Jenn Suhr topped the Texas Relays Pole Vault, shattering her own Age 37 Record by 7.75 inches!!
But that was NOT the big news on the PV front!!
No, that honor belongs to new Washington Husky Olivia Gruver!
In a meet mostly known for its distance results---and that side of the Stanford Invitational did not disappoint!!---we now have a new Record holder in the Women's Collegiate PV!!
Gruver--a transfer from Kentucky for her Senior year--cleared 15-1.50 on 2nd attempt!
She then cleared the Record breaker of 15-6.25, also on 2nd try!
She'd been a highly rated vaulter for awhile now, but to "rust-bust" a Collegiate Record is unprecedented!!
She also gets the Meet Record and the Senior Class Record!
She is now 5th A-T US, tied with 1 other!
But she misses the World list by a mere 0.75 inches!!
The previous holder of the Record--Lexi Jacobus--didn't do so well!
The former Weeks twins competed at Texas, but gave Suhr no competition!
Jenn--in addition to the Age 37 Record--breaks her own Texas Relays Meet Record!
But it was Tori Hoggard who took the Silver, clearing a decent 14-9!
Jacobus couldn't even top 14 feet!!
As for that 10000, Emily Sisson and Molly Huddle had a wing-ding battle---until the final lap or so!!
They hit the halfway point in an average time around 15:40.
Not a jog, but nothing that would indicate what they would do for the final 5000!!
As Huddle died on that last lap, Sisson charged ahead, breaking the tape in 30:49.57, the fastest ever time run anywhere in the World prior to April!!
Sisson gets the Stanford Invite Meet Record, and moves from 15th A-T US to 3rd!!
Only Huddle and Shalane Flanagan are ahead of her!!
Huddle ended in 30:58.46!!
Behind her--by over a minute--came an army of Collegiates surprisingly (for this early in the season!) greatly revising the A-T Collegiate list!!
Allie Ostrander's 32:06.71 is 10th A-T Collegiate!!
In 4th came Syracuse's Paige Stoner, whose 32:07.46 ranks her 12th A-T Collegiate!
The battle of the Kurgat's was won by Caroline--out of University of Alaska-Anchorage!
Her time of 32:08.09 rates her 13th A-T Collegiate!
Ednah finished in 7th--separated from her namesake by a Japanese runner!--timed in 32:14.27, which makes her 20th A-T Collegiate, tied with 1 other!!
Cut OFF this list was the final Woman whose time was run in the 20th Century--Christine McMiken's 32:17.1 from 1986!!
But Sisson was the class of the field, and her 5000 splits of 15:40 and 15:09 are simply incredible, and show much promise for much faster times!!
There were other good marks from this weekend, but none that really stand out from the others!
But if I had to choose one, I'd give my vote to Anderson Peters, who PR'ed in the Javelin Throw by more than 10 feet!
His 282-4 at the Florida Relays gave him the Grenada National Record, and the Senior Class Record!
He moves from 7th A-T Collegiate to 3rd!!
I'll list the remaining marks by event group!!
Sprints & Hurdles
Brianna Williams sped the 200 in 23.29, wind of 1.3.
Also in FL, Tamara Davis ran the 100 heats in 11.32, then improved to 11.27 in the final!
Sharrika Barnett got the World Leader in the 400, time of 50.96!
Maybe the most surprising result from this grouping came in the Women's 400H!
Tia-Adana Belle--a 22 year old from Barbados--ran the World-Leading time of 54.18!
She broke the FL Meet Record by a whopping 0.70 seconds!
But even more incredible was that her previous best was just 55.52--so her improvement there was 1,34 seconds!!
All of a sudden, the World has a new star for the one lap Hurdles!!
Distances
In addition to that Stanford 10K, other Distance marks of note--
Jessica Hull took the Stanford 5000 in 15:34.93!!
Note that Sisson's SECOND 5K was 15:09!!
The Stanford Men's 10K was dominated by BYU athletes!
Winning was Connor Mantz, time of 28:18.16.
In 2nd came teammate Clayton Young's 28:18.50!
The World XC Championships took place on a REAL Cross Country course in Denmark!!
By "real", I mean it wasn't run over a flat or rolling hills golf course,!!
The times indicate the nature of the course terrain!!
Geoff Kamworor just can't win this event!
In his 3rd try, he came in third!!
The race was taken by Joshua Cheptegei, time of 31:40!
Jacob Kiplimo took Silver in 31:44.
Kamworor's time was 31:55!
Not even close!
The Women's race belonged to Helen Obiri!
The Kanyan Policewoman took charge early, and never let anyone pass her!
Her time was a ridiculous 36:14!
(No wonder I don't really care for XC--times are entirely meaningless!!)
Diro Dida's time of 36:16 does not mean it was a competitive race!
It belonged entirely to Obiri!
In 3rd came Letesenbet Gidey's 36:21.
The first American was the Vet Stephanie Bruce, who ran 39:09 in 53rd place!!
The U20 Women's race went to Beatrice Chebet's 20:59!
The Men's U20 race had Jakob Ingebrigtsen in it!
But he was a non-factor, finishing just 12th in 24:37!
The race was won by Mihasa Mengeha (sp?) in 23:52!
Most of the best marks came in the field events!
So I'll divide those up into sub-groups!!
Horizontal Jumps
Brooke Stratton of Australia LJ'ed 22-1.50!
A HS Frosh--Carlyn Harris--LJ'ed 20-2.50!
I list this because the Frosh Class Record is 21-0, giving her a shot at it later in the season!!
Thea LaFond TJ'ed 47-2.50 at the Florida Meet!
She gets that Meet Record!!
But the most-talked about LJ was done by HS sprint leader Matthew Boling!
He now is a 26-3.50 LJ'er also!!
This makes him 7th A-T HS!!
Vertical Jumps
HS'er Shelby Tyler HJ'ed 6-0.50!
Gennifer Hirata became the latest 14 foot Pole Vaulter--and she beat the new INdoor HSR holder in getting that mark!
Hirata's 14-0 jump makes her 7th A-T HS, tied with 7 others!
Chloe Cunliffe cleared just 13-6 in 3rd place!
At the Raleigh Relays, Morgan Smalls missed the A-T HS list by one half inch, clearing 6-0.75!!
Vashti Cunningham cleared 6-4.25 at the Stanford meet!
And Chris Nilsen topped 19-0.25 in the TX meet!
Shot Put
Turner Washington, competing unattached, threw the ball 68-3.25!
In New Zealand, Konrad Bukowiecki beat Home favorite Tom Walsh--69-11/50 to 68-4.50!
Chase Ealey continues her rise in the Women's US Shot Put ranks!
Also in New Zealand, she threw the ball 62-2.25, making her 16th A-T US!!
Payton Otterdahl opened his OUTdoor season in pretty good fashion!
His 69-8.25 moves him up one spot on the A-T Collegiate list, from 19th to 18th!
Discus Throw
Shamier Love tossed the disc 201-11, making her 17th A-T Collegiate!
Brian Williams won the FL Discus Throw with his 207-10!
But significant in 2nd was SP stud Payton Otterdahl, adding a 201-4 here to his SP mark!
See above!
Javelin Throw
Kylee Carter threw the spear 188-6, making her 19th A-T on both the Collegiate and US lists!
Before his huge PR in FL, Anderson Peters threw 271-1.
Tatiana Khaladovich reached 216-2 at the European Throwers meet!!
Mackenzie Little chucked the spear 192-1 at Stanford!
\Hammer Throw
Most of the Throws marks came in this event!
Alyssa Wilson threw the implement 223-5, making her 23rd A-T Collegiate!
Gwen Berry reached 237-8.
Mahiwa Malychuk threw 245-10 in the Euros Throws meet!
But Beatrice Llanos and Brooke Anderson made inroads of a better nature!
Llanos's 234-4 gets her the Soph Class Record!!
And it makes her 7th A-T Collegiate!
She's a Soph (Sic!) at my sister's alma mater--Arizona State University!
Anderson reached 243-4, missing her 2018 PR by a measly inch!
But she got the consolation prize of the Texas Relays Meet Record!!
One good Heptathlon score to report--
Ashtin Zamzow scored 6148 points in the TX meet!
This makes her 11th A-T Collegiate!
BTW, I believe I made a big deal of her first name in a previous post, thinking it was spelled ASHTON--as in Mr Eaton!
But it's Ashtin!!
LOL
The Men's event went to her Texas A&M teammate, Nathan Hite, who scored 7774 points!!
In other news--
Valerie Adams gave birth to her 2nd child a few weeks early!
But child and mom are fine!!
(Will she be ready for Doha??)
And Sally Pearson shocked more than a few people by announcing she's abandoning the 100H as a separate event, and will now be a Heptathlete!
She didn't mention Doha, but said she's aiming to be in Tokyo in 2020!!
She should score MASSIVE points in the Hurdles event!!
LOL
Next up is my final OUTdoor Preview for this season--my World, US, Collegiate, and HS Records predictions!!
Considering Olivia Gruver beat me to the punch,,,,!!!
See you soon!!
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