With the Birmingham (England) IAAF World Tour meet leading the way----and yes, it was maybe the best of the five!--this INdoor season--already a record breaker in many ways--is now down to its final 3 weeks!
In my 4 core groups--World, US, Collegiate, and HS--we've seen a total of 37 records fall--so far!
What's most exciting is that we can expect several more!!
There's some State HS meets, the Collegiate Conferences, and then 2017's Championships--the NBIN, NCAA, USATF, and the European Champs!
Will the record total reach (& surpass!) FIFTY??
Meanwhile, let's see what happened on the tracks and fields of the world this past week!
While no World Records fell there, the Birmingham meet was FILLED with great marks!
Leading the way were two Brits--Sir Mo Farah and Laura Muir--but they weren't alone!
Muir--a strong candidate for World AOY--wanted the British, and maybe the World--record in the 1000.
With Jenny Meadows pacing, the hunt was on!
The first 400 went in 59.6, but she kept it honest through a 600 in 1:29.71--which stat nerds said was a British Age 35 record for Meadows!!
When Muir took over, all eyes turned to the clock!
Slowing to 2:00.56 at 800--not far off her PR!--Muir had already gapped Kate Grace, who had held tight to Muir through 4 laps!
Grimacing, arms pumping, legs almost lactated out, she crossed the line in 2:31.93, a brilliant "solo" race for this fast rising star!
It was the Meet Record and the National Record for Muir!
She's now 2nd A-T World!!
Grace faded in the last lap, but her 2:36.67 makes her 6th A-T US!
Third came Sanne Verstegen, whose 2:38.72, is the Netherlands National Record!
Zoe Buckman's 2:39.47 nabbed yet another National Record--her's for New Zealand!
Pushed OFF my World DDD was the once-golden prodigy--Mary Cain!!
Yes, her 2:35.80 from when she was a 17 year old in her Junior year of HS--is no more!
It's gone--as SHE seems to be this season!!
Sir Mo came through for his adoring fans--in what he announced was his last INdoor track race in his adopted home nation!!
But Kenya's Albert Rop tried to spoil the party!
Taking it to Farah all the way--maybe especially on the last 200--Rop lost ground when they encountered a few lapped runners.
With a first kilometer in 2:36, they were on 13:00 pace!
But they slowed a bit, to about 7:55 through 3000!
At the bell, Farah and Rop timed at 12:12--which put Farah's quest for his own (unratified, for some reason!) British record of 13:10 to the test!
Fear not!
Farah came home in 13:09.16, taking down the National Record, and the Age 33 record!
But he remains 17th A-T World!
Rop's 13:09.43 gave him the National Record of Bahrain!
And he broke Galen Rupp's Age 24 record as well!
He is 18th A-T World!
Two others ran solid times.
Morhad Amdouni's 13:10.60 gave him France's National Record, and the Age 29 record!
He's now 19th A-T World!
Soutiane Elbakkali gets the National Record of Morocco with his 13:11.18!
Mason Ferlic was the sole American, but finished far off pace with a 13:42 and change!
The Women's longest race--a 3000--went to Helen Obiri, who just nipped her own Kenyan NR with her 8:29.41.
She broke her own Age 27 record, and got the Meet Record!
But she remains 10th A-T World!
Sifan Hassan ran 8:30.76 in 2nd, getting the Netherlands National Record.
She's 12th A-T World!
Dawit Seyaum's 8:37.65 misses my World list by 0.18 seconds!
Meraf Bahta's 8:43.00 nabbed the NR of Sweden!
But Shannon Rowbury had a bad race!
She took 8th in 8:45.48!
Elaine Thompson ran just 7.20-ish in her 60 heat!
But she exploded from the blocks in the final, showing why she's maybe the favorite for the OUTdoor WC 100!
Her 6.98 gave her the Meet Record.
And it moved her from 24th A-T World, tied with 6 others, all the way to 7th, tied with 1 other!!
Second was a full 0.19 behind!!
Barbara Pierre was even worse, her 7.20 giving her 4th!
But Thompson's PR did something else!
It removed 3 women of some fame FROM the list!!
Marita Koch is gone, her 7.04 dating from 1985!
Silke Moller is gone too, from 1988.
And Carlette Guidry's 7.04 from 1995 is also gone!
Andrew Pozzi got a 0.01 PR in the 60H, his 7.43 moving him from 22nd A-T World, tied with 6 others, to 19th, tied with 3 others!
Aries Merritt was 3rd in 7.70!
I'll leave the rest of this fine meet to later.
But my pile of great marks is far from finished!!
Sydney McLaughlin finally got the HSR in the 300 she'd been chasing all year!
She blitzed a 36.82--finishing over 2 seconds ahead of 2nd!
It gives her the HSR, the Senior Class record, and the World Age 17 record!!
She moves from 2nd to 1st on the A-T HS list.
On the A-T US list, she moves from 17th to 13th!!
Also at The Armory, 4 Men from the NJ-NY Track Club went after the obscure WR in the 4XMile Relay!
Rarely run anywhere, but especially INdoors, they succeeded--but well short of expectations--and potential!
Their time of 16:12.81 did get the WR (16:16 & change), but when you trash talk about a sub-16--well, sorry, but in this man's opinion, this is maybe the WEAKEST World Record extant!!
BTW, it's also the new American Record!!
As usual, I'll report the rest by event group!
Starting with field events!
Jordan Geist is having a YEAR!
Starting with that 16 lb monster Put of 68-4, he's now taking on Ryan Crouser's more familiar HSR of 77-2.75 with the 12 pounder!
And he's getting CLOSE!!
He first PR'ed last week with 73-10.
And now, suddenly, he's out to 76-10.50, a more-than-3 foot improvement!!
With his first mark, he remained 3rd A-T HS.
But with the 2nd, he moved up one spot, to 2nd!
He's scheduled for 2 more INdoor meets this year!
I'm guessing Crouser's HSR is on its death bed!
Konrad Bukowiecki improved to 69-4.75.
This gave him a significant Age record--that of (then-) 19 year old Terry Albritton, whose 69-0.75 is no more!
A few Women got good marks, with one somewhat surprising!
Anita Marton's 62-3 took the Birmingham SP--but left Raven Saunders's early 62-8 still sitting on Top of the World!!
Dani Bunch's 60-6.50 was good, but not a PR.
The shocker was Danielle Thomas's 60-1.25!
She's a 24 year old Kent State Senior from Jamaica, whose previous best was in the 57's!!
She gets her National Record.
And this makes her 9th A-T Collegiate--though her age gives her some advantage over the Collegiate crowd!
Remember Ida Storm?
She was one of the best Collegians in the WT a few years back, throwing 73 and change!
Well, now a Pro in Sweden, she improved to 77-10.25 in a rarely-held event in Europe (or anywhere else in the World--except the US!).
She got her own National Record, and moves from 20th to 8th on the A-T World list!!
The PV, as usual, was active!
Lexi Weeks seems back in sync, as she whipped out a PV of 15-1, to tie Kaitlyn Petrillose's Soph Class record!
Ekaterina Stefanidi took the Birmingham Vault with a modest 15-2.25!
Nicole Buchler and Mary Saxer reached 14-10.25, while Megan Clark--in her first overseas comp--went out with 14-6.25!
Deakin Volz reached 18-6.75.
This makes him 21st A-T Collegiate, tied with 1 other.
Andrew Irwin went over 18-8.25.
Emanouil Karalis got over 18-4.50--still an impressive mark for a Teenager!
Speaking of which, Mondo Duplantis finally took some attempts at 19-1!!
He failed all 3, but still won the Louisiana State HS meet with ease, his 18-8.25 winning by almost 4 feet!!
Morgann LeLeux got over 14-11.50, giving her 19th A-T US!!
(Younger sister Reagann took that Louisiana State meet with a 12 footer!)
Kristen Hixson Vaulted 14-7.25!
Some female HS'ers got good PV's!
Rachel Baxter is moving towards the 14 foot barrier she's surpassed OUTdoors!
Her 13-10.50 makes her 8th A-T HS!
Makayla Linebarger's 13-5 at Simplot makes her 21st A-T HS, tied with 1 other!
Tara Davis didn't set any records, but she did win 3 events in the Simplot Games--all with good marks!
Her 8.22 in the 60H was her best mark, moving her from 15th to 8th on the A-T HS list!
But her 21-2.75 LJ--coming after her HSR of 21-11--is filed under "average"!
As is her TJ of 41-8.75--falling shy of her INdoor PR by just 0.25 inches!!
Still, THREE wins!!
An addendum to a previous report!
Clive Pullen's 56-4.75 TJ is the National Record of Jamaica!
Erik Kynard took the Birmingham HJ with an okay 7-7.
Lorraine Ugen's 22.2.25 LJ B'ham win was also just OK.
Jazmin Sawyers--a VERY talented songstress!--took 2nd with 22-0.25!
(Look for a YouTube video of one or more of her songs--her playing guitar and singing!)
A series of HS field event marks came known to me this week!
Maya Evans LJ'ed 20-3.50, making her 21st A-T HS
Lanae Tava Thomas's 20-3.25 was right behind, making her 22nd A-T HS!
Kathleen Young improved to 52-4 in the SP, moving her from 19th A-T HS, tied with 1 other, to 12th, also tied with 1 other!
Jake Wickey PR'ed in the WT with 78-0, moving him from 20th to 16th on the A-T HS list!
Shelby Moran's 59-10.25 in the WT makes her 18th A-T HS!
The 300 and 600 saw more good action!
In Ostrava, Bralon Taplin ran the 300 in 31.97.
This gave him the National Record of Grenada and the Age 24 record!
It also makes him 4th A-T World!!
Pavel Maslak missed his PR of 32.15, but his 32.19 in 2nd makes him the Age 25 record holder!
Rafal Omalko's 32.73 gives him Poland's NR, as well as the 24th spot on my A-T World list!!
Tamara Clark ran 37.81, making her 6th A-T HS!
In the Ocean Breeze, Robin Reynolds ran 37.22, making her 18th A-T US!
Also in that Staten Island venue (IMO, the most beautiful INdoor facility!!) came a good Men's 600!
Shaquille Walker took the W in 1:16.11, making him 11th A-T US!
Next came Russell Dinkins's 1:16.40, which makes him 17th A-T US!
Kyle Langford ran the 600 in 1:16.10, giving him the National Record of Great Britain!
But he still misses the World DDD by 0.03 seconds!!
Chris Geisting also sped a 1:16.10, also missing the World list by 0.03!
But he now ranks 10th A-T US!!
In a meet at Clemson, Natoya Goule improved on her National Record of Jamaica with her 1:25.35 PR!
She moves from 10th A-T World, tied with 1 other, to 8th!
Besides Pozzi's and Tara Davis's marks, the 60H saw some other decent marks, including a real shocker!!
Jackie Coward won a race in 7.97.
Christina Manning is on a roll!
Her 7.82 PR makes her 22nd A-T World, tied with 7 others!!
She's also now 8th A-T US, tied with 2 others!
She also defeated a good Birmingham field!
Her 7.83 missed her PR by 0.01, but finished well ahead of Sharika Nelvis's 7.94, Sally Pearson's 7.96, and Alina Talay's 7.98!
Klaudia Siciarz ran 8.00, but it gives her the Age 18 record!
The real surprise, however, comes from 25 year old (almost 26!) German, Pamela Dutkiewicz!!
Her pre-2017 best was an 8.07!
(Although she ran the OUTdoor 100H in 12.85 last year!)
She's now sped the 60H in 7.79!!
This suddenly makes her 16th A-T World, tied with 1 other!
And she beat a good one--Cindy Roleder!!
Roleder's PR of 7.84 misses the World list by 0.02 seconds!
Almost forgot!
Kendal Williams (No relation to the female Heptathlete!) sped 60 flat in 6.51.
He ties the Collegiate Soph Class record!
It makes him 9th A-T Collegiate, tied with 5 others!
He misses the A-T US list by a mere 0.01 seconds!
I have more stuff, which I'll divide into 3 groups--INdoor LEGAL, INdoor NOT legal (run on OT's!!), and yes, some OUTdoor marks of note!!
INdoor LEGAL
Reed Brown ran the Mile in 4:06.40 for 8th A-T HS!
Omar McLeod showed some talent in a flat race (though with banked curves!! LOL).
He sped 20.48 over 200 meters to get the Jamaica National Record!
Marqueze Washington took 2nd in 20.56!
McLeod also ran a flat 60 PR of 6.61!
Chad Zallow's 7.61 over the 60H route misses my Collegiate DDD by 0.01 seconds!!
Let's finish off Birmingham!
Ronnie Baker beat Kim Collins in the 60, 6.55 to 6.57.
Pavel Maslak took the 400 in 45.89.
Casimir Loxsom got an 800 PR of 1:46.13, making him 11th A-T US!
Ben Blankenship won the 1500 in 3:36.42!
Ryan Gregson took 2nd in 3:36.50, giving him the National Record of Australia!
Another NR fell to Sweden's Kalle Berglund's 3:37.69!
Zuzana Hejnova's 51.77 took the 400, as Shamier Little was 3rd in 52.11.
With a time SLOWER than what Laura Muir ran enroute to her 1000, Joanna Jozwik won the B'ham 800 in 2:01.02.
Melissa Bishop's 2:02.19 gave her just 4th place!!
HS Soph Arria Minor sped a 200 in 23.65, making her 15th A-T HS, tied with 1 other!
Katherine Lee's 9:37.77 over 3000 meters makes her 18th A-T HS!
But MUCH more significantly, it erases a real icon FROM the list!
Gone is Ms Lynn Jennings, her 9:42.9 dating from 1978!!
And Penn State's Women ran the DMR in 11:01.16.
It moves them from 23rd A-T School to 20th!
NOT Legal (OT's)
As per normal, the DMR stood front and center among the OT marks I feel reluctant to report, and feel are totally UNfair--especially when said marks are allowed as Qualifiers for the NCAA Champs!!
Anyway, also as per the norm, it was the monstrous 352 yard track at Notre Dame that provided the most NON-legal DMR marks!
Indiana's Women ran 10:55.94.
BYU took 2nd in 10:56.93.
LSU was 3rd in 10:57.66.
Arkansas was 4th in 10:57.93.
And Michigan (minus Erin Finn!!) was 5th in 10:58.02.
BTW, just for your curious minds, if run on a 200 meter track, both Indiana and LSU would have entered my A-T list!!
Sad.
The Men had just one non-legal DMR mark of note--Oklahoma State's 9:28.83.
But 4 more teams finished under 9:32.
Cameron Cooper lost what would have been A-T HS number 2 with his 1:49.82 in the 800!
BUT......!!!
Also in the HS realm of LOST records---
Katelynne Hart ran the 2 Mile in 10:21.41.
This WOULD have been the HS Frosh Class record, BUT.....!!
OUTdoor
Around the world, OUTdoors is HERE!!
Ryan Crouser took on Tom Walsh in his backyard (Well, not literally--but in his home country of New Zealand!!) in the SP!
His 72-4.25 was an excellent start to his WC season!
Walsh also threw a good one, at 70-5!
It gave Walsh his best mark made on NZ soil!!
Symone Mason ran a 400 in 53.26, for a good early OUTdoor HS time!
Then there's Tyrese Cooper!
He ran 3 events in Florida's Louie Bing meet!
His 400 was 45.45.
Not a PR, but still a GREAT mark, early season or not!
(Jamal Walton was a good 2nd in 46.27!)
He sped his 100 heat in 10.70, but ran "just" 10.81 in the final!
His 200 was won in "20.44".
I put quote marks there for a reason--actually TWO reasons!!
One, his time is being questioned by people on the T&FN Message Board.
They noted how close 2nd place was, and that person's time!
They also feel it might have been hand-timed!
Then there's the DQ!
Yes, he was DQ'ed for "taunting"!
At the finish line, he made a "W" with his hands and arms (a la Sir Mo's MoBot pose!), celebrating his win!
The officials called it "unsportsmanlike conduct"--and more specifically, "taunting"!
However, with the time also thrown into question, his DQ becomes moot!
Okayyyyy, we're at the end of this LONGGGGG post!
But I have some news from the Pregnancy Department!!
Sally Kipyego will miss this season to give birth--sometime this summer!
Also due for a summer birth is SP'er Christina Schwanitz!!
These announcements hold heavy significance for the 2017 season, and its WC!
Kipyego's absence leaves a hole in the 10000 field, as well as any fall Marathon she might have run!
Schwanitz's absence makes the possiblity of American Women getting TWO medals in London a real possibility!
That is, assuming Raven Saunders joins Michelle Carter on our team!
(Or Tia Brooks!)
Next week are the major Collegiate Conferences!!
One sad note!
THREE of them--the Big 10, Big 12, and the SEC--will be on OT's!!
In the lingo of the Twitterverse, I am SMH!!
See you soon!
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