All six US women's mid-d/distance entries have a legitimate shot at the podium in Nanjing, including Nia Akins and Shelby Houlihan.

With a sub-2:02 800 and sub-4:30 mile required just to qualify for the meet, the women's middle-distance events should be incredible. The 800 features three NCAA champions in Whittaker, Roisin Willis, and Michaela Rose

We break the distances races down for you like only LetsRun.com can. UNC's Strand has set NCAA records in the mile (3:48.32) and 3000m (7:30.15) this season and will be seeking his first NCAA title in Virginia Beach. Will Washington win its 6th straight 1500/mile title? Can the OK State men three-peat in the DMR? And who is favored in the team battle?

Josh Hoey kept rolling, edging Grant Fisher to win the 1500 in 3:33.66 to Fisher's 3:33.99 as 2022 US indoor champ Heather MacLean (4:23.32) got a big win in the women's mile. Plus a Will Sumner update.

• Parker Valby’s Professional Debut @ New Balance Indoor Grand Prix  Valby broke her and Katelyn Tuohy's pb and ran 8:34.
• Parker’s lack of a kick means she will never win on the track
• Josh Hoey: Is it time to call a spade a spade? If it walks like a duck, runs 2:14 and 3:33 like a duck....
• Cameron Myers 7'33''12 3000m - how fast can he run this summer ? The teenager took down Hobbs Kessler.
• Hobbs Kessler 7:35! Amazing for a 800/1500m specialist
• Emma Coburn Last Place.
• Hobbs Kessler: “I don’t think anything over 7:30 (for 3k) is fast”
• Jess Hull? Where was she?

With Noah Lyles v Marcell Jacobs in the 100, Grant Fisher v Josh Hoey v Jake Wightman v Graham Blanks in the 1500, Parker Valby making her pro debut, and Olympic champs Julien Alfred, Rai Benjamin, Masai Russell and Grant Holloway all racing, this meet is loaded.

Edwin Kurgat, Adriaan Wildschutt, Ollie Hoare, new OAC additions Ky Robinson and Dylan Jacobs, and Villanova's Liam Murphy are also in the field.

Strand (7:30.15) and Wolfe (7:30.23) are now #4 and #6 on the all-time US list (including outdoor times) as the top four finishers all broke the NCAA record.

Ingebrigtsen took more than three seconds off Komen's 7:20.67, which had stood for nearly 28 years. Berihu Aregawi ran 7:21.28 (#3 all-time) while Grant Fisher was last in 7:49.79.

• Official 2024 Silesia DL Thread: Will the 800m and 3000m WRs Go Down?
• 7:17.55! Jakob Ingebrigtsen DESTROYS 3000m WR Jakob has done it. The oldest men's track WR is history.
• Mondo upstages Jingy! He set another WR of 6.26 at the end of the meet.
• How is 7:17 for 3000 even possible? The Greatest WR is 7:17
• Komen is still better than Jakob
• and some of you will still come out and scream “Kerr is better than Jakob”
• Jakob MUST run a fast 5000m this season — why isnt he entered in Rome DL?
• 3000m; lights are set at 7:20.67
• Jacob equivocal on M 3000M WR attempt at the Silesia DL press conference
• Jessica Hull dropped out of Selesia Diamond league 1500m
• Kessler running the 800 in Silesia

The Diamond League returns this week with Lausanne on Thursday and Silesia on Sunday. Here's what you need to know.

Between Josh Kerr, Selemon Barega, & Yared Nuguse, three of distance running's biggest stars are racing in Glasgow but only one can win. *MB: Race of the year (so far): Men's 3000 at World Indoors - Who you got? Kerr, Nuguse or Barega?

Over the last 5 World Indoors, the US has averaged 3 mid-d/distance medals per meet, and with Yared Nuguse, Cole Hocker, Elle St. Pierre, and Bryce Hoppel, the US should add to that total in Glasgow.

Nuguse is stepping up from the 1500 and will take on Cooper Teare, Cole Hocker, and Abdihamid Nur in the 3,000. The top two qualify for World Indoors in Glasgow. *MB: USATF Indoors: Declarations are OPEN - And Nuguse has declared for 3k

With no overwhelming favorites in any of the distance races, 2023 NCAAs should be full of drama. Plus who is favored in the team battle?

Lamecha Girma negative split the 3000m perfectly to take down Mohamed Katir and Daniel Komen's 25 year-old record.

We've been doing LetsRun.com since 2000 and we're not sure we've ever experienced what we'll witness on Wednesday - an American racing in Europe with a shot at a distance world record. 

Katelyn Tuohy, Alicia Monson and Elise Cranny will have NCAA/American records in mind in the women's 3000 while the men's 3000 features a rematch of Geordie Beamish and Cooper Teare (plus Luis Grijalva and Josh Kerr).

• MB: Official 2023 Millrose Games Discussion Thread
• MB: Rank in order of difficulty for Noah Lyles: 100m Gold, 18-second 200m, 400m WR

The DL is back with a big one. We can't wait for the men's 200 (Lyles, Knighton, Michael Norman), women's 100 (SAFP, Jackson, Thompson-Herah) and men's 1500 (Ingebrigtsen, Cheruiyot, Hoare & more). For the record, the women's 100 WR is 10.49 and the men's 200 WR is 19.19.

What a meet. When this meet is over the American 3000 record may be history as well as the women's 1500 WR. Plus we get Noah Lyles vs Michael Norman and Erriyon Knighton in the 200, Emmanuel Korir vs Jake Wightman in the 1000, SAFP vs Shericka Jackson in the 200. *MB: Offiical 2022 Monaco DL Discussion thread: Will Grant Fisher break the 3000 AR, Will Faith Kipyegon break the 1500 WR?

Barega's claim to being the best distance running on the planet grows stronger as the BTC's Marc Scott snags a bronze. Plus the men's 4 x 400 was eliminated despite a heroic effort from Isaiah Harris.

All 5 American distance runners made their respective finals, while Cuba’s Lazaro Martinez won the first gold of the championships, leaping 17.64m in the men’s triple jump.

• Official 2022 World Indoors Day 1 Live Discussion Thread
• Tinman elite goes home devastated from 2022 World Indoors. Gusman & Parsons eliminated in 3k + USATF didn't enter Hunter