NOTE: Why so late? Normally, I try to post results within hours of a meet ending! Saving you the gory details, it came down to some minor health issues, an upcoming apt inspection, and pure laziness!! The latter prevailed! LOL
Mondo and Jakob.
One is a Swedish-American who is closing out a storied Louisiana HS career.
The other is the youngest of 3 from a Norwegian family whose times would SMASH all existing HSR's here in the States!
And THEY were the true Stars of the week-long European Championships recently held in Berlin!
Okay, so only Mondo Duplantis actually broke Meet Records, and beat most of the best from the entire world!
But come on, how many teens (up through 19 years of age!) have won Gold Medals in Championship meets--including the Pan Am's, Commonwealth Games, the Euros, the World Championships, and the Olympic Games??
Ted Meredith, Bob Mathias, and.....??
(Sorry, I don't have that list, but I'm sure it's more than 2 or 3!)
Armand "Mondo" Duplantis--son of 19 footer Greg--not only defeated Renaud Lavillenie, Piotr Lisek, Pawel Wojciechowski, and the "new" best Russian, Timor Morgunov--but he also sent down another US-based High Schooler who is European--Sondre Guttormsen!
Mondo cleared several heights on 1st tries, and caused RL to choose the "passing game" in the latter stages!
But by the measure of his clearances, the power of his run, plant, and twists over the bar--and by the simple knowledge that here was an 18 year old who was making heights (OUTdoors) only ONE other person EVER made---came the stunning--yet almost expected!!--performance of--MONDO!!
Euros Meet Record
Breaks own Age 18 and National Record of Sweden!
Breaks own Senior Class Record!
His 19-10.25 is 2nd A-T World (to Sergey Bubka!!), tied with 3 others!
Yes, if he was competing as a US citizen, he would have broken the American Record!!
Morgunov took a strong 2nd, hitting 19-8.25, tying the 2nd Place Record!!
He's 14th A-T World, tied with 6 others!
Lavillenie was 3rd, height of 19-6.25.
He ties the 3rd Place Record!
Lisek took 4th, height of 19-4.25!
In 6th came Sondre Guttormsen, his 18-10.25 the best ever in a HS Mondo-less existence!!
He moves from 4th to 2nd A-T HS!
He also gets the National Record of Norway!
Question: Have TWO High Schoolers ever before held National Records of TWO European countries??
As for Jakob Ingebrigtsen, he gets strong plaudits also, but this blog's purpose being Records, his pair of Golds doesn't quite stack up against Mondo's achievements!
Yet he defeated the best Europe had to offer in the 1500 and 5000--and in both, defeated one or both of his brothers!!
Using last laps of 53 and 54, he ran 3:38.10 and 13:17.06!
In the Metric Mile, Marcin Lewindowski was just 0.04 seconds behind, with elder brother Henrik Ingebrigtsen ending in 4th (3:38.50), and middle brother Filip fading to 12th (3:41.66).
In the 5K, it was a family battle, with Henrik taking Silver in 13:18.75.
(Actually, several of the distance races were pretty fast--but more on that later!)
The Sprints--and especially Dina Asher-Smith--were exciting--and Record-producing!
Using NO wind (0.0!) DAS steamed through the line in 10.85!!
Gina Luckenkemper (10.98) and Dafne Schippers (10.99) didn't run badly--it's just that Asher-Smith was dominant!!
She broke her own National Record of Great Britain!
In Act 2 of the Dina Show, her 21.89 also broke her own British National Record!
This makes her 22nd A-T World!
And again, Schippers showed SOME of the "old" Dafne, ending in 22.14!
Cut OFF my World list was Jarmila Kratochvilova's 21.97, dating from 1981!!
DAS also ran the Sprint Relay for GB--but more on those later!
Ramil Guliyev scored a big W in the 200!
His 19.76 runaway is the Euros Meet Record, and breaks his own National Record of Turkey!
It makes him 18th A-T World!
Nathaneel Mitchell-Blake and Alex Wilson both timed 20.04, with NMB getting 2nd, but Wilson claiming the NR of Switzerland in 3rd!
The Meet Record in the Men's 100 went down twice!!
In the heats, Jimmy Vicaut's 9.97 claimed the Meet Record!
But then Zharnel Hughes ran 9.95 to take the Gold---and Vicaut's MR!!
(The Frenchman was a DNS in the final!!)
Reece Prescod--a Brit--was a close 2nd in 9.96!
The Multi's had headline-making stories.
In the Decathlon, front page was that Kevin Mayer--who was shooting for the World Record!--got no legal LJ's--and was done!!
Germany's Arthur Abele wound up on Top--his 8431 points defeating Ilya Shkurenyov's 8321.
Maicel Uibo was another DNF!
The Heptathlon saw a good battle between heavily favored Nafi Thiam and a revived KJT--aka Katerine Johnson-Thompson!
But in the 800, KJT would've needed a humongous PR to defeat Thiam!
Thiam's 6816 missed the MR by just 7 points!
KJT's 6759 PR makes her 23rd A-T World!
Carolin Schafer's 6602 took the Bronze, while Ivana Dadic's 6552 in 4th breaks her own National Record of Austria!
The meet began with the 50K Walks!
The Men's saw an upset of sorts, as Maryan Zakalnytskyy defeated Matej Toth--3:46:32 to 3:47:27!
The Women's race was a EC first, so the Winner would get the Initial Meet Record!
And that went to WR holder Ines Henriques--whose 4:09:21 easily won over the 4:12:44 of Alina Tsvilty--who got the NR of Ukraine!
The Women's Pole Vault was good, and saw favored Ekaterina Stefinidi finish 1st with her 15-11, which broke her own Euros Meet Record!
Her Countrywoman Nikoleta Kiriakoupoulou is back to form, her 15-9 taking Silver over Holly Bradshaw's 15-7!
Other field events were good---
The Hammer Throws went to Poles--but with Wojciech Nowicki's 262-10 winning over Pawel Fajdek's 258-2!
Anita Wlodarczyk began with a 59 meter throw--leaving her just 4th after the 1st round!
But she then pulled off a 259-0--easily winning, and nailing her own Age 33 Record, first set in the Qualifying round with her 246-5!
She also broke her own Meet Record!
Alexandra Tswernisa (sp?) took 2nd with 245-4, getting the French National Record!
Christin Hussong did a Double Dip!
In the JT Q round, her 220-9 made her 16th A-T World, tied with 2 others!
(It also knocked FROM my World DDD list one Kara Winger, the lone American!!
Her 218-8 dated from 2010!)
Hussong improved to 222-9 in the final, getting the Meet Record, and moving her from 16th A-T World, tied with 2 others, to 10th!
Michal Haratyk's 71-3.25 took the measure of Konrad Bukowiecki's 71-0.75 in the SP!
Paulina Duba upset Christina Schwanitz in the Women's SP--63-5 to 62-11.50!
Andrius Gudzius's 224-7 defeated Daniel Stahl's 223-10 in the Men's DT!
Sandra Perkovic only "perked" up later in the game, but she took the Women's DT with 221-10.
The Men's JT was a disappointment of sorts!
No MR here, despite the talent(S) present!!
In the end, Thomas Rohler's 293-6 won, with Andreas Hofmann's 287-5 taking Silver.
Johannes Vetter could finish only 5th!!
The recent Women's HJ revelation from Italy--Elena Vallortigara--didn't make it out of Qualifying!
But Mariya Lasitskene still had competition, as Mirela Demirev's 6-6.75 matched Lasitskene's winning mark!
Mateusz Przybylko took the Men's event with his 7-8.50!
Milaika Mihambo's 22-1.75 took the Women's LJ--with Ivana Spanovic being a DNS in the final!
In other EC events---
The Men's 10K went in 28:11 and change--not even worth a mention!
Miltiadis Tortoglou's 27-0.75 won the LJ!
The Women's 10K went to Israeli (but a transplanted African--legit!) Lornah Chemtai Salpeter--time of 31:43.29.
She beat Susan Krumins's 31:52.55, but only because the latter's legs turned to jelly on the last straight!!
Karsten Warholm tried a 400-400H double!
His 47.64 took the Hurdles race--and nipped his own National Record of Norway by 0.01 seconds!!
Yasmani Copello's 47.81 in 2nd breaks his own National Record of Turkey!
But in the flat race, Warholm was an epic fail, his 46.68 taking 8th & LAST!!
Matthew Hudson-Smith's 44.78 took a ho-hum first.
The Women's 800 winner didn't even break 2 minutes!
(Anita Hinriksdottir was DQ'ed in the semi's!)
Pascal Martinot-Legarde sped 13.17 in the 110H, edging Sergey Shubenkov's same time!
The 20K Walks went to Alvaro Martin's 1:20:42, and Marian Perez's 1:26:36 Meet Record!
Justyna Swiety-Ersetic's 50.41 took a faster-than-expected Women's 400!
A pair of National Records went to Maria Belibasiki's 50.45 in 2nd (Greece NR), and Lisanne DeWitte's 50.77 in 3rd (Netherlands NR).
Adam Kszczot's 1:44.59 took the 800!
The Marathons were good, with Koen Naert's 2:09:51 getting the Euros Meet Record--and its first sub-2:10!
Volha Mazuronek's 2:26:22 took the Women's race by a handful of seconds over France's Clemence Calvin!
The 4X400 Relays went to Belgium's 2:59.47, and Poland's 3:26.59!
The 4X100 Relay heats were fast--both going to Great Britain--times of 37.84 and 42.19.
The female Brits improved to 41.88 in the Final!
(Asher-Smith getting her THIRD Gold!!)
The British Men also went faster--to 37.80.
Turkey took 2nd in a National Record time of 37.98.
They move from 20th A-T Nation to 11th!!
The Netherlands also PR'ed--to 38.03--their NR moving them from 19th A-T Nation to 16th!
The Men's 3000SC was so slow---8:31!!--I'm embarrassed to list it!
The Women's wasn't much better--with Gesa Krause's 9:19 & change taking top honors!
In the 100H, Elvira Herman beat Pam Dutkiewicz--12.67 to 12.72.
Alina Talay was a DQ--reason unknown!
Lea Sprunger took the Women's 400H in 54.33.
Paraskevi Papahristou's 47-10.75 took the Women's TJ, with Nelson Evora's 56-1.25 claiming the Men's title.
Laura Muir took the 1500 in 4:02 & change--but with a 2:05 final 800.
Sifan Hassan maybe had the best distance time--her 14:46.12 in the 5000 getting the Meet Record!!
Eilish McColgan was 2nd in 14:53.05, while Yasmin Can also got under 15--14:57.63.
Konstanze Klosterhalfen ended 4th in a 2018 best time of 15:03.73.
The NACAC meet saw some solid Women's marks--
Ajee Wilson's 1:57.52 beat Natoya Goule's 1:57.95 in the 800!
Kendra Harrison won the 100H in 12.55.
Shamier Little sped 53.32 over 400H, beating Janieve Russell's 53.81.
Jenna Prandini's 10.96 used an 0.9 wind to take the 100.
Katie Nageotte's 15-7 took the PV over Yarisley Silva's 15-5, and Sandi Morris's 15-3!!
See you soon!
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