The two races took all of 15:40.51 to run (for the winners).
Out of that time came 6 All Time Records, and 6 significant moves onto or up the Top 24 Performers lists (my DDD's).
First, I'll cover the records and such, then comment on the evening.
1000 Meters
Seventeen year old Mary Cain WON this race, barely edging by 32 year old Treniere Moser just before the finish.
The American Record didn't fall.
But Mary shattered both the HSR and the Age 17 record, not to mention the HS Senior Class record!
Her time of 2:39.25 bettered Sarah Bowman (Brown's) HSR by 4.15 seconds, a huge chunk for a middle distance race.
According to MY records, Mary's 2:47.29 from her 2012 Sophomore indoor season had been the Age 17 record, and she beat that by a whopping 8.04 seconds!!
(The Senior Class record was Bowman Brown's now former HSR of 2:43.40 from 2005.)
Cain did NOT run fast enough to make the World DDD list.
But she moved onto the USA DDD list in a big way!
She is now # 8 A-T American!!
Her former PR of 2:47.29 had been # 6 on the HS DDD list.
Of course, she now LEADS that list!!
Treniere Moser's time of 2:39.32 is now # 10 on the United States DDD.
With Cain and Moser moving ON the American DDD list, one of the women who were kicked OFF it was...Sarah Bowman Brown!!
You have to feel sorry for Sarah, having lost the HSR, the 12th Grade Class Record, AND her place on the United States DDD in less than 2 minutes and 40 seconds!!
Moser did NOT get the Age 32 record, as that is held by the US record holder, Jen Toomey, with her AR 2:34.19!
5000 Meters
Galen Rupp, age 27, smashed the AR with his fantastic time of 13:01.26!
This bettered Lopez Lomong's mark of 13:07.00 by 5.74 big seconds, a pretty fair beating!!
This is also now the new Age 27 record!!
He of course is now Number ONE on the USA Indoor DDD list (moving up from 3rd!).
And he's now # 7 on the World DDD list, moving up from a 2-way tie at 19th!!
But Rupp wasn't the only guy who made waves.
Sam Chelanga, from Kenya, gave Galen a run for his money!
He ended up in 2nd, time of 13:04.35.
This moves him onto the World DDD list, all the way to 10th place!
And Cam Levins, of Canada, broke the Canadian record by over 6 seconds, his time being 13:19.16.
Not a bad collection of records coming from just two races in mid-January in a low-key collegiate meet!
In the 1000, Dorr took them out in 30.46 for the first 200, pretty much on pace for the AR.
But a 2nd 200 of 33.3 or so killed that dream!
They hit 800 in about 2:08, close to what Mary ran in her 800 last week!
Moser was ahead almost throughout (except for Dorr).
But Mary Cain has a KICK!!
Even though this kick wasn't a real "Mary Cain kick", it was effective enough to pull her past Moser just before the finish!
In the 5000, Rupp was strong from the gun, and never let up.
A pacer (Name??) took them through halfway, then it was all Rupp, followed closely by Chelanga.
Levins had, by this time, fallen back, so had to run solo the last half of the race!
Rupp hit 2 miles in about 8:30, then picked it up!!
Although tiring over the last 800 or so, he finished with a 60 final 400 to beat Chelanga by 3.09 seconds!
Afterwards, they had a tough workout.....all of them (Rupp, Levins, Cain, and Moser--the NOP team).
The entire meet (plus the post-meet workout!!) was shown in its entirety by Flotrack!!
They put a mic on Salazar, so you heard EVERYTHING he said.
"Move your left arm in, Mary!!", he yelled to her as she sped around the track during 3 800's in low-2:20's, then did four 400's in close to 60, with her final 400 in 57.7!
Salazar told Flotrack that this was her best workout EVER!
I think he meant "post-race" workout, but his words made me even MORE in awe of what this 17 year old blazer has done, is doing, and almost certainly WILL do!!
Imagine, after breaking records in her race, she then runs 800's at a pace many HS girls DREAM of.
Not to mention those 400's!!
Her last one of 57.7 would place her fairly high on the 2014 HS list!! (Not TOO high, but maybe in the top 100 girls nationwide??)
That's in a WORKOUT!!!
I'll do another post on Sunday...or whenever I get all this weekend's results collected, and figure out what marks made my T&F Record Book!
But I must mention one EXCELLENT mark that came in from Russia.
Ivan Ukhov, who just a few days ago, HJ'ed 7-9.75, upped the bar to 7-10.75, and made it!!
He was in a tie with Yaroslav Rybakov for the Age 27 record.
He's now the SOLE Age 27 record holder (indoors)!!
Also, this is a new Russian National Record, which HE held!!
He moves from a 3-way tie for 4th on the World DDD list, into a two-way tie (with Patrik Sjoberg) for 3rd on that list!!
Don't forget, Mary runs the 1 mile at BU in just 8 days!
I'm pretty sure Jordan Hasay, Shannon Rowbury, and Moser will be in that race too!
Rupp will be running the 2 mile!
BTW, Rowbury changed her schedule, and did not run in Boston today.
She's apparently running an 800 on Seattle's OT on Saturday (along with Hasay!).
And Morgan Uceny, who had been listed as an entrant in the 1000, didn't run---unknown reason!
If you like the way these records are presented, and this blog overall, please tell your friends about it.
See you all soon!
Great post -- best report of last night's record runs by Mary Cain and Galen Rupp that I've seen. Thank you.
ReplyDelete"According to MY records, Mary's 2:47.29 from her 2012 Sophomore indoor season had been the Age 17 record, and she beat that by a whopping 8.04 seconds!!"
Please explain your age records. Wasn't Mary just 15 in "her 2012 Sophomore indoor season?" So how could she set an age 17 record when she wasn't 17?
Thanks....again!!!
DeleteAbout my age records, did you read the post "May I Introduce My Book?"?
In that post, I basically answered your question.
I have age records from 17 to 40, but the outlier years are labeled....
0-17
40-over
Thus, my "age 17" record COULD be by someone younger...just as the "age 40" record could be by someone older.
Cain's 2:47.29 WAS run at 15...and since I knew of none faster through age 17, I accepted that as my 0-17 record.
A similar thing happened with Bri Jacucewitz's 16:43.02 indoor 5K she ran in 2004 as a 7th grader!!
It was accepted as the HSR...and the FROSH class record.....even though she was NOT in HS nor in the 9th grade!!
But at that time ('04), no one had run faster indoors in HS. Even though her HSR was broken, it's still on the A-T list in Jack Shepard's HS Track......though he now has Samantha Nadel's REAL 9th grade mark as the class record---17:15.38!!!
I list BOTH marks, labeling each by the grade they were in when they ran it!!
One more thing:
ReplyDeleteI've seen references that say Cain broke the WJ record held by Diana Richburg!!
Huh??
First, Richburg ran that 2:40.1 at age 19.
(She was born July 1963--She ran it Dec 7, 1982!!)
Second, that "age 19" record......assuming it WAS that at the time...can't remember!!....has been broken.
The indoor age 19 mark is held by Shapayeva with her 2006 mark of 2:38.93!
As far as I know, Bowman's former HSR, 2:43.40, is the age 18 mark.
Again, I know of none better.
But indoor 1K's are run a LOT by fairly obscure Russian athletes....and their birthdates are difficult/impossible to find....so there MIGHT be a faster age 18 mark!
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ReplyDeleteThanks for the clarification, AaronK. I had seen your earlier explanatory post. When asking my question I vaguely recalled that you had explained your age records somewhere, but couldn't remember where so didn't know where to look. Anyway, sorry to make you explain it again, but now I understand.
ReplyDeleteInteresting that you keep age records mainly for the prime performance years for most athletes. I always found interesting the younger and older age records too, but then you're mostly outside of elite competition.