Archived Homepage For June 21, 2022
Archived Homepage For June 21, 2022
High School Championships

He won handily over Rocky Hansen (4:06.21). Hannah Boyle won the girls race in 4:42.11.

    Paris Diamond League

    In other action, Selemon Barega made a case for the Ethiopians allowing him to double as he crushed everyone in the 5000 (12:56.1), France's Benajmin Robert made an incredible squeeze to win the men's 800 in a 1:43.75 pb, South Africa's Luxol Adams stunned the world with a 19.82 pb in the 200m as Olympic champ Andre De Grasse only ran 20.38, and other event winners included Steven Gardiner (44.21), Devon Allen (13.16), Shaunae Miller-Uibo (50.10), and Tobi Amusen (12.41).

    A Win For Women's Sports

    The international sports federation for swimming is setting up an "open category" to separate trans athletes.

    Grandma's Marathon
    The 800 HS Record Survives, But Just Barely

    He missed the 26-year-old record by just .03 after going out in 51.15.

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    Meet Gary Martin's Coach

    Streleckis was diagnosed with prostate cancer in March but didn't let that stop him from engineering one of the most memorable seasons in prep mile history.

    The 2022 Bislett Games
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    Jakob Ingebrigsten's 3:46.46 mile -- the fastest in the world since 2001 -- was the highlight as Keely Hodgkinson (1:57.71) won again and Alicia Monson ran 14:31.11 (#3 all-time US) in the 5,000. *Full Results. 

    WA Full meet recap: Ingebrigtsen (3:46.46), Bol (52.61) and Duplantis (6.02) in record breaking form Other winners included Alison dos Santos (47.26), Kirani James (44.79), Andre De Grasse (10.05), Devon Allen (13.22), Keely Hodgkinson (1:57.71), Telahun Haile Bekele (13:03.51), and Dawit Seyaum (14:25.84).

    800m High School Record Attempts (Pre-Race)
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    The shoe is supposed to be more stable as the masses seemingly have preferred the Vaporlfy over the Alphafly.

    This Week's Pod

    We breakdown NCAAs, the USATF NYC Grand Prix, Portland Track Festival, 50th NYC Mini and are joined by guest Cade Flatt before he tries to break Michael Granville's 26-year-old high school 800m record.

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    Paavo Nurmi Games

    Behind him, the top five all broke 1:45. The woman's race was won by Italy's Elena Bello in 1:59.84. Ethiopia’s Abraham Seme won the steeple in 8:14.87. Throws highlighted the non-distance action as Olympic champ Daniel Stahl beat a deep field to win the discus with 70.62m. Finland’s Oliver Helander threw 89.83m to beat Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra (89.30m).
    *MB: Max MF Burgin 1:43.53 FTW huge PB at Paavo Nurmi Games

    High School Championship Season
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    Plus Devon Allen runs 12.84, did an obscure NCAA rule cost Notre Dame's Yared Nuguse an NCAA title and Molly Seidel doesn't run the Mastercard New York Mini 10K.

    2022 NYC Marathon

    The reigning Olympic, NYC and Boston champ missed the NYC course record by just eight seconds when she won in 2:22:39 last year.

    African Champs And Other Recent Results
    NCAA (Post NCAAs) News
    2022 USATF NYC Grand Prix

    The NFL practices need to wait as Allen whacked 0.15 off his pb and CRUSHED world champ Grant Holloway in the process.

    Six years after the final New York Diamond League, world-class track & field returned to NYC and all eyes were on Sha'Carri Richardson. Plus all 3 US Olympians battled in the 800 - Jewett, Hoppel and Murphy - and it was a battle of the Wilsons in the women's 800.

    2022 NCAA Outdoors Final Day
    2022 NCAA Outdoors Final Day

    Kately Tuohy got NCAA title #1 as Courtney Wayment and Abby Steiner crushed NCAA records.

    Day 4 Talk
    Portland Track Festival

    Yared Nuguse returned to good form, Hobbs Kessler didn't have the magic he had last year this meet, Emma Coburn was 5 seconds faster at 1500 than 3 weeks ago, Weini Kelati went sub 15:00 again, and others (Raevyn Rogers 1:58, Karissa Schweizer 4:00) did as one might expect.

    High School Mie Record!

    The time is faster than Alexa Efraimson's 4:33.29 1600m record and also converts to a 4:27.71 which is faster than Mary Cain's 4:28.35 high school mile record. Wiley's previous PB was just 4:37.98.

    50th NYC Mini Saturday

    Teferi ran 30:43 to beat out Sharon Lokedi (30:52), Keira D'Amato (31:03) and Aliphine Tuliamuk (31:08). Olympic marathon champ Peres Jepchirchir finished 5th (31:19) after a mid-race fall.

    2022 NCAA Outdoors Day 3
    2022 NCAA Outdoors Day 3
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    What a meet. We recap it all for you including the 800 where the world leader got the job done and a historically fast men’s steeplechase.

    NCAA Day 3 MBoard Talk
    Japan National Champs
    African Champs
    International Field Eventer News
    Looking Ahead To The Rest of the Year

    From world record chases to era-defining rivalries, here are the eight stories Jonathan Gault will be following closely throughout the 2022 track season.

    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?

    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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      Best of the LetsRun.com Track Talk Podcast
      Best of the LetsRun.com Track Talk Podcast

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      Three legends of the sport.

      One of the greatest US runners ever.

      We chatted with Frank on the 50th anniversary of his Olympic Marathon gold

      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.

      LetsRun.com Pro Coaches Tour
      LetsRun.com Pro Coaches Tour

      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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