I have the numbers!
I've often told my readers that X, Y, or Z INdoor season is off to its "fastest start" or "best beginning" ever!
But here are the facts--
In the time from the 1st "significant" meet (usually the JDL meets in November) through to December 31st, my records show that we saw 11 List-making (meaning any of my 4 INdoor core group DDD's) marks in 2014.
There were just 3 in 2015.
2016 saw a rebound to 12.
And thus far, 2017 (the 2017-2018 INdoor portion of the year!) has seen FIFTEEN marks make my lists!!
(With some good December meets yet to come!!)
Leading the way are a pair of A-T High School greats, but now Collegiate Frosh!
In their very first Collegiate races, Sydney McLaughlin and Samantha Watson showed why going Pro straight out of HS would NOT have been a bad decision!!
McLaughlin ran 300 meters in 36.12, while Watson ran the 1000 in 2:42.12
For Syd, it's the World Age 18 record!
She is 2nd A-T Collegiate!
And 6th A-T World!
She moves from 16th A-T US to 2nd!
Of course, she gets the Frosh Class record also!
For Watson, she too claims the Frosh Class record.
She is 7th A-T Collegiate!
And she beat Jazmine Fray's 2:45.81 by 3.69 seconds!
Please remember that Watson's HSR of 2:40.72 is FASTER than Kaela Edwards's 2:40.79 Collegiate Record!!
Oh yes, she also ran a leg on Texas A&M's 4X400 Relay!!
But INdoors has lots more to offer here!
And once again--to save space--I'll present it by event groups.
Sprints & Hurdles
Jazmine Camacho-Quinn was 2nd to McLaughlin, running 37.91.
This makes her 19th A-T Collegiate, tied with 1 other.
She also ran the 60H in 8.04, missing her PR by just 0.02 seconds!
Javianne Oliver has the fastest flat 60 so far--7.17--after a 7.21 in her heat!
The 300 attack spread to the Men too!
Dwight St Hilaire--from Trinidad--ran 32.83, making him 5th A-T Collegiate!
Second was Nathan Strother's 33.16, which makes him 14th A-T Collegiate!
In a speedy 4X400 Relay, Texas A&M opened with a 3:07.03.
They beat an "unattached" squad, who ran 3:07.80, thanks to Bralon Taplin's 45.00 2nd leg!!
Middle & Long Distances
I don't have any lists for the 500 meters, but I know a fast time when I see it!
Daniel Kuhn ran it in 1:01.35, fairly fast for a Collegiate!
On an Oversize Track--NOT eligible for lists, even if I had them!--Brycen Spratling ran 1:01.68.
Donavan Brazier opened with his first sub-4 Mile--a 3:59.30!!
He beat Leo Manzano's 4:03.49!
Brazier also ran a 46.00 leg on A&M's 4X400 team--See above!
A couple of 5K's round out this group--
Ben Veatch--a Redshirt Frosh--ran 13:57.27.
And Katherine Receveur added a 15:48.10 to the roster of 15:50-or-faster December 5000's this year!
Field Events (& Multi's)
I'll begin with an update!
The 5998 Heptathlon by Hunter Veith--reported in an earlier post--makes my Collegiate list!
He is 18th A-T Collegiate!
(BTW, TFRSS reports the mark as 6023, but I'm guessing this is because of their "formula", which changes marks made on flat or Oversize tracks! As far as I know, this was NOT on an OT!!)
Continuing with the Multi's---
Jordan Gray--a Senior at Kennesaw State--scored 4198 in the Pentathlon!
She beat Nina Schultz's 4083!
The PV is starting relatively slowly, but Kristen Hixson made it over 14-2.
Olivia Gruver cleared 14-1.25.
Carson Dingler opened her Collegiate career with a 13-9.25 effort!
Did I forget to mention she's matriculating at Demi Payne's Alma Mater--Stephen A Austin??
Brenton Foster has the best HJ so far--7-4.25.
Kyle Landon has a 7-3, while Priscilla Frederick has a jump of 6-0.75!
Jyles Etienne matched Landon's 7-3, but in a different meet.
Marie Josee Ebwen-Bile has the best TJ--a 44-8.75!
She misses my Collegiate list by 0.75 inches!!
The Throws saw Stamatia Scarvelis open with a good set of marks.
Her 58-3.75 SP misses my Collegiate DDD by 1 inch!
She added a WT of 69-0.75!
Annette Echikinwoke's 75-11.50 WT moves her from 12th A-T Collegiate up to 8th!!
Gabrielle Figueroa threw the WT 68-9.25.
Ashinia Miller had a SP of 66-1.50.
But I'm most interested in what the HS'ers of 2017 (meaning last season's 2017!!) are doing as Collegiate Frosh!
Adrian "Tripp" Piperi opened with a decent 60-6.
But Gabe Oladipo reached only 55 and change!
Nick Vena shot (Sic!!) up to 67-0 at Princeton.
Jeneva Stevens doubled with a SP of 59-10.50, and a WT of 76-5.75--which isn't a PR!
Now on to XC and the Roads!!
Footlocker had a pair of great races.
Yet the mind boggles at what COULD have been--if FL's groups of 40's had combined with NXN's more extensive roster of HS stars in ONE race (or 2, one for each gender)!!
Imagine Claudia Lane's runaway Footlocker win being set against Katelyn Tuohy's mind-bender at NXN!
Anyway, Lane took the lead from the gun---just like Tuohy!--and won by 19 seconds with her 17:03.4.
She'd become ill a few days earlier, and there were several fires in SoCal which might have affected her, so her attempt at a Course Record fell 24 seconds short!
Katelynne Hart DID double--repeating her podium finish at NXN with a 2nd here.
Her 17:22.5 barely nipped Olivia Theis at the line!
There was a 16 second gap back to Katherine Lee's 4th.
And another 6 seconds back to Jacqueline Gaughan's 17:44.6 in 5th.
Ana Wallace (17:48), Tierney Wolfgram (17:52), and Sarah Schmitt (17:57) rounded out the top 8.
Other top names---
Emily Covert was 9th in 17:59
Marlee Starliper finished 13th in 18:04
Heather Holt's 18:48 took 31st
Rebecca Story had some sort of problem, as this speedster ended just 34th--in 19:03!
The Men's race was MUCH tighter!!
A large group meandered through the first mile, before getting split up.
A trio of Daniel Kilrea, Graydon Morris, and Dylan Jacobs opened a small gap, which widened as the race progressed.
Playing cat-and-mouse--this went on until Jacobs decided to test the waters!
His surge passed the test with flying colors!!
His 15:19.7 beat Morris by 3.6 seconds.
Kilrea--who some thought was the favorite here--was 3rd in 15:27.3.
But John Tatter was right on his shoulder, his 15:27.9 taking 4th!
Then came Jake Renfree (15:38.7), Carter Cheeseman (15:41), Drew Bosley (15:42), and Drew Thompson (15:43) to round out the top 8.
Other notables included---
Mechaal Beaudoin-Rousseau in 21st (16:01)
Dalton Hengst in 24th, time of 16:08
The European XC Championships saw a few NCAA finishers do well!
The U20 category saw Harriet Janes-Knowles win in 13:48.
(Don't have the distances, but they were NOT the usual 5, 6, or 8 & 10K's!)
Hungary's Lilli Toth finished 2nd to the Brit, time of 13:59.
The Men's U20 was dominated by Jakob Ingebrigtsen's 18:39.
Second was Ramazan Barbaros of Turkey.
The U23's saw a German pair duke it out!
Alina Reh's 20:22 prevailed over Konstanze Klosterhalfen's 20:25!
Further back came Jessica Judd's 20:45 in 3rd, with Washington's British Senior--Amy Eloise-Neale-- claiming 4th in 20:59.
Another NCAA star--Weronika Pyzik of Poland--was 8th in 21:18.
The Men's U23 was won by Jimmy Gressier in 24:35.
He beat fellow Frenchman Emmanuel Roudolff-Levisse's 24:43.
The latter also ran the NCAA's!!
The Senior races were won by Kaan Ozbilen and Yasmine Can, both of Turkey!
Ozbilen's 29:45 beat Spain's Adel Mechaal's 29:54.
GB's Andy Butchart ended 3rd in 30 minutes flat!
Henrik Ingebrigtsen was 11th, time of 30:19!!
Can's 26:48 whipped Meraf Bahta's 27:03.
Close in tow came Karoline Grovdal's 27:04, with NCAA stud Charlotte Taylor taking 4th in 27:23.
The USATF Club XC Championships had a decent group of entrants.
The Men's race went to former NCAA Division III stud Ian La Mere's 29:10.
He ended 2 seconds in front of Emmanuel Bor!
Another pair of seconds back came Ryan Mahalsky, while Trevor Dunbar could only get 7th, time of 29:32!
The Women's race went to Sarah Pagano, time of 19:40.
She beat Chelsea Blaase's 19:49, and Olivia Pratt's 19:50.
In 5th came Emily Lipari's 19:55.
But former Wisconsin star Rachele Schulist finished just 34th, time of 20:48!
Finally, we travel to the sunny climes of Hawaii!!
In the Merrie Mile--a race held a day before the Honolulu Marathon--the Women got a 26 second headstart--with the Men trying to catch them!
With Edward Cheserek in the field, that seemed a foregone conclusion!
And yes, he indeed passed 18 year old Kenyan Mirriam Cherop before the tape to claim the overall prize!!
His REAL time was 3:58.1, this being just his 2nd Pro race--both Road Miles!!
Far back was Will Leer's 4:02.4.
Nick Willis ran 4:03.6 in 3rd, with Mason Ferlic's 4:05.4 taking 4th.
Cherop's REAL time was a quick 4:24.9--keeping in mind her age!!
Leer's wife--the former Aisha Praught--was 2nd, but over 7 seconds back, time of 4:31.9.
Nicole Sifuentes was close in 3rd, time of 4:32.2.
Jamie Morrissey--Ferlic's girlfriend!--was 4th in 4:35.9!!
The Marathon itself saw BOTH Course Records fall!!
Lawrence Cherono's winner was 2:08:28.
Brigid Kosgei's 2:22:12 destroyed the fomer CR by 5 or 6 minutes!!
Oh, almost forgot!
Nick Symmonds--perhaps better known as a 1:42.95 800 guy--tried the 26.2 Mile race for the 1st time!
His LONGEST training run was 15 miles!
He was rarely AT 50 miles a week, and mostly WELL under that!!--in his "build-up" to this monster distance!!
BUT---
he negative split a VERY decent time of 3:00:35---when many (myself included!!) thought he'd have strong odds to become a DNF!!
His splits were 1:31:17 and 1:29:18!!
Will he do another??
I can't forget to mention that legendary High School Track and Cross Country coach Joe Newton died on December 9th at age 88!!
He either coached, mentored, or "just" greatly inspired & influenced many runners who went on to greater glory!
His reputation reached far beyond the borders of Illinois--or even the United States!!
He is missed.
Next weekend has another BU Mini-Meet!!
Will the 5000 lists be changed again??
See you soon!
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