Friday, October 19, 2018

NEW!--Record Book lists for--XC!

Yes, yes, I know!
For 40 years of my Record Book---and almost 5 years of this blog--I've said NYET to making lists of XC times!
You know all the reasons--just read some of my recent posts!

But then Katelyn Tuohy began doing more damage to XC Course Records than....fill in the blanks!
So I wondered---where does she stand in comparison to other A-T greats?
And what about other great runners in XC history?

At first, I had a HUGE project in mind---create DDD's (Top 24 A-T Performers) for the Men's 10K & Women's 6K for ALL the races ever run at those distances---in the Conferences, Regionals, the Championship race itself!
And do the same for High Schoolers---only over the 5000 distance!!
Don't focus on JUST the NCAA Champs, the NXN and Footlocker races!

BUT---then reality dug in its ugly old claws!!
The corpulent humongousness of the project became a bit overwhelming!!
So I toned it down!
I'd go for JUST the best times run at the NCAA meet, and the pair of HS events.
Since athletes peak for those meets, I figured MOST of the best marks would come from them!!

I'm going to present all the lists I compiled over the past two days below.
Used the T&FN Archives for NCAA results (the 10K distance was set in motion in 1976--the 6K for Women not until this century!!).
Both HS meets have done the 5K from their beginnings!
BTW, the Footlocker race was sponsored by Kinney from 1979 to 1992, and then by Footlocker from 1993 to today!
I'll present guidelines and a bit of commentary for each set of lists!

NCAA--Men and Women
While this meet is ancient, as noted above, the Men ran other distances before 1976!
The Women began with the 5000, and only moved to the 6K in the 21st century!
The very first Men's 10K saw Henry Rono set a Record that's never been broken!!
TWELVE of the 24 marks came from that 1976 race!
I've asked Garry Hill for confirmation that this wasn't another 6 Mile race---but the intro to the Archives SAYS they began running 10000's in 1976!!
What an incredible race!!!
The 2017 race was quite productive for the Women---with 8 of the 24 marks coming from there!!

I'll give last names, their time, and the year.
(Women's names are their married names, NOT their names in College!!)
Men on the left, Women on the right!

1.  H Rono                28:06.60   1976          Kurgat               19:19.5   2017
2. Kimombwa          28:16.78    1976          Neale                 19:27.0   2017
3. Virgin                   28:26.53    1976          Saina                 19:27.9   2012
4.  Lindsay               28:30.69     1976         Kipyego             19:28.1   2008
5.  Kithuka               28:31.3       2012         D'Agostino        19:28.6   2012
6.  Treacy                 28:34.84     1976         Hasay                 19:28.6   2012
7.  Salazar                28:37.4       1979         Seidel                 19:28.6    2015
8.  Sambu                 28:38.6      2012          Taylor                 19:28.6   2017
9.  Waigwa               28:39.0      1976           Flanagan            19:31     2003
10. Chelanga            28:41.3      2009           Ostrander           19:31.3  2017
11.  O'Shaughnessy  28:43.16    1976          Avery                  19:31.6  2014
12.  Lalang                28:44.1     2011           Tuliamuk            19:33.6   2012
13. Motshwaratau     28:45.6     1981           J Nilsson            19:34       2005
14. Cheserek             28:45.8     2015           Pyzik                  19:34.1   2017
15. Martin                 28:46.37   1976           Krumins             19:34.9    2008
16. Cheboiywo         28:47         2001          Sang                    19:35.6   2017
17. Koskei                28:47.3      1979          Kelati                   19:35.8   2017
18. Musyoki             28:48.4      1981          G Murphy            19:36.3   2017
19. Chapa                 28:49.58    1976          Fanning                19:37.1   2008
20. Munyala            28:52.79      1976         Disanza                19:39.9   2014
21. Keflizighi          28:54            1997        Scott-Erfurd         19:40.9    2015
22.  Peterson            28:54.25       1976        R Kimaiyo           19:41      2012
23.  Kimeto             28:55.70       1976         Reid                     19:41.2   2011
24.  Deegan             28:56.9         1977         Schweizer            19:41.7   2016

NXN--Men & Women
This meet just started in 2004!
Lousy weather has spoiled some great races and slowed times, as it's held in Portland in December!!
Also, it's mainly a team event, with individuals getting secondary consideration!
But some great ones have run there!!

1.  Wilmot               15:00    2013               Tuohy               16:44.7    2017
2.  Zeinasellassie     15:03    2011               Efraimson        16:50.1    2013
3.  Clinger               15:03.2  2015              Cranny             16:53.8    2013
4.  Troutner              15:03.9  2017             Rainsberger      16:56.8    2015
5.  Gedyon               15:04.5   2009            Baxter               16:57.8    2013
6.  Veatch                 15:04.8   2015            Oakley              17:10.1   2016
7.  Parsons               15:05.6   2015            Donaghu           17:10.2   2015
8.  Hasty                  15:05.9   2017           Logue               17:14.2    2015
9.  L Anderson        15:07.6   2017           Chmiel              17:15.4    2015
10. Haney               15:09       2013             B Hasz             17:17.1    2015
11.  T Anderson      15:09      2013              Ostrander           17:19      2014
12.  Lutz                  15:09.2   2009             Endsley             17:19.6   2015
13.  Carpenter          15:09.7   2015           Learheiser         17:20.2   2015
14.  Joe Rosa           15:09.8   2009           Pendergast        17:20.8   2015
15.  De La Rosa     15:10       2013            Devlin               17:22.1   2015
16.  W Beck           15:10      2013             Wheeler            17:23.2    2015
17.  Geberkidane    15:10      2013            Ratliff                17:23.9    2015
18.  Mwaura           15:12.6   2017            Troy                   17:24.2    2015
19.   Hacker            15:13.0   2014            West                  17:25.6    2015
20.   McMillan       15:13.0    2013            G Ping              17:25.7    2015
21.   Herrera           15:13.2    2015            Neal                  17:25.8    2015
22.  Caldwell         15:14        2013            Hofstad            17:26        2014
23.  Yoho               15:14       2013             Sveinsson         17:27       2008
24.   Connor           15:14       2008            (See NOTE below!)

NOTE--As I was typing this list here, I realized I had TWO marks for Kelsey Chmiel!!
As this is a PERFORMERS list, not performances, only one mark per athlete!
Since the next race is just a few weeks away, I'm NOT going to do research to find another mark to fill the 24th spot!
I'm sure the 2018 race will fill the gap!!
Sorry!
SECOND NOTE---Also, when Tuohy broke the Course Record last year, it was said she broke Rainsberger's mark by 11 seconds!  But if you notice, you'll see Efraimson ran 16:50 in 2013 in winning that fabulous race against Cranny & Baxter!  But then Tuohy would have broken EFRAIMSON's mark--and by just 5 seconds, not 11.  So what's the deal?  My guess is that the course changed after the 2013 race, so Rainsberger's mark became the NEW Course's Record!!  And thus the general reference to Touhy breaking THAT CR, not Efraimson's!!  But the distances were the same!!

And now for the---
Footlocker--Men & Women
As noted above, this race started as the Kinney race, then became Footlocker in 1993!
But it's the same event!!
This race has "regional teams", but the clear emphasis is on individuals!!
Also, it seems this decade has not been very good on the Guy's side, as the most recent marks on that list are from 2011.
The Gals aren't much better, as only Lane's mark comes from after 2010!!
Well, this is taking a lot of space---and time--so let's get to it!

1.  Ritzenhein               14:29    1999          Trotter               16:24.07   2001
2.  Reynolds                  14:35.7 1982         Fairchild            16:39.2     1990
3.  R Reina                    14:36.8  1985        Robinson           16:40.4     1981
4.  M Davis                  14:38.1   1986        Stamps               16:41.9     1994
5.  Solinsky                  14:40.5   2002        Brommer           16:43.2     1980
6.  M Mastalir              14:41.3   1985        J Smith               16:43.7    1983
7.  Goucher                  14:41.7   1993        Keough               16:43.8    1985
8.  Connelly                 14:49.5   1982        O'Brien               16:48.1    1984
9.  Williams                 14:49.8   1986        Cuffe                   16:53       2010
10. Dameworth            14:49.9   1989        Hall                     16:55       2000
11.  Fout                      14:50       2007        Siraki                  16:58       2000
12.  Fry                        14:50      1984      Curtin                  16:58.6    1982
13.  Moore                  14:50.41  2001       Strauss                16:59.9    1981
14.  Dani                     14:50.9    1985      L Craven             17:01.0    1981
15.  Hume                   14:51.41  1985      Rowen                17:02.3    1982
16.  Lockhart              14:51.55   2001       Lane                   17:03.4    2017
17.  Alexander            14:51.9    1981       Odlaug               17:04.30  2001
18.  Cheserek              14:52       2011    Schubert             17:04.6    1982
19.  Henes                   14:52.6    1985      Chamberlain      17:04.7    1984
20.  Keflizighi            14:53.0     1993       Hasay                 17:05       2005
21.  Marden                14:53        1980       Roetter               17:05.14  2001
22.  Zeinasellassie      14:53        2011       Volpe                 17:06.2    1982
23.  S Taylor               14:53.6     1982       Goethals            17:06.9    2009
24.  (See NOTE below!)                            Sveinsson          17:07.1    2009

NOTE--As I was finishing typing these lists, I noticed I'd miscounted the number of Men's marks I had.  I was one short!  Again, I'll hope the 2018 race will fill the gap!!

Well, thanks for staying with me!
This was SUPPOSED to be a "vacation" for this blogger!
Some vacation, eh??!!

Hope you enjoyed this!!
See you soon!

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