When it takes me about one full hour to revise my T&F Record Book in just ONE event, and it takes over 3 full pages to notate all the Record Book-worthy marks, and when you realize there were just 17 events in the entire meet, AND that several events were just average (on a DL scale), you KNOW you have an "Ohhh Myyyy!" meet on your hands!
So let's not waste any more time, and get to the report.
The Men's 1500 was a MONSTER!!
Surely one of the best-ever 1500's anywhere, anytime.
The advertised World Record attempt by Asbel Kiprop fell a tad short.
As in he didn't even win the race, or set a PR!
Silas Kiplagat did win, his time of 3:27.64 missing Hicham El Guerrouj's 2002 Meet Record by 0.30 seconds!
It's the Age 24 record, and this time he GOT El G's 1999 mark....by a gigantic 0.01 seconds!!
He moves from 12th All-Time World all the way to 4th!
And he moves onto my Combined 800-1500 list!
His 1:44.8 and 3:27.64 add to 5:12.44, making him 5th best on that list!
This was a DEEP race, with Best Place marks set in 4th through 10th places!
Ayanleh Souleman's 3:29.58 took over the Best 4th Place spot.
Best 5th Place is now Abdelaati Iguider's 3:29.83.
Sixth Place is still Aman Wote's.
He broke his own record with his 3:29.91.
Also given a 3:29.91 (with no indication in the results that it was a tie!) was Nick Willis in 7th, for another Best Place record.
Leo Manzano's 3:30.98 PR gave him the Best 8th Place mark ever.
And Matthew Centrowitz is now the Best 9th Place ever with his PR of 3:31.09.
In 10th came Henrik Ingebrigtsen, his 3:31.46 the Best 10th Place ever!!
National Records were broken by Souleiman, Wote, Willis, and Ingebrigtsen.
Souleiman got his own Djibouti National Record.
Wote broke his own Ethiopia National Record.
Willis is the new National Record holder for New Zealand.
And Ingebrigtsen continues setting new Norway NR's, as he also got his own mark.
Souleiman is now 21st A-T World
Manzano moves from 11th A-T US up to 5th.
And Centrowitz moves from 9th A-T US up to 7th!
Last but certainly not least (especially with the World Junior meet coming up in just 4 days!) is a new Age 18 record.
Ronald Kwemboi ran a phenomenal 3:28.81 for the Age record (assuming his given birthdate of September 1995 is correct!).
It also places him in rather elite company on the World list.
He now shares 7th A-T World with none other than....Mo Farah!!
BTW, I don't know if he's entered in the World Junior meet (I'll have a preview of the meet in a few days!), but if he is, I think you can just hand him the Gold right now!!
Molly Huddle continues her outstanding season.
She broke her own US National Record in the 5000, with a solid time of 14:42.64.
Following not too far back was Shannon Rowbury, finally getting her wished-for sub-15:00.
And she did so by a substantial margin, her time of 14:48.68 moving her from 15th A-T US all the way into 4th!
Genzebe Dibaba finally showed some of her Indoor season shape, as her winning 14:28.88 makes her 9th A-T World.
It's also the new Monaco DL Meet Record, as this event has never been run here before!
And it places her solidly on my Combined Events list for the 1500-5000 Combo!
Her 3:57.54 (OUTdoor time!!) and the 14:28.88 add up to 18:26.42, making her 5th best ever.
Caterine Ibarguen ripped a gigantic Triple Jump of 50-3!
It's a new Meet Record!
It's the new Age 30 record.
And it's the Colombia National Record!
It also moves her way up on the A-T World list, from 22nd (tied with 1 other) up into 5th!
The Men's 800 was another deep race.
David Rudisha, despite running his 2014 best time of 1:42.98, finished just 5th!
It missed the Best 5th Place mark by just 0.03!
Another missing a Place mark by a miniscule margin was Ferguson Cheruiyot, his 1:42.84 in 4th missing that Best Place mark by just 0.02 seconds!
Nijel Amos won the race in 1:42.45.
That's the new Meet Record.
Pierre Ambroise-Bosse nabbed the National Record of France with his 1:42.53.
It also moves him into 11th A-T World, tied with 1 other!
Cheruiyot's mark becomes 24th A-T World.
And Alexander Rowe tied Australia's National Record with his 1:44.40.
(I need to double-check this "record", as I believe Ralph Doubell's hand-timed 1:44.3 from 1968 was/is the record! I'll revise this if necessary!)
France had a great day in Monaco!
Besides Bosse's 800 National Record, Pascal Martinot-Lagarde also broke a French National Record.
His 110H win in 12.95 took care of the NR.
But it missed Aries Merritt's 2012 Meet Record by just 0.02 seconds!
M-L moves from 24th A-T World (tied with 2 others) up to 12th, tied with 1 other.
Orlando Ortega's 13.01 in second makes him 20th A-T World, tied with 1 other.
Knocked OFF that list were two 1990's-era vets.
Gone are the 13.05's from Tony Dees (1991) and Florian Schwarthoff (1995)!
Tori Bowie continues her break-out season!
Her 10.80 100 beat a class field by 0.16 seconds!
Among her "victims" were Veronica Campbell-Brown, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, and Allyson Felix!!
Bowie is now 16th All-Time World!
And she moves from 22nd A-T US (tied with 1 other) up into 8th!
Myriam Soumare's 11.03 missed Muriel Ahoure's 2012 Best 7th Place record by just 0.03!!
And while I know the Men's 100 included some "controversial" figures, I'm taking the results at face value.
I believe in "innocent till proven guilty"
PAST guilt is just what it is....PAST guilt!!
Thus, I must honor Justin Gatlin's fantastic 200 mark of 19.68.
This was AGAINST a wind of minus-0.5!!
It's the Age 32 record.
It beats the most venerable Michael Johnson's Age 32 record (19.71 from 2000)!
And ironically enough, it beats another controversial person's Meet Record!
Tyson Gay (who finished well back here!) had the old MR, set in 2010.
Gatlin moves from 23rd A-T World (tied with 3 others) up to 8th, where he's tied with 1 other.
He also moves from 12th A-T US (tied with 2 others), into 6th.
Finally, he improves his placing on my Combined 100-200 Events list.
His 9.79 and 19.68 add up to 29.47, making him 6th on that list
In the absence (Not counting her quite PREGNANT appearance at the USATF meet, where she ran 2:32.13!!) of Alysia Montano, 20 year old Ajee Wilson is becoming America's best 800 runner.
(Moscow Bronze medal winner Brenda Martinez isn't quite up to her 2013 shape!)
Wilson BEAT the favored Eunice Sum with her PR of 1:57.67!
She moves 10 spots up the A-T US list, from 16th into 6th!!
Winnie Nanyondo set a Uganda National Record with her 1:58.63.
Jenn Suhr was beaten by Fabiana Murer, but her 15-5.50 PV gave her the Age 32 record!
Katarina Stefanidi, another having a great season, vaulted 15-5.50 also, tying the Greece National Record.
It also makes her 19th A-T World, tied with 2 others!
One of THE featured events, the Men's High Jump, suffered from ES (Expectations Syndrome), as it will whenever most of history's 2.40-plus jumpers show up at the same venue on the same day!
But Bogdan Bondarenko tried his best, clearing 7-10.50 for the Meet Record, then missing 3 tries at 7-11.25!
The crowd loved it, though!!
I have 3 "old" marks to report.
One of the "2 others" Stefanidi is tied with at 15-5.50 in the PV is Lisa Ryzih.
She's also 19th A-T World, tied with....Stefanidi!
Kris Pars threw the Hammer 270-7, making him 24th A-T World.
Finally, Tigist Getret's 9:28.36 Steeplechase is the new Age 17 record!
(Not sure if SHE will be at the World Junior meet either. Will let you know!)
As noted, I will PREVIEW the WJC, most likely late on the 21st, or very early on July 22nd!
I'll be reviewing which Meet Records might be broken, as well as doing some general commentary.
Watch for it!
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