The 2015 INdoor T&F season has "officially" begun!
So it's time to look at what you need to do to make my DDD (Top 24 A-T Performers) lists.
And I will soon get to that.
But first, there's a few items I want to tell you about.
I found an old OUTdoor mark---from August!---I missed.
Venelina Veneva-Mateeva (sp?) HJ'ed 6-2.75 to set an Age 40 record!
I had only a 5-9.25 as my previous record, so this shatters it!!
That's a really amazing mark!!
I don't normally report times from XC, nor from 8th graders!
But an Alabama girl named Amaris Tyynismaa ran in one of the HS Regional meets last week, winning the Middle School division in the great time of 16:57.
Great?
Well yes, if you consider Anna Rohrer, one of the very best HSers, ran 16:59 to win HER race!
As far as Amaris's track potential, I have no idea.
But one target for her could be that 16:43.02 INdoor 5000 that Brianna Jackucewicz ran in 2004 as a 7th grader!
She's reportedly run 10:23 for 3000 meters.
But most startling is her progress this season!
She's run just 3 XC 5000's.
She began in late August with a 18:43!
Then on November 8th, she ran 17:03!
And finally, that 16:57!
She's Finnish, but appears to be an American citizen.
Watch for her name during this INdoor season!
Another young girl to watch, though she's now 18 and a college Frosh at Lipscomb in Tennessee, is Kayla Montgomery!
She's that girl who has Multiple Sclerosis, but became one of the better HSers, and finished 57th in her Regional XC race with a time of 20:59 for 6000 meters.
Your best introduction to her would be to watch the ESPN video called "Catching Kayla", done this summer.
One indication of its power is that it made Shalane Flanagan cry, and to say she was inspired by it!
Strongly recommended.
For links to that video, plus a Flotrack interview with her, and the entire race where she won the NC State Championship in the 3200, go to the T&F News Current Affairs thread simply titled "Kayla Montgomery".
I provide all the above links, plus commentary.
In the Armory opener (PSAL Pilgrim Games) on November 30th, Richard Rose had the best mark, a 600 in 1:20.98.
He's run over 2 seconds faster, but not bad for November!!
Another major announcement, out just minutes ago, is that Jenny Simpson will race the 2 Mile at Boston's meet on February 7th.
If you recall, she miscounted the laps at last year's edition, and lost the race, and her attempt to break the American Record!
I would hope she's taken a remedial math class since then!!
LOL
Finally, Hoka One One has become the sponsor of what was once called the Oxy High Performance meet.
They've announced it will be livestreamed!
Okay, on to my Top 24's.
I will simply post all my 24th Place marks, the LEAST mark needed to make it onto the A-T Top 24 lists for World, US, Collegiate, and HS.
All marks are for INdoor T&F!
No OT marks are included.
Also, no converted 1600 or 3200 meter times.
Boys HS throws (SP & WT) are for HS weighted implements!
Multis are the Hept for the Men (but Pent for HS!), Pent for the Women.
After posting the times, I will offer a few names of athletes who are NOT currently on these lists, but who are MOST LIKELY to get on one or more of them in 2015.
As I've done in the past, the columns are, from left to right, World, US, Collegiate, High School.
The symbol "*****" means that event is not run often enough to have a list.
Men
60 6.48 6.51 6.54 6.71
200 20.40 20.43 20.50 21.37
400 45.39 45.54 45.66 47.45
600 1:16.19 1:17.38 1:18.28 1:20.22
800 1:45.44 1:47.11 1:47.14 1:51.80
1000 2:17.67 2:19.9 2:22.51 2:28.11
1500 3:34.89 3:39.8 3:44.45 3:55.22
1 Mile 3:53.02 3:55.84 3:56.77 4:08.77
2000 4:58.76 5:02.41 ***** *****
3000 7:34.47 7:46.09 7:50.44 8:32.3
2 Mile 8:15.02 8:28.8 ***** 9:01.92
5000 13:11.78 13:37.09 13:37.03 14:53.21
60H 7.44 7.51 7.61 7.77
HJ 7-8.75 7-7.25 7-6.50 7-2
LJ 27-3.25 26-11.75 26-8.50 24-9.25
TJ 57-3.75 55-9 55-1.50 50-3.25
PV 19-4.25 18-9.50 18-6 17-0.75
SP 70-8 69-8 67-4.25 66-10.25
WT 76-3.50 75-4.75 74-7 75-0.50
Multis 6229 5826 5868 3586
4X400R 3:13.21 ***** 3:06.84 *****
DMR ***** ***** 9:33.01 *****
Women
60 7.04 7.13 7.18 7.34
200 22.59 22.87 22.84 23.80
400 50.71 51.83 51.92 54.16
600 1:27.14 1:29.34 1:30.56 1:32.00
800 1:58.9 2:01.87 2:03.47 2:07.81
1000 2:35.80 2:42.61 2:45.86 2:50.69
1500 4:03.53 4:10.72 4:18.2 4:28.3
1 Mile 4:26.50 4:30.39 4:33.76 4:46.11
2000 5:43.99 5:56.78 ***** *****
3000 8:38.14 8:54.55 9:03.47 9:44.60
2 Mile 9:36.00 9:50.07 ***** 10:21.85
5000 15:13.86 15:43.04 15:43.69 17:00.54
60H 7.82 7.93 8.00 8.39
HJ 6-6.75 6-3.25 6-2.75 5-11
LJ 22-10.50 21-8.75 21-8 20-1
TJ 48-2 44-6.75 44-8.25 41-4.50
PV 15-3.50 14-7.25 14-3.50 13-2.25
SP 67-6.25 59-1.25 57-8.25 49-4.50
WT 73-2.50 71-10.25 71-8.75 56-10.75
Multis 4768 4253 4253 3578
4X400R 3:36.17 ***** 3:35.19 *****
DMR ***** ***** 11:06.77 *****
If you noticed a couple of Collegiate 24's better than the US's, it's partially because there's many non-US athletes who compete in the NCAA.
Also, a few events (the 2000's, for example) don't have a 24-deep list!
Here's a few names who are NOT currently on these lists, who COULD make the lists in 2015.....IF they compete INdoors!! (And are healthy, etc!!)
Obvious names missing are Usain Bolt and Yohan Blake in the Men's sprints!
Trayvon Bromell and Trentavis Friday could make the Collegiate sprint lists.
The Men's Collegiate 1 mile list doesn't have Ed Cheserek's name on it.....yet!
Ches is also missing from the Collegiate 3000 and 5000 lists!
Devon Allen isn't on the Collegiate 60H list, but will he compete INdoors?
Can Devin King up his Vault mark by almost 6 inches to make the Collegiate list?
Will Noah Lyles run INdoors to make the HS 200 list?
Grant Fisher and Austin Tamagno are missing from the 1500 & Mile lists for HSers.
Remember, 8 of the Top 24 HS 5000's came from last year!
Will it be a repeat (or more!!) in 2015??
David Rudisha, Nijel Amos, Nick Symmonds, and Duane Solomon are all not on the Men's World 800 list!
Symmonds is on the US 1000 list, but short by 1 second from the World list!
Can he make it there this year?
Asbel Kiprop and Ayanleh Souleiman are both not on the World 1500 and 1 Mile lists!
The Men's US 2 Mile list is neck-deep in marks from the 60's, 70's, and 80's!
That could so easily change in 2015.......IF!!!
(Same goes for the Women!!)
Believe it or not, Bogdan Bondarenko is NOT on the World HJ list!!
Nor are Derek Drouin and Eric Kynard.
After a great 2014 OUTdoors, will Mark Hollis make the US PV list?
(Or even the World list??)
Ryan Crouser is (barely, at number 24!) on the US SP list, but about 1 foot shy of the World list.
The Women's HS sprint lists are missing Kaylin Whitney's name!
As I've stated several times, it's a shame that Sophie Cantine ran her GREAT 2:47.64 1000 on an OT!
Hopefully, in 2015 she will move to a 200 meter track to run that kind of time, to easily make the HS 1K list!
The Girl's HS 5000 list is missing SO many names!!
With the Renaissance in HS distance running recently, if even half of the current crop of stars would run the NBIN 5000, that list would be DRASTICALLY revised!!
Courtney Corrin isn't on the HS LJ list!
ALL of the Girl's HS 50 foot SP'ers are graduated, so it's a question who might be able to pop onto the HS list this year!
Speaking of the SP, look for Raven Saunders to make the Collegiate list in her Frosh year!
Based on which events she runs INdoors, Stanford Freshman Elise Cranny could make EVERY Collegiate list from 600 through 5000!!
NCAA XC winner Kate Avery isn't on any of the Collegiate distance lists!
Will she get on them in 2015?
And what about surprise NCAA XC 2nd Sarah DiSanza?
What's HER choice of events?
Will Aisling Cuffe, Erin Finn, and Wesley Frazier come back from injury and illness to make the Collegiate 5000 list?
I'd love to see Dior Hall improve by 0.11 seconds to make the Collegiate 60H list in her Frosh year!
Multi's girl Kendell Williams is also missing from the 60H list!
Keturah Orji might crack the Collegiate TJ list in her Freshman year!
Look for Desiree Freier's name to be added to the Collegiate PV list!
Can HSer Kaylin Whitney make even the US and World lists, especially in the 200?
Dafne Schippers is missing from the World sprint lists.
Mary Cain is missing from the US 600 and 800 lists!
She's also missing from the World 1500 and 2 Mile lists, as well as the US lists in the 3000 and 5000.
Speaking of HS phenoms (or, in Cain's & Cranny's case, FORMER HS phenoms!!), will Alexa Efraimson make the US 1500 and 1 Mile lists?
She would even have the chance to make the US 3000 and 2 mile lists!
Will Abbey D'Agostino start her Pro career on the track by making the INdoor World 5000 list?
As noted earlier, Genzebe Dibaba WILL be adding her name to the INdoor World 1 Mile and 5000 lists!
(With World Records, no less!!)
Brigetta Barrett isn't on the World HJ list.
She COULD be!!
Tianna Bartoletta and Tori Bowie are both missing from the World LJ list, but could get on it in 2015.
I mentioned Keturah Orji possibly making the Collegiate TJ list!
She could also make the US list!
Ditto goes for Desiree Freier making the US list in addition to the Collegiate list!
Kendell Williams is the CR holder, but she's about 130 points shy of making the World list!!
Can she do it?
I think so!
Well, I could probably add about 100 or more names as possibilities to make any of the 8 DDD lists (4 each for Men and Women), but this post is already WAY too long!!
Look for a First Anniversary post on December 9th!!
Other than that, December SHOULD produce several good marks worth reporting!
And, guaranteed, you'll find ALL of them right HERE!!
See you on the 9th, if not sooner!
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