Broken Record (of) Records Broken

Cute title, eh?
(And sorta touches on theme of Bob Dylan's "Everything is Broken" song from the late 80's!)
But the title fits, because just as I outlined the steady line of records broken in the 2017 INdoor season in my last post, here comes several MORE!!
And 3 of those record breakers are quite familiar to us!

Tyrese Cooper continues to amaze!
Amongst a trio of efforts in The Armory Track Classic came Cooper's 32.87 in the 300 meters, taking down his own HSR of 33.03 from a few weeks ago!
He also got his own Soph Class record and Age 16 record!
He moves from 17th A-T US, tied with 1 other, to 14th!
He misses the World list by just 0.12 seconds!!

Cooper actually took 2nd in the race to Trinidad & Tobago's Lalonde Gordon's 32.37!
He gets the Age 28 record!
He broke his own National Record!
And he moves from 9th A-T World, tied with 1 other, to 8th!
Cooper also sped a 60 in  6.79, and the 200 in 21.28!
The latter was widely reported (by Flotrack and Mile Split, to name two!) as the Soph Class record!!
But readers of my blog know that Brian Herron beat him to it, running the Soph Class record time of 21.22 in early January!!
I tweeted them about it, but never received a reply!
Proves that if you want the FACTS, come to my blog!!
LOL

The Armory meet saw another HSR smashing!
Again, this one came from a woman who'd been there, done that!
Sammy Watson obliterated her own HSR in the 600 by 1.54 seconds, her time of 1:27.13 beating an Olympian at 800 meters, Lynsey Sharp!!
But let's cover the whole race!

Ajee Wilson was on a mission--and it was mission accomplished!
After running 1:25.23 last week (See a previous post!), she wanted a sub-1:25, and she got it!
Her 1:24.48 broke her own Age 22 record!
In fact, the only 2 sub-1:24 times came from women 4 & 5 years older than her!
She remains 2nd A-T US, and moves from 5th A-T World, tied with 1 other, to 4th!

In 2nd came Cecilia Barowski, whose 1:26.74 makes her 7th A-T US!
She misses the World list by 0.18 seconds!!

Then came the incredible Samantha Watson!
She got her own HSR, Senior Class record, and Age 17 record!
She is now 8th A-T US!!
But maybe the most astonishing fact is this--
If she were in College right now, this would be the A-T Collegiate Record, smashing Heather (Dornidan) Kampf's 1:27.78!!
This maybe goes beyond Mary Cain territory!
When Cain was still an amateur, I remarked on where her HSR's would place her if she were then a Collegiate!
Well, Watson is THERE now too!
NONE of Cain's numerous HSR's (as an amateur!) would have "broken" a Collegiate Record!!
Ms Watson's 1:27.13 would!!

Next came Lynsey Sharp--timed in 1:27.16!
Then followed (in 5th) Meg Manley's 1:27.97, which makes her 15th A-T US!
In 6th was Olicia Williams, whose 1:28.20 makes her 21st A-T US, tied with 1 other!

Another "odd" distance record fell!
Sage Watson, a star 400H gal from Canada, ran 500 meters in 1:08.40 for the Collegiate Record!
She also got the National Record!
(I don't have lists for this distance, but she places 5th A-T World, I believe!)

Then there's Mondo Duplantis!!
He'd already broken (his own) HSR in the PV TWICE this season--in the same meet!!
Well, he did it again!
Beginning after everyone else was finished (in a HS meet at LSU), he cleared 18-6.50 to break his record of 18-5!
Then he went over--cleanly!!--18-9.25 to leave the earlier record in tatters!!
Besides the HSR, he gets his own Junior Class and Age 17 records too!
(Twice each!)
If a Collegiate, he'd rank 10th A-T!
He misses the US list by 3 inches!

That takes care of the Major Records this week!
BUT a large assortment of "lesser" records (There really are none in this blog!!) went under!
Enough that I'll do the rest by event group, such as sprints, jumps, etc.

Distances (600 on up)
The 600 was explosive this weekend!
Besides the aforementioned, Courtney Okolo solo'ed a 1:25.21 in Nebraska!
This makes her 3rd A-T US, and 6th A-T World!!
Does she have intentions to add the 800 to her repertoire??
Strymar Livingston ran his fastest NCAA Division One 600, time of 1:16.93, also in the Nebraska meet!
But, as a Junior College athlete in 2015, he ran 1:16.53, his PR!
I carry that mark on my Collegiate DDD, since I believe that a College is a College is a College!!
In New Mexico, Vincent Crisp ran 1:17.60.
Behind him came a familiar name to Multi's fans--Curtis Beach!--who ran 1:17.72!
Rodney Agyare-May ran 1:18.40, moving him from 11th A-T HS to 4th, tied with 1 other!
(In a meet at BU, Carly Muscaro ran the 500 in a good 1:09.05!)

Emmanuel Korir ran the 800 in a non-PR 1:46.75!
In a quiet year for this INdoor 4-lapper, Anita Hinriksdottir, that still-young (Turned 21 on January 13th!) veteran from Iceland, broke her own National Record with her 2:01.18!
Rachel McArthur ran the 1000 in 2:48.35, making her 19th A-T HS!
The 1500 and Mile have been quiet also this year!
But Brit Andy Butchart sped a 3:54.23 in his first-ever Mile under a roof!
He beat Ford Palmer by just over 4 seconds!
Rachel Schneider PR'ed with her 4:28.03
She moves from 23rd A-T US, tied with 1 other, to 17th!
Cory McGee was a solid 2nd with her time of 4:30.03!
In the BU meet, Joel Hubbard ran 3:59.37, while Megan Krumpoch won her race in 4:35.43.

Laura Muir is suddenly the HOT item in the distances!
(We're still waiting to see Genzebe Dibaba and Almaz Ayana et al this season!)
A month ago, she ran that 14:49 over 5000!
Now, in a great battle with Helen Obiri over 3000 meters in the Karlsruhe IAAF World Tour meet, Muir prevailed again!
Running just behind Obiri through the first 12 or 13 laps, she attacked, opening an ever-widening lead, her time of 8:26.41 giving her the Meet Record and the British National Record!
While not getting the Age 23 record, she does become 5th A-T World!!
Obiri held on to break her own National Record of Kenya, time of 8:29.46.
She gets the Age 27 record!
And she is now 10th A-T World!
The K's were approximately 2:51, 2:49, then 2:46 for Muir!
Her 1500's were about 4:17 and 4:09!!

Heather Kampf, best known as the Queen of the Road Mile, PR'ed in the 3000, winning the Armory race in 8:51.27.
She's now 18th A-T US!
Emily Lipari ran a good race, taking 2nd in 8:57.24!
Drew Hunter finished in 3rd place in the Men's race, but his 7:51.90 was a PR by 7.43 seconds over his HSR from 2016--when he was still an amateur!
IF he were a Collegiate--and amateur!--he'd be the Frosh Class record holder!!

Let's return to the PV!
Jenn Suhr's "injury" (reported in a previous post) apparently is all better now!
On her final day being Age 34, she Vaulted 15-2.25!
No Age record, but the Age 35 slot remains empty!!
But great to see her back in action!
(Lucy Bryan PR'ed behind Suhr at 14-2.50!)

Lisa Ryzih got the highest Women's mark, winning Karlsruhe with her 15-3.75!
Chris Nilsen got over 18-5---the best Collegiate mark of 2017!
Kyle Pater cleared 18-4.50 for the Air Force Academy!
Adrian Valles got over 18-3.25.
Morgann LeLeux cleared 14-7.25 at LSU.
In the Notre Dame meet (but on the non-oversize PV runway!!), Mary Saxer reached 14-11, with Kristen Hixson 2nd in 14-7.25!
In New Mexico, Kristen Brown's 14-10 missed the US DDD by a mere quarter-inch!!
Three others reached 14-6--Kortney Ross, Megan Clark, and Kally Long!

But the best mark came from the STEAMING Pole, Piotr Lisek!
He broke his own recently set National Record of Poland with his first 6-meter jump!
The 19-8.25 moves him from 15th A-T World, tied with 3 others, up to 6th, tied with 4 others!!

The WT got its usual abundance of solid marks!
Gwen Berry got a PR after a 4-year stall!
She nabbed the Age 27 record with her toss of 81-3.25!
(More is coming on Women's WT Age records!)
Berry remains 3rd A-T World and US!
Her 5 fair throws all were 78-10.50 or farther!!
Amber Campbell got her TENTH Age record with her measure of 74-7.25!
The Age 35 record, to be exact!
BUT--Berry's toss snagged one of Campbell's records--so Campbell now has "only" 9 Age records!!
Oh, woe!
LOL

Rudy Winkler improved to 76-6.25.
This makes him 16th A-T Collegiate, and 20th A-T US!!
Jordan Young's 75-2 makes him 23rd A-T Collegiate.
He misses my US list by 7 inches!!
Janeah Stewart won the event with her PR-tying 71-8.75.
But in 2nd--with a BIG PR--came Raven Saunders!
Her 71-1.25 is still over 2 feet from the Collegiate list!!
She's of course MUCH better known as a SP'er, but you might not know it with her UNDERwhelming  throw of 59-7!
(That said, her earlier throw of 62-8 still leads the WORLD!!)

The Multi's got some decent marks this weekend!
Kansas State Frosh Nina Schultz scored 4271 Pentathlon points, defeating Sami Spenner's 4183.
Schultz misses the Collegiate list by 56 points!
In NM, Brittany Howell scored 4291 points, missing the US list by only 8 points!!
Tim Duckworth won the Nebraska Heptathlon with his score of 6006 points!
More importantly, he became the National Record holder of Great Britain, and the first to score 6000 points!!
He becomes 15th A-T Collegiate!
And Akron Junior Jaclyn Siefring scored 4204 in the Pent!

The Hurdles outdid the Sprint in the 60 meter category!
In Karlsruhe, the "showdown" between Kendra Harrison and Sally Pearson was anticlimactic!
But Harrison's 7.76 missed her PR by just 0.01 seconds, and easily dominated Pearson, and the deep field!
All 8 women ran 8.00 or faster!
Cindy Roleder also beat Pearson, 7.90 to 7.91.
(Sally was very happy with her INdoor rust-buster!)
Christina Manning took 4th in 7.92, but ran her heat in 7.89!
Cindy Ofili was 5th in 7.96.
Eighth (and last) was Sharika Nelvis's 8-flat!

Andrew Pozzi grabbed the World leader for the Men with his 7.44 PR!
He's 22nd A-T World, but tied with 6 others!
Jasmine Camacho-Quinn ran a good 8.03.to win in Nebraska.
HSR holder Trey Cunningham ran his 2nd best mark, a 7.54.
(He also sped the flat 60 in 6.79!)
In Karlsruhe, Dina Asher-Smith ran 7.13 to edge Gayon Evans's 7.14 for the flat 60.
Over hurdles, Chad Zallow missed the Collegiate DDD by 0.01 seconds with his PR of 7.61.

Christian Coleman improved to 6.51 in the flat 60.
He moves from 13th A-T Collegiate, tied with 4 others, to 9th, where he's also tied with 4 others!
He misses the US DDD by that tiniest of numbers--0.01 seconds!!
Michael Norman began his Collegiate career with a 200 in 20.76!
Not bad for a rust-buster!

Then there's Kim Collins!!
Nearing Age 41 (April 5th), he AGAIN broke his own Age "40 & over" record, this time with a 6.52!
This is the FOURTH record in this Age bracket he's set this year!!
He beat Ronnie Baker's 6.54!

In other events, Ashley Spencer's 22.94 over 200 meters took the Nebraska race!
Quenesha Burks LJ'ed 21-4.75 to win at LSU.
Brad Atkins HJ'ed 7-5.
Inika McPherson HJ'ed 6-0.75, but I believe that's her 2017 opener!
The USC Men's 4X400 team ran 3:05.57 in New Mexico to become 17th A-T School!

In the USATF XC meet in Bend OR, Kenyan-Americans dominated the Men's race, with Len Korir winning in 30:11, followed by Stan Kebenai, Shadrack Kipchirchir, and Sam Chelanga!
First US-born American was Chris Derrick!
For the Women, Aliphine Tuliamuk completely overwhelmed the field, her 34:23 winning by 48 seconds over Laura Thweatt, who is coming back from a 2016 injury!
Kellyn Taylor was 3rd, while newlywed (She got married on New Year's Eve!!) Courtney Frerichs was 4th in her first-ever 10K!!
She said she hopes to run a track 10000 this spring!

The best OT marks came--not surprisingly!---on Notre Dame's monster oval!
Carter Lilly ran the 600 in 1:17.20.
Daniel Kuhn ran the 800 in 1:46.42.
And Erik Peterson ran 3000 meters in 7:51.21.

I'll close this post with the Usain-Bolt-ified "Nitro" series being held in Australia!!
I really don't know what to say about this!
(But I'll try!  LOL)

First, it's a 3-part "meet".
The first part was today, with the next two coming on 2 separate days in the next week!
It's a track meet.
You would recognize the events, even with the gimmickry the promoters added!
For example, you had a sort of "Devil-take-the-hindmost" set of Mile races, with the last runner each of the first 3 laps being sent off the track!
Then you had a Javelin Throw which was more interested in AIMING the throw rather than its measured distance!
You had a series of Mixed Relays, wherein the teams could choose the 4-some's set-up!
As in whether to go with the alternate-gender thing---a man, a woman, a man, a woman.
Or with 2 women, then 2 men--or vice versa--as the "Bolt All-Stars" used!!
Another interesting race was the "3 Minute" race!
(Back in the day---on 440 yard tracks--I ran several "Hour Runs", wherein you ran as far as you could in one hour!)
In similar fashion, a two-person team (one man, one woman) ran for 3 minutes, and added their distances to determine the winner!
GenGen LaCaze and Luke Matthews added-together distance was 2325 meters!
Have no idea who ran how many meters!

Okay, now let's look at the rest of the results!

The "Devilish" Women's Mile was won by Aussie Linden Hall in 4:36.90.
The Men's race was won in a slow 4:09 and change!

Michelle Jenneke took the 100H race in 13.76!
Have no idea if there were any stunts in that one---except maybe a jiggly dance at the start by Miss Jenneke??

Asefa Powell won the 60 in 6.64, wind of 0.2.
Jenna Prandini won the 150 in 16.99.
Jarrion Lawson won the LJ with 26-0.75!

Kara Winger took that JT with a distance of 200-8!
(Not sure if they determined her win by that number, or by her "aim"!!  LOL)

Then there was DA MAN and his Bolt All-Stars in the 4X100 Relay!!
They decided to go with the Men first, followed by the 2 Women!
So here you had Asefa Powell handing off to 2nd-legger Bolt!
And HIS "competition"--among others--was a 16 year old girl!!!
(Wonder who was ahead at the 2nd hand-off!!)
Bolt almost TACKLED Jenna Prandini, his top-end speed tough to brake as he came close to the former Duck!
But both survived, and she handed off to anchor Jeneba Tarmoh, the team timed in a runaway 40.64 win!!

I might have more to say on this "Nitro" thing later on, but for now, it appears everyone---fans included!---had LOTS of fun---before, during, and after the "meet"!
As long as it doesn't BECOME our sport in the future, I'm okay with it!!

Next week is MILLROSE!
But also the new meet in Dallas, which should be a good one!!
Plus the usual assortment of other meets---mostly Collegiate---but also including the 4th stop on the IAAF World Tour--in Poland!

See you then!