T&F is supposed to be a simple sport.
Whoever runs faster, jumps higher, or throws farther wins.
Then those damn orgs enter the picture---you know, IAAF, USATF, NCAA, NHSF (?? National High School Federation?).
Then the question becomes, When is a record a RECORD?
This is going to be a cornucopia of material for your enlightenment and entertainment.
But I'll begin with a couple of examples possibly illustrating what I said above.
Rita Jeptoo will soon find out when her ban begins, and which races will be expunged from her record.
It SEEMS fairly certain that her 2:18:57 is out of here.
If that's the case, my T&F Record Book will need to be revised.
In fact, I'm sure it will need revision, whatever her punishment is.
BUT I won't revise my Book until WADA (or whomever) gives us the particulars of her ban.
So until then, her PR remains on the books!
It seems Shawn Barber Pole Vaulted a great 19-3 today in a PV-only meet in Texas.
IF everything is legal, that would be a Collegiate Record (INdoors of course!), the Junior Class record, the Canadian National record, and the Age 20 record!
BUT was everything "legal"?
Supposedly, the meet was certified by USATF.
But PoleVaultPower questions whether it can be a CR, because the meet apparently doesn't meet NCAA specifications!
Also, I'm not sure if Barber has turned Pro, or if he's still a student at Akron!
And if he IS a student there, is he redshirting?
Until all those questions are answered, I can't revise my Record Book to show all those "Records" he apparently broke!!
Well, I have a few other things to report.
Did I mention the following in another post? (Too lazy to research it! LOL)
Speaking of orgs messing things up, I still don't know if that Falmouth Mile from August 10, 2012 was "legal"
T&FN lists Brenda Martinez's 4:26.78 and Gabe Grunewald's 4:27.94 as legit, even though there supposedly were no cones on the curves, thus replicating what happened at 2013's Re-RUN meet, where all the marks were negated because of no cones.
But I'm accepting T&FN's "ruling" on this, so their times are good!
BTW, Martinez's mark gives her 16th A-T US, while Gabe's mark leaves her 24th A-T US!
A couple of notable HS marks to report.
Virij Devkar ran 3000 in 8:29.68.
This makes him 19th A-T HS.
And Marcellus Fletcher TJ'ed 50-1.50, but that falls about 2 inches shy of my DDD list.
It is the best HS mark so far, however.
In China's Xiamen Marathon, Mare Dibaba matched her PR of 2:19:52, first run in 2012.
But until the Rita Jeptoo matter is finalized, we won't know whether Dibaba's mark improves her placement on my DDD!
The Russian Winter Meet (February 1) is looking like another great one.
Set to compete in the Men's 1500 are Silas Kiplagat, Aman Wote, and Bethwell Birgen.
Maria Kuchina will HJ.
Nijel Amos will run, but not sure if it's in the 800 or 1000.
Mike Rodgers will do the 60, and Pascal Martinot-Lagarde will run the 60H.
Every so often, I do an inventory of all the marks in my T&F Record Book.
This means I count all the marks that have a year attached to it.
This is done so I can find out how fast T&F marks are progressing, from decade to decade.
I count all my categories (Miscellaneous, Age, Meet, National records, and all my DDD lists!).
I divide the count as follows:
2000-present (I decided to NOT do the decade of 2000-2009 separately!)
1990-1999
1980-1989
to 1979 (Includes all marks up to and including 1979!)
Of course, I do separate counts for INdoors and OUTdoors, as well as for Men and Women.
The last time I'd done a count was January 1, 2012.
Thus, my latest count (done December 31st) is 3 years later!
Note that since then, I've expanded my Record Book quite a bit, all in the past year!
I've added several events to my DDD lists, and done away with the strict standards I was using for my Meet and National records, thus greatly increasing their numbers!
Following are the new numbers.
OUTdoors is first, then INdoors, then the TOTALS (for IN and OUT combined).
Miscellaneous M W DDD-HS M W
2000-present 262 287 273 342
1990-1999 110 45 76 55
1980-1989 63 87 97 69
to 1979 29 15 91 51
Age M W DDD-Coll. M W
2000-present 339 307 296 380
1990-1999 145 129 98 105
1980-1989 65 114 108 94
to 1979 9 12 57 5
Meet M W DDD-World M W
2000-present 501 639 346 336
1990-1999 172 92 185 140
1980-1989 90 97 90 144
to 1979 21 8 12 19
National M W DDD-US M W
2000-present 252 238 277 380
1990-1999 123 93 132 114
1980-1989 47 66 136 82
to 1979 11 8 43 11
TOTALS-OUTdoors M W
2000-present 2546 2909
1990-1999 1041 773
1980-1989 696 753
to 1979 273 129
Miscellaneous M W DDD-HS M W
2000-present 160 180 310 338
1990-1999 37 22 62 50
1980-1989 16 12 56 53
to 1979 2 10 34 27
Age M W DDD-Coll M W
2000-present 278 272 341 393
1990-1999 79 68 71 58
1980-1989 28 47 55 37
to 1979 3 10 16 1
Meet M W DDD-World M W
2000-present 120 129 347 335
1990-1999 24 24 122 94
1980-1989 22 17 48 81
to 1979 2 1 7 10
National M W DDD-US M W
2000-present 154 123 280 345
1990-1999 87 46 98 72
1980-1989 40 22 72 57
to 1979 5 3 22 6
TOTALS-INdoors M W
2000-present 1990 2115
1990-1999 580 434
1980-1989 337 326
to 1979 92 68
TOTALS (IN and OUT Combined) M W ALL
2000-present 4536 5024 9560
1990-1999 1621 1207 2828
1980-1989 1033 1079 2112
to 1979 365 197 562
If numbers for Men and Women don't match within a certain category, it means I have more events listed for the Men, or vice versa.
The Miscellaneous OUTdoors category includes Place Records, whereas the INdoors does not!
On the OUTdoors numbers, note how many more Meet Records were set by Women this century than by Men!
In the OUTdoors DDD lists, note that Women have greatly outperformed Men in the HS, Collegiate, and US lists, but are fairly even on the World DDD in the 2000's.
Note the big numbers for the "to 1979" department in the HS DDD's for both Men and Women!
This is partly because some events aren't held as often in this century as they were in the 70's and 80's.
Also because of the change to the 1600 and 3200, which I don't include!
Thus, many of the Mile and Two Mile marks come from that older era.
And of course, all those Eastern European Throws marks OUTdoors dominate the lists from the 70's and 80's!
On the INdoors side, look at how even ALL the marks are for Meet Record category between Men and Women!
Fairly even in the Miscellaneous category too.
Ditto with the Age marks!
The INdoors DDD numbers are MUCH more in tandem between the sexes than they were for OUTdoors!
But the Women still are pretty dominant in this century in the Collegiate and US lists
Only ONE Women's Collegiate mark dates from 1979 or earlier!
This of course is because Women's Collegiate action only really started in the very late 70's, and then it was the AIAW, not the NCAA, though the AIAW marks are included on my lists, if they qualify!
When you get to final Totals, Women outdo the Men this century both IN and OUTdoors!
You can't say the 2000's have been dry!
Not when this century totals 9560, and the 20th century totals 5502.
Sure, the numbers for the 2000's could, and should, be much higher, but the last 15 years have seen TONS of marks make my Book!!
How much will 2015 add to that 9560 total?
Next post will be my predictions of which INdoor records might fall in 2015 in the World, US, Collegiate, and HS categories.
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