We praise  the Arkansas Razorbacks, have some insight into the incredible Kenenisa Bekele, look at some nice road win$, including a dominant one by Ben Blankenship, plus some high school news and some insight on the Rio track.

Laura Thweatt is the top American while the men's field is lead by NYC Half runner-up Wilson Chebet, NZ's Zane Robertson with Scott Bauhs leading the US charge.

The US women led by top 15 showings by Janet Cherobon-Bawcom and Sara Hall were 5th.

Kenya put up a historic 1-5 sweep two years ago. Can they do it again in Cardiff? Which Kenyan stud will be the winner? Can the US snag the bronze led by Olympic Trials top 6 placers, Kellyn Taylor and Janet Bawcom?

The top-4 men all finished within 1-second of each other as Legese beat a field that included Stanley Biwott (2nd), Leonard Komon (10th) and Wilson Kipsang (11th). For the women, Cynthia Limo moved to third on the all-time list with 66:04 as a record 6-women went under 67-minutes. Former World Half champ Gladys Cherono was 2nd (66:07). *Full Results

Mary Keitany ran the third fastest time ever (66:02) to put away a stiff challenge by Mamitu Daska, who set a new Ethiopian record of 1:06:27. The men's race came down to a 5-way sprint but the big news was the drone that filmed parts of the race with stunning shots.

Stephen Sambu, who owned the American road race scene this summer, was only fourth in 62:00. Molly Huddle was the top American woman in third (69:23), while Ethan Shaw, a member of the B.A.A. High Performance Team under Terrence Mahon, was the top American man in eighth (65:10). We break it down for you and catch up with David Rudisha's HS teammate.

On the men's side Desisa will be up against Stephen Sambu, Leonard Korir and last year's runner-up Daniel Salel. Huddle faces BAA 10K champ Mamitu Daska, Betsy Saina, Linet Masai and 1:07:44 runner Mary Wacera.

Nick Arciniaga was 9th in 2:14:31. Pasca Myers ran 2:33:45 to win over US's Brianne Nelson (2:34:44). Julius Koskei won the Garry Bjorklund Half Marathon in 1:03:36 while Cynthia Limo took the women's race in 1:09:50.
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