Shockers & Shakers from the Kids

If you read my Preview, and if you're familiar with my predilections, then you'd expect me to lay heavy on Katelyn Tuohy FINALLY taking down Polly Plumer's Mile HSR from 1982!
And I will.
But despite both the NBN and USATF Jr's providing a good number of "shockers & shakers", there was a meet in Europe that led up to those "kids" meets!
Ostrava!

Seeing the quality of the marks (and their quantity!), you'd almost think you were scanning the results of a Diamond League meet!
Juan Echevarria--who had stunned the T&F world with his ever-so-slightly windy LJ of 28-11.75--but whose legal best was "just" 28-0--moved a bit closer to that Beamonesque jump with his 28-5 at Ostrava!
It's the Meet Record, and breaks his own Age 19 Record!
He moves from 19th A-T World, tied with 1 other, to 10th, tied with 1 other!

The SP had its usual array of big marks--led by Tom Walsh's Meet Record of 72-8.50!
But Michal Haratyk double-dipped, breaking his own National Record of Poland, and becoming the caboose on my Top 24 A-T World Performers list!
Tomas Stanek and Ryan Crouser threw in the 70's in 3rd and 4th!
Cut OFF my World list was Dave Laut's 72-3 from 1982!!

Mutaz Barshim's HJ of 7-9.75 also became an Ostrava Meet Record.
He defeated the 7-8.75 of Danil Lysenko!
Norah Tanui (Some refer to her as Norah Jeruto!) also ran to a MR with her 3000SC win of 9:11.23!

Anita Wlodarczyk finally got her first W of 2018, her 250-9 taking down new AR holder Gwen Berry's 243-5!

Other Ostrava marks--
Thomas Rohler's JT of 286-4 lost to Jakob Vadlejch's 289-11.
Justin Gatlin took the 100 in 10.03, just 0.02 seconds off the Age 36 record!
Pawel Wojcieckowski PV'ed 18-10.25 for the Win.
Aaron Brown won a competitive 200 in 20.05!
In 2nd & 3rd came Jereem Richards and Ramil Guliyev, both timed in 20.09!
In the Women's 800, Genzebe Dibaba took the lead, but wound up 4th, time of 2:01.51.
Winner was Rebebe Arafi's 1:59.20!
Gudaf Tsegay took the 1500 in 4:02.45!
Selemon Barega won the 3000 in a PR of 7:37.53.
Andrius Gudzius won the DT with 217-6.
And Dafne Schippers beat Murielle Ahoure in the 200, 22.52 to 22.60!

So, which meet prevailed among the youth of America?
Was Tuohy's 4:33.87 HSR worth more than what Taylor Ewart did at the USATF Jrs--slaughter the field (including Lauren Harris--who had a bad day, finishing 2nd about 5 minutes back!!) in the Track 10K Walk, and take 77 seconds off Maria Michta-Coffey's MR from 2005??
Her 49:07.52 was also an American Junior Record--though this blog pays no attention to such designations!
(She also beat the HSR, and of course, the Junior Class Record!)
Perhaps knowing that she'd won the NBN's 2000SC the day before in 6:38.79, somewhere in the Top 12 A-T on a HS list--if I had one?
Oh yes, then her family drove 9 hours to take her from NC to IN, where she rose early (8:30 a.m.!) to race the 10K Walk!
And can she become the first Woman (or Man??) to make the WC or OG team in a Run AND a Walk??

Or how about KC Lightfoot, who nailed the NBN Meet Record in the PV with his clearance of 18-0.50, then went to Indiana, where his 17-10.50 wasn't enough to stop Zach Bradford from taking over that MR slot with his PR topper of 18-2.50??
Bradford moves from 13th A-T HS, tied with 1 other, to 7th, tied with 1 other!
Cole Riddle, a Collegiate, was 2nd with 18-0.50, with Lightfoot in 3rd!

A startling improvement (from 53.63 INdoors this year) saw Alexis Malone win the USATF Jrs 400 in the MR time of 51.21, making her 7th A-T HS!!
She's a Senior, and played basketball seriously (She's 5-11 tall!!) until switching to Track!

Tara Davis won the USATF Jrs LJ with 22-0.25--AGAINST a wind of 0.7!!
That broke her own Meet Record, but isn't a PR!
However, her mark is just 0.75 inches short of making the Collegiate list--but of course she CAN'T make it now, as it's past the NCAA meet!!
Jasmine Moore was good in 2nd, her 20-11.75 making her 19th A-T HS, tied with 2 others!

As usual, the NBN 2 Mile (at least for the Women!) was solid--with a somewhat surprising winner!
The Denner sisters of California (Maddie and Elena) had done well in the CA State meet recently.
So maybe Maddie running 10:04.53 for the W here comes under "a day in the life" for her!
Kelsey Chmiel, who might have been favored, except for a sluggish spring of racing, ended 4th in 10:09.65!
Maddie's time makes her 17th A-T HS!
In 2nd came Emily Covert's 10:05.19, which makes her 19th A-T HS!
And Sister Elena was 3rd in 10:05.68, making her 23rd A-T HS!
Not often you find siblings (brothers or sisters) on the same list at the same time!
(Think the former Weeks twins, Diane and Julie Pickler in the Heptathlon, the Frazier's!)
Speaking of the latter duo, both Ryen AND Wesley Frazier are now REMOVED from my HS list!!

The 800 in Indiana saw a great battle for supremacy between 2017's HS stud--Sammy Watson--and 2018's version--Caitlin Collier!
In the end, it was Watson's superior kick that took her to the tape first, time of 2:01.46--her best of the year!!
Collier was a strong 2nd in 2:01.66!
BTW, Collier later ran the 1500, where she lost to Rachel McArthur's 4:25.70 in a tactical race, Collier's 4:26.03 coming with a 61.6 final 400!

Tia Jones had her first sub-13 in the 100H since her Freshman year at the perfect time--to win the USATF Jrs race in 12.89!!
She gets the Junior Class Record.
This was against a breeze of 0.5!!
Cortney Jones was 2nd in 12.91, with Chanel Brissett 3rd in 12.95!

Dana Baker ruled the USATF JRs JT with her PR of 178-1!
It gets her the Meet Record, and moves her from 7th A-T HS to 4th!

I don't pay much attention to the Shuttle Hurdle Relays, but when TWO teams shatter the HSR, you take notice!!
Western Branch of VA took 0.39 seconds off the old mark with their 54.67!
They beat the 54.95 (0.11 seconds under the old mark!) of the powerful Bullis TC of Maryland!
It's also--obviously--the NBN Meet Record!!

Tamari Davis was expected to be an easy winner in the NBN's 100 and 200.
And she was!
But even as a Frosh (!!), when she fails to get BOTH MR's, you begin to wonder--Is she past her prime??
I'm JOKING!!
Her 11.19 (0.8) nailed the NBN Meet Record, but her 22.98 missed by 0.04 seconds to get the 200 MR also!
In contrast, Collegiate Twanisha Terry won the Indiana 100 in 11.24, albeit while fighting a wind of 1.1.
Anthony Schwartz took the Men's race in 10.23, against a wind of 0.5!
Cory Poole, seemingly better at 400H, took the 110H in 13.34!
This was over the HS heights of 39 inches!

The Multi's had good to great results--in both meets!
At the Indiana affair, Kyle Garland's 7562 took the Decathlon!
The NBN Decathlon saw a MR score of 7090 by Payton Haack!
Yariel Soto was a good 2nd with 7025 points!

There was an outstanding battle in the Heptathlon!
Anna Hall (the new HSR holder with 5798 points) defeated Sterling Lester, who had come into this meet with a PR of 5288.
Her last meet saw her JT reach just 76 feet!!
So when Lester saw her spear sail out to 105 feet (Big whoop!!  LOL), Hall knew she'd have to run the 800 hard to secure the win!
Hall's 5660  becomes the USATF Jrs Meet Record.
Meanwhile, Lester's PR by 235 points (!!)--her 5523 points--moves her all the way from 16th to 5th on the A-T HS list!!
But the NBN's Heptathlon wasn't bad!
Beatrice Juskeviciute's 5251 score makes her 22nd A-T HS!
It also REMOVES former UO Duck Kelly Blair from my HS list, her 5231 dating from 1988!
Blair went on to score 6465 points in 1998!

Rachel Baxter took the USATF Jrs PV with a MR height of 14-6!
She had co-held the old record!

Other notable results from Indiana---
Obiageri Amaechi won the DT with her 186-4
Alyssa Wilson competed in 3 events (HT, SP, and DT!), winning the SP and HT, while taking 2nd in the DT (to Amaechi!), her best mark coming in the Hammer--217-7!
Cory Poole also took the 400H--time of 49.71.
Josh Hoey won the 800 in 1:49.48, beating several Collegiates!!
Jasmine Moore (See above!) won the TJ, but her 43-4.25 fell far short of the MR!
The 400's went to Howard Fields's 45.50 and Taylor Manson's 51.74, which just edged Symone Mason's 51.83!
Lauren Rain Williams and Eric Harrison took the Half Laps in 22.94 and 20.44!

Callie Logue's 9:34.72 in the 3000 prevailed over a pair of HS'ers!!
London Culbreath ran 9:36.77 in 2nd, while Katelynn Hart ended 3rd in 9:37.90!
But that doesn't tell the whole story!
Their last K's were all in 3:01's!!
And the HS'ers final 400's were in the 68's, while Logue dashed a 66.20!

At the Greensboro NC meet---
Alana Carroll took the PV with her height of 13-6.25
Grace Stark ran a non-PR time of 13.24 to win the 100H, wind of 0.8 AGAINST her!
Tyson Jones took the SP with a non-PR of 70-1.50!
Tzuriel Pedigo DID perform in both meets, as I'd noted in my Preview, but no MR's!!
His JT reached 226-8 at NBN.
The Men's 800 saw 3 go under 1:50, the top 2 being Luis Peralta's 1:49.10 and Drew Maher's 1:49.16.
Peralta will be a Senior in 2019!

Some decent Relays (besides the ones already reported!)--
The Cow Harbor TC of NY took the 4 X 800 in a quick 7:31.62, which I believe is about 5th A-T HS!!
Western Carny (?) TC of NC was a close 2nd in 7:32.06, which is probably 6th A-T HS!
Western Branch's Women sped 44.92 in the 4 X 100, missing the MR by 0.04 seconds!
And the Brentwood TC of Tennessee (featuring Brodey Hasty on anchor!), won the DMR in 9:58.76!
Despite the crazy announcer screaming to the crowd that Hasty needed a SUB-4 time to challenge the HSR, he wound up running a good 4:08!!

The 400 went to Tyrese Cooper in a pedestrian (for him!) 46.17.
In a post-race interview, he was asked about his recent run-ins with the LAW, but he brushed them off like stray cat hairs from a couch!
BTW, Brian Herron (Cooper's main foe over one lap) did NOT qualify for the 400 final at USATF Jrs, finishing just 9th in 47.10!

Athing Mu has an interesting name--and an even better pair of legs!!
They carried her to the Emerging Elite 400 title (and EE MR!) in 54.12!
Then she moved to the REAL elites--where her long-legged kick gave her a 2:04.51 W!
She's a Soph, and that mark is just 0.32 shy of the HS DDD!

I'm going to follow this post with a "special" post!
It will deal with the outstanding times run by female Frosh and Sophs (and even 7th & 8th graders!!) in recent years--and the various progressions they've made in subsequent years--or haven't!!
In that post--maybe later today--I will cover Katelyn Tuohy's HSR Mile of 4:33.87, briefly reported above!
I'll give you the basics here!
It was a race against the clock--as ALL of her races this year (and during XC last fall!) have been, as 2nd was about 16 seconds behind!
She gets the HSR and the Soph Class Record!
She also--though I'm not 100% certain!--gets the Age 15 Record!
In my Record Book, she gets my "0-17" Age Record!
It's obviously the NBN Meet Record!
If she were in College, her time would rank her 12th A-T--although Collegiates don't run many Mile races OUTdoors!
Oh, and her 1500 split enroute of 4:15.07 is also a Meet Record!!
(But not a PR!)
More on Tuohy in that next post!

I do have news other than from the "kids" meets or Ostrava!
The most surprising (though not really!!) came from Grandma's Marathon in Minnesota!!
Kellyn Taylor joined the growing list of super-PR's for US Women Marathoners--and of US Women WINNING Marathons!!
Her Course Record time of 2:24:28 won by about 6 minutes!!
Her splits were 72:30 and 71:58!!
It makes her 7th A-T US!!

At a meet in San Diego on June 9th, Bryan McBride HJ'ed 7-8.50, making him 10th A-T US, tied with 4 others!
Ricky Robertson was a good 2nd with 7-7.25!
At the Stumptown Twilight in Portland, James Mwaura--who just graduated HS--ran the fastest 5000 since Chris Derrick's 13:55.7 in 2008--his 14:00.42 making him 9th A-T HS!!
The winner was Diego Estrada's 13:33.70.
And Australian Georgia Griffith ran 2:00.13 to take the 800, moving her up on Australia's National list!

In the "We already KNOW this shit!!" Department---
Edrick Floreal has left Kentucky for the University of Texas--and reportedly will have his ENTIRE Professional crew of female hurdlers follow him!!

That includes Jasmine Camacho-Quinn, who has also left Kentucky behind for a Professional career!!
Others going Pro--though some of them were Seniors--include--
Rai Benjamin, Michael Norman, Kendell Ellis, Josh Kerr, Karissa Schweizer, and Sydney McLaughlin--yet another Kentucky "ex-patriate"!!

See you soon!