Mitch Kastoff Articles

In a weird night of racing, the women went for it, the men left it too late, and I, for one, welcome Mary Cain as our new overlord. We were originally going to have just a crack recap of the whole meet, but then Bronxville junior Mary Cain altered reality (and the laws of the fourth dimension, but more on that in a bit) and made Olympic medalists, World Champions, and national record holders totally insignificant. The Race While Susan Kuijken and her training partner Zoe Buckman looked strong with 300m to go, it was Katie Mackey and a quiet Mar...

Between guys doubling back, some guys possibly rabbiting the later stages of the race, and some guys running fresh and hoping to hang on for dear life, there are four entrants who everyone will be watching tonight in the men’s 5000m. Those four come in nice little pairs and how they’ve changed over the last year. I’m talking about the Nike Oregon Project’s Mo Farah and Dathan Ritzenhein and Team Schumacher’s Chris Solinsky and Alan Webb. Mo Farah This Time Last Year: Farah was the world 5,000m champion and the worl...

The women’s 5000m is making us a bit anxious. The morning of the 2013 USATF Oxy High Performance Meet, only three American women have the IAAF “A” standard in the 5k. Three. It’s not that we don’t think that more women aren't capable of running under 15:18.00 (they are). It’s not that we don’t think that the 5k tonight isn’t set up for this happen (it is). It’s just that as qualifying window starts to close, we can’t always rely on the U.S. Championships being a fast race or that athle...

2013 IAAF Diamond League Shanghai Meeting Entries Shanghai, China May 18th, 2013 Triple Jump ATHLETE DATE OF BIRTH NATION PB SB DA SILVA COSTA Keila 06.02.1983 BRA 14.57 14.19 GUMENYUK Irina 06.01.1988 RUS 14.14   IBARGUEN Caterine 12.02.1984 COL 14.99 14.22 KNYAZHEVA Hanna 25.09.1989 UKR 14.71 14.30 LI Yanmei 06.02.1990 CHN 14.35 13.57 PANETTA Niki 21.04.1986 GRE 14.55   SALADUKHA Olha 04.06.1983 UKR 14.99   VELÄŽÁKOVÁ Dana 03.06.1981 SVK 14.51 14.0...

It’s an IAAF “A” standard party and everyone’s invited. The only thing you have to do to get into this soiree is to knock on the door, let the U.S. Championship bouncer open the slot on the door, and whisper, “3:35.00.” If you try and use “3:41.20,” which is the U.S. Championships “A” standard, get ready to run from the hounds. Of the 47 entrants, only five have personal bests above the qualifier and some of them aren’t worried about competing in Des Moines, IA this summer becaus...

2013 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships Women's West Preliminary Round Accepted Entries East Region (Men) | East Region (Women) | West Region (Men) | West Region (Women) Licensed to RecordTiming.com - Contractor License HY-TEK's Meet Manager NCAA Division I 2013 Outdoor Track & Field Championships -West Preliminary University of Texas -Austin - 5/23/2013 to 5/25/2013 Performance List Event 21 Women 100 Meter Dash Prelims =============================================================================== Name Year School Seed ===============...

2013 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships Men's West Preliminary Round Accepted Entries East Region (Men) | East Region Women | West Region (Men) | West Region (Women) Licensed to RecordTiming.com - Contractor License HY-TEK's Meet Manager NCAA Division I 2013 Outdoor Track & Field Championships -West Preliminary University of Texas -Austin - 5/23/2013 to 5/25/2013 Performance List Event 1 Men 100 Meter Dash Prelims =============================================================================== Name Year School Seed ======================...

2013 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships Women's East Preliminary Round Accepted Entries East Region (Men) | East Region Women | West Region (Men) | West Region (Women) Licensed to RecordTiming.com - Contractor License HY-TEK's Meet Manager NCAA Division I 2013 Outdoor Track & Field Championships -East Preliminary North Carolina A&T State -Greensboro, NC - 5/23/2013 to 5/25/2013 Performance List Event 21 Women 100 Meter Dash Prelims =============================================================================== Name Year School Seed ====...

2013 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships Men's East Preliminary Round Accepted Entries East Region (Men) | East Region (Women) | West Region (Men) | West Region (Women) Licensed to RecordTiming.com - Contractor License HY-TEK's Meet Manager NCAA Division I 2013 Outdoor Track & Field Championships -East Preliminary North Carolina A&T State -Greensboro, NC - 5/23/2013 to 5/25/2013 Performance List Event 1 Men 100 Meter Dash Prelims =============================================================================== Name Year School Seed =======...

Similar to last week, this recap has come down to the wire. This week has been sort of crazy: Alex is flying back from Dartmouth where he may or may not have filmed some top U.S. 5000m athletes, Ryan finally decided to come home after spending six days in Park City, UT with the Nike Oregon Project, and I packed up all of our equipment from the Texas State Meet. It may be Wednesday afternoon, but it’s never too late for The Weekend Recap. We’ve just named a small fraction of the people who made the weekend exciting, which means we&rs...