This post was PLANNED to be all Millrose, with all the other marks set aside for a second post.
But the "Pre" meet of US INdoor T&F, while an excellent meet, has to share this space with a startling amount of equally amazing material from---well, from all over the World!!
And what better place to begin than with ANOTHER Collegiate Record in the Pole Vault!
Shawn Barber upped his own CR of 19-3.50 with a jump of 19-4.25 at the Tyson Invitational.
This of course also breaks his own Canadian National Record, his own Age 20 Record, and his own Collegiate Junior Class Record!
It's also a Tyson Meet Record.
And he is now 18th A-T World, tied with 10 (!) others!!
He didn't try any higher heights!
He had a bit of competition.
Andrew Irwin topped his 2013 PR by 2 inches, reaching 18-10.25.
This moves him from 10th A-T Collegiate (tied with 2 others) up to 7th.
Sandi Morris went after the Women's CR at Tyson, but missed her 3 tries at 4.76 (15-7.25).
(Demi Payne is set to Vault on Tuesday!)
I'll have a bit more on this Event of the Year later, but let's return to The Armory.
Bernard Lagat got his Age 40 Record in the Mile.
His 3:54.91 broke Eamonn Coghlan's 3:58.15 mark by 3.24 seconds!
(1500 splits haven't been released yet, but IF and when they are, I'll report them, whether in this post, or in a separate post later this week!)
But it was Matthew Centrowitz who won the Wanamaker Mile.
His time of 3:51.35 missed his INdoor PR by just 0.01 seconds!!
(He beat Nick Willis by about 3 tenths of a second!)
Pat Casey makes the US DDD with his 3:54.36.
He's now 12th A-T US.
So does Evan Jager!
His 3:55.25 makes him 22nd A-T US.
Knocked OFF my DDD list is Jim Spivey, whose 3:55.71 dated from 1987!
Ed Cheserek ran a good 3:56.45 as 1st Collegian in the race.
He's now 20th A-T Collegiate!
(And he eliminated Joe Falcon's 1987 mark from my list!)
The Women's Wanamaker Mile didn't quite live up to expectations---but was still quite good!---so I'll report next on a WORLD Record!
The Millrose Men's 500 produced not just a WR, but a deep rewriting of the All-Time World (and American) Top 10 lists!
Brycen Spratling improved his PR by 0.57 seconds, timing out at an amazing 1:00.06!!
This breaks Ken Lowery's old mark of 1:00.17 from 1987.
That's approximately a 12.01 100---run 5 times consecutively non-stop!
Michael Berry was next with his 1:00.43.
He's now 4th A-T US, and 5th A-T World!
Bershawn Jackson ran 1:00.70, so he's 5th A-T US and 7th A-T World!
And Belgium's Jonathon Borlee ran 1:00.76, making him 9th A-T World.
My T&F Record Book doesn't have 500 meter lists, nor Age records.
But I KNOW Spratling's mark is the US National Record, as well as the Age 22 Record.
And I'm sure Borlee now has the Belgium National Record!
(Other Age Records were almost certainly also broken, and I apologize for not having them for you!)
The Women's Mile was interesting.
Not because Shannon Rowbury won easily in 4:24.32, not getting her aimed for American Record.
Nor because Treniere Moser took 2nd.
Well, let's look at the race.
They were paced to 880 in 2:11, which was good, but a bit slower than the 2:10 (or even 2:09) they wanted.
The NOP crew of Moser, Jordan Hasay, and Mary Cain followed in tow.
However, that fast first half proved too tough for them.
Rowbury lost it in the last 50 meters.
Moser hung best, her 4:27.49 a PR, and moving her all the way from 21st to 9th on the A-T US list!
Hasay also PR'ed---barely.
Her improvement by 0.10 seconds--to 4:28.27, makes her 12th A-T US.
And Mary Cain?
Well, she had a crappy day!
On the tail of her NOP-mates halfway through, and even through 1200, she faded to a 71.54 final 400, ending her run at 4:31.31.
But non-NOP'ers ran good.
Stephanie Charnigo--who is having a good year--finished between Moser and Hasay, running 4:28.02.
This moves her into the 11th spot on the US list!
Morgan Uceny ran her fastest INdoor Mile, time of 4:29.39--her first at sub-4:30.
She's now 19th A-T US.
Heather Kampf also got a PR, running 4:30.07.
But there's a somewhat sad ending to her story!
You see, while she ran her fastest INdoor mile, so did others!
This left her OFF the US list (in 25th place!), whereas if she'd run that time about 5 minutes earlier, she'd be ON the list---for about 5 minutes!!
One woman who WAS kicked off my US list--permanantly!--was Darlene Beckford, whose 4:30.12 dated from 1983!!
Two Collegiate Women ran well in the race.
Shelby Houlihan WANTED the CR, as she stated quite emphatically in a pre-meet interview!
But the fast early pace--which she bravely followed--was too much, as she faded to a 4:30.77.
Nonetheless, this makes her 10th A-T Collegiate.
And surprising Rosie Clarke (from Iona College, where Kate Avery goes) ran 4:31.78, which makes her 13th A-T Collegiate.
Moved OFF my Collegiate DDD is the iconic Sonia O'Sullivan, whose 4:33.91 dated from 1991.
The Millrose 5000 was supposed to be Cam Levins's to lose.
And lose he did!!
Lopez Lomong won, but didn't PR.
Ryan Hill did, in 13:27.80--less than a second behind Lomong.
Hill is now 9th A-T US INdoors.
Donn Cabral also made the US list, running 13:28.64 for 10th A-T US.
A familiar name (to ME, at least! LOL) was 86'ed FROM the 5000 US list!
A guy by the name of Bill KROHN!!
He's no relation, but his mark was from 1985!
Georgeanne Moline seems to like intermediates!
And I'm NOT speaking of those size hurdles, which is her specialty OUTdoors!
First, she ran that 1:08.84 in the 500 a bit ago.
And now she's added 100 meters to that distance, running a speedy 600 in New Mexico (Don Kirby's meet).
Her 1:27.15 rates her 5th A-T US.
She missed the World Top 24 by just 0.23 seconds!
Oh, and she ran this with NO competition, as 2nd place was 5.75 seconds back!
Back to the Vault!
Mondo Duplantis, the 9th Grade phenom, broke his own Frosh Class record of 16-8, adding 0.75 inches to his mark.
It was supposed to be a major battle between 3 sons of A-T greats (Tommy Dial, Joe's son, and Pauli Benavides couldn't get past 16-5!), but it turned into a Winner for young Mr Duplantis.
In an OUTdoor meet in Perth, Australia, 17 year old Nina Kennedy--She jumped 14-5.25 at the WJC last year in Eugene!--got the Age 17 OUTdoor record, getting over 15-0.75
If she were a US HS'er, she'd be the first over 15 feet!
Renaud Lavillenie broke his own Age 28 record, jumping 19-9.
His 3 tries at 6.17 failed!
Piotr Lisek of Poland set a National INdoor Record with his 19-3 Vault.
Kristen Denk is yet another HS girl to make the A-T INdoor list!
Her 13-4.50 makes her 15th A-T HS, tied with 4 others!
Before I leave the PV (for this post!), I must make a correction!
I mis-calculated the English to Metric conversion for Fabiana Murer's 4.83 from a few days ago.
It's 15-10---NOT 15-9.75, as I'd stated!
So ALL of those records (and places) she set should all be changed to 15-10.
The sprints gave us some good marks.
Ryan Bailey improved to 6.50 in the Seattle 60---in a heat, no less---making him 20th A-T US, tied with 3 others!
John Teeters ran 6.52 at the Tyson meet---also in a heat!--giving him the Meet Record.
It also moves him from 15th A-T Collegiate (tied with 11 others!!) up to 11th, tied with 3 others!
He's just 0.01 from the US Top 24!
The Oregon speedsters--Jasmine Todd and Jenna Prandini--had a good race at Don Kirby.
Todd tied her PR of 7.15 in winning.
And Prandini ran 7.17 in 2nd, making her 18th A-T Collegiate, tied with 2 others!
The 60H for Men at Millrose was a good race.
Aleec Harris won it with 7.50.
This makes him 21st A-T US, tied with 1 other.
Then came 2 guys at 7.51.
Jason Richardson's time just makes the Top 24---in 24th place, tied with 2 others!
One of those he's tied with is Decathlete Ashton Eaton, whose 7.51 also makes him 24th, tied with Richardson and 1 other!
Leaving the list are two MAJOR names!
Gone are Tonie Campbell (from 1987) and---Renaldo Nehemiah!!
His mark dates from 1984.
Sharika Nelvis beat Jasmin Stowers at Millrose, both PR'ing.
Nelvis's 7.91 won the race, and makes her 20th A-T US, tied with 1 other!
Stowers's mark makes her 22nd A-T US, tied with 1 other.
The 400 produced some good marks--and a mystery!
Bralon Taplin finished just 0.01 behind Deon Lendore at Tyson (in separate heats, however!), but his 45.39 makes him 13th A-T Collegiate, tied with 2 others.
Taylor Ellis-Watson ran 51.72, making her 19th A-T Collegiate.
Knocked OFF the Collegiate DDD was Natasha Kaiser's 51.92 from 1989!!
On the HS side, I have 2 fast sprint times.
Ryan Clark's 6.68 60 makes him 16th A-T HS, tied with 1 other.
And Chad Zallow ran the 60H in 7.71, making him 8th A-T HS, tied with 2 others!
Kelly Ann-Baptiste ran only 7.24 for 60 meters in a heat (7.28 in the final), but I haven't seen her name in awhile, so I thought I'd make note of her race.
And the mystery?
Well, SRR (aka Sanya Richards-Ross) was entered in the Millrose 400--and even spoke of going for a PR.
But her name failed to show up in the results.
When (and if) I find out why the no-show, I'll let you know!
(ADDED a few minutes after 1st posting!)
Mystery is solved!
When I first saw the 400 results, SRR was NOT listed!!
Now, hours later, she IS!
She finished 2nd to Phyllis Francis in a slow 53.71.
Raven Saunders.
What more to say about this incredible young lady?
She has a habit of leaping past barriers FEET at a time, not inches.
Her first EXPLOSION (that 53-8 in December of 2013) passed all the FOOT marks between the mid-40's and 53.
Then, about 3 months later, at the 2014 NBIN, she went past the 54 and 55 foot barriers, all the way to 56-7.50.
A couple of weeks or so ago, she jumped another FOOT-plus forward, hitting 57-10.50.
And this weekend?
Well, you can forget 58 feet!
She's now thrown the SP out to 59-0.25!!
This moves her from 24th A-T Collegiate all the way to 14th.
But, based on my records, she's still 2.75 inches short of the Collegiate Frosh Class Record, held by Laura Gerraughty, her 59-3 dating from 2003.
More importantly, she misses the A-T US list by just ONE inch!!
Sophie Rivera improved her SP best to 50-6.25, becoming the first 50 footer in the HS ranks this year!
She moves from 21st to 17th, A-T HS.
The Millrose HS Weight Throw saw 2 improvements.
Adam Kelly extended his PR out to 83-3.25.
He remains 6th A-T HS.
And Bobby Colantino hit 76-7.25, making him 16th A-T HS
Chuk Enekwechi became the 2nd Collegiate 80 footer in the WT!
His mark of 80-0.25 leaves him in 2nd on the A-T Collegiate list.
It's also the Age 22 record!
And it's the Collegiate Junior Class Record!
It moves him from 10th A-T US up to 7th, where he's tied with 1 other.
On the World list, he moves from 12th to 8th, where he's also tied with 1 other!
Kaylee Antill's 58-2 WT makes her 21st A-T HS.
In the 3000 at Millrose, two Ducks moved onto the Collegiate list.
Eric Jenkins won the race in 7:44.91.
He's 5th A-T Collegiate.
And he's 20th A-T US.
His Duck-mate, Will Georghegan, ran 7:45.71, for 7th A-T Collegian.
In the Women's 3000, Sally Kipyego won in a Meet Record time of 8:41.72.
Here too, 2 Collegians ran well behind her.
Emily Sisson hit 8:52.60.
She's now 5th A-T Collegiate, moving up 13 places, from 18th.
Kate Avery timed out in 8:53.12, moving her up 1 spot, from 7th to 6th, on the A-T Collegiate list!
The Men's 1000 race at Millrose was supposed to be well under 2:20, but wasn't!
That might have helped HS'er Myles Marshall stay in the game.
His 2:24.43 makes him 8th A-T HS!
Colleen Quigley ran a fast Mile.
Her 4:29.67 at the David Hemery meet at BU makes her 5th A-T Collegiate.
And 19th A-T US!
Rachel Schneider's 4:30.62 in 2nd misses the A-T US list by just 0.48 seconds!
We're ALMOST done, so hang in there!
(Or go get your dinner, then come back for more!)
Marquis Dendy TJ'ed out to 55-11.75 (where he would've been 11th A-T Collegiate and 17th A-T US) at Tyson.
Then he improved to 56-6.50.
This leaves him 8th A-T Collegiate, and 11th A-T US.
Akela Jones LJ'ed 21-9.50, making her 16th A-T Collegiate, tied with 2 others!
Keturah Orji had another big series in the TJ.
She didn't PR, but she nabbed 3 more 45 footers, finally reaching a winning 45-7.25 at Tyson.
Dior Hall is slowly moving into Top 24 list range!
Her PR at 60H timed out at 8.07.
She's just 0.08 seconds from the Frosh Class Record!
In the Relays, Alabama Men's 4X400 team ran 3:06.05.
They're now 21st School on the Collegiate list!
The Clemson Women's 4X400 squad timed 3:33.04.
They move from 18th to 14th School on the A-T Collegiate list!
Kansas State's Women join the list in 21st place.
They ran 3:34.27.
At the BU meet, Villanova's Men's DMR team ran 9:27.04.
They move from 4th to 3rd School on the A-T Collegiate list!
My watchdog role for the Bronxville Girls team found out they ran the 4X800 Relay at Millrose, finishing 2nd in the race, but running their fastest time of 2015, a 9:10.16, getting a 2:12+ anchor from Laura Holland!
In the British Championships, two Heptathletes battled it out in the HJ.
Katerina Johnson-Thompson prevailed over 17 year old Morgan Lake, 6-5.50 to 6-4.25.
For KJT, it's the National INdoor Record for Great Britain!
And for Lake, it's the British Age 17 Record!
Speaking of young ladies, newbie Professional Alexa Efraimson ran 800 meters in 2:05.18.
This ranks as the HS Pro record, as well as the HS Pro 12th Grade record!
In a Half-Marathon in the United Arab Emirates, Mary Keitany prevailed over Mamitu Daska, 1:06:02 to 1:06:27.
Keitany hit her first 10K in a swift 31:07, then held pace throughout!
Daska's time is the National Record of Ethiopia!!
Finally (!!!!), here's a list of some good times (and races) run on OT's.
In Seattle, Cristian Soratos (from Montana State) ran the Mile in 3:55.27.
Brandon Kidder followed in 3:57.13.
There were 6 guys under 4:00.
A race in Iowa saw 8 dip under 4:00.
Also in Iowa, Edward Kemboi ran 800 meters in 1:46.09.
In Seattle, it was Caz Loxsom's 1:47.8 winning over Andrew Wheating, who finished in 3rd.
Pierce Murphy won the Seattle 5000 in 13:39.29.
Eight guys were faster than 13:50.
Jessica Tonn won a 5000 in 15:47.65.
Dominique Scott and Brie Felnagle ran good times in Seattle's 3000, Scott running 8:52.57, with Felnagle running 8:54.77.
Fourth in that race was Stanford Frosh phenom Elise Cranny, who ran 9:02.36.
In Iowa, North Dakota State's Erin Teschuk ran 3000 meters in 9:02.49.
And my favorite Blogger (other than myself!! LOL) and Tweeter (?), Phoebe Wright, finished 2nd in the Seattle 800 in 2:04.70.
I just wish all of the above had run those times on 200 meter tracks!!
Had enough, my friends??
Because that's a WRAP!!
(Until we meet again, that is!! LOL)
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