Guests Nico Young & Jasmine Jones, Fantasy XC Draft, EPO, Katir, USATF $, Grand Slam Grades

LetsRun.com's Track Talk: The Home of Running and Track and Field

Jasmine Jones (71:14) joins us to talk about her "Dreams Become Reality" season in the 400m hurdles that culminated with an Olympic 4th place finish while Nico Young (84:26) talks about his breakout 2024 campaign and possibly going after some American records in 2025.

Prior to that we have our women's fantasy World XC draft and discuss USATFs financials, the final Grand Slam Track race signings, Mo Katir's extended ban for tampering and Hicham El Guerrouj's comments on EPO.

Show notes and links below.

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• Show notes:
• 0:00 Music
• 00:22 Start
• 04:51 Shelby no Houston half *thread
• 07:22 Fantasy world xc women's draft
• 23:26 USATF tax returns out and it's not pretty *Link
• 32:06 Grand Slam track racers complete - we give out grades *link
• 54:28 Mo Katir banned thread 1 thread2
• 01:04:47 El Guerrouj EPO coments *link
• 01:11:14 Jasmine Jones
• 01:11:22 Jasmine Jones' Breakout Year
• 01:13:39 Choosing the 400 Meter Hurdles
• 01:16:57 Transition to UCLA and New Beginnings
• 01:17:55 Grand Slam Track and Future Goals
• 01:20:50 Her 4th place at Olympics
• 01:23:05 Family Influence and NFL Connection
• 01:24:16 Nico Young
• 01:24:29 Nico Young's Stellar 2024 Season
• 01:28:10 Reflecting on Collegiate Career
• 01:33:32 2025 Indoor plans, can he get the AR?
• 01:36:05 Grand Slam Track
• 01:38:52 What about the marathon and roads?

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