Stockholm's WR Party

Not one.
Not even two!
THREE World Records in less than 2 hours!!
(And there could have been four!!)

Millrose and Glasgow, coming in 3 days, have their work cut out for them!
Those 2 venerable meets, even if they should get a WR between them, would still be two short of what Stockholm's XL Galan meet produced today!!

In order, then!

Ayanleh Souleiman's promise to break the 16 year old 1000 WR of Wilson Kipketer (2:14.96) seemed a tall order.
There had been others who had said the same thing, among them the legendary David Rudisha!
All had failed.
In a tweet yesterday, I put the odds of his chances at just 30-70.
I just felt the history of failed attempts would prevail.
I'm glad I'm not a betting man!

Paced by Bram Som through 600 meters in 1:19.44, Souleiman, normally a Miler, took the reins, and went through 800 in the mid-1:46's.
His last 200 of 28+ was enough to top Kipketer's mark by a healthy 0.76 seconds!!

Besides the WR, it's also the Djibouti National Record.
It's the Age 23 record.
It's the Stockholm Meet Record.
And he moves all the way from 15th A-T World to the Top!!

Second was The Netherlands Thijimen Kupers's 2:17.02.
It makes him 15th A-T World.

Elijah Manangoi ran 2:17.09 to rank 19th A-T World, tied with 1 other!

And Jakob Holusa's 2:18.27 is the new National Record of the Czech Republic!

The second WR was Abdelelah Haroun's 500 of 59.83!
But it wasn't the first Meet Record of the night!
That went to the "B" race winner--Mark English--who ran 1:00.93.

Other events were run, and then Haroun took to the track.
I'd placed his odds at 60-40, as I felt his faster OUTdoor 400 time than Brycen Spratling's would give him a good chance to get Spratling's record of 1:00.06.

In doing so, Haroun became the first to break a minute INdoors!
Second place time was 1:00.71.
I don't keep lists for the 500, but this obviously gives him Qatar's National Record, the Age 19 record, as well as Stockholm's Meet Record!

Third in line was the woman who, with her Mile record here today, now holds FIVE INdoor WR's!
They are the 1500, Mile, 3000, 2 Mile, and the 5000.
The only one in that range she doesn't hold is Gabriela Szabo's 5:30.53 for 2000 meters.
And considering she ran faster than that OUTdoors---twice!--she could take down that one too, if she chose!
(For the record, I gave her 100 to zero odds of breaking this record!  I mean, come on--we're talking Genzebe!!  LOL)

Splits were given at the finish line, so the extra 9+ meters were added to those split times.
Thus, her "quarter" splits (at 409, 809 and 1209 meters) were 63.59, 63.10, 64.08, and 62.54, for a WR time of 4:13.31.
She wanted FASTER!!
Her requested splits were to go through 1000 meters in 2:36.5.
Phoebe Wright had tweeted (paraphrased)--I hope an American paces her.  That would bring her so close to the American Record (at 1000 meters).WTF--!!

But it went a bit slower, so Dibaba's projected Mile time of 4:11 (!!) fell a bit short!
Oh woe is me!

For the Record!
World Record
National Record (of Ethiopia)
Meet Record (Stockholm)
Age Record (25)
And those are for the Mile!!

She was timed at 1500 enroute in 3:56.27.
She'd said she wanted BOTH WR's, but alas!
That said, the 1500 For the Record!
2nd fastest ever run INdoors (Her WR being Number One!)
Meet Record!
Age 25 Record!

Removed FROM my DDD was Jenny Simpson's PR of 4:25.91, the current Collegiate Record!!

Second was Gudaf Tsegay in 4:24.98, a full 11.67 seconds behind Dibaba!
But it got her the Age 19 record!
And it makes her 22nd A-T World, tied with 1 other!

All 3 athletes have one coach in common---Jama Aden!!

But Stockholm is a MAJOR meet on the INdoor circuit, and the other marks to come from there proved it.

Tim Nedow took the Men's Shot Put with a PR throw of 69-11.75.
It's the Stockholm Meet Record.

Lavern Spencer HJ'ed 6-4.75 to tie St Lucia's National Record.

Kainija Balta took the Women's LJ with a leap of 22-2.

Nikoleta Kiriakopoulou increased her own National Record of Greece in the PV by a quarter-inch, rising to 15-9.25.
She moves from 9th A-T World, tied with 2 others, to 8th, where she's tied with 1 other.

Fabiana Murer increased her Age 34 PR to 15-5.50, but of course, it was too late, as Jenn Suhr had raised it to 16-0 a few days ago.  (See my previous post!)

Lisa Gunnersson of Sweden nabbed the Age 16 record, Vaulting 14-8.75.
She went higher than Wilma Murta, who is the Age 17 record holder!!
Gunnersson was born August 20, 1999.

A meet in Ireland had some "names" produce some good marks.

Melissa Bishop's 800 time of 2:00.60 is the new National Record of Canada.
She won by a couple of seconds.
(A female commentator kept referring to how beautiful Bishop is, and how all the men would be watching because of THAT, and not for how talented she is!!  This from a woman---also quite attractive!!  LOL)

Two Americans took the top spots in a fast 60H.
Kristi Castlin beat Sharika Nelvis, 7.92 to 7.93.

Ruth Beitia's HJ winning height of 6-4.75 increased her own Age 36 record!

Shawn Barber took the Vault with 18-11, thrilling the sold-out crowd of about 2500.

Barbara Pierre sprinted 60 meters in 7.12 for the win.

Chris Brown's 400 of 46.96 wasn't the fastest (That went to Pawel Maslek's 46.06 in another heat!), but it did get him the Age 37 record!

Dawit Wolde won the Men's Mile in 3:54.02, the only runner to break 4:00.
But it got him Ethiopia's National Record!!

The Women's 1500 had Mary Cain in its field.
The race was won in 4:08 and change, with Cain improving her recent blow-up time of 4:20.73 (in Karlsruhe) by 7.28 seconds, running an okay 4:13.45.
She started good, near the front, but fell back to 6th, where she remained.
She had NO kick!!

She's on the entry list for Glasgow's 1500!!

I did another count of my 2016 DDD marks.
The previous count was done February 2nd.

World Men went from 2 to 10.
World Women jumped from 6 to 14.

US Men went from 3 to 13.
US Women went from 19 to 26.

Collegiate Men went from 8 to 17.
Collegiate Women went from 14 to 23.

HS Men went from 14 to 18.
And HS Women went from 14 to 18 also!

The Totals
Men went from 27 to 58!
Women went from 53 to 81.

The Grand total jumped from 80 to 139.

With the Collegiate Conferences and the NCAA meet ahead, the Collegiate count should soar!
Ditto with the High Schoolers, as they have their State meets and the Biggie, the NBIN!!

The US and the World, of course, have Millrose and Glasgow, the Asian Championships, the USATF, and the World Championships!!

300-plus looks VERY doable!!

Next post comes IMMEDIATELY following both of Saturday's HUGE meets!!
See you then!