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You have all the Relay action (IF you read my first post!).
Here's all the single athlete stuff!

The Collegiate Women sprinters have someone new to fear!
Her name is Aleia Hobbs, and she's now the 2nd fastest Collegiate 100 Woman of All-Time!!

Assisted by a max 2.0 breeze, Hobbs ran 10.85 at the inaugural SEC Relays!
In my Collegiate Records Predictions post, I said that Dawn Sowell's 1989 CR of 10.78 was inviolable, but that her 22.04 CR was doable!
Now I'm seeing BOTH as breakable!
Now just 0.07 seconds from tying Sowell, Hobbs gets the Junior Class Record.
She moves all the way from 24th A-T Collegiate, tied with 2 others, into 2nd!
She's also now 14th A-T US, tied with 2 others!
She misses the World list by 0.03 seconds!

Destiny Carter, a Kentucky Senior, finished 0.20 back in 11.05, but still makes my list--22nd A-T Collegiate, tied with 1 other!
Canada's Crystal Emmanuel was 3rd in 11.06!

Cut  OFF my Collegiate list was the venerable Merlene Ottey, whose 11.07 dated from 1981!
Removed FROM my US list were 3 notables--
Jenna Prandini, her 10.92 dating from 2015
Jasmine Todd, her 10.92 also from 2015
and Alice Brown, her 10.92 dating from 1989!!

Christian Coleman sped a 9.93, but had an aiding wind of 3.2!
Lawrence Crawford was 2nd in 9.97!

At the Tom Jones meet, Tori Bowie ran the 200 in 22.09--AGAINST a wind of 0.3!!
Shakima Wimbley was 2nd in 22.47, but in a separate section, so had an aiding wind of 0.7!
Quanera Hayes was in Bowie's heat, running 22.55.
Kyra Jefferson was in Wimbley's heat, and ran 22.57!

Noah Lyles got his 2nd fastest 200--20.16, wind of 1.6.
Also at Tom Jones, Veronica Campbell Brown's 11.06 took the win over Kelly Ann-Baptiste's 11.15, wind of 0.7.
Chris Belcher--a Senior at North Carolina A&T, took the 100 in 10.05, wind of 0.4!

The High Hurdles saw some good action!
At the Drake Relays, Omar McLeod tied April's All-Time fastest 110H time of 13.04, first run by Allen Johnson!!
He broke his own Meet Record!!
Andrew Pozzi, the INdoor 60H leader, was 2nd in 13.24, with Aleec Harris timed in 13.37, and Aries Merritt next in 13.44!
The wind was 1.0.

Kendra Harrison got a World Leader with her Drake win of 12.56 (1.0).
It was raining, but Jasmin Stowers was 2nd in 12.70, followed by Dawn Harper-Nelson's 12.79, and Queen Harrison's 12.86!

At the USC-UCLA dual meet, Anna Cockrell finally realized some of her potential, winning the 100H in 12.91.
She'd yet to break 13.20 all season!!
The breeze was 1.1.
Dior Hall's 13.03 was 2nd!

At the SEC meet, Jasmin Camacho-Quinn won in 12.84, wind of 1.8.
The Penn Relays 100H saw Oregon's Alaysha Johnson winning in 12.88, wind of -0.8!!
But it's not a PR for her!

The Long Hurdles saw the return to glory of 2 former Collegiate icons!
At Drake, Georgeanne Moline's 54.66 World Leader beat Kori Carter's 54.72!
They're BACKKK!!!
(BTW, Ashley Spencer fell on the wet track and DNF'ed!)

Cory Poole exploded to a 50.71 over 400H at Penn, missing my HS DDD by 0.10 seconds!!

Other sprint action from various venues--
In old news (from April 22nd!), Christian Coleman ran the 200 in 20.28.
Jessica Beard ran the 400 in 51.20 at Tom Jones.
I'll mention here--even though it's about an 800!--the time of renowned 400 specialist Novlene Williams-Mills!
She ended 2nd in the Tom Jones race in 2:09.65.
This was her FIRST-EVER 800--and was run to honor her former coach---Tom Jones!!
The Oregon State High Performance meet saw Florida HS Senior Leander Forbes win the 400 in 45.95!
Kirani James finished just 6th in the Drake 400, won by LaShawn Merritt's 45.41!
James ran 46.21!!
At the Longhorn Invite, Aldrich Bailey used a strong wind of 4.3 to run 200 meters in 19.99!!
He also ran the 400 in 46.19.
Alexandria Anderson won the Women's 200 in 22.58 (1.5).
She also had a windy (4.4) 100 of 10.95!!
Kendell Ellis's 51.37 took the USC-UCLA meet's 400.
Ellis also finished 2nd in the 200, time of 22.79.
Deanna Hill was the winner in 22.74, wind of 1.7.

Michael Norman ran his first post-injury race--a 400 in 45.22.
400H specialist Rai Benjamin was 2nd in 45.72.
The Red Raider meet saw a pair of "unknowns" (to ME!!) run fast 400's!
Both from Texas Tech, Steven Champlin beat Kyle Collins, 45.01 to 45.06!!
Daina Harper took the SEC 400 in 51.38.

Tyrese Cooper had his usual fast triple--
100 in 10.49 (0.1), 200 heat in 20.92, and 400 in 45.69!
Thomas Burns improved again in the 300H--this time to 35.57!!
Finally--in the sprints--a 14 year old girl named Tamari Davis ran the 200 in 23.38 (1.2)--which is the World Age 14 record!!
She also ran the 100 in 11.55, wind of 1.7!

While the Distances will have to wait a few days for the Payton Jordan meet, Emmanuel Korir continued his amazing Freshman season at UTEP!!
In the Brutus Hamilton meet, he soloed (2nd was about 6 seconds behind!!) the 800 in 1:43.73!!
And he negative split the race!!
After a 52.48 opener, he sprinted the 2nd 400 in 51.25!!
He is now 2nd A-T Collegiate!!
While he doesn't quite make my Combined Events 400-800 list, he's close!!
Adding his 44.67 400 to the 1:43.73, his C-E total is 2:28.40!!

Also at Brutus Hamilton, HS'er Cooper Teare's attempt at a sub-4:00 Mile fell short--again!
But his non-PR time of 4:01.29 was good, nonetheless!
As was Sam Worley's 800 in 1:49.68--the first sub-1:50 of the season for HS'ers!

The rain at Drake didn't stop Clay Murphy from beating John Gregorek in the 1500--3:41.75 to 3:41.84.
Penn had a fast Women's Mile!
Steepler Eleanor Purrier won it in 4:32.05, beating the 4:32.50 of Hanna Green, Marielle Hall's 4:32.77, and Sasha Gollish's 4:32.87!
For Purrier, she's now 5th A-T Collegiate.
Green is 6th A-T Collegiate!!

Drake's Women's 1500 saw one of those Jogfests for the first 1100 meters!!
Then Jenny Simpson's 60.27 final lap held off Brenda Martinez's 60.46, Kate Grace's 60.39, and Shelby Houlihan's 60.59!
The winning time was 4:16.10, with Houlihan just 0.57 back!

The OSU meet saw Dani Jones take the 1500 in 4:12.68.

In longer distance news--
The 2:17:56 Tirunesh Dibaba ran in London is the best 2nd Place time in history!!
Kelsey Chmiel ran 3000 meters in 9:29.01, missing the HS Soph Class record by 7.02 seconds!
And in the USATF Half-Marathon race, Natosha Rogers made her initial 13.1 Miler a winner, time of 1:10:45!!
She's 18th A-T US!!
(I think I mentioned I now have DDD lists for the World and US for this distance!!)
Neely Spence Gracey was 2nd in 70:54!
Len Korir took the Men's race in 63:04, with Sam Chelanga right at his shoulder--same time!

I have marks from all over the Field events map!!
Leading is Maggie Ewen's newest HT PR of 238-10.
She's inching (literally!!) her way toward the CR!!
She remains 2nd A-T Collegiate and 8th A-T US!!
Stamatia Scarvelis threw the Hammer 214-1 at the SEC meet.
Kellion Knibb improved her DT to 203-7.
This breaks her own National Record of Jamaica, as well as gives her the Penn Relays Meet Record!
She moves up one spot on the A-T Collegiate list, from 13th to 12th!

In a HS only event at Penn, Jordan Geist got a non-PR SP of 74-9!
Michael Feldman took the HS lead in the HT with his 232-5.
He's 17th A-T HS!
Madison Wiltrout's comeback from surgery continues--this time to a JT of 173-10!!
Alyssa Wilson's SP reached 54-1.75!
Also from the HS front, Jonah Wilson exploded out to 221-5 in the DT!
His 2016 best was just 188 and change, but he'd thrown 201 earlier this year!
But still--a 20 foot PR!!
He's 5th A-T HS!!

Andrew Evans threw the Discus 218-6, missing the US DDD by 5 inches!!
Besides her HT, Maggie Ewen added a DT PR of 198-6, making her 21st A-T Collegiate!!
Drake's DT was won by Alex Rose, distance of 210-11.
SEC's DT was taken by Brian Williams's 210-4.
He misses my Collegiate list by 1 foot 5 inches!
At the Duke meet, Dani Bunch threw a non-PR Shot Put of 60-10.50!

I'll close this two-fer (two posts!!) with Jumps news!
Jelena Rowe HJ'ed 6-1, just one-quarter inch off my HS DDD!!
Drake saw Levern Spencer take the HJ with 6-3.25.
Brigetta Barrett couldn't get higher than 6-0.75!
Penn's HJ gave the win to Vashti Cunningham's 6-4!
Derek Drouin took the Drake HJ with 7-6.50.

Sandi Morris won the Drake INdoor PV (Moved INdoors due to the rain!!) with 15-5.75.
She missed 3 times at 15-11 and change!
Alysha Newman and Kristen Hixson went over 15-3's, while Mary Saxer and Megan Clark reached 14-11's.

Sydney Clute took the Longhorn PV with a non-PR of 14-8.
Jenn Suhr DNS'ed!
Sam Kendricks won the Drake event (also INdoors??) with 19-0.25 over Chris Nilsen's 18-4.75!
A Woman named Jill Marois  (Who is she??) reached 14-7.25.
Lexi Weeks won the SEC Vault with her 14-4.

The Horizontals had some decent marks--
Tara Davis improved her OUTdoor PR in the LJ to 21-8.75!!
This was INTO a wind!!
She moves from 12th A-T HS to 4th!!
She also TJ'ed and ran the 100H!

The SEC meet saw Quanesha Burks win with a windy (2.1) 22-7.75.
But Sha'Keela Saunders had the best legal mark--a 22-3.50!
Burks's best legal jump went 22-2.50!
Damar Forbes LJ'ed 26-9.75.
At the Longhorn meet, Fabrice LaPierre rode a giant wind of 4.4 out to 27-10.75, or 8.50 metric!!
Drake saw Brittney Reese LOSE (in fact, finish 3rd!!) the LJ to Lorraine Ugen's 21-3.25!
Reese could reach just 20-7--then passed her next 4 attempts!!
Thea LaFond TJ'ed 46-7.25 at Penn.
This makes her the National Record holder of Domenica!!
The Bahamas's Tamara Myers was 2nd with 46-0.50!

Finally, there's MORE Pregnancy news!!!
BIG ones---pun slightly intended!!  LOL

Alysia Montano is going to give Baby Linnea a sibling--in November!
Google her announcement video!!
It's a winner!!

Also Preggers is SP Queen Valerie Adams!!
She's due in October!
So both of these Women will miss the World Championships!!

Next up is Doha's DL---and it is LOADED!!!
One HUGE entrant is Genzebe Dibaba---in the 800!!!
But there are plenty of other SUPER-elites to wet your whistle!!

Also coming this weekend is the Distance Freaks Heaven--Payton Jordan---also STACKED!!

See you soon with all the usual detailed results!!