25-year-old Ellis Cross (who has track PBs of 13:50 and 28:47) ran 28:40, surging away from Farah in the final meters as he finished in 28:44. Post-race Farah said, “I wanted to test myself and see where I was. I would have loved to have come out here and win but Ellis did really well and deserved it. ...I’m just taking one race at a time. From today it looks like there’s a lot more work to be done.”
Archived Homepage For May 02, 2022
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A Rough Start To Mo Farah's Summer
Sprint Action - #4 All-Time 200m!
Only Bolt, Blake, and Johnson are faster. And he's 18.
- Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo Runs World Under-20 100m Record With 9.96 In Botswana This took .01 off Trayvon Bromell’s record from 2014. Olympic 200m silver medalist Christine Mboma won the 100m/200m double with 10.97 and 21.87.
- LSU's Favour Ofili Runs 8th Fastest 100m In Collegiate History With 10.93 At LSU Invy Other winners include Grant Holloway in the 110H (13.34), Jenna Prandini in the 200m (22.45), Jonathan Jones in the 400 (44.79).
Drake Relays
- Erik Sowinski Runs His 200th Career Sub-1:50 800m To Finish Second At Drake He ran 1:49.38 to Isaiah Jewett's 1:48.84. *Video Interview With Sowinski
- Dalilah Muhammad Wins Drake 400H In A Meet Record And World Leading 53.88
- USATF Recap: Ryan Crouser Wins Shot Put With 21.63m; Tia Jones Wins 100H (12.84) After Olympic Champ Jasmine Camacho-Quinn Falls On First Hurdle Keturah Orji won the LJ with 6.68m (wind aided) and Vashti Cunningham took the HJ in 1.90m. Chris Nilsen won the PV with 5.60m.
- World Athletics: Alison Dos Santos (48.41, 400H) And Hansle Parchment (13.47, 110H) Win Drake Hurdle Races
- Kentucky Women Win Drake Relays 4x800 In Meet Record 8:25.25
- Iowa State Win Their Fourth Consecutive Drake Relays 4x800 In 7:17.47
- North Carolina A&T's Randolph Ross Wins Drake Relays In A Meet Record 44.95 Ross also ran a leg of the meet record setting 4x100 (38.84).
- Drake Relays Day 1: Aidan Ramsey (8:58.27) broke the Drake 3,200 record in HS action while Nike's Daniel Michalski broke the 45-year-old Drake men's steeple record (8:28.93).
*MB: A thread for the homeboys: props to the best 3200 field in Iowa HS history - Bam Bam wins Beautiful Bulldog Contest at Drake
On The Boards
On The Boards
Penn Relays
- USATF Recap: Athing Mu Wins 600m Match-Up With Ajee Wilson And Jamaica's Natoya Goule Mu ran 1:22.74, the 4th fastest time in history. Goule was 2nd in 1:24.09. Sydney McLaughlin stepped down to win the 100H in 12.75 while Devon Allen beat out Jamaica's Omar McLeod and improved his 110H world lead to 13.11. Anna Camp-Bennett won the women's 1500m in 4:09.54
- Day 2: MB: 4 x Mile WR Attempt Totally Fizzles as Start - 2:09 for the 1st 800 and 4:07 for the 1st leg. No attempt to get the record. Good news is Joe Klecker is fit and Olli Hoare went out super hard.
- Sage Hurta Goes Sub 2 For First Time (1:59.76)
*High Schooler Juliette Whittaker Runs 2:01.55 For 2nd Place Behind Hurta
- MB: HSer Gary Martin nearly solos a sub-4 4:01.05 totally solo into the wind at Penn!!!
- BYU (10:50) women cruise to DMR win at Penn, Ole Miss (9:29) edges Wisco in men's thriller
- Edwin Allen (43.18) and Hydel (3:32.77) break Penn girls 4 x 100 and 4 x 400 records
- Results Day 1: Saratoga Springs (11:43), Juliette Whittaker (4:41.18), Angelina Perez (9:18.11) earn dominant girls HS wins at Penn.
*MB: 2022 Penn Relays - Official Discussion Thread - Villanova coaches are super pumped and super stressed for Penn Relays return
- Penn Relays history: For the first 18 years, no batons were used. For the 1st 67 years, no women were allowed
Running Gets A "Non-Binary" Division
- Brooklyn Marathon And Half-Marathon Is One Of The First Races To Offer Equal Prize Money For Non-Binary DivisionThe men's winner at the Brooklyn Half Marathon ran 1:01:47 and won $5,000. The non-binary winner ran 1:12:48 and also received $5000. In the full marathon, the men's winner won $5000 for 2:27:46 while the non-binary winner ran 2:35:17 and won $10,000 (an extra 5 grand as a NYC resident).
*MB: This is how running gets featured in the NY Times - Runner's World: "Races Have Begun To Add Nonbinary Divisions. But Is That Enough?" Jake Caswell (who won $10,000 for winning the non-binary division at the Brooklyn Marathon) criticized the race's time standards, saying, "The way that they decided to do the nonbinary standards… situated in between the men and the women’s standards… kind of perpetuates the stereotype that nonbinary and gender nonconforming individuals fall within the spectrum."
More Weekend Action
Kejelcha beat Nicholas Kimeli by two seconds, making this the first time two men have gone sub-13 in the same road race. Kandie won over a deep field which saw five men go sub-27. Senbere Teferi (14:37) and Fentaye Belayneh (30:24) won the women's 5k/10k. Matthew Kimeli (59:30) and Tigist Assefa (67:28) won the half-marathons.
*Italy’s Yemaneberhan Crippa Sets European Road 5k Record With 13:14 In Herzogenaurach
- Caleb Lakeman Wins Nike Jesuit Twilight Relays Mile In 4:04.39 (#3 In Oregon High School State History Behind Matthew Maton And Galen Rupp) Lakeman's father held the Oregon high school mile record for 27-years at 4:04.9.
*DyeStat: 12 Boys Run Sub-4:10 In The Mile At Nike Jesuit Twilight Relays Included a 4:09.11 national freshman record from Josiah Tostensen. Chloe Foerster won the girls mile in 4:43.81.
- Lithuania's/Cal's Mykolas Alekna Throws Collegiate And World Age-19 Discus Record Of 67.68m
*Cal Men And Women Sweep At Big Meet Dual Meet Against Stanford - Norway's Markus Rooth (8307 National Record) And Annik Kalin (6398) Win Multistars Meet In Italy
*Norway’s Sonder Skotheim And Switzerland’s Annik Kalin Lead After Day 1
Are The Marathon Trials In Trouble?
As USATF searches for a bidder for the 2024 Trials, those in charge of recent Olympic Marathon Trials in Houston and Atlanta believe the Trials' financial model is unsustainable. Will anything change?
Looks Good
The author Lottie Bildirici was Goucher's personal chef in 2016 and is the North American Nutrition Coach for Adidas Runners. *Purchase here
International News
Random News That Passed Our Vetting Process
- Interesting profile of Decathlon 1,500 star Joe Delgado - Can he make 2024 Olymic team after falling out with coach Jamie Cook? As a frosh, others thought he was dogging it. Then he became known as a super hard worker as he stuck with the sport for year's unsponsored. The decathlon team for World will be picked next weekend in Arkansas.
- Caster Semenya coached (and paced for 6k) hte 10,000 winner at the Athletics SA National Championship (Glenrose Xaba, 32:31)
- Kenya's squad for June's Africa Championships is now set as Kenyan champs come to a close A different meet will be used for Worlds qualifying.
- Richest marathon in Africa? Winner of next weekend's inaugural Nairobi marathon will win 6 million Kenyan shillings ($51,929)
- Agnes Tirop's murder suspect, Ibrahim Rotich, has smallpox in prison
- 36-year old Garrett Heath has given up on track and moved to the trails
Pre-Meet Penn and Drake News
- Jamaica Gleaner: Penn replaces USA vs The World with galaxy of stars For the first time in 20 years, USA vs World Relays is not a thing, but plenty of big races are taking place - Ajee Wilson vs Athing Mu, Omar McLeod vs Devon Alllen + Sydney McLaughlin in the w100h.
- Walt Murphy's Penn Relays preview The BYU women will be out in full force. The Ole Miss men are there as well.
- Dyestat: 10 College Storylines to Follow at Drake Relays Presented by Xtream 2022 The Iowa St. men are going for the 4 x 800, DMR sweep for the third straight time.
- DyeStat: 10 Pro Storylines To Follow At The Drake Relays - Erik Sowinski Goes For His 200th Career Sub-1:50 800m Sowinski ran his first sub-1:50 in 2010 and has ran his 199th with a 1:47.49 win at the Musco Twilight last weekend. Clayton Murphy vs Ben Blankship and Hilary Bor are in the mile. Ryan Crouser in the shot put, Dalilah Muhammad in the 400H, Jasmine Camacho-Quinn in the 100H.
- D3 400 leader Alyssa Pfadenhauer (55.60) will race D1 studs at Drake
- Jenny Simpson Being Inducted Into The Drake Relays Hall Of Fame
The Duck Track Club came up short in its record attempt, and On goes for it this week at Penn. Plus author Jerry Bouma joins us to talk about his new book The Villanova Track Story: 1966-1981: Touching Greatness, Forever Together
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Other News That Caught Our Eye
- Unsponsored British LJ record holder Lorraine Ugen launches her new apparel company - UNSIGNED We started LRC 22 years ago for the same reason. Support the cause here.
- Kevin Beck: Modern running journalism is a joke - Runner’s World, Fast Women, The New York Times, Women’s Running, Citius Mag, and Outside Online haven't reported on Ross Tucker's piece on Shelby Houlihan
- Former Dutch winger Arjen Robben ran 3:13 in his marathon debut in Rotterdam at age 38
- Dalilah Muhammed, Noah Lyles and Rai Benjamin are set to compete at the New York Grand Prix on June 12
Athletics Kenya's Champs Have Begun
- Ruth Chepng'etich (31:47.9) dominates 10,000 at Kenyan nationals The two-time 2:17 marathonerc crushed the competition in her first race since winning $250,000 in Nagoya.
- Omanyala clocks 10.03secs in 1st round of AK Champs
2022 US Road Mile Champs
Clayton Murphy was 4th (4:05). *Discuss
Our Weekly Recap
What a fun weekend of track action. We break it all down for you.
Upcoming Action
- This Monday: Mo Farah And Eilish McColgan Lead Fields For The London 10,000 Farah will face Andy Butchart while McColgan is up against Samantha Harrison and Jess Piasecki (#5 and #6 on the UK all-time list with 31:11 and 31:19).
- Jakob Ingebrigtsen To Drop Down And Race Over 800m In Bergen, Norway On June 8th He last raced the 800m in 2020. His PB is 1:46.44.
- All Three Olympic Medalists From Tokyo (Ryan Crouser, Joe Kovacs And Tom Walsh) Will Clash In The Prefontaine Classic Shot Put On May 28th The women's steeple will be deep with WR holder Beatrice Chepkoech will face Olympic champ Peruth Chemutai, Olympic silver medalist Courtney Frerichs as well as Emma Coburn.
- Olympic Medalists Dalilah Muhammad, Noah Lyles And Rai Benjamin Will Highlight At The New York Grand Prix On June 12th
- Olympic 400H Silver Medalist Rai Benjamin Will take On Bronze Medalist And Home Favorite Abderrahman Samba At The Doha DL On May 13
- Countdown To The 2022 Diamond League - 2+ Weeks To Go The DL opens in Doha on May 13th.
Sprint Stuff
- Elaine Thompson-Herah Named Sports Named Sportswoman Of The Year At Laureus World Sports Awards Thompson-Herah said, “I would say I am very, very proud, but I cannot dwell on the past. Even though it’s very special, it’s memories. I cannot just sit and say ‘OK, I’m a double Olympic champion, I’m a five-time Olympic gold medallist’. I have to continue working because my motivation is to be even better."
- World Athletics Profile: Versatile Sprint Force Fred Kerley Is Keeping His Oregon Options Open Asked what he'd run at USAs Kerley said, “You’ve got to wait and see," but he did rule out doing the 100/200/400 triple.
- Five London Police Officers To Face A Gross-Misconduct Hearing Over Stop-And-Search Of Team GB Athlete Bianca Williams Williams says she and her partner were racially profiled.
Assorted International News
- Doping Ban For French Mid-D Runner Ophélie Claude-Boxberger Extended Four Years She was initially suspended for 2-years after testing positive for EPO, but the French anti-doping agency appealed because they thought that was too lenient. They requested an 8-year ban, but the courts gave her 4.
- 2022 Asian Games May Be Postponed Due To COVID
- Birmingham, This Year's Commonwealth Games Hosts, Considering Bidding For 2026 European Championships
- Australia Announces Team For World Under-20 Championships
- Tokyo Marathon Launches New Elite And Mass Participation Half Marathon On Oct. 16
More Exclusive LRC Content
We take a close look at the tables where some distances times are worth less points than before but some are bizarrely worth more. Plus which WR is the greatest in all of track and field according to the tables?
Post-Weekend NCAA News
- Texas Men Stay #1 In Updated NCAA Rankings as Alabama Jumps From 5th To 2nd Florida and Texas A&M moved down to 3-4.
- Texas Women Remain Ranked #1 In The NCAA; Texas A&M Moves Up To #2 Florida and LSU are ranked 3-4.
- USTFCCCA Weekend NCAA Recap: Abby Steiner Wins Kentucky Invy 200m In 22.05 (#4 NCAA All-Time)
- MB: Virginia's Mia Barnett 4:11.32 At Virginia Challenge The race was won by pro Michaela Meyer (4:11.03). *Meet Results
- Washington Men, Washington State Women Win WSU-UW Dual Meet
- Event-By-Event Top-10 NCAA Marks From Last Week
More From The Weekend
- Dominique Scott-Efurd Wins South African Champs 5000m Over Caster Semenya 15:28.10 to 15:31.50. This was a PB for Semenya, although she is still a ways from the 15:10 World Champs standard she is chasing.
- AW Extensive Weekly Round-Up Some more weekend track results included: 44.22 400m world lead from Olympic champ Steven Gardiner at LSU; Cambrea Sturgis with a 10.87 100m world lead at the Aggie Classic; Christian Coleman 19.92 200m at Kentucky Invy.
- Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Opens Her Season In Jamaica With A 22.79 200m For 2nd Place Behind The Bahamas' Anthonique Strachan (22.55)
- Japan Weekend Track Round-Up Two high schoolers went sub-14 at the Hyogo Relay Carnival as Sonota Nagashima won in 13:55.00 over Kazuma Maeda (13:56.65).
- GB's Matthew Hudson-Smith Runs European 400m Lead With 44.61 He finished 3rd at LSU behind Steven Gardiner's 44.22.
- Joyce Chepkemoi Wins Kenyan Defense Forces Champs 10,000m In 31:55.09 Judy Kiyeng won the 1500m in 4:08.00 over Kenyan national champion Winny Chebet (4:08.06). Hellen Obiri won the 5000m.
Recent Marathon / Ultra Results
- Lithuania's Aleksandr Sorokin Breaks 100k World Best By Over 3 Minutes With 6:05:41 (5:53 Pace)
- Adam Peterman (8:31:58) And Jazmine Lowther (10:01:54) Break Course Records At Canyons By UTMB 100k
*MB: Sage's first ultra in 2 years- Canyons 100k Saturday Sage finished 18th place. - Kenyans Cosmas Muteti (2:06:53) And Vibian Chepkirui (2:20:59) Win Vienna City Marathon Both races were fairly close as Mutei won by 6 seconds and Chepkirui by 4.
- Kenyans Julius Tuwei (2:07:43) And Maurine Chepkemoi (2:21:10) Win Enschede Marathon In The Netherlands
- Japan Running News' Ultra-Trail Mt. Fuji Recap (165km Course)
On The Roads
She dominated the race by almost nine minutes, breaking the Ethiopian and German all-comers’ records. Kenya’s Cybrian Kotut ran 2:04:47 to just beat out Uganda's Stephen Kissa by a second. They both broke Eliud Kipchoge's 2:05:30 CR from 2013. *Discuss
- Eilish McColgan Sets UK 5k Record At Asics Meta:Time:Trials Event In Spain She ran 14:45 to break her own 14:48 record (Brit Beth Potter ran 14:41 last year, but there was no drug testing). Mohamed Katir won the men's race in 13:20, missing Jimmy Gressier’s European record by two seconds.
- Tsegay Kidanu (27:14) And Vicoty Chepngeno (31:39) Win Asics META: TIME : TRIALS 10k Mohamed Reda El Aaraby (59:54) and Yeshi Kalayu Chekole (67:30) won the half-marathon.
- Alexander Mutiso Wins Gifu Seiryu Half Marathon In Three-Way Sprint Finish Mutiso ran 59:56 to beat out Benard Koech (59:57) and Emmanuel Maru (59:58). Dolphine Nyaboke Omare won the women's race in 68:13 as Australia's Sinead Diver set the W45 age-group best with 69:00.
Oregon Relays
The splits: Matt Wisner (3:59.69), James West (4:01.82), Cole Hocker (3:57.31), Cooper Teare(3:53.24). There was a quick high school girl's 800m as Chloe Foerster won in 2:05.80. *Discuss
*Video Interview With Cole Hocker *Interview With Cooper Teare
- MB: An American ran the #3 time in the world in a distance event last night. Ferlic 8:23 FTW steeple!!! Anthony Rotich was second (8:25.11).
- Oregon Relays Day 1: Wisconsin's Olin Hacker Wins 5000m In 13:19.34; Oregon's Aneta Konieczek Wins Steeple In 9:44.72 Konieczek, a Polish Olympian, just outkicked Oregon State's Grace Fetherstonhaugh (9:44.76). OTC's Angel Piccirillo won the 1500m in 4:13.45.
- Christian Noble Breaks D2 1500m Record With 3:36.00 Win At Oregon Relays He won in a close race with Oregon's Reed Brown (3:36.44). He also doubled back an hour later in the 5000m and ran 13:35.61 (5th place).
- DyeStat: 4:38 Anchor By Dalia Frias Highlights Oregon Relays High School DMR Races She came from 14-seconds back to give her team the win in a US#1 11:43.80.
- DyeStat: High Schooler Mia Brahe-Pedersen Runs 11.34/23.23 Double At Oregon Relays (Both US High School #1 This Year)
Ross Tucker Speaks
We paid one of the top sports scientists in the world to analyze the Shelby Houlihan doping case and CAS ruling. He has 2 pieces for us, the piece above is an opinion piece where he answers our questions. In a 2nd more technical piece, Ross goes through the CAS decision step by step and outlines in clear terms exactly what Houlihan argued and why he thinks CAS ultimately (correctly) ruled against her.
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American Record Holders
American Record Holders
Keira D'Amato, the new American record holder in the marathon, was joined by Deena Kastor, who held the record for 15 years.
Sisson was the guest on the LetsRun.com Track Talk podcast after she became the first American to go sub 67 in the half marathon on a record-eligible course. Podcast highlights above. Full pod here.
Woody Kincaid joined us after he broke the American record indoors at 5000. He talks above why he left the Bowerman Track Club. Podcast highlights and link to full podcast here.
Coogan's New Balance Boston team had 3 Olympians in 2021 and 2022 could be the biggest year yet for the program with 2 new additions and the TRACK at New Balance coming on March 1st.
Danny Mackey has taken the Brooks Beasts from an unproven club to the Olympic podium in its first decade.
Dathan Ritzenhein is the first of the top pro coaches to sit down and talk about his club heading into the 2022 campaign.
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Take Your Love of LetsRun to the Next Level
Take Your Love of LetsRun to the Next Level
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