Archived Homepage For May 26, 2023
Archived Homepage For May 26, 2023
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Chemusto began 2023 with a 4:14 1500m pb but is down to 4:01 after using a 59.8 last lap to win in Nairobi on May 13.

LA Grand Prix is Fri./Sat. - Rabat is Sunday
LA Grand Prix is Fri./Sat. - Rabat is Sunday

A bunch of big names have scratched but Richardson, Mondo Duplantis, Ryan Crouser, Timothy Cheruiyot, & more are all competing this weekend.

Distance News of Note
2023 NCAA Regionals Have Begun

Regional MB Talk

MB: Two-time NCAA champ Eric Jenkins (3:53/13:05/27:22) announces his retirement As a pro, he never made an Olympic team but did make the 2017 Worlds.

A look at Arkansas' men recruiting class, which includes World U20 decathlon champion Gabriel Emmanuel from the Netherlands along with John Scott Kendricks

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    Weekly Recap

    Christian Coleman picked up a big win, Paul Chelimo showed he is back, some big stars are hopefully coming out of hibernation soon.

    Indoor Track Gets A New Name

    They say this will "allow more flexibility in the setting of 200m tracks" so that for example, if a city wants to build a temporary outdoor 200m track in a city square or train station, they can do that and still have it count for "short track" (formerly "indoor") records. This has no effect on traditional 400m outdoor track meets/records.

    Road News
    Random Olympic News
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    World Athletics Gets It Right

    Starting at the 2023 Worlds, the 1500, 5k, and steeple will only use automatic qualifiers. We love the change but wish they'd gone farther and included the 800.

    Sprint Stuff
    RIP

    Rick was born with cerebral palsy, but finished more than 1000 races (including 32 Boston Marathons) with his father, Dick Hoyt, pushing him in his wheelchair.

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    USATF Bermuda

    Watch the race above. The times in many of the other sprint events were even faster thanks to the big tail winds -  Jasmine Camacho-Quinn 12.17w, Steven Gardiner 44.42, Jamal Britt 12.99w, Abby Steiner 22.06w.

    Fred Kerley begins his 100m season quite well

    In other action, Japan's Shunsuke Izumiya almost broke his own 110mh NR by running 13.07 and Nozomi Tanaka beat Dani Jones in the 1500 as Ryuji Miura won the men's steepelchase. *Results

    Rabat Diamond League on Sunday Looking Amazing (Kerley vs Jacobs and Nuguse vs Ingebrigtsen)!?!?
    Rabat Diamond League on Sunday Looking Amazing (Kerley vs Jacobs and Nuguse vs Ingebrigtsen)!?!?

    Will Kerley and Jacobs race each other in Rabat?

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    Who wins in Rabat?

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    Will Jakob and Yared race each other in Rabat?

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    Great Manchester Run - Farah's 2nd To Last Race

    Farah ran 29:11, well behind Italy's winner Eyob Faniel (28:27). Hellen Obiri won the women's race in 31:14.

    Night of the 10,000m PBs

    Chelimo gutsily ran nearly dead even splits even though he was all alone for 5000 on a blustery evening and still managed to move to #8 on the US list. Weini Kelati ran 31:01 as Jess Warner-Judd (31:09) and Andy Butchart (27:47) won the British titles. *Results

    Today's Dose Of Random
    America's newest track star?!

    Cordell Tinch of DII Pittsburg State had the performance of the week as he also long jumped 8.24m (+3.2) and cleared 2.18m in the HJ at his conference meet.

    Sad News

    Bowie won three Olympic medals at the 2016 Rio Games (100m silver, 200m bronze and 4x100m gold) and was the 2017 World champ in the 100m and 4x100m. Her management company shared the news of her passing, tweeting, “We’ve lost a client, dear friend, daughter and sister. Tori was a champion…a beacon of light that shined so bright!”

    Doping Polls are Baaack!

    When track and field fans walk into a bar or go on a run, doping is often the topic of conversation. With that in mind, we want your thoughts on which current track and field stars you think are clean and which you think are dirty.

    Marcell Jacobs

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    Christian Coleman

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    Fred Kerley

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    Noah Lyles

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    Michael Norman

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    Erriyon Knighton

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    Grant Holloway

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    Karsten Warholm

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    Donvan Brazier

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    Emmanuel Korir

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    Jakob Ingebrigtsen

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    Jake Wightman

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    Timothy Cheruiyot

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    Yared Nuguse

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    Soufiane El Bakkali

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    Evan Jager

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    Lamecha Girma

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    Grant Fisher

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    Selemon Barega

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    Ryan Crouser

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    Mondo Duplantis

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    Matthew Centrowitz

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    Mo Farah

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    Galen Rupp

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    Coaches
    Coaches

    Alberto Salazar (coach)

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    Jerry Schumacher (coach)

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    Dathan Ritzenhein (coach)

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    Doping Polls are Back

    One of the worst things about track and field is you're not sure what you're watching is real. We polled you whether you think the world records are dirty or clean.

    Woody Speaks

    Woody Kincaid is charting his own path in the running world for the first time as a professional. He opens up why he left Bowerman, his desire for American records, and a lot more including Shelby Houlihan.

    How do you explain the ridiculous indoor distance times?
    Nuguse Dreaming of Olympic Gold

    Yared Nuguse surprised the world by getting one American record last weekend. By the time, the winter is over, he may have 3. Nuguse joined the LRC podcast to talk about his dreams, goals, training with the OAC, and his unorthodox start in the sport.

    Kipchoge loving the LetsRun Shirt in Berlin


    Your latest American stars share their insights.

    Three legends of the sport.

    One of the greatest US runners ever.

    We chatted with Frank on the 50th anniversary of his Olympic Marathon gold

    American Record Holders
    American Record Holders

    Keira D'Amato, the new American record holder in the marathon, was joined by Deena Kastor, who held the record for 15 years.

    Sisson was the guest on the LetsRun.com Track Talk podcast after she became the first American to go sub 67 in the half marathon on a record-eligible course. Podcast highlights above. Full pod here.

    Woody Kincaid joined us after he broke the American record indoors at 5000. He talks above why he left the Bowerman Track Club. Podcast highlights and link to full podcast here.

    Coogan's New Balance Boston team had 3 Olympians in 2021 and 2022 could be the biggest year yet for the program with 2 new additions and the TRACK at New Balance coming on March 1st.

    Danny Mackey has taken the Brooks Beasts from an unproven club to the Olympic podium in its first decade.

    Dathan Ritzenhein is the first of the top pro coaches to sit down and talk about his club heading into the 2022 campaign.

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