What a LOADED 4 days of T&F we're experiencing!
There's TWO Diamond League meets, one already done!
And ALL the MAJOR Collegiate Conferences, their 1st day or two in the bag!
There's some BIG High School State meets.
And there was that STORMY Hoka One One affair!
Because I already have--as of this morning, BEFORE the start of today's activities--more than 4 full pages of GREAT records and marks to report, I decided to break up the weekend into 3 parts.
The first part--this one--will cover the Doha DL, the Hoka 1-1 meet, the first day or 2 of most of the big College Conference results, plus whatever else I found!
The second part will cover the Collegiate scene, with the Conferences' final days results in detail!
The third part will cover the Shanghai DL, plus whatever was left out of the first 2 parts!
Whenever a MAJOR Record is set---meaning either a WR, US Record, CR, or HSR--I must lead with that, no matter how great the other marks are!
And Sandi Morris--half of that Dynamite Duo of female Collegiate PV'ers, the other half being Demi Payne---well, she's done it again!!
In this bouncy game of CR trading, Morris is the latest to take the lead.
In the always exciting SEC meet--which ain't over!!--Morris broke Payne's OUTdoor CR with her vault of 15-5.75.
She was all alone after 14-6, and proceeded to make 15-1.75, then the record height.
It's the SEC Meet Record, the former record held by former CR holder Tina Sutej!
It's the OUTdoor Collegiate Senior Class record.
She moves from 2nd to 1st on the Collegiate list.
She moves from 9th to 4th on the A-T US list.
AND she finally enters the WORLD list in 17th place, tied with 2 others!!
Let's stick to that SEC meet for a bit.
In the Women's HJ, a great battle took place between Leontia Kallenou and Jennelle Scheper.
In the end, Scheper prevailed, her winning height of 6-5 also the SEC Meet Record.
She moves from 6th A-T Collegiate, tied with 5 others, to 5th, tied with 1 other.
Kallenou's 6-4 jump doesn't change her place on the Collegiate list (She's still 15th!), but she's no longer tied with anyone!
The SEC Multis produced 2 great marks!
Maicel Uibo improved his Decathlon PR to 8326 points, winning VERY easily!
It's the SEC Meet Record.
And it moves him from 11th to 4th on the A-T Collegiate list!
Erica Bougard had her Day of Days in the Heptathlon, scoring 6250 points for the relatively easy win over Kendell Williams, who came within 15 points of her PR with 6003 points.
Bougard's mark is also the SEC Meet Record.
And she moves up a whopping 19 (!!) places on the A-T Collegiate list, from 23rd to 4th!
And she moves onto the US list, placing 17th there.
Big 10 Conference Meet Records were set by Chuk Enekwechi in the HT, his mark being 238-9.25, and by Stephanie Richartz, who PV'ed 14-4.
Shelbi Vaughan got a solid PR in the Discus Throw, her mark being 211-8.
While she remains 6th A-T Collegiate, her mark moves her from 14th to 11th on the A-T US list!
Never heard of her---or at least can't remember her name--but Carolina Carmichael improved her PV up to 14-9 at the American Athletic Conference, a meet also unknown to me!!
Anyway, she moves from 21st A-T Collegiate, tied with 6 others, all the way to 6th, tied with 4 others!
And assuming she's an American citizen (Haven't had time to research it---will change this later, if needed!), she's now 20th A-T US, tied with 6 others!!
What a year for the PV!!
Brooke Pleger inched up (literally!!) the Collegiate HT list....sort of.
She did improve her PR to 228-8.75, but it doesn't change her Collegiate list status.
It DOES move her up one place on the US list, however, from 18th to 17th!
The Atlantic Coast Conference got 2 new MR's.
Continuing the onslaught of Women's Collegiate 6000+ scores in the Heptathlon this year, Xenia Rahn scored 6057 points for the ACC MR.
It also makes her 14th A-T Collegiate!
Irena Sediva got the other ACC Meet Record, her JT of 192-5 spearing the mark....so to speak! LOL
She moves up a place on the A-T Collegiate list, from 10th to 9th.
It also breaks her own Collegiate Soph Class record!
Kaitlin Petrillose, who WAS having a pretty rough year, got the Big 12 MR with her PV of 14-6.
Quanesha Burks surprised Keturah Orji in the SEC Long Jump, not only winning, but jumping 22-5.25 for 6th place on the A-T Collegiate list!
It's also the Collegiate Soph Class record!
And it ties the one and only Britney Reese's SEC Meet Record!!
Hannah Carson threw the Javelin 184-11 for 21st A-T Collegiate!
She's finally making up for those dreary HS years she had!
Well, those College kids weren't the only ones making history this Wild Weekend!
The Professionals---1 or 2 of "College age"--were also in the game!
The initial DL meet of 2015, in Doha, Qatar, gave us LOTS of GREAT marks, and a shock or two (or 3!).
Jasmin Stowers.
What a FANTASTIC year she's having!
I've dubbed it a "Brianna Rollins 2013-style" year.
Remember?
Well, Stowers is well on her way to matching--or surpassing!--what Rollins did 2 years back!
She won the Doha 100H race in a blazing 12.35.
It's the Meet Record!
It's the Age 23 record, breaking her own mark!
She moves from 5th to 3rd on the A-T US list.
And she moves from 11th A-T World, tied with 2 others, to 7th!
Not to mention she beat--among others!--2012 Olympic Champion Sally Pearson!
BTW, 2nd in this race was Sharika Nelvis, who is ALSO having a good year!
Her time of 12.54 is a BIG PR, and makes her 17th A-T US, tied with 1 other!
Dawn Harper-Nelson inexplicably finished LAST in this race, in 13.24!!
I didn't see the race, so have no idea what happened to her!
It seems no matter how fast he runs, Justin Gatlin just can't out-run controversy!
His 100 time of 9.74 notwithstanding, he continues to be subjugated to hate-filled remarks.
One Twitter person said (paraphrased) that "50% hate him, and 50% despise him"!
Nice.
Anyway, that 9.74 easily won the Doha 100, setting the Meet Record!
It's also the Age 33 record.
But his placings on the US (2nd) and World (5th) lists remains the same!
Personally, I think this hatred of Gatlin should STOP!
He's done the time, so back off!!
He's a good person who did something bad....and paid for it with 4 years off his career!
I like the guy!
Kim Collins continues to rock and roll....and sprint fast!
He ran 10.03 in the 100 to DESTROY Troy Douglas's Age 39 record!!
The Triple Jump doesn't get much love.
But the Battle Royal that ensued in Doha in the Men's event brought a LOT of love their way!
Pablo---or is that Pedro?---Pichardo is from Cuba.
But that didn't keep him from his MISSION in Doha.
He hopped, skipped & jumped out 59-3, for the longest leap in years!
But he almost didn't win!
Because Christian Taylor, who lives in Florida, just across some water from Cuba, almost got him with his PR of 59-2.25!!
Pichardo's 59-3 is the Age 21 record!
He breaks his own National Record of Cuba.
It's the Doha Meet Record!
And he moves from 6th to 3rd on the A-T World list!
Taylor's 59-2.25 moves him from 3rd to 2nd on the A-T US list!
He's just two inches from the American Record!!
He remains in 5th place on the A-T World list!
Allyson Felix ran one of her fastest 200's--especially for this early in the year!.
Her 21.98 shattered the Doha Meet Record.
She beat Muriele Ahoure, and 17 year old new American HS Pro Kaylin Whitney (who finished in 8th place, time of 23.24, in her first International race as a Pro!), among others!
I'm not sure if there's anyone else who has done this, but Felix now holds THREE Doha Meet Records!!
Her 100 from 2012, and her 400 from 2008, plus this year's 200, are all Doha MR's!!
Does anyone know if anyone else---male or female---holds this distinction??
Bershawn Jackson's 48.09 in the 400H is the new Doha MR.
Luiza Gega's non-winning (Dawit Seyaum won in 4:00+!) 4:02.63 is the National Record of Albania.
Reese Hoffa nabbed his own Age 37 record in the SP, hitting 69-10.75.
Shara Proctor tied her own National Record of Great Britain with her Long Jump of 22-10.
(Tianna Bartoletta won the event!)
That Hoka One One Distance Festival---formerly the Oxy High Performance meet---was SO promising!!
The fields the sponsor had collected were, in some cases, equal to or better than some seen at the USATF meets!!
The list of GREAT American (and a very few foreign!) names was practically endless!
And all of them wanted--at the very least!--to get Qualifying times for the USATF meet and/or the WC's!!
Then the skies opened up and the God of Thunder roared!
But that only excuses what happened in the latter part of the meet.
(More on that in a minute!)
The first few races, while okay by "normal" standards, were quite inferior when you consider the athletes raison d'etre for being there!!
That said, a few good marks evolved.
But the only Meet Record was set by Stephanie Garcia in the 3000SC.
Her winning time was 9:37.19.
She was in the 4th Section of the 800 (Supposed to be the slowest, with the least speedy runners!), but HS Professional Alexa Efraimson WON that section with a time faster than in Section 3!
But her time of 2:03.23, while a PR by 0.03 seconds, does NOT break Mary Cain's HS Pro 800 record!!
Alexa looked like she could have held her own in the 2 faster sections, running very strongly, with a very good kick!!
Maggie Vessey beat Jenny Simpson in Section 2 (Why were they in Section TWO???), 2:00.70 to 2:00.79.
Vessey wore a white--and rather BRIEF--uniform, but while beautiful and fashionable, she's also having a good solid year so far!
Simpson kicked from back in the pack to ALMOST beat her!
Treniere Moser of NOP won the "fast" section....in 2:01.67!!
And she was the ONLY NOP person to perform well.
Shannon Rowbury didn't win either of her two races, the 800 or 1500.
And Mary Cain?
Oh God!
Remember this meet in 2013, when it was the Oxy High Performance meet?
Remember the Women's 1500, won by Katie Mackey in 4:04.60?
(Mackey won this year too, but about 3 seconds slower!)
Remember seeing Mary Cain, then just barely 17 years old, sprint from 6th or 7th on the final curve to get 2nd in the HSR of 4:04.62??
Well, THAT Mary Cain is NOT THIS Mary Cain!!
Nowhere near!!
She went immediately to the back of the 12 woman pack.....and remained there, just barely edging out Cory McGee to avoid LAST place!!
Her time was AGAIN---for the 3rd time this year--in the 4:15+ range!
WHAT is WRONG with this now 19 year old woman?
SOMEthing is!
After Leo Manzano won the first section of the 1500, the storm---NOT normal in SoCal!!--hit with a vengeance!
Torrential rain, plus thunder and lightning, first delayed the meet, then forced (??) the organizers to cancel it.
That meant that some other VERY fast 1500 guys, and a few VERY good 5000 folks didn't get to race!!
Among them were Galen Rupp and Buze Diriba!
Cam Levins and Kara Goucher, among many others, also didn't get to race!
(And I have no idea if Alberto Salazar had his NOP crew do a post-meet hard workout, as is their normal routine!! LOL)
Well, let's end this post with another new mark, my usual Kayla Montgomery report, plus some "old" news.
The new mark is the 1:48.07 HS 800 time by Donavan Brazier.
This makes him 8th A-T HS.
Word is he negative split the race, passing 400 in 55+!!
Kayla finished her 2nd ever 10000, but it was about 2 whole minutes slower than her PR of 35:49.
At the Atlantic Sun Conference meet, she finished 6th in 37:53.20.
But she was leading after about 6 laps!
Then something happened, as her steady 80+ laps ended with a 107 second lap!!
Whatever caused her to slow that much ended, as she returned to speedier laps---but in the 90's, not 80's!--and scored 3 points for her team! (Two other Lipscomb runners finished ahead of her!)
I'm still a HUGE fan of this remarkable young lady!!
At the Sun Belt Conference meet a few days ago, Clayton Vaughn sprinted the 100 in 9.93 (wind of 1.7).
He's suddenly now 4th A-T Collegiate, tied with 2 others.
And he makes the US list too, in 17th, tied with 3 others!
Bria Matthews TJ'ed 43-5.50 to become 7th A-T HS.
Deakin Volz PV'ed an OUTdoor PR of 17-8, which moves him from 16th A-T HS, tied with 2 others, to 15th, tied with 1 other!
Remember me mentioning SEVENTH Grader Katelyn Tuohy?
She'd run a 1200 leg of a DMR in 3:36.09.
Well, it turns out she's run a pretty fair Mile too!
Her 4:58.40 MILE time (NOT 1600!!) in the NY State meet (She finished in 5th place!!) breaks Mary Cain's 7th Grade NY State record!
I didn't even know Cain was RUNNING in the 7th grade!
I thought she was still on the SWIM team !!
Anyway, Tuohy is certainly one to watch!!
Before I end this, I have some corrections to make!
It wasn't Eleanore Thompson who ran that 10.92 earlier this year.
It was Elaine Thompson!
And her time wasn't 10.94 in last week's Jamaica meet, it was 10.97.
Well, that concludes Part ONE of my trilogy from this weekend.
I'll probably have Part 2 sometime tomorrow--after the end of the PAC-12 Conference meet.
(All the other major conferences end today!)
That post will have ALL the great records and marks from the College scene!!
The 3rd part will probably come either late Sunday or early Monday, and will feature the Shanghai DL, plus whatever I might miss from the other venues!
Yes, it's a SUPER Weekend---and this report is just the beginning!!
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