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Broncos release kicker McManus after 9 seasons

Published in Breaking News
Tuesday, 23 May 2023 12:23

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- Denver Broncos kicker Brandon McManus, the last remaining player from the team's Super Bowl 50 champion squad, was released by the team Tuesday.

McManus announced the move on social media, which was followed a short time later by the team's official announcement.

Several players told ESPN on Tuesday morning as they were preparing for the team's first OTA practice that they had reached out to McManus, who said in a Twitter post that there would be "more to come in the following days."

"Brandon has been a key player and presence with the Broncos for nearly a decade, making outstanding contributions to our team and community," Broncos general manager George Paton said in a statement. "Developing into one of the NFL's most productive kickers, Brandon made so many clutch kicks for this franchise over the years as a Super Bowl champion and team captain. He will always hold a special place in Denver Broncos history. We thank Brandon for all he did for the Broncos, and we wish him and his great family the very best in the future."

After years of turnover throughout the roster and on the coaching staff since the organization's third Super Bowl win to close out the 2015 season, 31-year-old McManus -- he will turn 32 in late July -- was the only player left on the roster who played on that team.

That playoff run might have also been the height of McManus' time with the Broncos as he went 10-of-10 in field goal attempts over the three postseason games, including 5-of-5 in attempts of 40 or more yards. He was 3-of-3 in field goal attempts in the Broncos' 24-10 win over the Carolina Panthers in Super Bowl 50.

Since that title game win, the Broncos have not made the playoffs over the past seven years, and Sean Payton was hired earlier this year as the fourth head coach since Gary Kubiak stepped down after the 2016 season. Linebacker Von Miller, one of McManus' closest friends and godfather to one of McManus' children, and McManus were the only players left from the Super Bowl team when Miller was traded to the Los Angeles Rams in the 2021 season.

McManus was 28-of-36 (77.8%) in field goal attempts last season, his first year since 2017 that he made under 80% of his field goal attempts. He was not alone in having some struggles, as the Broncos finished the year as the league's lowest-scoring offense.

McManus had two years remaining on a four-year extension he signed in 2020 and was scheduled to count $4.98 million against the salary cap. McManus is an NFL Players Association vice president and a member of the organization's executive board.

His Project McManus Foundation has been active in the Denver community in his time with the team.

The Broncos acquired McManus in a trade with the New York Giants in 2014 when Matt Prater was suspended for four games to start that season. Prater was released later that year, and McManus had been the Broncos' kicker since. He is the franchise's second-leading scorer behind fellow kicker Jason Elam.

Ex-NMSU player Peake not charged in shooting

Published in Breaking News
Tuesday, 23 May 2023 12:23

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Former New Mexico State basketball player Mike Peake will not face charges in a fatal shooting on a rival college's campus last year, according to authorities.

The Bernalillo District Attorney's Office said in a statement Monday evening that "the decision to not charge Mike Peake was made by the prior administration based on all the facts and evidence presented to them. Nothing has changed, so we're honoring that decision."

Peake was placed on indefinite suspension shortly after the Nov. 19 shooting death of Brandon Travis, a 19-year-old University of New Mexico student.

Peake, 21, told authorities that he was lured to UNM's Albuquerque campus by a female student hours before the Aggies were to play the rival Lobos.

Authorities said Travis and two other men then assaulted Peake with a baseball bat in a dormitory parking lot as part of a revenge plot stemming from a fight last October in Las Cruces.

Video surveillance footage showed an exchange of gunfire between Travis and Peake. Authorities said Travis was shot multiple times and died at the scene while Peake suffered a leg wound and survived.

Peake, a 6-foot-7 junior forward, entered the NCAA transfer portal in December but has yet to join another college team.

In February, New Mexico State indefinitely suspended its men's basketball program in a move that university officials said was unrelated to the fatal shooting.

The shutdown of the program came after a review of a campus police report in which an Aggies player said three teammates ganged up on him and attacked him. The report, which redacted the names of the players, included allegations of false imprisonment, harassment and criminal sexual contact.

The Associated Press contributed to this story.

Source: Ravens' Jackson reports for second OTA

Published in Breaking News
Tuesday, 23 May 2023 12:23

OWINGS MILLS, Md. -- For the first time in over five months, Lamar Jackson will be back on the field for the Baltimore Ravens.

Jackson reported to the Ravens on Tuesday, a day before the start of Baltimore's second organized team activity, a source told ESPN. Wednesday will mark the first time Jackson has participated in the voluntary offseason workout program and the first time he's suited up for Baltimore since suffering a season-ending left knee injury on Dec. 4.

This offseason will be an important one for Jackson, who is in his first season under new offensive coordinator Todd Monken. Jackson will also work with three top new wide receivers in Odell Beckham Jr., Nelson Agholor and rookie first-round pick Zay Flowers.

Jackson missed the first OTA practice Monday, but the expectation was for him to return this week. When Jackson signed his five-year, $260 million deal earlier this month, he indicated that he would be at OTAs "soon."

Last year, he had missed all of the voluntary workouts when he was on the fifth-year option and was engaged in negotiations on a contract extension. He had been to all of the voluntary OTA practices in his first four seasons.

Jackson became the NFL's highest-paid player on April 27, reaching a deal that averaged $52 million per season. He received a record-setting $72.5 million signing bonus.

EAGAN, Minn. -- NFL owners are set to extend Roger Goodell's contract through 2027, Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay said from the league's spring meeting Tuesday.

Owners discussed the commissioner's contract but did not finalize anything Tuesday.

"It's not extended today, that's for sure," Goodell said when asked for his reaction to a looming new deal.

Goodell, 64, added "I love my job" and he has "no doubt" that both sides would complete the deal.

"It's just dotting the i's and crossing the t's, but it's done," Irsay said. "We still have to rubber stamp it so to speak but its virtually done.

"He's done so much for the league with stability. ... It's a tough job, but he's been a hard worker and worked very hard for the NFL and its success."

ESPN's Adam Schefter reported in March that the league and Goodell were expected to finalize a multiyear extension. Goodell, whose current contract runs to 2024, has served as league commissioner since 2006.

Goodell said the notion of splitting the commissioner duties into two roles -- one as a CEO, another handling more of the on-field matters -- is a talking point among league officials and owners.

"It's a healthy discussion to have. The job changes over the years," Goodell said. "It's changed ever since I've been the commissioner. I know we will have the discussions at the appropriate time."

The new contract will also afford the league the opportunity to groom a potential replacement for Goodell should he decide to walk away in 2027.

"No question, he's going to be involved and have options to stay on as a consultant and help us develop his list, what he thinks are the best people," added Irsay. "He'll be with us through it. The contract will speak to that. We'll look for his contribution every way possible, how he can help us find the next commissioner or CEO and commissioner, however we feel the league needs to be set up going forward."

ESPN's John Keim contributed to this report.

WHEN FRANCIS NGANNOU officially announced he'd signed with the PFL earlier this month, he promised the deal would allow the next chapter of his career to be "tremendous."

Under the terms of the agreement, Ngannou (17-3) is exclusive to PFL pay-per-view in MMA but is free to pursue an entirely separate contract in professional boxing. It also makes him an executive and equity owner of PFL Africa, a regional league the PFL intends to launch in 2025, and reserves him a spot on the PFL's Global Advisory Board, which includes former three-time UFC champion Randy Couture.

On ESPN's "DC & RC" podcast, former two-weight UFC champion Daniel Cormier said Ngannou's unique contract sets "a new standard for what is out there in the free agent market." UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya called the news "a big ripple in the game" that could promote change within MMA contracts throughout the industry.

The story around Ngannou's free agency had been simmering beneath the surface of mixed martial arts since January 2022, when he defended the UFC's heavyweight championship against Ciryl Gane in the final fight of his contract. It is exceptionally rare for UFC champions to fight out their contracts, as the UFC aggressively re-signs titleholders and holds various extension and matching rights in its contracts.

Ngannou's situation, however, was unique. His desire to box, which UFC contracts do not allow, was a major factor in his decision-making. Ngannou also turned down multiple extension offers from the UFC in recent years, which allowed him to be in a position to fight out of his deal in the first place. He refused to budge on certain demands the UFC wouldn't consider, as they fell well outside its standard contract language.

Looking back, the split between Ngannou and the UFC was probably inevitable. And following that split, the UFC was always going to be fine. It quickly moved on with a new heavyweight title fight in March.

The million-dollar question was, What would that split look like for Ngannou? As it turns out, the answer is pretty darn good. Although the exact figures were not made public, Ngannou's deal with the PFL is a multimillion-dollar contract with added flexibility and long-term incentives. There's a reason names like Cormier and Adesanya found it game-changing.

"Did I change the industry with this contract?" Ngannou told ESPN. "I cannot speak for the entire industry. All I can say is that I didn't change my way of seeing things. I've been seeing things the same way since this all started. We will see if this changes anything in the industry as a whole."

Here's how Ngannou, once the apple of the UFC's eye, found a new home with the PFL.


ON JAN. 14, UFC president Dana White announced the company was officially moving on from its heavyweight champion, Ngannou. The company stripped him of the belt and booked a vacant title fight between Jon Jones and Gane for March. During the announcement, White jokingly said Chief Business Officer Hunter Campbell must have taken Ngannou to "350 dinners" in an effort to close a new deal.

The last of those dinners occurred in mid-December, at an off-Strip tapas restaurant in Las Vegas.

At that time, Ngannou was still eyeing a potential title fight against Jones. Jones was ready to return from a three-year layoff, and Ngannou vs. Jones would have been the obvious superfight to make. Ngannou just needed a new deal to make it happen. Throughout 2022, he and the UFC had failed to come to terms. So, by the time of that dinner in December, both sides felt the clock was ticking.

Ngannou, who represented himself during the process, says the conversation that night was amicable but frustrating. According to him, it was the same conversation they'd had all year. When the UFC laid out its latest offer, Ngannou says he felt a sense of déjà vu. The time had come for them to either make a deal or not, and Ngannou believed they were running in circles.

After the dinner concluded, Ngannou drove straight home and booked a flight to Africa.

"I found a flight to Cameroon that would leave the next day," Ngannou said. "I asked myself, 'Why am I here, missing Christmas with my family, for something that's not going to happen?'"

Shortly after the new year, Ngannou received a call from UFC matchmaker Mick Maynard, who wanted to arrange one final phone call with Campbell -- to ensure nothing more could be done. Ngannou agreed to the call and spoke once more to Campbell, to the same effect.

"It was basically, 'This is the deal. Take it or leave it.'" Ngannou said. "And I told them, 'Well, I don't know what to say anymore.'

"After that call, I knew it was over. Not that I would be fighting or at war with the promotion going forward, but they were going to do what they wanted and they would show me no mercy in what they said."

Going into the negotiations with the UFC, Ngannou said he asked the promotion for all fighters to get in-cage sponsorships and health insurance. He also wanted an athlete advocate positioned to assist fighters.

"I asked for a lot of things, which doesn't mean I was expecting all those things," Ngannou said in January. "But I was expecting one or two out of those things."

White's announcement came four days later. He said the UFC had offered Ngannou a contract that would have made him the "highest-paid heavyweight in the history of the company," but Ngannou turned it down. The UFC was terminating all talks of an extension and would waive all of its matching rights to any incoming offers Ngannou might have. He was officially -- and publicly -- an unrestricted free agent.

In general, the MMA industry interpreted the move as a risk for Ngannou. Even those who expressed admiration or gratitude for Ngannou's willingness to enter free agency acknowledged there was no guarantee it would work in his favor.

Ngannou wanted the freedom to box, and a potential matchup against Tyson Fury or Deontay Wilder would be lucrative, for sure. But only if it happened. And in terms of MMA, the biggest contracts have historically been tied to PPV revenue, a model that barely exists outside the UFC. The impact that might have on how promotions perceived Ngannou's value was anyone's guess.

Nevertheless, Ngannou said he was extremely content as he walked away from what the UFC called a historic financial offer.

"In order to know what you walked away from, you have to know how much it is -- and nothing is guaranteed in those contracts," Ngannou said. "It's really hard for me to say I lost money that I never had. The only thing the UFC contract guaranteed was Jon Jones, which was a fight I wanted for so long and nobody cared. It was only when I was about to get free of my contract [that] they said, 'Here's the Jon Jones fight.'

"What protections did I have after that fight? People forget that you can sign a $100 million contract and they can give you $10 million and never follow up. There are a lot of things in that contract they control."

Ngannou was still in Cameroon with his family when White made the announcement. His phone immediately came to life with messages and calls from every corner of the MMA world.

One of the text messages was from PFL CEO Peter Murray, who suggested it might be "a good time to catch up."


THE INITIAL INTRODUCTION between Ngannou and Murray occurred in 2021 at a PFL event in Hollywood, Florida. Ngannou was in attendance with his agent at the time, Marquel Martin (Martin remains with him in an advisory role). Martin also represented former UFC title challenger Rory MacDonald, who fought in the PFL in 2021 and 2022.

Legally, Murray was unable to make Ngannou an offer while he was under UFC contract. Behind the scenes, however, he and his business partner, PFL co-founder Donn Davis, discussed Ngannou as a free agent target throughout 2022.

"This was our Joe Namath moment," Davis told ESPN, referring to the battle between the AFL and NFL to sign Namath, a star college quarterback for the Alabama Crimson Tide, in 1964. "The best fighter in the world, who happens to be a global, dynamic leader, is available? This never happens. It was so rare, it had to be our moment."

Two weeks after Ngannou's free agent status went public, the two sides arranged a video call. The PFL was actually the second promotion Ngannou spoke to. One day before his call with the PFL, he spoke to Asia-based promotion One Championship's Chatri Sityodtong. The calls were similar in that they were surface level and exploratory, but the PFL's led to an in-person meeting in Las Vegas the following month.

On Feb. 8, shortly after Ngannou flew back to Las Vegas from Cameroon, he and Murray met at Ngannou's favorite restaurant, Barry's Downtown Prime on Fremont Street. Murray had been crafting his pitch to Ngannou for the better part of a year as the industry waited to see if he'd re-sign with the UFC. When they sat down at Barry's, Murray spoke first.

"I told him, 'Here is our vision at PFL,'" Murray said. "Then I asked him to tell me his vision. Where was he in life, as an elite fighter and as a businessman.

"The No. 1 goal he had as an athlete was to box. Anyone who knows Francis' story knows that he's always dreamed and talked about the sport of boxing. Having the ability to do that is something that ticked his box -- and when he said he wanted to continue to compete at the highest level of MMA, that ticked our box. And once we'd both gone through it, our goals and visions just aligned."

By the time the two shook hands at night's end, the partnership might as well have been done. There was much to iron out regarding the language of the contract, but there were no significant hurdles standing in the way of a deal. The PFL understood Ngannou wouldn't fight in MMA again until 2024, as he sought to box in 2023. The PFL was actually completely fine with that timeline, as it provided a year for it to build up an ideal scenario for his debut. Ngannou and his team remained in contact with other promotions -- including One Championship and Bellator MMA -- but never progressed to a formal offer with anyone else. He knew where he was headed.

"I started to feel bad even talking to anybody else," Ngannou said. "It was basically, 'You want this? Let's do it. You want this? Done.' It was one of the easiest contracts ever."

Less than one month after Ngannou and Murray's dinner -- about two weeks, Ngannou says -- the deal was done. Alongside Martin and attorney Andrew Cutrow, Ngannou worked with the PFL on a contract both sides were happy with. Ngannou didn't sign right away, and he asked the PFL not to announce it until he had more conversations with potential partners in boxing. Ultimately, the deal wouldn't get announced until May, but it was agreed to in March.

On May 2, Ngannou and Murray reconvened for the first time since that Feb. 8 dinner -- just the two of them, right back at Barry's. The dinner's purpose was to celebrate but also to provide a chance for both sides to bring up any last-minute ideas.

Throughout the negotiation, some of Ngannou's priorities included wanting to face legitimate, high-level opposition in the PFL and fighter rights in general. During that final dinner, Murray decided to accommodate those values in the most direct way he could. He proposed the PFL would guarantee a baseline salary for Ngannou's opponents, and an eventual figure of $2 million was agreed upon.

"Pete brought it up," Ngannou said. "He said, 'We can even guarantee you the minimum salary of your opponents.'"

Murray took a red-eye out of Las Vegas that night and arrived at John F. Kennedy International Airport the following morning. He dropped his bags at his Manhattan residence and was taking a walk in Greenwich Village when he got a FaceTime from Ngannou.

"All he said was, 'Let's go,' and signed the document later that morning."


WITHIN FIVE MONTHS, Ngannou's negotiations went from a concrete roadblock with the UFC to an open Autobahn highway with the PFL, which isn't surprising. The business practices, bargaining positions and focus areas of the UFC and the PFL are night and day. The UFC is the clear industry leader, which the PFL acknowledges. The two companies' strategies are different, and their need for someone like Ngannou is different, especially concerning his desire to box.

The UFC doesn't allow its athletes -- particularly, an active champion -- to box because it disrupts its primary business. The only real exception to this was a 2017 fight between Conor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather, one of the richest fights in boxing history. And even in that instance, White initially wasn't on board. Since that boxing match, McGregor is 1-3 and his career has been derailed by injuries and legal issues.

"Francis thinks he's in a position where he's got some Conor McGregor, Mayweather fight on his hands, which he does not," White said this month. "That was a once-in-a-lifetime deal that I wasn't interested in, but at the end of the day, it became so big with the right guys at the right place at the right time ... MMA guys versus boxers doesn't make any sense to me."

For Ngannou, the PFL was far more compatible with him than the UFC. That much is obvious. What is less obvious right now is how well this will work for the PFL.

The PFL just made a major financial commitment to a 36-year-old heavyweight who hasn't fought in more than 12 months, is coming off major knee surgery in 2022 and doesn't intend to make his promotional debut for it until 2024. The PFL plans to put Ngannou on PPV but currently doesn't have an obvious opponent for him -- in terms of heavyweight rank or box office draw.

If you're trying to put this deal into a mathematical formula that spits out a PFL profit on Ngannou's PPV appearances, stop. The PFL will tell you that's not what this deal is about.

"We don't measure this on how many PPVs we will sell, and this formula equals this outcome," Davis said. "That's not the transactional business we're in today. Look, we've gone from zero employees and zero viewers to where we are today, signing the likes of Francis Ngannou. What are we setting up for the next five years? Creative investments and thinking differently is what's required to become the co-leader in MMA. And we believe we're on a path to that."

The PFL is looking for three things out of this deal, primarily.

The first is for Ngannou to bring awareness to its budding PPV model, which is in its infancy. To date, the PFL has promoted exactly one event on PPV. It plans on promoting more, behind the recent signings of Ngannou and professional boxer and influencer Jake Paul. Secondly, it expects Ngannou to bring a network of investors, sponsors and athletes to its PFL Africa brand, whose launch it moved up from 2027 to 2025.

"Our global vision is to have six leagues set up in the next two years," Murray said. "Francis brings tremendous value there in establishing that new business."

And the third value Murray and Davis are betting on is articulated by fighters like Cormier and Adesanya. That's the idea that Ngannou's deal is the first of many.

Ngannou is the first UFC champion in nearly 20 years to be stripped of a championship because he opted to sign with a different promotion. The financial value of that, if there is one, cannot be determined right away. The PFL is banking on that "ripple" Adesanya spoke of -- the conversations that are taking place now that weren't several months ago.

"What does this deal say to the fighter and manager community of this sport?" Murray said. "Fighters have options. The PFL is a global leader where fighters have an opportunity to compete against top competition and get paid."

Will this deal prove to be a good one for the PFL? Will it open a "tremendous" chapter of Ngannou's career, which could set a new standard for what fighters look for in future contracts? Is it bigger than just Francis Ngannou?

As Ngannou said, we will see.

NBA names Curry social justice champion winner

Published in Basketball
Tuesday, 23 May 2023 12:24

Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry was named the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Social Justice Champion Award winner, the NBA announced Tuesday.

The honor, named after the six-time NBA MVP and No. 2 on the career scoring list, is given to the player who best embodies Abdul-Jabbar's message of civil rights, Black empowerment and racial equality.

Curry -- a four-time NBA champion and two-time MVP -- was selected based on his work in advocating for voting rights, gender and racial equity in sports, and food scarcity in underserved communities.

Curry is the co-chair of former first lady Michelle Obama's "When We All Vote" initiative, along with athletes Chris Paul and Megan Rapinoe, and singer-actress Janelle Monae. The initiative's mission is to "increase participation in each and every election by helping to close the race and age gap," according to its website. Additionally, as a participant in the league's and player union's joint social justice-focused coalition, Curry has pushed for the passage of the Freedom to Vote Act, which seeks to expand voter registration and voting access. (The bill, introduced in September 2021, was blocked by Republican senators.)

Through his UNDERRATED brand, Curry has provided scholarships for high school athletes, and in 2019 announced a six-year, $6 million commitment to fund the men's and women's golf teams at historically Black Howard University.

Along with his wife, Ayesha, Curry continues to run the couple's Eat. Learn. Play. Foundation, which focuses on childhood nutrition and physical activity in Oakland, California, where the Warriors played until moving to San Francisco in 2019. According to the NBA's news release, Eat. Learn. Play. has provided over 2 million meals and 500,000 books to Oakland students and remodeled four playgrounds in the city.

The winner of the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Social Justice Champion Award is gifted $100,000 to the charity of his choice. For Curry, that is the University of San Francisco Institute for Nonviolence and Social Justice, which according to its website, "investigates, illuminates, and advances the theory and practice of transformational nonviolence to confront and overcome injustice and systemic violence and contribute to the just resolution of communal conflict."

"We are humbled and deeply honored to receive this extraordinary gift, enabling us to magnify the impact of our community partnerships and initiatives," said Jonathan D. Greenberg, director of the University of San Francisco Institute for Nonviolence and Social Justice, in a statement provided to Andscape. "Stephen Curry is a tremendous, inspiring hero on and off the basketball court, a dedicated activist, leader and humanitarian, and we congratulate him on this incredible award and share our deepest gratitude."

Curry was named a finalist alongside Memphis Grizzlies forward Jaren Jackson Jr., San Antonio Spurs guard Tre Jones, Phoenix Suns guard Chris Paul and Boston Celtics forward Grant Williams. The four finalists will be awarded $25,000 a piece toward their respective social justice-focused organizations.

Curry joins Dallas Mavericks guard Reggie Bullock (2022) and inaugural winner Carmelo Anthony (2021) as recipients of the award.

"As an athlete, I consistently leverage my platform to amplify advocacy and address the pervasive issue of systemic racism," Curry said in a statement. "I firmly believe that we must be vocal both on social media and in real life, taking tangible actions to effect real change in our society and for generations to come."

The award is voted on by a committee composed of Abdul-Jabbar, National Urban League president and CEO Marc Morial and NBA deputy commissioner Mark Tatum, among others.

Heat's Butler fined for not talking to media

Published in Basketball
Tuesday, 23 May 2023 12:24

MIAMI -- Heat star Jimmy Butler was fined $25,000 for not speaking to the media following Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals, the NBA announced Tuesday.

Butler has been at the center of the No. 8-seeded Heat's unbelievable postseason run and has delivered the organization to within a game of another Finals appearance with Game 4 against the Boston Celtics -- and a potential sweep -- looming Tuesday night.

Miami beat Boston 128-102 in Game 3 on Sunday.

Butler is averaging 29.9 points, 6.7 rebounds and 5.6 assists a game over 13 postseason contests.

IT'S AN HOUR after the Miami Heat shocked the basketball world, taking a 2-0 lead over the Boston Celtics in the Eastern Conference finals. And Jimmy Butler, who just scored 27 points in 41 grueling minutes is ... singing. As he walks to the postgame podium, inside a makeshift conference room in the belly of Boston's TD Garden, country music singer Morgan Wallen's "Somebody's problem" blares from a speaker attached to the Heat star's phone.

Somebody's problem, but that ain't minnnnnne, Butler croons.

As he breaks down the game, and his heated, forehead-to-forehead exchange with Celtics forward Grant Williams, after which he led the Heat on a game-winning 22-9 run, Butler pivots, and acknowledges the unique song playing from his phone.

"I'm kind of like the DJ, so I get to pick and choose what we listen to."

It's an acknowledgement as much as it is a truism the Heat have long known and embraced: Butler is unequivocally the center of what the Heat do on the floor -- as evidenced by arguably the most dominant postseason run by any player in franchise history. But he's also their cultural nucleus off it -- and that extends to everything, even including the control of an eclectic playlist that vibrates into his teammates' ears pre- and postgame.

And no one dares to challenge it -- or him.

"Usually when you hear the music blasting you know it's him," Heat guard Duncan Robinson tells ESPN. "Regardless of what's playing."

Nikola Jovic, a 19-year-old rookie, admits there are times he sits at his locker and pulls out his phone to find out what Butler is playing.

"I'm not gonna lie," Jovic tells ESPN. "Sometimes when he plays something in the locker room and I like the song and I don't know it, I will put the app -- Shazam, so I find out what song it is ... either you love it or you don't and that's all."

Does Jovic ever ask Butler about his selections?

"No," he is quick to say. "I'm not asking questions. No. No questions."


ROUGHLY 13 HOURS before his star teammate played Wallen's song, Cody Zeller sits in a black-padded chair inside TD Garden and smiles when asked if any of Butler's musical choices have resonated with him.

"I've heard more country here than I have probably in my other nine years in the league combined," Zeller tells ESPN. "So I actually enjoy when he's the DJ."

As a proud native of Tomball, Texas, Butler has blazed his own unique path in the NBA. Dating back to his early days with the Chicago Bulls -- the team that drafted him No. 30 overall in 2011 -- Butler has never hid his love for country music.

Butler has always taken pride in his country roots -- even as a rookie, when he would, at times, wear cowboy boots into the Bulls' locker room and get razzed for it. A decade-plus later, Butler's loyalty to those roots has opened up his teammates' eyes to this genre of music. Udonis Haslem, a 20-year Heat veteran, doesn't hesitate when asked which of Butler's musical tastes have given him a new perspective.

"Country," Haslem tells ESPN. "Country music. It's the first time I actually took time to actually listen."

Butler's connection to country music, while questioned at times by teammates during his various stops around the league, offers a reminder that Butler will always march to the tune of his own drum on -- and off -- the floor.

Heat guard Gabe Vincent, who notes he started listening to country music more while the Heat were in the Orlando, Florida, bubble in 2020, has a different type of appreciation for his teammate.

"He listens to just about everything," Vincent tells ESPN. "While some people may, a lot of them aren't bold enough to put it on the speaker in the locker room."


THERE ARE ABOUT 55 minutes until Game 2, and Haslem is lacing up his red shoes and trying to remember the lyrics to a Nickelback song. And there's a reason.

The room is quiet -- Butler hasn't commandeered the speaker system quite yet -- as players and staff members walk in and out, the pregame tension simmering inside the arena.

At 42 years old, Haslem is the oldest player in the league, and plans to retire at season's end. He has seen plenty of team DJs come and go over two decades, but not one like Butler.

"Got to have good versatility as a DJ. You got to be able to please different crowds," Haslem tells ESPN.

Consider a March 11 game in Orlando. The Heat had just lost in overtime to a 28-40 Magic team that would eventually miss the playoffs. Butler, who had just poured in 38 points in 39 minutes, had walked off the floor with 17 seconds left on the clock. In the postgame locker room, Butler, with seemingly little care in the world, plays -- and sings along to -- a collection of Nickelback songs at his locker as teammates and staffers quietly eat a postgame pizza spread.

At one point, Butler turns to Haslem to describe the postgame tunes.

"He's just explaining the song to me," Haslem said. "A lot of times the reason why people might diss or whatever is 'cause they don't understand the song or they don't even give it a chance to listen. They just immediately s--- on it. Once he started telling me what [Nickelback lead singer Chad Kroeger] was saying and I started listening to it, then it all made sense."

Haslem pauses and puts his head down, trying to pull the Nickelback lyrics back from his memory. He's trying to sing through the verse to remember.

"Oh man," Haslem said. "I can't remember, but it's something about it's like, 'Just give it your all,' or 'stuck between, rock and a hard plaaaace. It's like rock and a hard plaaaace.' Something like that."

As Butler continues putting together one of the most memorable postseasons in recent memory, Heat guard Max Strus expresses what many within the Heat locker room feel: Butler can play whatever songs he wants as long as he keeps playing like this.

"He plays anything and everything," Strus tells ESPN. "It honestly surprises me that whatever he plays before the game gets him going. Sometimes it's Miley Cyrus, sometimes it's Justin Bieber, sometimes it's Rick Ross. You just never know what it's going to be."

Strus laughs.

"Whatever he needs to keep doing what he's doing," Strus said. "We're all here for it."

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Jimmy Butler, Grant Williams go face-to-face after and-1 bucket

Jimmy Butler and Grant Williams receive technical fouls after chirping in each other's faces following a Butler and-1.

BACK AT TD GARDEN, as Butler says his goodbyes to arena staffers and makes his way through the tunnel that leads to the bus that will take the Heat to the airport, a new Wallen song, "865," blares from his speaker.

So how does he decide which songs he's going to play?

"Honestly, it don't matter," Butler tells ESPN. "Because I'm going to go out there and be the best player any way you look at it. But you can play gospel, you can play country, you can play hip-hop, I can be silent. Now's the time, man. Ain't no stopping what we got going. Get on the train! Get on the bandwagon!"

The Heat, now just one game from their second NBA Finals appearance in four seasons, are hoping to ride the momentum Butler has created on the floor. The versatility within his game matched only by the diversity within his playlist.

"He has a pretty broad taste," Vincent said. "So you never really know what he's going to put on. But I feel like I have a pretty broad taste as well, so it doesn't surprise me. It's just like, 'It must be Jimmy on the aux.'"

Love echoes a similar sentiment.

"More than anything," Love said, "what it does is just keeps us loose."

The job of team DJ has long been a sacred one inside an NBA locker room. While the prestige can fluctuate from team to team, it's usually a role saved for an organization's star player or trusted veteran. The Heat are no exception. It's a one-man DJ booth.

While Haslem gets some occasional time as the musical conductor, it's Butler, whose phone is connected via Bluetooth to a portable speaker, who regularly runs the show. If he hears someone turn the music down, he turns it up on his way out just to leave his mark -- and send a message. "It's all him," Zeller said. "He's making all decisions. I don't think he takes any feedback."

"It's his music," Strus said. "When he's on the aux, it's his show and we just let it ride and go with the flow."


AS THE HEAT wrap up their shootaround prior to Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals, a small media horde walks onto the Boston parquet floor as music from a nearby speaker floats in the air. Butler, who walks off the court as the media descends upon it, still has sway over the choices even on the rare occasions when he doesn't pick out what is played.

The responsibility for this shootaround playlist falls on Remy Ndiaye, a video specialist on the Heat's coaching staff. The lyrics to one of Ndiaye's picks are unmistakable as the rest of Butler's teammates get shots up in advance of a game that few, besides them, ever thought they would make.

"Jimmy," Martha Reeves and the Vandellas begin to sing. "Jimmmmmy."

In the classic song released in 1966, Reeves and the Vandellas describe the love she feels for Jimmy Mack, an old flame, whom she hopes returns soon as new suitors come calling.

In 2023, the Heat have their own Jimmy, the type of player the rest of the league's teams wishes they had.

Strus, who grew up in the Chicago suburbs cheering for Butler and the Bulls, says his teammate is the most confident player he has ever been around.

"He's a unique individual," Strus said. "And I've learned a lot from him. He's phenomenal in the way he carries himself. And it works. It shows that he's confident in himself, he takes over games, he does whatever he wants to do."

Including nearly daily music appreciation class. For as much pride as Butler takes in leading the Heat on this unexpected playoff run as the No. 8 seed in the Eastern Conference, he takes almost as much in broadening his teammates' musical palette -- and creating new relationships for them -- along the way.

Bam Adebayo and Vincent, for their parts, have gotten to know Irish singer Dermot Kennedy after initially being introduced to his music by Butler.

"He's the one artist that Jimmy started playing that I gravitated toward," Adebayo tells ESPN. "Yeah, Dermot Kennedy. ... That's one I'll give Jimmy."

Same goes for Haslem, who struck up a friendship with country singer Matt Steele after initially hearing his music on one of Butler's playlist.

"It means a lot," Butler said. "Because I get to introduce them to my friends. Those are people that I have relationships with outside of the music, so I'm always going to support them. And at the end of the day good music is good music. All good people need to hear good music. And it's a big reason why we're winning, because we're listening to my friends."

Former GB hockey player is now lighting up the track and is curious to know how far she can go in the sport

Kate Axford had a dream of representing Great Britain at the Paris Olympics on the hockey pitch but now has ambitions of doing it in athletics.

The 24-year-old decided to switch sports after a labral tear in her hip joint – an injury she sustained when changing direction in training – which meant she couldn’t handle the force of sharp movement that you need to play hockey.

It forced Axford to re-think. She turned to running and started training under the stewardship of Charlie Dickinson at Belgrave Harriers at the end of March.

Since then Axford has clocked 16:39 over 5km, won the Comeback 5000m at Battersea in 15:49.79 (April 23) and took victory in her first ever 3000m race at the Loughborough International in 9:06.02 (May 21).

Axford was also chosen to represent England Athletics in Loughborough and the former hockey pro, who was contracted with Great Britain up until January, can’t quite believe how the last few months have gone.

“It means an awful lot to get an England vest,” she told AW.  “You’re running with some incredible athletes in Loughborough. It’s exciting and my first mentality is to go out there and enjoy it.

“Being totally honest, I never thought it would go that well. I was running with incredible athletes who had already had really fast times. I wanted to just perform to my best in the race and I think I’ve got that grittiness to always try and win. So I managed to pull it off!”

Axford isn’t a complete stranger to running. She finished 68th at the 2013 English Schools Cross County Championships and also competed in the 1500m at an East Anglian meeting during her teenage years.

However, in the last few months, she has made the kind of waves that start to get people excited about what is possible further down the line.

It’s only May but she has run the third fastest 3000m and sixth quickest 5000m of any female athlete in the UK so far this year.

Kate Axford wins in Loughborough (James Rhodes)

Axford isn’t getting too far ahead of herself though and wants to enjoy every second while she can. She’s grateful for the opportunity but is also eager to grasp it with both hands.

“It’s [running] honestly surreal and I’m just loving it,” Axford said. “I’d love to be able to go as far as my body, talent and training can take me. I’m basically not just going too crazy too early and making sure I manage my load so I don’t get injured.

“I think a lot of it [mindset] is the same [between hockey and athletics], especially when you’re in that element of competition. It’s about not leaving anything out on the hockey pitch or the track and that’s a mentality that I have.”

Axford is not short of support. Hollie Webb, who is Great Britain’s hockey captain and scored the winning penalty to win Olympic gold back in 2016, sent a message on Instagram stating “smashing it!” after her 3000m triumph.

A myriad of Axford’s former British hockey team-mates have also recognised her running achievements.

“I think everyone around me is quite happy that they’ve seen me enjoying a different sport and pushing my boundaries,” she added. “That includes everyone I’ve played hockey with and all the coaches I had. They’re so supportive with the decision I made and willing me on.

“I had a dream of going to the Paris Olympics as part of the hockey team and even though I’m a different sport it’s still the ultimate dream.”

The big test for Axford will be when she faces athletes who have represented Great Britain at global championships, at the UKA Championships (July 8-9). Perform well in Manchester against the best of what the UK has to offer and suddenly the temperature will rise.

Axford is still unsure what discipline she will do but it is likely to be somewhere from the 1500m to the 5000m.

There is a huge sense of the unknown but that may well be Axford’s biggest strength.

Big sprints in Japan and Bermuda and German wins for Okoye and Mortimer plus conference success for decathlete Turner and 800m star Bizimana

Seiko Golden Grand Prix, Yokohama, Japan, May 21

Fred Kerley won the 100m in 9.91 after a 9.88 heat.

Men: : 100 (0.4): 1 Fred Kerley USA 9.91; 2 Rohan Browning AUS 10.10; 3 Ryuichiro Sakai 10.10; 4 Yuki Koike 10.11; 5 Tiaan Whelpton NZL 10.14. Heat 1 (1.5): 1 Fred Kerley USA 9.88; 2 Rohan Browning AUS 10.11; 3 Hiroki Yanagita 10.13; 4 Tiaan Whelpton NZL 10.15. Heat 2 (1.7): 1 Ryuichiro Sakai 10.08; 2 Yuki Koike 10.14
400: 1 Yuki Joseph Nakajima 45.31; 2 João Ricardo Coelho POR 45.46; 3 Fuga Sato 45.52; 4 Paul Dedewo USA 45.62; 5 Kentaro Sato 45.75; 6 Naohiro Jinushi 45.76; 7 Kenki Imaizumi 45.76
3000: 1 Hyuga Endo 7:45.08; 2 Kazuya Shiojiri 7:46.37; 3 Charles Kamau KEN 7:47.31; 4 Kiprono Sitonik KEN 7:47.78; 5 Hiroki Matsueda 7:49.83; 6 Yohei Ikeda 7:50.39; 7 Julian Oakley NZL 7:50.60; 8 Kanta Shimizu 7:51.16; 9 Jack Bruce AUS 7:51.98; 10 Isaac Kibet UGA 7:54.27
3000SC: 1 Ryuji Miura 8:19.07; 2 Amos Kirui KEN 8:20.86; 3 Ryuma Aoki 8:21.96; 4 Matthew Clarke AUS 8:26.47; 5 Damián Vích CZE 8:30.81
110H (0.8): 1 Shunsuke Izumiya 13.07; 2 Shunya Takayama 13.25; 3 Shuhei Ishikawa 13.36; 4 Roger V. Iribarne CUB 13.37; 5 Higashi Ishida Thomas 13.42; 6 Taiga Yokochi 13.46; 7 Jacob McCorry AUS 13.48; 8 Chen Kuei-Ju TPE 13.56
400H: 1 Yusaku Kodama 48.77; 2 Kazuki Kurokawa 49.03; 3 Takayuki Kishimoto 49.28; 4 Kaito Tsutsue 49.35; 5 Amere Lattin USA 49.65; 6 Abdelmalik Lahoulou ALG 49.71
HJ: 1 Woo Sang-Hyeok KOR 2.29; 2 Joel Baden AUS 2.29; 3 Naoto Hasegawa 2.25; 4 Tomohiro Shinno 2.25; 5 Ryoichi Akamatsu 2.25; 6 Syo Katsuda 2.20; 6 Hamish Kerr NZL 2.20; 6 Yuto Seko 2.20
LJ: 1 Hiromichi Yoshida 8.26; 2 Wang Jianan CHN 8.22; 3 Henry Frayne AUS 7.99w; 4 Hibiki Tsuha 7.95; 5 Shoutarou Shiroyama 7.94; 6 Lin Yu-Tang TPE 7.92; 7 Natsuki Yamakawa 7.91w; 8 Yuki Hashioka 7.90
JT: 1 Genki Dean 82.03; 2 Patriks Gailums LAT 79.67; 3 Kenji Ogura 78.99; 4 Cameron McEntyre AUS 78.62; 5 Yuta Sakiyama 78.18

Fred Kerley (Getty)

Women:
100 (-0.4): 1 Zoe Hobbs NZL 11.20; 2 Destiny Smith-Barnett USA 11.41; 3 Torrie Lewis AUS 11.42; 4 Bree Masters AUS 11.43
1500: 1 Nozomi Tanaka 4:11.56; 2 Dani Jones USA 4:12.12; 3 Vera Hoffmann LUX 4:12.54; 4 Madeleine Murray GBR 4:13.16; 5 Helen Lobun KEN 4:13.20
3000: 1 Teresia Gateri KEN 8:43.81; 2 Rose Davies AUS 8:44.07; 3 Margaret Ekidor KEN 8:46.77; 4 Isobel Batt-Doyle AUS 8:53.81; 5 Judy Jepngetich KEN 8:53.94; 6 Aisha Praught Leer JAM 8:55.30; 7 Nanami Watanabe 8:58.47
100H (0.4): 1 Asuka Terada 12.86; 2 Yumi Tanaka 12.89; 3 Mako Fukube 12.91; 4 Celeste Mucci AUS 12.93; 5 Masumi Aoki 12.94; 6 Chisato Kiyoyama 12.96; 7 Hannah Jones AUS 12.97; 8 Jade Barber USA 13.03
LJ: 1 Maryse Luzolo GER 6.79w; 2 Brooke Buschkuehl AUS 6.77; 3 Shaili Singh IND 6.65w; 4 Sumire Hata 6.48; 5 Ayaka Kora 6.46
JT: 1 Mackenzie Little AUS 64.10; 2 Tori Peeters NZL 63.26 NR; 3 Kelsey-Lee Barber AUS 61.95; 4 Haruka Kitaguchi 61.34; 5 Momone Ueda 60.54; 6 Marina Saito 59.70; 7 Mahiro Osa 59.57; 8 Līna Mūze LAT 59.23

 USATF Bermuda Grand Prix, Devonshire, Bermuda, May 21

Christian Coleman narrowly beat Noah Lyles 9.78 to 9.80 in a heavily wind-assisted 100m.

The hurdles was also well over the limits and Jamal Britt went inside 13 seconds.

Abby Steiner had a three-metre win in the 200m with another windy mark of 22.06.

Courtesy of the tail breeze, Olympic hurdles champion Jasmine Camacho-Quinn ran her fastest ever time of 12.17 in getting a two metre win over Danielle Williams. Only world record-holder Tobi Amusan has run faster in any conditions.

Jasmine Camacho-Quinn won the 100m hurdles (Getty)

The women’s 100m was on the limits though at 2m/sec and Tamara Davis won in 10.91.

Tara Davis jumped a wind-assisted 7.11 in the long jump.

Olympic champion Steven Gardiner won the 400m in 44.42 in his first race at the distance since last June.

Men: 100 (4.4): 1 Christian Coleman USA 9.78; 2 Noah Lyles USA 9.80; 3 Ackeem Blake JAM 9.87; 4 Terrance Laird USA 9.94; 5 Emmanuel Matadi LBR 10.02; 6 Joseph Amoah GHA 10.05; 7 Andre De Grasse CAN 10.16. Race B (3.8): 1 Kadrian Goldson JAM 9.96; 2 Michael Campbell JAM 10.11; 3 Chris Royster USA 10.21; 4 Cravon Gillespie USA 10.22
200 (4.7): 1 Elijah Morrow USA 20.11; 2 Andre De Grasse CAN 20.28; 3 Kendal Williams USA 20.28; 4 Joseph Amoah GHA 20.56; 5 Daniel Stokes MEX 20.67
400: 1 Steven Gardiner BAH 44.42; 2 Alonzo Russell BAH 45.24; 3 Trevor Stewart USA 45.58; 4 Javon Francis JAM 45.81; 5 Demish Gaye JAM 45.92
1500: 1 Robert Heppenstall CAN 3:41.83; 2 Ethan Hussey GBR 3:42.52; 3 Rob Napolitano PUR 3:42.87
110H (4.0): 1 Jamal Britt USA 12.99; 2 Eric Edwards Jr. USA 13.07; 3 Freddie Crittenden USA 13.13; 4 Tyler Mason JAM 13.30; 5 Damion Thomas JAM 13.38; 6 Michael Dickson USA 13.48; 7 Louis Rollins USA 13.67;
LJ: 1 LaQuan Nairn BAH 8.32w; 2 Steffin McCarter USA 8.23w; 3 Will Williams USA 8.18w; 4 Jarrion Lawson USA 8.00w; 5 Isaiah Griffith USA 7.85w; 6 Nicolás Allen Arriola GUA 7.85w
TJ: 1 Will Claye USA 17.45w; 2 Donald Scott USA 17.06w; 3 Jordan Scott JAM 17.06w; 4 Christian Taylor USA 16.82w; 5 Omar Craddock USA 16.62; 6 Chris Carter USA 16.49; 7 Max Heß GER 16.38w
4×100: 1 USA 38.21; 2 USA 38.81; 3 JAM 39.51

Women:
100 (2.0): 1 Tamari Davis USA 10.91; 2 Shashalee Forbes JAM 10.98; 3 Celera Barnes USA 11.01; 4 Gina Lückenkemper GER 11.03; 5 English Gardner USA 11.13; 6 Kemba Nelson JAM 11.14; 7 Mikiah Brisco USA 11.16; 8 Marybeth Sant-Price USA 11.16. Race B (2.7): 1 Shannon Ray USA 11.04; 2 Ashley Henderson USA 11.12; 3 Remona Burchell JAM 11.15; 4 Taylor Anderson USA 11.16; 5 Angie Annelus USA 11.16; 6 Jonielle Smith JAM 11.18; 7 Alaysha Johnson USA 11.29
200 (3.1): 1 Abby Steiner USA 22.06; 2 Anthonique Strachan BAH 22.34; 3 Makenzie Dunmore USA 22.50; 4 Ashanti Moore JAM 22.78; 5 Anavia Battle USA 22.79; 6 Jessika Gbai CIV 22.80
400: 1 Gabby Scott PUR 51.65; 2 Courtney Okolo USA 52.23; 3 Candice McLeod JAM 52.30; 4 Brittany Aveni USA 52.41; 5 Kaylin Whitney USA 53.29; 6 Dalilah Muhammad USA 53.41; 7 Shakima Wimbley USA 53.51
800: 1 Olivia Baker USA 2:03.15; 2 Susan Aneno UGA 2:03.17; 3 Emily Richards USA 2:03.65; 4 Hannah Segrave GBR 2:03.68; 5 Camille Laus BEL 2:03.99
100H (3.5): 1 Jasmine Camacho-Quinn PUR 12.17; 2 Danielle Williams JAM 12.38; 3 Tonea Marshall USA 12.39; 4 Megan Tapper JAM 12.47; 5 Amber Hughes USA 12.82; 6 Gabbi Cunningham USA 12.84
400H: 1 Andrenette Knight JAM 54.90; 2 Cassandra Tate USA 55.06; 3 Shiann Salmon JAM 55.56; 4 Ronda Whyte JAM 55.56; 5 Gianna Woodruff PAN 56.00; 6 Lina Nielsen GBR 56.49; 7 Anna Cockrell USA 56.50
LJ: 1 Tara Davis Woodhall USA 7.11w; 2 Quanesha Burks USA 7.04w; 3 Ruth Usoro NGR 6.82; 4 Monae’ Nichols USA 6.52w; 5 Tiffany Flynn USA 6.46w; 6 Chanice Porter JAM 6.45w; 7 Kendell Williams USA 6.38w
4×100: 1 JAM 42.80; 2 USA 42.83; 3 USA 42.87; 4 USA 43.43

European Race Walking Team Champs, Podébrady, Czech Republic, May 21

Maria Perez broke the world 35km race walk record as she clocked 2:37:15 to take 29 seconds off the world record.

She was through 10km in 46:17 and then a faster 1:30:59 at 20km (44:42 for that 10km) and 30km in 2:15:22 (44:23) and her final 5km was a very fast 21:53.

Perez led a Spanish 1-2-3 ahead of Raquel Gonzalez (2:45:52) and Cristina Montesinos (2:45:58).

Alvaro Martin made it a Spanish double in the men’s 35km race walk with a national record of 2:25:35 ahead of Germany’s Christopher Linke (2:27:05) and European champion Miguel Angel Lopez (2:27:33). Spain won team gold from Italy and Germany.

Double European champion Antigoni Ntrismpioti won the women’s 20km title in 1:29:17 from Olympic champion Antonella Palmisano (1:29:19).

Ana Cabecinha won individual bronze in 1:29:35. Italy won team gold in the women’s race ahead of Ukraine and France.

In the men’s 20km race, Francesca Fortunato won in a European leading and PB of 1:18:59 from two-time champion Perseus Karlstrom (1:19:27) and Olympic champion Massimo Stano (1:20:07). Italy beat Spain for the team title with Germany third. The U20 10km titles went to Diego Giampaolo in 42:16 and Giulia Gabriele in 46:42. Spain topped the medal table with six gold medals to Italy’s five.

Maria Perez (Mark Shearman)

Men:

20kmW: 1 Francesco Fortunato ITA 1:18:59; 2 Perseus Karlström SWE 1:19:27; 3 Massimo Stano ITA 1:20:07; 4 Luís Alberto Amezcua ESP 1:20:24; 5 Paul McGrath ESP 1:21:15; 6 Veli-Matti Partanen FIN 1:21:26; 7 Diego García ESP 1:21:42; 8 Nils Brembach GER 1:21:54; 9 Gabriel Bordier FRA 1:22:00; 10 João Vieira POR 1:22:08; 11 Andrea Cosi ITA 1:22:48; 12 Salih Korkmaz TUR 1:23:12; 13 Leo Köpp GER 1:23:59; 14 Maryan Zakalnytskyy UKR 1:24:27; 15 Serhiy Svitlychnyy UKR 1:24:28; 16 David Kenny IRL 1:24:31; 17 Mazlum Demir TUR 1:24:46; 18 Joni Hava FIN 1:24:46; 19 Aléxandros Papamihaíl GRE 1:24:52; 20 Gianluca Picchiottino ITA 1:25:47
35kmW: 1 Álvaro Martín ESP 2:25:35; 2 Christopher Linke GER 2:27:05 NR; 3 Miguel Ángel López ESP 2:27:33; 4 Aurelien Quinion FRA 2:29:32; 5 Andrea Agrusti ITA 2:30:16; 6 Riccardo Orsoni ITA 2:30:38; 7 Carl Dohmann GER 2:31:16; 8 Marc Tur ESP 2:32:06; 9 Ihor Hlavan UKR 2:32:50; 10 Jakub Jelonek POL 2:34:21; 11 Artur Brzozowski POL 2:34:41; 12 Stefano Chiesa ITA 2:34:46; 13 Ivan Banzeruk UKR 2:34:52; 14 Valeriy Litanyuk UKR 2:35:46; 15 Manuel Bermúdez ESP 2:35:46; 16 Narcis Mihaila ROU 2:37:23; 17 Michele Antonelli ITA 2:38:06; 18 Ioánnis Kafkás GRE 2:40:53; 19 Bence Venyercsán HUN 2:40:58; 20 Hugo Andrieu FRA 2:41:33
U20 10kmW: 1 Diego Giampaolo ITA 42:16; 2 Hayrettin Yildiz TUR 42:24; 3 Pablo Rodríguez ESP 42:37

Women:

20kmW: 1 Antigóni Drisbióti GRE 1:29:17; 2 Antonella Palmisano ITA 1:29:19; 3 Ana Cabecinha POR 1:29:35; 4 Lyudmyla Olyanovska UKR 1:29:58; 5 Olena Sobchuk UKR 1:30:48; 6 Clemence Beretta FRA 1:31:14; 7 Antia Chamosa ESP 1:31:24; 8 Valentina Trapletti ITA 1:32:09; 9 Pauline Stey FRA 1:32:21; 10 Saskia Feige GER 1:32:49; 11 Alexandrina Mihai ITA 1:32:55; 12 Eliška Martínková 1:33:02; 13 Mar Juárez ESP 1:33:29; 14 Katarzyna Zdziebło POL 1:34:18; 15 Olga Chojecka POL 1:34:22; 16 Hanna Shеvchuk UKR 1:34:25; 17 Hristína Papadopoúlou GRE 1:34:30; 18 Eleonora Giorgi ITA 1:34:34; 19 Vitória Oliveira POR 1:34:41; 20 Carmen Escariz ESP 1:35:42; 21 Meryem Bekmez TUR 1:35:48; 22 Camille Moutard FRA 1:35:50; 23 Lucia Redondo ESP 1:35:53; 24 Carolina Costa POR 1:35:59; 25 Inês Mendes POR 1:37:49; 26 Heather Lewis GBR 1:38:13
35kmW: 1 Mária Pérez ESP 2:37:15 WR; 2 Raquel González ESP 2:45:42; 3 Cristina Montesinos ESP 2:45:58; 4 Federica Curiazzi ITA 2:49:39; 5 Nicole Colombi ITA 2:52:13; 6 Inês Henriques POR 2:53:14; 7 Vasylyna Vitovshchyk UKR 2:54:35; 8 Kiriakí Filtisákou GRE 2:55:00; 9 Paula Juarez ESP 2:55:14; 10 Alina Tsviliy UKR 2:55:39; 11 Rita Récsei HUN 2:57:42; 12 Ana Veronica Rodean ROU 2:59:18; 13 Valentyna Myronchuk UKR 2:59:45; 14 Bethan Davies GBR 3:00:13; 15 Bianka Dittrich GER 3:00:55
U20 10kmW: 1 Giulia Gabriele ITA 46:42; 2 Aldara Meilan ESP 47:45; 3 Ana Delahaie FRA 48:04

Lang Laufnacht, Karlsruhe, Germany, May 20

Tom Mortimer easily won the 5000m in 13:33.05.

Men:

800: 1 Filip Ostrowski POL 1:45.62; 2 Robert Farken 1:45.65; 3 Luis Oberbeck 1:46.35; 4 Jared Micallef MLT 1:46.50 NR
1500: 1 Jochem Vermeulen BEL 3:35.80; 2 Narve Gilje Nordås NOR 3:35.91; 3 Ruben Verheyden BEL 3:36.13; 4 Jye Edwards AUS 3:36.77; 5 Joao Capistrano M. Bussotti Neves Junior ITA 3:36.79; 6 Julian Ranc FRA 3:37.42; 7 Darragh McElhinney IRL 3:38.17; 8 Tim Verbaandert NED 3:38.37; 9 Topi Raitanen FIN 3:38.47; 10 Samuel Pihlström SWE 3:38.76; 11 Giovanni Filippi ITA 3:39.18; 12 Christoph Kessler 3:39.31; 13 Noah Baltus NED 3:39.93. Race B: 1 Pieter Sisk BEL 3:37.01; 2 Joonas Rinne FIN 3:39.48; 3 Kristian Uldbjerg Hansen DEN 3:40.03; 4 Santtu Heikkinen FIN 3:40.32; 5 Callum Elson GBR 3:40.67; 6 Ben Macmillan GBR 3:41.24
5000: 1 Tom Mortimer GBR 13:33.05; 2 Barnabas Kipkoech KEN 13:41.52; 3 Jacopo De Marchi ITA 13:45.46
3000SC: 1 Enrico Vecchi ITA 8:35.11. Race B: 1 Aarno Liebl SUI 8:54.23 NU20R

Tom Mortimer (James Rhodes)

Women:

800: 1 Katharina Trost 2:04.72; 2 Jerneja Smonkar SLO 2:04.74
1500: 1 Joceline Wind SUI 4:13.01; 2 Caterina Granz 4:13.68; 3 Aimee Pratt GBR 4:13.92
5000: 1 Maruša Mišmaš-Zrimsek SLO 15:08.12 NR; 2 Klara Lukan SLO 15:11.88; 3 Agate Caune LAT 15:12.94 NU20R; 4 Mariana Machado POR 15:15.56; 5 Viktória Wagner-Gyürkes HUN 15:24.21; 6 Lisa Rooms BEL 15:27.92; 7 Maria Forero ESP 15:27.99; 8 Megan Keith GBR 15:32.15; 20 Ellie Wallace GBR 16:00.20
3000SC: 1 Olivia Gürth 9:41.23; 2 Michelle Finn IRL 9:43.83; 3 Veerle Bakker NED 9:52.95; 11 Sarah Tait GBR 10:06.51

HALPLUS – Westerfage, Halle, Germany, May 20-21

European bronze medallist Lawrence Okoye won the discus with a 64.78m throw. Scott Lincoln was third in the shot with a 20.68m throw.

Michael Allison, who already has the European under-20 standard of 69.00m, won the under-20 javelin with a 68.91m throw.

Norwegian Sigrid Borge won the women’s javelin by almost 10 metres with a 66.50m throw.

Lawrence Okoye (Getty)

Men:

SP: 1 Zane Weir ITA 21.74; 2 Leonardo Fabbri ITA 20.75; 3 Scott Lincoln GBR 20.68; 4 Mesud Pezer BIH 20.40; 5 Marcus Thomsen NOR 19.71; 6 Wictor Petersson SWE 19.00
DT: 1 Lawrence Okoye GBR 64.78; 2 Martin Marković CRO 63.27; 3 Henrik Janssen 63.16; 4 David Wrobel 63.07; 5 Martynas Alekna LTU 62.80; 6 Daniel Jasinski 62.75; 7 Clemens Prüfer 62.57; 8 Henning Prüfer 61.92; 9 Gudni Valur Guðnason ISL 61.60; 10 Simon Pettersson SWE 60.68; 11 Christoph Harting 60.38; 12 Robert Urbanek POL 60.37. Competition B: 1 Steven Richter 60.89; 2 Mauricio Ortega COL 59.60
HT: 1 Ragnar Carlsson SWE 75.27; 2 Merlin Hummel 74.74; 3 Sören Klose 74.15; 4 Wang Qi CHN 72.07; 5 Adam Paul Kelly EST 71.74; 6 Hilmar Örn Jónsson ISL 71.60; 7 Mohammed Al-Dubaisi KSA 70.96 NR
JT: 1 Max Dehning 77.20; 2 Thomas Röhler 75.85

U23 DT: 1 Marius Karges 63.74; 2 Steven Richter 63.17; 3 Mika Sosna 62.87

U20:
HT: 1 Iosef Kesides CYP 77.78; 2 Miklós Csekő HUN 76.64; 4 Kai Barham GBR 68.18
JT: 1 Michael Allison GBR 68.91

Women:

SP: 1 Chase Ealey USA 20.06; 2 Auriol Dongmo POR 19.16; 3 Ma Yue CHN 18.88; 4 Sara Gambetta 18.78; 5 Yemisi Ogunleye 18.53; 6 Fanny Roos SWE 18.23; 7 María Belén Toimil ESP 17.56; 8 Katharina Maisch 17.47
DT: 1 Feng Bin CHN 66.70; 2 Kristin Pudenz 66.34; 3 Shanice Craft 65.89; 4 Marike Steinacker 63.92; 5 Claudine Vita 62.14; 6 Daria Zabawska POL 60.81
HT: 1 Katrine Koch Jacobsen DEN 70.53; 2 Xu Xinying CHN 70.03; 3 Ji Li CHN 69.63; 4 Huang Weilu CHN 68.03; 5 Grete Ahlberg SWE 68.03
JT: 1 Sigrid Borge NOR 66.50; 2 Kathryn Mitchell AUS 57.16. Competition B: 5 Freya Jones GBR 47.62

U23

SP: 1 Nina Ndubuisi 17.63; 2 Serena Vincent GBR 16.37
HT: 1 Esther Imariagbee 67.48; 6 Anna Merritt GBR 56.07;
JT: 1 Mackenzie Mielczarek AUS 59.59

Tucson, USA, May 20

Men:

PV: 1 Tray Oates 5.50
DT: 1 Jeffrey Williams 62.80; 2 Tuergong Abuduaini CHN 62.13; 3 Joseph Brown 60.20

Women:

SP: 1 Sarah Mitton CAN 18.86; 2 Song Jiayuan CHN 18.72; 3 Zhang Linru CHN 18.64; 4 Divine Oladipo GBR 16.81
HT: 1 Lisa Wilson 68.12

Randalls Island, USA, May 19

Men:

200 (1.5): 1 Eric Harrison TTO 20.55; 2 Micaiah Harris 20.56
800: 1 Bryce Hoppel 1:46.07; 2 Ryan Sanchez PUR 1:46.80; 3 Isaiah Harris 1:47.18; 7 Thomas Randolph GBR 1:47.67
1500: 1 John Reniewicki 3:39.10; 2 Adam Fogg GBR 3:39.60; 3 Casey Comber 3:39.80; 4 Charles Philibert-Thiboutot CAN 3:39.91
5000: 1 Thomas Fafard CAN 13:33.00; 3 Liam Dee GBR 13:51.00
3000SC: 1 Jean-Simon Desgagnés CAN 8:23.32; 2 Anthony Rotich 8:26.98; 3 Alec Basten 8:27.14; 4 Benard Keter 8:30.77; 8 Jamaine Coleman GBR 8:43.79
Open 100 (1.4): 1 Cejhae Greene ANT 10.23

Women:

800: 1 Ajee’ Wilson 2:01.28; 2 Adelle Tracey JAM 2:02.03; 3 Allie Wilson 2:02.46; 4 Sammy Watson 2:02.51; 5 Charlene Lipsey 2:02.72;
1500: 1 Alexina Teubel 4:07.68; 4 Elizabeth Bird GBR 4:15.81; 5 Ellie Leather GBR 4:16.04; 6 Gemma Finch GBR 4:16.08
5000: 1 Alma Cortes MEX 15:30.68; 2 Marielle Hall 15:31.47; 3 Grace Moore 15:36.41
3000SC: 1 Parul Chaudhary IND 9:41.88
Open 1500: 2 India Weir GBR 4:23.19;

Bogota, Colombia, May 19-21

Men: U20 100 (1.9): 1 Renan Correa BRA 10.01 =NR AU20R; 2 Ronal Longa 10.08 NR NU20R

Tucson, USA, May 18-20

Roger Steen won the shot with a 22.08m PB while Fedrick Dacres threw 68.57m in the discus.

Men:
SP: 1 Roger Steen 22.08; 2 Rajindra Campbell JAM 20.47; 3 Eric Favors IRL 20.20
DT: 1 Fedrick Dacres JAM 68.57; 2 Alex Rose SAM 66.91; 3 Sam Mattis 64.64; 4 Andrew Evans 62.24; 5 Jeffrey Williams 61.35; 6 Jordan Roach 61.10; 7 Josh Syrotchen 61.08; 8 Tuergong Abuduaini CHN 61.00; 9 Marcus Gustaveson 60.24
HT: 1 Diego Del Real MEX 76.69; 2 Sean Donnelly 76.37; 3 Adam Keenan CAN 74.87; 4 Erich Sullins 74.56; 5 Jerome Vega PUR 73.98 NR; 6 Jordan Geist 73.65; 7 Brock Eager 73.63; 8 Joe Ellis GBR 72.01; 9 Avery Carter 71.82
JT: 1 Carlos Armenta MEX 79.67
Women:
SP: 1 Jessica Woodard 18.73; 2 Song Jiayuan CHN 18.63; 3 Zhang Linru CHN 18.39; 7 Divine Oladipo GBR 15.91
DT: 1 Ashley Anumba NGR 60.97; 2 Micaela Hazlewood 59.70; 3 Wang Fang CHN 57.36
HT: 1 Maggie Ewen 75.10; 2 Jillian Shippee 72.48; 3 Erin Reese 71.51; 4 Stamatía Skarvélis GRE 69.79; 5 Rachel Tanczos 69.73; 6 Nayoka Clunis JAM 68.93; 7 Lisa Wilson 68.50; 8 Sade Olatoye NGR 68.38
JT: 1 Sun Xiaomei CHN 57.18

COPENHAGEN MARATHON, Denmark, May 14

Kenyan men dominated with Solomon Kirwa Yego, a sub-59 half-marathoner winning in 2:09:12.

Kenya also provided the women’s winner through Rodah Tanui’s 2:23:14 with Britain’s Philippa Bowden excelling to take third in a PB 2:29:16 while Anya Culling was eighth in a PB 2:34:45.

Philippa Bowden (Sparta Billeder)

Men: 1 S Kirwa KEN 2:09:12; 2 K Keter KEN 2:09:41; 3 E Kiptoo KEN 2:09:51; 15 Alex Lawrence GBR 2:19:38; 17 Matt Crehan GBR 2:20:21; 28 W Fikre Leeds 2:26:10

Rodah Chepkorir Tanui (Sparta Billeder)

Women: 1 R Tanui KEN 2:23:14; 2 V Mateiko KEN 2:25:05; 3 Philippa Bowden GBR 2:29:16; 4 A Aberta ETH 2:29:58; 5 R Molla ETH 2:30:49; 8 Anya Culling GBR 2:34:45; 12 S O’Gorman 2:41:58; 18 Melissa Hawtin GBR 2:47:42; 25 R Burns 2:55:18; 26 M Gibson 2:56:05

Kip Keino Classic, Continental Tour Gold, Nairobi, Kenya, May 13

See report here.

Men:
100 (-0.5): 1 Ferdinand Omanyala 9.84; 2 Kenny Bednarek USA 9.98; 3 Marvin Bracy USA 10.03; 4 Emmanuel Eseme CMR 10.03 NR; 5 Brandon Carnes USA 10.14; 6 Pablo Mateo FRA 10.18; 7 Jerome Blake CAN 10.20.
200 (0.9): 1 Aaron Brown CAN 20.12; 2 Kyree King USA 20.18; 3 Joe Fahnbulleh LBR 20.19; 4 Filippo Tortu ITA 20.30; 5 Mouhamadou Fall FRA 20.49; 6 Blessing Afrifa ISR 20.76; 7 Isaac Makwala BOT 20.80
400: 1 Muzala Samukonga ZAM 44.25; 2 Vernon Norwood USA 44.68; 3 Gilles Biron FRA 45.52; 4 Boniface Mweresa 45.73; 5 Dylan Borlée BEL 45.85; 6 Kevin Borlée BEL 46.15
800: 1 Emmanuel Wanyonyi 1:43.32; 2 Wycliffe Kinyamal 1:43.66; 3 Timothy Cheruiyot 1:44.99; 4 Tshepiso Masalela BOT 1:45.24; 5 Tolesa Bodena ETH 1:45.79; 6 Tshepo Tshite RSA 1:45.89; 7 Aaron Kemei 1:46.20; 8 Elias Ngeny 1:46.62; 9 Ferguson Rotich 1:46.78; 10 Collins Kipruto 1:46.91
1500: 1 Raynold Kipkorir 3:32.01; 2 Abel Kipsang 3:32.70; 3 Vincent Keter 3:36.92; 4 Adisu Girma ETH 3:37.80; 5 Kamar Etyang 3:37.84; 6 Yohannes Asmare ETH 3:38.07; 7 Ermiyas Girma ETH 3:38.35; 8 Yele Aemero ETH 3:39.09; 9 Ali Abdulmena ETH 3:39.69; 10 Boaz Kiprugut 3:39.96; 11 Cornelius Tuwei 3:40.55
5000: 1 Teddese Lemi ETH 13:26.58; 2 Ishmael Rokitto 13:27.34; 3 Peter Maru UGA 13:28.14; 4 Emmanuel Kiprop 13:36.79; 5 Mohamed Ismail Ibrahim DJI 13:44.75; 6 Taha Adem ETH 13:45.50
3000SC: 1 Amos Kirui 8:18.45; 2 Abraham Kibiwot 8:19.71; 3 Leonard Bett 8:20.02; 4 Leonard Chemutai UGA 8:23.53; 5 Amos Serem 8:29.56; 6 Benjamin Kigen 8:30.81
HT: 1 Wojciech Nowicki POL 79.78; 2 Ethan Katzberg CAN 76.38; 3 Donát Varga HUN 74.12; 4 Hilmar Örn Jónsson ISL 74.11; 5 Hrístos Frantzeskákis GRE 73.59
JT: 1 Timothy Herman BEL 87.35 NR; 2 Anderson Peters GRN 85.72; 3 Ihab Abdelrahman EGY 81.04; 4 Waldo Smith RSA 78.83; 5 Julius Yego 77.24; 6 Rolands Štrobinders LAT 77.21

Women:
100 (2.5): 1 TeeTee Terry USA 10.86; 2 Zoe Hobbs NZL 10.97; 3 Rani Rosius BEL 11.08; 4 Bassant Hemida EGY 11.09; 5 Gina Bass GAM 11.09; 6 Esther Mbagari 11.66
200 (1.7): 1 Sha’Carri Richardson USA 22.07; 2 Kyra Jefferson USA 22.77; 3 Shannon Ray USA 22.82; 4 Gina Bass GAM 22.91; 5 Arialis Martinez POR 23.05
800: 1 Mary Moraa 1:58.83; 2 Netsanet Desta ETH 2:00.14; 3 Vivian Chebet 2:00.54; 4 Tigist Girma ETH 2:00.97; 5 Prudence Sekgodisa RSA 2:01.19; 6 Naomi Korir 2:01.82
1500: 1 Janat Chemusto UGA 4:01.79; 2 Nelly Chepchirchir 4:04.56; 3 Hawi Abera ETH 4:06.15; 4 Winfred Yavi BRN 4:06.34; 5 Lydia Lagat 4:07.02; 6 Dadi Bube ETH 4:07.05; 7 Winny Chebet 4:07.32; 8 Sarah Chelangat UGA 4:08.00; 9 Edina Jebitok 4:09.11; 10 Brenda Chebet 4:09.49; 11 Qsanet Alemu ETH 4:09.88
5000: 1 Beatrice Chebet 15:15.82; 2 Margaret Kipkemboi 15:16.28; 3 Judy Kiyeng 15:16.66; 4 Caroline Nyaga 15:20.01; 5 Grace Loibach Nawowuna 15:27.01; 6 Tsige Debay Tadese ETH 15:35.25; 7 Betty Chelangat 15:38.09; 8 Mirriam Cherop 15:38.12
3000SC: 1 Beatrice Chepkoech 9:13.51; 2 Faith Cherotich 9:15.08; 3 Jackline Chepkoech 9:25.63; 4 Lomi Muleta ETH 9:30.66; 5 Doris Lengole Cherop 9:41.38; 6 Caren Chebet 9:44.32; 7 Aynalem Desta ETH 9:48.79; 8 Celestine Biwott 9:49.29; 9 Purity Kirui 9:51.60; 10 Fancy Cherono 9:55.57; 11 Birhanu Gebregiorgis ETH 9:57.01
HJ: 1 Yaroslava Mahuchikh UKR 2.00; 2 Laura Zialor GBR 1.90; 3 Kateryna Tabashnyk UKR 1.86; 4 Yuliya Levchenko UKR 1.86; 5 Solene Gicquel FRA 1.86; 5 Yelizaveta Matveyeva KAZ 1.86; 7 Kimberly Williamson JAM 1.82; 8 Maryna Kovtunova UKR 1.78
HT: 1 Janee’ Kassanavoid USA 74.25; 2 Janeah Stewart USA 71.43; 3 Anita Włodarczyk POL 70.27; 4 Bianca Ghelber ROU 69.62

Meeting der krummen Strecken, Pliezhausen, Germany, May 14

Men: 150 (1.6): 1 Alex Haydock-Wilson GBR 15.34; 1 Samuel García ESP 15.65w; 2 James Adebola 15.75
300: 1 Jean Paul Bredau 33.10; 2 Joshua Abuaku 33.18. B: 1 Alex Haydock-Wilson GBR 32.39; 2 Samuel García ESP 32.99; 3 Constantin Preis 33.31
600: 1 Henning Schiel 1:19.79. B: 1 Tobias Grønstad NOR 1:15.33; 2 Luis Oberbeck 1:15.34; 3 Filip Šnejdr CZE 1:16.53; 4 Robin Oester SUI 1:17.33; 5 Adrian Engstler 1:18.42; 6 Ivan Pelizza SUI 1:19.04; 7 Yevhen Hutsol UKR 1:19.97
1000: 1 Tim Holzapfel 2:21.81
2000SC: 1 Osama Zoghlami ITA 5:29.26; 2 Ala Zoghlami ITA 5:32.24; 3 Nick Jäger 5:33.54
300H: Race 2: 1 Joshua Abuaku 35.40; 2 Sinan Ören TUR 35.91. Race 3: 1 Emil Nana Kwame Agyekum 35.97; 2 Dany Brand SUI 36.23

Women:
150 (0.8):
1 Lisa Nippgen 17.03; 2 Holly Okuku 17.31. B (2.1): 1 Rosina Schneider 17.23
300: 1 Skadi Schier 37.47. B: 1 Elisa Lechleitner 37.58
600: 1 Adrianna Topolnicka POL 1:26.84; 2 Christina Hering 1:27.03; 3 Lucia Sturm 1:28.11; 4 Lisa Sophie Hartmann 1:28.51; 5 Jennifer Hauke 1:28.97; 6 Laura Wilhelm 1:29.52
1000: 1 Majtie Kolberg 2:37.85; 2 Katharina Trost 2:38.04
3000: 1 Alina Reh 8:53.37
2000SC: 1 Olivia Gürth 6:21.38; 2 Julia Koralewska POL 6:30.87
300H: Race 2: 1 Eileen Demes 41.02; 2 Annina Fahr SUI 41.33. Race 4: 1 Carolina Krafzik 39.13; 2 Eileen Demes 40.10; 3 Annina Fahr SUI 40.75

Sun Belt, Myrtle Beach, USA, May 11-13

Men: 100 (2.5): 1 Myles Thomas 10.16
200 (1.8): 1 Taahir Kelly 20.74; 2 Dominick Yancy 20.74
400: 1 Dominick Yancy 45.79; 2 Taahir Kelly 45.84; 3 Omar Austin 46.20;
800: 1 Lasse Funck GER 1:50.00
1500: 1 Hannes Fahl GER 3:58.66
5000: 1 Kirami Yego KEN 13:59.07
10000: 1 Kirami Yego KEN 29:18.97;#
3000SC: 1 Calbert Guest 8:54.06
110H (1.3): 1 William Glass 13.82
400H: 1 Javed Jones JAM 50.96
HJ: 1 Ali Eren Ünlü TUR 2.23
PV: 1 Bradley Jelmert 5.56
LJ: 1 Chris Preddie 7.36
TJ: 1 Jeremy Nelson
SP: 1 Javon Osbourne JAM 18.40
DT: 1 Francois Prinsloo RSA 61.20
HT: 1 Aimar-Genís Palma ESP 68.37
JT: 1 Callan Saldutto CAN 73.67
Dec: 1 Colby Eddowes AUS 7349
4×100: 1 Texas State 39.74
4×400: 1 Texas State 3:07.08
Women:
100 (0.9): 1 Sedrickia Wynn 11.28; 2 Alexis Glasco 11.29
200 (3.2): 1 Sedrickia Wynn 23.06
400: 1 Trinity Benson 54.06; 7 Holly Mpassy GBR 55.59
800: 1 Kimone Campbell JAM 2:07.21
1500: 1 Pauline Meyer GER 4:26.67
5000: 1 Pauline Meyer GER 16:16.24; 5 Molly Jones GBR 16:47.63
10,000: 1 Lauren Tinkler IRL 34:36.61
3000SC: 1 Pauline Meyer GER 10:11.04
100H (3.4): 1 Alexis Glasco 13.06
400H: 1 Mikah Alleyne 57.77
HJ: 1 Kiara Risher 1.79
PV: 1 Macie Majoy 3.96
LJ: 1 Eunice Ilunga Mbuyi FRA 6.07
TJ: 1 Eunice Ilunga Mbuyi FRA 13.09
SP: 1 Colette Uys RSA 16.86
DT: 1 Bodine Degli Umberti RSA 53.04
HT: 1 Elísabet Rut Rúnarsdóttir ISL 65.53 rec
JT: 1 Maria Bienvenu 52.87
Hep: 1 Camryn Newton-Smith AUS 5818
4×100: 1 Texas State 44.46
4×400: 1 Southern Miss. 3:39.01

SEC Championships, Baton Rouge, USA, May 11-13

Men:
100 (1.3): 1 Godson Oghenebrume NGR 10.04; 2 Favour Ashe NGR 10.08; 3 Dorian Camel 10.19. Heat 2 (1.4): 1 Javonte Harding 10.13; 2 PJ Austin 10.14; 3 Ryan Martin 10.17. Heat 3 (1.3): 1 Favour Ashe NGR 10.06; 2 Muhd Azeem Fahmi MAS 10.11; 3 Dorian Camel 10.16. Heat 4 (1.6): 1 Da’Marcus Fleming 10.16
200 (0.6): 1 Robert Gregory 20.12; 2 Javonte Harding 20.14; 3 Tarsis Orogot UGA 20.34; 4 Jacory Patterson 20.47; 5 Matthew Boling 20.52; 6 Dorian Camel 20.61. Heat 1 (1.7): 1 Jacory Patterson 20.45; 2 Emmanuel Bynum 20.51; 3 Cameron Crump 20.61. Heat 2 (1.8): 1 Tarsis Orogot UGA 20.18 NR; 2 Dorian Camel 20.41. Heat 3 (2.3): 1 Kennedy Lightner 20.32; 2 Da’Marcus Fleming 20.38. Heat 4 (-1.4): 1 Javonte Harding 20.12; 2 Matthew Boling 20.36. Heat 5 (-1.2): 1 Robert Gregory 20.31; 2 Brandon Miller 20.63; 3 Godson Oghenebrume NGR 20.72
1500: 1 Anass Essayi MAR 3:41.52; 2 Shane Bracken IRL 3:43.79. Heat 2: 1 Shane Bracken IRL 3:42.74
5000: 1 Dylan Jacobs 13:36.93
10,000: 1 Victor Kiprop KEN 29:58.43
3000SC: 1 Francesco Romano 8:54.79; 7 Alex Alston GBR 9:09.95
110H (0.0): 1 Devon Brooks 13.53; 2 Phillip Lemonious JAM 13.63; 3 Rasheem Brown CAY 13.64. Heat 1 (2.3): 1 Devon Brooks 13.36; 2 Rasheem Brown CAY 13.43; 3 Connor Schulman 13.45; 4 Matthew Sophia NED 13.59. Heat 2 (2.7): 1 Phillip Lemonious JAM 13.42; 2 Leonard Mustari 13.51.
400H: 1 Ayden Owens-Delerme PUR 48.26; 2 Chris Robinson 48.36; 3 Caleb Cavanaugh 49.07; 4 Sean Burrell 49.32; 5 Rasheeme Griffith BAR 49.40; 6 James Smith 49.47. Heat 1: 1 Chris Robinson 49.25; 2 Corde Long 49.32; 3 Clement Ducos FRA 49.68. Heat 2: 1 Caleb Cavanaugh 49.04; 2 Ja’Kwan Hale 49.18; 3 James Smith 49.30; 4 Sean Burrell 50.32. Heat 3: 1 Ayden Owens-Delerme PUR 49.12; 2 Rasheeme Griffith BAR 49.33
HJ: 1 Roberto Vilches MEX 2.21
PV: 1 Keaton Daniel 5.65; 2 Jack Mann 5.40 AU20R; 3 Zach Davis 5.40
LJ: 1 Wayne Pinnock JAM 8.37; 2 Carey McLeod JAM 8.14; 3 Cameron Crump 8.00
TJ: 1 Jaydon Hibbert JAM 17.87 AU20R; 2 Ryan Brown JAM 16.43
SP: 1 Jordan West 20.57; 2 John Meyer 20.50; 3 Josh Sobota 20.42
DT: 1 Roje Stona JAM 68.64; 2 Ralford Mullings JAM 62.00; 3 Alan De Falchi BRA 61.82; 4 Claudio Romero CHI 60.85
HT: 1 Tarik Robinson-O’Hagan 71.25
JT: 1 Marc Minichello 79.50
Dec: 1 Kyle Garland 8589
4×100: 1 LSU 37.90; 2 Florida 37.93; 3 Georgia 38.87
4×400: 1 Florida 2:57.76; 2 Alabama 2:58.01; 3 Georgia 2:59.63; 4 Kentucky 3:02.31; 5 LSU 3:03.16; 6 Texas A&M Conrath FRA 3:03.48
Women:
100 (0.9): 1 Jacious Sears 10.96; 2 Kaila Jackson 11.04; 3 McKenzie Long 11.04; 4 Ackera Nugent JAM 11.13; 5 Favour Ofili NGR 11.17; 6 Anthaya Charlton BAH 11.23; 7 Semira Killebrew 11.25; 8 Camryn Dickson 11.28. Heat 1 (0.4): 1 Anthaya Charlton BAH 11.11. Heat 2 (-0.1): 1 Kaila Jackson 11.20; 2 Favour Ofili NGR 11.35. Heat 3 (0.9): 1 Ackera Nugent JAM 11.16; 2 McKenzie Long 11.28. Heat 4 (1.8): 1 Jacious Sears 11.08; 2 Semira Killebrew 11.23
200 (0.0): 1 McKenzie Long 22.39; 2 Jacious Sears 22.45; 3 Kaila Jackson 22.65; 4 Talitha Diggs 22.72; 5 Karimah Davis 22.84; 6 Favour Ofili NGR 22.89. Heat 1 (0.4): 1 Karimah Davis 22.92. Heat 2 (-1.9): 1 McKenzie Long 22.82. Heat 5 (0.1): 1 Jacious Sears 22.65; 2 Kenondra Davis 23.00. Heat 6 (-0.2): 1 Kaila Jackson 22.83. Heat 7 (1.7): 1 Favour Ofili NGR 22.58; 2 Talitha Diggs 22.68; 3 Rosey Effiong 22.85
400: 1 Britton Wilson 49.13; 2 Tierra Robinson-Jones 50.54; 3 Talitha Diggs 50.74; 4 Jermaisha Arnold 50.98; 5 Aaliyah Butler 51.32; 6 Aaliyah Pyatt 51.42; 7 Nickisha Pryce JAM 51.49. Heat 1: 1 Jermaisha Arnold 51.07; 2 Aaliyah Butler 51.39; 3 Taiya Shelby 51.43. Heat 2: 1 Britton Wilson 49.40; 2 Amber Anning GBR 51.84. Heat 3: 1 Tierra Robinson-Jones 51.34; 2 Aaliyah Pyatt 51.34. Heat 4: 1 Rosey Effiong 51.53. Heat 5: 1 Talitha Diggs 50.78; 2 Nickisha Pryce JAM 51.43; 3 Ella Onojuvwewo NGR 51.85
800: 1 Michaela Rose 1:59.73
1500: 1 Şilan Ayyıldız TUR 4:17.67
5000: 1 Parker Valby 15:25.03; 2 Mercy Chelangat KEN 15:25.07; 3 Hilda Olemomoi KEN 15:28.12; 8 Julia Paternain GBR 16:25.80;
10,000: 1 Sydney Thorvaldson 35:07.50; 2 Julia Paternain GBR 35:07.76
3000SC: 1 Kristel van den Berg NED 9:56.56
100H (0.4): 1 Alia Armstrong 12.40; 2 Ackera Nugent JAM 12.43; 3 Masai Russell 12.47; 4 Charisma Taylor BAH 12.84; 5 Rosealee Cooper JAM 13.00. Heat 1 (2.2): 1 Alia Armstrong 12.31; 2 Ackera Nugent JAM 12.49. Heat 2 (2.2): 1 Masai Russell 12.47; 2 Charisma Taylor BAH 12.93; 3 Grace Stark 12.97; 4 Rosealee Cooper JAM 12.99
400H: 1 Britton Wilson 53.28; 2 Masai Russell 55.21; 3 Vanessa Watson 55.59; 4 Madison Langley-Walker 56.60; 5 Brooke Overholt CAN 56.98. Heat 1: 1 Masai Russell 56.32; 2 Uwemedino Akpan Abasiono NGR 56.57; 3 Brooke Overholt CAN 56.64; 4 Allyria McBride 56.72. Heat 2: 1 Britton Wilson 53.76; 2 Madison Langley-Walker 56.87; 3 Kyla Robinson-Hubbard 56.94. Heat 3: 1 Vanessa Watson 55.64; 2 Shani’a Bellamy 56.69
HJ: 1 Lamara Distin JAM 1.91; 2 Yelena Kulichenko CYP 1.88
PV: 1 Amanda Fassold 4.35
LJ: 1 Jasmine Moore 6.88; 2 Anthaya Charlton BAH 6.74; 3 Claire Bryant 6.68; 4 Charisma Taylor BAH 6.51
TJ: 1 Jasmine Moore 14.14; 2 Charisma Taylor BAH 13.99; 3 Mikeisha Welcome VIN 13.68w; 4 Arianna Fisher 13.52w
SP: 1 Alida van Daalen NED 18.07; 2 Jalani Davis 17.94
DT: 1 Veronica Fraley 62.84
HT: 1 Madi Malone 68.69
JT: 1 Lianna Davidson AUS 57.65
Hep: 1 Beatričė Juškevičiūtė LTU 6079; 2 Joniar Thomas GRN 5941 rec
4×100: 1 LSU 42.92; 2 Kentucky 42.93; 3 Georgia 43.20; 4 Ole Miss 43.43; 5 Florida 43.48
4×400: 1 Texas A&M 3:26.64; 2 Arkansas 3:27.91; 3 Tennessee 3:29.98

WAC, Nacogdoches, USA, May 11-13

Men: 100 (0.6): 1 Kyle De Moica 10.37
200 (0.9): 1 Justin Raines 20.62; 2 Jack Marshall 20.67; 3 Erin Brown 20.73. Heat 4 (1.2): 2 Joseph Harding GBR 21.29;
400: 1 Erin Brown 45.85
800: 1 Jackson Cichon 1:50.03
1500: 1 Valentin Soca URU 3:42.09;
5000: 1 Habtamu Cheney 14:06.57
10,000: 1 Habtamu Cheney 30:45.53
3000SC: 1 Hayden Harward 8:43.96
110H (1.7): 1 Joel Bengtsson SWE 13.64; 2 Jamal January 13.66
400H: 1 Nicholas Grullon 52.70
HJ: 1 Alan Palmer 2.10
PV: 1 Branson Ellis 5.49
LJ: 1 Aaron Johnson 7.77
TJ: 1 Astley Davis JAM 16.12
SP: 1 Cobe Graham JAM 17.93
DT: 1 Oscar Rodriguez 55.97
HT: 1 Luke Thielemann 61.26
Dec: 1 Lucas van Klaveren NED 7457
4×100: 1 Grand Canyon 39.69
4×400: 1 Southern Utah 3:08.20
Women:
100 (0.0): 1 Gurode Rajer 11.41. Heat 1 (1.5): 1 Gurode Rajer 11.37
200 (0.3): 1 Jhana Downie 23.37. Heat 6 (1.0): 1 Jhana Downie 23.27
400: 1 Jhana Downie 52.72; 2 Tatiyana Terrell 52.79
800: 1 Kelly Moodry 2:04.97
1500: 1 Maelle Porcher FRA 4:20.36
5000: 1 Everlyn Kemboi KEN 15:45.85
10,000: 1 Everlyn Kemboi KEN 34:12.36
3000SC: 1 Greta Karinauskaitė LTU 9:35.55 U23 rec
100H (1.7): 1 Keira Christie-Galloway CAN 13.01; 2 Aliyah Logan CAN 13.08
400H: 1 Nissi Kabongo 56.99
HJ: 1 Nissi Kabongo 1.83
PV: 1 Payton Kirk 4.02
LJ: 1 Jentry Skidmore 6.20
TJ: 1 Tua-Talvikki Anttila FIN 13.03
SP: 1 Michelle Ogbermudia 16.24
DT: 1 Zoe Burleson 51.99
HT: 1 Marlene Gutierrez 62.03
JT: 1 Kelsi Oldroyd 47.63
Hep: 1 Angel Richmore SWE 5496
4×100: 1 UT-Arlington 44.20;
4×400: 1 Tarleton State 3:41.39

Big East, Villanova, USA, May 11-13

Men:
100 (0.6): 1 Joshua Paige 10.51. Heat 3 (1.0): 1 Joshua Paige 10.48;  3 Andrew Robinson GBR 10.76
200 (0.2): 1 Joshua Paige 20.85
400: 1 Michael Stanley 46.98
800: 1 Sean Dolan 1:50.60
1500: 1 Sean Donoghue IRL 3:44.90
5000: 1 Liam Murphy 13:43.32
10,000: 1 Barry Keane IRL 29:10.62
3000SC: 1 Parker Stokes 8:42.20
110H (0.0): 1 Darius Brown 13.65
400H: 1 Wellington Ventura DOM 50.10
HJ: 1 Kasey Savage 2.08
PV: 1 Travis Snyder 5.41
LJ: 1 Marc Morrison 7.64w
TJ: 1 Malik Cunningham JAM 15.87
SP: 1 Matt Brady 16.27
DT: 1 Travis Roux 50.99
HT: 1 Alex Bernstein GBR 64.78
JT: 1 Colin Winkler 72.35
Dec: 1 Simon Werven 6898
4×400: 1 Connecticut 3:10.65
Women:
100 (0.9):
1 Brooklyn Chestnut 11.81. Heat 3 (0.6): 1 Tori Carroll 11.70
200 (1.5): 1 Tatyana McKenzie JAM 24.01; 3 Isabella Hilditch GBR 24.35
400: 1 Chinenye Onourah 54.24
800: 1 Melissa Riggins 2:05.27
1500: 1 Shannon Flockhart GBR 4:14.46
5000: 1 Scrimgeour Chloe 15:50.62
10,000: 1 Sadie Sigfstead CAN 34:42.83
3000SC: 1 Angelina Ellis 9:54.10
100H (0.9): 1 Jailya Ash 13.58; 3 Isabella Hilditch GBR 13.84
400H: 1 Gabrielle Davis 60.63
HJ: 1 Roschell Clayton JAM 1.78
PV: 1 Ashley Preston 3.87
LJ: 1 Tori Carroll 6.22w
TJ: 1 Jasmine Barrow 12.76
SP: 1 Jamora Alves GRN 14.62
DT: 1 Jamora Alves GRN 51.37
HT: 1 Natalia Surdej 55.39
JT: 1 Brynn Madonna 47.77
Hep: 1 Emily Lavarnway 5572
4×100: 1 Connecticut 45.96
4×400: 1 Georgetown 3:44.32

Conference USA, Denton, USA, May 11-14

Jack Turner became just the seventh British athlete to better 8000 points in the decathlon won he won his third successive title with a score of 8011 points as the 21 year-old also bettered the European under-23 standard.

His marks were 10.44 in the 100m, 7.67m in the long jump, 12.75m in the shot, 1.92m in the high jump and 48.14 for 400m on day one. On the second day he hurdled 14.42, threw 43.31m in the discus, vaulted 4.85m, 50.85m in the javelin and 4:46.25 for the 1500m.

His previous best was 7659 points from 2021. Joel McFarlane finished third with 7661 points. There was other British success too as Tara Simpson-Sullivan won the hammer with a 67.86m throw while Ore Adamson gained a long and triple jump double with marks of 6.22m and 12.69m.

Shaun Kerry won the men’s hammer with a 64.21m throw while there was further UK success for Jessica Lambert at 800m and Caitlin Wosika at 10,000m.

Men:
100 (1.0): 1 Alaba Akintola NGR 10.05; 2 Karlington Anunagba 10.20; 3 Rodney Heath 10.24;. Heat 1 (3.0): 1 Dennis Phillips 10.20; 2 Samir Williams GBR 10.30. Heat 2 (2.8): 1 Karlington Anunagba 10.08. Heat 3 (2.9): 1 Alaba Akintola NGR 10.06. Heat 4 (3.2): 1 Rodney Heath 10.12
200 (0.1): 1 Alaba Akintola NGR 20.43. Heat 1 (3.0): 1 Karlington Anunagba 20.62. Heat 2 (2.5): 1 Alaba Akintola NGR 20.16. Heat 3 (1.7): 1 Brice Chabot 20.44
400: 1 Michael Roth CAN 46.80
800: 1 Yusuf Mohamud 1:51.17
1500: 1 Alec Esposito 3:44.29
5000: 1 Nickolas Scudder 13:51.64
10,000: 1 Nickolas Scudder 30:12.99
3000SC: 1 Victor Kibiego KEN 8:51.93
110H (0.7): 1 Eloji Stephen NGR 13.50; 2 Bashiru Abdullahi NGR 13.71. Heat 1 (3.5): 1 Justin Leaston 13.42; 2 Eloji Stephen NGR 13.47; 6 Sam Sanusi GBR 14.59w
400H: 1 Eloji Stephen NGR 52.65
HJ: 1 Jakub Bělík CZE 2.16
PV: 1 Alexander Slinkman 5.43
LJ: 1 Christie Le Roux RSA 7.63; 8 Jack Turner GBR 6.96; 11 Joel McFarlane GBR 6.65
TJ: 1 Dylan James AUS 15.49
SP: 1 Sam Welsh 17.63
DT: 1 Sam Welsh 59.56; 3 Samuel Woodley GBR 57.82
HT: 1 Shaun Kerry GBR 64.21
JT: 1 Zion Hill BAR 67.53
Dec: 1 Jack Turner GBR 8011 (10.44/2.9, 7.67/+2.3, 12.75, 1.92, 48.14, 14.42/3.3, 43.31, 4.85, 50.85, 4:46.25); 2 Grant Levesque 7903; 3 Joel McFarlane GBR 7661
4×100: 1 Utsa 39.59
4×400: 1 Charlotte 3:09.76
Women:
100 (0.9): 1 Niesha Burgher JAM 11.34; 2 Denae McFarlane JAM 11.34. Heat 1 (5.2): 1 Niesha Burgher JAM 11.08; 2 Thennelle Williams JAM 11.17. Heat 4 (3.8): 1 Joyasia Smith 11.27
200 (0.7): 1 Ta-Halia Fairman 23.05; 2 Niesha Burgher JAM 23.26. Heat 3 (1.8): 1 Niesha Burgher JAM 22.90. Heat 5 (1.9): 1 Ta-Halia Fairman 22.97
400: 1 Maya Singletary 52.03
800: 1 Jessica Lambert GBR 2:06.95; 5 Amelie Attenborough GBR 2:11.94; 7 Ava White GBR 2:14.70;
1500: 1 Alyssa Balandran 4:33.75
5000: 1 Faith Tawanda Nyathi ZIM 16:50.26; 5 Lauren Charlton GBR 17:07.77; 7 Caitlin Wosika GBR 17:11.17
10,000: 1 Caitlin Wosika GBR 36:10.93; 4 Lauren Charlton GBR 36:40.81
3000SC: 1 Karoline Daland NOR 10:34.47
100H (1.2): 1 Marissa Simpson JAM 13.27
400H: 1 Alanah Yukich AUS 57.55
HJ: 1 Katie Isenbarger 1.79
PV: 1 Filippa Miller SWE 4.35
LJ: 1 Ore Adamson GBR 6.22
TJ: 1 Ore Adamson GBR 12.69
SP: 1 Keayla Dove 18.95; 2 Erna Sóley Gunnarsdóttir ISL 16.96
DT: 1 Sarah Pullium 52.16
HT: 1 Tara Simpson-Sullivan GBR 67.86
JT: 1 Arianne Duarte Morais NOR 54.65
Hep: 1 Elīza Marija Kraule LAT 5501
4×100: 1 Charlotte 44.53
4×400: 1 Texas-El Paso 3:38.87

Pac-12, Walnut, USA, May 11-13

Men:
100 (-1.1):
1 Micah Williams 10.22; 2 Udodi Onwuzurike NGR 10.23; 6 Louie Hinchliffe GBR 10.51. Heat 1 (0.3): 1 Brendon Stewart 10.21; 2 Louie Hinchliffe GBR 10.25. Heat 2 (2.1): 1 Micah Williams 10.19. Heat 3 (2.0): 1 Udodi Onwuzurike NGR 10.09; 2 PJ Ize-Iyamu Jr 10.25; 3 Matthew Okonkwo 10.31; 4 Trayvion White-Austin 10.40; 5 Bode Brewer 10.61; 6 Kwabena Lynn 10.70; 7 Gavin Schurr 10.76; 8 Bryce Brock 10.81
200 (0.9): 1 Udodi Onwuzurike NGR 19.91; 2 Jeremiah Curry 20.15; 3 Trayvion White-Austin 20.44; 4 Justin Robinson 20.47; 5 Ashton Allen 20.59; 6 Matthew Okonkwo 20.62. Heat 2 (1.5): 1 Jeremiah Curry 20.42. Heat 3 (1.9): 1 Udodi Onwuzurike NGR 20.49
400: 1 William Jones 44.65; 2 Johnnie Blockburger 44.80; 3 Justin Robinson 45.09; 4 Dubem Nwachukwu 45.12; 5 Myles Misener-Daley CAN 45.25; 6 Gamali Felix GRN 45.36; 7 Cameron Reynolds 45.37; 8 Willington Wright 45.82. Heat 1: 1 Johnnie Blockburger 45.68; 2 Gamali Felix GRN 45.69. Heat 3: 1 Dubem Nwachukwu 45.83. Heat 4: 1 William Jones 45.22; 2 Justin Robinson 45.25; 3 Myles Misener-Daley CAN 45.89
800: 1 Sam Ellis 1:46.77
1500: 1 Nathan Green 3:42.22; 9 James Gormley GBR 3:48.34. Heat 1: 7 James Gormley GBR 3:44.69
5000: 1 Brian Fay IRL 14:08.03
10000: 1 Brian Fay IRL 28:24.90; 2 Charles Hicks GBR 28:25.12
3000SC: 1 Edward Trippas AUS 8:37.26
110H (-1.3): 1 Tade Ojora GBR 13.48. Heat 1 (1.6): 1 Tade Ojora GBR 13.41
400H: 1 Cass Elliott 49.31
HJ: 1 Elias Gerald 2.12
PV: 1 Skyler Magula 5.47
LJ: 1 Johnny Brackins 8.30w; 2 JC Stevenson 8.08w
TJ: 1 Kevin Yang 15.64
SP: 1 Jordan Geist 20.75; 2 Turner Washington 20.35
DT: 1 Mykolas Alekna LTU 70.40; 2 Turner Washington 62.92; 3 Elijah Mason 61.77; 4 Iffy Joyner 60.43
HT: 1 Jordan Geist 73.82; 2 Nikólaos Polihroníou GRE 71.02
JT: 1 Jared O’Riley CAN 71.79
4×100: 1 USC 39.05
4×400: 1 Arizona State 3:01.57; 2 UCLA 3:02.13
Women:
100 (-0.7): 1 Jadyn Mays 11.20; 2 Samirah Moody 11.26; 3 Caisja Chandler 11.27. Heat 1 (1.9): 1 Caisja Chandler 11.16. Heat 2 (0.7): 1 Samirah Moody 11.24
200 (1.9): 1 Caisja Chandler 22.38; 2 Jadyn Mays 22.42; 3 Adriana Tatum 22.46; 4 Samirah Moody 22.50; 5 Jassani Carter 22.80. Heat 1 (1.5): 1 Jadyn Mays 22.84; 2 Jan’Taijah Jones 22.99. Heat 2 (3.4): 1 Caisja Chandler 22.69. Heat 3 (1.3): 1 Samirah Moody 22.98. Heat 4 (2.4): 1 Adriana Tatum 22.92
400: 1 Jan’Taijah Jones 50.44; 2 Bailey Lear 51.11; 3 Christine Mallard 51.41; 4 Maya Valmon 51.71; 5 Yemi Mary John GBR 51.83; 6 Ella Clayton CAN 51.92. Heat 1: 1 Yemi Mary John GBR 52.52. Heat 2: 1 Jan’Taijah Jones 51.21
800: 1 Juliette Whittaker 2:01.19; 2 Carley Thomas AUS 2:02.40
1500: 1 Simone Plourde CAN 4:09.48; 2 Melissa Tanaka 4:09.85; 3 Isabella Thornton-Bott AUS 4:11.99; 4 Sophie O’Sullivan IRL 4:12.19
5000: 1 Grace Fetherstonhaugh CAN 16:01.78; 4 Bella Williams GBR 16:23.51
10,000: 1 Emily Venters 32:32.98
3000SC: 1 Grace Fetherstonhaugh CAN 9:39.23
100H (-0.1): 1 Talie Bonds 12.75; 2 Aaliyah McCormick 13.06. Heat 1 (1.7): 1 Aaliyah McCormick 12.85; 2 Jalaysiya Smith 12.93. Heat 2 (1.8): 1 Talie Bonds 12.75
400H: 1 Shana Grebo FRA 56.41; 2 Abbie Glynn 56.77
HJ: 1 Grace Campbell 1.84; 2 Allie Routledge GBR 1.81
PV: 1 Sara Borton 4.35
LJ: 1 Alyssa Jones 6.79w; 2 Alysah Hickey 6.45; 3 Temi Ojora GBR 6.36w
TJ: 1 Lexi Ellis 13.68; 2 Temi Ojora GBR 13.55
SP: 1 Jorinde van Klinken NED 18.59; 2 Jaida Ross 18.46; 9 Nana Gyedu GBR 15.62
DT: 1 Jorinde van Klinken NED 63.05
HT: 1 Shelby Moran 68.96; 2 Anna Purchase GBR 68.38; 3 Mayyi Mahama 68.38
JT: 1 Federica Botter ITA 57.81
Hep: 1 Allie Jones 6234; 2 Ida Eikeng NOR 6114
4×100: 1 Oregon 43.31
4×400: 1 USC 3:30.83

Big 10, Bloomington, USA, May 12-14

Men:
100 (-0.4): 1 Kion Benjamin TTO 10.18; 2 Lawrence Johnson 10.22; 3 Carlon Hosten TTO 10.22. Heat 1 (0.0): 1 Devin Augustine TTO 10.21. Heat 2 (0.7): 1 Kion Benjamin TTO 10.18. Heat 4 (1.0): 1 Kalen Walker 10.18; 2 Nadale Buntin SKN 10.21
200 (0.3): 1 Austin Kresley 20.26; 2 Carlon Hosten TTO 20.43; 3 Devin Augustine TTO 20.45; 4 Nadale Buntin SKN 20.49; 5 Kion Benjamin TTO 20.72. Heat 1 (2.1): 1 Nadale Buntin SKN 20.54; 2 Devin Augustine TTO 20.56. Heat 2 (1.1): 1 Austin Kresley 20.49. Heat 3 (1.1): 1 Justin Becker 20.62
400: 1 Jenoah McKiver 45.59; 2 Zidane Brown JAM 45.75
800: 1 Camden Marshall 1:46.57; 2 Adam Spencer AUS 1:46.84; 8 Callum Dodds GBR 1:50.07. Heat 1: 2 Henry Johnson GBR 1:50.16. Heat 4: 1 Callum Dodds GBR 1:48.26
1500: 1 Jackson Sharp AUS 3:42.72
5000: 1 Matthew Wilkinson 13:51.31
10,000: 1 Tom Brady 29:01.25
3000SC: 1 Matthew Wilkinson 8:38.40
110H (0.7): 1 Darius Luff 13.32; 2 Joshua Zeller GBR 13.40; 3 Brithton Senior JAM 13.61. Heat 1 (0.9): 1 Darius Luff 13.44; 2 Brithton Senior JAM 13.59; 3 Michael Buchanan 13.69. Heat 2 (1.1): 1 Joshua Zeller GBR 13.50
400H: 1 Austin West 49.34
HJ: 1 Mayson Conner 2.20; 2 Tyus Wilson 2.20
PV: 1 Trevor Stephenson 5.49; 2 Nathan Stone 5.44
LJ: 1 Till Steinforth GER 7.80
TJ: 1 Praise Aniamaka CAN 16.03
SP: 1 Jonah Wilson 21.32; 2 Maxwell Otterdahl 21.22; 3 Jason Swarens 20.54
DT: 1 Maxwell Otterdahl 58.53; 17 Rhys Allen GBR 51.35
HT: 1 Konstadínos Záltos GRE 74.93; 2 Tyler Merkley 73.67
JT: 1 Arthur Wiborg Petersen DEN 77.03
Dec: 1 Till Steinforth GER 8064
4×100: 1 Minnesota 38.87
4×400: 1 Iowa 3:06.30
Women:
100 (0.8):
1 Leah Bertrand TTO 11.15; 2 Amira Young 11.17; 3 Yanique Dayle JAM 11.19. Heat 1 (1.8): 1 Yanique Dayle JAM 11.17; 2 Amira Young 11.19. Heat 3 (1.8): 1 Leah Bertrand TTO 11.08
200 (0.0): 1 Yanique Dayle JAM 22.87
400: 1 Ziyah Holman 50.90; 2 Alyssa Marsh CAN 51.62
800: 1 Aurora Rynda CAN 2:05.96
1500: 1 Olivia Howell 4:20.13
5000: 1 Faith Demars 16:11.81
10,000: 1 Addie Engel 34:43.37
3000SC: 1 Katelyn Stewart-Barnett CAN 10:01.34
100H (1.3): 1 Aasia Laurencin 12.85; 2 Paige Magee 12.90; 3 Myreanna Bebe 12.94. Heat 2 (1.9): 1 Aasia Laurencin 12.95
400H: 1 Savannah Sutherland CAN 55.75; 2 Paige Magee 56.97. Heat 2: 1 Savannah Sutherland CAN 56.51
HJ: 1 Jenna Rogers 1.84
PV: 1 Chloe Timberg 4.41
LJ: 1 Paola Fernandez PUR 6.52
TJ: 1 Lotavia Brown JAM 13.33
SP: 1 Axelina Johansson SWE 19.54 NR; 2 Josie Schaefer 17.92; 3 Jayden Ulrich 17.87
DT: 1 Corinne Jemison 58.08
HT: 1 Tanessa Morris CAN 62.76; 2 Chloe Lindeman 62.69; 3 Amanda Howe 62.62; 4 Olivia Roberts 62.22
JT: 1 Rhema Otabor BAH 57.85
Hep: 1 Tionna Tobias 5640

Big 12, Norman, USA, May 12-14

Britain’s NCAA champion Yusuf Bizimana won the 800m in a PB 1:45.82.

Julien Aldred gained a 10.84/22.28 sprint double though ran a wind-assisted 10.74 in her 100m heat and a legal 22.09 in her 200m qualifier.

Jamaican Ackelia Smith sailed out to 7.08m in the long jump and also won the triple jump.

Zarik Brown won the men’s 400m in 44.61.

Men:
100 (2.1): 1 Courtney Lindsey 10.08; 2 Terrence Jones BAH 10.08; 3 Marcellus Moore 10.17; 4 Adam Clayton GBR 10.24. Heat 2 (1.4): 1 Clinton Muunga ZIM 10.22; 2 Adam Clayton GBR 10.31
200 (1.1): 1 Courtney Lindsey 20.12; 2 Terrence Jones BAH 20.32; 3 Kamden Jackson 20.62; 4 John Rutledge 20.65; 5 Adam Clayton GBR 20.74. Heat 1 (1.2): 1 Demar Francis JAM 20.43; 2 Josh Bour 20.63. Heat 2 (0.8): 1 Courtney Lindsey 20.33; 2 Michael Joseph LCA 20.41 NR; 3 Adam Clayton GBR 20.49; 4 Marcellus Moore 20.64. Heat 3 (1.6): 1 John Rutledge 20.52; 2 Terrence Jones BAH 20.58; 3 Simbarashe Maketa ZIM 20.69. Heat 4 (1.8): 1 Kamden Jackson 20.53; 2 De’montray Callis 20.79
400: 1 Zarik Brown 44.61; 2 Michael Joseph LCA 44.78; 3 Richard Kuykendoll 44.80; 4 Simbarashe Maketa ZIM 45.22; 5 Brian Herron 45.38; 6 Dillon Bedell 45.46; 7 Hasani Barr 45.46. Heat 1: 1 Michael Joseph LCA 44.77 NR; 2 Simbarashe Maketa ZIM 45.22; 3 Zarik Brown 45.39; 5 Ethan Brown GBR 46.43. Heat 2: 1 Jonathan Jones BAR 45.70; 2 Muzuri Mattar 45.96. Heat 3: 1 Brian Herron 45.81; 2 Dillon Bedell 45.86. Heat 4: 1 Richard Kuykendoll 45.67; 2 Hasani Barr 45.84
800: 1 Yusuf Bizimana GBR 1:45.82; 2 Mehdi Yanouri 1:46.71; 3 Crayton Carrozza 1:46.71. Heat 3: 1 Yusuf Bizimana GBR 1:47.63
1500: 1 Fouad Messaoudi MAR 3:36.59; 2 Ezekiel Kibichii KEN 3:37.03
5000: 1 Chandler Gibbens 13:48.39
10,000: 1 Chandler Gibbens 29:40.92
3000SC: 1 Victor Shitsama KEN 8:33.59
110H (2.3): 1 Caleb Dean 13.44; 2 Antoine Andrews BAH 13.46; 3 Taylor Rooney 13.53. Heat 1 (2.6): 1 Antoine Andrews BAH 13.57; 2 Kendrick Smallwood 13.58. Heat 2 (1.1): 1 Caleb Dean 13.49; 2 Taylor Rooney 13.62
400H: 1 Caleb Dean 48.39; 2 Nathaniel Ezekiel NGR 48.52; 3 Oskar Edlund SWE 49.94. Heat 1: 1 Nathaniel Ezekiel NGR 48.74
HJ: 1 Vernon Turner 2.30
PV: 1 Zach Bradford 5.87
LJ: 1 Nikaoli Williams JAM 7.80
TJ: 1 King Keyshawn 15.95; 8 Patrick Sylla GBR 15.01
SP: 1 Kevin Sakson EST 18.9
DT: 1 Devin Roberson 59.24
HT: 1 Jeremiah Nubbe 69.56
JT: 1 Chinecherem Nnamdi NGR 74.40
Dec: 1 Kristo Simulask EST 7769
4×100: 1 Texas Tech 38.24; 2 Texas 38.89
4×400: 1 Baylor 3:00.73; 2 Oklahoma 3:03.64; 3 Tcu 3:03.92
Women:
100 (0.2): 1 Julien Alfred LCA 10.84; 2 Kevona Davis JAM 11.04; 3 Ezinne Abba 11.04; 4 Kennedy Blackmon 11.19; 5 Rosemary Chukwuma NGR 11.21. Heat 1 (3.2): 1 Rosemary Chukwuma NGR 10.94; 2 Kennedy Blackmon 10.94; 3 Kevona Davis JAM 10.94. Heat 2 (3.4): 1 Julien Alfred LCA 10.74; 2 Ezinne Abba 10.93; 3 Iyana Gray 11.14; 4 Mikayla Hayes 11.21
200 (0.3): 1 Julien Alfred LCA 22.28; 2 Kevona Davis JAM 22.51. Heat 1 (1.1): 1 Ezinne Abba 22.47; 2 Kennedy Blackmon 22.52. Heat 2 (2.0): 1 Julien Alfred LCA 22.09; 2 Mariah Ayers 22.78; 3 Iyana Gray 22.95. Heat 3 (1.4): 1 Kevona Davis JAM 22.47; 2 Rosemary Chukwuma NGR 22.90
400: 1 Rhasidat Adeleke IRL 50.58; 2 Kennedy Simon 51.22; 3 Lanae-Tava Thomas 51.89; 9 Nayanna Dubarry-Gay GBR 53.80. Heat 1: 1 Lanae-Tava Thomas 51.36. Heat 2: 1 Mariah Ayers 52.11; 4 Nayanna Dubarry-Gay GBR 53.54. Heat 3: 1 Rhasidat Adeleke IRL 52.04. Heat 4: 1 Kennedy Simon 51.46
800: 1 Gabija Galvydytė LTU 2:03.66
1500: 1 Billah Jepkirui KEN 4:15.74
5000: 1 Cailie Logue 15:54.60
10,000: 1 Cailie Logue 34:28.86
3000SC: 1 Ceili McCabe CAN 10:12.79
100H (1.0): 1 Demisha Roswell JAM 13.02. Heat 1 (2.1): 1 Demisha Roswell JAM 12.92
400H: 1 Sylvia Schulz GER 56.32; 2 Daneesha Davidson 56.43; 3 Ashonti Warner 56.52. Heat 1: 1 Ashonti Warner 56.73
HJ: 1 Rylee Anderson 1.83
PV: 1 Olivia Lueking 4.25
LJ: 1 Ackelia Smith JAM 7.08; 2 Pippi Lotta Enok EST 6.65; 3 Shalom Olotu 6.41w
TJ: 1 Ackelia Smith JAM 13.75; 2 Rūta Lasmane LAT 13.63
SP: 1 Payden Montana 17.65; 2 Marilyn Nwora 17.31; 16 Samantha Callaway GBR 14.54
DT: 1 Malin Smith 56.41; 8 Samantha Callaway GBR 50.27
HT: 1 Kassidy Gallagher 67.62; 9 Charlotte Williams GBR 56.28
JT: 1 Sydney Juszczyk CAN 50.40
Hep: 1 Kristīne Blaževiča LAT 6146
4×100: 1 Texas 41.89; 2 Baylor 43.75; 3 Oklahoma 43.84; 4 Texas Tech 43.85
4×400: 1 Texas 3:30.38

MVC Championships, Normal, May 12-14

Men:
100 (1.9): 1 Isaiah Trousil 10.07; 2 Javaughn Moore 10.24. Heat 1 (1.9): 1 Javaughn Moore 10.22
200 (-1.1): 1 Isaiah Trousil 20.61. Heat 2 (2.9): 1 Isaiah Trousil 20.52
400: 1 Raydoffa Braziel 46.73
800: 1 Riley Wells 1:50.57; 3 Joseph Morrison GBR 1:51.51. Heat 1: 2 Joseph Morrison GBR 1:51.39
1500: 1 Isaac Basten 3:55.51
5000: 1 George Watson GBR 14:27.66
10,000: 1 Alec Danner 30:41.94
3000SC: 1 Charlie Parrish 8:44.62
110H (0.6): 1 Jack Sumners GBR 13.98. Heat 2 (3.1): 2 Jack Sumners GBR 14.25
400H: 1 Jaylin Holmes 51.91
HJ: 1 Kevin Krutsch 2.12
PV: 1 Brendan Safley 5.15
LJ: 1 Carter Morton 7.25; 9 Jack Sumners GBR 6.93
TJ: 1 Shomari Rogers-Walton 15.18w; 5 Emmanuel Odubanjo GBR 14.26
SP: 1 Brett Norton 18.40; 15 Adam Phillips GBR 14.76
DT: 1 Daniel Norris 54.89; 13 Adam Phillips GBR 46.40
HT: 1 Anthony Barmes NZL 66.29; 7 Adam Phillips GBR 56.67
Dec: 1 Zack Butcher 6688
4×100: 1 Northern Iowa 39.62
4×400: 1 Illinois State 3:12.65
Women:
100 (0.6): 1 Iaunia Pointer 11.40
200 (-0.3): 1 Iaunia Pointer 23.46. Heat 1 (2.8): 1 Iaunia Pointer 23.44
400: 1 Kayla Bell 53.62
800: 1 Tiana Lostracco CAN 2:05.79
1500: 1 Tiana Lostracco CAN 4:28.75
5000: 1 Peyton Schieppe 16:23.66
10000: 1 Kaitlyn Vanderkolk 34:41.92
3000SC: 1 Brooke Mullins AUS 10:08.10
100H (2.4): 1 Hassy Fashina-Bombata CAN 13.41
400H: 1 Kayla Perry 59.20
HJ: 1 Meghan Fletcher 1.72
PV: 1 Brooke Misukonis 3.95
LJ: 1 Claire Pittman 5.93
TJ: 1 Ryann Porter 12.85
SP: 1 Myejoi Williams 17.45
DT: 1 Myejoi Williams 50.38;
HT: 1 Makenna Wilson 64.32
JT: 1 Zofia LeHew 48.82
Hep: 1 Jenna Pauly 5131; 2 Meghan Fletcher 4830; 3 Kamille Gaskin-Griffith BAR 4824; 4 Katy Stephens 4812; 5 E. Grace Quinlan 4805; 6 Emma Ga
4×100: 1 Illinois State 44.65
4×400: 1 Illinois State 3:42.40

Bengaluru, India, May 21

Men: 10km: 1 Sabastian Sawe KEN 27:59,; 2 Rodrigue Kwizéra BDI 27:59; 3 Hillary Chepkwony KEN 28:00; 4 Nicholas Kipkorir KEN 28:06; 5 Nibret Melak ETH 28:13; 6 Milkesa Mengesha ETH 28:21

Women: 10Km: 1 Tsehay Gemechu ETH 31:38; 2 Fotyen Tesfay ETH 31:42; 3 Dera Dida ETH 31:45; 4 Jesca Chelangat KEN 31:58; 5 Yalemget Yaregal ETH 31:59; 6 Evaline Chirchir KEN 32:04; 7 Zeineba Yimer ETH 32:13; 8 Aminat Ahamed ETH 32:17; 9 Vicoty Chepngeno KEN 32:23; 10 Faith Chepkoech KEN 32:30

Nerja, Spain, May 18

Men:
800: 1 Tom Dradiga UGA 1:46.52
1500: 1 Mariano Garcia 3:38.39; 2 Samuel Zeleke ETH 3:38.76; 3 Ignacio Fontes 3:38.91; 4 El Hassane Moujahid MAR 3:39.13; 5 Sergio Paniagua 3:39.33; 6 Aron Mulu ETH 3:39.47
5000: 1 Mohamed Al-Garni QAT 13:23.83; 2 Sergio Jiménez 13:24.63; 3 Fernando Carro 13:26.54; 4 Nassim Hassaous 13:26.89; 5 Beshada Beru ETH 13:28.24
3000SC: 1 El Mehdi Aboujanah 8:21.93; 2 Abderrahim Ougra MAR 8:28.38

Women:
800: 1 Worknesh Melese ETH 1:59.39; 2 Saron Berhe ETH 2:02.26
1500: 1 Mekides Alemshet ETH 4:10.83; 10 Angharad Davies GBR 4:19.41,
5000: 1) Senayet Getachew ETH 15:06.44; 2 Emmaculate Anyango KEN 15:22.80; 3  Soukaina Atanane MAR 15:23.68; 4 Agueda Muńoz 15:25.12; 5 Marta Serrano 15:27.06 U23 rec,; 6 Tekan Amare ETH 15:29.83

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