Track World News Colin Waitzman

Today's podcast topics:
- Mckenzie Long wins the triple crown at the NCAA Championship
- Louie Hinchcliffe wins the 100m, was this an upset?
- Florida wins their third National Championship in a row
- Arkansas breaks the 4x400m collegiate record
- Cheickna Traore with a huge 200m upset
- Sydney McLaughlin sets world lead in the 400m at the NYC Grand Prix
- Fred Kerley leaves Asics and his blocks slip in the 200m
- Elaine Thompson Herah gets injured after her 100m
- Noah Lyles goes for the 200m world lead, but comes up short




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In today's episode we preview the sprinting events for the NCAA Championship. We also go over Oblique Seville defeating Noah Lyles at the Racers Grand Prix and World Athletics adding the mixed 4x100m as a race.

Colin's Pick
Men
100m - Shaun Maswanganyi, Godson Oghenebrume, and Favour Ashe
200m - Tarsis Orogot, Wanya McCoy, and Lance Lang
400m - Christopher Morales Williams, Johnnie Blockburger, and Judson Lincoln
110mh - Ja'Kobe Tharp, De'vion Wilson, and Darius Luff
400mh - Nathan Ezekiel, Sean Burrell, and Caleb Dean
4x100m - LSU, Houston, and South Florida
4x400m - Texas A&M, Arkansas, and Florida
Team Champions - Houston

Women
100m - Mckenzie Long, Brianna Lyston, and Jadyn Mays
200m - Mckenzie Long, Thelma Davies, and Jameesia Ford
400m - Amber Anning, Nickisha Pryce, and Aaliya Butler
100mh - Grace Stark, Maribel Caicedo, and Leah Phillips
400mh - Rachel Glenn, Jasmine Jones, and Sydni Townsend
4x100m - Ole Miss, Tennessee, and LSU
4x400m - Arkansas, Tennessee, and South Carolina
Team Champions - Arkansas

Noah's Picks
Men
100m - Godson Oghenebrume, Shaun Maswanganyi, and Favour Ashe
200m - Tarsis Orogot, Wanya McCoy, and Lance Lang
400m - Johnnie Blockburger, Christopher Morales-Williams, and Samuel Ogazi
110mh - Ja'Kobe Tharp, Stephen Eloji, and Darius Luff
400mh - Chris Robinson, Sean Burrell, and Nathaniel Ezekiel
4x100m - LSU, Houston, and South Florida
4x400m - Alabama, Arkansas, and Florida
Team Champions - Alabama

Women
100m - Mckenzie Long, Brianna Lyston, and Jadyn Mays
200m - Mckenzie Long, Thelma Davies, and Jadyn Mays
400m - Amber Anning, Nickisha Pryce, and Kaylyn Brown
100mh - Maribel Caicedo, Grace Stark, and Rayniah Jones
400mh - Rachel Glenn, Jasmine Jones, and Akala Garrett
4x100m - LSU, Ole Miss, and Oregon
4x400m - Arkansas, South Carolina, and LSU
Team Champions - LSU




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Today's podcast topics:
- Sha'Carri Richardson beats Elaine Thompson-Herah at the Prefontaine Classic and runs 10.83
- Christian Coleman gets another big win in the 100m with a season best 9.95
- Josh Kerr beats Jakob Ingebrigsten in the Bowerman mile
- Grant Holloway sets another world lead in the 110mh and almost goes under 13 with a time of 13.03
- Kenny Bednarek stays undefeated in the 200m with a win and a time of 19.89
- Review of the top performances from the East and West NCAA track and field prelims.




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Today, I sit down with Olympic and World Championship silver medalist in the 200m Kenny Bednarek. Kenny shares with us his thoughts in his world leading time of 19.67, Noah Lyles, saying he’s going to take the world lead back, goals on becoming the 100m and 200m Olympic Champion, his all time Team USA 4x200m, who he would compare himself to in Naruto or Dragonball Z, and much more.


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Today's episode topics:

- Noah Lyles ties the 150m American Record with a time of 14.41 at the Adidas Atlanta City Games. We discuss if he has a chance to break the world record in the 100m.
- Fred Kerley says he is breaking the 100m Word Record next time he hit's the track, can he actually do it?
- Sydney McLaughlin beats Gabby Thomas and Abby Steiner in the 200m at the LAA Grand Prix with a time of 22.07. Can she now go sub 50 in the 400m hurdles.
- Akani Simbine runs the world lead in the 100m with a time of 9.90. He also continues his dominance of beating top tier sprinters including: Christian Coleman, Fred Kerley, Ferdinand Omanyala, Ackeem Blake, and Kendal Williams.
- Candence Hill breaks the 150m World Record with a time of 16.30.
- Rai Benjamin runs a world lead in the 400mh with a time of 46.86. This was a huge response as Alison Dos Santos ran a world leading time just a week earlier.
- Noah Williams gives me tips for running a good 400m as I will be racing at the Prefontaine Classic in the Media 400m.




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In this podcast episode, Noah Williams and Colin Waitzman breakdown what happened in the track world this week. Here are the topics:

1. Kenny Bednarek runs world lead time in the 200m at the Doha Diamond League meet with a time of 19.67. Does this performance guarantee his spot on the Olympic 4x100m team?
2. Zharnel Hughes beats Fred Kerley and Christian Coleman in the 200m at the Jamaica Athletics Invitational. Is it time to worry about Fred?
3. Kendall Williams ties the 100m world lead with a time of 9.93. Is he a threat to make the 100m team for team USA?
4. Conference Championship recap and favorite performance of the weekend. LSU 4x100m cooks, Godson Oghenbrume runs 9.99 in 100m, Christopher Morales Williams runs a world lead in the 400m, Sam Blaskowski runs 100m Division 3 NCAA record in 10.09, Grace Stark makes early push for comeback athlete of the year with a SEC 100mh victory, and Mackenzie Long wins the 200m from Old Miss in a world leading time. WE also discuss if the Conference Champion should bey a bye into the National Championship.
5. We close things out talking about the track and field athletes we think could play another professional sport.




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