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Kip Keino Classic

Full Results

Trayvon Bromell Runs World Leading 9.76 100m (#6 All-Time) At The Kip Keino Classic

Kenya's Ferdinand Omanyala broke the African record in second with 9.77. The wind (+1.2) was worth .05 as was the altitude (5,800 feet) so add 0.10 to the times according to Jonas Mureika.
*MB: Kenyan runs 9.77 100m in Nairobi. Trayvon Bromell win in 9.76.

World Athletics Full Recap: Faith Kipyegon Wins 1500m In 4:02.40 Other winners included Fred Kerley (19.76) and Christine Mboma (22.39) in the 200m, Noah Kibet in the 800m (1:44.97), Vincent Kibet Keter in the 1500m (3:35.99), Soufiane El Bakkali (8:21.20) and Celliphine Chepteek Chespol (9:30.55) in the steeple.
MB: Justin Gatlin isn't retired yet: 'Hopefully let's wait and see what's in store for the new season." Gatlin ran 10.03 to finish 3rd behind Brommell and Omanyala.
Philemon Kiplimo Wins Kip Keino Classic 10,000m In 28:37.96 World silver medallist Margaret Chelimo won the women's 5000m in 14:55.27.

NCAA / HS XC

All NCAA Results

MB: Cowboy Jamboree Results: #1 NAU men 1st (41), #5 OSU 2nd (64), #12 CU 3rd (64)+ #8 CU women FTW Isai Rodriguez DESTROYED the field individually, winning by 31 seconds.
MB: #1 BYU women dominate #3 Stanford at Florida State Open BYU won the meet 27-points ahead of #19 Florida State. #3 ranked Stanford was 5th, but didn't run their full top squad. On the men's side, Stanford won, beating Furman by 29-points. BYU's Whittni Orton and FSU's Adriaan Wildschutt were the individual winners. *Dyestat Recap
Leo Young Breaks His Older Brother Nico's National High School 3-Mile Record With 13:38.08 To Win Woodbridge Classic Young lead Newbury Park to a dominant win as they swept the top-4 spots. Nico ran 13:39.7 here in 2019. *Results

MB: Katelyn Tuohy wins Adidas XC Challenge She won the race by two seconds ahead of NC State teammate Kelsey Chimel. NC State also won the team competition.
MB: What Happened at the UVA invitational??
DyeStat: Cal Baptist Men And Women Sweep UC Riverside Team Titles Patrick Kiprop and Greta Karinauskatie got the individual wins.
USTFCCCA Weekend NCAA XC Recap
DyeStat XC Round-Up: Corning Boys, FM Girls Win New York Pre-State Meet
DyeStat: Freshman Holly Barker Highlights Opening Night At Woodbridge Classic With 16:27.4 (3 Mile) Win
LRC Preview: NCAA Cross Country Is Back in a Big Way: Showdown in Stillwater, #1 vs #3 in Florida

On The Boards

Weekend Road Results

Japan Collegiate Championships

Doping

Malcolm Gladwell: Why Was the Decision in Shelby Houlihan’s Doping Case So Unsatisfying?

Gladwell doens't believe the burrito excuse in the least but also says it makes zero sense for her to dope with nandrolone. *Discuss

CAS issues brief media release on Salazar ban, says it was clear he violated rules but does note that USADA's actions seem to be "out of proportion and excessive when compared to the severity and consequences of the
ADRVs (anti-doping rules violations) that have been established."

More College News

Vin Lananna signs contract extension with UVA through 2026
Athing Mu named as finalist for James E. Sullivan Award It may be hard to win the top amateur athletic award when she won Olympic gold as a pro, but she was incredible as an amateur.
Bahamas North: Coach Rolando ‘Lonnie’ Greene is loading the University of Kentucky up with Bahamian talent
Japanese National University Track and Field Championships Preview National record holders s Shunsuke Izumiya and Ryuji Miura are competing.

News of Note

Good Q&A With Nell Rojas After Her USATF 10 Mile Championship Win "For some reason winning is scary. And losing is scary. But in some situations winning is almost scarier, you know, because it’s uncomfortable. Like, you’ve never been there, you’re not sure if you belong there."
Guilty: Kenya's sports minister Hassan Wario and the 2016 Olympic team leader Stephen arap Soi are convicted of embezzling millions of shillings during the Rio Games. Wario was one of six Kenyan officials charged with abuse of office and the misappropriation of 55 million shillings ($545,000) during the Rio Olympics.
Russia's still being Russia: WADA warns Russia not to interfere in anti-doping work "The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) warned Russia not to interfere in drug-testing in the country and asked Wednesday that a year-old vacancy at the top of the national anti-doping body be filled."
Podium: The anatomy of a perfect marathon taper
Shericka Jackson describes 2021 as 'incredible journey'

LRC Podcast

LRC Podcast: Alberto Banned, Cole Hocker Pro, Jenny Simpson 10 Mile, "B" Teamer (?!) King Ches Over Rupp

Alberto's ban is upheld

BBC: CAS UPHOLDS Alberto Salazar's four-year anti-doping ban

Update: Nike has said they are pleased the court recognized he didn't dope any athletes but won't be funding any appeals. *Discuss

News That Passed Our Vetting Process

Chumbawamba guitarist has written a book on Gary Devine, the punk rocker fell running champion Purchase here.

Interesting Read Meet Syria's only Olympic gold medallist and an inspiration to Arab women, Ghada Shouaa (1996 heptathlon) She famously kissed and hugged JJK and Bob Kersee in a great sign of sportsmanship in Atlanta when JJK pulled out injured.

Track & Field News lists all 11 of the Diamond League winners in history for every event Christian Taylor and Renaud Lavillenie lead the way with 7 but Timothy Cheruiyot and Mariya Lasitskene have won 4 in a row.

69 minute half marathoner Glenrose Xaba is now being coached by Caster Semenya She's also got a 5k pb of 15:38.

Steve Prefontaine's 1972 NCAA xc bib up for auction. The starting big is $5,000.

Studies: To increase your chances of a long life, wtake at least 7,000 steps a day or jog, play tennis, cycle swim, etc. for more than 2.5 hours per week,

Have Achilles pain? Try running down a hill...backward 12 of 14 runners (85.7 per cent) who did it improved, which makes sense as eccentric loading is a common prescribed exercise.

More Recent Results

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Closes Her Season With 10.78 Victory In Switzerland This was SAFP's 13th straight sub-11 100m. Natoya Goule won the 800m in 1:58.20.
AW Weekly Round-Up: Andy Butchart Wins City Of Stirling 10k In 29:06 The Norwegian Championships were also this weekend and Jakob Ingebrigtsen won the 1500m in 3:33.26.
The Netherlands' Femke Bol Ends Her Season With A 54.01 400H Win In Switzerland She came in ahead of her training partner and mentor, European champion Lea Sprunger, who ran the last race of her career with 54.53 in 2nd.
USA’s Kendell Williams And Germany’s Kai Kazmirek Win Overall World Athletics Combined Events Challenge Series Winning the series gives each of these athletes a wildcard entry to next year's World Championships.

Other Doping News

Britain Set To Lose Tokyo 2020 4x100 Silver Medal After CJ Ujah's 'B' Sample Confirmed Positive If GB is DQ'd, Canada would move up to silver and China the bronze. *The Telegraph article
*MB: CJ Ujah B-Sample also POSITIVE.... goodbye medal
Nigeria's Blessing Okagbare Loses Appeal, Begins Her 4-Year Drug Ban She tested positive for HGH just before the Tokyo Games and was kept out of the 100m semi-finals after winning her heat.
WADA Commits To Reviewing Marijuana As A Banned Substance WADA didn't mention Sha'Carri Richardson's case specifically, but it said they were reviewing marijuana after "requests from a number of stakeholders."
MB: Raes Take: FBI showed up to an agent's AND coach's house...
WADA Declares Eight National Doping Agencies Non-Compliant

Zagreb

LRC 2021 Zagreb Results: Francine Niyonsaba Shatters 2000m World Record

Niyonsaba, who is banned from running in women's events between 400m and the mile as she is intersex, ran 5:21.56 to destroy Sonia O'Sullivan's outdoor world record of 5:25.36 which had stood since 1994. Niyonsaba's mark also was faster than Genzebe Dibaba's indoor world record of 5:23.75 set in 2017. In men's action, Devon Allen became the second man in 2021 to break 13:00 as he ran a new pb of 12.99. Other winners included Marvin Bracy (9.86), Getnet Wale (8:12 steeple) and Ryan Crouser (22.84).

MB: Francine Niyonsaba breaks her first WORLD RECORD!!!
Zagreb: Ryan Crouser Brings The Curtain Down In Zagreb With 22.84m Meet Record He was pushed by New Zealand's Tom Walsh who finished second with 22.39m.
Bellinzona: Fraser-Pryce Runs 10.78, De Grasse Over Kerley, Gatlin, Chanelle Price Wins 800 (1:59)

COVID Cancellations

How About Someone Else Hosts? World XC Championships In Bathurst Postponed For A Second Time Due To Australia's Super Strict COVID Restrictions The event was originally supposed to be in 2021, then 2022, but now will be 2023. Australia has a 14-day quarantine requirement for anyone entering the country. *World Athletics release
Tokyo-Area Qualifier for National University Women's Ekiden Canceled Due To COVID
2021 Moscow Marathon Cancelled Due To COVID Restrictions

Hocker Goes Pro

LRC 1500m Star Cole Hocker Turns Professional, Signs With Nike

Hocker, the NCAA and US 1500 champion who finished 6th in Tokyo, has given up his remaining eligibility to turn pro. He will be represented by Ray Flynn.
*Discussion: Cole Hocker turns pro, signs with Nike

More NCAA News:

MB: Yared Nuguse isn't turning Pro & Trash-Talks NAU
BYU Athletics To Join The Big 12 Conference In 2023
*MB: BIG 12 Cross Country is about to get VERY competitive
NAU And Notre Dame Stay 1-2 In Men's DI XC Coaches' Poll Oregon and BYU are ranked 3-4.
BYU Remains #1 In DI Women's XC Poll; NC State Moves To #2 Standford and New Mexico are ranked 3-4.
Hayward Field Will Host The PAC 12 Championships Again In 2022 Oregon will have three home meets at Hayward leading up to PAC 12 and NCAA Champs.
NCAA DI Men’s Cross Country Regional Rankings
NCAA DI Women’s Cross Country Regional Rankings

Running Group News

RIP

Hammer WR Holder And Two-Time Olympic Champ For The Soviet Union Yuriy Sedykh Dies From A Heart Attack At Age-66 Former Moscow anti-doping lab director and whistleblower Grigory Rodchenkov wrote in his book that Sedykh was "a huge steroid abuser" who was protected by Soviet Union officials. Rodchenkov said one of Sedykh's samples contained such large traces of the anabolic steroid stanozolol that it contaminated lab equipment. *European Athletics Tribute
USATF Mourns The Loss Of Two-Time Olympic Race Walker Todd Scully The 72-year-old 8-time US champion died in a car accident this week.

Week That Was

LRC WTW: What's the Future Hold for Jakob? Praise for Mondo, Bednarek, Crouser, SAFP and Elaine Thompson, Plus Jenny Simpson Long Distance Runner?

We look back at some great track performances in 2021 and the long distance road debut of Jenny Simpson where she beat Sara Hall.

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Trayvon Bromell Runs World Leading 9.76 100m (#6 All-Time) At The Kip Keino Classic

Malcolm Gladwell: Why Was the Decision in Shelby Houlihan’s Doping Case So Unsatisfying?

LRC Podcast: Alberto Banned, Cole Hocker Pro, Jenny Simpson 10 Mile, "B" Teamer (?!) King Ches Over Rupp

BBC: CAS UPHOLDS Alberto Salazar's four-year anti-doping ban

LRC 2021 Zagreb Results: Francine Niyonsaba Shatters 2000m World Record

LRC 1500m Star Cole Hocker Turns Professional, Signs With Nike

LRC WTW: What's the Future Hold for Jakob? Praise for Mondo, Bednarek, Crouser, SAFP and Elaine Thompson, Plus Jenny Simpson Long Distance Runner?

American Record Pod: Yared Nuguse and Wood Kincaid Open Up

Webb, Ritz, and Hall

Madeline Manning Mims

Frank Shorter

LRC American Marathon Record Podcast: Keira D'Amato and Deena Kastor

LRC Emily Sisson - The Next US Marathon Superstar?

LRC Woody Kincaid - On His American Record and Leaving Bowerman

LRC New Balance Boston's Mark Coogan

LRC Brooks Beasts' Danny Mackey

LRC OAC's Dathan Ritzenhein

The Rise of Syracuse: How a Cross Country Powerhouse Was Built From Scratch in 10 Years

26:59: The Story of Chris Solinsky's American Record and Upset of Galen Rupp

The Summer of Webb: An Inside Look at Alan Webb’s Magical 2007 Season

Dreams Become Reality: Jake Wightman Stuns Jakob Ingebrigtsen to Win World 1500m Title

Wejo Speaks: Why I Sucked in College

Escorting Paula - How LRC Co-Founder Weldon Johnson Paced Radcliffe To Her 1st World Record

American Strong: How American Teamwork Helped Meb Keflezighi Win Boston

LRC's Robert and Weldon Johnson Named as Two of “The 50 Most Influential People in Running”

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