This Week In Track And Field: Fred Kerley/Asics Part Ways, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone Scares The 400m American Record, Parker Valby's Olympic Qualifying Chances + McKenzie Long Is A Star
The CITIUS MAG Podcast | A Running + Track and Field Show
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4.9 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 10 June 2024
⏱️ 78 minutes
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Summary
We just wrapped up a jam-packed weekend with track and field taking place in Eugene with the NCAA Championships, Portland for the Portland Track Festival, Rome for the European Championships and New York City for the NYC Grand Prix.
NYC GRAND PRIX
Lots of action to recap including Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone giving the 400m American record a scare; Noah Lyles clocked a 19.77 into the wind, Eric Holt goes viral after taking 2022 world champion Jake Wightman to the line in the 1500m, Elaine Thompson Herah may be seriously injured after pulling up after the 100m. But the biggest story was 2022 World champion Fred Kerley and his sponsor Asics decided to part ways. Kerley came out onto the track wearing a competitor's product. Kerley did not end up racing after slipping in the blocks twice. He was not disqualified but elected not to race.
NCAA Championships
From McKenzie Long and Parker Valby to Shane Cohen and Parker Wolfe, we look at some of the collegiate stars who could be poised for a breakthrough to make the U.S. Olympic team in just a few weeks.
Host: Chris Chavez | @chris_j_chavez on Instagram
Host: Anderson Emerole | @atkoeme on Instagram
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| 0:00.0 | Support for the City Smack Podcast comes from New Balance Running. |
| 0:06.1 | May has been a month of celebrating Grade Days. |
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| 1:04.0 | It is June 10th and my goodness we've got so much to unpack and both on and off the track. |
| 1:22.2 | I'm Chris Chavez. |
| 1:23.7 | I'm Anderson Emerald. |
| 1:25.2 | And this week in track and field we just wrapped up a jam-packed weekend |
| 1:30.8 | with action taking place in Eugene with the |
| 1:35.0 | N. C. D. W. A. Championship. Portland for the Portland Track Festival, |
| 1:37.0 | Rome for the European Championships, and New York City |
| 1:40.0 | for the New York City Grand Prix. |
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