HIGH SCHOOL MILE RECORD!!!
Hobbs Kessler of Skyline High School in Ann Arbor — Nick Willis' training partner — runs 3:57.66 at @americantrack to break Drew Hunter's 3:57.81 high school indoor record.https://t.co/D4If63yr1Vpic.twitter.com/IYLS9PcbdX
— LetsRun.com (@letsrundotcom) February 7, 2021
LRC An Unknown High Schooler Just Ran a 3:57 Mile — Everything You Need To About Hobbs Kessler’s Record-Breaking Run Who the heck is Hobbs Kessler? We tell you everything you need to know about the guy who came into yesterday’s race with a 4:18 1600 pb and left with a 3:57 mile pb. Kessler broke Drew Hunter‘s indoor record of 3:57.81. He was 3rd in the race behind Algeria’s Takieddine Hedeilli (3:56.79) and Nick Willis (3:56.82).
MB: HOBBS KESSLER 3:57.66 MILE NEW HS RECORD!!!
USATF Recap:Sandi Morris Clears World Leading 4.88m PV; Misses 5.07m WR Attempt GB’s Adelle Tracey won the 800m in 2:02.11 while high schooler Sophia Gorriaran moved to #3 on the all-time US list with 2:02.44. Marquis Dendy set a world lead in the LJ (8.21m) and Ronnie Baker beat out Trayvon Bromell in the 60m (6.53 to 6.58). Vashti Cunningham cleared 2.00m in the HJ.
LRC VIP Cooper Teare & The Record-Breaking Oregon DMR Team Discuss Their 2021 Plans: “This Will Be One of Those All-Time Great Oregon Teams“ Jonathan Gault talked to coach Ben Thomas and the Oregon distance stars to get their plans for the rest of the year. They reveal they “might” do XC, but after running an NCAA record of 9:19.42 in their season opener it looks like the goal is the NCAA team title indoors. “The way these guys have stuck with it and kept their edge, it’s been really special,” said Thomas. Plus how does the squad compares to the all-time great Oregon squads? (Sub required. 100% of subscriptions through Wednesday go to Jonathan Gault in honor of his 30th bday).
*MB:Catching up with Cooper Teare and the studly Oregon distance squad. Teare reveals they “might” do xc.
*MB: U of O Men: Rivaling their best Mid-D team Ever??
LRC Marc Scott (7:36) & Gabriela DeBues-Stafford (8:38) Lead Bowerman TC Sweep at Prickly Pear Invitational BTC team members won all 4 events on Saturday at the first Prickly Pear Invitational. In the men’s 3k, four broke 7:40 while in the women’s 3k, four ran 8:40 or faster.
*MB: Saturday’s Prickly Pear Invitational Is LOADED – BTC, King Ches, Coburn, Quigley, Efraimson & More!!
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LRC Diamond Hands: Bryce Hoppel, Oregon DMR, Keith Gill And The Unveiling Of LetsRun.com Theme Song From Andrew Brick Johnson On this week’s pod, we start by unveiling a musical intro produced for us by Hollywood film composer and pianist Andrew Johnson. Then there was a ton to talk about as Keith Gill was tearing it up off the track while young Americans were tearing it up on the track. Plus in honor of Jonathan’s 30th birthday, we announce that 100% of all new VIP subscriptions this week will go directly into Jonathan’s bank account. Sign up now.
LRC A Ranking Of The US Father-Son Sub-4 Mile Combos: Alan And Cruz Culpepper Join The List At #3 Over the weekend, Cruz Culpepper joined his dad as a sub-4 miler. We’ve updated the rankings of US father-son sub-4 combos as a result.
Doug Soles, Who Has Coached Great Oak To 14 CA HS State Titles And One NXN Title, Is Resigning After This Year It sounds like the known conservative is tired of being harassed. Recently pictures of his kids were put up on social media.
*MB: Soles will resign at Great Oak and leave California
FSU XC Winter Invite:
Women: #8 Colorado Edge #4 Stanford (72 To 77) Stanford’s Ella Donaghu was the individual winner as Stanford frosh Zofia Dudek impressed in 3rd in her debut.
Men: #12 Stanford Wins With 67 As #6 Iowa State And #13 Colorado Both Score 98 Iowa State’s Wesley Kiptoo was DOMINANT as he won by 15 seconds.
*MB: Kiptoo wins, breaks course record, Stanford freshmen (Dudek, Sprout) impress in debut
*MB: Colorado-Iowa State-Stanford @ FSU Winter XC Classic (2/5)
MB: Tokyo Organizers publish 1st “playbook” for Olympics so Games can go ahead, verbal cheering will be banned as will trips to restaurants and bars during one’s 1st 14 days in the country The 1st set of rules which are supposed to evolve over time are technically for international federation and technical officials.
More Administrative News NCAA Division III Cancels Winter Championships
RRW Much-Hyped 2021 RAK Half-Marathon Is Cancelled Two Weeks Out Due To Covid-19 The race was scheduled for February 19th and was to feature stacked fields, including Kibiwott Kandie, Jacob Kiplimo, Geoffrey Kamworor, Ababel Yeshaneh and Brigid Kosgei.
More COVID Cancellations:
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