With no overwhelming favorites in any of the distance races, 2023 NCAAs should be full of drama. Plus who is favored in the team battle?

Pacer Erik Sowinski has been assigned an 800m split of 1:53 and the men of OAC, led by defending champ Ollie Hoare are trying to run fast because they know Worlds will be fast as well.

Katelyn Tuohy, Alicia Monson and Elise Cranny will have NCAA/American records in mind in the women's 3000 while the men's 3000 features a rematch of Geordie Beamish and Cooper Teare (plus Luis Grijalva and Josh Kerr).

• MB: Official 2023 Millrose Games Discussion Thread
• MB: Rank in order of difficulty for Noah Lyles: 100m Gold, 18-second 200m, 400m WR

Hodgkinson had to hold off the surprising 37-year-old Noelie Yarigo. Tsegay's time was #2 ever indoors, bumping Elle St. Pierre to #3.

No human has run a mile faster than 3:46.91 in 15 years. The European mile record of 3:46.32 has stood for 37 years. Can Jakob Ingebrigtsen end those streaks and become the first Norwegian to win the Dream Mile in 48 years? How will Americans Alicia Monson & Joe Klecker fare in the 5,000s? Plus Devon Allen goes again in the 110 hurdles. *MB: Oslo DL Official discussion thread. Will Jakob break the European record (3:46.32) and will the Ethiopians show up? *MB: Oslo Dream Mile: predictions?

Butler, DeGenero, and Roe all won their first NCAA titles as Florida won its first team title since 1992.  

It was a good day for front-runners and favorites in the mid-d and distance events as Mario Garcia Romo of Ole Miss, Brandon Miller of Texas A&M, and Abdihamid Nur won NCAA titles by controlling things from the front.

Yaseen Abdalla anchored the Longhorns to the win; Notre Dame was 2nd as Yared Nuguse proved mortal.

BYU's Wayment won the DMR/3k double in '21 and is entered in the 5k & 3k this weekend. 2020 NCAA XC champ Mercy Chelangat could threaten her but there will be new champs in the 800 and mile. *MB: Official 2022 NCAA Indoors Discussion Thread

Talk about a masterclass performance. 19-year old Cole Hocker of Oregon controlled the NCAA mile from the front and closed things off with a 53.84 final 400.

• MB: Wow. I bow down to Cole Hocker. Hocker 3:53 FTW!! 25.87 FINAL 200!!
• MB: Official 2021 NCAA Indoors Discussion Thread

BYU women's coach Diljeet Taylor has built a national power since arriving in 2016 and now her squad has won its first NCAA title.  Also earning NCAA title #1 was Auburn's Joyce Kimeli in the 5000 as Arkansas shockingly failed to score.

March Madness kicks off on Friday with NCAA Indoors and this is the ultimate preview. We break down the biggest storylines of the meet, from Athing Mu to the Oregon men and Arkansas women to burgeoning distance stars Courtney Wayment of BYU and Sage Hurta of Colorado.

The Oregon Ducks continued their assault on the NCAA record books as Cooper Teare broke the NCAA record in the mile as did his teammate Cole Hocker.

The third ATL meet of 2021 will be held directly before Super Bowl LV, so you can switch over to the big game at 6:30 p.m. ET and not miss a second. Trayvon Bromell vs. Ronnie Baker is the big showdown, pitting two of the world's fastest men at 60 meters.

Willis, 37, ran 3:58 in Florida to break a tie with fellow Kiwi legend John Walker.

Harrison ran 4:01.34 two weeks ago, breaking Edward Cheserek's sophomore record. Aussie Oliver Hoare and Eric Jenkins are also in the mile while Ce'Aira Brown is in the 800m. *Live Results / Schedule / Startlists *Free Live Stream On Facebook (Meet Starts @ 7:15PM, Mile @ 8:20PM

The group coached by Joe Bosshard which includes Emma Coburn, Dani Jones, Aisha Praught Leer, Cory McGee, Dom Scott, Cruz Culpepper and Morgan McDonald are going for the 4:36.05 and 4:01.00 Colorado mile records. The race will be live streamed for free on YouTube at 10:30PM ET. The group is also using the race to raise money for scholarships for black Colorado high school students.

We don't expect her to pull it off as we think Nia Akins will win her first NCAA title in the 800, but if Jones wins just 1 NCAA title she'll join Jenny Simpson and Adam Goucher for the most in CU history. Plus can Whittni Orton win her first in the 3000?

We break down the men's distance action for this weekend's NCAA Champs which are LOADED with 11 guys under 3:58, 12 guys under 7:50, 4 under 13:30 plus the fastest DMR team in NCAA history. *MB: 2020 NCAA Indoors men's fields are LOADED. Who you got?