College News Of Note

• Good News  William & Mary Reinstates ALL Cut Sports, Including Men’s Track And Field
• Bad News Clemson Axes Mens XC And Track Teams A school that is less than 10% Black/Hispanic just cut one of its more diverse sports.”Of Clemson’s men’s  sports, only men’s track and field and cross-country could provide the Department with both substantial cost savings  as well as the ability for long-term Title IX compliance.”
• MB NCAA announces selection criteria for 2021 NCAA XCs How teams do at their conference championships is the #1 criteria. In terms of individual qualification, the #1 runner in every conference not on a qualifying team will automatically make it.
• Alton McKenzie ’93 Named New Georgetown Director Of Track And Field/XC
• A Look Back At Jim Ryun’s Only NCAA Outdoor Title In 1967 In 1966, freshmen weren’t allowed to compete at NCAAs and Ryun was TFN track and field athlete of the year.
• 11.31/22.42 Sprinter Amy Hunt Writes About Juggling Her 1st Year Ar Cambridge University While Being The World’s #1 Junior Sprinter
• Track And Field News Tells You Where The Top HS Boys Recruits From The Class Of 2020 Went To College

Covid News – We Hope You Don’t Live In MA Or The UK

• How The Latest Month-Long Lockdown Affects UK Athletics All group training is outlawed but you can train with one other person.
• Starting Friday, Massachusetts Will Require Mask Wearing At All Times In All Public Places Even If You Are Socially Distanced *MA Rule
• Covid-19 Breaks Out On K State Track Team – 10 Test Positive

Previous Links That We Liked

• Eliud Kipchoge Says Repeating As Olympic Marathon Champ Is His #1 Goal For 2021, Not Sure About Running London Two Months Later We think November’s NYC marathon would make a lot more sense.
• Great News: The Oldest Continuous Road Race In The World – Buffalo’s YMCA Turkey Trot 8-K – Will Be Held For A Record 125th-Straight Year This Year Thousands normally run but only 125 will be allowed to run in-person this year. The rest will race virtually but the good news is the streak will continue.
• Ex-Coogan’s Owner Peter Walsh Pens Column About Why He Voted On Tuesday “I [voted as a bar/restaurant owner who tossed out patrons who thought insulting women and dropping racist remarks was acceptable conduct.” *Peter Walsh Podcast *VIP Discuss
• Cathal Dennehy Profiles Australian 800 Aces Peter Bol And Joseph Deng The Sudanese refugees have known each other for 13 years, train together, live together, both run 1:44 and dream of the Olympic final.
• 15-Year-Old Australian Breaks World U16 1,000m Mark With A 2:25.70
• Wisconsin HS State XC Meet Was Run In 3 Waves, So The Winner Had To Wait 7 Hours To See If He Was The Winner

Previous NCAA News

• DyeStat:Former Princeton Star Russell Dinkins Uses Power Of Persuasive Writing To Help Save College Track Programs Dinkins has been involved in the fights to save track at Brown, William & Mary and Minnesota.
• Arkansas Facing XC / Indoor Track Dilemma  Women’s head coach Lance Harter: “Ultimately the No. 1 priority is our indoor season. But if we have people that are willing and able to run cross country we’ll take them and give them the experience.”
• ASU XC And Track Athlete preparing For Unique Season With indoor and XC happening at the same time, distance runners will only be able to compete in one.
• No Changes To The Top-3 Ranked Teams In Week 2 NCAA XC Poll NAU, BYU and Arkansas still sit 1-3 while Notre Dame moved up to #4.
• Arkansas And New Mexico Women Remain Top Two In Updated NCAA Rankings NC State moved up to #3 and BYU down to #4.
• Notre Dame’s Yared Nuguse And Alabama’s Mercy Chelangat Are NCAA Athletes Of The Week Nuguse was the individual winner at the ACC Championships while Chelangat won SECs.
• USTFCCCA Share Their Recaps / Highlights From NCAA Conference Championship Weekend

Non-Distance Stuff

• Wayde Van Niekerk Continues His Comeback With 400m Win In South Africa With 45.89 This is the fastest he’s ran since his injury in 2017 as he could only manage to run in the 47.42 in the last 400m race he ran in February.
• Mother Of Reeva Steenkamp “Shook With Anger” When The BBC’s Oscar Pistorius Documentary Trailer Didn’t Mention Reeva By Name The BBC took down the initial trailer and are putting out a new one.
• World Athletics Podcast With German Javelin Thrower Johannes Vetter
• Two-Time World PV Champ Sam Kendricks To Participate In Texas Expo Explosion On New Year’s Day Kendricks will be there giving tips and answering questions for young vaulters.

Olympic Related Stuff

• Tokyo 2020 Organizers Play Down Fears Next Year’s Postponed Games Will Be Behind Closed-Doors Concern was sparked because they’re offering ticket refunds, but it only makes sense to offer people a refund. They aren’t issuing them automatically.
• President Trump Signed Bill Giving Congress Power To Remove USOPC Board Members The act protects amateur athletes from abuse from coaches/officials and requires the USOPC give the US Center for SafeSport $20 million a year.
• COVID-19 Countermeasures Tested At Near-Full Tokyo 2020 Venue These measures include high-resolution cameras and sensors to monitor mask-wearing and the movement of fans and carbon dioxide and wind-speed monitoring devices.
• Alan Abrahmson: IOC Must “Urgently” Re-Do Esports Strategy Abrahmson is responding to a piece written by IOC president Thomas Bach about the Olympics during the time of COVID.
• Survey Reveals Tokyo 2020 Sponsors Are Concerned About Extra Payments To Continue Their Deals Good news was none of the companies surveyed said they were planning to end their sponsorship.
• Tokyo 2020 Torches Start Eight-Month Tour Of Host City

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