Away from Monaco....!

While the Monaco DL (and one particular event) gained most of the headlines this past weekend, there were several important meets AWAY from Monaco that greatly altered my T&F Record Book.
(For my full detailed report on Monaco--and Genzebe Dibaba's historic run--read my previous post!)

If you thought Monaco had ALL the great Records and Marks last week, you'd be wrong.
And here's the many reasons.

Candace Hill might well become the next High Schooler to go the Professional route BEFORE graduation, but until or unless she does, she is busy rewriting the "amateur" HS Records!

No HSR's this time, but Hill ran a VERY similar double to what Kaylin Whitney ran at last year's USATF Junior Champs (the qualifier for the WJC's last summer).
In 2014, Whitney broke the HSR in the 100 with her 11.10.
She also became the 2nd fastest HS 200 woman with her victorious 22.49.
She was 16 years old then.

At the World Youth Championships in Cali, Colombia, Hill's winning times were 11.08 and 22.43.
She of course has the HSR of 10.98, run at the Brooks PR meet, but that 11.08 is still the 2nd fastest HS 100 ever run!
(Legal, that is, as Whitney has a 5.4 wind-aided mark of 11.01.)

Her 200 is the new Soph Class Record, erasing Whitney's time!
It also moves her quite a ways up the A-T HS list, from 23rd, tied with 1 other, to 2nd!

Two other American HS girls made my lists in those races.

Khalifa St Fort ran 11.19 behind Hill, making her 12th A-T HS, tied with one other.

And Lauren Rain Williams took 2nd to Hill in the 200, her 22.90 making her 11th A-T HS, tied with 1 other!

Chris Taylor of Jamaica continues to amaze.
He's just 15--so would probably be a freshman in the US HS system--but his 45.30 PR in the 400 was a very ADULT time!!

Sammy Watson won the 800 in Cali in 2:03.54.
This moves her from 21st to 14th on the A-T HS list!

The Pole Vault continues as a VERY strong event this year---on ALL levels!
And I have the marks to prove it!

In Cali, HS Frosh Mondo Duplantis--competing for Sweden, but he's an American HS'er--broke his own Frosh Class Record---AGAIN!!
He added a half inch to his old mark, jumping 17-4.50.

Just graduated from Arkansas, and a "newbie" on the Pro circuit, Sandi Morris is showing the World that she belongs with the very best!

She lost to Anzhelika Sidorova on fewer misses, but both were successful at 15-7.25 in the Heusden-Zolder PV.
Morris's PR moves her from 4th to 3rd on the A-T US list.
Only Jenn Suhr and Stacy Dragila are ahead of her!!
On the World list, she moves from 18th A-T, tied with 2 others, to 14th, also tied with 2 others.

Sidorova's make places her also at 14th on the A-T World list, also tied with 2 others (one of whom is Morris, obviously!).

In another meet, Morris had won with a 15-5.50 leap, which then was just 0.25 inches from her PR.
She missed 2 tries at 15-9.25, passing on her 3rd attempt.

Lauren Johnson got her Beijing Q in the deep Heusden-Zolder (Belgium) 1500.
Her 4:04.17 makes her 24th A-T US.

Ben True didn't PR in the H-Z 5000, but he ran 13:06+ for his Beijing Q.

Abbey D'Agostino led the H-Z 5000 at 3000 in about 8:56, but couldn'st stay with 2 Africans, and finished 3rd in a PR of 15:03.85.
This makes her 18th A-T US.

But maybe more significantly, it tosses a LEGEND OFF the list!
Gone is Suzy Favor Hamilton's 15:06.48 from 2000.

In the Men's 5000, Eric Jenkins got an 11 second PR, his 13:07.33 (behind True) making him 11th A-T US!
(And faster than former Oregon teammate Ed Cheserek!!)

Another "legend" was axed from my list here.
Bill McChesney's mark from 1982 is gone.
(As is McChesney himself, who tragically died a few years later!)

Two World University Games Meet Records were broken.

Yekaterina Sokolenko ran the MR time of 9:25.77 in the 3000SC.

And Akani Simbina sprinted the 100 in the MR time of 9.97.

Anne Zagre is the new Belgium National Record holder in the 100H with her 12.71.

Several good marks came from the meet in Lucerne, Switzerland.

Wayde Van Niekerk, one of the latest sub-44.00 400 men, broke the National Record of South Africa in the 200 also, running 19.94.
He's just 0.08 seconds from making my World Top 24 list!

Lopez Lomong won a 3000 in 7:42.19, but didn't PR.

Neither was Bernard Lagat's 7:42.75 in 2nd.
But it IS the new Age 40 Record---by about 18 seconds (over Lagat's own mark!).

Other good marks came from Asafa Powell, who won the 100 in 9.87.

Queen Harrison took the 100H in 12.62.

And Charonda Williams PR'ed in the 200 in 22.32.
That misses my US DDD by just 0.09 seconds.

I have 3 older marks to report.
(Better late than never, eh?)

Kristin Smith threw the Hammer 226-0.
This makes her 22nd A-T US, tied with 1 other.

A couple of HS'ers improved their HT distances.
Adam Kelly got a PR of 243-1.
He moves from 9th to 8th on the A-T HS list.

And Haley Showalter improved to 194-1, also gaining one spot on the A-T HS list, moving from 7th to 6th.

With all that happened in Monaco, this makes for quite a week's tally of great Records and Marks.

So what's next?

Would you believe another LOADED Diamond League meet?
This one is a 2 day affair--July 24th and 25th--and is called the Sainsbury Anniversary Games!
(It's actually a THREE day meet, but the 3rd day is all para-olympics events.)

There's also a one day meet next weekend--the Morton Games in Dublin!
Haven't seen the Morton entry list, but they always have several top names!

Also coming this week is the T&F portion of the Pan Am Games, being held in Toronto this time around!

One thing's for certain!
After the Sainsbury's 2nd day is done, I will report ALL the significant marks from both meets!!
(And whatever else I happen to come across!)

One more item.
My T&F Record Book's biggest sections are my DDD's, or Top 24 Performers lists for the World, US, Collegiate, and HS.
(I keep completely separate lists for INdoors, but here we're talking only OUTdoors!!)

Anyway, for long-time readers of this blog, you know I keep a running account of the number of marks from the latest year that are on my DDD's.
Well, I did a "mid-season" count on July 17th---BEFORE the Monaco DL!!
Here's the numbers I came up with!
(Remember, NONE of the Monaco marks were included in my count!!)
Also keep in mind that the Collegiate list is a FINAL one, as no marks count made after the NCAA Championships!
(HS'ers can still make the list through August 31st!)

HS--Men have 34 marks from 2015.  Women have 56 so far.
Collegiate--Men finished with 33 marks from 2015.  Women have 69.
US--Currently (as of July 17th), the Men have just 29 marks from 2015, while the Women have 69 here too.
World--Both genders have done fairly poorly---as of July 17th!--with the Men tallying 24 2015 marks, with the Women having just 21.

Grand Totals are: Men--120, Women--215 (Total of 335)

But of course we know that Monaco CHANGED those numbers!
As will the last 4 or 5 DL meets---AND the World Championships!!

See you in 5 days!