Saturday, March 1, 2014

Was that the SEC meet...or the NCAA Championships?

As the results kept pouring in from the SEC meet, I began wondering if I were not seeing results from the NCAA meet instead.
I mean, I know the SEC is always one of the best Indoor meets, and veers on the edge of challenging some Invitationals for quality of marks (especially in the sprints, relays, and field events), but the 2014 version went above and beyond.
And it sucks that some athletes will pass on the WIC to compete for their teams in the NCAA's.  Difficult to compete at the highest levels 2 weeks in a row.
Anyway, before I get to the SEC, Sandra Perkovic made news in  Croatia today.

She threw the Discus 231-4, the furthest throw since the '90's (except for Pishchalnikova's 231-11 from 2012, which was erased because of a drug DQ).
It makes her 20th A-T in the World!
And this was apparently her first meet of the season!!
(It was Outdoors!  I mention this because ALL of my blogs have contained only Indoor marks thus far!)

The SEC.

Let's start with Kamaria Brown.
She ran her 200 prelim in 22.51.
I'll skip telling where that mark placed her, because she soon improved on it!!
Yes, she ran her final in 22.50.
THAT mark makes her 5th A-T Collegiate.
And 6th A-T US.
AND...17th All Time in the World!!
She also won the 400 in a blistering 50.94
That mark happens to place her 8th A-T on both the Collegiate and US Indoor lists!

Those events placed (or raised) some others on my lists.

Dezerea Bryant ran 22.75, moving her to 14th A-T Collegiate, and 15th A-T US.
Robin Reynolds took 2nd in the 400 with 51.77, making her 17th A-T Collegiate and US.
(Keep in mind that Collegiate lists include some foreigners!)
Shamier Little, known as a 400H runner, ran 51.86, putting her at 21st A-T Collegiate and 22nd A-T US.

The Men's 400 was a blazer too.
Deon Lendore won in 45.03, a PR which moves him from 5th up to 4th A-T Collegiate, but tied with 1 other.
Arman Hall ran 45.28, which ties him with 1 other at 7th A-T Collegian.  He moved up from 20th!!
Vernon Norwood ran 45.39.
He's 12th A-T Collegiate, tied with 1 other.
He's also 14th A-T US, tied with 2 others.
And he's on the World list too, in 22nd, tied with 4 others!

I hesitate to give places for the Multi's, as I'm still working on compiling those lists for Indoors.
That said, Maicel Uibo's 5859 Hept score is good for 20th place A-T Collegiate Indoor, tied with 1 other.
Erica Bougard's PR Pentathlon score of 4458 gives her 5th A-T Collegiate.
(Frosh Kendell Williams missed her PR of 4302 by just 19 points!)

The Women's 800, both prelim and final, provided 2 marks of note.
Megan Malasarte won the prelim in 2:03.08, making her 13th A-T Collegiate.
But Stephanie Brown won the final (Malasarte was 3rd!) in 2:03.21, which gives her 16th A-T Collegian, tied with 1 other.

Kendra Harrison won the 60H in 7.94, which moves her from 11th A-T Collegiate up to 6th, tied with 3 others.

Denise Hinton had a good WT measuring 73-11, which makes her 11th A-T Collegian, but also 14th A-T US (Actually not certain she's US, so will let you know if I find out she's not!), and 16th A-T World!

Kearsten Peoples threw the SP 58-5.25, which makes her 15th A-T Collegiate.

A couple of female PV'ers got good heights, but at different meets.
Alysha Newman's 14-3.25 ties her at 24th A-T Collegiate, tied with 4 others.
At the ACC meet, Megan Clark reached 14-5.25, tying her at 16th A-T Collegiate, with 1 other.

Finally, shades of USATF's nightmare DQ circus, Florida won the 4X400 Relay in 3:30.16, making them School # 7 on the A-T Collegiate list.
However, the "other winner", Texas A&M, was DQ'ed for an interference call.
Protests and appeals are being filed, I believe.
News about the incident is still coming in as I write.

The Men's 4X400 was sensational!
Texas A&M won in a Collegiate Record time of 3:03.20.
Florida was 2nd in a time of 3:03.50, which would've tied the old CR of.....Texas A&M!!
Florida did beat their old best by 0.01.
They are now 1st and 2nd on the A-T Collegiate list!

I'll close with some good HS marks.

Tessa Barrett ran a PR in the 3000, her 9:36.45 making her 11th A-T HS Indoors.
(Remember, no OT marks, so Alexa Efraimson's 9:00.16 from Seattle is NOT on my list!!)

Brianna Schwartz collapsed after crossing the finish line, but she ran a solid mile in 4:42.58, good for 8th A-T HS.
She's in the 11th grade!!

Two boys ran solid 800's.
Kyle Francis won in 1:50.55, tying him with the iconic Michael Granville for 4th A-T HS.
Jeff Wiseman ran 1:51.36 in 2nd, tying him with 1 other at 10th A-T HS.

Finally, Corey Crawford, a junior at Purdue, LJ'ed 26-11.75.
That was his THIRD PR of the day!!
Suddenly, he's tied at 11th A-T Collegiate (with 1 other), and is now 21st A-T US, tied with 2 others!!

In the next few days (prior to the World Indoor Championships in Sopot), I hope to have at least 1, and maybe 2 (or 3??) more posts.
I'll add whatever other marks I missed in my "rush to publish".
I'll also make some predictions for the upcoming biggies, the WIC, the NCAA, and the NBIN.
I may even begin reviewing the entire 2014 Indoor season!
We'll see!

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