NBIN--The Women

If you read my Report on the Men's side of this meet, then you know there were MORE Records broken--whether HS or Meet (and other kinds too!) on the Women's side!
I won't pinpoint the reasons now--I don't really KNOW why!
Maybe there's more talent on the Female end.
Maybe the Records are easier targets!
Whatever the reasons, Records dropped like snowflakes in a blizzard these past 3 days in the Big Apple.
(Maybe an appropriate metaphor, given the weather recently in that part of our great country!  LOL)
Anyway, let's see what went down in The Armory over the weekend!

Watching Sydney McLaughlin in action is like seeing inside the mind of a great poet while she composes her next poem!
From somewhere, the Muse latches onto her, infusing her with a magical power some would think--by looking at her--she doesn't possess.
She's thin and lanky--sort of like Vashti Cunningham!--without any apparent over-production of muscle that would destroy opponents or the Record Book like she does.

But in the 400 final, she ran powerfully around the Armory's 200 meter oval, in the end taking down one of the strongest HSR's--the 51.93 run by future Olympian Francena McCorory 10 years ago!
She just got it--her 51.84 the new HSR!
It's also the Junior Class Record and the NBIN Meet Record!
And I believe it's the Age 16 record too!
Which, in MY Record Book, makes it the Age "0 to 17" record, meaning the best mark up to and including the Age of 17!
She'd run 52.77 in the heats!
That had moved her from 7th A-T HS to 4th.
The final continued the rise, from 4th to 1st!
The time misses the Collegiate DDD by just 0.05 seconds, and the US list by 0.06!!
(That is, if she WAS a Collegiate athlete now!)

In those 400 heats, Sterling Lester--just a Frosh--ran 54.11, making her 22nd A-T HS!

But Sydney wasn't through!
On the same night--Sunday--she ran the anchor on her Union Catholic TC's 4X400 Relay!
Just an hour or so after running that 51.84, she was timed in 51.65 for her 400 split!
And she's still in the 11th Grade!!

The team broke the Meet Record with their time of 3:40.28, and became the 2nd fastest School All-Time!!
And their competition weren't rag dolls!
Motor City TC's 3:40.69 makes them the 3rd fastest School, and the Paul Robesen TC's 3:40.95 is 4th fastest A-T!!
And she passed their anchors like they were stuck in cement!
She kicked from 4th to 1st in the final 100 meters!

Another VERY impressive athlete--who ALSO is credited with TWO HSR's!!--was Tonea Marshall!
She TWICE broke the 60H HSR set by Dior Hall in 2014!
In fact, the entire event was spectacular!
Hold on to your hats for THIS!!

In the heats, Marshall sped a PR of 8.16!
It moved her from 9th A-T HS, tied with 1 other, to 2nd!
Behind her was Alexis Duncan's 8.32, which moved her from 24th A-T HS, tied with 2 others, to 12th!
Anna Cockrell was between them, but her 8.28 wasn't a PR.
From these heat results, forced OFF my DDD was one Nia Ali, her 8.36 dating from 2006!

Tia Jones ran 8.35 , claiming the Frosh Class record!!
It also made her 19th A-T HS, tied with 4 others!

Then, in the semis, Marshall broke her FIRST High School Record, her time being 8.08!!
It also became her first Meet Record!
And first Senior Class record!
She moved from 2nd A-T HS, tied with 1 other, into the top spot!
And behind her came that metaphoric blizzard!

Anna Cockrell ran 8.16, but she remained 6th A-T HS!
Alexis Duncan's 8.18 moved her from 12th A-T HS to 6th, tied with 1 other!
Charal Brissett ran 8.24, moving from 10th A-T HS to 8th!
Brittley Humphrey ran 8.29, making her 12th A-T HS.
And Brandee Johnson's 8.33 made her 14th A-T HS, tied with 4 others!

Then came the final!
Marshall broke her own HSR, her own Senior Class Record, her own NBIN Meet Record, and added the World Age 17 Record to boot--her time of 8.02 filling all those pockets!
She won;t be 18 until October 17th!!

Duncan's 8.14 in 2nd moves her from 5th A-T HS, tied with 1 other, to 3rd!
Both Humphrey and Brissett ran 8.23, and both wound up in 8th, tied with 2 others, including each other!
Right behind them came Johnson, her 8.24 moving her from 15th A-T HS, tied with 4 others, up to 11th!

If all of these women develop into World Class athletes, I wonder how many might look to other nations for residency, to avoid the already-gridlocked traffic jam of the American Women's High Hurdles Fast Lane!!
What an amazing series of marks--from ONE event in ONE meet!!

The Mile was a Mover and Shaker too!
With 3 giants going head to head--Kate Murphy, Stephanie Jenks, and Katie Rainsberger--something was bound to come loose!
What fell from the shelf was the NBIN Meet Record, and a few other records!

The first 440 was run in 67, with Rainsberger and Jenks a few meters ahead of a pack, where Murphy was riding the wave.
They reached the 880 point in 2:17, with the two ladies sharing the lead.
After the 1320, reached in 3:27, Jenks was falling back, replaced by Murphy, but not too close.
Then the kicking began.
But Murphy, even with her 4:16 1500 PR, and her more recent 2:45 kilometer, didn't have the pick-up to rob Rainsberger of the win, as the Coloradan ran a blazing 4:36.61!
That time, if run just over 3 years earlier, would have broken the HSR!
But Mary Cain got there first!
As it was, she claimed some venerable records that the PRO Cain couldn't!
She finally got both of Lynn Jennings's Senior Class records--her Mile standard of 4:39.0, and her 1500 record of 4:18.9, both dating from 1978!!
Rainsberger's 1500 time was 4:17.68.
The Meet Records for both had belonged to Alexa Efraimson for the past 2 years!!
Both marks rank her 3rd A-T HS--on the amateur side of things!!

Murphy's time of 4:39.47 was preceeded by her 1500 split of 4:22.73, making her final 109 meters a lot faster than Rainsberger's--16.74 to 18.93!
For Murphy, her 1500 moved her from 8th A-T HS to 6th, while her Mile moved her from 10th to 6th!
That 4:16 I mentioned was run OUTdoors!

Jenks wound up running 4:44.94 (and 4:25..15 at 1500 enroute!).
The 1500 ranks her 14th A-T HS, while her Mile puts her 19th A-T HS!

Back a bit was a girl named Lexy Halladay!
Her 1500 and Mile times don't make my Top 24 lists!
They are 4:28.29 and 4:48.43.
Oh, did I forget to mention she's an EIGHTH GRADER??!!

Two BIG names were 86'ed from my DDD's!
From the Mile list fell Darlene Beckford, her mark dating back to 1978.
From the 1500 list went one SFH, aka Suzy Favor Hamilton, whose time dated from 1986!

The flat 60's and the 200's saw some good marks!
("Good" being kind of an understatement!!  LOL)

In the shorter race, Zaria Frasncis ran 7.30, making her 14th A-T HS, tied with 4 others!
Celena Barnes finished in 7.33, making her 23rd A-T HS, tied with 3 others!
But the BIG story was that of Thelma Davies.

In the semis, she sped 7.45.
It broke the Frosh Class record of 7.47, held by Hannah Cunliffe since 2011.
If you read my NCAA post, then you know Cunliffe has suddenly become quite an accomplished sprinter!!
But Ms Davies wasn't done!
In the final, she broke her own Frosh Class standard, speeding a 7.37!!

The 200 was dominated by Lauren Rain Williams.
In her heat, she sped a 23.72.
But in the final, she exploded to a 23.23 Meet Record time, breaking her own mark from last year!
It's also the Junior Class record, and moves her from 6th to 5th on the A-T HS list!

Following her was Anna Cockrell, whose 23.47 moves her from 17th A-T HS to 8th!
Then came Lanae Tava Thomas, whose 23.66 makes her 16th A-T HS!

Weini Kelati ran crazy and fast!
Fast because of her times.
Crazy because of her pacing!

In the 5000, she blasted out from the gun, hitting her first 1000 in 3:03--just 15:15 5000 pace!!
Inevitably slowing, she did her next K's in 3:10, then 3:15, 3:21, and finished with a final K of 3:19, her final time being a HSR of 16:08.83!
It's also the Meet Record.
But no others!

Behind her came Maryjeanne Gilbert's 16:28.74, which makes her 7th A-T HS.
Shona McCulloch's 16:31.22 won't make my US HS list, as she's Canadian!
Next in line came Hannah Debalsi's 16:32.26, making her 9th A-T HS.
Stephanie Jenks was next, but her 16:40.38 wasn't a PR.
Libby Davidson's 16:40.97 makes her 13th A-T HS.
Diana Vizza's 16:42.84 makes her 14th A-T HS.

Kelati's 2 Mile winner was 10:02.71, again run off a fast early pace.
She did her Miles in about 4:55 and 5:07, but her first lap was around 71!
She's 4th A-T HS.
Davidson clocked 10:14.97, making her 19th A-T HS.
Jessica Lawson's 10:18.30 gives her the 22nd A-T spot!

Run OFF my list was---Molly Huddle!
Her 10:19.7 dated from 2002.
Also OFF my list was Kristy Orre, a name from the deep well of the past century, namely 1985!

Some field events provided some decent marks.
The WT was won by Kamryn Brinson's 62-8.50.
She moves from 20th A-T HS all the way to 4th!

The Shot Put saw an upset of sorts, as new phenom Alyssa Wilson's 53-3.50 non-PR was overtaken by Nickolette Dunbar's super PR of 54-7.50, upping her best by 17.50 inches!!
She moves from 8th to 4th on the A-T HS list!
Elena Bruckner's 50=8 Put makes her 19th A-T HS, tied with 1 other!

The PV was won by Carson Dingler's 13-4.50.
But it was Colleen Clancy's 13-4.50 which made her 19th A-T HS, tied with 6 others--including Dingler, who matched her PR!

Samiyah Samuels won the LJ, her leap of 21-3.25 setting a new Meet Record!
It also moves her from 12th A-T HS, tied with 2 others, to 3rd!

The TJ was won by Chinne Okoronkwo's 42-11.75.
She moves from 20th A-T HS, tied with 2 others, all the way up into 6th!

A Canadian won the Pentathlon.
But Tea Livingston's score of 3674 in 2nd makes her 11th A-T HS!

The 800 had some good depth!
It was won by Sammy Watson, whose 2:05.11 makes her 6th A-T HS.
The line flowed back to Ruby Stauber, who ran 2:05.56 for 7th A-T HS.
Then came youth vet Gabrielle Wilkinson's 2:06.87, making her 15th A-T HS.
Danae Rivers ran 2:07.54 for 23rd A-T HS!.

Remember Darlene Beckford getting kicked off the Mile DDD earlier?
Well, it happened again here, Beckford's 2:07.7 from 1978 leaving my Record Book!

Two more HSR's were broken!
In the One Mile Walk, not only was Lauren Harris's winning time of 6:57.46 the new HSR and Meet Record, but it was the first sub-7 minute Mile ever by a Female HS'er!!

On the Men's side--something I forgot to mention in my Men's report--Cameron Haught's 6:15.77 is the Junior Class Mile Walk record!

The other HSR came in the DMR!
A great race ensued between North Rockland HS TC and the Lake Braddock HS TC.
North Rockland's winning time of 11:34.85 becomes the new HSR, and NBIN Meet Record.
They were anchored by 8th Grader Katelyn Tuohy's 4:53.44!

But Tuohy should be happy she had a big lead at the hand-off, because chasing her down was Kate Murphy, who sped a 4:43.95!!
Her team finished in 11:39.10.

While we're on the subject of long Relays, remember me mentioning there would be a team called "4XMancini TC", composed of 4 girls from the same family?
Well, they ran, finishing in 7th place, timed in 20:58.09 in the 4XMile Relay.
The Senior of the group was Grace.
The Freshman is Christine.
And the presumed-to-be twins, Eleanor and Elizabeth, are Sophs!
Liz had the fastest split, anchoring in 5:10.5!!
Borlee's--Watch out!!

On that note, I'll just say I expect to have my World Championship Preview posts--one for each gender--on the 16th, the day before the meet's start!

See you then!