Shelby Houlihan made a statement in her return to Boston University at the BU Bruce Lehane Scarlet and White Invite.

The BU Bruce Lehane Scarlet & White Invite is set for Saturday, Feb. 8. The meet will be streamed LIVE on FloTrack and will feature several high-impact storylines that you need to follow.

Back from a four-year competition ban, Olympian and 1500m American Record holder Shelby Houlihan made her return to the track today, running 8:31.56 to win the 3,000m at the 2025 Razorback Invitational at Randal Tyson Indoor Track Center in Fayetteville, AR. Her time set a new meet record and decimated Parker Valby's facility record (8:42.29) set at the 2024 SEC Indoor Track & Field Championships.

Track and field has attempted to solve the challenges of racing while social distancing with remote match races, which pits competitors against each other simultaneously in separate locations. While the method is far less entertaining than the real thing, the sport has had fun with the circumstances by racing over unfamiliar distances. The Impossible Games and the OTC/ATC dual have gotten the format off to a good start, but I have some ideas for other virtual races I’d love to watch as we wait for the sport as we know it to return.

Many of the very best distance runners in the U.S., and in many cases the world, share a common thread: they have been coached by Jerry Schumacher on the Bowerman Track Club. The elite of the elite American distance training group has churned out droves of international superstars over the years under the watchful eye of Schumacher, who is widely regarded as one of the best distance coaches in the world.

2019 USATF Outdoor Championships photos by Travis Miller.

The IAAF World Indoor Championships are going down this week in Birmingham, England. The FloTrack crew will be on-site to provide updates and coverage of your favorite Team USA athletes, but for now let's check out the top storylines for the women's distance events.

By David Monti, @d9monti(c) 2018 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved

The Bowerman Track Club's Shelby Houlihan enters this weekend's USATF Indoor Championship as the reigning two-mile and mile champion. The distances are a bit different this year and there's a lot more competition -- both given that 2018 is a World Indoors year -- but expect the 5K Olympian to contend for the win in two distance events yet again.

The 1500m is an unpredictable race, but even so, we wouldn't be shocked to see a sweep by the Bowerman Track Club in the women's final of the USATF Indoors Championships in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on Sunday.