While the Talence Multi's is yet to come--plus all the Road stuff--for all intents, the 2018 OUTdoor T&F season is finished!!
In the week following the DL's last 2 meets (See previous posts!), the Continental Cup was the "last" meet people were anticipating!
And that turned out to be A HUMONGOUS MESS!!
But let's save that for my closer!
Because before that, we saw some pretty fine results trickle in from here, there, and everywhere!!
Berlin's ISTAF meet had a good Women's Mile!
Marta Freitas won it in 4:22.45, getting the Portugal National Record!
Kate Grace was 2nd in 4:23.23, with Konstanze Klosterhalfen taking 3rd in 4:24.27.
Alexa Efraimson got a PR of 4:24.82, making her 11th A-T US!!
Knocked FROM the US list was one Molly Huddle, her 4:26.84 dating from 2014!
While South Africa's "CS" was doing whatever up front, the Women's 1000 was being won by Halimu Nakaayi's 2:34.88!
That's the National Record of Uganda!
Nelly Jepkosgei also got an NR, her 2:35.30 getting Kenya's!
Colleen Quigley ended her Track season with a solid PR of 9:10.27 in the 3000SC!
(She apparently ran her final K in 2:59!!)
She moves from 4th A-T US to 3rd!!
And she becomes 20th A-T World!!
Daisy Jepkemai was 2nd in 9:14.66.
In 4th came MaruSa Mismas, whose 9:28.61 is the National Record of Slovenia!
Other ISTAF events--
Christina Schwanitz took the SP with 63-2, while Raven Saunders could only finish 6th, not even reaching 60 feet!
Tim Cheruiyot's 3:32.47 beat Ferguson Rotich's 3:33.21 in the 1500.
And Marie Josee Ta Lou took the 100 in 11.08!
The Padua meet saw Genzebe Dibaba run a quick Mile of 4:20.51.
Anzhelika Sidorova took the PV, clearing 15-7!
The Asian Games last days saw Neeraj Chopra's JT of 288-11 break his own National Record of India!
Zagreb had a solid little meet!
Meet Records were broken by---
Fedric Dacres's DT of 223-9
Nijel Amos's 800 of 1:44.08
Timur Morgunov's PV of 18-10.50
Luvo Manyonga's LJ of 27-9.25
And Lillian Rengerek's 3000 time of 8:33.37!
But in 2nd came Norah Tanui's 8:33.61, a PR!
On my World Combined Events list for the 3000 & 3000SC, her times of 8:33.61 and 8:59.62 adds to 17:33.23!
She is 3rd A-T!!
In other Zagreb news---
Ryan Crouser's SP lob of 72-5.75 beat Tom Walsh's 71-5.50!
Marie Josee Ta Lou's 11.05 took the Women's 100, while Michael Rodgers's 10.08 took the Men's!
Salwa Naser again had her way with the 400 Women of the World--winning that event in 50.54.
Sandra Perkovic took the DT with her 221-9.
And Elijah Manangoi won the 1500 in 3:32.52.
But Yomif Kejelcha got a small PR, time of 3:32.59.
When added to his 5000 time of 12:46.79, it adds to 16:19.38.
On my World C-E list for those events, he moves from 6th A-T, tied with 1 other, to 5th!
Before I turn to that CC fiasco, let's look at some Road action (& a Special Track Mile)!
In the latter, the race being dubbed the David Torrence Memorial, Chris O'Hare's 3:55.53--and Shannon Osika's 4:29.91 took the W's!
Ben Blankenship took 4th in the Men's race, time of 3:57.29.
Rachel Schneider's 4:30.18 beat Emma Coburn's 4:31.08 for 2nd in the Women's division!
The New Haven 20K, the USATF Championship, the winners were Len Korir (60:17) and Sara Hall (69:04).
Haron Lagat's 60:29 was 2nd in the Men's race, with Kiya Dendena taking 3rd in 60:34!
Allie Kieffer was 2nd behind Hall, her 69:20 sending Emma Bates (69:42) into 3rd!
Mo Farah ain't dead!!
His 59:26 took the Great North Half over Jake Robertson's 59:57!
Vivian Cheruiyot won the Women's race in 67:43!
Brigid Kosgei was 2nd in 67:52, with Joyciline Jepkosgei taking the Bronze in 68:10!
Rhonex Kipruto stormed through the Prague 10K in a near-Road WR time of 26:46!!
He's still a teenager!!
Caroline Kipkirui took the Women's race in 30:19!
Finally (on the Road, that is!), we have the venerable Fifth Avenue Mile!
And Jenny Simpson continues to make this HER race, winning for the 7th time in 4:18.9.
But Colleen Quigley--having a great year!--came on strong at the end, but her 4:19.2 fell short of stopping the Simpson train!
Melissa Courtney took 3rd in 4:20.3, just ahead of Emma Coburn's 4:20.5, and Alexa Efraimson's 4:21.0!!
The Men's race was a snorer, relatively speaking!
But it did produce an upset of sorts, as Jake Wightman's 3:53.6 beat this race's Male equivalent of Simpson--Nick Willis--who ran 3:54.2.
Eric Avila was the first US finisher, time of 3:54 something in 4th!
Matthew Centrowitz--recovering from a slight injury--finished just 12th!
That Continental Cup!
Oh my!
(For the best account of this IAAF TRAVESTY, please read Alan Shank's lengthy rundown on the T&FN Message Board!)
As a Blogger whose main purpose is to report Top End Marks--and the variety of Records broken, I looked at the CC results as just marks to be reported!
All the incredibly INSANE format rules created by Sebastian Coe & Co (aka the IAAF) were ignored by me!!
(You'll get a massive migraine if you try to read the dozens of comments on the T&FN MB about the FORMAT!!)
I will NOT try to explain them here!
But you'll get the gist of them by two examples--
The distance races were a "devil take the hindmost" circus!
Because of how the field events were held, the results page showed the athlete having the longest throw sometimes NOT winning!!
(Although apparently the $30,000 prize for 1st was given to the REAL winners!!)
Anyway......!!!
First, some Meet Records were broken!!
Abderahman Samba TIED the Meet Record (Edwin Moses ran 47.37 in the 1981 World Cup, this meet's precursor!), his 47.37 a VERY decent time!
DeAnna Price's 247-7 not only got her the MR, but she whomped 2nd placer Anita Wlodarczyk by 2 meters, AW hitting 240-11!
Sifan Hassan won the 3000 in 8:27.50, another MR!
The 3 other finishers (Don't ask!! LOL)--besides Hassan--included Senbere Teferi (8:32.49), Helen Obiri (8:36.20), and that German lass known as KK, her time being 8:38.04!
Beatrice Chepkoech sailed through the 3000SC in the MR time of 9:07.92!
Courtney Frerichs was a far back 2nd in 9:15.22.
The Women's PV ignored the rules, and gave us a SOLID competition!
Anzhelika Sidorova, Sandi Morris, and Ekaterina Stefanida all topped the bar set at 15-11!!
But Sidorova claimed the W--and the MR!
Morris was given 2nd, with Stefanidi getting the Bronze!
Morris's mark ties the best 2nd Place mark, while Stef's gets sole possession of the best 3rd Place mark!
Once again, this blog is interested only in the Marks--the rules be damned!!
So here are the rest of the REAL winning marks, divided by sex---
Men
Darlan Romani's 71-10 took the SP!
Emmanuel Korir jogged his 800 in 1:46.50.
Alonzo Edward took the 200 in 20.19.
That was run INTO a wind of 1.6!!
Fedric Dacres took the DT with 223-0.
Consesius Kipruto "ran" the 3000SC in 8:22.55.
Dilshod Nazarov won the HT with his 253-9.
Christian Taylor won the TJ with 57-8.50!
Sergey Shubenkov took the 110H in 13.03.
Sam Kendricks beat Renaud Lavillenie in the PV, 19-2.25 to 19-0.25!
Abdelelah Haroun won a sluggish 400 in 44.72.
Thomas Rohler won the JT with his 285-8!
Another MoBot affair was the 1500, with Elijah Manangoi's WALK of 3:40.00 finding Jakob Ingebrigtsen in 3rd, 0.80 seconds back!
Paul Chelimo was 1st in the 3000, time of 7:57.13.
Noah Lyles took the 100 over Bingtian Su, 10.01 to 10.03!
The "Americas" team took the 4X100 Relay in 38.05.
Women
Danielle Williams upset Kendra Harrison in the 100H, 12.49 to 12.52!
Marie Josee Ta Lou beat Dina Asher-Smith in the 100, 11.14 to 11.16.
The 1500 was a (literal??) walk in the park for Winny Chebet, her embarrassing time of 4:16.01 beating Shelby Houlihan's 4:16.36!
But their finishes were solid--1:46.66 for the last 700, and 42.59 for the last 300!
Salwa Naser sped the 400 in 49.32!!
The Americas 4X100 Relay team won in 42.11.
Sandra Perkovic took the DT with 224-6.
Mariya Lasitskene (Yawn!) won the HJ, clearing 2 meters, or 6-6.75!
While "CS" was doing "her" thing somewhere up front, Ajee Wilson won the WOMEN's 800 in 1:57.16 over Natoya Goule's 1:57.36.
SMU--aka Shaunae Miller-Uibo--won the 200 in 22.16, beating Dafne Schippers's 22.28!
Janieve Russell won the 400H in 53.62, beating Shamier Little, who ran 53.86.
Raven Saunders beat some big ones--her 64-9.25 prevailing over Christina Schwanitz's 64-8.75, and Lijiao Gong, who was in the high-63's!
Huihui Lyu won the JT with 209-7.
And then there's Caterine Ibarguen, who doubled--taking her Triple Jump specialty, and the LJ!!
Her TJ measured 48-5.25.
But her 22-9 LJ broke her own National Record of Colombia!!
On my World Combined Events list for the Horizontals, her 22-9 and 50-3 adds to 73-0!
This makes her 4th A-T!
The ending event of this Circus of Horrors was a MIXED (or co-ed!) 4X400 Relay!
The Americas team won it in 3:13.01!
After the Men (Christian Taylor and Liguelin Santos) hit the half in 1:31.44, Stephanie McPherson and SMU ran the Women's parts in around 51x & 50x, their splits adding to 1:41.57!
In the Sad News Department, Michael Johnson suffered what was described as a "mini-stroke"!
But he's reportedly (He tweeted about it!!) okay now!
He's in his early 50's!
A Reminder--Read Alan Shank's perspective on the CC meet on T&FN's Message Board!!
The Berlin Marathon is next week, but reports are that the heat might be too high for its usual speedy WR chase!
Also upcoming is the Talence Multi's--entrants unknown!
And of course the Cross Country season is up and running!
The "heavy hitters" have yet to toe the line, so nothing to report from that sector!!
See you soon-ish!
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