Final Workouts Before World Championships And More Dysfunction

Both Cas Loxsom and Joe Kovacs are finishing up their last-minute preparations for the World Championships.  Joe was featured in a nice spread on FloTrack.

Casimir is being helped in his preparations by multiple (and current!) US 800M Champion Nick Symmonds.  Nick has high praise for his Nittany Lion teammate:

A particularly frustrating part of being left off ‪#‎TeamUSA‬ is not being able to travel/compete with my ‪#‎BeastTC‬ training partner @cazzylox. Cas is the most talented 800m runner I have ever trained with and will go on to do BIG things in this sport. ‪#‎Beijing2015‬ will provide Cas with some much needed international experience before ‪#‎Rio2016‬. Today I will assist him with one final workout before he departs for Asia. Please wish him GOOD LUCK in Beijing!

 And because Coach Mack wasn't there for the last workout before Cas leaves, Nick had to be the coach and try to remember the workout.  Problem solved!

And it turns out that the dysfunctional USATF have admitted that Nick Symmonds was correct all along and athletes ARE allowed to wear their own clothes in their spare time.  This was after he was left off the team.  And no one in power would admit to sending the letter telling every athlete not to bring any clothing without USA or Nike branding.  Chickensh*t, to say the least.  Nick has also decided not to sue, so the dysfunction at USATF will continue, if not accelerate...