Uh, Jim Ryun?
'Only two high school juniors have ever broken the four-minute mile, current University of Oregon athletes Connor Burns and Simeon Birnbaum'

Academic requirements will replace previous year-in-residence requirement for student-athletes transferring more than once as undergraduates.

Council changes transfer rules, permits immediate eligibility for transfers who are academically eligible/in good standing at prev. school & meet progress-toward-degree requirements at new school.

Decision not final until meeting ends Thurs, must be ratified by DI Board Monday.

Some exciting pro 800/1500/mile fields.

Diamond League winner @matty_denny has been awarded the Betty Cuthbert Medal for the Best Single Performance of the Chemist Warehouse Australian Athletics Championships. 🥇

#ThisIsAthletics #ItsShowtime #EventsSouthAustralia #Adelaide #SeeSouthAustralia
athletics.com.au/news/denny-bet…

This is so wholesome 🥹

Ben Flanagan takes an interview with his dog “Paris”, which is a rescue from Turkey! He said his wife convinced him to get her. “It was a sign.”

#BAA5K

Congrats Parker Valby! A stunning performance! About time this one went down and great to see the bar raised so high.

DENNY GOES BANG 🥏💥

Reigning Diamond League champion Matt Denny treats fans to a new Australian record of 69.35m in the Men's Discus at the 2024 Chemist Warehouse Australian Athletics Championships!

Statement made 👀✅

#ItsShowtime #ThisIsAthletics

With just more than 100 days until #Paris2024 ,
NBCUniversal has sold $1.2 billion in ads and is nearing its previous record.

My Sports Business Journal story.

sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/2024/…

Pretty cool if they actually will have at least some of all 8 days on main NBC prime time.

Mark your calendars!
Full details: bit.ly/43P0LBI

Hella weak.

Beyond excited and humbled for Laura Thweatt to join the podcast as a co-host! Big things happening in the very near future!

🏃‍♂️'s elite field for NN Marathon Rotterdam 🇳🇱 (14 Apr):
Birhanu Legese 🇪🇹 PB 2:02:48
Kenneth Kipkemoi 🇰🇪 PB 2:04:52
Abdi Nageeye 🇳🇱 PB 2:04:56
Amedework Walelegn 🇪🇹 PB 2:05:27
Ghirmay Ghebreslassie 🇪🇷 PB 2:05:34
Also: Felix Bour 🇫🇷, Nekagenet Crippa 🇮🇹, Leonard Korir 🇺🇸, Dario Ivanovski 🇲🇰

What plan are Commonwealth Sport on now? Plan D? Plan Z? No one knows because they never communicate. They haven’t updated their own website since March 11 during which time both Malaysia and Singapore have turned down opportunity to host the 2026 #CommonwealthGames , despite offer of £100m.

It was so much worse than you remember
nytimes.com/2020/09/30/us/…

'Revolutionizing' is a pretty big word for a couple of ventures that don't have any events on the calendar.

I look forward to hearing more details on these ventures.