Men's standard lowered from 2:18 from 2024 while women's standard stayed the same.
Archived Homepage For June 03, 2025
Archived Homepage For June 03, 2025
GST Philly is Sat./Sun.
GST's successful run in Philly came to a close Jefferson-Wooden (10.73) and Bednarek (9.86) both ran PBs/world leaders in the 100 while Young (8:01.03) won his GST debut in the 3,000 thanks to a 25.61 last 200 after Grant Fisher scratched. Josh Kerr (3:34.44) and won the 1500 for the men while Diribe Welteji (1:58.94) completed the 1500/800 double for the women.
Did you miss the action? Catch up quickly here.
Day 1 Podcast
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Marco Arop and Kenny Bednarek totally BOSSED their fields as Arop won with a negative split 1:43.38 and Bednarek won by 0.55 in 19.95.Jamal Brit pulled off a big upset in the 110h with a 13.06 win. In the women's 200, Melissa Jefferson-Wooden upset Gabby Thomas, 21.99 to 22.10. Other winners included Paulino (49.12), Welteji (3:58.04) and Agnes Ngetich (8:43.61).
- MB: Grand Slam track Philly day 1 thread (day 1 reaction show at 10 pm et)
- MB: Grand Slam Philadelphia: Josh Hoey’s coach says he can run 1:41, LET’S Go
- MB: Marco Arop BOSSES Hoey, Kessler, et. al & then says: "Marco Arop: "I want to not just win races, I want to DOMINATE them."
- MB: Jessica Hull offers to pace Faith Kipyegon to mile WR and wants to pace her to a historic first sub-8 3k We talked at length with Hull about Kipyegon's sub-4 chances.
- Josette Andrews reveals she has BIG PLANS for Rome after finishing 3rd in Philly
- Georgia Hunter-Bell reveals she may do 800/1500 double or just 800 at Worlds
On The Boards
On The Boards
"Save Girls Sports"
- The Telegraph: Transgender Athlete AB Hernandez Wins Three Medals At California State Championships In response to backlash the state meet changed the rules this year so that Hernandez "shared" medals with the girls who should have won (so each event had four medalists). That didn't stop protests though as there were some people with shirts and signs saying "Save girls sports" and a plane circled the stadium pulling a banner that read, "No boys in girls sports!"
- The Seattle Times: Washington Transgender Athlete Veronica Garcia Booed After Repeating As State 400m Champion 55.70 for 400m won't make varsity as a boy, but it can win a girls state title by more than a second.
*MB: Transgender 400m runner repeats as state champion in Washington and gets booed, tells critics: "I hope they get a life."
- The Oregonian: Transgender Sprinter Who Won An Oregon State Title Last Year Might Move To Canada To Get Less Attention When Dominating Girls Races Ada Gallagher hopes that a transgender athlete winning girls races won't be as controversial in Canada. Also, the NCAA has banned transgender athletes from women's sport, but Canadian universities have not.
- MB: Bravo - Two female athletes refuse to stand on the podium after a male pretending to be a girl won the Oregon girl’s high jump
Anna Hall Dominates At Gotzis Hypo Meeting
- US's Anna Hall Runs World Heptathlon Best 800m Of 2:01.23 To Equal #2 On World All-Time List In Gotzis She won the Gotzis Hypo Meeting with a meet record 7032 points. Norway's world indoor champ Sander Skotheim won the decathlon with 8909 points (#7 all-time).
*MB: Anna Hall #2 heptathlon all time (and a 2:01 800)!
More Weekend Pro Results
Koech equaled the meet record to win ahead of Kenya’s Nicholas Kebenei (1:43.75). South Africa's Zakithi Nene highlighted the sprints with a big PB and world-lead of 43.74 (#16 on the all-time list). Botswana's Lilian Odira took the women's 800m in 1:58.31 as the top-3 broke 1:59. Other distance winners included Uganda’s Sarah Chelangat (w5000m - 15:03), Ethiopia’s Amare Hailemariyam (m5000m - 13:34), Abel Kipsang (m1500m - 3:35.09).
*MB: Koech 1:43.3!
- Lachie Kennedy Becomes Second Aussie To Break The 10-Second Barrier With 9.98 Win At Kip Keino Classic He won ahead of South Africa's Bayanda Walaza (10.03) and Kenya's Ferdinand Omanyala (10.07).
- RRW: Molly Born Splashes To Victory At The Delightful Run For Women 5K In 15:31 Despite the very rainy conditions, Born ran a PB and the fastest time at this race in 11-years. (This race was formerly called the Freihofer's Run for Women.)
- European Round-Up: Slovenia's Euro Champ Kristjan Ceh Breaks 72m In The Discus For The Third Time This Week (72.34m) Larissa Iapichino went 7.06m in the LJ, becoming only the second Italian to break the 7 meter barrier (the first was her mother Fiona May who has the NR at 7.11m from 1998).
- Japan's Teruki Shimada (61:12) And Australia's Commonwealth Games Champ Jessica Stenson (69:51) Break CRs At Launceston Half In Tasmania
- Anna Hall And Ayden Owens-Delerme Lead After Day 1 Of Gotzis Hypo Multi-Event Meet The men’s decathlon is wide open while Hall is dominating the heptathlon.
Asian Games In The Books
- World Athletics' Asian Games Recap: 2022 World Steeple Champ Norah Jeruto Wins 5000m/Steeple Double In Championship Records 14:58.71 And 9:10.46 Pakistan's Olympic champ Arshad Nadeem won the javelin with 86.04m.
- Asian Games Day 3 And 4: India's Gulveer Singh Completes 5000m/10,000m Double Gold With 13:24.77 Victory He won a close race over Thailand's Keiran Tuntivate (13:24.97). Kenyan-born Kazakhstani Daisy Jepkemei won the women's 10,000m in 30:48.44.
- Japanese Final Day Results China won the final medal count with 19 gold, 9 silver and 4 bronze medals. India was second and Japan third
Broken National Records Highlight Weekend International Results
- Audrey Werro Runs 1:57.25 Swiss 800m Record To Win In Bydgoszcz The time is #2 in the world this year. Spain's Mohamed Attaoui won the 1500m in 3:33.30, Tunisia’s Marwa Bouzayani the women's steeple in 9:14 and Poland's Weronika Lizakowska the women's 1500m in 4:01.99 ahead of Australia's Linden Hall (4:02.11).
- Mark English Breaks His Own Irish 800m Record With 1:44.24 To Win In Bydgoszcz, Poland
- Mercy Oketch Smashes Mary Moraa's Kenyan 400m Record With 50.38 To Win At The Kip Keino Classic
- France's Hilary Kpatcha Jumps 7.02m To Win Long Jump Street Meet In Greece
NCAA Regionals
LetsRun.com co-founder Robert Johnson tells you who he thinks will win NCAAs before the regional meets are even held. *Men's Picks *Women's Pick
The only good news is the injury isn't a stress fracture - it's being described as inflammation.
- MB: Official 2025 NCAA Regionals Discussion Thread - Declarations are in - Any surprises?
- MB: Rojo picks the NCAA champs before regionals. What do you think of his picks? Vote in our polls
- MB: Arkansas Star Rachel Glenn Scratches Arkansas loses Potential 20 NCAA Points
- MB: All of the big names in the East 1500 prelims (Teffra, Martin, Strand, Murphy, etc) cruise into next round
- New Mexico duo of Ishamel Kipkurui and Habtom Samuel run 28:09 to lead 10k qualifiers
- TFN: NCAA 400m leader Micahi Danzy (44.38) is thriving as a 2-sport athlete at Florida State That being said, he's got a soft spot for track. “That’s where most of my friends come from, track. So track has a special spot in my heart because I just grew up on it. That’s really what it is," says Danzy who ran 49.86 in 9th grade, 47.19 in 10th, 45.99 in 11th, 45.88 in 12th grade and now 44.38 in 13th (college).
Admin News
- WADA President Witold Banka Reelected To Unprecedented Third Term USADA bashed WADA saying the election was "the ultimate bait and switch" saying they promised governance reforms, but changed the rules so Banka could get a third term and put up barriers to others getting on the ballot to run against him.
- Athletic Ventures Group Asks UK Government To Back 2029 World Championships Bid "Athletic Ventures" is the title UK Athletics, London Marathon Events and the Great Run Company have joined forces under.
- IOC Says Russia Is Still Banned From The 2026 Winter Olympics Due To Ukraine Invasion
- Nigeria Athletics Federation At Risk Of Possible World Athletics Ban Over Election Issues
Pre-Meet News
Once again, the men's 800 & 1500 will be must-watch tv as two of the hottest Americans from the 2025 indoor season - Josh Hoey and Hobbs Kessler - take on the big boys at Franklin Field. Plus Addy Wiley, Nia Akins, Georgia Hunter Bell, Christian Coleman, Christian Miller, Nico Young, and Graham Blanks make the GST debuts.
- Cole Hocker has never raced at Franklin Field before but he will this weekend and the Philly Inquirer gives him a feature Hocker had clearly watched a lot of Oregon Penn Relays videos on youtube.
- MB: Cole Hocker: Lots of people come up to me and say, 'I’m so happy to see both those guys go down. I don’t like how they talk.’
- MB: Many of Vin Lananna's friends don't know who Jakob Ingebrigtsen or Cole Hocker is - Do your friends know who they are?
50 Years Ago - May 30, 1975 - Steve Prefontaine Died
- Ken Goe: 50 years ago, Steve Prefontaine died - track and field has never been able to replace his star power The article ends with a depressing anecdote where Vin Lananna admits many of his friends have no idea who Cole Hocker is.
*MB: Many of Vin Lananna's friends don't know who Jakob Ingebrigtsen or Cole Hocker is - Do your friends know who they are? - Steve Prefontaine died 50 years ago (May 30, 1975) and there is a new book out about his life and legacy You can purchase it here.
- Video chat with Brendan O'Meara who talks about his new book: "The Front Runner: The Life of Steve Prefontaine"
- For Oregon HS stars Josiah Tostenson and Tayvon Kitchen, Steve Prefontaine remains 'relatable'
Another Gimmick That Will Save Track and Field?
Sha’Carri Richardson, Gabby Thomas and Tara Davis-Woodhall will serve as the advisor-owners.
Random Links
- Watch the incredible last lap of Jonah Koech's DL win Or watch the whole thing but we've cued it up to the last lap for you where he goes from 12th to 1st.
- Who needs a vacation? Many runners are now opting for a 'run-cation' instead Why pay exorbitant feees to sit on a beach when you can pay them to run on a trail?
- Minor injury rules Katarina Johnson-Thompson out of competing at this weekend's Gotzis Hypo Meeting in Austria
Who?
Jonah Koech wasn't even supposed to be in Sunday's 1500. As they approached the bell, he was in 13th out of 17. A lap later, he was the champion. He is just the third American man to win a Diamond League 1500/mile and the first runner sponsored by Under Armour to win a DL race. His 3:37.27 pre-race pb is also the slowest of any man to win a DL 1500/mile.
Jonah Koech Talks to LetsRun
We recap the running world and are joined by Jonah Koech after his amazing Diamond League win. Show notes here.
Random Articlea That Our Human Vetters Found Somewhat Interesting
- Gabriela DeBues-Stafford is back training in Scotland and finally returning to form after years of injury setbacks "Guys we are so back!!!! 4:03.8 and the win today in a push from the front!" wrote GDS recently. She credits her return to form to doing a lot of mile race pace work even when in terrible shape and just building out the distance as she gets healthier.
*MB: GDS 4:03!!! (She's BACK!!!) - Montana state meet recap: Baylor commit Madi Todorovich wins 4 more state titles to end her career Todorovich won the 400 meters (57.22), high jump (5-6), long jump (18-6), triple jump (36-8.50) and was second in the 300 hurdles (44.66). In boys action, "Belgrade junior Wilson Schmidt won the 800 in an all-class meet record time of 1:50.21 and claimed the 1,600 (4:12.60)."
- Why does TCS sponsor so many marathons? Marketingbrew.com investigates “Once we discovered the magic of marathons, we [made] a decision about 15 years ago that we shut down everything else (all other sports sponsorships),” said Global Chief Marketing Officer Abhinav Kumar.
- Japan’s Yanagita Hiroki retains men’s 100m title a Asian Athletics Champs by the narrowest of margins in 10.20 If that seems super slow, remember that "just 10 days ago held off 2019 world champion Christian Coleman to win the 100m at the Golden Grand Prix in Tokyo, clocking 10.06." *Race video
- Age 75-79 marathon WR holder Jeanie Rice (3:33:27) has a super high VO2 max and max heart rate A second article also details Rice's simple training plan. One thing that really helps her is she really makes sure she stays injury free.
Other News
- The Guardian's Sean Ingle: "From TikTok To The Track - Gen Z Are Driving Running's Third Great Boom" The 2026 London Marathons set a world record for most entries with 1.1 million which is nearly double what they had two years ago. And more than a third of entries are between 18 to 29 years old.
- Asian Champs Day 1 Recap: India's Gulveer Singh Wins 10,000m In 28:38 Over Japan's Mebuki Suzuki (28:43)
- GB Long Jumper Jazmin Sawyers Happy To Be Jumping Again After Being Out 20 Months With An Achilles Injury
- Need A Job? World Athletics Job Vacancy: AIU Intelligence Operations Manager
5000m WR Attempt
Joshua Cheptegei set his 12:35.36 WR at the Monaco DL in 2020 and Gebrhiwet sits #2 on the all-time list after he missed it by just over a second at Oslo last year with 12:36.73.
NYC GP Cancelled
The USATF LA Grand Prix and USATF Bermuda Games were also cancelled this year. Grand Slam Track is the new big kid on the block in N. America.
How Josh Hoey Rose To The Top Of The World
For five years, Hoey cylced through coach after coach but barely improved from his 1:47.67 high school 800m pb. Learn why he moved around so often -- and why he never gave up. Part I of JG's 7,000+ word feature.
*MB: Josh Hoey profile by JG
- Part II: SC How Josh Hoey Went from Also-Ran to World Indoor Champion, Part II: Going All-In With Justin Rinaldi & The Fast 8 Track Club Hoey's career had stagnated until connecting with Rinaldi in 2023. Within minutes of seeing him train in-person, Rinaldi knew he was special: "I said, if I can’t get this guy to run 1:44, there’s something wrong with me."
This Week's Pod w Clayton Murphy
Clayton Murphy was our guest this week and talks about his great career. What were his favorite moments, races? Why did he decide to hang them up?
Cheating/Doping News
- WSJ: "The Rapid Rise Of 'Illegal' Running Shoes" Shoe companies have been making shoes that are purposefully over the 40mm stack height allowed by World Athletics. They might not be legal for elite races, but they can still make lots of money selling them to recreational runners.
*MB: WSJ - the rise of 'illegal' running shoes - Olympic 400H Champ (Now High School Coach) Lashinda Demus Wants Drug Testing At The High School Level Demus (who was retroactively upgraded to Olympic gold when Russia’s Natalya Antyukh was DQ'd for doping) said, "If we have all these kids that are pretty much capable of running professional and have these professional marks, we probably need to start testing earlier because they potentially could be people that can make the national teams."
- Enhanced Games Founder Expects "Billions" To Tune In To Watch The "Doping Olympics" The host city and roster of athletes is set to be announced soon. In their promotional material, the Enhanced Games claims to have an "enhanced" sprinter that broke Usain Bolt's 100m record. We say show the tape or we're not buying it.
Girma Update
"He’s still feeling parts of the concussion coming to him when he reaches certain high speeds and levels," said Girma's agent Hussein Makke. "...He’s not normal yet. He’s able to train and he’s put in good workout sessions, but at such a point, a combination of intensity and other things, he feels some dizziness and some things...He's planning to come back and run his race when he’s close to 100%."
Valby Update
"She is on the mend,"said Parker's father and agent, Kyle. "I don’t want to get into [the specifics of the injury] at this point, but she is in good shape...I’ll be able to share more [about racing plans] in the future, we’re just waiting on a few things relative to her health. She’s in a good spot mentally."
Kipyegon opens her season in Xiamen with nearly a WR But...
On Wednesday, Nike announced that Kenya's Faith Kipyegon will attempt to break four minutes in the mile on June 26 in Paris. Spoiler alert. She's not going to break 4. And it's not going to be particularly close. Did you know the 1k time she ran on Saturday where she just nearly broke the WR is still below sub-4 mile pace?
Shoe News
Taylor Roe broke 15:00 for the 1st time in her career today, racing in the shoes for the 1st time. 5k man Amon Kemboi also loved them. "You kind of feel the bounce only," Kemboi said. "So even though you are tired, you feel just the drive it gives you when your legs are tired."
More From The Ten
Bekele and Sound Running's Jesse Williams, meet director for The TEN, explain why the Ethiopian star Telahun Bekele, who is racing GST this weekend, missed the start on Saturday night and how he hit the World Championship standard anyway.
Shelby Speaks
Last week, Houlihan spoke with LetsRun.com for more than an hour with no questions off the table. Houlihan shares which supplements she took at the time of her positive test, why she said she didn't know what nandrolone is, running a 30:31 10k in practice, and her hopes for World Indoors and the rest of 2025.
Stop Obsessing Over Your Diet
The US indoor 1500m/3000m champion overhauled his fueling in workouts before the 2024 season. Now he swears by his routine.
The Record Books Are Getting Rewritten In 2025
In the span of one week in February, runners broke five world indoor records and every American men's middle-distance record from 800m to 5000m. Jonathan Gault spoke to some of America's top athletes and coaches to find the reasons behind all of the fast times.
One More Look at a Legendary Race
From novice fans to running diehards, there was something for everyone (except perhaps Brits and Norwegians) to enjoy about one of the greatest middle distance races ever run.
Blanks = NCAA XC x 2
Just before Blanks chases a 5,000m pb and collegiate record in what is likely his final NCAA race at Boston University on Saturday, he told LetsRun about the key session of his 2024 XC season -- one he described as "probably the best workout I've had so far in my career."
Jonathan Gault pays tribute to two legends
Simpson and Centrowitz, who both 1st medalled in 2011 and retired in 2024, leave the sport as two of the faces on the Mt. Rushmore of American 1500m running after piling up a combined eight medals at global championships. And despite not ever finishing in the top 3 on the yearly 1500 list (Simpson's best was 4th, Centro's 9th), they will be remembered as two of the better milers of their generation.
Your latest American stars share their insights.
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.
Best of Jon Gault
Best of Jon Gault
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