WR, HSR lead Incredible Weekend

Jenn made SUHR this weekend would be hard to forget!
This young lady (She turns 34 on February 5th!) astonished everyone--and no one!--by clearing a bar set at 5.03 on the metric scale, and 16-6 on its Western equivalent, thus breaking her own World, United States, and Age 33 records in the Pole Vault!

But that announcement--first seen by me on Twitter--came relatively late on a weekend stretch of about 30 hours--already overflowing with an incredulous array of Records and Marks!
Yes, this has been one of those "Where do I begin??" times people keep hoping for, but rarely see!
With TWELVE PAGES of notes about what I'm about to report, I'd say--Let's start with Jenn's World Record!

As per normal  she opened high, making 15-1 on 2nd try, then nailing 15-9.75 on her first, before needing 3 tries at the WR!
Six jumps==one World Record!
Not a bad day's work!

As noted, she broke her own WR, American Record, and Age 33 records.

Another PV record fell to Alana Boyd of Australia.
She too broke her own National Record--hers set in 2012--by one-half inch.
Her mark of 15-7.75 keeps her in 14th place on my World list, but now she's not tied with anyone!
Oh yes--this was OUTdoors!!
(Remember, it's summer in Australia!)

The Weeks twins went 1-2 in the Razorback Invitational--a really GREAT meet--much more from there throughout this report!--with Lexi  beating Tori 14-6.25 to 14-2.50.
For Tori, it was her best mark as a Collegiate Frosh!

There were several other Collegiate 14 footers by Women, with Megan Clark's 14-5.25 leading the remainder.
Kristina Owsinski reached 14-2
Carolina Carmichael went over 14-0.75, while Lindsay Murray also got 14-0.75.
Competing unattached, Demi Payne went over 15-3.

Katie Nageotte also reached at least 15 feet--her new PR of 15-1.50 moving her from 22nd A-T US, tied with 4 others, all the way to 9th, where she's tied with 2 others!

Leslie Brost reached 14-3.25.
For the Men, Sam Kendricks reached 18-8.75, while Mark Hollis could do just 18-2.50.

High School Senior Drew Hunter wasn't expected to beat recent MoBot conqueror Garrett Heath.
And he didn't.
What he DID do was beat the Exalted King Edward Cheserek---figuratively speaking!

In the Camel City 3000, Heath sprinted away from Lawi Lalang, winning in 7:48.48 over Lalang's 7:50.07.
Back in 5th--after having slowed a bit off sub-8:00 pace--Hunter sprinted a sub-30 final 200, finishing in 5th with a new High School Record time of 7:59.33!!
This crushes Cheserek's mark from 2013 by 6.13 seconds!
(It's also slightly faster than the OUTdoor HSR!)
AND it was run on a FLAT track!!
It also gives him the Senior Class record, and moves him from 9th A-T HS to the Top!!

Several Women ran good 3000's.
Morgan Uceny beat Emily Lipari--9:04.87 to 9:10.20 in Boston.
Angel Piccirillo ran 9:06.39 at Penn State's meet.
Two Collegiate Frosh (and former HS stars) she beat were Audrey Belf (9:21.13) and Tessa Barrett (9:21.30).
The Camel City race was good, with surprise 1500 WC runner Keri Gallagher winning in 8:56.52 over Rachel Schneider's 8:58.84.
About 9 seconds behind Schneider came Katie Mackey and Alexi Pappas, running 9:07's and 9:08's.

Two others ran well, but need special mention!
In 7th place was HS'er--I should say 19 year old Junior Class HS'er!!--Weini Kelati, with a time of 9:19.19.
Normally, I'd be excited about this, as the time would place her VERY high on the A-T HS list.
But Age 19 as an 11th Grader?
I'm NOT listing her on my HS DDD!!
(If I should change my mind, I will list her---with an asterisk!!)

The other Woman?
I'll talk about HER a bit later!
(As I will a few others!!  Can't wait??)

Galen Rupp jogged a 7:57 and change at the House of Track meet (number 3).
He just wanted to get the USATF qualifier!

Jordan Williamz won Penn State in 7:59.08.

CORRECTION!
Erase that 8:59.44 I said Leah O'Connor ran (in a previous post).
She ran that time for 3000 meters, but it was on an Oversize Track!
(More on my favorite subject in a few!  LOL)

The Women's Collegiate Pentathlon is getting a workout this season!
I already reported (last week) on Akela Jones's excellent mark of 4643 points!
Well, Kendell Williams took a fair shot at that mark---AND her own Collegiate Record of 4678 points!

In the Arkansas meet, Williams was 32 points ahead of CR pace after the 3rd event.
But her LJ, while solid, went just 20-10.25, and kicked her back to 16 points down on her own CR pace..
She needed a PR 800 to get it, but alas, she fell several seconds short, ending with 4558 points, still an excellent Collegiate mark!

Taliyah Brooks took 2nd, getting a BIG boost up to 4457 points!
This makes her 8th A-T Collegiate, and 11th A-T US!!

Also scoring big were Alex Gochenour and Xenia Rahn, with 4229 and 4212, respectively!
Garrett Scantling missed his PR by 48 points, winning with 6020 points in the Heptathlon!
Maicel Uibo reached 5854 points behind Scantling.

Raven Saunders has done it AGAIN!!
Yes, she beat her old PR by a FOOT (not mere inches!!) for the umpteenth time since December 2013!
Remember my report on her 61-3 recently?
Forget that one!
She's added 12.25 inches to that--her new Collegiate Soph Class Record being 62-3.25!!
This moves her up one spot on the A-T Collegiate list, from 4th to 3rd.
It also raises her place on the A-T US list--from 14th to 13th!
AND--she is now LEADING the WORLD in this exciting INdoor season!

More news from the Throws---both the SP and the Weight.
Jordan Geist is another Putter on a HOT streak!
Recently, he got some big marks--one already reported--but this time, he cleared a significant barrier too!
70 feet.
And 71.
His throw of 71-2 moves him from 9th A-T HS to 5th!
(BTW, that other recent Big Throw?  A toss of 69-11.50!)

In the Vanderbilt meet--where Saunders got her latest PR--Jeneva Stevens finished 2nd in 60-8.75, while Jessica Ramsey was 3rd in 59-11.75, also a PR.
Ramsey is now 22nd A-T US.

Three OLD marks came in---or were discovered by me!--recently.
All HS Women.
Sophie Rivera threw the ball out 52-0.
This moves her from 19th A-T HS to 13th!
Nickolette Dunbar has a mark of 51-0.25, making her 18th A-T HS.
And Kathleen Young's 50-8 makes her 19th A-T HS!

Oh yes!
Removed FROM my HS list were 2 venerable names--Ancient Warriors both!
Do the names Lynette Matthews or Lynn Graham ring any bells?
They should!
In the 60's and 70's, they were 2 of America's best!
But now OFF my list--Matthews's 49-7.75 from 1971, and Graham's 49-7.25 from--1965!!

The Men--besides Mr Geist!!--weren't too quiet either!
Stephen Mozia increased his PR to 69-3.25.

And Reese Hoffa keeps on keeping on!
His SP of 67-3.25 gains him the Age 38 record!!

The Weight Throw produced several good marks, with the deepest competition coming at the Vanderbilt meet, where Raven got her SP win.
In the WT, Gwen Berry won with a toss of 78-9.75!
This is an Age 26 Record!!
Jeneva Stevens came next at 76-11.25.
Next came Jessica Ramsey (See SP report above!!) with a throw of 76-2.25!
She's now 8th A-T US--and 11th A-T World!!
(She's 24 years old, and has been unknown to me until this weekend!)

Nicole Chavis was the first Collegian in this meet--her mark of 71-10.25 missing my Collegiate DDD by---about 5 inches!!
And back in 5th--with yet another WT PR--came Saunders, her new best being 66-4.25!
(She'd thrown it 65-5 last week!  See my previous post!)

Amber Campbell LOST one of her MANY Age Records recently!
Well, not to fear!
She got a replacement!!
Her toss of 77-4.50 at Camel City is the Age 34 Record!!

Felicia Johnson got out to 72-6.50.

For the Men, Brad Saur (??) tossed it 72-4.50.

Let's talk the Short Stuff for awhile!
You know--the 60 and the 60H (and the 200!).
Lots of good stuff.

Maybe the most significant came from Europe!
Ewe Swoboda, long a teenage phenom, is still at it!
Now age 18, she sprinted 60 meters in 7.13, which is the new National Record of Poland!
(That's the OVERALL National Record, not just for teens!)

Also from that Romantic continent, Germany's Julian Reis ran 6.53 to tie the National Record!

On the Collegiate front, Shayla Sanders now leads the way, her Razorback winner being 7.17.
Jasmine Todd was 2nd in 7.20, while new Duck-mate Hannah Cunliffe ran 7.29.
For Sanders, this makes her 19th A-T Collegiate, tied with 1 other.

John Teeters won the Arkansas race in 6.54.
He beat World Class LJ'er Jarrion Lawson, who ran 6.62.

Michelle Lee-Ahye ran 7.19, beating 400 specialist Natasha Hastings, who sped 7.31 in the heat race at Houston.
Hastings didn't run the final, which Ahye took in 7.12!

Also in Houston, Chevaughn Walsh nipped Mike Rodgers, both timing 6.59's.
Warren Fraser ran 6.59 also, at the Vanderbilt meet.

Muna Lee sped a 7.27.

Good Men's 200's were run in Boston and New Mexico.
Lalonde Gordon beat Cameron Williams in Boston, 20.78 to 20.88.
Ronnie Baker's 20.60 took the New Mexico race from Parker Bluth's 20.73.

In another race, Devin Jackson beat Kenzo Cotton, 20.77 to 20.78.
In 3rd was former HS phenom Rai Benjamin, who ran 21.17.

Kyra Jefferson now leads the Collegiate Women, having run 22.72.
It wasn't a PR.

Susanna Kallur, best known as the WR holder in the 60H, has run her 1st comeback race--but without hurdles!
Her 60 dash time was 7.42.

A couple of slightly old HS hurdle times were found.
Tonea Marshall and Chanel Brisset both timed out in 8.28.
They're each 9th A-T HS, tied with each other!

Dawn Harper--but NOT listed as Harper-Nelson!!--ran the 60H in 8.14 in Seattle.

Brianna Rollins sped the final (after a heat time of 8.06) in 7.95.
Among those she beat were Nia Ali (8.03), Kristi Castlin (8.04) , Lolo Jones (8.17), and HS'er Anna Cockrell (8.24)!

Ashton Eaton ran the fastest heat time--a 7.70.
Aleec Harris ran 7.76.
But Harris ran faster in the final--a 7.65.
These races were in the Camel City meet!

In CC's short dash heats, Dezerea Bryant ran 7.23, while Ramon Gittens ran 6.67.

Sasha Wallace took the Razorback race in 8.05.

Sharika Nelvis won the Vanderbilt race in 7.99.
Christina Manning ran 8.00!

Alexandria Anderson took the 60 flat in 7.22.

At a slightly longer distance, the Lyles Brothers are fast becoming Track's version of the Righteous Brothers!
(Their sprinting gives you that "loving feeling"--heh heh!)

Noah beat Josephus in a FANTASTIC 300--33.18 to 33.26!
Noah is now 3rd A-T HS, while his brother is 6th!

At 400 meters, Seren Bundy-Davies ran what is reportedly the 2nd fastest British INdoor 400--ever!--with her 51.60.

In the LJ, Grant Holloway is now BMOC (Big Man On Campus, for all you cultural nerds!)!
He leapt out to 25-11.50, making him THIRD All-Time HS!!

Kate Hall got what I THINK is the Collegiate Frosh Class record--her 21-5.50 taking 2nd to Chanice Porter's 21-7.25.
And THAT mark--Porter's--misses my Collegiate DDD by a mere inch!!

Jarrion Lawson measured one out 26-9.75.
In Houston, Funmi Jimoh LJ'ed 21-5.50.

Tired of this yet?
(Or just tired?)
Well, take a break--eat something, nap, watch a movie--then return for MORE!!

(Pause.)

Hi everyone---again!!

Let's turn to the middle and long distances!
And a few answers to what I wrote about in my previous post!

The Camel City meet had fast Miles.
NOP-mates Shannon Rowbury and Matthew Centrowitz were the expected winners, in non-PR's of 4:26.01 and 3:54.02, respectively!

Centro had Cory Leslie on his tail until the last 200, when he sprinted away from Leslie's 3:56.25.
Stephanie Garcia got an 0.50 PR over a recent race--her 4:28.47 taking 2nd to Rowbury.
She moves from 21st A-T US to 17th, where she's tied with 1 other.

Kate Murphy, another HS phenom, ran 4:43.87--a lot slower than I thought she'd run, based on her recent 1000 time of 2:45.36.
She's now 14th A-T HS!
(Speaking of that mark, did you know T&FN's latest list STILL doesn't have that mark in their US list??  I'd told them about it, and it's still NOT on their list!!)

Murphy's inclusion on the Mile list REMOVES one Polly Plumer FROM the DDD, her 4:45.9 from 1982 now gone!!
BTW, Plumer is still the OUTdoor HSR holder for the Mile--4:35.24, also from 1982!

In the Boston race, Chris O'Hare beat Justyn Kniight, 3:56.00 to 3:56.87.
Knight just misses my Collegiate DDD--by 0.04 seconds!
BUT--he makes the Collegiate 1500 list, based on his enroute time of 3:41.79.
He's 23rd A-T Collegiate!

Arkansas's races went to Ed Cheserek's 3:57.38 and Kaela Edwards's 4:32.14.
Edwards is now 16th A-T Collegiate!
Taken OFF the list was another icon--LeAnn Warren, her 4:33.26 dating from 1982!

Blake Haney was 2nd to Ches--timed in 3:59.10.
Back in 12th place---LAST!!--was Matthew Maton's 4:17.52!

Abbey D'Agostino basically solo'ed to a good Mile of 4:31.50.

Remember me saying how good Tilastopaia is?
Well, they somehow got what seems to be official 1500 splits from the NB Games Mile (the one where Kim Conley ran 4:27.88).
Two of them make my A-T US list!
Kate Grace's 4:09.76 is 17th, while Stephanie Garcia's 4:09.97 is 21st!

Another enroute 1500 is Conor Lundy's 3:51.20--from his recent 4:08.25 Mile!
He's now 11th A-T HS!

Brenda Martinez ran 4:32.05 to win the House of Track race!

Also at the H of T meet, Boris Berian sped the 800 in 1:46.00, making him 7th A-T US!!
Carlton Orange joined the elite Collegiate Freshman class of 800 runners, with his 1:47.38 at Camel City!
A slightly old HS 600 time was discovered--Rodney Agyare-May's 1:18.94 making him 11th A-T HS!

Also at Camel City, the Women's 800 was won by Melissa Bishop, time of 2:02.10.
She beat Laura Roesler's 2:03.27 and Phoebe Wright's 2:04.72.

At Penn State, Brannon Kidder ran 1:47.01 to win the 800.
Olivia Baker took the Women's race in 2:04.10.
Tori Gerlach won the Mile in 4:37.83.

Some fast DMR's came from the Penn State meet.
In fact, the hometown Men took their own race--their 9:27.70 just nipping Stanford's 9:27.77, with both Brannon Kidder and Sean McGorty running the 1600's in 3:55's!
Georgetown was next--in 9:29.28, while Mississippi took 4th in 9:30.48.
Ole Miss became the 19th best School , while Stanford's team now ranks them 4th A-T, after having moved up from 6th!

The Women's race was another sizzler!
Stanford just edged Georgetown, 10:54.58 to 10:54.77.
Georgetown's time was a School  PR, but they remain in 6th place A-T.

In another meet, Oklahoma State's Women's team ran 11:01.15.
(Kaela Edwards reportedly ran the anchor in 4:31.)
They move from 21st A-T School to 18th!

Remember---long ago and far away!---when I mentioned the Women's 3000 race at Camel City?
I said I'd bring it up later--and answer a question.
Well, I have answers to a FEW questions I spoke of in my last post!
When I asked why such people as Mary Cain, Alexa Efraimson, and Wesley Frazier--among several others!--weren't racing, or even hadn't been heard from at all in recent months!!

Well, here's some answers!

Wesley Frazier is BACK!!
Now a Soph at North Carolina State, she sped 9:01.26 behind a couple of Pro's at CC.
This makes the former HS WonderGirl 23rd A-T Collegiate!!
Welcome back, Wesley!

Mary Cain is also back.
Well, let';s say she's back running races again.
Not QUITE in Frazier's league---yet!
In an unexpected--and unannounced!--appearance in a NYRR meet at The Armory, Cain won easily, her 3000 time of 9:23.38 lapping runners!
But her reported splits of 3:02, 3:09, then ending with 3:12---are NOT promising!
We'll wait and see!

And Efraimson?
She's BACK too--but with an asterisk!
Yes, she WON the Mile in a good time of 4:34.35.
Yes, she beat Jamie Cheever's PR of 4:35.92.
(As well as 5 other runners with sub-4:40 times!)

BUT---BUT!!!!---it was on the OT in Seattle!!
S--T, F--K, Piss and Moan!!

Even WORSE---FAR worse!!-- are the results of the Women'/s 5000 race in Seattle!!
OFF ALL LISTS---locked in the DUNGEON of OT HELL---are two of the best-ever 5000's ever run in the United States!!

Kim Conley won easily, running 15:09.31.
And in 2nd came that AMAZING Alaskan woman, Allie Ostrander---surely a prime candidate for Collegiate Freshman of the Year!.
But Ostrander's wonderful time of 15:21.85 might as well have been run on an OUTdoor DOWNhill track made of Grizzly Bear fur!!
It's WORTHLESS for Record and List purposes!!

Sad, sad, sad!!

Also from Seattle are illegal 800's from Mark Wieczorek (1:45.36), Shaq Walker (1:45.79), and Natalie Puliusina (2:01.00).
Sorry, folks!

On another OT is the 4:35.83 Mile run by Chelsea (Reilly) Sodaro, as well as Jeff See's 3:58.36.

I'll end this Magnum Opus---or is it Magnum DOPE-us??---with a bit of news.

As everyone on Planet Earth probably already knows, Galen Rupp announced he's going to RACE the Olympic Trials Marathon!!
(Place your bets!!)
BTW, he ALSO plans to try for the WC team in the 3000, as well as the OG team for the 10K!

OUT of the same race---sadly!--is Aaron Braun, who said he has an injury problem, and lost too much training!

Finally, Blanka Vlasic is---sadly too!---out of the WC!
She said she wants to treat an injury--not make it any worse--and to concentrate on going to Rio!
She recently HJ'ed 6-4.75!

Thank you---all 3 of you!--for hanging with me throughout this rather brief (HAHAHA!) post!

What will next weekend bring?
Another INCREDIBLE weekend??
Wait and see!