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Divison I Outdoor Track and Field Championships

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The Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships took place June 10-13, 2015 in Eugene, Oregon at the University of Oregon.

The Oregon men and women's teams won the team championships. The men won Friday with 85 points over Florida and the women took the title Saturday with 59 points over Kentucky.

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Three ladies scored points for the University of Michigan Wolverines. U-M finished in 19th place with 14 points. Cindy Ofili finished as runner-up in the 100m hurdles. Ofili broke her sister's, Tiffany, school record by finishing the race in 12.60 for second place. Kentucky's Kendra Harrison won the race in 12.55. Erin Finn placed fifth in the 5000m run in 15:43.97. Finn became the first-ever Wolverine to achieve All-America status in both the outdoor 5,000m and 10,000m run, as Finn ran the 10,000m at 2014 Nationals. The final Wolverine to score was Brook Handler. Handler ran the 1500m in 4:16.19 good enough for seventh place.

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The Michigan men also had athletes performing at nationals. Mason Ferlic competing in two events, 5000m and 3000m steeplechase. Ferlic's first race didn't go well. Ferlic fell into the pit during the 3000m steeplechase and was unable to recover. Ferlic finished 12th place in 8:57.30. University of Texas El Paso's Anthony Rotich won the race in 8:33.90. Ferlic's second race, 5000m, didn't go well and he DNF.

Cody Riffle finished in 23rd in the shot put with a throw of 59-10.5 ft. Morsi Rayyan competed in the 10,000m and finished 21st at 30:31.11.

 Men's Team Scoring
Oregon: 85 points
Florida: 56
Arkansas: 53
LSU: 45
USC: 40.5

Women's Team Scores
Oregon: 59 points
Kentucky: 50
Texas A&M: 47
Arkansas: 43
Georgia: 41

Big Ten Outdoor Track and Field Championships

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The Big Ten Outdoor Track and Field Championships took place Friday and Saturday at the Ralph Young Track and Field Stadium in East Lansing, Michigan.

On the first day, Michigan sophomore Erin Finn won the 10,000m in 33:54.85. Finn is a back-to-back winner in this event as she won it last year as well.  Teammates Gina Serno finished in seventh place (34:34.75) and Corinne Florie was 12th in 35:57.14

In the men's 10,000m Michigan's Morsi Rayyan finished in eighth place with a time of 29:58.29. Rayyan edged out teammate Mark Beams who placed ninth in 30:09.92.

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 Mason Ferlic won the 3000m Steeplechase title Saturday in 8:43.30. This is Ferlic's first outdoor Big Ten title. Also scoring for Michigan in the event was Connor Mora, who placed seventh, in 9:07.53.

On Sunday, Michigan ladies went 2-3-7-8 in the 1500m. Shannon Osika finished in second behind with a time of 4:15.24. Michigan State's Leah O'Connor won the race in 4:14.19. Placing third was Brook Handler (4:16.01), Laura Addison (seventh - 4:22.69) and Jaimie Phelan (eighth - 4:23.81).

Cindy Ofili PR'd to defend her 100m title from last year in a time of 12.89. Teammate Sami Michell placed fourth in 13.51. Ofili and Michell scored in other events as well. Ofili was seventh in the 100m in 11.6 and Michell was third in the 400m hurdles, with a new PR, in 58.46.

Erin Finn claimed another medal during the championships. Finn finished third in the 5000m with a time of 16:14.27 and teammate Shannon Osika was sixth in 16:34.33. Leah O'Connor from Michigan State won her third event of the weekend in 16:03.98. O'Connor's teammate Rachele Schulist was second in 16:13.22.

Michigan men's runners in the 5000m went 2-3-7. Winning the event was Matt McClintock from Purdue in 14:16. Mason Ferlic was second in 14:20.33 and Ben Flanagan was third in 14:24.36.

Claiming third place in the shot put was Cody Riffle with a PR of 63-7.25 ft.

The Big Ten Outdoor Track and Field Championships will broadcast on the Big Ten Network on Sunday, May 24 at 11 a.m. ET.

Women's Team Scores
Michigan State: 128
Nebraska: 97
Minnesota: 93
Ohio State: 87
Michigan: 80

Men's Team Scores
Illinois: 145
Nebraska: 108
Iowa: 81
Ohio State: 78
Penn State: 66

Track and Field World Championships

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Eugene, Oregon, which is known as Tracktown, USA and home of the University of Oregon, was awarded the 2021 World Track and Field Championships last Thursday. Eugene was given the championships without a bidding process. 

The governing body of track, the IAAF, said the decision was the "desire to break into the key American market. We have to give it to Eugene, to a city where athletics (track) is like a religion," said IAAF president Lamine Diack.

The 2021 World Championships will be hosted at University of Oregon's Hayward Field. The stadium with be rebuilt to accommodate 32,000 spectators.

Hayward Field will host the Nike Prefontaine Classic, NCAA DI Outdoor Track and Field Championships and USAT
F Championships this year.

NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships

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The NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships took place over the weekend in Fayettville, Arkansas.

The Oregon Ducks men's team repeated as National Champions with 74 points. Coming in second was Florida Gators with 50 points and the host Arkansas Razorbacks were third with 39 points. On the women's side, the host Arkansas won the title with 63 points over last year's champion Oregon. Oregon was second with 46.50 points and Georgia Bulldogs finished third with 37 points.

Highlights from the state of Michigan was Michigan State senior Leah O'Connor winning the mile with a record of 4:27.18. That time broke MSU's school record, it's the fastest time in the NCAA Track and Field Championships history and the second fastest mile ever run by a woman in NCAA history.

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University of Michigan Wolverines women's Distance Medley Relay finished in 10:58.64 to claim third place. The DMR team members were Shannon Osika, Maya Long, Danielle Pfeifer and Brook Handler. Winning the DMR was the team from Arkansas in 10:51.89 and Stanford was second in 10:53.66.

1000 Meter

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Oiselle athlete, Lauren Wallace, won the US Indoor 1000m championship Sunday in Boston, MA. Wallace led the group for 600m before dropping back in the pack. Running towards the finish line on the last lap, leader Charlene Lipsey went out wide. Treniere Moser and Stephanie Brown were running toward the finish in lanes 2 and 3. Leaving lane 1 open, Wallace out sprinted Moser and Brown to the finish line in 2:40.42. Second place Moser and third place Brown finished in 2:40.62.

After the race Wallace said, "I knew that everyone was going to swing wide, that seems to be the tactic on an indoor track. Unfortunately, I learned that the hard way a couple of weeks ago in Birmingham. Last night when I was going over my race plan, I just decided to stay comfo in lane one. I knew there'd be a gap opening up, so I took advantage of the gap and gave it my all the last 50 meters."

Wallace went on to say, "It's unreal, it hasn't set in yet. The coolest part was running through the tape. I've never been able to do that before. The tape was really, really cool."

Millrose Games

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The 108th NYRR Millrose Games took place Saturday at the New Balance Track & Field Center at the Armory in New York.

Brycen Spratling set a new American Indoor, world best and Armory record in the 500m. Spratling won the race in 1:00.06. The old American record belonged to Ken Lowery who ran 1:00.17 in 1987.

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Matt Centrowitz beat Nick Willis in a close finish in the Wanamaker Mile in 3:51.35 to Willis' 3:51.46. Bernard Lagat finished the race in 3:54.91 for 4th place. Lagat's time also set a new world masters record. The old record was 3:58.15 and held by Eamonn Coughlan.

Another close finish took place in the men's 5000m. Lopez Lomong won the race in 13:27.60 over second place finisher Ryan Hill in 13:27.80.

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Other winners of the meet were Aleec Harris with a world-leading time in the men's 60m hurdles in 7.50. Phyllis Francis won the women's 400m in 53.14. Shannon Rowbury ran away from the field in the women's Wanamaker mile in 4:24.31. Erik Sowinski won the 1000m run in 2:21.18.


Ajee Wilson won back-to-back Millrose Games 800m in 2:01.57. Sally Kipyego was the women's 3000m winner with a time of 8:41.72. Murielle Ahoure won the women's 60m in 7.05. Winning the men's 60m was Marvin Bracy in 6.53. Sharike Nelvis was the winner in the women's 60m hurdles witha time of 7.91. Jesse Williams won the high jump by clearing 7-7.

New Balance Indoor Grand Prix

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The New Balance Indoor Grand Prix took place Saturday at the Reggie Lewis Center in Boston, Massachusetts.

Big winners of the night were the New Balance Distance Medley Relay team of Sarah Brown, Mahagony Jones, Megan Krumpoch and Brenda Martinez. The group set a DMR world record with a time of 10:42.57. The group ran a 1200m, 400m, 800m and 1600m. Nicole Tully of the New York All-Stars passed Brenda Martinez with two laps to go. Martinez was able to chase Tully down to set the world record.

Bernard Lagat's second place finish to Dejen Gebremeskel of Ethopia in the 3000m set a new master's world record. Gebremeskel won the race in 7:48.19 to Lagat's 7:48.33. Lagat lowered the world record by 13 seconds. The former record was 8:01.44.

The final record of the night was set by Jenny Simpson in the Two Mile. Simpson pulled away from the field to win the race and set an American Record with a time of 9:18.35.

Other winners from the night were Matthew Centrowitz in the men's 1000m with a time of 2:17.00. Trell Kimmons was the 60m winner in 6.51. Treneire Moser beat training partner Mary Cain to win the 1000m in 2:37.86. New Zealand's Nick Willis won the Mile in 3:51.61. Newly signed Oiselle pole vaulter Mary Saxer won with a height of 14-9. Chaunte Lowe won the high jump with a leap of 6-2. Ryan Whiting was the winner of the shot put throwing 70-3.75.

USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships

The USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships concluded Sunday at Sacramento State University in Sacramento, California.

There were five days of events. See the full results at the USATF website. When you reach the page, go to timetable results. You will be able to search by day.

Thursday

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The women's and men's 10,000m finals took place Thursday evening. The women's race came down to two ladies, Kim Conley and Jordan Hasay. Hasay passed Conley on the backstretch. Conley was able to pull back up to Hasay and pass her to win the race. Conley won in 32:02.07 and Hasay finished second in 32:03.28. Coming in third was Amy Hastings in 32:18.81.

Galen Rupp ran away from the competition and won the men's 10,000m race in 28:12.07. Chris Derrick was runner-up in 28:18.18 and Ryan Vail was third in 28:26.02.

Friday

More exciting distance races took place on Friday night: the women's and men's 5000m. Another close finish in the women's race. Molly Huddle was able to chase down Shannon Rowbury in the final stretch. Huddle won the race in 15:01.56 over Rowbury's 15:01.71. Marielle Hall of University of Texas finished third in 15:12.79. My Oiselle teammate Lauren Penney finished 12th in 16:07.34.

Bernard Lagat ran away with another USA title by winning the men's 5000m in 13:31.41 over Andrew Bumbalough in 13:32.01. Hassan Mead claimed third in 13:32.42.

Saturday

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Emma Coburn set an meet record with her win in the women's 3000m steeplechase in 9:19.72 over second place Ashley Higginson in 9:27.59. Stephanie Garcia took the bronze in 9:32.76.

Leo Manzano won a very close men's 1500m in 3:38.63 over Pat Casey in 3:38.94. Lopez Lomong just edged out Will Leer for third place with the times of 3:39.103 to 3:39.109.

Sunday

The women's 800m was very exciting. Ajee Wilson was able to hold off Laura Roesler to win the race in 1:58.70 to Roesler's 1:59.04. Third place Molly Beckwith was able to run sub-2 minutes with her finish of 1:59.35.

The men's 800m race did have a fall from Charles Jock. Duane Solomon was able to pull away from Casimir Loxsom to win the race in 1:44.30. Loxsom was second in 1:45.97 and Erik Sowinski was third in 1:46.94.

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Evan Jager won another men's 3000m steeplechase championship with the time of 8:18.33 over training partner Dan Huling (8:19.73). Donn Cabral was third in 8:20.04. Michigan's Craig Forys was sixth in 8:37.06 and Mason Ferlic 9th in 8:43.12.

The last distance event of the meet was the women's 1500m. In this race featured so many runners that I enjoy watching. Jenny Simpson won the race in 4:04.96 over Mary Cain who finished in 4:06.34. Katie Mackey was third in 4:07.70. Cory McGee was seventh in 4:12.16. Former Michigan runner Amanda Eccleston was 10th in 4:16.92 and Oiselle teammate Kate Grace with 11th in 4:18.97. Morgan Uceny had another bad day with a fall and finished last in 4:24.01.

USATF Outdoor Championships

The USATF Outdoor Championships are taking place this week in Sacramento, California. The men's and women's shop put competition took place Wednesday at the California State Capitol.

The competition will be on three different TV networks: Friday, June 27 from 10 pm - 12 am ET on NBC Sports Network. Saturday, June 28: 4-6 pm ET on NBC and 6-7 pm ET on Universal Sports. Sunday, June 29: 3-4 pm ET on Universal Sports and 4-6 pm ET on NBC.

Below is the schedule from today until Sunday. All times listed are PT:

NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships

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The NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships took place Wednesday-Saturday at the University of Oregon in Eugene.

Oregon Ducks men's track and field team won another championship at home. The Ducks won the meet with 88 points over the Florida Gators with 70 points. Coming in third was Texas A&M Aggies with 41.5, USC Trojans and LSU Tigers tied for fourth with 29 points.

The Texas A&M Aggies women's team won its eight national championship. The Aggies finished with 75 points over the runner-up Texas Longhorns with 66 points. Oregon Ducks were third (59), Florida Gators fourth (55) and Georgia Bulldogs fifth (35).

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Some of the athletes that I like had good races at the championships. Edward Cheserek of Oregon was the winner of the men's 10,000m in 28:30.18. Shadrack Kipchirchir from Oklahoma State was second in 28:32.31 and Wisconsin's Mohammed Ahmed placed third in 28:43.82. Michigan's Morsi Rayyan finished 18th in 30:17.87. Michigan Wolverines freshman Erin Finn finished her season with a sixth place in the 10,000m run with a time of 32:50.14. Finn was Michigan's first 10,000m First Team All-American since 1998. The 10,000m was won by Boise Stat's Emma Bates in 32:32.35.

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Laura Roesler of Oregon was able to pull away from the field and win the women's 800m in 2:01.22. Claudia Saunders of Stanford was second (2:02.92) and Ejiroghene Okoro of Iowa State was third (2:03.37). Another race with a runaway finish was Leah O'Connor from Michigan State winning the 3000m steeplechase in 9:36.43. Boise State's Marisa Howard was second in 9:43.82 and Baylor's Rachel Johnson third in 9:44.47.

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In the men's 5000m, it was a tight battle between Lawi Lalang of Arizona and Edward Cheserek of Oregon. On the last lap, Cheserek pulled ahead of Lalang with 200 meters to go. In the final 100 meters, Lalang was able to pull beside Cheserek and pass him. Lalang won the race in 13:18.36 and Cheserek was second in 13:18.71.

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Mac Fleet of Oregon defated Lawi Lalang of Arizona in a close finish in the men's 1500m. Fleet won in 3:39.09 over Lalang who finished in 3:39.13. Sam Penzenstadler of Loyola was third in 3:39.77. The women's 1500m was won by Arizona State's Shelby Houlihan in 4:18.10. One of my favorite runners, Cory McGee from Florida came in second in 4:19.19. Michigan's Brook Handler placed sixth in 4:20.45.

The men's 3000m steeplechase was won by UTEP's Anthony Rotich in 8:32.21. Stanley Kebenei of Arkanasas was the runner-up in 8:35.27 and Ole Hesselbejerg of Eastern Kentucky was third in 8:38.75. Michigan's Mason Ferlic ended up fourth in 8:39.84.

Marielle Hall of Texas in 15:34.11 and Aisling Cuffe of Stanford in 15:37.74 beat Abbey D'Agostino from Dartmouth in the 5000m. D'Agostino was third in 15:43.54.

NCAA Track and Field Preliminaries

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The NCAA Track and Field Preliminaries for the East and West took place over the weekend. The East Preliminary Round was held at University of North Florida and the West Preliminary was at University of Arkansas. The top 12 athletes from each preliminary advanced to the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships on June 11-14 at the University of Oregon in Eugene.

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Several of my favorite runners are heading to nationals: Michigan freshman Erin Finn is the #1 seed in the women's 10,000m with a time of 33:13.46. Seeded fourth in the 5000m is Abbey D'Agostino from Dartmouth. Cory McGee from Florida is seeded seventh in the 1500m. Laura Roesler from Oregon is seeded second in the women's 800m.

Other Michigan women track athletes participating in nationals is Brook Handler in the 1500m, Alex Leptich in the 3000m steeplechase and Cindy Ofili in the 100m hurdles.

On the men's side, races I'm looking forward to are Lawi Lalang from Arizona in the 1500m. The battle between Kennedy Kithuka from Texas Tech, Lalang from Arizona and Oregon freshmen Edward Cheserek in the 5000m. Wisconsin's Mohammed Ahmed will also be in that race. Kithuka and Cheserek are slated to battle again as the top two seeds in the 10,000m. Also in the race is seventh seed Ahmed and Michigan's Morsi Rayyan. Michigan's Mason Ferlic is the top rated seed in the 3000m steeplechase with a time of 8:38.74.

Big Ten Outdoor Track and Field Championships

The Big Ten Outdoor Track and Field Championships took place May 16-18 at Purdue University at West Lafayette, Indiana.

Winning the women's title was Penn State with 136 points. Nebraska was the runner-up with 102.5 points and host Purdue was third with 89 points. Michigan tied with Iowa for fourth with 86 points.

On the men's side, Wisconsin claimed the title with  121 points. Illionis was second with 109 points and Nebraska was third with 106 points.

Michigan's Erin Finn and Cindy Ofili had a wonderful weekend in West Lafayette by winning conference titles. Finn won two events. She won the 10,000m in 32:41 and the 5,000m with a time of 15:48.90. In the 10,000m, Finn set a conference meet record and broke the school record. In the 5,000m, she set a Big Ten meet and facility record. Ofili won the 100m hurdles in a career best of 12.93. Ofili also placed third in the 200m in 23.74 and fifth in the 100m (11.75). Fellow teammate Shannon Osika finished on the podium in the 5,000m in third place (16:17.80).

Erin Finn was named Big Ten Athlete of the Year, Freshman of the Year and Athlete of the Championships. Finn had a fantastic freshman year at the University of Michigan.

Starting the championships off with a sweep was Wisconsin in the men's 10,000m. Reed Connor won the event in 29:06.10. Second was teammate Mohammed Ahmed in 29:06.60 and third was Michael VanVoorhis in 29:06.65. Morsi Rayyan of Michigan placed seventh in 29:12.94.

Winning a second-straight decathlon title was Wisconsin's Zach Ziemek. Ziemek finished with 7,659 points over the 10 events.

Sweeping the podium again was Ahmed, Connor and Malachy Schrolbilgen of Wisconsin in the 5,000m. Ahmed won in 14:09.53, Connor second in 14:09.86 and Schrobilgen third in 14:10.50. Teammate VanVoorhis placed 8th in 14:12.84. Michigan's Mason Ferlic was fifth in 14:11.12.

Wisconsin's Mohammed Ahmed was named the Big Ten Track Athlete of the Year and Mick Byrne was named Coach of the Year.

The Wolverines women's track and field team will send 13 athletes and the men's track and field team will send 12 athletes to the NCAA Division I East Preliminary from May 29-31 at the University of North Florida in Jacksonville, Florida.

The Badgers men's track and field team will send 19 athletes to the NCAA Division I West Preliminary at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, Arkansas. 

Athletes that place in the Top 12 (or six relay teams) at the Preliminaries will advance to the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships at the University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon from June 11-14.

NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships

The NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships took place from March 14-15 in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

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The Oregon Ducks won both the men and women's titles. The Oregon men finished with 62 points followed by second place Arkansas with 54 and Florida in third with 35 points. The women's side was closer. Oregon won the title with 44 points over second place Texas with 43.5 points and Georgia and Florida tied for third with 40.5 points.

On Friday night, Edward Cheserek of Oregon defeated Lawi Lalang to win the men's 5000m title. Cheserek won in 13:46.67. Lalang came across the finish line in 13:52.83. For the women's 5000m, Abbey D'Agostino of Dartmouth (16:20.39) held off Stanford's Aisling Cuffe (16:22.48) to win another title. Michiga
n's Erin Finn placed 12th in 16:51.10.

In the men's Distance Medley Relay, Stanford defeated Oregon to win. Stanford's time was 9:37.63 to Oregon's 9:40.47. Arkansas won the women's DMR in 11:05.83 over Stanford (11:08.28). Last year's champions, Michigan was fifth in 11:14.60.

Emily Lipari won the women's mile run Saturday in 4:38.82. On of my favorite college runners, Cory McGee of Florida, was fourth in 4:39.61. Michigan State's Leah O'Connor was sixth in 4:40.86.

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Michigan's Cindy Ofili placed sixth in the 60m hurdles with a time of 8.07. The event was won by Sharkia Nelvis of Arizona State in 7.93.

Oregon's Laura Roesler won the women's 800m in 2:03.85. Coming in second was Savannah Camacho from Oklahoma State in 2:05.53.

Edward Cheserek of Oregon won a second title in the men's 3000m. Cheserek won in 8:11.59 over Kirubel Erassa of Oklahoma State (8:13.08). Like Cheserek, Abby D'Agostino was a double winner as well. D'Agostino won the women's 3000m in 9:14.47. Arkansas Dominique Scott was second in 9:16.05.

The NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championship will air on ESPNU on Saturday, March 22 at 6:30 pm EST.

World Indoor Track and Field Championships

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The IAAF World Indoor Track and Field Championships took place this past weekend in Sopot, Poland.

Day 1
Ryan Whiting won the gold in the men's shot put. Whiting tossed 72-4.25 on his fourth throw to claim the gold.

Sharon Day-Monroe was just six points short of winning a bronze medal in the women's pentathlon with 4718 points. Nadine Broersen of Netherlands won the gold with 4830 points. Brianne Theisen Eaton was second with 4768 and Alina Fodorova of Ukraine was third with 4724 points.

Day 2

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Ashton Eaton won another championship over the weekend. Eaton won the World heptathlon championship with the second-highest point total ever. He finished with 6632 points. In the last event, Eaton missed setting a world record by a second.

Nia Ali crossed the finish line first to defeat defending World Indoor champ Sally Peason in the 60m hurdles. Ali's time was 7.80, which is a PB (personal best), and Pearson's time was 7.85. Former Michigan Wolverine and American, now from Great Britian, Tiffany Porter claimed bronze with a season best time of 7.86.

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Francena McCorory was in third place with 100m to go in the women's 400m and passed everyone to win the gold in 51.12. McCorory was the third consecutive American to win the world title. Jamaica's Kaliese Spencer was second with a PB of 51.54 and Bahamas' Shaunae Miller was third in 52.06. Joanna Atkins of the USA finished sixth in 52.55.

Marvin Bracy came up short against Great Britian's Richard Kilty. Kilty won the 60m with a PB in 6.49. Bracy won silver, just finishing .02 seconds off of Kilty in 6.51. Bronze went to Femi Ogunode from Qatar in 6.52.

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In the men's 400m, Pavel Maslak from Czechoslovakia, set a national indoor record with his time 45.24 to win. Chris Brown from the Bahamas was second with a PB of 45.58 and Kyle Clemons from the USA was third in 45.74. Clemons teammate David Verburg was fourth in 46.21.

The USA didn't fare too well in the women's and men's 1500m run. Abeba Aregawi of Sweden won the women's 1500m in 4:00.61. Axumawit Embaye of Ethopia was second with a PB of 4:07.12 and former Michigan Wolverine, Nicole Sifuentes of Canada was third in 4:07.61. Sifuentes set a national indoor record with her time. Treniere Moser originally finished in sixth with a time of 4:07.84. That was a PB for Moser. Moser was moved up to fifth after the disqualification of Rababe Arafi. Heather Kampf lead until the 200m mark. Shortly after, Kampf stepped on the inside rail of the track and fell. Kampf finished in 9th in 4:21.78, but was disqualified.

In the men's 1500m, Ayanleh Souleiman won the event in 3:37.52. Aman Wote was second in 3:38.08 and Abdalaati Iguider was third in 3:38.21. American Will Leer ran in the back for most of the race and finished in seventh in 3:39.60. Leer was moved up to sixth after the disqualification of New Zealand's Nick Willis.

Day 3

The USA men's 4x400m relay set a world indoor record with their time of 3:02.13. Besides setting the indoor record, they also received a world record bonus of $50,000 that was offered by the IAAF. Kyle Clemons, David Verburg, Kind Butler and Calvin Smith were the athletes on the world record relay team. Great Britian finished in second with a season best time of 3:03.49 and Jamaica was third with a national indoor record of 3:03.69.

The USA women's 4x400m relay also won gold. The relay team of Natasha Hastings, Joanna Atkins, Francena McCorory and Cassandra Tate clocked a 3:24.83. Jamaica set a national indoor record with their time of 3:26.54 for silver and Great Britain had a season best time of 3:27.90.

In the women's 60m, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce won gold with a PB of 6.98. Murielle Ahoure was second with a season best of 7.01 and American Tianna Bartoletta was third in 7.06.

Caleb Mwangangi Ndiku of Kenya won the men's 3000m in 7:54.94. American Bernard Lagat won silver with his time of 7:55.22. Lagat was the oldest finalist ever and the oldest medalist ever in an event at the World Indoor Championships. Ethiopia's Dejen Gebremeskel was third in 7:55.39. Galen Rupp finished just outside the medals in fourth place with a time of 7:55.84.

Chanelle Price of the USA, went wire to wire to win the women's 800m in 2:00.09. Angelika Cichocka was second in 2:00.45 and Marina Arzamasova was third in 2:00.79.

In the men's 60m hurdles, American Omo Osaghae ran a world leading time to win gold in 7.45. France's Pascal Martinot-Lagarde was second in 7.46 and teammate Garfield Darien was third with a PB in 7.47.

Big Ten Indoor Track and Field Championships

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The Big Ten Indoor Track and Field Championships took place over the weekend at the SPIRE Institute in Geneva, Ohio.

The Penn State Nittany Lions won the women's title over Michigan by 10.5 points. Penn State accumulated 114.5 over Michigan's 104 points. The Wisconsin Badgers men's team won by a closer margin over Nebraska, 122.5-118. 

The Michigan Wolverines women's team did have some individual title winners. Cindy Ofili won the 60m hurdles. Ofili set a new SPIRE Institute record and set a PR with a time of 8.08 seconds. Erin Finn set a SPIRE Institute record and broke a Michigan record in the 5000m run. Finn won the race in 15:52.11. Michigan won another Distance Medley Relay in 11:12.52 with a team of Sami Mitchell, Danielle Pfeifer, Jamie Morrissey and Maya Long. Erin Busbee won the long jump with a leap of  20-4.25.

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On the men's side, the Wisconsin Badgers had some individual titles also: Reed Connor won the men's 3000m in 7:51.78. Mohammed Ahmed won the 5000m and set a SPIRE Institute record in 13:44.32. Japheth Cato won the heptathlon with 5837 points. Cato is the first ever four-time Big Ten heptathlon champion.

The next event is the NCAA Indoor Championships in Albuquerque, New Mexico on March 14-15.

Women's results
1. Penn State          114.5
2. Michigan            104
3. Nebraska             92
4. Minnesota           64.5
5. Purdue                 53
6. Ohio State           51
7. Michigan State    50
8. Iowa                    49.5
9. Illinois                 47
10. Indiana              46.5
11. Wisconsin          29


Men's results
1. Wisconsin           122.5
2. Nebraska             118
3. Penn State           72
4. Illinois                 71.5
5. Purdue                 61
6. Minnesota           57
7. Ohio State           55
8. Michigan State    51
9. Indiana                 40.5
10. Iowa                   30
11. Michigan            23.5

USA Indoor Track and Field Championships

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The USA Indoor Track and Field Championships concluded Sunday in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The championships served as a selection process for the upcoming 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Sopot, Poland, March 7-9.

Day 2

Bernard Lagat won the 3000m race in 7:46.01. Lagat ran the fastest time by an American in meet history. Lagat started his kick with 200m to go and ran away from everyone. Galen Rupp finished second in 7:48.19 and will join Lagat in Poland for the World Indoor Championships.

The women's 3000m didn't go as smoothly as the men's race. Gabe Grunewald, the race winner, was disqualified when she clipped and impeded the stride of Jordan Hasay on the final lap. Shannon Rowbury placed second behind Grunewald in 9:25.49. Sara Vaughn was third in 9:26.46. Hasay didn't recover after being clipped, finished fourth. After several protests once the race was concluded, Grunewald was disqualified and Rowbury was declared the race winner. Sara Vaughn was then moved up to second, but will not go to Poland. Vaughn didn't run a qualifying time this season, but Hasay has.

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Late Monday afternoon, Jordan Hasay withdrew her protest. Gabe Grunewald was reinstated as the women's 3000m winner. Gruenwald and Rowbury will represent the USA in Poland. Jordan Hasay said, " As with all of the competitors who lined up on Saturday, I desperately wanted to make the team to represent the United States at the upcoming World Indoor Track and Field Championships. Since Saturday evening my emotions have ranged from despair to determination to go to Poland and represent my country as best I can. After much thought and consideration, however, I have decided to withdraw my protest as I do not want to make a national team under these circumstances. I wish all members of USA team going to Poland my best and look forward to continuing to train hard and competing to represent the USA in future World Championship and Olympic Games."

Gray Horn won his first heptathlon title by setting a new PR with 6,071 points. That places Horn fifth in the world.  Women's pentathlon winner Sharon Day-Monroe set an American Record winning her third title with 4,805 points. Day-Monroe broke the previous record of 4,753 that was held by DeDee Nathan and Hyleas Fountain.

Other winners from Day 2 was Erik Kynard clearing 7-6.50 to win his first title in the high jump. Tyron Steward leaped 26-11.75 to win his first title in the long jump. Tori Polk won the women's long jump with a PR of 21-11.75. AG Kruger was the best in the weight throw. Kruger's winning toss was 77-9.25. Winning the men's pole vault was Mark Hollis. Hollis cleared 18-2.50Gwen Berry won the women's weight throw with a toss of 78-1.75. Tim Seaman won a close 3000m race walk over John Nunn. Seaman won in 11:40.75 over Nuun's 11:40.95. Maria Michta was the winner of the 3000m race walk in 12:47.79.

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Day 3

The third day of competition started with the women's triple jump. Amanda Smock won the title with a leap of 45-3.75. The men's shot put was won by Ryan Whiting with a huge toss of 72-11.25. Mary Saxer unseated Jenn Suhr to claim the women's pole vault championship Sunday. Saxer cleared 15-5.50 to win over Suhr's 15-3.50. Inika McPherson won the women's high jump going over the bar at 6-3.25. The women's shot put was won by Michelle Carter. Carter threw 60-6.50. Taking the final field championship was Chris Carter in the men's triple jump. Carter went 56-3.25 to win.

Mary Cain was the class of the women's 1500m field. Cain pulled away from the pack after following Heather Kampf during the beginning of the race. Cain won her second 1500m title in 4:07.05. Cain's teammate Treniere Moser was second in 4:09.93. My Oiselle teammates Amanda Winslow and Amanda Mergaeart placed 4th and 14th. Winslow's time was 4:14.38 and Mergaert finished in 4:28.32.

The men's 800m was won by Erik Sowinski in 1:47.86. Sowinski won his second indoor title. Coming in second was Robby Andrews in 1:48.44. Nick Symmonds was third in 1:48.48. Andrews hasn't run a qualifying time in the 800m this season, but Symmonds has. Symmonds will join Sowinski in Poland.

Coming from behind to win the women's 400m was Francena McCorory. McCorory won the race in 50.85 over Joanna Atkins in 51.13. The winner of the men's 400m came from the slow heat. Kyle Clemons won the 400m title in 45.60 over heat two runner David Verburg, who ran 45.62.

The women's 800m had another come from behind victory. Ajee Wilson passed Chanelle Price just before crossing the finish line. Wilson won the title with a time of 2:00.43 over Price who finished in 2:00.48. My favorites Molly Beckwith, Bethany Praska and Phoebe Wright finished in 4th, 5th and 6th.

The men's 1500m was a great race as well. Lopez Lomong won in 3:43.09. Will Leer tried to chase down Lomong to get the win, but fell short. Leer was second with a time of 3:43.21.

Tianna Bartoletta won a very close women's 60m race. Bartoletta finished in 7.08 over Lekeisha Lawson in 7.09. The women's 60m hurdles were won by Nia Ali in 7.80. Janay DeLoach Soukup was a close second in 7.82. Kevin Bracy defeated veteran Trell Kimmons to win the 60m title. Bracy won the race in 6.48 to Kimmons' 6.49. The men's 60m hurdles was a super close race. Omoghan Osaghae won in 7.56 (7.553) over Domini Berger 7.56 (7.556). Long time hurdler Terrence Trammell was third in 7.56 (7.559).

The championship weekend was fantastic. The USA is sending a great team over to Poland. Looking forward to a great World Championships in March.

Millrose Games

Kirby Lee

The 107th Millrose Games took place Saturday at the Armory in New York City.

Bernard Lagat broke a 33-year-old record in the 2000m run. The record was set in 1981 by Steve Scott. Lagat won the race in 4:54.74. Finishing behind Lagat was Cam Levins in 4:55.35.

Will Leer came from third place on the last lap to win the Wanamaker Mile. Leer passed leader Lawi Lalang and Nick Willis to come across first in 3:52.47. Lalang was second in 3:52.88 and Willis third in 3:53.02. Retiring Alan Webb finished 11th in 4:06.11.

In the women's Wanamaker Mile, Mary Cain went to the lead with two laps to go. Cain was able to run away from the pack and win the race in 4:27.73. Cain defeated a great field of ladies including: teammate Treniere Moser (2nd-4:28.86), Nicole Sifuentes (3rd -4:28.97), Sarah Brown, Emma Coburn, Morgan Uceny, my Oiselle teammate's Amanda Winslow (9th-4:35.58) and Lauren Penney (10th-4:35.71) and one of my favorite collegiate runners Florida's Cory McGee (12th-4:37.32).

Kim Conley won the 3000m in a breakaway in 8:48.35. Behind Conley in second was Betsy Saina in 8:50.60 and Abbey D'Agostino was fourth in 8:51.91. France's Pierra Ambroise Boose defeated Erik Sowinski and Nick Symmonds in the 1000m run. Bosse won in 2:17.63. Sowinski claimed second in 2:18.63 and Symmonds in 2:18.87. In the women's 800m, Ajee Wilson held off the field to win in 2:01.81. Finishing in 6th place was Amanda Eccleston in 2:04.40. I covered Eccleston when she ran cross country and track in high school. It was great seeing her run on national TV.

In the shorter races, Terrence Trammell won the 60m hurdles in 7.57. Janay DeLoach Soukup won the women's 60mH in 7.91. That is a world leading time. In the men's 60m, Marvin Bracy was the winner in 6.50 and Tori Bowie took the women's 60m in 7.14.

More track will be on TV this coming weekend. The USA Indoor Track and Field Championships will take place in Albuquerque, New Mexico on Saturday and Sunday. It will be on NBC Sports Network and Universal Sports.