2021 Olympic 800m Champion Athing Mu returned to racing a competitive field with a 4:10.70 2nd place finish in the 3rd heat of the 1500,  former World Champion Jake Wightman got a nice win in the 1500 in 3:35, Olympic silver medallist Kenneth Rooks cruised to an 8:14 win, Oregon's Klaudia Kazimierska won the 1500 (4:03) over Emily Mackay, as Linden Hall (14:43) and Eduardo Herrera (12:58) got dominant 5000m wins with Herrera going sub 13:00 for the first time and taking down Arturo Barrios' Mexican outdoor record of 13:07.

This week we talk about HS phenoms Claudia Hollingsworth, Jaylen Slade, & Hobbs Kessler as well as college phenoms Travis Laird and Tara Davis, take a deeper look at the Notre Dame men's depth, compare the state of British marathoning in 1980 and 2021 and rave about Linden Hall and Gavin Sherry, who crawled across the line to break 9:00 in the two-mile.

If you can't wait for the US Olympic Trials, why not whet your appetite by checking out the Melbourne Track Classic as Thusday's race will serve as Australia's 5000 Olympic Trials. Read to find out why Morgan McDonald and Patrick Tiernan are skipping it. Races start at 3:40 am ET and 5;05 am ET.

Plus the news an LRC visitor drove hours to the Pre Classic to only find out the meet was already over and an update on Yomif Kejelcha who didn't run Pre.

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