A brief word about my absence & my return!
If you read my previous (short) post, you know my computer croaked--but "just" for 22 days--until a good guy named John repaired it & returned it to me less than 2 days ago!
Since then, I've been busy catching up!
(In 2015, I believe, I got food poisoning right before I was about to preview--and report on--the INdoor NCAA and NBIN meets. Twelve days later, I got better, but when I realized how far behind I was with reporting results, I almost wished I were still in bed!! LOL)
Long story short, I have 34 pages of notes filled with all the great Records & Marks I would have normally ALREADY reported to you from all the meets since my computer croaked hours after my April 22nd post!
So, how to divide this up?
At first, I was going to do a post (or 2) for each week of my absence--the first covering Penn & Drake, etc--the 2nd being about Doha & Payton Jordan, the 3rd---well, you get the idea!
But as I gathered all these 34 pages of results (with the great assistance of T&FN's eTN!!), I saw how some athletes had been in more than one meet, and a few had broken a Record they'd broken a week or so earlier! (Hi, Syd!! LOL)
Thus, I made a decision!
And here--briefly--is what I'm doing!
I'm dividing up my reports into 4 posts!
This one--as the title implies--is about the Jumps--all 4 of them, covering both genders and all the 22 days I missed!
Then I'll follow with another on the Sprints (100, 200, 400, 110 & 100H, 400H, and the Sprint-oriented Relays!).
Then will come a post on the Throws, which will include the Multi's!
Finally, I'll cover the Distances from the 800 through the 10000--to include the longer Relays and any Road events I missed!
So, buckle up, grab a snack, and enjoy discovering (or remembering!) what happened in our favorite sport since April 22nd!!
Oh, those Triplers!!
And I mean BOTH genders!!
Tori Franklin ended the INdoor season with some fancy PR's--reaching the mid-46 foot level!
Normally, you'd look for her to spread her Oiselle wings out to---maybe!--47 low, or even add a full foot--to 47-6 or so!!
So what to make of a meet where she extends THAT yet ANOTHER foot??!!
Yes, Tori Franklin---"just" another wannabe still almost two feet behind Keturah Orji's OUTdoor American Record of 48-3.25--SMASHED her PR's--IN or OUT--by TWO FREAKING FEET & more!!!
And what a series it was!!
She began with a 47-8.50---extending her PR by over a foot in one fell swoop (or Hop, Step, and Jump!).
Then she added ANOTHER foot to that in Round 2!!
That was her ultimate reach, the 48-8.25---Yes, I said 48-8.25!!---that bug-eyed this 3-week-absentee from the Online world where LIFE existed!!
Absolutely amazing!!
(And think how those Oiselle "Birds" must have reacted!!!)
Yes, it's the American Record!
She moves from (ignoring her initial leap up to 47-8.50!) 2nd A-T US to 1st!
She is now 6.25 inches from making the World list!!
And she beat 2nd placer Ana Pelateiro's 47-3.75 by 16.50 inches!!
Here's her entire series--47-8.50---48-8.25---48-6---47-9.75---a foul---and 47-8.50!!
So what did Ms Orji do??
Merely broke her own Collegiate Record at an SEC meet that, as always, is possibly better than the NCAA Championship meet!!
And added a PR in her "other" event--the LJ!
That one sent her 22-4.25 from take-off to sand, and made her 9th A-T Collegiate, tied with 2 others!
Her TJ measured 47-11.75, breaking her Collegiate and Senior Class Records!!
She also--obviously--got the SEC Meet Record!
Yet she is now 5 inches (her Rio PR is 48-3.25!) behind Ms Franklin!!
Who woulda thunk??!!
Meanwhile, Caterine Ibarguen is re-emerging into the elite realm!
She opened with a mark of 47-8.50 in Colombia!
(Does that number look familiar??)
Then she got serious, extending that out to 48-6.75!!
But that mark only makes her Number TWO on the 2018 OUTdoor list!!
This could be a VERY interesting year in the Women's TJ!!
But what about us Guys??
Well, guess what?!
PPPP is BACK!!
And so is his rivalry with Christian Taylor!!
Remember those 59's they hit in Doha a couple years ago?
Well, they came close---Yes, in Doha!!
You've heard the saying "3rd time's the charm"!
It was Round 3 where both hit their best marks!
And it was Pablo Pedro etc Pichardo's 58-10.75 that ruled the day!
Taylor's 58-5.25 was one of his best recent marks, but just not enough!
But, Hey, Welcome back, you two!!
Oh yeah, almost forgot---Taylor's mark gives him the Age 27 Record!!
If you're wondering if Will Claye is going to take time out from his singing & recording stuff, well just check out the results from the meet in Guadeloupe!!
He didn't win---Almir dos Santos did with his 57-6.25!
But Mr Hip-Hop reached a solid 57-1--which left him in 2nd---just nipping one PPPP (See above!)---who had the same mark, but hit it once to Claye's pair!!
Let's move to the other "jump" that gave up some amazing stats during my absence!!
The Pole Vault!
No, there weren't any World or US Records broken!
In fact, the best mark goes to our fave "kid"--Mondo Duplantis!!
But I'll get around to him in a moment!
I want to talk about Chris Nilsen first!
His 19-2.75 PR set some serious wheels spinning--out of control!!
That mark moved him from 7th A-T Collegiate, tied with 3 others, to 4th, tied with 1 other!
But it was his move up the US All-Time ladder that blew apart that page in my Record Book!!
For it FINALLY allowed me to REMOVE a giant list of names from my expanded list (normally limited to 24, except in case of ties!)!
Here's the deal!
My OUTdoor US list had a HUGE amount of ties at the bottom---10, to be exact!
So when Nilsen moved UP, I was able to throw those other ten OFF!!
Nilsen moved from 24th A-T US, tied with those 10 others, to 14th, where he's tied with just one other!
So, WHO got kicked OUT??
I'll just list the ones from the last century--the 20th!
Scott Hennig's 19-0.25 dated from 1998.
Doug Fraley and Dave Volz's 19-0.25 were from 1992.
Billy Olson was the oldest, dating from 1987!
And then there was Mr Duplantis--and here I speak of Greg, NOT Mondo!!
Yep, Daddy Greg's 19-0.25 from 1993 is now GONE too!!
BTW, Nilsen earlier--at the Drake Relays--went over 18-11.50, but lost to Sam Kendricks's 19-1.50!
That mark gave Military Sam the Meet Record!
Some Women's PV results were good also!
And speaking of Drake, let's begin there!
They had TWO events--one held at a Mall, the other inside Drake's stadium!
The Mall event went to the ubiquitous Jenn Suhr and her 15-9 clearance!
That defeated the 15-5's of Katie Nageotte and Sandi Morris, who placed 2nd & 3rd, respectively!
Things turned a bit more serious inside the arena!
There, Morris reached 16-0, which gave her the Meet Record!
Suhr took 2nd with 15-5!
Nageotte et al were further back!
The Doha PV was good too!
There, Morris broke her own Meet Record (by a half inch!), clearing 15-10.50!
Five others trailed behind, each going over 15-2.75!
They were Holly Bradshaw, Robelys Peinado, Ms Nageotte, Nikoleta Kiriakopoulou, and Ekaterina Stefanidi!
Not about Results, but if you get the chance, watch Ato Boldon's latest You Tube interview show!
He talks with that ebullient Ms Stefanidi, who talks about going to Stanford, and her Rio experience--before and after!
She's a really charming--and talkative lady!!
The other pair of Jumps had their moments in the Sun also!
And who else but Mutaz Barshim would be the most prominent Male name to emerge!!
He reached the 2.40 mark--7-10.50--in the Doha DL!
Then took 3 shots at 2.42--or 7-11.25!!
Could this be the year when he hits the Top??
Jeff Henderson leapt out to a 27-8.25 LJ in a meet in Utah!
But it was the Shanghai DL that saw Luvo Manyonga nail a 28-1 LJ!
It was enough to cover the 27-8 by China's Yihao Shi (sp?).
So let's return to Mr Mondo!!
All HE did was add a measly half-inch to his PR--a 19-5.50 Vault!
It was at his State meet in Louisiana!!
(You can imagine how far back his "opponents" were!!)
And all it took was 4 Vaults---FOUR!!
He needed a pair to clear his opener at 17-10.50.
Then he got over 19-1 and his new PR on first tries!!
And he was done!!
Wow!!
This is getting a bit monotonous,but his latest broke his own High School, Senior Class, Age 18, and Swedish National Records!!
And he's now a mere 0.75 inches removed from joining my WORLD All-Time list!!
OK, friends, that about wraps up the REALLY serious stuff from this Jumps phase of the past 3 weeks!
But I do have several more marks to report, so I'll gather them together below for your easier perusal!
(And it saves space as well!!)
An early meet in Arkansas found Lexi Jacobus beating her twin sister Tori Hoggard, both clearing 14-9.50!
Then, at the SEC meet, Jacobus again dominated, but this time at a new Collegiate PR of 15-3!
(She's gone over 15-5, but that was AFTER the NCAA meet!)
She remains 3rd A-T Collegiate, and gets the Junior Class Record!
Hoggard again ended 2nd, going over 14-9!
At that earlier Arkansas meet, Yanis David TJ'ed 46-4.25, making her 7th A-T Collegiate!
In 2nd came Marie Josee Ebwea-Bile's 45-11.25, which made her 12th A-T Collegiate!
Jumping around (Sic!!), Vashti Cunningham won the Drake HJ with her 6-4.25!
NOT a good year (so far!) for the Women's HJ!
But Katie Isenberger's 6-1 misses my HS list by just a quarter inch!
Loretta Blaut won the American Conference with her 6-2!
At Penn, however, a Kansas State Frosh named Tejaswan Shankar HJ'ed 7-6!
A Virginia meet found Bridget Guy (of Virginia!) PV'ing 14-7.50!
Then, at the ACC meet, Ms Guy (who is a Gal! LOL) hit 14-7.25, defeating Lisa Gunnarsson, who had the same mark!
KC Lightfoot continues his great season!
At Mt SAC, he cleared 18-1, not a PR!
But then at his State meet, he soared over 18-5!!
This moves him from 5th A-T HS, tied with 1 other, to 2nd!
Not sure whose mark came first, but we have yet another HS 18 footer!!
His name is Branson Ellis!
And you won't believe this, but Jack Shepard's HS Track book says his 2017 PR (as a Junior) was a mere 16-4.75!!
Now?
His new PR is a whopping 18-3.25!!
(Do we have here the Male version of Tori Franklin?? See above!)
This made him 4th A-T HS, but Lightfoot's mark moved him down one notch to 5th!
He's the 13th HS'er to clear 18 feet OUTdoors!!
The ACC meet saw Nate Richartz PV 18-8.25, giving him the Meet Record!
This makes him 20th A-T Collegiate, tied with 7 others!
A Texas A&M Junior named Tahan Tribi (sp??) TJ'ed 55-5.75, leaving him just 2.50 inches shy of my Collegiate DDD!
Last but not least, I'll finish this Jumpy (LOL) post with a wind-aided mark!
Jasmine Moore TJ'ed 45-4.75---but it was wind-aided!!
However, this makes me think a LEGAL 45'er is coming--and maybe soon!!
Next post (See above!) will cover the world of Sprints!
See you soon!!
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