"Ever" is a frightening word!
So is "best".
So judgmental, so definitive!
Then shall we just compare 2017 against 2016?
Well, there is NO comparison!
Not because 2017 was missing a World Championships, or that 2016 didn't have a European Championships!
Nor that a somewhat differing set of athletes competed in my 4 core groups!
(For example, some HS'ers became Collegiates, while some Collegiates graduated, or turned Pro!)
Therefore, it's best we stick with facts, numbers, stuff we KNOW don't lie!
In that case, it's no contest--2017 was BY FAR the better year!!
Let's take a look.
In 2016, there were 4 World Records broken, 2 for each gender!
Three American Records were broken, all by the Women!
Six Collegiate Records went down, 2 by Men, and 4 by Women!
The HS set saw 13 HSR's fall, 7 by the Men, and 6 by the Women!
The Totals were 11 by the Men, and 15 by the Women, for a Grand Total of 26!
Not a bad showing, you say??
HA!
In the season just ended, 7 WR's fell, 4 by Men, and 3 by Women!
Eight American Records changed hands, 3 for the Men, 5 for the Women!
Fourteen Collegiate Records fell, 6 for the guys, while the girls broke 8!
The HS'ers?
They broke HSR's 32 times, 14 for the Men, and 18 going to the Women!!
Totals for 2017 were 27 Records by the Men, while the Women broke 34!
Grand Total was a whopping 61!!
Now, you could say that ONE athlete broke the same event record several times!
Mondo Duplantis, for example, broke the PV HSR (his own!) SIX times!
Okay, so let's give just ONE record to each event, if broken by the same person!
So Mondo's 6 becomes one!
Sammy Watson's 2 HSR's in the 600 becomes just 1.
Here's the changed numbers--for 2017!
World-------Remains at 7, as no one athlete (or team, in the case of Relays!) broke an event record twice or more!
US----------Nine AR's were broken, with no one repeating!
Collegiate--14 CR's fell, with no one getting more than 1 in any event!
(Ed Cheserek got 2 CR's, but in different events--the 1500 and Mile!)
HS---------Here's where we LOSE some records, as there were some repeat breakings by the same person, as noted above!!
The 14 HSR's broken by Men is reduced to 6--as Duplantis, Tyrese Cooper, and Trey Cunningham all had multiple breakings of records in the same event!
The Women did somewhat better, as their total of 18 (which, BTW, includes the 4 HS PRO records Candace Hill got!!) is reduced to 15, so they lose just 3 marks!!
With those reductions, our totals now are---
WR-----------7
US------------9
CR-----------14
HS-----------21
Grand Total is now 51, a loss of 10 from the previous total of 61.
Still significantly better than 2016!!
Now let's look at my Top 24 Performers lists numbers, my so called DDD's!
In 2016, the Men got on the 4 lists 148 times!
The Women got 224 listings.
The Grand Total was 372!
(That was down 1 from 2015's total of 373!!)
In 2017?
We have 441 DDD listings with the year of 2017 as the date!
(As you know, if an INdoor mark for a certain season---say, 2017---happens in December, that mark is counted in the previous year's totals, since, in the example I gave, December of 2016 is still 2016, even if the season is the "2016-2017" INdoor season!!)
Anyway, that total of 441 is divided as follows---
188 for the Men
253 for the Women
From 373 to 441--even though there wasn't a WC's!!
Are you convinced yet?
Comparatively, 2016 SUCKED, while 2017 RULED!!
Sticking to my DDD lists, let's break it down by event!
(I did this a bit in my AOY posts, when I rated the "Event of the Year"! BTW, I found some additional 2017 marks--mostly in the HS realm--by going over the yearly lists on the T&FN website! Just a handful or so--nothing spectacular!!)
World Men
The 600 led with 8.
The 5000 got 7.
The 300 nabbed 6.
The 2 Mile got 4.
The 200 has 3.
The 60, 400, Mile, WT, and the Heptathlon all got 2.
The 60H, TJ, PV, and SP have 1 apiece.
Striking out were the 800, 1000, 1500, 2000, 3000, HJ, LJ, and the 4X400 Relay!
World Women
The WT led with 8.
The 300 got 6.
The 600 has 5.
The 200, Mile, 3000, and the 60H have 3.
The 800, 1000, 5000, and HJ get 2 each.
The 60, 1500, 2000, LJ, TJ, PV, and the Pentathlon have 1 each!
The 400, 2 Mile, SP, and the 4X400 Relay get none!
US Men
The 600 leads with 9.
The 300 has 8.
The 1500, Mile, and 2 Mile have 5 apiece!
The 5000 got 4.
The WT and Heptathlon have 3 each.
The 60, 200, and 800 have 2 each.
The 400, 1000, 3000, and TJ have 1 apiece.
Getting ZERO were the 2000, 60H, HJ, LJ, PV, SP, and the 4X400 Relay!
US Women
The 600 got a whopping 11 to lead!!
The 300 has 9.
The WT has 6.
The 1000 and PV get 5 each.
The 200, 800, and Mile have 4 each.
The 60, 400, 2000, 5000, 60H, and LJ get 3 apiece!
The 1500, 3000, TJ, and the Pentathlon have 2 each.
The HJ and SP get 1 apiece.
Striking out was the 2 Mile---sad to say!!
Collegiate Men
The 600 leads with 8.
The Heptathlon and the 4X400 Relay have 6 apiece.
The WT has 5.
The 200 gets 3.
The 60, 400, and PV have 2 each.
The 300, 1000, 1500, Mile, 60H, LJ, TJ, and the SP have 1 apiece.
With NONE are the 800, 3000, 5000, HJ, and the DMR!
(Remember, NO Oversize Track marks make my lists!!)
Collegiate Women
The 4X400 Relay leads with 7!!
The 800 and 60H have 5 each.
The 60, 200, 600, PV, and SP have 4 apiece.
The Mile, TJ, WT, and the DMR have 3 each.
The 400, 1500, 5000, LJ, and the Pentathlon have 2 apiece.
The 300, 1000, and the HJ have 1 each!
With NONE is the 3000!!
(It should be noted that my 300 lists for both Collegiate Men and Women are NOT 24 deep, but remain about half filled!!)
HS Men
The 1500 and Mile have 6 apiece.
The 3000 has 5.
The 200, 2 Mile, and 60H have 4 each.
The 300, 400, 600, and the PV have 3 each.
The SP, WT, and the Pentathlon have 2 apiece.
The 1000 and 5000 have 1 apiece.
With ZERO are the 60, HJ, LJ, and TJ!!
HS Women
The 3000 and LJ each have 7.
The PV and WT have 6 each.
The 300 and 400 get 5 apiece.
The 200, 1000, 2 Mile, 60H, and TJ have 4 each.
The 600, 800, 1500, 5000, and SP have a pair each.
The 60, HJ, and the Pentathlon get 1 apiece.
Only the Mile has ZERO!!
I'll end this post by listing--in chronological order of their breaking (as near as I can determine!!)--ALL of the SIXTY ONE Records we saw getting broken this INdoor season!
Won't give actual dates, just their name, the mark, and which record(s) they broke!
That's the best way--IMO--to SEE how incredible this season has been!
The first one was December 22, 2016!
Jordan Geist (68-4, HSR)
Ty Cooper (33.03, HSR)
Candace Hill (7.30 & 36.86, HS PRO & HS PRO)
Mondo Duplantis (18-2 & 18-5, HSR & HSR)
Quanera Hayes (35.71, AR)
Kaela Edwards (2:40.79, CR)
Lake Braddock (VA) (11:34.54, HSR)
Emmanuel Korir (1:14.97, WR & CR)
Sammy Watson (1:28.67, HSR)
UO (10:48.77, CR)
Casimir Loxsom (1:14.91 (WR & AR)
Isaiah Harris (1:14.96, CR)
Texas A&M (3:02.52, CR)
USA-NB (10:40.31, WR & AR)
Trey Cunningham (7.49, HSR)
Ty Cooper (32.87, HSR)
Sage Watson (1:08.40, CR)
Sammy Watson (1:27.13, HSR)
Mondo Duplantis (18-6.50 & 18-9.25, HSR & HSR)
Genzebe Dibaba (5:23.75, WR)
Lauren Harris (6:17.59, HSR)
Hannah Cunliffe (7.07, CR)
Courtney Okolo (1:07.34, AR)
Ajee Wilson (1:58.27, AR)
Sammy Watson (2:01.78, HSR)
Tara Davis (21-11, HSR)
Jazmine Fray (2:00.69, CR)
Mondo Duplantis (18-10.25, HSR)
Candace Hill (53.05, HS PRO)
Sydney McLaughlin (36.82, HSR)
NJ/NY TC (16:12.81, WR & AR)
Keturah Orji (46-11.75, AR & CR)
Ed Cheserek (3:52.01 & 3:37.01, CR & CR)
Gwen Berry (84-0, WR & AR)
Candace Hill (36.56, HS PRO)
USC (3:27.03, CR)
Noah Lyles (31.87, WR & AR)
Sammy Watson (2:43.18 & 2:40.72, HSR & HSR)
Raven Saunders (64-2.25, CR)
Brie Oakley (15:55.75, HSR)
Christian Coleman (6.45, CR)
Mondo Duplantis (19-1, HSR)
East Orange (NJ) (28.62, HSR)
Western Branch (VA) (30.60, HSR)
Sydney McLaughlin (51.61, HSR)
Carlisle TC (PA) (9:56.18, HSR)
Trey Cunningham (7.45 & 7.40, HSR & HSR)
Lauren Harris (6:53.44, HSR)
Refer to any of my posts for full details on ALL of these amazing records!!
But you know why this season (and every season!!) is even MORE awesome than seeing how many WR's, AR's, CR's, and HSR's got broken?
Because this blog goes way beyond those 4 core groups of records!
I report ALL of the following also--
National Records (besides the USA)
Meet Records
Age Records
Place Records
Class Records
Plus I have those Combined Events lists!!
PLUS---EVERY mark that makes (or comes close to!!) my Top 24 All-Time Performers lists!!
(I even list names of historic athletes who are bumped OFF those lists!!)
All those reasons---and more---why you should read my blog, and recommend it to other fans of T&F records & marks!!
And now---Trumpets please!!--it's onwards to---
OUTdoors!!
First of my OUTdoor Previews coming SOON!!
(And hopefully, some early results!! That is, other than the ones already reported DURING the INdoor campaign!!)
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