And here's my Preview for the Collegiate possibilities for Class Records in the 2017-2018 INdoor T&F season.
With a few extra caveats!
The format will be the same as for the HS'ers.
List all the records for each Class--except here, instead of numerical Grades--they'll be listed as Frosh, Soph, Junior, Senior!
Pick which Class Records might be the easiest to break.
Name names of athletes capable of breaking them!
But sorry to say that I have very few names to give you---for reasons set forth below!
Also, while I've begun lists for the Collegiate 300's INdoors, my lists are incomplete--thus no Class Records!
The 1500 is missing some CR's too, but mainly because it's rarely run in the NCAA INdoors as a separate race, and few meets time at 1500 during Mile races!!
But Collegiate Class Record considerations brings with it certain "problems" not seen much (if at all!) with the younger set!
WHAT year (grade) is the athlete in?
In HS, you matriculate through in 4 years!
There are no 5th year (or even 6th year!) athletes!
So if a HS'er is a Senior in their 4th year, so should a Collegiate 4th year person!
But then they redshirt, and return as a "5th year Senior"!
Can they be Seniors TWICE??
And what about those 6th year freaks--like Conor McCullough was??
Senior THRICE??
Also, unlike 99.9999% of HS'ers, Collegiates are more likely to "go Pro" before graduation!
(Andre De Grasse, the Lyles Brothers, Jasmine Todd (& several other Oregon Ducks!), Emmanuel Korir, etc etc!)
Collegiates SHOULD be "4 years & done"--just like the HS'ers!
HS'ers (Weini Kelati was the outlier exception!) are normally 15 to 18--or 14 to 17, or just past their 19th birthday upon graduation!
But what about Collegiates who are well past the "normal" graduating age of 22 or 23?
Lots of examples of athletes being 24, 25, or even older!
Should Emmanuel Korir's Frosh Class marks in 2017 be considered for Frosh Class Records & Lists--since he was 21 years old then??
NO!!
Sorry for this rant, but I needed to "explain" why Collegiate Class Records are more difficult to classify--for the above reasons!!
Well, here we go--Men first!
Frosh--Men
6.54, 20.40, No 300 mark! (This goes for ALL the Classes for this event! Hope to have these soon!), 44.93, 1:14.97, 1:45.93, 2:19.53, No 1500 mark!, 3:55.02, 7:52.64, 13:41.89, 7.57, 7-6, 26-7.75, 55-8.25, 18-8.75, 65-10.50, 76-11, 5674
200, 1000, Mile, 3000, 5000, 60H, PV, SP, and Heptathlon are the softest targets!
Zach Shinnick is one to watch in the 300-600 range!
Brandon McGorty might be solid in the 800 & 1000.
Reed Brown, Cooper Teare, and Sam Worley cover the distances pretty well.
Trey Cunningham was amazing in HS!
Can he move up to the 42 inch hurdles without any glitches?
Vernon Turner HJ'ed 7-6 as a HS'er!
Can he match that this year?
Riley Richards & Zach McWhorter are solid PV'ers.
The SP & WT Frosh Class is LOADED!!
Jordan Geist, Tripp Piperi, Bronson Osborn, and Gabe Oladipo are potential Collegiate Record breakers, not just Frosh Class!!
Watch for them in the WT too!
Frosh--Women
7.11, 22.40, No 300 mark!, 50.88, 1:29.06, 2:03.01, 2:45.76, 4:22.78, 4:32.49, 8:58.88, 15:20.57, 7.98, 6-4.25, 21-5.25, 45-10.50, 15-2.25, 61-1.25, 68-11.75, 4635
400, 600, 800, 1000, 1500 (That Record should be at least 7 or 8--or even TEN!--seconds faster!!), Mile, 3000, 5000, 60H, LJ, WT are the best CR's to shoot for!
This Class has several HUGE names that cover many event categories!
Sydney McLaughlin, Samantha Watson, Alyssa Wilson, Symone Mason, and Tara Davis!
McLaughlin could get the 300 (Whatever that Record is!!) and 400!
Watson will chase every mark from the 600 to the 1000!
Wilson will have a tough time topping Raven Saunders's SP mark, but I'd give her at least 40-60 odds!
She's also good in the WT!
Mason is a solid all-around sprinter (60, 200, 300, 400), while Davis covers the 60H and LJ!
She'll have a tough time taking down Keturah Orji's TJ mark, but....!!!
The distances are LOADED too!
Brie Oakley, Nevada Mareno, Callie Logue, Kate Murphy (if she's healthy!), and Weini Kelati for starters!
(See note above about Ms Kelati! Is she too old to be eligible for Collegiate Frosh Class records??)
Davis has LJ'ed 21-11! That's almost 6 inches better than this CR!
Rachel Baxter & Carson Dingler are the PV'ers to watch!
Is Tyra Gittens in a US College?
If so, put her in the line for the Pentathlon Record!
Soph--Men
6.51, 20.10, No 300!, 44.57, 1:14.96, 1:44.84, No 1000!, 3:41.19, 3:55.33, 7:46.45, 13:08.28, 7.45, 7-7, 27-10.75, 56-7.50, 19-1.50, 71-3.50, 77-6, 6070
1500, 60H, WT
This set of Records are just too good--thus the short list of Record possibilities!
But try these on for size!
Maxwell Willis might do some damage in the 60 & 200.
Michael Norman (Did he turn Pro yet??) and Quincy Hall are top long sprint speedsters! However, that 400 Class Record is also the Collegiate Record--AND the World & American Records!!!
Michael Saruni ran sub-1:45 OUTdoors in 2017. He might have a shot at the 800 & 1000 marks!
Grant Holloway is probably the best of this Class!
He's great in the 60H and LJ, and has super potential in the Multi's!!
Chris Nilsen is the best PV'er.
Ja'Mari Ward has the Horizontals to himself!
Gleb Dudarev covers the Throws!
Soph--Women
7.12, 22.49, No 300!, 50.82, 1:28.78, 2:00.69, 2:43.15, No 1500!, 4:32.72, 9:02.05, 15:23.16, 7.90, 6-5.25, 21-11, 46-4, 15-1, 63-1.25, 75-7.50, 4678
Check off the 600, 800, 1000, Mile, 3000, 5000, 60H, and the LJ for Record potential!
This Class has mainly Distancers to recommend it!
But don't tell that to Anna Cockrell or Tonea Marshall!
Both could challenge the 60H Record, but aren't limited to that!
Cockrell has long sprint talent too--at least over hurdles OUTdoors!
So put her in the 300 or 400 and see what she can do!
As for Marshall, I'm waiting to see her top her HSR of 8.02!
Maybe this year??
For the shorter distances (600, 800, 1000, 1500, Mile), watch for Ruby Stauber, Ailiyah Miller, and Danae Rivers!
In the 3K and 5K, there could be some real rough-and-tumbles!!
The talent list includes Katie Rainsberger, Allie Ostrander, Anna Rohrer, Fiona O'Keefe, and Madie Boreman--who emerged as a solid Steeplechase talent last OUTdoor season!!
Kate Hall is the only Soph in that incredible Georgia Field Event Factory of Horizontal Leapers!!
Her HSR of 22-5 hasn't been topped yet, but with Orji and Tara Davis to train with, who knows her (or their!!) limits!!
She's fast too, but probably not a Record breaker in the sprints!
(Maybe a Pentathlon??)
Junior--Men
6.45, 20.11, No 300!, 45.03, 1:15.88, 1:45.88, No 1000!, 3:38.60, 3:54.74, 7:40.57, 13:26.01, 7.50, 7-7.75, 27-4, 56-11.50, 19-4.75, 70-6.25, 80-0.25, No Hept mark!
Easiest targets are the 600, 800, 1500, Mile, 5000, and the WT!
Isaiah Harris ran almost a full second faster as a Soph in the 600!! Maybe the World Record in 2018??
Just as in XC, Grant Fisher and Justyn Knight should have some fantastic battles lying ahead!
If they run them on 200 meter tracks, that 5000 CR is history!!
But which one will prevail??
(Put them down for EVERY Record from the 1500 on up!!)
Deakin Volz is a VERY good PV'er, but maybe not ready yet to go over 5.90!!
Adam Kelly should be the overall Collegiate leader in the Weight Throw!
Junior--Women
7.07, 22.42, No 300!, 50.80, 1:29.00, 2:01.69, 2:44.52, 4:12.18, 4:29.44, 8:58.14, 15:19.14, 7.78, 6-6, 22-8, 46-11.75, 14-10.75, 64-2.25, 83-10.25, 4703
I'd love to see some (or all 4!) of the Women's 200 Class Records go down!
I'm still amazed that they all fall within 0.09 seconds of each other--the narrowest margin of any group of CR's--Men or Women--I believe!!
But this Class doesn't seem to have any top tier sprinters!
(NOTE: I'm only including names of athletes I'm at least 95% certain they are still competing as amateurs!!)
A strong trio leads the Distances--from the 1500 through the 5000!
Dani Jones, Tessa Barrett, and Katherine Receveur are the best this Class has to offer!
It's interesting, because all 3 will be facing off against Karissa Schweizer in the NCAA XC--and it's Schweizer's 5000 CR they will be shooting for INdoors!!
Dior Hall was befallen with injuries last year, but hopefully this year will see her return to her HS glory days!!
She has Record-setting potential in the 60H!
She just needs to stay healthy!
Forgive me for not having their new MARRIED names handy, so let's call Tori & Lexi the Weeks twins again!!
(A temporary faux pas! LOL)
Both of them (Flip a coin!) are STRONG candidates to make this Class Record a 15 footer--just like the other 3 are!!
This lone hold-out NEEDS to be taken down!!
And these sisters can do the job--and then some!!
But they better keep their eye on Olivia Gruver, who just might beat them to it!!
Yanis David is the Horizontalist here!
And Kaylee Hinton should lead this class in the Pentathlon!
Senior--Men
6.45, 20.26, No 300!, 44.85, 1:15.79, 1:45.33, 2:18.26, 3:37.01, 3:52.01, 7:38.59, 13:13.74, 7.47, 7-9.25, 28-2.25, 57-5, 19-2.25, 71-3.50, 83-11.25, 6499
Best Class Record potential is in the 60, 200, 600, and 1000.
Many of these CR's are the overall Collegiate Records!
And there just aren't many Seniors still competing as Amateurs capable of breaking them!
Cameron Burrell has the family pedigree to dominate the sprints!!
But Kenzo Cotton will keep him within view!
The PV has a strong duo in Devin King and Audie Wyatt!
Can they get this Record?
Don't say NO! too fast!!
Damarcus Simpson is the best LJ'er, while Eric Sloan is the same for the TJ.
Senior--Women
7.08, 22.43, No 300!, 50.46, 1:27.39, 2:00.75, 2:40.79, 4:09.77, 4:25.91, 8:42.03, 15:12.22, 7.84, 6-6, 22-8, 46-9, 15-7, 63-0.75, 83-11.75, 4682
I see the 60, 200, 400, 1500, Mile, 5000, TJ, SP, and maybe the Pentathlon as having the best chances for breaking!
Hannah Cunliffe could take down her own Collegiate Record (the Junior Class mark!) in the 60.
She also has solid 200 potential.
Kendell Ellis returns in the 400, with a sub-50 a real possibility!
The Distance crew here aren't really known for their 800 speed!
But watch for Records to be challenged in the 1500, Mile, and 5000 by Elise Cranny, Amy Eloise-Neale, Sharon Lokedi, and Ms Schweizer!
(FloTrack has a great 15 minute video about Schweizer--and it's FREE!! Check it out!!
Even has baby pictures!! LOL)
If Lokedi and Schweizer--and Women from the other Classes (Ostrander, et al)--go after the Collegiate Record in the 5000, it will fall!
And I would NOT bet against one of them going under 15:00 in the process!!
Keturah Orji has TJ'ed 48-3.25 OUTdoors!!
That 46-9 appears as Middle School-level in comparison!!
Raven Saunders can take down her own Collegiate Record here in the SP.
She's improving in the WT too, but not enough to challenge this Record!
Jessica Woodard also has a 60 footer to her name in the SP.
Will she improve--and by how much??
The Pentathlon has a solid duo here in Taliyah Brooks and Peyton Stumbaugh!!
Well, that's it for my Class Record Preview!
Before I leave, I want to give some numbers comparing 2017 to 2016 in regards to CR's.
In 2016--INdoors of course--there were a total of 39 Class Records broken--Collegiate & HS combined!
Of those, 15 were by Men, while the Women broke 24!!
In 2017, that Grand Total rose to 48!!
Broken down, 17 went to the Males, while Females broke 31.
By Grade--
9th Grade
Men got the WT, while Women got the 1000.
10th Grade
The Men--Actually ONE Man (Ty Cooper!!) got the 200, 300 & 400!
Women broke the 400, 3000, 2 Mile, and the TJ.
11th Grade
Duplantis got the PV mark, and the Pentathlon record also fell.
No Women in this Class got records!
12th Grade
Only Trey Cunningham got a CR here, the 60H.
But the Women were VERY busy!!
McLaughlin nabbed the 300 & 400.
Watson got the 600, 800, and 1000.
Kate Murphy got the 3000, while Brie Oakley destroyed the 5000 mark!
Tara Davis got the LJ, while Alyssa Wilson took down the SP mark!
The Collegiates--
Frosh
Emmanuel Korir has the 600 mark, while Gleb Dudarev has the WT.
Danae Rivers got the Women's 600, Ruby Stauber the 800, and Anna Cockrell the 60H.
Soph
Kendell Williams tied the 60 CR, while Mr Harris got the 600!
For the Women, Jazmine Fray nabbed the 800, while Lexi Weeks got the PV mark.
Junior
The 60 & 200 went to Christian Coleman, while Daniel Kuhn got the 600!
This Women's Class has the most CR's from 2017--
Cunliffe in the 60, Ariana Washington in the 200, S Henderson in the 600, Raevyn Rogers in the 800, Curboswa (sp??) in the 1000, Elinor Purrier in the Mile, Schweizer got the 5K, Orji the TJ, and Saunders the SP!!
Senior
Fred Kerley destroyed the 400 mark.
King Ches got the 1500 & Mile!
The Women saw Hanna Green get the 600, Kaela Edwards the 1000, and Kendell Williams the Pentathlon!
Can we get to FIFTY Class Records in 2018??
HS PRO Senior Class Records fell to Candace Hill in the 60, 300, and 400!!
WHEW!!
See you soon with more Previews--and my DETAILED report on the NCAA XC!!
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