And so they're done!
No more of my rants at weak DL's---at least not until May of 2018!
(Although the usual May DL's---Doha, Shanghai, and Eugene---are normally among the best!!)
This one began with a BANG!!
On the day before the meat of the meet began!
Ryan Crouser returned---to form, that is!--opening the SP with a 73-4!!
He added a 72-11.75 in the 3rd!
Then came the HUGE shocker of round 6!
Having thrown just 69-9.75 (4th round!), when Darrell Hill came into the ring, no one expected what was to come!
Hill's PR stood at 71-10.75 from earlier this year!
But in round 6, he added about 21 inches to that mark, his 73-7.50 becoming the new Van Damme Meet Record!
He's now 13th A-T World!
And suddenly---heh!---King of the HILL!!
(Couldn't resist! LOL)
Joe Kovacs was 3rd with 70-11.25, with David Storl (70-5.25) and Tomas Stanek (70-2.25) next!
But it was Tom Walsh's 70-1.75 that made some history!
It's the best 6th Place mark!
But more importantly, this makes the 1st competition with SIX athletes at 70 or more feet!!
The Women's 5000 and 400 races produced some list-revising marks!
Helen Obiri won the longer race in 14:25.88.
But in 2nd came Caroline Kipkirui's 14:27.55, which makes her 9th A-T World!!
Senbere Teferi ran 14:32.03 in 3rd, but no PR.
In 4th was Margaret Kipkemboi's 14:32.82, which misses my A-T list by 0.91 seconds!
Next came Beatrice Chepkoech---in her first track 5000!!--time of 14:39.33!!
Not a bad debut for the infamous Steeple fumbler!!
Susan Krumins's 14:51.25 in 9th was a 2 second PR, continuing a solid summer in this event!
But it was Eilish McColgan's 14:48.49 in 8th that opened eyes!
Not only was it her initial dip into the 14's (!!), but when you realize that her Mother (Liz McColgan) had run 14:59.56 about a quarter century ago, you see the genesis of the Best Ever Mother-Daughter 5000 combo in history!!
Their times add to 29:48.05!
(As someone sardonically said---Unless the Dibaba's Mom turns out to have been a stud also, this baby stands as Number One!)
Oh, BTW, knocked OFF the World list was one Faith Kipyegon, her 14:31.95 from 2015 now GONE!
(I have a feeling she'll return to the list--soon!)
In the one-lapper, Shaunae Miller-Uibo (aka SMU) was clearly in first entering the 2nd curve.
But the slower-starting Salwa Naser was clearly charging forward the fastest.
Coming into the straight, it was a two-woman race!
Running almost side-by-side (They were in lanes 6 & 7!), SMU had to work it to edge ahead, then blaze over the line in 49.46--just 0.02 off her PR!
Naser didn't let up, as she and her dread-braided hair flew to yet another PR (her FOURTH in the past 4 weeks, beginning with her London heat time of 50.57!)!
Her 49.88 broke her own National Record of Bahrain!
It was NOT an Age 19 record, but it brought her progress to a full second over her best at the end of 2016!!
Another youngster--though now Age 20--surprised some in winning the Men's 200--and beating the London WC winner!!
Noah Lyles sped 20.00, just nipping the 20.01 of Ameer Webb and the 20.02 of Ramil Guliyev!
Not bad for a guy who missed making TeamUSA in this event!
As has become common in these much-ballyhooed DL's, there were other good--even GREAT--marks, but still not quite what you'd expect from such a prestigious event!
Here's the rest of Brussels---
Sandra Perkovic unwound to 225-9 in the DT, easily beating Dani Stevens!
Ivana Spanovic took the LJ, but NO ONE reached even 22 feet, Spanovic's winning mark being 21-11.75!!
Taking a mediocre 4th & 5th were Tianna Bartoletta and Brittney Reese!!
Elijah Manangoi didn't impress in the 1500, his winner timed at 3:38.97!
Neither did Yohan Blake with his 10.02 winner in the 100.
Delilah Muhammed just beat Zuzana Hejnova in the 400H, 53.89 to 53.93!
Sergey Shubenkov added another win to his list, his 13.14 in the 110H beating the 13.17 of Orlando Ortega, Aries Merritt's 13.20, and Devon Allen's 13.24!
Elaine Thompson won the 100, but her time of 10.92 was nowhere near her PR.
However, she beat the 10.93 of Marie Josee Ta Lou!!
Nijel Amos took the 800 in 1:44.53.
Andrius Gudzius took the DT with his 223-7.
Christian Taylor--again having said he wanted the WR--TJ'ed 57-4.75--missing Jonathan Edwards's WR by just a tad!!
Making it a habit, Mariya Lasitskene again won the HJ--this time at 6-7.50--though she took 3 attempts at 6-9.75!
Also making a habit of winning, Greece's Ekaterina Stefanidi beat her chief American foe, Sandi Morris, in the PV!
Morris and Alysha Newman cleared 15-7, with Newman tying her National Record of Canada!
But they could go no higher!
Stefanidi went on to clear 15-11, then missed her 3 tries at 16-1.75!!
The Men's 3000SC was a 3-person race---until the final water jump!!
Evan Jager led the race, with Consesius Kipruto and Soufiane El Bakkali for company!
But Jager then stumbled, falling, leaving it to the others to duel for the win!
Kipruto's 8:04.73 just beat El Bakkali's 8:04.82!
Jager got up to finish in 8:11.71.
El Bakkali missed the World DDD by 0.37 seconds!
The Women's 1500 also became a two-person race!
Sifan Hassan was on the inside of Faith Kipyegon almost the entire last lap, but Kipyegon edged ahead in the last 50 meters, her 3:57.04 prevailing over Hassan's 3:57.22.
Jenny Simpson was about 9th with 800 to go---not her usual M.O.!
(Heh---more like SIR Mo!!!)
Moving too late to make a difference, she finished just 6th in 4:00.70!
The final event of this Belgian meet had a "bad omen"-type result!
The famed Borlee Brothers were all entered--in a relatively weak field---made to order for a possible 1-2-3 Borlee (& Belgian!) finish!
Not to be!
Liguelin Santos took the W in 45.67, with the B-Boys taking slots 4, 5, and 6!!
I'm on Twitter a lot!!
(Too much!!)
But it's there where I see TFRSS's compiled results of various T&F meets (during the Collegiate season)---and Cross Country results!!
And yes, the latter have begun to dribble (POUR!!) in!!
A few worth mentioning---
In the Michigan Open, Nick Willis--a long ago Michigan grad from New Zealand--decided to step in--as part of a longer workout!
But workout or not, for a guy of his caliber to take just 5th was a bit of a shocker!
He was about 10 seconds behind the winner!!
Gina Serena beat Jamie Morrissey in the Women's race, 17:00 to 17:10.
And in the Aggie Invite, Texas's Destiny Collins--a star alum of the loaded Great Oaks CA squad--won her first Collegiate XC race, her 14:05 prevailing over the 4100 meter course!
In a previous post, I mentioned Malwina Kopron's 252-1 HT mark just below that of Anita Wlodarczyk's!
But they were NOT in the same meet!
Kopron's mark, in fact, set the World University Games Meet Record!!
Most of you probably know this already, but Pierre Ambroise-Bosse was badly beaten up in an alley outside a bar by 3 thugs!
He was forced to drop from the Brussels meet, and end his season, because of it!
One of the suspects has been arrested!!
WHY did this happen?
Robbery?
Or just plain psychotic hateful behavior towards an innocent human being!!
Come back strong, Pierre!!
The rest of September will be a busy one for this blog!
Left on the calendar are--
New Haven USATF 20000 Meters Championship, featuring Galen Rupp, in just 2 days!
The David Torrence Memorial Mile, as part of the greater-Hoka One One set of Miles, on the 6th!
(Deep fields here---both Men and Women!)
DecaNation and the Great City Games (& Half-Marathon!) on the 9th!
The LOADED 5th Avenue Mile on the 10th!!
Talence's Multi's fest on the 16th & 17th!
The Berlin Marathon on the 24th!
And a pair of early XC features--Minnesota's Roy Griak races and Oregon's Bill Dellinger Invite--both in late September!
Oh yes, just remembered another early XC result of note---
Grace Ping won her first race of the season!
Ho hum.
But she has a younger sister!!
Can't recall her name, but she took 3rd behind her older sibling!!
This was apparently against older HS'ers!
Also coming this month are my Collegiate & HS wrap-ups, which center around my AOY picks!!
See you soon!
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