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Cory Leslie

Cory Leslie

July 16, 2016

Elite Fields Released: Drew Hunter Will Make His Professional Debut At The Sir Walter Miler On August 5th In Raleigh, NC

This race has provided great atmosphere in the past and looks to again as Hunter faces Olympic Trials finalists Kyle Merber, Colby Alexander, Johnny Gregorek, Cory Leslie and more. Women's Field has Morgan Uceny, Sara Vaughn, Stephanie Brown, Nicole Tully, Heather Kampf.
July 03, 2016

US Olympic Trials Men's Steeplechase: Can Bowerman Track Club Go 1-2 Or Will Donn Cabral, Stanley Kebenei or Cory Leslie Crash the Party?

With 6 guys with qualifying times under 8:20 and 12 under 8:30, you'd better be on your game if you want to go Rio.
June 01, 2016

Rome DL Preview: Will Almaz Ayana Break The 5K WR? Ajee Wilson Makes Her 2016 DL Debut In A Stacked Women's 800, And Kipruto Vs. Birech Round 3 In The Men's Steeple

Wilson looks to be in good shape but has her hands full in a truly spectacular women's 800 with Caster Semenya, Francine Niyonsaba and all of the medalists from 2015. There's also Elijah Manang'oi in the men's 1,500, Trayvon Bromell in the 200, Justin Gatlin in the 100, Wayde van Niekerk in the 400, Marquise Goodwin vs. Greg Rutherford in the LJ, English Gardner vs. Elaine Thompson in the 100 and Gianmarco Tamberi in the HJ. *MB: Official 2016 Rome Golden Gala Diamond League Discussion Thread.
March 09, 2016

2016 USA Indoors Preview, M 1500: Matthew Centrowitz Shoots For Repeat; Who Will Join Him on Team USA?

Centro, who ran a 3:50.63 mile at Millrose, has been on fire this year and is a near-lock for the team. Three other men have the IAAF standard: Robby AndrewsCory Leslie and Ben Blankenship.
June 24, 2015

2015 USA Steeple Preview: Evan Jager & Emma Coburn Should Repeat; Can Collegians Colleen Quigley, Courtney Frerichs And Leah O'Connor Grab A Spot To Beijing?

Emma Coburn and Evan Jager should win but the steeple is suddenly a very interesting event in the US.  Stephanie Garcia, Ashley Higginson, Colleen Quigley, Courtney Frerichs, and Leah O'Connor all have realistic dreams of competing in Beijing as do Stanley Kebenei, Dan Huling, Donn Cabral and Cory Leslie.

February 03, 2015

Zane Robertson Pulls a Ryan Hall, Alberto Salazar is Track's Bill Belichick, Will Claye is Not Canadian But Good For the Sport, Tweet of the Week

Zane Robertson and Ryan Hall are way more similar than you thought, Alberto Salazar is track's Bill Belichick, Will Claye is not Canadian but good for the sport, the Russian are really good at doping, plus the tweet of the week, fast races on a flat track and more.

December 29, 2014

2014 LRC Year-End Rankings: Men's 3000 Steeplechase: Jairus Birech Is World #1, Evan Jager World #3

Jairus Birech reigned supreme this year, winning six of the seven DL events to go with a gold medal at the African Championships. Evan Jager was the clear U.S. #1 and enjoyed a PR (and American record) 8:04.71 in Brussels in September. Canadian Matt Hughes sneaks into the top 10 as well.
July 12, 2014

Distance Results From 2014 Morton Games In Ireland: Will Leer Wins Mile In 3:51.82 over Pat Casey (3:52.62) And Cory Leslie (3:53.44).

Zane Robertson was 4th (3:53.72) and Kyle Merber 5th (3:54.76). Molly Huddle won the women's mile in 4:26.8 as Phoebe Wright won the 800 in 2:01.91. Mark English took the 800 with 1:45.79 as US's Ryan Martin ran 1:45.79 for 2nd. Juan Luis Barrios won the 3K in 7:44.21 over Trevor Dunbar (7:45.09).