Christian Coleman picked up a big win, Paul Chelimo showed he is back, some big stars are hopefully coming out of hibernation soon.
Archived Homepage For May 23, 2023
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Weekly Recap
USATF Bermuda
Fred Kerley begins his 100m season quite well
In other action, Japan's Shunsuke Izumiya almost broke his own 110mh NR by running 13.07 and Nozomi Tanaka beat Dani Jones in the 1500 as Ryuji Miura won the men's steepelchase. *Results
- Sabastian Sawe (27:58) and Tsehay Gemechu (31:38) Win Lucrative TCS World 10ks in Bengaluru Sawe, who ran 26:49 last month, edged Rodrigue Kwizera (BDI) in a sprint finish. Last year, the race paid out $26,000 for first. *Results
On The Boards
On The Boards
Rabat Diamond League on Sunday Looking Amazing (Kerley vs Jacobs and Nuguse vs Ingebrigtisen)!?!?
Rabat Diamond League on Sunday Looking Amazing (Kerley vs Jacobs and Nuguse vs Ingebrigtisen)!?!?
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Great Manchester Run - Farah's 2nd To Last Race
Farah ran 29:11, well behind Italy's winner Eyob Faniel (28:27). Hellen Obiri won the women's race in 31:14.
Night of the 10,000m PBs
Chelimo gutsily ran nearly dead even splits even though he was all alone for 5000 on a blustery evening and still managed to move to #8 on the US list. Weini Kelati ran 31:01 as Jess Warner-Judd (31:09) and Andy Butchart (27:47) won the British titles. *Results
- Race video We've cued it to start at 5k of the men's race as that's where Chelimo gutsily took off solo.
- MB: Watch Night of the 10000 PB's - Men’s 10,000m UKA Champss & World Trials. Let's go Kelati. Chelimo 13:37 halfway/27:12 at finish!!
- MB: Paul Chelimo is Cementing His Place as an All Time GREAT in U.S. Distance Running
Today's Dose Of Random
- The NY Times And Some Pros Are Asking Why Athletes Are Still Forced To Wear Huge Bibs Safety Pinned To Their Chest During Races (The Answer Is $$$) Michael Johnson argues they are a distraction and a sign of lack of professionalism in the sport: “The fastest, most efficient athletes in the world are competing with a piece of paper safety-pinned on. It just reeks of amateurism.”
- Canadian Olympic Sprinter Donovan Bailey is Part Of A Group Bid To Buy The NHL's Ottawa Senators Rapper Snoop Dogg is also among the list of high-profile names that is part of the group ownership bid.
- Cleveland Marathon Course Gets Backlash For Excessive Amounts Of Turns And Out-And-Backs They couldn't use the usual course due to construction and the new one they've made isn't getting great feedback.
- Canadian Wildfires Cause Poor Air Quality At South Dakota High School Meet Athletes complained about smoke in their lungs and eyes.
Track Night NYC
In the 1500s, John Reniewicki (3:39.10) and Alexina Tuebel (4:07.68) were the winners, while Thomas Fafard (13:33.00) and Alma Cortes (15:40.68) won the 5000s as Marielle Hall ran 15:31.47. Jean-Simon Desgaganes (8:23.32) and Parul Chaudhary (9:41.88) won the steeples. Aaron Sahlman was 2nd in the HS 800 in 1:49.72. *Results
More Weekend Results
- Joel Gomez Lowers Own US 1500m Record For The Legally Blind With 3:50.85 He ran the time winning the US Paralympic National Champs.
*MB: Legally blind runner clocks 3:50 1500 but college team rejects him Joel Gomez is a sophomore at Purdue and says, "I emailed them multiple times and they just really never showed any interest or even cared to respond." - MB: 18 yo European girl Agate Caune runs 15:12.94 5000m
Other Pro News
- Michael Norman Pulls Out Of Los Angeles Grand Prix Due To Knee Injury
- Caster Semenya Says She's Still Fighting Against World Athletics Ban Apparently the case is still being heard by the European Human Rights Court.
- RIP: 1956 Olympic 400H Silver Medalist Eddie Southern, 85 He was also a NCAA champion at Texas in the 440 yard dash.
Doping News
- WADA Reveals 203 Russian Athletes Have Now Been Sanctioned As Part Of Their Investigation Into The Moscow Lab Another 73 athletes have been charged and 182 cases remain under investigation.
- Irish Times: Kenyan Doping Charges Now Running At A World Record Pace" Ian O'Riordan writes that Kenya had 25 AIU cases last year with the total currently suspended close to 100. He also mentions that soccer rarely catches anyone doping (only six adverse analytical findings in 5,596 samples over a year and a half) despite the fact many likely are.
NCAAs Are A Little Over 2 Weeks Away
- T&F News' Updated Men's NCAA Formchart Has Arkansas' #1 Gap Grow They have Arkansas beating Texas Tech by 15 points with Georgia and Tennessee a close 3-4.
- T&F News' Latest Women's NCAA Formchart Has Texas Ranked #1, 9 Points Ahead Of Florida They have Arkansas and Oregon a distant 3-4.
What are Athing Mu and Sydney McLaughlin's plans?
Bobby Kersee said he thinks she might be able to pull off the 1500/800 double. The LRC crew discussed it above. Full podcast here for Supporters Club members. Join the best club in running today.
- Bobby Kersee reveals that Athing Mu may go for 800/1500 Olympic double and that he doesn't want McLaughlin & Mu to race against each other in 400 We're stunned to learn Kersee thinks the former NCAA 400 record holder is more of a 1500 runner than 400 runner. He also reveals that Athing recently got Covid.
*MB: What?! Bobby Kersee says Athing Mu may do 800/1500 double at next year's Olympics
Interesting Distance News
- MB: 8th Ranked West Region Steepler (Jordan Macintosh - Portland State) DQ’d From NCAAs Due To Coach's Mistake The bureaucrats have won again. Even though Portland State had more than 20 meets this year, they didn't have 8 with 14 or more athletes in it which is the NCAA minimum. But the athlete should not be DQd. Fine the school, suspend the coach but let Macintosh run.
- In January, Colorado said its investigation regarding body composition and culture in Mark Wetmore's program was almost done, but it's still not out yet (link fixed)
*MB: Runner's World publishes yet another piece on Wetmore and seems upset that he hasn't been fired yet - 1:45.31 D2 star Oussama El Bouchayby is transferring to Alabama for next year
- Mo Farah and Hellen Obiri have already recovered from their marathons and are racing AJ Bell Great Manchester Run 10km this weekend Marc Scott and Callum Hawkins are also entered.
- Chris Thompson talks about how special it is to run in the Night of the 10,000m PBs
- 11 Japanese men will take final shot at qualifying for MGC at next weekend's Tartan Ottawa International Marathon Two of the guys have run 2:08 this year but still haven't made their Olympic Trials.
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News of Note
- New stadium for Worlds in Budapest is almost done - You're a fool if don't go to Worlds this year Let's be honest, Budapest is way cooler than Eugene and way easier to get to for most and the tix are WAY cheaper. Plan your summer vacation now.
- MB: NCAA D1 Declarations Are Out & Katelyn Tuohy Has Entered 1500 & 5k, Britton Wilson has entered 400 and 400h Juliette Whittaker is entered in the 1500 and not the 800 while Princeton grad Sam Ellis is in the 800, not 1500.
- Why Are So Many Women Runners Kicking Butt in Their Late 30s? Women's Running writes that "Sara Hall, Keira D’Amato are benefitting from hard work, changing social mores and more equitable sponsorships," but we'll point out it's not just women. Eliud Kipchoge set a WR at age 37 at and Abdi Abdirahman ran in the Olympics at age 44.
- Tracksmith has tripled its store count in the last 2 months They opened a 2nd store in London last month and are opening third one in Brooklyn on Friday, that was built with natural materials, such as steel, glass, brick and terrazzo, materials meant to “cohesively evoke a sense of sophistication while also adding warmth and texture without compromising functionality.”
*Tracksmith: "We’re a footwear brand as much as an apparel brand now, so it’ll play a prominent role.” - World xc champ Jacob Kiplimo isn't racing big 5k in Florence, is doing Oslo instead as he wasn't ready “My late entry is not good enough for me, I suggested to the management to have me entered into the Oslo event."
- French vote to allow AI powered surveillance cameras during the Paris 2024 Olympics and Paralympics
Non-Distance NEws
- MB: 40 years ago, Tom Petranoff threw the javelin almost 100m and officials decided that was too far and changed the rules And a super talented artist (and Olympic thrower), Roald Bradstock, has made some cool artwork to commemorate the moment. CNN has the story. *RoaldBradstock.com
- Villanova mourns the loss of former co-world record holder in the 60-yard dash Ed Collymore Collymore was also member of Villanova's 1957 NCAA winning team that included future Olympic champions Charles Jenkins (400) and Ron Delany (1500) and a long-time administrator at Villanova.
- USATF Bermuda Games Fields Announced - Noah Lyles to race Christian Coleman in 100m on NBC (2-4 pm ET) The meet also includes Abby Steiner . Tamari Davis, Andre De Grase, Steven Gardiner, Jasmine Camacho-Quinn and others. *Start lists/Full fields
- Did you know that Australia's next medal at Worlds will be its 40th and it will come on the 40th anniversary of Worlds? This article looks at Australia's success at the 40 years of World Champs where they've medalled every time, except for 1991.
- Did you know that 8 Australian women have broken two minutes in outdoor competition a total of 40 times?
Running USA is looking for a new Executive Director Max Siegel will not apply as the pay is $120,000-$150,000 per year. - Spanish foundation gives Kipchoge more than $50,000 and Princess Asturias Award for Sports
- Sha’Carri Richardson said this prior to racing in Kenya, "The real flex is letting some people talk sh*t about the old you while you heal and evolve into the new you.” She said it on Instagram. *Instagram video here
- A book on former Washington State coach John Chaplin is out (“Man Of The Oval”) & reviewed here Chaplin recruited Henry Rono and many more to Washington State.
This Week's Pod
The crew breaks down the latest action and is joined by the 2016 Olympic tennis champ Monica Puig as she talks about Kipchoge being the GOAT of GOATS, and her transition to being a marathoner and running London and Boston in the same week.
Another Kenyan Doping Ban
The 2019 10,000 bronze medallist and 3rd fastest half-marathoner ever was busted for an ABP violation. His agent Davor Savija has some fantastic quotes. "It is difficult and unfortunate for me to say that I find myself in a situation where my heart is broken. The heartbreak is caused by the fact that I find all of the possible outcomes of this situation leading to a major loss. If Rhonex is lying --which I do not believe is the case-- that is obviously a disaster. If all of these accusations are just a big mistake --such as a false positive ABP case or, God forbid, if AIU has 'dropped the ball'-- then all such scenarios are big losses."
Kipruto is coached by Brother Colm O’Connell (who coached David Rudisha), who says: “I carefully choose who I work with and to whom I dedicate my energy. I know Rhonex is an honest young man and it hurts me to see him suffering now.
- Kipruto's agency publishes a press release & defense "(It is) our understanding is that the ABP adaptive model is potentially not accurate with respect to East African athletes, especially in relation to 1% of a 1% when it comes to absolute talent."
- Kipruto declares his innocence "I don't cheat or dope! The truth is on my side. This is all I can say.”
- MB: Rhonex Kipruto suspended
Week That Was
What a wild and crazy week that we break down for you. Parker Valby is back, UW is better than ever and a DQ vaulted a team from 5th to 1st in their conference.
Upcoming
- Saturday: Night Of The 10,000m PBs Preview: Paul Chelimo Faces World 10,000m Silver Medalist Stanley Waithaka GB's Jess Warner-Judd will try to defend her title on the women's side against Ethiopia's 31:03 woman Hawi Feysa as well as US's Weini Kelati and US XC champ Ednah Kurgat.
*AW Looks Back At Past Winners And Stars In Their "Night Of The 10,000m PBs Hall Of Fame" A lot of notable runners have won this race in the past, but it has also been the scene for some breakthrough performances from lesser knowns. - Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone Pulls Out Of LA Grand Prix Meet; Athing Mu Won't Race Either Their coach, Bob Kersee, said the reason they are skipping the meet is "nothing serious." McLaughlin-Levrone said, "Regrettably, I won't be competing in the LA Grand Prix due to my coach's decision. I trust his judgment..."
*MB: Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone pulls out of LA Grand Prix
Random Stuff
- Track And Field’s Most Followed Athletes On Instagram #1 is Olympic javelin champ Neeraj Chopra (there are a lot of people in India). "The world's sexiest athlete" Alica Schmidt is #2, Sha’Carri Richardson is #3 and Eliud Kipchoge is #4.
- WTF? Surprise Hawk Attack Leaves Scottish Runner With 6 Holes In His Head Ewan Cameron said, “It’s like someone is punching you in the back of the head" and added that the bird had swooped at him twice previously.
- Video: Mondo Duplantis Watches And Gives A Breakdown Of His Pole Vault WR From World Champs In Eugene
- World Athletics Selects Team Of Seven For Their Content Creator Program
- Paris School Year Could Be Postponed To Avoid Clash With Paralympics
Six Seconds Over Six Hours Of Running!
- Lithuania's Aleksandr Sorokin Improves His Own 100km World Record Running on home soil, he finished in 6:05:35 (5:53 pace) to take six seconds off his previous record.
It's Power-5 Conference Weekend
It's Power-5 Conference Weekend
SEC
Britton Wilson ran 49.13 in the 400, LSU ran 37.90 in the 4 x 100, Florida ran 2:57.76 in the 4 x 400 and Jaydon Hibbert triple jumped 17.87.
- MB: B. Wilson 49.13CR, 53.28 400H, LSU Mens 4x100m 37.90 WOW
- MB: Why wasn't Texas A&M DQed in the women's 4x4 of SECs?
- DyeStat Recap: Arkansas Sweeps SEC Men's And Women's Titles Highlighted By Jaydon Hibbert And Britton Wilson Collegiate Records Jaydon Hibbert's 17.87m in the triple jump was also a world U20 record.
- MB: Britton Wilson 49.40 CR already in the heats at SECs! It's BrittonMANIA BABY! She's tied for #5 in US history.
- MB: The Return of Valbymania this Saturday Parker Valby edged Chelangat by 0.04.
- MB: Parker Valby is going to smoke Katelyn Tuohy in the NCAA 5000
- MB: Is Cade Flatt a flash in the pan? He ran 1:50.85 - not too far off his SB - but didn't make the final.
- MB: Matthew Boling 10.36 does not make final in SEC championship - goes home devastated
- Friday SEC Recap: Britton Wilson Lowers NCAA 400m Record, LSU's Alia Armstrong Runs All-Conditions Best 100H Armstrong ran a wind-aided 12.31 in her prelim.
- Victor Kiprop Defends SEC 10,000m Title, Giving Alabama Its Sixth Straight Men's 10k Title
- MB: SEC Outdoor Championships thread
ACC
A ton of ACC teams had a shot for the team title heading into the 4 x 400.
Pac-12
- Washington Men win 1st Pac 12 track title, Oregon women win
- MB: Jerry coaches UO women to title in year 1!
- Washington Men and Women Both Lead Heading Into Sunday's Final Day At Pac-12 Champs
- MB: Article on why Pac-12s are being held at Mt. SAC. The real juicy bits, however, are about Jerry.
- MB: Oregon men at Pac-12s: 1 in 8, 1 in 15, 4 in 5k, 0 in 10k - Mass redshirt?
All NCAA
- NAU Men And Women Sweep Big Sky Champs Nico Young won the 5000 in 13:59 and finished 2nd in the 1500m (3:49.95) behind Colin Sahlman (3:49.18). Sahlman also won the 800m (1:50.79).
- MB: Colin Sahlman conference 1500m champ
- World Athletics Give Their Conference Champs Highlights Georgia's Kyle Garland set a decathlon world lead (8589 points, #2 on the NCAA all-time list) to win SECs. Arkansas' Owens-Delerme won SECs 400H in 48.36 in only his third time racing the event.
- MB: Big Sky Outdoor Championship thread
- USTFCCCA Weekend Recap: Collegiate Stars Alter Record Book At Conference Championships
Sprint Stuff
- NY Times: "Tori Bowie’s Hometown Celebrates Her Life Amid Mystery of Her Death" The article says that a program at Bowie's funeral services said she was "preceded in death" by her daughter Ariana Bowie. Bowie had been pregnant, but it's unclear whether she carried to term. No official cause of death for Bowie has been released yet.
- Olympic 100m Champ Lamont Marcell Jacobs Says He's Inspired By Rivalry With Fred Kerley
*MB: Fred Kerley vs Lamont Marcell Jacobs trash talk/beef - Kerley asks Diamond League for 1 v 1 race!!! - New York Post: "World's Sexiest Athlete Alicia Schmidt Is Ready For Her New Challenge"
Upcoming Action
- Solid Fields Announced For Next Weekend's Los Angeles Grand Prix Timothy Cheruiyot vs Cole Hocker and Cooper Teare in the 1500m, Jake Wightman vs Bryce Hoppel and Clayton Murphy in the 800m. Sha'Carri Richardson vs Aleia Hobbs in the 100m, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone in the 400m, Gabby Thomas (200m), Christian Coleman (100m), Erriyon Knighton (200m) and more.
- Noah Lyles And Fred Kerley To Clash Over 200m At The NYC Grand Prix On June 24 Aleia Hobbs and Gabby Thomas lead the women's sprints.
- Karsten Warholm Announced For Oslo DL 400H On June 15 He'll be up against world #2 Khalifah Rosser and US's CJ Allen.
- Polish And International Stars Announced For Janusz Kusocinski Memorial In Poland On June 4 Olympic champ Jasmine Camacho-Quinn vs European champ Pia Skrzyszowska in the 100H.
Another Ridiculous High School DQ
The two teammates were apparently DQ'd for "aiding a runner," even though they were clearly in the lead going 1-2 in their district 3200m race. Now they won't get to race at the Colorado state meet. Whether you want to blame dumb high school rules or stickler officials, it's a senseless DQ and should be overturned.
America's newest track star?!
Cordell Tinch of DII Pittsburg State had the performance of the week as he also long jumped 8.24m (+3.2) and cleared 2.18m in the HJ at his conference meet.
Sad News
Bowie won three Olympic medals at the 2016 Rio Games (100m silver, 200m bronze and 4x100m gold) and was the 2017 World champ in the 100m and 4x100m. Her management company shared the news of her passing, tweeting, “We’ve lost a client, dear friend, daughter and sister. Tori was a champion…a beacon of light that shined so bright!”
- MB: Rest In Peace, Tori Bowie
- US's Olympic And World Medalist Calvin Davis Dies At 51 Davis, who won individual and team NCAA titles for Arkansas, won Olympic 400H bronze at the 1996 Atlanta Games after making the team in just the 7th 400h race of his life.
*MB: RIP Calvin Davis, Olympian, Arkansas Razorback 400/400mh - Olympic Long Jump Champ And Multi-Time WR Setter Ralph Boston Passes Away At 83 Boston won Olympic gold at the 1960 Rome Olympics and set the WR six times during his career (including breaking Jesse Owens' 25-year-old WR).
Doping Polls are Baaack!
When track and field fans walk into a bar or go on a run, doping is often the topic of conversation. With that in mind, we want your thoughts on which current track and field stars you think are clean and which you think are dirty.
Marcell Jacobs
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Christian Coleman
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Fred Kerley
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Noah Lyles
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Michael Norman
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Erriyon Knighton
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Grant Holloway
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Karsten Warholm
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Donvan Brazier
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Emmanuel Korir
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Jake Wightman
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Timothy Cheruiyot
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Yared Nuguse
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Soufiane El Bakkali
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Evan Jager
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Lamecha Girma
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Grant Fisher
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Selemon Barega
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Ryan Crouser
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Mondo Duplantis
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Matthew Centrowitz
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Mo Farah
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Galen Rupp
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Coaches
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Alberto Salazar (coach)
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Doping Polls are Back
One of the worst things about track and field is you're not sure what you're watching is real. We polled you whether you think the world records are dirty or clean.
Woody Speaks
Woody Kincaid is charting his own path in the running world for the first time as a professional. He opens up why he left Bowerman, his desire for American records, and a lot more including Shelby Houlihan.
How do you explain the ridiculous indoor distance times?
Are all the fast times merely a product of supershoes? Or is it something more? We spoke to coaches Dathan Ritzenhein, Jason Vigilante and Dave Smith to figure it out.
Nuguse Dreaming of Olympic Gold
Yared Nuguse surprised the world by getting one American record last weekend. By the time, the winter is over, he may have 3. Nuguse joined the LRC podcast to talk about his dreams, goals, training with the OAC, and his unorthodox start in the sport.
Your latest American stars share their insights.
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.
Best of Jon Gault
Best of Jon Gault
Take Your Love of LetsRun to the Next Level
Take Your Love of LetsRun to the Next Level
LetsRun Classics
LetsRun Classics
