Monday, February 3, 2014

10 more marks worth a post

If you read my last post, I said that if I found more marks worth a new post, I'd do one.
While none of the following are anywhere near what Genzabe Dibaba did, these marks DO make inroads into my T&F Record Book.
(Besides, I want to clear the deck before the Boston meet this Saturday!  That should produce a massive amount of revisions to my book!  Not to mention all else happening this week!)

Deon Lendore ran the fastest 400 of the year--45.47--but since he's already on the Collegiate Indoor DDD with a better time, he remains where he is!

But 2nd in that race was Arman Hall, whose 45.63 moves the freshman onto the list into 19th place!

Stanford senior Justine Fredronic ran a good 2:03.25 at Penn State to hop onto the Collegiate list in 15th place!
She also ran the anchor 1600 leg on Stanford's 10:54.07 DMR.
BTW, that mark ranks them 3rd on the A-T DMR list!!
I'm still putting that list together.
The list will be of schools, not performances!
Meaning, only the best time by a school will make the list!
Same with my other relay lists.....only one time per school!
(More on my relay lists in a later post!)

Emily Grove vaulted 14-3.25 to move into a 5-way tie at 20th on the Collegiate PV list!

Even better, a redshirting Sandi Morris PV'ed 14-9.
She wants to compete in her 5th year (in 2015), so she's a redshirt from Arkansas.
While not allowable for the Collegiate list, it does move her from a 4-way tie at 18th to a 3-way tie at 15th on the USA list!!

On the international front, the Collegiate Record holder, Tina Sutej (14-11 in 2012), now a pro, vaulted a PR of 15-5.25 in the Russian Winter meet to move into a tie (with 1 other) at 15th on the World Indoor list!

Remember when I said Bernard Lagat got his 1st Age 39 record with his 7:49.83 3000 in the Glasgow meet?
Well, he kind of destroyed that mark with his 7:38.51 non-winning time in the Karlsruhe meet!
How many more Age 39 records will he get this year, indoors and out?

Three WT'ers threw further to move onto, or improve their place on one WT list or another.

That dude with the unspellable name--Chukwuebuke Enekwechi--threw the weight 77-6 to move from 11th to 9th on the Collegiate list!
Adam Kelly threw 75-9.75, which moves him up 1 place on the HS list, from 18th to 17th!
It was a 4 inch improvement for him!
And Kayla Padgett's throw of 72 feet, one quarter inch moves her onto the Collegiate list in 20th place!

The next 2 weeks--and really, the rest of the season!!--should be HOT!
This week is Boston, and next week is Millrose.
AND....Galen Rupp's attempt on the 1 mile WR!!
(This race at BU was pushed back 1 week to give Rupp more time to prepare!!)

See you soon!

Oops!
Forgot one of the best 600 races ever!
Happened at the Russian Winter meet.

I'm still compiling my 600 lists, so the following might NOT all be correct.
Still, it's worth reporting!

Mohammed Aman won the race with a time of 1:15.31, which is 2nd A-T on the World list, and the Age 20 record!
Adam Kszczot ran 1:15.75, making him 4th A-T World, and the new Age 24 record holder.
Abdulraman Balla ran 1:15.83, moving him into 7th on the World DDD.
And Stepan Poistogov ran 1:16.08, making him 11th A-T World, and the Age 27 record holder!

If corrections are needed, I'll include them in a later post.

BULLETIN:
Galen Rupp switches to Boston mile!
Presumably, this cancels his WR attempt at BU the following week!
Salazar & Rupp determined this would better fit his preparation for USATF and WIC!!

No comments:

Post a Comment