Heath faces former NCAA 800m champ Edward Kemboi and Mexican mile national record holder Daniel Herrera. *Race Website

Distance highlights include Duane Solomon in the 800; Cam Levins, Eric Jenkins and Jordan McNamara in the 1500, Don Cabral in the steeple, Melissa Bishop vs Brenda Martinez in the 800 and Shannon Rowbury vs Gabriele Grunewald in the 3000. A lot of good sprint and field action as well. *Vancouver Sun: Andre De Grasse, Derek Drouin, Ashton Eaton, Brianne Theisen-Eaton And Jeremy Wariner Highlight Non-Distance Action

Katie Rainsberger lowered her pr to 4:14.20

Men's 800 features Duane Solomon, Brandon Johnson, former NCAA champ Edward Kemboi, Lopez Lomong, Ryan Martin, Eliud Rutto and David Torrence while the women's has Roesler, Molly Ludlow, Oregon's Raevyn Rogers, former NCAA 1500 champ Shelby Houlihan. Vashti Cunningham makes her pro debut in the HJ, Allyson Felix highlights the sprints.

Berian's in great shape and two-time defending champ Mo Aman of Ethiopia is not. In a wide-open race, does Berian have the strength to run two good 800s in two days?

Elise Cranny won the mile in 4:38 in her first race since outdoors last year. Worlds qualifier Clayton Murphy ran 1:46.13 to beat NCAA champion. Both 5Ks were very close as Thomas Curtin ran 13:37 to beat out Marc Scott by .24 and Molly Seidel won from Anna Rohrer in 15:47.

True ran 13:06 to seal the deal for worlds with Jenkins right behind him in a huge PR. Abbey D’Agostino PRd at 5000 as did Johnson to punch her ticket to worlds in the 1500. Other big names in action included Dejen Gebremeskel, Chris Derrick, Emily Sisson, Mary Cain, PVer Sandi Morris andLolo Jones. Check out how they did.
*MB: Ben True Runs 13:06 5000m, Eric Jenkins 13:07

Ben True faces Olympic silver medalist Dejen Gebremeskel as he goes for the IAAF 5000 “A” standard. Chris Derrick and Eric Jenkins also racing. Lauren Johnson, Rachel Schneider go for the standard in the 1500 as they face Mary Cain andNicole Tully. Abbey D’Agostino and Emily Sisson in the 5000, Olympic bronze medalist Timothy Kitum, NCAA champ Edward Kemboi and Charles Jock in the 800.
*MB: Start list for Heusden KBC Nacht – True going for standard vs. Derrick, Jenkins, Gebremeskel

Schneider won the 1500 in 4:07.88 while Mary Cain made big improvements on her SB with 4:09.08 in 4th. Efraimson got the 800 victory in 2:01.11. Bahrain's Abraham Rotich won the men's 800 in 1:45.81 as NCAA champion Edward Kemboi was 3rd (1:46.94).

Both the 800 (1:49.26) and 1,500 (3:54.96) had incredibly slow winning times due to wind on the backstretch, but that made for thrilling theater as everyone was still in contention with 200 to go in each race. As it did last year, the steeple came down to Rotich vs. Stanley Kebenei and Rotich once again prevailed by a narrow .38 margin.

We recap the action and have a quote from Cristian Soratos that would make Steve Prefontaine proud.

We're not sure if there will be drama in the 5 an 10ks but these races should more than make it up for it. The 800, where NCAA champs Brandon McBride and Edward Kemboi lead the way, is the deepest 800 in years at the NCAA level. Cristian Soratos vs. Jordan Williamsz is must-watch drama in the 1500 as is the Stanely Kebenei vs. Anthony Rotich battle in the steeple.

Track fans, this one is loaded with former NCAA stars. That's the good news. The bad news is you gotta choose, this or Mayweather - Pacquiao. More bad news, HSer Grant Fisher might go sub-4 but it won't count - unless Stanford changes from a 1,500 to a mile in the next 24 hours.

Natoya Goule broke the meet record and Edward Kemboi ran faster than anyone else had at NCAAs in 14 years as the 800 action was fast.

McBride is looking to become the first man since fellow Canadian Nate Brannen ('03-'04) to repeat at NCAAs; Goule wants to regain her 2013 title after transferring from LSU to Clemson. Iowa State's Edward Kemboi (NCAA leader at 1:46.09) and Arkansas' Chrishuna Williams (2:02.95 in her first year as an 800 runner) lead the list of challengers.

Oregon's Mac Fleet is looking to become the first NCAA 1,500 repeat champ since Seneca Lassiter in 1998 but last year's 10,000 champ Lawi Lalang wants to end his storied NCAA career with yet a 1,500 crown. In the steeple and 800, Anthony Rotich and Brandon McBride want to continue winning.

Last year, the fastest high schooler in the history of North America flopped as a first-year collegian. Now he's an NCAA champion. Meet Brandon McBride.

The men's 800 saw the only big casualties in the distance heats as one of our top picks, Penn State's Brannon Kidder, as well as the top returner from last year, Sean Obinwa (4th in 2013), didn't make the final. The favorite to win though is Edward Kemboi and he made it through just fine as he won his the first heat and Ryan Schnulle won the second.

Highlights: Iowa State's Edward Kemboi won the 800 in a US-leading 1:45.98 as Phoebe Wright won the women's race in 2:03.39. Virginia's Adam Visokay ran 7:57 to beat Craig Forys (7:59), Stephanie Garcia won over a competitive field in 9:11. 9 broke 14 in the 5000 as Wisconsin's Reed Connor won in 13:37.42 over Villanova's Patrick Tiernan (13:37.73) and Shadrack Kipchirchir (13:40.92), Duke's Juliet Bottorff won the women's 5000 in 15:49.80.