Here we go again!
Remember that day INdoors when Sandi Morris nabbed the Collegiate Record in the PV, only to be topped by Demi Payne's CR the very next day?
Well, it wasn't quite like that this weekend, but it COULD have been!
Demi competed in Texas, and won with her OUTdoor PR of 14-9.
This moves her from 11th A-T Collegiate, tied with 6 others, up to 5th, tied with 3 others.
She also becomes 19th A-T US, but tied with 5 others.
Anyway, she next tried the OUTdoor CR height of 15-1.75, but missed her 3 attempts.
That left the door open for Morris, who was at the McDonnell meet in Arkansas.
And she came through, topping Tina Sutej's old mark with her 15-1.75.
Besides the CR, she gets the Collegiate Senior Class record too.
She jumps from 4th A-T Collegiate to 1st.
Plus, she moves from 16th A-T US, tied with 1 other, up to 8th!
Who's next?
Well, how about Megan Clark?
She's been steadily improving all this year, PR'ing both INdoors and OUTdoors.
Her latest is at 14-9.
This moves her from 12th A-T Collegiate, tied with 5 others, to 5th, tied with 4 others.
She also becomes 19th A-T US, tied with 6 others.
Clark joined Morris and Payne in trying for the 15-1.75 CR height!
I believe that's the 1st time she's tried a 15 footer!
But how about Carolina Carmichael?
Who?
She gave Morris a little scare (or perhaps just extra motivation?) when she made 14-5.25.
She missed her 3 tries at 14-8.25, but became 21st A-T Collegiate, tied with 6 others!
Let's stick with the PV for another minute.
Lexi Weeks topped 14-1.25, which moves her up one notch on the A-T HS list, from 4th, tied with 4 others, to 3rd, tied with 1 other.
Her twin sister Tori couldn't get past 13-2.25, but she (and Lexi) showed some talent elsewhere.
Tori took 2nd in the McDonnell HS 800, running 2:19.91.
Lexi won the HS 100H with a time of 15.09.
These came the day after they vaulted!
And Deakin Volz got an OUTdoor PR of 17-7.
He's now 16th A-T HS, tied with 2 others!
The Multis tossed some good marks onto the NCAA landscape.
For the Men, Garrett Scantling's 8232 Decathlon ruled the day in Georgia.
He moves from 16th to 9th on the A-T Collegiate list.
And he missed the US list by just 35 points!
At that same meet, Georgia's Quintunya Chapman became the school record holder, ahead of none other than Hyleas Fountain!
Her Heptathlon score of 6146 points makes her 7th on the A-T Collegiate list.
She also became 22nd A-T US!
(This makes Kendell Williams's 6018 score just 3rd on the UGA school list!!)
Competing in Division II of the NCAA, Jamaica's Salcia Slack came close to Chapman, scoring 6141 points in a different meet.
She becomes 9th A-T Collegiate--all divisions!
BTW, that's not the Jamaica National Record!
That's held by Diana Guthrie-Graham, whose 6527 happens to also be the Collegiate Record!
Akela Jones scored 6049 points, making her 15th A-T Collegiate.
The Multi's could challenge the PV as the most competitive event at the NCAA meet on the Women's side!
Keturah Orji had her OUTdoor Day of Days!
She not only won both the LJ and TJ, but she nabbed the University of Georgia School records in both!!
And she's just a Freshman!!
She first LJ'ed 21-8.75.
This leaves her just 2 inches shy of the A-T Collegiate list in what MIGHT be her "secondary" event!!
She came back with an OUTdoor TJ PR of 45-2.25.
She missed the Collegiate Frosh Class record by just one-quarter of an inch!!
She also missed the A-T United States list by just 2.25 inches!
But she does make the A-T Collegiate list, landing in 19th place!
The Throws produced some good early season action.
First, a few "old" marks--meaning a few marks that got left out of my last report!
Jeff Ast threw the Javelin 226-2, for 15th A-T HS.
Katelyn Gochenour (younger sister of Alex!) got a 167-2 JT.
She moves from 13th A-T HS up to 11th, tied with 2 others.
Adam Kelly moved from the INdoor WT to the OUTdoor HT, throwing it 236-7, for 12th A-T HS.
Bobby Colantonio is right behind him, throwing 235-11, for 14th A-T HS, tied with 1 other.
DeAnna Price threw the Hammer 220-8, for 21st A-T Collegiate.
Reese Hoffa started his season with a SP of 69-0.
I THINK that's an Age 37 record.
Or at least it's better than the mark I had before!
But the Shot Put had two shockers also!
Joe Kovacs added a foot onto his 2014 PR, tossing the 16 pounder a massive 73-4!
This moves him from 11th to 8th on the A-T US list.
And from 19th to 12th on the A-T World list!!
At the Arcadia HS meet, Matt Katnik became the longest SP'er since 2011, hitting 71-3.50.
He's now 14th A-T HS.
Also at Arcadia, Jasmyne Graham exploded in the 100H with a great 13.21, making her 6th A-T HS, tied with 2 others!
Another "old" mark comes from Candace Hill, who ran the 100 in 11.30.
She's now 21st A-T HS, tied with 1 other.
While it's not acceptable for records or lists, I have to comment on a VERY unusual race from Alaska!
NXN winner, Allie Ostrander, "won" a 3200 race in Anchorage.
Here's the deal.
There's apparently an arena in Anchorage that has a "bubble" roof.
Inside, there's a 400 meter track.
Which makes this maybe the BIGGEST Oversize INdoor Track in existence!!
Which also makes Ostrander's time of 9:59.33 in NO WAY eligible for my lists---or anyone's!!
But that's just the beginning of my story!
Connor Mantz flew up from the Lower 48 to join Alaska's Levi Thomet in a "race" against Ostrander.
Allie was given a one minute headstart on the guys.
The deal was: Could she STAY ahead of the guys at the end of the 3200?
She did!
Running steady 75's, she hit the 1600 in 5:01, then kicked a bit for her final time of 9:59.33.
Mantz beat Thomet, 8:54 to 8:55, but just missed catching Ostrander.
I SAW the race (on a livestream), and it was.....WEIRD!!!
But damn, that tiny (5 feet even??) girl is GREAT!!
That "event" pushed ALL my buttons!!
OT? Check.
HUGE OT? Check.
Mixed race? Check.
"Handicap" race? Check.
And finally, a 3200? CHECK!!
ADD: (a few hours later)
Forgot to mention one more "button".
For the first 6 or 7 laps, she was paced by a male runner!
Oh, and there were people on the track (off the back curve) who ALMOST collided with Mantz and Thomet...and at another point, with Ostrander and her pacer!!
I dearly hope and pray this is NOT the future of T&F!!!
Back on Earth, I'm delighted to report a series of fast races by honored veterans (and 1 "newcomer"), all early season indications they're going to be MAJOR factors this year.
Kirani James ran 400 meters in 44.31.
Not the fastest ever for April, it's nonetheless an excellent starter to his 2015.
Aries Merritt, who's had some problems since his 12.80 World Record in the 110H, ran a "healthy" early season 13.29.
He said that in 2012, when he ran the 12.80 WR, he began that season with a 13.25!
Both James and Merritt set Sun Angel Meet Records!
Morolake Akinosun beat Natasha Hastings in a quick early season 200.
She ran 22.70 to Hastings's 22.76.
Wind was OK.
Wind was NOT legal (it was 2.1) for Justin Gatlin's 20.10 200.
In this same Florida meet, Kaylin Whitney ran her first individual (non-relay) race as a new HS Pro.
She clocked a good 23.15 for her 200.
Not sure about the wind, but I THINK it was legal!
Finally, in a meet in Jamaica, Usain Bolt and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce made their first 2015 appearances victorious ones!
SAFP just nipped Sherone Simpson, 22.96 to 22.97!
But she (and her WILD flowing mane of hair!!) looked VERY good!
Same can be said for Mr Bolt--except about the hair!! LOL
After a photo-op with none other than President Obama, who was visiting Jamaica, he won his 200 over Nesta Carter by a solid 0.4 seconds, running a time of 20.20!
(Which I predicted EXACTLY on the T&FN Message Board a couple of hours before the race! I also predicted SAFP would run 22.80, so I was off by 0.16 seconds there!)
The shocker was a 10.92 100 PR by Jamaica's Elaine Thompson.
Her previous best was 11.09.
She leads the World list for 2015!
Remember my asking of the whereabouts of Sarah Baxter, Mary Cain, and Alexa Efraimson in my last "results" post?
Well, I've got answers for two of the three!
Ms Baxter ran as unattached in the Willamette Invitational (as did a few other UO athletes) 1500.
But if she's going to DO anything this year, she'd better hop to it!
She ran a VERY UNimpressive 4:29.54 (worth maybe 4:48 for the Mile), finishing in 6th place!
(UO's Frida Berge won the race in 4:23 and change.)
Efraimson is listed on the "accepted entries" list for the Mt SAC 1500!
(And the heat sheet for her race shows she'll be the likely winner, IF she runs a good race!)
So that leaves Cain as the only "mystery" unsolved!
See you all soon!
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