It's after all of the National Championships, and some early DL's that came close to living up to their name--and before the Monaco DL, which is LOADED!
Oh, there was today's Rabat DL, and several small European meets--where Americans like to show up and make their rent money!
With this in mind, you'd think I'd have little of note to report!
Think again!
Katie Nageotte--who is NOT going to London's WC's!--is suddenly the hottest US PV'er!!
She first nailed a 15-5.75, which moved her from 19th A-T US, tied with 7 (!!) others, to 5th--tied with no one!!
Second was Emily Grove--who IS going to London!!--with 15-0!!
Not bad to have TWO American Women clear 15 feet in a smallish European meet!!
(And neither of them being Jenn Suhr or Sandi Morris!!)
Then she upped her PR to 15-6.25 in Madrid!
Holly Bradshaw won that event with 15-9.25, breaking her own National Record of Great Britain.
She moves from 16th A-T World, tied with 1 other, to 15th, also tied with 1 other!
Nageotte moves from 5th A-T US to 4th, tied with 1 other.
She also enters the World list as 24th A-T, tied with 3 others!
Lisa Ryzih also topped 15-6.25, so she's now also 24th A-T World, tied with 3 others, including Nageotte!!
As for Morris, she cleared 15-7.25 on July 7th in Sotteville, and will next compete in her hometown in South Carolina!
NOTE--Added 2 hours after initial posting--
Late news from Padua's PV.
Ekaterina Stefanidi won with her 15-5.75, while Emily Grove flipped over 15-1.
Also, Mariya Lasitskene took the Padua HJ with 6-6.75!
The Men's JT has been taking a beating!
Thomas Rohler was on a roll for awhile, beating (among others) Johannes Vetter!
Well, now--um--Vetter is better!!
His massive 309-10 was actually his FOURTH PR of the day in Lucerne!
Here's his incredible series--
His 297-9 moved him from 16th A-T World to 12th!
His 298-9 kept him there.
Then he exploded out to 305-4 in the 4th round!
This moved him from 12th A-T World to 4th!!
His 5th round was his "worst"--293-8.
Then he hit his 309-10, and that moved him from 4th A-T World into 2nd!!
As for Rohler--he finished 2nd with 293-5.
That means ALL of Vetter's throws were--again, um!--better!!
BTW, this gives Vetter the National Record of Germany, and the Age 24 record!!
Also in that meet, Lovisa Lindh broke her own National Record of Sweden in the 1000 meters with her 2:35.15.
The Women's 3000 saw Aisha Praught-Leer take 3rd with her 8:53.43.
Emily Infeld took 5th with 8:55.41, while Courtney Frerichs PR'ed with 8:56.99.
On my US Combined Events list for the 3000-3000SC, Frerichs's times of 8:56.99 and 9:19.09 adds to 18:16.08.
She is now 4th A-T US on that list!
Sarah Pagano also dipped under 9 minutes with her 8:58.91.
The Goteborg 3000SC saw Katie Landwehr run a solid 9:37.00, making her 20th A-T US!
While not PR'ing, Alexa Efraimson has been racing some decent 1500's on the Euro Circuit!
In the Morton Games, she actually WON--this a first for her over the Mile/1500 distance since her amateur HS days!!
Her time was 4:06.73!
Then today, news came in from Padua's meet!
She finished 2nd in 4:06.12, her best of 2017.
Who beat her?
Oh, just someone named--Laura Muir!!
(Muir ran 4:05.01.)
The field was missing all of the "names"---except for Muir!--but it was NOT a weak field either!!
In 6th came Dominique Scott's PR of 4:08.04!
Drew Hunter is another youngster who impressed in Padua!
While Jonathan Sawe won the 1500 in 3:36.56, the only other one to finish ahead of Hunter's PR of 3:36.77 was---Ayanleh Souleiman!!
Hunter had run the Mile in the Morton Games, his 3:56.79 taking 6th!
Robert Domenic's 3:55.71 was the winner, as 12 Men ran under 3:59!!
Sam Prakel's 3:56.55 in 3rd was one of those!
The Throws---besides the JT (See above!)--have been solid.
In Sotteville, Yaimi Perez's 227-0 DT beat Sandra Perkovic's 224-1.
Konrad Bukowiecki's 70-10 PR may not have made my A-T World list, but it erased one of the (or THE?) oldest Age Records in the Book!!
Randy Matson had thrown 70-7.25 in 1965 for the Age 20 record!
That mark is GONE!!
The Rabat SP opened that meet with some blazers!
Ryan Crouser improved from his 71-10-ish opener to the Meet Record of 73-8.75!!
But some of the glory was saved for Jamaica's O'Dayne Richards!
His 72-0.75 broke his own National Record!
He's now just 1.75 inches removed from my World list!!
Barbora Spotakova had it easy in Rabat, her 209-1 enough to take the JT!
Isaac Makwala may suddenly be a threat in the WC 200!!
(And 400!!)
In Madrid, he opened with a 43.92 in the 400--not a PR.
But then he whipped out a 19.77 over the half lap!
This breaks his own National Record of Botswana!!
He becomes 15th A-T World!!
And on my World Combined Events list for the 100-200-400, his times of 10.20, 19.77, and 43.72 adds to 1:13.69.
But he remains 3rd on that list!
In other Short Stuff--
Chijindu Ujah won the Rabat 100 in a Meet Record time of 9.98., wind a negative 0.3.
Andre De Grasse also nabbed a Rabat Meet Record--his 20.03 in the 200 taking the honors!
(Wind of 0.4.)
Zuzana Hejnova took a Ho-Hum 400H in 54.22.
Cassandra Tate was a weak 7th!!
Elaine Thompson can't win for--winning, it seems!
She won the Rabat 100 in 10.87, beating Marie Josee Ta Lou's 10.90.
But the AQ's (Armchair Quarterbacks!) on the T&FN Message Board went into immediate "Can ET even win the WC's, let alone run 10.70 ever again?" mode!!
The "perks" of being the best!
Oh, and it's the Rabat Meet Record!!
The Rabat Women's 400 was supposed to be the "Hit Pick" event!
Well, maybe you can rate Shaunae Miller-Uibo's 49.80 winner as such!
But 2nd was over a full second behind!!
SMU's time is also a Rabat Meet Record!
In Padua, Allyson Felix also had it easy, her 22.80 INTO a 1.0 wind an easy winner!
Kaylin Whitney finished just 6th (There were 2 sections, and she finished 6th overall!), but her 23.26 was a 2017 best!
And here's all the rest of it---
Jacob Ingebrigtsen has been knocking off some great times as a 16 year old this year!
Add his latest--the 3000SC in 8:26.81--to that list!
Think of it this way--If he were a 16 year old attending a US High School, he'd have just ended his 10th Grade year, most likely!
The HSR in this event is 8:47.04, run by Bailey Roth when he was a Senior!!
Another 16 year old TJ'er from Cuba?
Yep.
The latest is named Jordan Diaz, and his 56-9.25 takes over the Age 16 record slot!
(As well as my "Age 0-17" slot, since his mark betters anything I had by a 17 year old!!)
The Switzerland National Record in the Heptathlon has taken a beating this year.
First, it was Geraldine Ruckstuhl.
Now it's Caroline Agnou.
Her winning score was 6330 at the Euro U23 meet!
The Women's HJ in Madrid was good--
Inika McPherson matched her 2014 PR of 6-5 to win.
She remains 14th A-T US, tied with 2 others.
Ruth Beitia broke her own Age 38 record with her 6-4.25 clearance!!
Pawel Wojciechowski took the Rabat PV with his 19-2.25--it becoming the Meet Record!
Rushwal Samaal's 27-4.75 LJ beat Jarrion Lawson's 27-4.
Gesa Krause surprised the African contingent in the Rabat 3000SC, taking the final water jump cleanly, while the Africans showed their "classic" technique, and falling behind to stay!
Krause's time was a non-PR of 9:18.87.
Disconsolate in 8th was American Stephanie Garcia, who ran 9:40.63.
She later sent out a "3-tweet" message to her fans---essentially saying she's in great shape, but her confidence is lacking!
She's coming home---before returning to the Splish-Splash wars, probably in post-WC meets!
Nijel Amos won again--this time the Rabat meet in 1:43.91.
Angela Cichocka took the 1500 there in 4:01.93.
Brenda Martinez's 4:02.75 in 3rd took the measure of AR holder Shannon Rowbury, who ended 6th in 4:04.73.
Abdelaati Iguider's 55 last lap took the flat 3000 in Rabat--his time being 7:37.82.
The 3K with hurdles & such took 8:05.12 of Soufiani El Bakhali's time.
His being Moroccan cheered the home nation crowd!!
Andy Bayer ran a non-PR of 8:16.73 in 5th.
With his recent 7:38+ over the flat 3K distance (See an earlier post!), I expected more from him!
I'd guess he has definite 8:05-ish potential!!
BTW, Consesius Kipruto was a mysterious DNF late in the race!
I don't believe he was a rabbit, as he never led!!
Andriy Protsenko in the HJ, and Caterine Ibarguen in the TJ, took easy wins, their respective marks being 7-6 & 47-7.25.
Is Ajee Wilson still thinking of chasing Jearl Miles-Clark's AR of 1:56.40 in the Monaco 800--as her coach seemed to intimate in an earlier interview?
If so, her 1:59.19 win in Padua might be seen as a "tempo" type lead-up!!
Deajah Stevens is the latest Oregon Duck sprinter to abandon her team to go Pro early!
No sponsor named yet.
Then there's Ed Cheserek.
Still waiting for his US citizenship--and he may have a little wait!--he also says he's turning Pro, but is waiting for a sponsor to sign him up!!
Hmmm.
Maybe a NON-US citizen---and a Kenyan-born fellow whose 5000 & 10000 PR's are hidden somewhere in the depths of the Kenyan A-T lists---doesn't really have much of worth to sell---his many NCAA medals & points notwithstanding!!
And why the fuck does Mary Cain continue her Year of Silence??
See you after Monaco!!
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