KERR SCRATCHED - I don’t even care if he has a good reason for scratching, screw you Josh Kerr!!!

Yeah, I realized a mod deleted this. Unbelievable really. Kerr is called “Duck Duck Kerr” mainly because his racing schedule is very short. That is probably just a function of his fitness though, wouldn’t want to show up when he is slow.

I just got a text from a buddy, "So no races between 5th Aven and Grand Slam Track. Jakob is chuckling somewhere." Your photo is perfect for that.

Of course Jakob himself has gotten sick a lot himself over the years. I guess the only difference is Jakob still races and loses and then people get made when he admits he was sick.

Let's hope Kerr makes it up to us by some race tis winter. I'd say World indoors (certainly not counting on it) but since we had to have the whole pony show last year as to whether he'd show up at a home Worlds, that's not gonna happen.

How about this? Hell since the NCAA is basically letting pros compete now and New Mexico seems to have no interest in really figuring out if their new additions actually had pro shoe contracts - can he petitition the NCAA and see if they'll let him try to beat Ethan Strand at NCAAs? ;)

If he's in sub-3:50 shape right now, wouldn't you want to race at least once?

Easy to catch a cold or flu leading up to a meet with all the group activities and interviews. Especially during indoor season (winter). Usually it's mild enough one can still run, but definitely impacts performance. It must be pretty bad to drop out. Or maybe food poisoning and unrelated to all the group contact. Or maybe he was spending time with Jess Hull. ;)

The chemist got something wrong and he's worried he'll test positive?

God this sport is SO FCKIN BORING!!!!!!!!!!!

Damn, I was really looking forward to rooting against the cybertruck boy. Guess it'll have to wait until GST!

On a serious note, I don't follow any other pro sports. Do runners get sick more often than other pros, or is it simply that in running you notice it more because it's an individual sport? You can still go watch the Lakers for example if some pro is out that day, but now we are out one of the only competitors who had a real shot at winning the Wanamaker Mile (Nuguse should handily take this, barring something special from Hobbs?)

crazy how one of the healthiest people in the world can just get sick out of the blue the night before one of the biggest indoor races of the season. what are the odds huh

D1 DODGER HOLE MASSIVE COCKER WOULD NEVER KERR DODGING GOOSE THE LOOSE NUGUSE OH MY

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He is human and obviously can't compete at his best if he became ill. We all get sick, it's understandable despite us wanting to see him compete.

Ask his college teammates about tanking the DMR anchor with an «injury», then miraculously coming back the next day to defend his mile title. Definitely not someone to cheer for.

I'm hearing Kerr was up all night throwing up.

Marcell Jacobs is also no longer in the 60

This sucks and I love calling out athletes for dodging (like Jakob is dodging today), but I believe Kerr got sick. Seems like everyone I know has gotten sick in the last two weeks, and I was sick for most of last week. No reason for him to fly all the way out to NY and do interviews just to scratch last minute.

That puts a damper on things.

Big time.

Unless he's injured, then this is really lame.

Cole Hocker might be an Oregon Duck, but Kerr is just a duck. It's ridiculous how often he ducks competition.

Ignorant European here. Is there a stream of the race somewhere? (Youtube would be lovely) Would love to see both the 3000m and the mile.

Athletes get sick in February. It's not a sign of cowardice or a personal insult to you when they scratch for that reason.

Imagine this guy as the Olympic champion. I'm not a Cole Hocker fan but for 25 meters I never cheered harder for anyone.

It’s on the world athletics website, you just need to register.