This INdoor season is going somewhere!
But to the 300 meters??
Okay, let me fill you in!
My T&F Record Book (and this blog, from whence it came) basically ignored "odd" events like the 300.
Sure, some marks were impressive, but the event itself seemed to be limited to HS meets, with the USATF INdoors adding it to their schedule last year (and this year?).
But when Quanera Hayes and Candace Hill had that spectacular race last week (See earlier post!), and Grant Holloway ran that 32.80 as a Collegiate Frosh, I had to ponder adding this event to my pile of "DDD" (Top 24 Performers) lists!
And I did--but not (yet) for Collegians!
(My research was easy! I found a World List that went 50 deep, and was totally up to date!! For the US list, I extrapolated all Americans from that World list--coming up a couple short--but that's now filled in!! For my HS list, I began with Jack Shepard's HS Track book's A-T Indoor lists, which go 20 deep! Again, I've already lengthened those lists to the full 24!!)
My timing was perfect, as THIS weekend has already seen 14 marks (in my World, US, and HS categories) reaching my lists!!
Tyrese Cooper had the best 300, his 33.03 nipping Michael Cherry's HSR of 33.05.
Besides the HSR, Cooper also gets the Soph Class record, and the World Age 16 record!!
He is now 16th A-T US, tied with one other!
(In the 500, Cooper ran 1:01.88, missing the HSR by just two-tenths of a second!! So he's 2nd A-T HS, and gets the Soph Class record to boot!! Chantz Sawyers took 2nd to Cooper, his 1:02.29 making him 4th A-T HS!!)
In that same race (at the GREAT Virginia Showcase meet!), Micaiah Harris ran 33.22, making him 7th A-T HS!
Third place went to Eric Allen's 33.49, which makes him 12th A-T HS!!
On the Women's side (at the same meet), Lynna Irby beat Jayna Kirkland, 38.09 to 38.16!
For Irby, it gives her 12th A-T HS!
For Kirkland, she's now 14th A-T HS, tied with 1 other!
At another meet in the same state--the Virginia Tech meet--Shakima Wimbley hot-footed a 36.72, making her 10th A-T US, and 24th A-T World!!
In a Harvard meet, Izaiah Brown sped the 300 in 33.12, making him 19th A-T US, tied with 1 other!
Sydney McLaughlin improved her PR to 37.11 (She'd run 37.49 as a Soph!!) at the Armory.
She remains 2nd A-T HS (on the amateur list---Ms Hill's 36.86 of course is the fastest, but she's a Pro!!), and moves from 19th A-T US to 15th!!
Speaking of Candace, she ran a good 37.00 in her follow-up race, adding a 60 of 7.39!!
Kate Murphy did NOT race the VA Showcase 1000 against Sammy Watson, as I'd promoted in my previous post!
Maybe that's because the day before, she anchored her Lake Braddock team to an HSR of 11:34.54 in the DMR, with a blazing 4:38 1600!
For a girl whose OUTdoor 1500 of 4:07 equates to about a 4:24 Mile, maybe 4:38 isn't exactly "blazing".
But it WAS just fast enough to secure the HSR for her team!!
BTW, Watson won that 1000 in 2:48.18 over Rachel McArthur's 2:49.25!
McArthur misses my DDD list by 0.43 seconds!
(Watson's 2:45+ from 2016 is already on the list!)
And Watson ran the 500 also, her 1:11.75 making her 3rd A-T HS!!
Kaela Edwards opened her final Collegiate season in good fashion!
Her time of 2:40.79 in the 1000 broke the Collegiate Record set by Angel Piccirillo last year by just 0.03 seconds!!
It also gives her the Senior Class record!
She's now 20th A-T US, tied with 1 other!
The 600 gave us some good marks!
Marilyn Okoro of Great Britain ran 1:26.72, making her 24th A-T World!
But more important, it gave her GB's National Record!!
AND the Age 32 record!!
Rosie Chamberlain took 2nd in that race, her 1:29.57 making her 24th A-T Collegiate!
(Okoro ran as unattached in that Collegiate race, according to TFRSS!)
At the Penn State meet, Danae Rivers ran 1:29.06, giving her the Collegiate Frosh Class record!!
She's 19th A-T Collegiate!
She misses my US Top 24 list by just 0.28 seconds!
(In the Seattle meet--on its 307 meter Oversize Track), Raevyn Rogers ran 1:26.97--which obviously does NOT make any lists or break any records--due SOLELY to it's being run on an OT!! More Seattle marks are below!)
The PV had some "new" and "returning" names in the weekend's results!
First, I'm happy to report that Jenn Suhr is healthy, and jumped 15-9.25, which is the World-leading mark for this calendar year!!
At the PV Summit in Reno--which had a somewhat limited elite entry list, maybe mostly due to bad weather!--Sandi Morris cleared 15-3 to win the Women's elite division!
(The Men cleared just 18-2.50, hardly worthy of notice!)
The Arkansas meet was one we all looked forward to, as that school has become the Collegiate PV Factory!!
Lexi-----oh wait, I'll get to HER in a bit!!
No, TORI Weeks won this vaunted (or should I say VAULTED?? LOL) affair, clearing an INdoor PR of 14-6!!
This makes her 22nd A-T Collegiate, tied with 1 other!
(I'll get to that "other" in a second!)
Taken OFF my DDD list was the Rio Olympics Gold winner, Ekaterina Stefanidi, whose Collegiate mark of 14-5.25 from 2011 is no more!!
As for Lexi Weeks, she was only able to clear 14-0!
In third was another Razorback, Desiree Freier, who got over 13-8.25!
Lexi missed 3 times at 14-2, while Freier missed thrice at 14-0!
That "other" I spoke of earlier was Kally Long, whose 14-6 was, I believe, her FIRST 14 foot jump!
She's a Junior at Texas!
So she is also 22nd A-T Collegiate, tied with Tori Weeks--and one other!
Annie Rhodes lost to Long by 2 inches, her 14-4 a good start to her 2017 season!
In other PV news--
(FORMER) HSR holder Chris Nilsen got over 17-11, which is an INdoor PR!!
If you recall, he jumped 17-6.50 INdoors last year, but Mondo Duplantis got the (then-) HSR of 18-0.50--since smashed!!
Nilson's mark, however, is far short of the Collegiate Frosh Class record!!
Known as a Decathlete, Stanford's Harrison Williams soared over 17-8.50 for a PR--which in the Dec is worth 1035 points!!
Alina McDonald reached 14-2 at the Virginia Tech meet!
Maybe now is a good time to report some early season marks from---RUSSIA!!
Yes, that "banned" nation still competes!!
One of the Russian marks is a 19-0.25 PV by Timur Morgunov--which LEADS the World, according to Tilastopaia, the Swedish World list-maker!
The other Russian marks go to HJ'ers!
Mariya Kuchina jumped 6-4.25, while Ivan Ukhov got over 7-6.50!
Ukhov's mark is also a World leader!!
Raven Saunders opened her Junior year of college with her 62-8 SP missing the Junior Class record by just 2 inches!!
It misses her overall CR by 5.25 inches!!
She also threw the WT--reaching a non-PR of 66-4.25!
Alyssa Wilson moved closer to Ms Saunders's HSR, becoming the 2nd HS'er to go over 56 feet, her 56-2.50 keeping her in 2nd place on the Top 24 list!
Stipe Zunic hit 67-10.25 at the VA Tech meet.
Sultana Frizell (One of my favorite NAMES in the sport, and a really interesting quirky PERSON!!) got the National Record of Canada in the Weight Throw, her 72-2.25 being the new NR!!
But Jessica Ramsey reached 76-5.75 at the Commodore Invite!
She remains 9th A-T US and 11th A-T World!
Daniel Haugh hit 73-8.25 with the WT!
Some good sprint action makes this report!
Christian Coleman sped 60 meters in 6.56, which apparently is a World leader!
Also leading the World is the returning (from injury) Duck, Hannah Cunliffe!
Her 7.19 won one of the only LEGAL races at the Seattle meet!!
Another Oregon Duckie, Sasha Wallace, became the first sub-8.00 60H gal, her 7.96 taking the other legal Seattle race!
Tara Davis became the fastest 60H girl in the HS ranks for 2017, her 8.31 moving her from 19th A-T HS, tied with 2 others, to 15th--no ties!
She also did her signature event TJ, but barely broke 40 feet in a rare off day (for that event!).
Noah Lyles opened his (maybe rather brief---IF he decides to turn Pro before the Tokyo OG) Collegiate career by doubling in the 60 (6.75) and 200 (21.02).
Pretty good for "rust-busters"!!
Assorted field events saw some good marks!
Jasmine Moore missed the HS Soph Class record in the TJ by just 0.75 inches with her 42-3.25 PR!
She moves from 16th A-T HS, tied with 1 other, to 14th!
A REALLY precocious youngster--from France!!--measured out to 21-6.75, or 6.57 in her native Euro metric (LOL), in the Long Jump!
Why am I reporting this?
This girl--Heather Arreton--is just FOURTEEN years old, having been born AFTER 9/11--July 27, 2002 to be exact!!
The Age 15 record?
Held by the most venerable Heike (Daute) Drechsler--whose 21-9.50 dates from 1980!!
It's apparently the World Age 14 best!!
She also ran a 50 meters in 6.50---which would miss the US HS Frosh Class record by 0.03 seconds!!
Watch for her name!!
On the other end of the Age scale falls (or RISES!!!) Ruth Beitia, whose 6-4.75 is the new INdoor Age 37 record for the HJ!!
Other good LEGAL (meaning run NOT on OT's!!) marks include--
Ajee Wilson's 500 of 1:09.63 at the Ocean Breeze!
Liguelin Santos's 1:01.76 over the same distance at the same meet!
Brandon McGorty's fastest HS 800 of 2017--his 1:50.85 moving him from 16th A-T HS, tied with 2 others, to 10th!
Katelyn Tuohy running a good Mile as a HS Frosh--her 4:48.29 winning an Armory race!
At a home meet in Ann Arbor, Michigan, a good Women's Mile took place!
Nicole Sifuentes won in 4:35.69!
And look who she beat!
Second was Amanda Eccleston's 4:39.39--which just edged Blue heroine Erin Finn's 4:39.76!
Been wondering---as I had!!--whatever happened to that twin-set Hannah and Haley Meier?
They went to Duke after graduating HS in 2013!
Then basically disappeared!
Well, they're back---though Hannah's 800 of 2:13.83 won't be scaring any Collegiate middle distancers!
Nor will Haley's 2:15.48!
I believe they're redshirting, but at least we know they're still in the game!!
I'll finish my "track" report with the usual slate of OT marks--mostly from the Seattle meet!
Once again, NONE of the following marks--though list-worthy, some of them!--are eligible for list or record purposes!!
How very SAD!!!!
Kate Grace, Olympic 800 finalist, sprinted past OUTdoor 3:57.05 1500 gal Sifan Hassan in the final 100 of the Seattle 3000, her 8:47.26 beating Hassan's 8:50.38 handily!
Brie Felnagle ran 8:53.35, with Lauren Paquette running 8:54.71, with Leah O'Connor's 8:56.14 taking 5th!
Back in 13th came 13 year old (!!) Grace Ping, her 9:43.31 being VERY fast, OT or not!!
If legal, this 8th Grader would miss the 9th Grade record by less than 2 seconds!!
Alas, NONE of the above marks are legal!!
Matthew Centrowitz won the Men's 3K by 11 seconds, timing 7:49.89!
In the Vanderbilt meet (OT), Emmanuel Korir ran the 800 in 1:46.50.
Also at Vanderbilt, Karissa Schweizer won the Mile in 4:41.86.
In section 5 of the Mile, Kayla Montgomery returned to action for Lipscomb College--in her first race back after a late-2015 relapse of her Multiple Sclerosis!!
Amazing young lady!!
While her time of 5:31.61 was by no means "special", it WAS VERY special, considering her life circumstances!!
I hope she races MANY more times for Lipscomb--and beyond!!
BTW, she was 4th in her section!
Back to Seattle, Lauren Wallace took the 1000 in 2:43.31.
Stanford's Rebecca Mehra was 2nd in 2:43.69.
Eric Jenkins doubled---40 minutes apart!!--in the 1000 (2:23.95) and Mile (3:58.68).
Colby Gilbert also got under 4:00 with his 3:58.96!
In the Women's Mile, Oiselle's Sasha Gollish won in 4:36.43.
In 3rd came Alexa Efraimson--about 1 month shy of turning 20!!--timed in 4:38.42!!
I know this report is already quite lengthy, but I would be remiss if I didn't report some results from this morning's Houston races!!
In the Half-Marathon, Jordan Hasay--YES, I said Jordan Hasay!!---is suddenly a MAJOR factor in the American Road scene!
She'd run that 52:49 for 10 Miles (See my earlier post!), but now you can add her spectacular rookie Half mark of 1:08:40!!
(Note that Molly Huddle's initial 13.1 Miler was 1:09:01!!)
But her time wasn't the only great thing about her run!
She was 5th well into the race, following some big name Africans!
In fact, after the withdrawal of Mare Dibaba, maybe Mary Wacera was THE favorite!
Wacera finished 3rd!
TWO SECONDS behind her came the flying Ms Hasay, who also beat Mamitu Daska's 1:09:01!!
Second American was Aliphine Tuliamuk, whose 1:09:58 was also of note!!
Oh, BTW, the Women's race went to Veronicah Nyaruia's 1:07:58, with Dera Yami's (??) 1:08:06 taking 2nd!
The Men's Half was won by that former Kenyan, now US Army--Len Korir, who sprinted past a startled Feyisa Lelisa, who again put up his crossed-arms Ethiopian protest symbol at the finish!
Both were timed in 1:01:14, but Korir clearly won--though some wrongly blamed Lelisa's loss on his arms cross!!
The full Marathons were won in slow times (2:12 & 2:30), but Becky Wade took 3rd in the Women's race with her 2:35:57!
And that is a WRAP, folks!!
Here's hoping next weekend's series of meets produces another LONG report!!
No apologies!!
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