Richardson won in a world-leading 10.71 and went 1-2-3 with Dennis Mitchell-coached training partners Melissa Jefferson & TeeTee Terry.
Archived Homepage For June 23, 2024
Archived Homepage For June 23, 2024
2024 US Olympic Track & Field Trials
2024 US Olympic Track & Field Trials
Day 2 MB Talk
- Official 2024 US Olympic Trails Day 2 Discussion Thread (+Live reaction show at 11 pm ET) The live REACTION SHOW is going on now. Click to listen.
- M1500m Semis - Who You Got?
- Does Quincy Wilson go pro after the trials?
- Why is Shaa'cari popular?
- How far does Eric Holt make it in the Olympic trials?
- It happened! Valby on Instagram.
After finishing 2nd, 2nd, and 4th the last three years, Fisher finally won the US 10k title, taking off with 1k to go and using a 4:06 final 1600 to break the field, as Woody Kincaid was 2nd and Nico Young held off a gutsy run by Drew Hunter to finish third. The battle for 3rd was anti-climatic as Paul Chelimo fell off over the final mile so the battle for 3rd meant nothing thanks to there not being quota allocation spots on the track.
Wilson took down a 42-year-old record and won his heat with the second-fastest time of the day. He also broke Justin Robinson's world U18 record of 44.84.
- Athing Mu is back
- Quincy Wilson breaks U18 400m WR
- Valby races the pros
- Read everything that happened day one of the Olympic trials
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- Day 1 Olympic Trials Podcast Available to Supporters Club Members
On The Boards
On The Boards
Non-LRC Trials Coverage
- 2019 World Champ Sam Kendricks Says He Might Skip Paris Even If He Makes The Team Because He's Bitter About Being Forced To Sit Out Of Tokyo Due To A Positive Covid Test On turning down an Olympic spot he said, “I compete against the best guys all the time. Everybody doesn’t understand: The Olympics is for the mamas. It’s for the mamas and for Facebook and everybody back home who wants to have something to watch and a dog in the fight. But the sport is done every day for four years in advance."
- Prep Vance Nilsson Hoping To Make It Past At Least The First Round In The OT 400 hurdles Nilsson, who won USATF under-20 champs last week, is ranked 23rd of the 34 entries.
- RW: Meet The 10 High Schoolers Who Qualified For The Olympic Trials Sadie Engelhardt in the 1500m and Elizabeth Leachman in the 5000m are the two distance runners to make it.
- Athing Mu Talks About Not Being Into Running Mentally Last Year And What Has Changed This Year
- Which Oregon Ducks Will Be Competing At The Trials? Six current Oregon athletes and 23 former are competing (although they list Matt Centrowitz who scratched due to injury).
Sprint Stuff
- US Olympic 4x400 Champ Gil Roberts Gets 8-Year Doping Ban For Second Offense Roberts served a ban in 2022 and previously avoided a suspension in 2017 when anti-doping authorities bought his excuse that he ingested a PED by kissing his girlfriend who was on medication. Now he's tested positive for multiple banned substances.
- Netflix Documentary "Sprint" Available To Stream On July 2nd The documentary focuses on the rivalry between Noah Lyles, Fred Kerley and Marcell Jacobs in the lead-up to the 2023 World Championships.
- World 100m Silver Medalist Letsile Tebogo Joins Athletes In Complaining About Poor And Chaotic Organization Of The African Championships In Cameroon Former world silver medalist Marie-Josee Ta Lou-Smith complained about poor transportation to the stadium while Tebogo said he might not race the final if things don't improve, citing how he got cold, having to wait an hour between his warmups and racing.
Non Olympic Trials Results
- GB's Molly Caudery Clears British Record And World Leading 4.92m Pole Vault In France It's the highest women’s pole vault clearance since 2021.
- Former Pole Vault WR Holder 2012 Olympic Champ Renaud Lavillenie Is Still Competing And Hoping To Qualify For His Home Olympics In Paris He has a week left to hit the 5.82m qualifying standard. He no-heighted here, but cleared 5.72m in his last competition last month.
- Mark English Breaks His Irish 800m Record For The Second Time In Four Days In Madrid With 1:44.53 He finished 4th in the race won by Belgium’s Elliot Crestan in 1:44.28. *Results
- Kenyans Patrick Kipngeno And Joyce Muthoni Njeru Dominate Broken Arrow VK Mountain Race In California US ultra-runner Jim Walmsley lead early on, but ended up finishing 2nd, more than a minute behind the winner.
2024 US Olympic Track & Field Trials Pre-Meet Coverage
2024 US Olympic Track & Field Trials Pre-Meet Coverage
His agent Ricky Simms told LetsRun it was due to a hamstring injury. "He tried to do some strides yesterday, but it’s just not letting him go," Simms said.
- MB: Centro Scratches from 2024 Olympic Trials 1500
- LRC Olympic Trials Men's 1500 Preview: Nuguse, Hocker, Kessler, Teare, Waskom, Centro...Who Goes Home Devastated? Plus can Matthew Centrowitz make a 4th Olympic team at his final Trials? *MB My Predictions for the US Men’s 1500 Olympic Team
- MB: My Predictions for the US Men’s 1500 Olympic Team
We share the 6 biggest storylines for the 2024 U.S. Olympic Team Trials — Track & Field. Who is the fastest man and woman in America? Can SML and Grant Holloway break the WRs? How do Athing Mu and Ryan Crouser look in their 2024 outdoor debuts? And what happens in the greatest event in track - the men's 1500?
Parker Valby has dominated the NCAA level in 2024 but can she run away from everyone at the pro ranks? If not, does she have the kick needed to make the team?
Non-LRC US Olympic Trials Coverage
- Recommeded Read: Scott Reid reveals that no other cities bid for Olympic Trials other than Eugene Reid's piece starts with history and how Eugene beat out LA for the 1972 Trials in a huge shock. Now, the other cities aren't even bidding as they can't compete with Eugene's resources which are bolstered by Nike. "Eugene is so powerful, we feel like we can’t compete with them. So (bidding) becomes a, ‘Why are we spinning our wheels kind of thing?’” said Greg Edwards, president and CEO of the Des Moines Area Sports Commission.
- Disappointing: USATF won't let the #1 HS pole vaulted in country into Trials even though she'd be seeded #12 as HS meets are sanctioned by USATF You can discuss this on our world-famous messageboard here.
- Elle St Pierre and the entire New Balance team team are thriving with her as a mom In this 2,000+ word feature by RW, we learn that St. Pierre's son Ivan is beloved by all and a grounding influence even for those who aren't moms like Emily Mackay. "Honestly, it feels grounding to me as well. It’s a nice reminder, having him around, how much bigger life is than just running.”
- Reuters: "American fan favourite Sha'Carri Richardson will look to add another chapter to her comeback story"
- TFN's final women's predictions
- TFN's final men's predictions
- Amazing US Olympic Trials Historical Stats All results, all-time lists, etc.
OT 100m Preview
Right now, Sha'Carri Richardson and Noah Lyles are favorites for Olympic gold. Will that still be the case after this weekend's 100s? Could 18-year-old Christian Miller really make the team? What shoes will Fred Kerley wear?
OT 10k Preview
The first final of the 2024 US Olympic Trials features four studs -- Fisher, Young, Woody Kincaid, Paul Chelimo -- vying for three spots to Paris.
The Latest on Knighton
- WADA says it hasn't decided if it will appeal Knighton being cleared to run "Once Wada has the full reasoned decision, it will study that, along with the case file, with its usual scepticism and diligence," a Wada spokesperson BBC Sport.
- WADA rips Travis Tygart & Tygart fires back WADA is still pissed Tygart ripped them for clearing 23 Chinese swimmers and said, "If this had been an athlete in China, we dare to think that Mr Tygart would be singing a different tune, and very loudly," but Tygart was having none of it and responded, "Unlike the China TMZ 23, in this case, as the rules required, we provisionally suspend the athlete, presented the issues before an independent arbitrator, and publicly announced the outcome. It is sad to see but Wada has truly lost it and is crumbling before the world’s eyes."
Knighton had been provisionally suspended since April 12 after testing positive for the banned substance trenbolone -- the same substance for which Jarrion Lawson was banned (and subsequently cleared). Article includes statements from USADA head Travis Tygart as well as Knigton's lawyer Howard Jacobs.
News From Europe
- 2024 World Athletics Gold Bydgoszcz Recap- Andrews Kramer (1:44.08), Freweyni Haily (3:58.89) over Linden Hall (3:58.96), Natalia Kaczmarek (49.86) and more Leonardo Fabbri also set a meet record in the shot (22.38). *
- Sonia O’Sullivan asks journalists to stop asking Rhasidat Adeleke about some racist online abuse she received on social media "If you want to find something negative about yourself on the internet, you can find it. You just have to look for it, but why would you go looking for something that’s not going to be of benefit to you? As athletes and as supporters, [and] coaches, we need to promote the positives and the things that help the athletes and not drag them down with negative stories and asking them negative questions. And I think the best advice I would give to any journalist is to say: don’t ask Rhasidat questions about this. Why do you need to ask her these questions? Then you’re just making her relive something that obviously isn’t beneficial.”
Non Olympic Trials News of Note
- 100 years ago, Paavo Nurmi became the 1st man to hold the 1500 and 5000 WRs at the same time and he ran both races 55 minutes apart He ran 3:52 for 1500 (going out in 57) and 14:28 in the 5000.
- Tuvalu, population 11,000, will once again be sending Karalo Maibuca to run the 100m at the Olympics The 25-year-old, who used to train in the airport runway, hopes to improve his 11.42 pb.
- Brett Larner breaks down the potential Japanese Olympic team He lists who has the standard or ranking for ALL of the events.
- Jakob Ingebrigtsen signs up for 1500 at Norwegian champs, Filip will run 1500/5000
- Eliud Kipchoge signs another endorsement deal Shokz headphones is the company this time.
- Kenyan javelin star and Olympic silver medallist Julius Yego doesn't have javelin standard for Paris And he's currently ranked #32 and they only go down to #32.
Distance News
- Justyn Knight Still Dealing With Injury, Will Miss Canadian Trials And Paris Games Knight hasn't raced since the Tokyo Olympic 5000m where he finished 7th. He's been dealing with an Achilles injury ever since and had surgery last year.
- World Athletics' Inside Track Episode With Selemon Barega Barega's parents didn't want him to become a runner because they wanted him to focus on education.
- Kenya's 2008 Olympic 800m Champion Wilfred Bungei Explains How Fear Of Poverty After Retirement Pushed Him To Go Back To School
- RIP: Former Scottish National Champion And Commonwealth Games 1500m Finalist Alastair Hay Dies At 38-Years-Old
Paavo Nurmi Games
- Olympic 100m Champ Marcell Jacobs Runs Under 10 Seconds In Both His Heat And Final To Win At The Paavo Nurmi Games Jacobs ran 9.99 in the heats and then won the final in 9.92 (the third fastest time of his career). Sweden’s Andreas Kramer won the 800m in 1:44.65 over Ireland’s Mark English (who broke his own NR with 1:44.69). Ireland went 1-2 in the 1500m won by Cathal Doyle (3:34.09) ahead of Luke McCann (3:34.32). Gabriela Gajanova took the women's 800m (1:59.57) and Omar McLeod (13.29) and Nia Ali (12.48) the sprint hurdles.
*MB: Marcell Jacobs runs twice under 10 in Turku
The Madness Needs To Stop
- Lake Oswego Coach Says District Ousted Him After Pushed Change In Transgender Athlete Law A coach writing a nice letter to state officials should not be fired.
*MB: Lake Oswego Coach Fired (for doing the right thing) - writing letters to state officials advocating for change to laws pertaining to transgender athletes - Washington Times: "Girls Left In Dust As Male Born Transgender Athletes Take State Track Titles In Five States" The other side of this debate will tell you it's not happening and if it does happen, you're not supposed to complain about it.
*MB: Girls left in the dust as male-born transgender athletes win state track titles in 5 states
Olympic Tattoos
From Kara Goucher to Clayton Murphy, Evan Jager to Andrew Wheating, dozens of US Olympians have the Olympic rings on their body. Here are their stories.
Michael Johnson's Plan
The league has signed up Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, who has only run 4 Diamond Leagues in her life, to commit to doubling at 4 meets a year. There will be six event groups per sex (no field events) with 48 athletes getting base contracts to double in all four meets (one in LA, other locations TBD). Winners of the combined events scoring will get $100k per meet down to $10k for 8th. The first meet is scheduled for April 2025. What's surprising is the events groups are totally siloed off. So with this format, Michael Johnson would never have faced his 200m rivals Frankie Fredericks or Ato Boldon in the 200 as Johnson would be in the 200/400 group and Boldon/Fredericks in the 100/200 group. So Sydney will never face Marileidy Paulino or Athing Mu in the 400 as they'll be in the 200/400 and 800/1500 groups while she'll be in the 400h/400 group.
RIP
Competing against legends Kipchoge Keino and Ron Clarke in the 1964 Olympic final in Tokyo, Schul used a 38.7-second final 300m to win an iconic gold medal. His daughter confirmed his death to LetsRun.
NCAA Coaching / AOY News
- 2004 Olympic 100H Champ Joanna Hayes Hired As UCLA Head Coach Hayes previously coached Sydney McLaughlin when she first turned pro.
*MB: UCLA track/xc director
- Former Heps 800m Champ Courtney Jaworski Hired As New Yale Head Coach
- T&F News Chooses And Parker Valby And NCAA Decathlon Champ Leo Neugebauer As Their Collegiate Outdoor Athletes Of The Year
- USTFCCCA Names Their NCAA Outdoor Athletes Of The Year Parker Valby and 400 hurdler Caleb Dean on the track, Leo Neugebauer and shot put champ Jaida Ross for field events.
Sponsorship / Training Group News
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Sprint Stuff
- Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Opens Her Season With A 11.15 Victory In Jamaica The Jamaica national champs start in less than two weeks.
- Femke Bol Predicts "Nice Battle" With Sydney McLaughlin-Lovrone In Paris 400H Bol's PR is .77 slower than McLaughlin's WR.
- Japan Women's Under 20 100m Record Goes Down At Japan Natinoal University Champs (Aiha Yamagata 11.41)
Kenyan Trials Day 2
That's passes Seb Coe for #3 on the all-time list and fastest since David Rudisha ran his WR in 2012. Wycliffe Kinyamal was runner-up in 1:42.50.
Nike Outdoor Nationals, USATF U20 Champs, New Balance & Adidas Outdoors Are All Going On
Daniel Simmons (8:38) and Logan St. John Kletter (9:58) won the 2 miles.
- Sophomore Sprint Star Quincy Wilson Sets Another 400m PB With 45.13 At NBNO The time puts him #2 on the US under-18 list and #7 on the prep all-time list. Christian Miller ran 9.95 in the semifinal, but was a DNS in the final, leaving the win to Zamarii Sanders (10.27).
- Crater High School Boys Break National HS DMR Record At New Balance They ran 9:44.30 to win over Ridgefield High's 9:44.44 and break the previous record of 9:49.78 which included Alan Webb on the anchor. The Montverde Academy girls ran 3:31.68 to break the 4x400 national HS record.
- USATF Recap: BYU's Wyatt Haughton Breaks One Of The Oldest Meet Records With 8:48 Steeple Win At U20 Champs
- USATF U20 Champs: Harvard's Sophia Gorriaran Wins 800m In 2:01.90
- Seth Norder Gets Upset Mile Win At Nike Outdoor Nationals He ran 4:02.20 to win over sub-4 miler JoJo Jourdon (4:02.81).
- Jane Hedengren Wins Nike Outdoor Nationals Mile In 4:38.50 Over Elizabeth Leachman (4:44.06) Celeste Robinson highlighted the sprints winning the 200m in 22.82.
- Addison Dorenkamp Wins Nike 2 Mile In 9:59; Ella McRitchie Clears 14.38m To Win Pole Vault
- MB: Adidas nationals boys 2 mile champion: 9:30
Euro Champs Catch Up
Did you miss the Euros last week? Were you a bit distracted by that big meet they have out in Eugene? That’s ok, we were too. Read for a quick recap of the action.
- Rome 2024 By The Numbers Jakob Ingebrigtsen became the first male athlete in championship history to win six European Champs gold medals.
Ethiopian Olympic Trials
Olympic champion Selemon Barega was third in 26:34.93 while 17-year-old Biniam Mehary broke Sammy Wanjiru's world under-20 record in 4th (26:37.93). In the women's race, Fotyen Tesfay won in 29:47.71 over 2023 world XC silver medalist Tsigie Gebreselama (29:49.33) and world bronze medalist Ejgayehu Taye 3rd (29:50.52).
Previous HS Championship News
Miller ran 9.93 last month. What will he do in the final on Saturday?
*MB: Christian Miller 9.95 @ NBON
Kenyan Olympic Trials Day 1
Kipyegon crushed 10k WR holder Beatrice Chebet by 6 seconds while Moraa lost to Lilian Odira and Reynold Cheruiyot edged out Daniel Munguti and Timothy Cheruiyot.
- MB: Official 2024 Kenyan Olympic Trials Live Discussion Thread. The men's 1500 was epic. Wanyonyi fell in the 800 heats and more. Watch the day 1 races above.
- MB Faith Kipyegon DOMINATES 5k at Kenyan Olympic Trials
- MB Stunner at Kenyan Trials 1500, Reynold wins, Munguti 2nd, Tim 3rd
- AK announces Kenya 10,000m teams day before Trials start The discretionary spots went to third placers at the Pre 10,000 - Margaret Chelimo and Bernard Kibet - as 2023 worlds silver medallist Daniel Ebenyo was left off.
- Kenyan selectors say they liked Kibet as he's a selfless runner who often pushes the pace for others "We all saw how Bernard did his best especially when the lights had gone..If we go back to Budapest (2023), he is also the one who played a big role for us to get the silver medal (in the men’s 10,000m)."
- Kenyan Olympic Trials Schedule & Possilbe Live Stream The meet is Friday - Saturday and the first event - women's 5000 - is at 3 am ET.
- Faith Kipyegon pictured smiling while training for this week's Olympic Trials where she will make 2024 debut
Pre Pre Classic News
If you turned into the broadcast portion of the pre-race conference expecting fireworks, you left disappointed but things got a bit spicy when LRC talked to them individually afterwards as Ingebrigtsen clearly was bothered by Kerr's podcast criticisms of him, calling them a "coward move."
Workout Analysis
Jakob's recent 12 x 400, 10 x 200 workout has generated a lot of buzz. What do the LRC coaches think about it? They are most impressed by something hardly anyone is talking about.
10 Years With LRC
This weekend's Prefontaine Classic marks 10 years since Jonathan Gault's first meet for LetsRun.com. He reflects on what he learned from his first trip to Eugene to cover David Rudisha and Galen Rupp in 2014.
- MB: We celebrate Jonathan Gault's 10 years at LetsRun.com!! Show your appreciation by signing up for the Supporters Club today as all $$ this week go directly to him.
Time Flies When You Are Having Fun
After a decade with LetsRun.com, Jonathan Gault counts down his 10 favorite races he has seen in-person. Usain Bolt, Matthew Centrowitz, and Jakob Ingebrigtsen all make appearances - who claims the #1 spot?
Other Links That Passed Our Human Vetters
- Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone to run the 400m hurdles for the first time since August 2022 next weekend at Edwin Moses Legends Meet
- Kenny Bednarek is very thankful for his mom who adopted him and 3 others + reveals he wants to meet Usain Bolt to pick his brain
- Serbian long jumper Ivana Spanovic has won gold everywhere but the Olympics - can she do it at age 34 in her 5th Olympics
The King is Back at the Olympics
Twenty years after his first Olympic gold and 12 years after his last Olympic appearance, Bekele will return to face Eliud Kipchoge on the sport's biggest stage in Paris.
Rest In Peace: Henry Rono 1952-2024
Rono achieved legendary status in 1978 when he set four world records in four different events in 81 days. Robert Johnson, who has an autographed poster of Rono on his office wall, pays his respects.
Past MB Talk On Rono
- 2004: 2006: Henry Rono
- 2006: Henry Rono training for masters mile record. PART II link fixed This was a 186 long page thread where Rono talked about his training.
- 2007: Was Henry Rono the greatest distance talent ever???
- 2013: Henry Rono
- 2003: How Henry Rono beat Alberto Salazar (Good Read)
- 2020: The HENRY RONO Base of Yore
RIP Kelvin Kiptum
In just three races, Kiptum turned the marathon world upside down, setting a world record, and running the three fastest second halves ever in a marathon. Jonathan Gault recaps his life and career.
- MB: RIP: Marathon WR Kelvin Kiptum has died in a car accident at the age of 24
- MB: Kelvin Kiptum's final 2 training sessions - 35km long run on Thursday, 18.6 km fartlek on Saturday
- MB: Kiptum's father: "Strange people looked for him 4 days before his death" Kiptum's father says the four men said they were from the State House, but could not produce identification to prove it. He now wants the Kenyan government to investigate.
BetterRunningShoes.com Presents
We present to you the LetsRun.com Shoe Awards for 2023. What is the best shoe of 2023, the supershoe of 2023, the newcomer of the year and more?
Everyone's still looking for an edge
Kelvin Kiptum, Faith Kipyegon, Keely Hodgkinson and everyone in the OAC are among the stars who experimented with Maurten Bicarb System in 2023 ($65 for 4 doses). The big question: does it work? (paywall lifted)
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We think most of you could guess the #1 brand, but the #2 might be a surprise. We break down the most popular brands overall, and for road, trail, and racing.
Paywall lifted!
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The Latest JG Feature
What links Jakob Ingebrigtsen, the NAU cross country team, and Sebastian Coe? Double threshold training, which is having a moment in 2023. Note, most of this article is behind our SC paywall for 72 hours (until Saturday).
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
