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A huge day in US distance running yesterday, as Chris Solinsky and Galen Rupp took the American 10,000 record back from the Kenyan and Ethiopian ringers who held it. Names like Meb Keflezighi and Abdi Abdirahman have been erased from the US record list! This is fantastic. Both runners train...

Supergirl has done it again. Ran the fastest 800 in the country this year, a time that also broke the stadium record in a venue also used by collegiate athletes. Imagine what she could do if she had competition. The second and third place finishers were also outstanding, giving these Dakota...

This is especially for Lightning. Quite by accident (looking for training ideas for my son), I discovered that Craig maintains an active training log forum online. He posts his daily workouts and responds to questions, etc. It isn't actually hugely interesting--mostly about lifts and 30 meter...

Two Aussie long jumpers competing to be the best in the world? http://www.runnerstribe.com/blog/post/show/id/208-Long-Jumpers-Lapierre-Watt

Laura is a phenomenon. A cute phenomenon. You might think of her as a sprinter--eventually an 800 specialist--but her range, speed, and endurance are all equally astonishing. Get this: She just set a new state record in the 200m--after she'd already run the state's best time in the 1,600m...

Our bright hopes in the 400 were both in action today, running anchor legs on 4 X 400 relays. Gehret ran for Altoona, Farmer for St. Anthony's. By the time they got the batons, their teams were both 100 yards or more behind. However, Gehret's split time, 46.1, was the best in the event, and...

Don't know about Wariner at Drake--t and f is still in the stone ages as far as marketing goes. Athletes often won't commit themselves into the last minute, and, seeing as nothing is ever televised (especially not live), we're left reading the news later to find out if there was an event or not...

I can't believe you guys still watch the NFL. I gave up on it 15 years ago and haven't looked back. If anything, there should be a boycott, and a public campaign against what's going on. If you look at some of the info that's been collected on draftees (and potential college recruits), no one...

Personally, I believe the it's-just-DHEA--I-took-Enzyte-to-be-like-smiling-Bob story about as much as I believe in the tooth fairy. Every time an athlete gets busted he comes up with some lame story of tainted supplements. Merritt has always looked pumped up and has no more credibility than...

The only man in the world who has been managing to beat Wariner, LaShawn Merritt, just tested positive for PED's. In fact, he tested positive on three consecutive occasions over the offseason. Naturally, the steroid-bloated runner is trying to pass off the incident as being the result of his...

Good find. Prompted by your post, I looked him up. He's already represented the US at the international level, and he'll be running for Stanford in college. He looks to be better in the 100 than the 200, but I'd still like to see him in a 200 showdown with Gehret.

Hawkeye, it was 10.7, not 11.7, and it's not even his event. Lightning, here's a link from the earlier Farmer-Gehret thread. I think you missed it. It's Farmer's ridiculous last leg on a relay. He takes the baton at about the 2:48 mark of the video. His team is way, way back, and he has 2...

Patrick Farmer ran his first outdoor 400 at the NY Relays today. Naturally, he won by over a second and set a meet and track record of 47.25 (in what must have been miserable running weather).

Jared Connaughton rolled to an easy victory in the 200. Looks like he didn't run the 100. The second place finisher was also Canadian, but I haven't looked him up: Men 200 Meter Dash =============================================================================== STADIUM: S 19.98 2002...

Some of the finals are complete: "In the men's blue-riband sprint it was Victorian Aaron Rouge-Serret who reigned supreme, clocking 10.32 (w:0.4) for his first 100m national crown. Rouge-Serret took out the dash ahead of Australian Flame 4x100m relay teammate Matt Davies (10.44), Jump...

Notice how LeMaitre only gets mentioned as an afterthought in this article. He's only France's THIRD best hope to break the 200 record? Behind one guy whose best time was in 2005 and another who specializes in the 400? I think LeMaitre is going to teach some people a lesson this year...

David Ambler won his 100 heat at the ACC championships in 10.37 and will be in the finals. Just missing the finals was North Carolina's freshman footballer Hunter Furr at 10.55. As many of you know, Furr, despite being the fastest player on the football team (and, as far as track goes, only one...

Also, it seems that Patrick Farmer (the other exciting young 400 guy) has yet to run an individual 400 outdoors. He's run some relays, and he ran the 100 in 10.9 (hand-timed). Hopefully, he'll return to the 400 before the season is over.

Gehret is going to have a nice scrapbook someday. Here's a new article which turns to Gehret about halfway down. Good stuff. "Can anyone beat Gehret?" http://highschoolsports.pennlive.com/news/article/-3380507432521133374/central-dauphins-ed-schrom-emerges-from-shadows/ Also, just to show he...

The link doesn't work, but I believe that's an article about Sebastian Steffen, another German sprinter not quite as good as Stefan Schwab. Here's a cut and paste of the article: It's rare to find an athlete who has competed on a national team and could possibly qualify for the 2012 Summer...

For a country small in population, Australia presents a surprising number of promising athletes across the distance spectrum. Along with Rouge Serrett (who is most interesting in the sprints because he is very young and could eventually go sub-10), there are some fine Aussie 400 and 1500...

Brady Gehret's outdoor season has finally started. As usual, he won the long jump, 200, 400, and 4x400 relay in a recent 8 school meet. I guess the meet wasn't big enough for the national list maker, but his time in the 400, 47.43, was good enough that it should be #2 on the national list...

I can't find the full results (with wind), but Jared Connaughton finished second at the North Texas Spring Classic yesterday, running the 100 in 10.32. Denton (Texas), 10.4.2010 -North Texas Spring Classic- Men 100m (nwi) Rae Edwards 10.24; Jared Connaughton (can) 10.32</font>

Man, this is depressing. Is Michael LeBlanc our only guy running anywhere? Europe completely shuts down track and field in the spring, and the Northeast (home of guys like Gehret and Farmer) hasn't gotten into the full swing of h.s. track. But we should at least have a few college kids out...

Here's an interesting post from Michael LeBlanc's blog: <div ="entry-"> Unlike my previous outdoor campaigns, which tended to begin more gradually and later in the spring (usually mid-April in North Carolina), we decided to heavily front load this outdoor season with...