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Compiled by David Melly, Paul Snyder, and Kyle Merber

Spring—And Change—Is In The Air 🌺

New year, same sport. Or is it?

Slowly but surely, track and field is changing. Some changes are seismic shifts, like the introduction of a new global championship or a lucrative pro circuit. Others are driven by technology and proven by results, like super shoes or, more recently, the growing popularity of sodium bicarbonate. Others still are less dramatic, but impactful nevertheless, bending the curve of the sport’s norms, standards, and culture in a new direction, almost imperceptibly, and hopefully for the better.

A lot of these smaller, subtler changes can slip by unnoticed and start to feel normal. But in many ways, the sport looks very different now than it did two, or five, or certainly ten years ago. And with the first “real” weekend of outdoor season in the books, it’s worth taking a moment to catalog and reflect on some of the ways track and field is evolving before our very eyes.

The Ten is here to stay. Not too long ago, the preferred road to 10,000m qualification ran through Palo Alto, either at the Stanford Invitational or at Payton Jordan. And while that late-night, low-humidity locale delivered some thrilling pro races of yore, the poor little 25-lapper still got relegated to last billing in a large, multi-day college meet. So it’s been nice to see top pros (and yes, a few enterprising college and high school athletes as well) turn up a few hours south to give the event its own stage, solidifying the Sound Running-run event as a relatively stable stop on the ever-changing professional circuit.

This year’s edition saw two new members of the U.S. top-ten list, in Graham Blanks (26:57.30, #4 all-time U.S.) and Ahmed Muhumed (27:03.19, U.S. #7 all-time), plus a great battle between the 2023 and 2024 national champs in the event, with Elise Cranny (30:36.56) besting Weini Kelati (30:38.60) by a few strides. New Mexico collegians Ishmael Kipkirui (26:50.21) and Habtom Samuel (26:51.06) represented the NCAA ranks ably with a 1-2 finish, both dipping under Nico Young’s collegiate record set at this race last year. But the most memorable performance had to be Telahun Bekele, who was still doing strides at the other end of the straightaway when the gun sounded. As a result, Bekele covered roughly 10,100 meters in 26:52.79, making his 73-second first “400” split one of the most impressive feats of the night.

Collegians run really fast right out the gate. Whatever happened to working hard early in the season, then peaking for championships? Either this generation of college kids have completely changed the order of the conventional training cycle, or they’re simply faster than ever before. (It’s probably the latter.) From a spectator’s perspective, it feels like we walked out of the Virginia Beach Sports Complex after indoor NCAAs wrapped up, checked our phones, and notifications started flooding in from Raleigh, NC.

Clearly, Liam Murphy didn’t go too crazy on spring break, because he and Villanova teammate Marco Langon beat 3:48 miler Gary Martin and took down Eliud Kipsang’s 3:33.74 NCAA record* from 2022 at Raleigh Relays. (There’s a spirited annual debate over whether collegiate records should account for all spring/summer marks or be limited to in-season performances—we’ll perhaps weigh in during a quieter week over the summer.) Martin’s UVA teammate Margot Appleton landed at NCAA #3 all-time outdoors with her winning 1500m mark of 4:05.68, and Providence’s Kimberley May slotted in at #8 with a 4:06.58.

In the sprints, NCAA 200m champ Indiya Mayberry kept her strong freshman season going with a statement 10.91 100m win at Texas Relays (albeit with the help of a 3.9 m/s tailwind), but the most eye-popping performance was USC’s Garrett Kaalund at the LSU Battle on the Bayou. After “only” finishing fourth at NCAA indoors in the 200m, Kaalund opened up his outdoor season with a wind-legal 20.05 200m victory, clocking a 0.20-second lifetime best, in March, that ties him with Australian Gout Gout for the (early) world lead.

Short sprinters take up the 400m. The one-lapper isn’t a totally new event for Olympic 200m champ Letsile Tebogo, but after his 43.0 relay split from Paris left fans wanting more last summer, expectations were sky-high for the Motswana sprint sensation. And it seems like Tebogo didn’t want to leave them hanging for long as he’s opened up his season with four straight 400m races, most recently a 45.26 run in Melbourne at the Maurie Plant Meet. Somewhat surprisingly (depending on your definition of upset), his countryman Bayapo Ndori beat him to the line in 45.16, but it’s clear Tebogo’s potential in the longer event remains sky-high.

And speaking of potential—Tebogo may not be the only short sprinter to move up in distance, as Noah Lyles took to Twitter to tease a 400m pivot of his own, perhaps in response to being called-out in the Lap Count last week. He even got an encouraging response from his rival that suggests that we aren’t the only ones hoping for more Lyles experimentation with the longer sprint events.

U.S. men could contend in the javelin. You’d have to go all the way back to 2007 to find an American man on the javelin podium at a World Championships, but that could change soon. Four-time U.S. champ Curtis Thompson (who was starting fifth grade when Breaux Greer picked up the last medal for Team USA) opened up his season in a huge way at Texas Relays, throwing down a 87.76m mark to improve his personal best from 2022 by six centimeters. Javelin results are famously variable by stadium location, but it’s worth noting that Thompson’s mark would’ve landed him seventh in the world last year and fourth in the final in Paris.

Thompson, the 2023 Pan American Games champion, has represented Team USA at the World/Olympic championship every year since 2021 and only once made the final, but his strong start in Austin could be a sign of a breakout season in the making.

Early-season race schedule announcements have become more common. It’s a depressingly low bar to clear, but it’s nevertheless still a pleasant positive trend that more and more of the sport’s top stars announce their racing plans more than 48 hours in advance. It’s an easy ask for those who know that they’re already locked in for four weekends of Grand Slam Track racing, like Gabby Thomas, but it’s nice to see the Diamond League rolling out announcements well in advance as well, touting Grant Holloway’s participation in (at least) three meets in April, May, and August.

Knowing who is racing when and where is one of the big barriers toward stabilizing and publicizing regular-season track meets, but there’s been improvements from both athletes and meet organizers in getting more information out early. On the other end of the spectrum, however… we have the mysterious Miramar Invitational. The event, which is only three days away, lists Julien Alfred and Shericka Jackson as attending on their website, with Olympics.com reporting Sha’Carri Richardson’s alleged participation over her protestations, but it’s unclear whether any or all of the sprint stars are racing head-to-head and no entries are available. Sigh…

Rockland State Park is the new Valencia. Where does an enterprising road warrior go in search of fast times? Before you book your ticket(s) to Spain, consider looking up the permit schedule for Rockland State Park in Valley Cottage, New York. The unassuming lake and its 4.7-kilometer loop has become a favorite event site for folks like Trials of Miles and James McKirdy to host small, high-quality half and full marathon races, and last weekend’s Road To Tokyo event served as another proof of concept. The top three finishers on the men’s side all broke 2:10, led by Canadian Justin Kent in 2:09:28, and Julia Paternain won the women’s race in 2:27:08. As an added bonus, Brit Eilish McColgan clocked a 31:03 road 10km at the same race to bolster her world ranking.

Kent’s time was a nearly three-minute personal best, and Paternain’s was a strong debut and national record for the Flagstaff-based Arkansas grad who represents Uruguay internationally. Behind Kent, recent Texas grad Haftu Knight improved his PB (from his debut last fall at Indy Monumental) from 2:17:22 to 2:09:38 and former Brown University club runner Aaron Gruen (who has the incredible Instagram handle @maaronthoner) set an Austrian record of 2:09:53, also a 4+ minute improvement. Safe to say there’s nothing “micro” about the improvements in the McKirdy Micro race series.

It’s good news for American distance runners that there are more options for record-eligible, fast marathon racing on this side of the Atlantic outside of the city of Chicago. And these results, combined with Matt Richtman’s brain-breaking performance in Los Angeles, suggest that we may be on the precipice of another sea change in terms of what we consider “fast.” Either way, it wouldn’t be a surprise to see more prominent American distance runners heading to Rockland in search of a new PB.

And yet, the more some things change, the more some stay the same. If there’s one thing we want, it’s the biggest names to race early and often. So when Julien Alfred, Gabby Thomas, Dina Asher-Smith, and Rhasidat Adeleke are all entered in the same race, our first instinct is to cheer. Big names, all opening up their seasons in March head-to-head? Awesome!

The only problem, of course, is that they weren’t entered in open events at a high-profile pro meet; they were busting the rust on a series of low-key 4x400ms at Texas Relays. Sure, they got a race effort under their belts in front of a crowd (and maybe even one or two viewers that could figure out how to stream the meet on the SEC Network+), but there’s a certain letdown to two Olympic champions kicking off their seasons on a zero-stakes relay instead of entering an open race. It makes sense from the athletes’ perspective as a low-pressure way to get the racing legs back without attaching an individual result to your name, but it’s underwhelming for the fans hoping to see the season kick off with a bang.

Change doesn’t happen overnight in any institution, and certainly not one as historic and tradition-bound as track and field. But it’s comforting to know that cultural inertia is not impossible to overcome, and that when new ideas and initiatives are set into motion, the result is some real significant progress.

Key Questions For The Inaugural Grand Slam Track Meet 📺

Wow, has it really been 11 months since Kyle abandoned us departed the Lap Count/CITIUS ecosystem to take on a new role—Director of Athletes and Racing—with the upstart Grand Slam Track league?

Well, Kyle’s third, conceptual, non-human baby, is ready for the limelight. This weekend, all eyes in the track and field world will turn to Kingston for the inaugural Grand Slam Track event. The fields are set, the prize money presumably stacked high on a glistening table, and the fans ready to take in the action. 

Here are five questions we’ll be tuning in to see answered this weekend.

How will the locale shape the meet?

Feel free to file this observation under “painfully obvious,” but given that the meet is taking place in Kingston, Jamaica, we can assume that those contesting shorter events are champing at the bit for projected daily highs in the upper-80s. Ideal sprinting conditions, coupled with a National Stadium packed with diehard sprint fans and scores of local athletes they’ll be going berserk for, mean athletes from the long sprint/long hurdles categories on down are going to feel capable of running through a brick wall when they lower themselves into the blocks. This early in the season, however, can their legs keep pace with their ambitions? 

Athletes signed on for a 3000m/5000m double, on the other hand, are probably hastily Googling whether or not the TSA will let you take an ice vest in your carry-on. We’ll likely find out who’s been spending time in the ol’ infrared sauna based on who’s willing to take the lead and attempt to draw things out, particularly on day three when we’ll be treated to the men’s 3000m and women’s 5000m.

How will the broadcast be different?

One of the major selling points of the entire Grand Slam Track model is the continuity of storylines. Athletes will race each other enough for compelling narratives to emerge. And given that each Racer and Challengers will line up twice, the talking heads will be able to go deep into the spin cycle right off the bat. 

It’s the commentators’ jobs to play into this advantage GST possesses over basically every other track and field product: drum up hype around emerging rivalries, elevate the stakes of each matchup, and introduce new fans to the sport. For better or worse, the broadcast team features a lot of familiar faces, but that doesn’t mean the television product itself has to feel like any other meet.

With GST’s unique format, even established track nuts will need periodic reminders on the overarching rules and prize structure of GST. It’ll be an interesting challenge for GST to harness the visual language of sports broadcasting and commentators’ framing to help viewers understand the two-event scoring system without feeling repetitive or needlessly complex.

Eagle-eyed schedule-scrollers will note that each day’s meet schedule opens up about 40 minutes after the broadcast window opens. That’s far more than the usual pre-race airtime for track and field events, which offers the possibility of the coverage leading up to the meet itself giving the overall package a very different look and feel.

Which Challengers are most likely to come out victorious?

While Kyle did a bang-up job of signing some of the brightest stars in the sport to yearlong Racer spots, the margins between reigning global medalists and those who came up just short are razor-thin. With the same prize money available to all and the added incentive to prove they deserve their spots on the line, the Challengers collectively ought to live up to their title. But we’re especially bullish on these athletes’ chances to win one of their events, if not their category title in Kingston:

Men’s Long Sprints: Christopher Bailey is coming off an indoor season where he exhibited excellent form—to the tune of two World Indoor gold medals. The 400m is an event where you work out the kinks the more you race. Quincy Hall has scratched, and Bailey will be coming in far sharper than Olympic silver medalist Matthew Hudson-Smith, who has yet to race this year. However, even if Bailey takes the full-lapper, he’s basically an unknown entity over 200m, and his 21.58 PB (established six years ago) isn’t like to strike fear into his competitors.

Women’s Short Hurdles: At this point, no outcome in the 100H should surprise you. There’s unbelievable parity at the top in this event, and hurdle races come with an inherent volatility, from, you know, the chance of tripping. Kyle lined up the full Paris podium as Racers, plus Olympic finalist and hometown hero Ackera Nugent. But the Challengers include two former World champs (Nia Ali and Danielle Williams), and when you have hurdlers running a flat 100m that counts for more than an early season rust-buster, who knows what’ll happen.

Men’s Long Hurdles: The Racers are certainly no slouches in this category, but given that Alison Dos Santos is the sole representative of the 400mH’s “Big Three,” it feels like there’s an opportunity for a Challenger to steal their thunder. CJ Allen, Malik James-King, Chris Robinson, and Assinie Wilson have all won big races. Remove the hurdles, and that’s another confounding variable the men in this category must face. Plus, James-King and Wilson will enjoy some home track advantage.

Women’s Long Distance: Agnes Ngetich has run 28:46 on the roads for 10k. In theory, that should probably close the book on this category. But remember, it’s gonna be hot and humid, which has a tendency to take otherwise predictable outcomes and make ‘em wacky. Hellen Ekalale and Ejgayehu Taye are both potentially lethal threats, with road warrior accolades for days (29:30 10k for Ekalale) and insane track credentials (14:12.98 over 5000m for Taye). And in a kicker’s race, Whittni Morgan has shown the ability to surprise against strong fields all indoor season with a fast finish. Bet against a 28:46 woman at your own peril, but don’t downplay the impact the conditions might have on these races.

How will the 800m runners take to the 1500m?

Perhaps the biggest differential in all the paired race categories comes in the Short Distance set, where 800m runners will have to summon up long-since-abandoned cross-country fitness and, in many cases, contest the first serious 1500s of their pro careers.

The male 800m specialists stepping up to the 1500m will likely benefit from a world class pacing job, provided by Yared Nuguse. Of the Short Distance 1500m Racers—Nuguse, Josh Kerr, and Cole Hocker—Nuguse has demonstrated a willingness to string things out, and rather evenly so. Reigning 800m World champ Marco Arop has shown great strength over 1000 meters, but how far up does that extend? And Emmanuel Wanyonyi turned a lot of heads with a dirt track 3:38 at 7000+ feet of altitude, suggesting that the Olympic champ may not be quite the one-trick pony we would have expected.

Meanwhile, the Racer 1500m specialist contingent of Nikki Hiltz, Jess Hull, and Diribe Welteji, plus Challengers Heather MacLean and Susan Ejore, are used to running pretty much flat-out for four laps from years of racing Faith Kipyegon. And the temptation to run the sting out of someone like Mary Moraa—the reigning World champ at 800m who’s never run a 1500m—will be strong. Plus, the 1500m is second in the program for this crew, which means that if Moraa comes away with the win in Friday’s 800m, she’ll have a big ol’ target on her back come Sunday.

Can anyone hang with Salwa Eid Naser?

Eid Naser ran 48.94 this past weekend after an indoor season of weekly whacks at the 500m world best. That’s the fastest ever women’s 400m time ever run in the month of March, so it’s understandably the headline coming into the first Slam. But at the same meet in the Dominican Republic, Eid Naser also clocked a rock solid 22.45 PB over 200m.

The “can anyone hang with her” question seems nuts at face value. Eid Naser’s primary competition should come from athletes like Marileidy Paulino and Gabby Thomas. But remember, meets of consequence historically have not taken place in early April, and even if Thomas and Marileidy come out with guns half-blazing, it’ll take monumental efforts for them to match the form that Eid Naser seems to be opening up her outdoor campaign in.

Will there be other competitors who lean into the earning potential that being really fit in April can bring? That’s something we’ll be watching closely. But the opportunity to bank $100,000 via a mini-peak in the early spring, simmer down, and then ramp back up for Worlds might be too good to pass up, particularly for some Challengers eager to elevate their status and expand their annual income.

The Founder’s Corner: Kyle Merber Reflects On His Journey To GST 👋

It’s been a while! Not quite a year ago I made the tough decision to part ways with my writing of this very newsletter to pursue an opportunity to put those words into action. On one of my first days in this new role it hit me—I was no longer theorizing about how I would change the sport, but actively in a position to do so.

Now two days out from the inaugural event in Grand Slam Track there are knots of excitement in my stomach like it’s going to be me spiking up again. As our marketing often says, this is high-stakes racing! And for the entire team—and particularly for Michael Johnson!—this is a high stakes weekend. 

When the initial announcement about us having secured financing was made, the track community unanimously rejoiced. External investors saw value in our sport! It was the validation of something that those of us deeply involved already felt; there is unbelievable untapped potential for track to become a mainstream sport outside of the four year Olympic cycle. 

Why that hadn’t already happened probably seemed like a mystery to those who enjoyed the thrill of the Stade de France in Paris. But a closer look under the hood of what makes this thing run reveals a long list of challenges that, when addressed, could thrust the sport into the mainstream limelight. 

Here is the sparknotes summary:

• The sport is historically difficult to follow. There are too many meets, even more athletes with unpredictable schedules, and a lack of accessibility for fans to view them.

• Most races do not matter except as stepping stones to build towards a single pinnacle event at the end of the season. With minimal prize money in between there are no stakes along the way.

• There is a lack of incentive for top athletes to race one another, meaning there is a lack of interest or intrigue throughout the majority of the season. As a result, attention has shifted towards focusing on the clock rather than competition, because time has become the best barometer for comparison, rather than… you know… actual comparison.

• Fans often enjoy great races in retrospect, regularly learning of great results once they have already happened via a Citius Instagram graphic. The anxious energy of the unknown possibilities unfolding before you live are therefore eliminated.

Piece all of that together and what we get is an incredible sport that has stagnated and struggled to adapt to the way modern fans consume sports. And since that initial announcement, fans have been asking all the right questions that address the above concerns. Slowly, over the course of the last ten months, Grand Slam Track has answered how we intend to address and improve each of them.

We know nothing is going to be handed to us and that Grand Slam Track will have to earn current fans’ trust and capture the attention of a new audience along the way. But we can’t expect to grow the sport by doing the same thing, and continuing to bang our heads harder against the wall.

Trust me, I heard the critiques along the way of why no one would sign. But whether it was the doubling, race groups, Racers vs. Challengers, season long contracts, multiple venues, broadcast deals, content days, prize money determinations… they signed. 

There is an appetite not just from those viewing, but from those competing. I remember sitting across from Josh Kerr a few hours after he had won the Prefontaine Classic in his hotel’s lobby with a 12 page printout of the deck I would use traveling from meet to meet all summer. 

We had no dates, no locations, and no one for him to race. Yet within 48 hours he signed because as badly as fans want change the athletes are craving it more. 

The vision upon which Grand Slam Track was built is to deliver a great final product – the racing. 

This weekend the entire men’s 1500m podium will face off against the 1-2-4-5 finishers in the 800m. The Olympic 400m champion will race against the Olympic 200m champion…twice! 68 athletes ranked inside the top 10 in the world, including 32 medalists from Paris, will all be competing with big money on the line. 

The athletes are excited and fans should be too. The time to speculate about how to get the best of the best to race each other more often is over—now it’s actually happening!

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A Lesson Baseball Can Learn From Us ⚾️

Major League Baseball is in the midst of its own “super shoes” controversy. Players are wielding bats shaped like torpedoes, and are being called—appropriately, in our estimation—“torpedo bats.” They’re not brand-new, but after the New York Yankees’ ridiculous nine home-run performance against the Brewers last weekend (including three straight homers to kick off the game), baseball fans have questions.

Stop us if any of the following sounds familiar. 

The bats aid sluggers in slugging through their increased heft in the middle portion of the bat, where contact is made with the ball. Player adoption has been slow, because frankly, the bats look goofy compared to conventional ones. Those who use them skirt a fine line between singing their praises and downplaying the extent to which their improved hitting is a result of them. And players speculate that not all hitters will receive the same degree of benefit from them.

Any significant advancement in sports technology is likely to ruffle some feathers. Change is inherently scary. Performance-boosting equipment makes it harder to compare historic performances to modern ones. And there’s always concern that the focus will shift away from athletes and competition and toward the sporting goods manufacturers vying against one another in a materials arms race.

But baseball fans, learn from our mistakes. Please do not fall into the trap from which track and field fans are only just now clawing our way out. We’re nearly a decade into the super shoe era, and you’ll still find plenty of diehard running fans grumbling about how fancy foams and increased stack heights are killing the sport. Well, unless track has actually died and we are all in the trafterlife… the sport is not dead. In many ways, it’s more exciting to follow now than at any point in recent memory.

The key is to keep your eye on the ball and/or finish line, depending on your preferred sporting metaphor. The ultimate goal in running races is to beat your peers. Running fast makes it more likely you’ll win, but somebody can always run faster. The time posted is secondary. In baseball, the goal is to outscore the opposing team; dingin’ homers is helpful to that end, but there are other inputs that go into a winning performance. These auxiliary statistics should add to the fun, not detract from it. So if you find yourself frustrated by perpetually re-written batting records and higher scoring affairs, take a beat and reflect on the fact that the sport you love is still there, only with slightly more RBIs.

Much like track and field, baseball is a sport full of old-timers and cranks who would rather endlessly debate the ethics of swinging on 3-0 pitches than sit back, swig an overpriced bear, and enjoy America’s pastime without question. But it’s also a game that has shown a real willingness to evolve, with innovations ranging from advanced metrics to pitch clocks to the introduction of the automated strike zone. And it’s still easily recognizable as the same game played by Babe Ruth and Ted Williams.

So as we wag our fingers knowingly and preemptively chide baseball fans for freaking out about bat technology, let’s also take a lesson using our long-distance view from the cheap seats: changes that can seem earth-shattering in the moment are unlikely to actually destroy the very foundation of the sport you love.

More News From The Track And Field World 📰

– With the TEN behind us, that means it’s time to resurrect a now-annual track and field tradition unlike any other: Chris Chavez has begun shoveling results and reams of regulations printed on World Athletics letterhead into a smoking, overextended desktop computer in the basement at CITIUS HQ. And he will not stop until he calculates who can conceivably qualify for the Tokyo World Championships in the 10,000m. The full piece is well worth reading but the takeaway, generally, is that just like last year, a few American men with the standard are likely battling each other for spots but the women’s race will be a complicated dance of shifting world rankings.

– Down in Melbourne (say it “Meal-bun” for max authenticity), the Maurie Plant Meet was chock full of surprises. In addition to Ndori and Tebogo’s clash over 400m, Lachlan Kennedy put 0.04 seconds on Gout Gout in the 200m (20.26 to 20.30), Cam Myers (3:34.98) won a 1500m race that included NCAA champs and Olympians, and Fantaye Belayneh’s 8:34.30 wasn’t exactly surprising, but it was enough to take down a very stout women’s 3000m field.

– Teen phenom Yan Ziyi continues to rewrite the U20 javelin record books, this time chucking it 64.83m—the 9th farthest throw in the world this year. She’s just 16 years old, and has already raised the U20 record three times in her young career. 

– Congratulations to Olympic medalist, American record holder, and noted tortoise owner Yared Nuguse on formally coming out!

– Congratulations, as well, to half marathon world record holder and 2022 World 10,000m champion Letesenbet Gidey on the birth of her son!

– Lastly, allow us one bullet point to discuss SPORTS BUSINESS, please. NBC has reached a deal with the IOC worth $3 billion to continue on as Olympic broadcaster. 

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