CR tops Conferences (& Mary's Back)

A PERSONAL NOTE--
Nearing 75, my physical self ain't what it used to be!
Now it's my eyesight that's worsening!
Not blind (yet!!), I have trouble seeing light print against a light background!
I need a background like I have here to be able to see and read the words!
But I still can see!!
It just takes longer to gather the material for my blog!

I've always prided myself on the SPEED at which I've posted the latest Records & Marks!
As well as the ACCURACY of what I post!!
Now I can't do either!!

So what to expect?
Fewer reports with fewer marks!
More corrections in later posts!
Maybe less (or NO??) Previews!!

What you WILL get is my same controversial opinions and my same sense of humor (HUH??), and my same LOVE of the sport!!

Now let's "see" what went down this past weekend!!

MONDO DID IT!!!!
Armand Duplantis now holds BOTH Collegiate Records--INdoors and OUTdoors!
He glided over the bar set at 6.00, or 19-8.25, at the SEC meet!!
Having seen the video, it was a clean vault, strong, fast, his powerful body went over the bar, and on landing, he pumped those arms in joyful celebration!!

Now he can try for 20 feet at the NCAA's, then turn Pro, and live happily ever after!!

While Mondo surely is the best Collegiate Male---and maybe the best in the WORLD!!--he still must face a hard core crowd at the NC's!!
Oh yeah, forgot to mention he broke the SEC Meet Record, his own Age 19 Record, and his own Frosh Class Record!!


Then there's those 110 Hurdles!!
We all knew the talents of Grant Holloway!
And maybe were impressed also by what Daniel Roberts had done INdoors this year!!

But after what THEY did at the SEC, who can we say is better??

BOTH ran 13.07, simply the second best Collegiate time on record--after the 13.00 by Renaldo Nehemiah!!
Holloway led off by taking the heats in his 13.07!
This was the SEC Meet Record, and made him 2nd A-T Collegiate, and 19th A-T US!!

But Roberts won the final with HIS 13.07!1
This of course tied him for 2nd A-T Collegiate, as well as 19th A-T US!!
Not only that, he BEAT Holloway, who ran "just" 13.12!!
WOW!!

And what to think of Cravon Gillespie??
Huh?
Who??

Cravon (Like crayon, but with a V!) merely became the first Oregon Duck to break 10 seconds in the 100 meters!!
Highlighting the PAC-12 meet, he ran an easy 10.10 in the heats on Friday--AFTER a 3 hour delay due to lightning!!
Then he blasted a 9.97 in Saturday's final, winning by 0.28 seconds!
It ties the PAC-12 Meet  Record, and is 15th A-T Collegiate, tied with 6 others!
He returned later to turn a half lap in a PR of 20.17!!
This Duck ain't no waddler!!

Devin Dixon proved his INdoor speed wasn't limited to four walls and a roof-type venues!!
His 1:44.76 is the SEC Meet Record, and ranks 12th A-T Collegiate, tied with 2 others!

The SEC's also saw Yanis David break through into the 47's in the TJ!
Her 47-1 is her first in that foot range, and makes her 2nd A-T Collegiate!!

Mackenzie Little threw the Javelin 194-0 to break Rachel Yurkovich's PAC-12 Meet Record!
Camryn Rogers won  the HT with her 228-11.
This makes this relative unknown 15th A-T Collegiate!!

Janeek Brown seems to have moved into truly elite class hurdling!
After an earlier 12.57, she improved to 12.55 to beat Payton Chadwick's 12.70 at the always speedy SEC's!
Brown is now 5th A-T Collegiate, while Chadwick is now 17th A-T Collegiate, tied with 4 others!

Other good marks--
Jordan Geist won the PAC-12 SP with his 69-2--and was disappointed!
Hakim Sani Brown ran the Century in 9.99.
Quincy Hall took the SEC 400 in 44.60!
Another new name took the Women's race --Kaitlin Campbell won it in 51.05!

The Trojan Women of USC ran the 4X100 in 42.44 for the PAC-12 Meet Record!
That was in the heats!!
They slowed a mite in the final--to 42.45!!

The Texas State HS Championships saw some VERY good marks!!

Remember DeSoto's Women breaking the HSR in the 4X100 with their 44.44??
Well, they did it again!!
Now the HSR is 44.34!!

Jasmine Moore continues to inch toward the 45 foot line in the TJ!!
Her newest PR is 44-10 which makes her 2nd A-T HS!!
BTW, the new eTN says that mark is THIRD A-T HS!!
But I believe they're using the COMBINED marks from IN & OUT!!
Uh uh, T&FN!!
She is 2nd A-T OUTdoors!
For me, that's what is real!!

And Natthew Boling  rolls on!
His newest 100 PR is 10.13, which makes him 5th A-T HS, tied with 1 other!
But maybe even better, he ran a reported 44.75 Relay leg!!
If that had been in an open race, he'd be just 0.06 seconds off the HSR!!
Where does his future lay??

Those World Relays!!
Jeez!
Was it an embarrassment of riches--or just a humongous embarressment??

First, the US 4X400 squads didn't do so well!
The Men were DQ'ed!!
(Running out of lane!)
And the Women LOST--to Poland!!
Not only that, the times weren't anything to brag about!

Jamaica's 4X200 Women also didn't do so well--despite having both Shelley Ann Fraser-Pryce and Elaine Thompson on board!!
One of the hand-offs was--let's say comically bumbled!!

But they couldn't match what happened during the Men's 4X100!
One dude (on Japan's team) couldn't connect with his partner the first time.
So he tried again!
Then the guy in front couldn't hold onto the baton, as it got tossed in the air like a juggling pin!!
(Where's Syd the Kid when you need her??)
Defying gravity and all of that, he finally grabbed that naughty stick, and proceeeded forward!!
And they were NOT disqualified!!

Definitely the VIRAL VIDEO of the Year!!

The times & such--
Poland's Women ran 3:27, as did the USA and Italy!
No Men's team broke 3 minutes!
But  Trinidad & Tobago won the race where the US was DQ'ed!!
Michel Cedeno ran a fantastic anchor!!
France took that Women's 4X200 where Jamaica fumbled!
Brazil's Men beat the US--38.05 to 38.07--after a bad pass on the 3rd leg!
But the Americans did win some--the Women's 4X100  and the Men's 4X200, despite a strong anchor by Akani Simbine!

But you really gotta see that Japnese baton fumble!!
It's CLASSIC!!

One more comment on this DISASTER of a meet!
Cancel future editions UNLESS you have a FULL slate of Relays!!
The 4X800, the 4X1500, the 4 X Mile, the SMR, and the DMR!!
The longest leg this time was 400 meters!
Yes, an embarrassment!!

A couple of "old" marks--
Trevor Stewart ran the 400 in 44.50!
And Kayla White ran the first  sub-11 of the year--by ANY Woman!!--with her 10.96!
She added a 200 of 22.52!

The USATF 25K Road Race--held in Grand Rapids, Michigan--saw Parker Stinson break the American Record for this 15.6 mile distance!!
His 1:13:48 broke the old mark by 30 seconds!
BTW, that's about 4:45 pace!!
Emma Bates won the Women's race in 1:23:51!

Who is the "Mary" of my title?
None other than Mary Cain!!
She's BACK!!

Or is she??

As Let's Run says, it was her first COMPLETED race in 918 days!!
Cain--who just turned 23!!--actually won this 4 Mile Road Race through NYC's Central Park!
Her time was a slow 21:50--or 5:27.5 per mile!!
She won it, but I saw no mention of who took 2nd, or any other names of other runners!
And we should remember that Central Park has hills, so the time isn't inidicative of her current shape!!

And THAT is the "to be or not to be" Question of the YEAR!!
DOES she intend to run a TRACK race this year--and WHEN??

ADDED minutes later--
Go to Let's Run for an EXCELLENT video on Mary!
In it, she explains her injury cycle and recovery--still omgoing!
She does all of the talking, and there are great shots of her running in Mammoth Lakes!!

See you soon--I hope!!
(That was sort of a joke!)