With NCAA XC winner Karissa Schweizer scheduled to run a 5000 this Sunday on Boston University's track, the first Class Record of the 2016-2017 INdoor season could fall!
The Collegiate Junior Class Women's 5K record is 15:28.11, by Abbey D'Agostino!
But this first of 2 posts covering INdoor Class Records will be about the HS Grades of 9 through 12, with the Collegiates taking over in the post to follow!
Going Grade by Grade, the posts will be divided into 3 core sections.
I'll first list all the INdoor Class Records for the particular Grade, giving just the marks--no names or dates!
Then I'll list the events I believe have the marks easiest to break--given the right athlete on the right day, with the longer running events being on legal 200 meter tracks, of course!
Finally, I'll name several athletes eligible to challenge some of these records!
I'll comment here and there!
Events will follow the usual order!
9th Grade--Men
6.78, 21.22, 47.97, 1:20.97, 1:55.45, 2:33.98, 4:02.21, 4:15.43, 8:23.80, 8:57.44, 14:18.42, 8.03, 6-8, 24-5, 46-9, 16-9.50, 66-7.25, 65-8.50, 2664
The 60, 200, and 400 Class Records fell in 2016.
This year, I see the 600, 800, 1000, 1500, Mile, HJ, TJ, and Pentathlon marks as most vulnerable!
That 1500--compared to the Mile--is ridiculously slow!
And the HJ and TJ--when compared to the Soph Class marks--are way below what they should be!
Frosh Records for HS'ers are the most difficult to predict--at least for me, as I don't focus on kids younger than 17!
So unless there's some real stand-out Middle Schoolers--like Grace Ping for the Women--I normally can't list any athletes by name for this Class!
Let's just say that at this age, kids tend to come out of nowhere, making mighty leaps forward in time, distance, or height!
Is another Tyrese Cooper on the horizen??
9th Grade--Women
7.37, 23.55, 53.23, 1:30.1, 2:06.98, 2:50.84, 4:24.9, 4:40.1, 9:42.20, 10:23.46, 16:43.02 (7th Grade!), 17:08.45 (True 9th Grade record!!), 8.35, 5-10, 19-7, 41-2, 12-9.50, 45-7.75, 57-3, 3561
The 60 and 60H marks fell in 2016!
But, as I see it, those marks should hold through 2017.
Easiest targets seem to be the 600, 800, 1000, 1500, 3000, 2 Mile, 5000, HJ, LJ, PV, SP WT, and the Pentathlon!
Yes, that's most of the events, but for all those running events, all it would take are 1 or 2 athletes to break ALL those records!!
Besides Ms Ping--listed above--there's Lexy Halladay!
Hopefully, they'll race often--and on 200 meter tracks!!
The PV mark should rise to 13 feet, if the trend continues!
10th Grade--Men
6.67, 21.50, 46.84, 1:19.05, 1:51.11, 2:27.59, 3:52.5, 4:09.82, 8:09.86, 8:42.66, 14:54.27, 7.83, 7-2, 25-8.25, 50-2.50, 18-0.50, 70-5, 75-0.50, 3785
Only Mondo Duplantis was able to get one of these Class Records in 2016.
And his mark seems the safest best to remain there another year!!
Watch for the 60, 200, 400, 600, 1000, 1500, 5000, and the Pentathlon records to be under attack!
Of course, the aforementioned Ty Cooper is now a Soph, so those shortest track events are all his for the taking!
Watch also for Brian Herron to challenge, maybe especially in the 400 and 600.
Sam Affolder, who shattered the 3000SC Frosh Class record OUTdoors last spring, might be the main challenger to that SLOWWWWW 5000!!
(It should be at least as fast as the Frosh Class mark!!)
10th Grade--Women
7.29, 23.39, 53.45 (This mark is over 440 yards, so we'd need a 53.15 or so over 400 meters to "surpass" that record!!), 1:28.78, 2:01.8, 2:47.27, 4:24.25, 4:43.23, 9:29.0, 10:12.95, 16:37.50, 8.17, 6-0.75, 20-5.75, 42-4, 13-6, 49-1.25, 58-11, 3846
The TJ was the sole Soph Class record to fall last year!
Lots of marks are ripe for breaking this year--the 60, 200, 400, 1000, Mile, 3000, 2 Mile, 5000, 60H, LJ, PV, and SP!
Watch for Tia Jones to tackle the 60H, as her 12.84 OUTdoor Frosh Class and overall HSR over 100H last year bodes well for a possible HSR here also--maybe under 8 seconds!!
Thelma Davies should shine in the flat sprints--the 60 and 200.
11th Grade--Men
6.64, 20.83, 46.88, 1:17.64, 1:49.94, 2:23.56, 3:47.65, 4:02.21, 8:07.54, 8:40.70, 13:57.04, 7.59, 7-5.25, 25-9.25, 51-8.25, 17-6.25, 72-9.50, 87-10.75, 4141
The SP was the lone Junior Class record to fall in 2016 for the Men!
And just 4 Class Records seem fair targets this season--the 400, 1500, LJ, and PV!
It's the latter that might fall not once, not twice, but multiple times--as Mondo Duplantis is now a Junior!!
Casey Clinger seems your man to challenge that 1500 mark--and maybe even the longer races!!
BTW, I should mention that even if I list only 1 or 2 names for these lower classes doesn't mean there's just 1 or 2 athletes who COULD break these records!!
They just seem the most likely, based on their performances in 2016!
But people we've never even heard of often emerge to bypass those "name" athletes!!
That's what makes Track and Field THE most exciting sport!!
11th Grade--Women
7.24, 23.23, 51.84, 1:29.53, 2:04.96, 2:45.32, 4:11.72, 4:28.25, 9:04.51, 9:38.68, 16:19.69, 8.17, 6-1, 21-4, 42-5.50, 14-0, 54-11, 65-4.25, 3827
A whopping FIVE Junior Class records fell in 2016!!
They were the 200, 400, 600, 1000, and the Shot Put!!
Can that level of performance repeat itself in 2017??
Well, I see 8 marks as most vulnerable this season--the 200, 600, 800, 5000, 60H, TJ, PV, and the Pentathlon!
Watch for Lanae Tava Thomas in the 200 and 400.
Titiana Marsh should challenge the TJ mark.
12th Grade--Men
6.57, 20.63, 45.92, 1:17.58, 1:49.21, 2:22.28, 3:41.93, 3:57.81, 7:59.33, 8:39.15, 14:19.83, 7.53, 7-5, 26-6.50, 52-7.50, 17-11.25, 77-2.50 (And 63-11 for the 16 pounder!!), 93-3.25, 4307
With Drew Hunter claiming three of them, FIVE Class Records were broken in 2016 by Men!
Besides the 1500, Mile, and 3000, the 200 and 60H also went under!!
But since Hunter was nice enough to leave the 2 Mile and 5000 marks intact, I'm naming those as best bets to go in 2017!
Add the 600, HJ, PV, BOTH of the SP's, as well as the Pro-weighted WT mark of 65-8.25!
Jordan Geist and Adrian Piperi should challenge the SP marks.
Brandon McGorty and Cameron Cooper will cover the middle distances, with Noah Affolder possibly getting the longer distance marks!
Rodney Agyare-May could also challenge over 600 or 800 meters!
Watch for Trey Cunningham in the 60H, with Darryl Sullivan pointing towards the HJ!
Nick Lane is the one who might get that WT record mentioned above!
(But NOT the High School-weighted implement!!)
Zach McWhorter could get the PV mark!
12th Grade--Women
7.19, 22.97, 51.93, 1:29.27, 2:03.59, 2:43.40, 4:17.68, 4:36.61, 9:17.4, 9:55.92, 16:10.79, 8.02, 6-6.25, 21-7.25,44-6.75, 14-4, 56-7.50, 68-2.50, 4068
Four Senior Class records fell in 2016--the 1500, Mile, 60H, and the HJ!
With a strong group now Seniors, I'm claiming that MOST of these Class Records could fall in 2017!!
They are the 60, 200, 400, 600, 800, 1000, 1500, Mile, 3000, 2 Mile, 5000, LJ, PV, and the SP!!
And MOST of those could go to ONE superior athlete--name of Kate Murphy!!
Here's hoping that the egregious failure of meet organizers to gather together in one race four of the very best 1500 runners EVER last year to break---nay, SHATTER!---the OUTdoor HSR in the Mile--won't be repeated INdoors (AND OUTdoors!!) in 2017!!
PLEASE, Ms Murphy, race hard over EVERY distance from 800 to the 5000--on 200 meter tracks!!--and claim SEVEN HSR's this INdoor season!!
There's a few back-up ladies who could get what Murphy ignores--Sammy Watson for the events from 600 to the Mile, Kamryn McIntosh for the 600, 800, and the 1K, Clare Martin for the 800 and 1000, and maybe Lauryn Ghee in the 400, 600, and 800!
But don't omit Nevada Mareno from your thinking--especially in distances from 1000 to the 2 Mile!
Libby Davidson is one to watch for the longest races!
Lauren Rain Williams will be top dog in the sprints!
Chanel Brissett could dip under 8 seconds in the 60H.
Rachel Baxter, Carson Dingler, and Colleen Clancy will challenge the 14 foot barrier--one Baxter has already reached OUTdoors!!
Alyssa Wilson will be chasing the HSR (and Senior Class record!) in the SP, but might get some heat from Kathleen Young, while Jill Shippee could go after the WT mark!
Tara Davis is the one to watch in the LJ and TJ--especially the latter!!
Then there's Sydney McLaughlin--who has opted to remain an amateur for awhile longer!!
EVERY time she competes, a Class (or other) record could fall!!
Only Candace Hill remains in the exclusive group of HS PRO's--and she's a Senior!
So any event she runs--probably just the 60 and 200--will be a HS PRO Senior Class record!!
And that's a wrap for the HS Class Records!!
I hope to have the Collegiate Class Records up in a few hours!!
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