAAAACK
And America’s best miler is (temporarily) Craig Engels….. Pete Julian smokes Salazar!!
Did anyone see that Konstanze Klosterhalfen was doing some type of repeat workout on the track after the Pre Classic ended?
Yomif Kejelcha goes home DEVASTATED!!!
Glassy-Eyed Gatlin, 37, runs 9.87, says he hasn’t done any “real hardcore speedwork”
Centro is going to get lit up at Pre classic mile
Allie O in Pre Steeple
Here’s my question. Has there ever been a Diamond League meet without a LJ orTJ before today’s Pre Classic meet?

More International Results

Japan National Champs Day 4:Shunya Takayama And Kensuke Izumiya Tie The 110H National Record Racing In Heavy Rain Takayama was timed at 13.354 to beat out Izumiya’s at 13.356.
Japan Champs Day 3:Reimi Yoshimura Breaks National Junior Steeplechase Record With 9:50.44Ryohei Sakaguchi won the men’s steeplechase in 8:29.85, just .85 short of the World standard.
Duncan Kipkurui (2:20:04) And Emma Kiruki (2:50:31) Win Lewa Marathon In Kenya

Outside Prefontaine Classic News

It Will Be Next To Impossible For The 2019 Pre Classic To Top The Last Big Non US Champ Meet Held At Stanford – The 1962 US Vs. USSR Meet 152,500 attended the two-day meet. More than 5,000 attended practices.
All Seats For Pre Classic Are SOLD OUT – Standing Room Only Remains
Timothy Cheruiyot And His Coach Bernard Ouma Were Pulled Off Plane In Nairobi, Forced To Go To American Embassy Whatever the issue was, he’s all clear now and in the US, although later than anticipated.
Reigning US 100m Champ Aleia Hobbs Talks About What It Was Like To Flee Hurricane Katrina And Live In A Shelter At Age 9
Ken Goe Feature On Clayton Murphy: Runner Clayton Murphy Has His Olympic Medal, And He Is Only Getting Started – oregonlive.com The article reveals that Salazar thinks Murphy’s best event will soon be the 1,500.
*MB: Alberto praises Murphy’s values: “I’ve literally never heard Clayton say one cuss word … Little things tell you a lot.”
Tons Of Stanford University Track Records Will Fall At Pre That’s what happens when you hold a pro meet on a college track.
8 NCAA Stars Will Race Pre
NBC: 10 Events To Watch At Pre

**Pre-Race Western States News *Live Coverage (8 AM ET)**

MB: Official 2019 Western States 100 Live Discussion Thread
Walmsley Might Be Tempted To Go For CR Due To Cool Temps “This will be my fourth time racing, fourth year in a row, and it’s by far the coolest year. There’s also that tempting side of it of like, I always want to see what I can run here.”
2019 Western States 100 Men’s Preview Jim Walmsley is the heavy favorite.
2019 Western States 100 Women’s Preview Look for Coutney Dewaulter to crush it.
Jim Walmsley Talks Before Western States
Courtney Dauwalter Talks Before 2019 Western States
Gabe Grunewald’s Best Friend Ladia Albertson-Junkans Talks Before Her 100-Mile Debut

Mid-Week Results / News

Japanese Championship Day One Highlights: 3:38 1,500 Runner Hiroki Matsueda Wins 5,000 In 13:41 2:06:11 marathoner Yuta Shitara was 7th in 13:47. *Day 2 Live Stream Here
*UF’s Abdul Hakim Sani Brown Equals Meet Record In 100 Semis (10.05)
Oceania Champs Day 3: Jacko Gil Wins Shot With Championship Record Of 20.75m Both 800s were tactical (Joshua Ralph 1:49.34 and Catriona Bisset 2:02.16).
Kemar Bailey-Cole Sacks Glen Mills, Goes Back To Old Coach Gregory Little The 27-yr old ran sub-10 from 2012-2015 but hasn’t broken 10 since.
Racewalker Sues To Add Women’s 50K To ’20 Olympics Why not wait and add it in 2024 when breakdancing will also be added? Actually, why not cancel both?

Our Weekly Recap – The Week That Was

WTW Meet The Fastest Loser In History And The Two 17-Year-Old 800 Phenoms, Plus What Does The US Women’s Soccer Team And US Men’s Marathoners Have In Common? This week, we introduce you to a second 1:45 17-year-old that few are talking about and remind you once again that life isn’t fair.

June 25th Was Gabriele Grunewald Day In Minnesota

Minnesota Names June 25th As “Gabriele Grunewald Day” As The Running Community Joins Together In Her Honor On What Would Have Been Her 33rd Birthday There will be a short group run starting at 6:15PM tonight in Minneapolis. The run will be 1.405 miles as 1405 was Gabe’s favorite number.
Article And Video From Kare11.com: “Gabe Day” Run Honors The Life Of Gabriele Grunewald Includes video interview with Gabe’s sister Abby Anderson and husband Justin Grunewald.
Flotrack Tribute Video To Gabe Grunewald

Fast Races Set For Peachtree On The Fourth Of July

Rhonex Kipruto (26:46) And Brigid Kosgei (29:54) Lead Deep Fields For The 50th Running Of The AJC Peachtree Road Race 10k Kipruto will have a good shot at the 27:04 course and (unofficial) US soil record while the women’s race has three of the six fastest of all-time with Kosgei, Fancy Chemutai (30:06) and Caroline Chepkoech Kipkirui (30:19), plus Emily Sisson, two-time world marathon champ Edna Kiplagat, Tokyo Marathon champ Ruti Aga, and world 10,000 bronze medalist Agnes Tirop.
*MB:Peachtree Is Celebrating Their 50th Anniversary With One Of The Best Women’s 10k Fields Ever

#2 All-Time 10k Man Rhonex Kipruto Gunning For The $50,000 Peachtree Record Bonus Kipruto is coached by Brother Colm O’Connell and says he’s “ready to tackle the race.” He already has the official US soil record with 27:08 from the UAE Healthy Kidney 10k, but now looks to get the fastest US soil time for any conditions (27:04) at Peachtree.

Sprint Stuff

Wayde Van Niekerk Could Miss The Rest Of The Diamond League Season After Suffering A “Minor Setback” In His Recovery From Knee Injury/Surgery Van Niekerk will be out six weeks with a bone bruise, but hopes to still be fit for Worlds.
IAAF Inside Athletics Video Interview With Belgium’s World U20 400m Champ Jonathan Sacoor Sacoor ran 45.03 to win World U20 champs last year and later was part of the Belgium 4×400 which won Euro Champs gold.

Prefontaine Men

LRC Men’s Recap: Chelimo Is Back, Centro Debuts, Cheptegei And Cheruiyot Are The Kings, And Coleman Is Very Fast And a Diamond League shot put record and shocker by a Brazilian.

Outside Pre Coverage:

BBC: Caster Semenya Says Her Case With The IAAF Has “Destroyed” Her “Mentally And Physically” The 1:55.70 she ran at Pre begs to differ.
The Gleaner: A Difficult Prefontaine For Jamaicans It was a less than stellar meet for the Jamaicans with Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Elaine Thompson, Omar McLeod and Danniel Thomas-Dodd all getting beaten.
RRW:Prefontaine At Stanford Is One For The Record Books
IAAF Field Recap:Darlan Romani Takes Surprise Shot Put Win
IAAF Track Recap:Sifan Hassan Takes Historic 3,000m Victory

European Action

GB’s Jake Wightman Returns From Injury With 1:45.55 Win In BMC Grand Prix 800mSarah McDonald won the women’s 800 in 2:00.15 while Andrew Butchart took the 1,500 in 3:38.84. *Discuss
*Darragh McElhinney Breaks Irish U20 3,000m Record With 8:01.48 Victory At British Milers Club Meet In Watford
Switzerland’s Alex Wilson Runs 19.98 National 200m Record In La Chaux-de-Fonds
British Teenager Amy Hunt Speeds To World Under-18 200m Best With 22.42 In Germany She broke Dina Asher-Smith‘s UK junior record and actually moved to #3 on the all-time UK list.
Sweden’s Daniel Stahl Moves To Equal 4th On The World All-Time Discus List With At 71.86m World Lead
MB:Sarah True collapses as leader 1k before finish line at Ironman Frankfurt She had a 10 minute lead when she collapsed and was taken off the course by medics in the over 100 degree (F) weather.
Kai Kazmirek And Verena Preiner Win IAAF Combined Events Meet In Ratingen, Germany Kazmirek got the Olympic standard while Preiner set the Austrian heptathlon record with 6591 points. *Day 1 Recap

Admin/Coaching News

Ken Goe:Maybe It’s Time For Different Leadership At USATF Goe doesn’t believe that the current Pan Am Games controversy would have gotten so out of hand if Vin Lananna was actually allowed to do his job as USATF president instead of being forced on “temporary administrative leave.”
Seb Coe Set To Be Re-Elected For A Second Term As IAAF President As He Stands UnopposedSergey Bubka was talked about as a possible contender (he ran against Coe four years ago), but decided not to challenge Coe.
2004 Olympic 100m Silver Medalist Lauryn Williams Puts Out Book As A Resource For Pro Athletes In “The Oval Office” Williams writes, “If you want to be successful at the professional level you have to embrace entrepreneurship. If you have no interest in running a business, then professional sports are not for you.”
USF Hires Erik Jenkins As New XC Coach No, not that Eric Jenkins.
Longtime Fordham Coach Tom Dewey Announces Retirement

The Latest On The USATF Pan Am Fiasco

LRC USA Track And Field’s Pan Am Debacle Gets Even Weirder – An Arbitrator Has Apparently Ruled Against USATF But Only In Certain Events Scott Simmons‘ Section 9 grievance was successful but it only applies to the men’s steeple and 10,000 which means he now has athletes going to Pan Ams based on both sets of rules – the ones he appealed against and the original ones. #Notjoking
*MB: USATF completely botches selection of 2019 Pan American Games team

Jamaica Names Superstar-Laden 56-Member Team For 20th Pan American Games 5 world leaders are on the squad, including Elaine Thompson and SAFP.
Athletics Canada Names 2019 Lima Pan American Team

Meet The Running Warehouse Prediction Contest Winners

LRC Previous Winners And NCAA Coaches Triumph In Our Running Warehouse NCAA Outdoors Prediction Contest Meet the winners and we’re reminded how the tiny little University of Tulsa is producing NCAA champions.

Previous USATF Pan Am Scandal News

LRCUp To 39 Athletes May Have Had Their Spots On Team USA Denied Thanks To USATF’s Incompetence; Hear Some Of Their Stories Here In December, USATF head Max Siegel and two others signed a 20-page document saying USATF would pick the Pan Am team off of 2019 times – then USATF didn’t do that and many are devastated as a result. Some of those athletes share the anguish of what it feels like to wrongfully be denied a spot on Team USA.
*MB: USATF completely botches selection of 2019 Pan American Games team

Non-Distance News

SI Q&A With Matthew Boling, Who Won Gatorade National Track And Field Athlete Of The Year Boling talks about sprinting and the wind, the difficulty of doubling up with the LJ and the idea of racing Noah Lyles and Christian Coleman (plus an update on the Twitter challenge with Ted Ginn).
Gatorade Announces Boys State Player Of The Year Awards No surprise, Matthew Boling won the award for Texas.
Arkansas’ NCAA 100H Champ Janeek Brown Forgoes Her Final Two Years Of Eligibility; Signs Pro Deal With Puma Brown is also the Jamaican NR holder and world leader at 12.40.
Chief Starter At Jamaican Champs Explains Why Former World 100H Champ Danielle Williams Wasn’t Allowed To Run Under Protest After She False Started The official explained that IAAF rules only allow racing under protest when there is a working “start information system” (which is used to electronically detect false starts). Last year Yohan Blake was allowed to run under protest despite this system being in place, but a source said that was a mistake they “vowed not to do again.”
BBC: UK Hepathlete Katarina Johnson-Thompson Talks About How She’s Got Her Career Straightened Out Through Sacrifices And Moving To The South Of France
Germany’s European And Olympic Javelin Champ Writes A Letter To His Younger Self “Thomas, you will perhaps come to regret some of those fashion mistakes you made back then. What were you thinking with those baggy clothes; you were definitely a kid of the 1990s!”

Caster Semenya Updates

IAAF Submits Request To Overturn Temporary Swiss Court Order Allowing Caster Semenya To Compete Without Medication The IAAF has asked for the order for it to “super-provisionally suspend the implementation of the DSD regulations” with regards to Semenya to be reversed.
*IAAF Statement
IAAF Director Of Science And Health Says That They Check For Gender Dysphoria With Psychological Tests Stephane Bermon: “[Psychological tests are a] very important parameter that tells us if the person has a gender dysphoria, in other words … if they feel good about their gender or aspire to change it, or do not know.”

LetsThrow.com

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

Upcoming

July 5:Lausanne DL Provisional Entry Lists
July 11:Final Entries Available For The European U23 Championships

Non-Pre US Track Action

Will Claye Moves To #3 All-Time In The TJ With 18.14m To Win At The Jim Bush Track Meet In Long Beach, CA WR holder Jonathan Edwards (18.29m) and Christian Taylor (18.21m) are the only two who have jumped farther. Claye also won the LJ with 8.21m (his best jump since 2012). Brittney Reese won the LJ with 6.95m and Brianna McNeal won the 100H (12.71) and flat 100m (11.20).
MB:Princeton Qualifier twilight meet – Official Discussion and Results Sam Ellison won the 800 in 1:46.46 over Isaiah Harris (1:46.61) while Olivia Baker won the women’s race in 2:01.21. Justine Kiprotich (3:39.57) and Lauren Johnson (4:09.81) won the 1,500s. Jordan Mann (8:26.65) and Laura Donegan (9:38.75) won the steeples. *Full Results
Lopez Lomong Wins 1,500m Tune-Up At Lane Community College In Eugene Lomong won in 3:37.62 as Hassan Mead was 4th (3:41.87).
MB:There was a pay pay per view race for $1 million last night. Guess who won it?
Sprints and hurdles shine on the final day of the USATF Youth Outdoor Championship
*Over 50 Athletes Crowned On Day 5 Of The USATF National Youth Outdoor Championship *Results
*Field Events Highlight Day 4 At USATF National Youth Outdoor Championships

Western States *Live Coverage/Tracking/Results

MBJim Walmsley Repeats As Western States Champion, Takes 20+ Minutes Off His CR, Wins In 14:09:28, Clare Gallagher Wins In 2nd-Fastest Women’s Tme (17:23:24)Message board poster Ap5000 is in awe: “I hope everyone appreciates the significance of running 8:30 pace for 100 miles with 18,000 feet of climbing. Only one guy in the world can do it!” For the record, he averaged 8:29.68 per mile. Runner-up Jared Hazen, Jim’s housemate, also broke the old CR of 14:30:04 by running 14:26:50. Defending women’s champ Courtney Dauwalter dropped out just before 80 miles and Camille Herron dropped well before that.
*News24:Jim Walmsley Defends His Title And Shatters His Own Western States RecordClare Gallagher won the women’s race in 17:23:25 (second fastest women’s time in race history).

NCAA News

Speaking Of Stanford – Another Stanford Head Coach Has Decided To Quit MB: Chris Miltenberg leaving Stanford to take over as director of T&F/CC at UNC
*MB: 2019 College Track & Field Open Coaching Positions Discussion This is the most read thread on Letsrun year in and year out.
Knoxnews.com: Tennessee Track And Field: Are Vols Running In Place Or Making Strides? The Author Focuses On How Tennessee Rarely Scores Many Points At NCAAs.
Both Gatorade HS Track Athletes Of The Year Are Headed To Georgia Jumper Jasmine Moore won the girls award.
UC Davis Track And Field Director Rahn Sheffield Steps Down

Kipchoge’s Sub-2 Attempt Will Be In Vienna

Rojo Would Rather He Run NYC Instead Kipchoge’s Sub-2-Hr. Marathon Set For Vienna On October 12th The course for INEOS 1:59 is a 4.4 km. straightaway in the middle of town in a park that will be repeated nearly 9 times. No word or not if they’ll try to draft off of a car/timing board like they did last time. The race could be held as late as October 20th due to weather. *Mayor’s Support And Fact That Many Fans Can Watch Played Role In Selection Of Vienna
*MB: Kipchoge attempts new sub 2h marathon in Vienna in Oct 2019

Gladys Cherono Will Return To Defend Her Title Against Vivian Cheruiyot At The 2019 Berlin MarathonMare Dibaba (2:19:52) was also announced.

Hosting News

The Guardian: IAAF Agent Asked Qatari Royal For $5 Million In Bid For Worlds And Olympics Newly leaked emails show Papa Massata Diack facilitating the transfer of millions of dollars from a Qatari royal family member.
Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games To Cost Nearly $100 Million The budget is more than the original estimate, but less than the $1,226 million the lower than the 2018 Gold Coast CWG cost.
Northern Italy Is Chosen to Host 2026 Winter Olympics They beat out the only other bid from Stockholm, Sweden.