Track World News Colin Waitzman

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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In this episode of the Track World News Podcast, Noah Williams and Colin Waitzman break down some big performances from the week and other topics in the sport. Here is the agenda:

1. During the press conference of World Relays Noah Lyles says, "Let's just say a lot of people in the US were very, very, very upset that I ran the 4x400m (at World Indoors). And to that, I say: run faster. Push me out". Did he deserve a spot or should it have been someone else.
2. Team USA gets disqualified in the 4x400m relay due to changing position in the exchange zone.
3. People on Twitter have been saying that sprinters have been running slower recently, but we breakout the numbers to see if that is actually true and the results might shock you.
4. Quincy Wilson runs a 45.17 in the 400m and signs with WME Sports. Can he make the team in the Olympics as a 16 year old high schooler?
5. Story time from our previous conference championships.




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We interviewed the Christian Miller, the 17 year old that has the fastest 100m time in the world with a time of 9.93. We discussed what he did to get to this level, how the race felt to him, preparation for the Olympic Trials, and even rank the best high school sprinting states.




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Today Noah Williams and I discuss some major changes happening in Track and Field. Here are the topics we discuss.

1. Michael Johnson secures $30 million from investors for new track league, Winners Alliance.
2. Gabby Thomas partners with founder of Reddit Alexis Ohanian, husband of Serena Williams, to create new track series for women only called 776 Invitational. The meet is reported to pay out $95,000 in prize money per event.
3. Daryll Nieta gets an upset victory over Sha'Carri Richardson in the 200m at the Suzhou Diamond League meet.
4. Tobi Amusan false starts in the 100m hurdles and races under protest. Jasmine Camacho-Quinn get's the victory.
5. Akani Simbine get's the upset victory over Christian Coleman and Fred Kerley in the 100m.
6. Rhasidat Adeleke beats Julien Alfred and Dina Asher-Smith in the 100m
7. Penn Relays experience
8. University of South Florida upsets University of Houston in the 4x100m and wins the 4x200m.
9. Bullis protest the 4x400m results behind the scenes look at what happened
10. Bullis Girls break High School National Record
11. Stories from the track


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