The NCAA Indoor Track and Field championships delivered as Ethan Strand and Gary Martin traded wins in the 3000 and DMR, America may have a new 1500m star in Abel Teffra, and Jerry Schumacher and Shalane Flanagan got their first titles at Oregon.
Unheralded Matthew Richtman won the Los Angeles marathon in 2:07:56 and is definitely the Dreams Become Reality runner of the weekNCAAs, America's newest stars Abel Teffra & Matthew Richtman, World Indoors Preview & Of Course Ethan Strand, Gary Martin. Plus, we give a little sneak peak at this weekend's World Indoor Championships.
The biggest news of the week may have been a huge drug bust in the high school ranks as Monteverde coach Gerald Phiri was accused of doping 3 high school athletes.
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Show notes:
0:00 Intro music
00:24 Start
03:36 Post-NCAA Reactions and Stories
06:36 NCAA Winners and Losers: Abel Teffra a name never mentioned on LetsRun podcast before 10:06 What did Rojo learn? / Cool Brian Musau story
13:24 Crazy Dave Smith story
14:30 Coaching issues?
19:35 Men's distance races delivered
24:45 Gary Martin vs Ethan Strand
31:42 NIL / Marco Langon
37:26 Schumacher/Flanagan get title
40:44 Lananna
44:56 Final Thoughts and Rants
48:04 High School Doping Scandal: Gerald Phiri Suspension
49:47 Implications of Doping in High School Sports
54:01 Broader Implications of Doping in Athletics
01:01:10 World Indoors Preview
01:02:31 Jakob Ingebrigtsen
01:07:46 Shelby Houlahan's Return and Women's Events
01:15:18 Matthew Richtman man's surprising LA Marathon Victory
01:23:11 Crazy Strava
01:27:29 Johns Hopkins DMR
01:30:04 Closing Thoughts and Upcoming Coverage
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