Cinnaminson's James McKeon, Cherokee's Drew Burdette, Pleasantville's Brody Bailey finish in top 5 in Cherokee Challenge boys freshman race!!!!!!!!! https://t.co/zJYTJ37pos
HISTORY. IS. MADE. 🇱🇨
Julien Alfred is your Olympic 100m champion and an automatic national hero with St. Lucia’s first-ever Olympic medal, clocking a lifetime best 10.72 on a wet track to take down Americans Sha’Carri Richardson and Melissa Jefferson.
You heard that right: St. Lucia’s first ever medal. Of any color. In any sport. And it’s Olympic 100m gold.
What a race for Scotland 🏴🏴🏴
Three Scots go sub-3:48 in the @nikepreclassic Bowerman Mile, with Josh Kerr taking the win in a national record 3:45.43, Neil Gourley finishing fourth in 3:47.74, and Jake Wightman taking fifth in 3:47.83.
Scotland has a population of 5.4 million, less than the state of Minnesota.
Sad and shocking news out of Kenya.
Marathon world record holder Kelvin Kiptum has died at 24 years old after a car accident along the Eldoret-Kaptagat road, according to a report from The Standard newspaper. Multiple journalists in Kenya have also reported the news.
“This was a self-involved accident where one Kelvin Kiptum, the world marathon record holder, was driving his vehicle with two passengers. Kiptum and Hakizimana died on the spot and the third person was rushed to Racecourse Hospital in Eldoret,” Elgeyo Marakwet Police Commander Peter Mulinge told The Nation. The outlet reports his coach Garvais Hakizimana also died in the accident.
Last year, Kiptum broke the marathon world record, running 2:00:35 in Chicago, and was preparing to run the Rotterdam Marathon in April in an attempt to break the two-hour barrier. He was also expected to be named to Kenya’s team for the Paris Olympics.