Having lived in Eugene from June 1987 through March 1998 (then moving to Lincoln City on the coast, but returning often for all the BIG track meets), I can say I was THRILLED "my" Duckies won both the Men's and Women's meet at the NCAA.
But this blog ain't about team victories--not even when the Ducks win TWICE!!
(No, I'm NOT finished rubbing it in yet!! LOL)
Anyway, besides UO winning BOTH meets (sic!), the records and the marks are what REALLY made the 2014 NCAA one of the best!
I'll start with the American Record!!
That's right, an All-Time United States Indoor Record!!
And it wasn't by the person who I' thought most likely to break it!
Oregon's Phyllis Francis broke Francena McCorory's AR of 50.54 with her winning 50.46.
It also broke McCorory's Collegiate Record, Meet Record, and moved Fran down to 2nd A-T Collegian!
It also broke McCorory's Collegiate Senior Class record!
And she won by a HUGE margin!!
She had run a fast heat, time of 51.29, which placed her 11th A-T Collegian (tied with 1 other).
Of course, her final nullified those stats!
Three other Collegiate Records were broken in Albuquerque, also on the women's side.
Kendell Williams, just an 18 year old frosh (at the University of Georgia), shattered her own PR (4302, from earlier this year), by over 300 points, scaling Mt Pentathlon to the height of a CR 4635 points!
In a spectacular display, she broke all 5 of her Pent. PR's.
And she did it, going against a woman who ALSO broke the CR!!
Makeba Alcide's 2013 mark of 4569 was also beaten by Erica Bougard, who scored 4586.
Williams, besides the CR, also got the Collegiate Frosh Class record, the Age 18 record, and became 5th A-T US!
Bougard got the Collegiate Junior Class record, is now 2nd A-T Collegiate, and 6th A-T US!
This Pentathlon produced 3 more A-T Collegiate list placers, and 2 A-T US list placers.
Brittany Harrell scored 4287 points, making her 18th A-T Collegiate, and 22nd A-T US.
Lucie Ondraschkova's 4268 makes her 20th A-T Collegiate.
And Deanna Latham scored 4253, making her 24th on both the A-T Collegiate and US lists!
Another CR came in the meet-ending (and meet-WINNING) Women's 4X400 Relay.
The Oregon Ducks won a real squeaker over Texas, both teams breaking the old CR (set by another Texas squad in 2003) of 3:27.66.
Oregon's 3:27.40 is the new CR, as well as the new Meet Record.
Texas ran 3:27.42, making them the # 2 School on the A-T Indoor Collegiate list!
(Phyllis Francis anchored in 50.64!)
Two other teams made the A-T Collegiate list.
Penn State's 3:33.13 makes them # 14 School on the list.
USC (Southern California) ran 3:33.20 to become the 15th fastest School!
The third other Collegiate Record (There were FOUR of them, remember!!)came in the Women's Pole Vault!
Kaitlin Petrillose vaulted 15-1 to break Tina Sutej's 2012 mark of 14-11, as well as the Meet Record of 14-10.25 by Amy Linnen, dating from 2002.
It's also the Collegiate Soph Class record, and makes Petrillose 8th A-T US as well!
Emily Grove vaulted a PR of 14-7.25, making her 9th A-T Collegian, tied with 5 others.
The Women's 60's, both hurdles and flat, produced good marks.
Ramona Burchell was the shocking winner of the 60 flat.
Have no idea who she is, or whether she's American or not.
But her winning time of 7.11 is now 3rd A-T Collegiate!!
And she beat Dezerea Bryant's 7.12, which makes her 4th A-T Collegiate, tied with 1 other.
Bryant is also now 19th A-T American, tied with 3 others.
Jasmine Todd also ran good, her 7.16 making her 16th A-T Collegian, tied with 3 others.
There was almost a 4-way tie in the 60H.
They gave it to another unknown, Sharika Nelvis.
She ran 7.93, making her suddenly 6th A-T Collegian, tied with 1 other.
That "1 other" happens to be the 2nd placer, Tiffani McReynolds, whose 7.93......well, see the previous sentence!! LOL
Behind those 2 came the two "knowns", Jasmine Stowers and Kendra Harrison, who each improved their PR's to 7.94.s.
They both are 8th A-T Collegian, tied with 4 others, including each other!!
(I hope that made sense! LOL)
Dezerea Bryant won the 200 with a PR time of 22.69, moving her up 2 spots on the A-T Collegiater list, to 12th place.
She's also now 12th on the A-T US list.
In the Men's 200, Deondre Batson edged out Dedric Dukes, 20.32 to 20.34.
This moves both onto the A-T World DDD list
Batson is 10th A-T World, tied with 2 others.
Dukes is 13th A-T World.
Batson is 7th A-T US, also tied with 2 others.
Dukes is 10th A-T US.
They are 6th and 7th A-T Collegiate, respectively.
The 60 flat winner, Dentarius Locke, is now 11th A-T Collegiate, tied with 2 others, with his 6.52.
In prelim races, Cameron Burrell and Batson ran 6.54's, which makes them equal-15th A-T Collegian, tying them each with 9 others, including each other!
The Men's 60H winning time of 7.57 by Omar McLeod makes him 14th A-T Collegiate, but more significantly, gives him the Collegiate Frosh Class record too!
Shawn Barber, who has dual-US and Canadian citizenship, but who competes as a Canadian, broke the Canadian Indoor record with his winning 18-10.25 PV.
It also makes him 6th A-T Collegiate!
As I've stated several times already, my Multi's lists are still not finished!
Thus, any records or places---especially the latter--I mention MIGHT be wrong.
Corrections, if necessary, will be made later.
That said, Curtis Beach PR'ed in the Heptathlon with his winning 6190 score..
This makes him (??) 2nd A-T Collegian, and moves him from 11th to 8th A-T US.
Maicel Uibo's 2nd place score of 6044 makes him 7th A-T Collegiate!
The Men's LJ has been in a bit of a dark corner recently, but Jarrion Lawson's winning 27-6.50 might light some fires again.
He becomes # 4 A-T Collegian, #8 A-T US, and even moves him onto the World list, at # 15 A-T.
Lorraine Ugen won the LJ by more than a foot (!!), her 22-1 leap making her 8th A-T Collegian.
James Harris, who also runs a fair 400, won the HJ with a super PR of 7-7.25.
He's now 15th A-T US, though tied with a massive TEN others (!!).
And he's 8th A-T Collegiate, but tied with just 1 other.
The WT and SP produced a quartet of worthy marks.
Christina Hillman won the SP with her 59-6.75 toss.
This makes her 8th A-T Collegiate, and 17th A-T US.
Valentina Mazaric, a Croatian, threw 58-8.50, making her 16th A-T Collegiate.
Ida Storm threw the WT 71-10.25 in a non-winning effort, but she did win 22nd place A-T Collegiate as a consolation prize!
Nick Miller threw the "indoor hammer" 75-8.25, making him 16th A-T Collegiate.
In the final Men's event, their 4X400 Relay (The women's 4X400 was THE final event of the meet!), 3 teams ran marks worth noting.
Nebraska ran 3:05.25, making them the 18th fastest Collegiate School.
Pittsburg's team ran 3:06.31 for 21st best School.
And NC (North Carolina) ran 3:06.49 for 24th place on my Collegiate DDD list.
Finally (!!!), I need to mention a mark that was NOT at the NCAA.
In fact, it wasn't in the state of New Mexico either.
And it wasn't on a track or in a field either!
Shalane Flanagan set a new 15K American Road record at the Gate River Run in Jacksonville, Florida!
She ran 47:03, breaking Deena Kastors 11-year old mark of 47:15.
And she really went after it!!
She split 15:29 for her first 5000, which, if continued, would have broken the A-T WORLD mark!!!
But she slowed just a bit, to 15:40 for her next 5K, then to 15:54.
Not bad when you consider that 2nd place was over 2 minutes back!!
Think she's ready to blast a fast Boston??
Well, that's it from the NCAA.
Tomorrow night, after the High School NBIN 3-day affair is over, I'll have another full report of all the records and great marks.
And there are ALREADY many records and marks to report from The Armory!!
See you then!
Enjoy the meet!
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