Euros, Jakob's Double, His 15-year-old successor? NCAA preview

9 days ago

At Euros, Jakob Ingebrigtsen completed another double, Sarah Healy got Ireland its first women's track gold, & Niels Laros and Georgia Bell came up short.

Ruth Chepngetich is struggling post marathon world record and the NCAA championships are this weekend and we've got a little Ethan Strand, Nathan Green, Gary Martin preview.

But could the biggest story of the week be the emergence of 15-year-old miler Sam Ruthe in New Zealand?

  • Show notes:
  • 00:00 Introduction
  • 06:36 Rojo poster of the week
  • 09:40 Yared Nuguse: Class Act of the Week *CNN Profile
  • 16:23 Jakob gets the double at Euros
  • 22:36 Ireland gets its first female track gold
  • 25:24 Parker Valby doesn't like the cold
  • 27:04 Men's 800 at Euros *video
  • *Mo aman race at Worlds
  • 33:03 Femke vs Sydney
  • 34:59 Wavelights at Euros
  • 39:08 El Guerrouj's pacer
  • 40:45 Will the "crowd" in Kingston boo the 5000 if it's slow?
  • 43:46 Buy your tickets / World half pulled from San Diego
  • 47:38 Ruth Chepngetich struggles in Lisbon
  • 51:21 Abeba Aregawi returns
  • 57:10 Sam Ruthe the next Jakob?!
  • 01:01:55 Family talent
  • 01:07:14 Can he be the youngest sub 4 at 15?
  • 01:10:17 US Olympians to get $200,000 for making team
  • 01:15:32 NCAA Indoor Championships Preview
  • 01:28:29 Upcoming Track and Field Events

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