Shet beat out Diane Nukuri by 3-seconds. Saratoga high school senior and NXN runner-up Kelsey Chmiel was 4th in 16:24. Three-time Olympian Jen Rhines was the masters winner (17:22 for 11th overall).

A big week in track and field with Stanford, Drake, Penn and a lot more.

Lagat finished 4th overall in 13:38, 1-second ahead of Hassan Mead. Defar won comfortably by 9-seconds while Jen Rhines was the first American woman in 6th (15:53). *Results

Get up to date on the last week in the running world.

From 8AM to 10AM, meet these three marathon greats for autographs, a shake-out run and breakfast.

Leonard Korir and Daniel Salel (27:07) are also in the field.  Edna Kiplagat vs former Boston Marathon champ Caroline Kilel highlights the women's race and Parker Stinson and Jen Rhines lead the Americans. *Full Elite Field / Prize Money

In his first race as a master Meb set the half-marathon WR at 62:29 although the race was actually won by Jordan Chipangama in 62:27. Eri Hayakawa won the women's half (1:10:50) while Sara Hall was 3rd (1:11:31) and Jen Rhines won the masters race (1:16:36).
*This site says the Masters WR is 62:28 by NZ's John Campbell

Mark Wetmore's two biggest stars will make their season debuts - Jenny Simpson (800) and Emma Coburn (1,500) - while Kara Goucher (5,000) will run her first track race since 2013 and Mary Cain will look to regain her "teen phenom" label.

Sambu finished 8-seconds ahead of runner-up Jacob Riley and other top Americans included Girma Mecheso (5th), Jared Ward (10th) and Luke Puskedra (12th). For the women, Wacera was given the same time as runner-up Cynthia Limo while Wichita State alum Aliphine Tuliamuk-Bolton was a distant 3rd. Serena Burla was the top American in 6th while Megan Goethals and Juliet Bottorff were 8th and 9th. Jen Rhines was the top master in 16th.
*MB: Cherry Blossom 15K The course was short as it had to be changed at the last minute due to a car accident.

We look at the USA women's chances (very good with much of Europe giving up) and have interviews with Sarah Hall and Jen Rhines in China.

One of the busiest racing weekends of the year sees Ben True go for a three-peat at the 15K Champs while USA XC Laura Thweatt leads the women's field. In NYC, Molly Huddle faces Desiree Linden plus Sally Kipyego; Meb, Ritz and Teg take on Stephen Sambu and Juan Luis Barrios. Plus Jared Ward and the Halls run USA Marathon Champs as part of the LA Marathon on Sunday.

1:03:16 for Ritz with a comfortable win over Abdi. 1:12:34 for a 4 second win by Rhines over Neely Spence Gracey. 

Neely Spence and Sara Hall tried to stay close but Thweatt was way too good.

This week we tell you not to believe everything Doug Logan (or the NY Times) tells you, remember Mbulaeni Mulaudzi at his finest and recall his stunning victory over a totally stacked field in 2009, determine that Jeff Nelson not Austin Tamagno is still the greatest in Mt. Sac history, and praise the slew of runners who are still racing incredibly fast at age 40.

Juliet Bottorff, Jen Rhines and Abbey D'Agostino finished a very close 2-4. Bobby Mack was 2nd in the men's race.
*Women's Results *Men's

Hasay won in 31:38.3 to Rotich's 31:40.7. A slew of other top Americans were in the field including Jen Rhines finishing 12th in a new American Masters record of 32:32.6.

Stephen Sambu, the former Arizona star, continued his fine 2014.  After pacing Galen Rupp to his American record at 10,000m and running 26:54.61 himself, Sambu took to the roads in Boston and beat Geoffrey Mutai.

Christo Landry and Aaron Braun also in men's field. Desi Linden (Davila), Sara Hall, Julie Culley, Lauren Fleshman and Serena Burla lead women's field.