Tuesday, June 11, 2019

NCAA--Records, Upsets & Breakthroughs

WOW, what a meet!!
Three Collegiate, and 7 Meet Records!
Four days of incredible marks fired by some of the best competition!
Lots to report, so let's get to it!

Mondo Duplantis lost!
In one of the biggest upsets, Chris Nilsen PR'ed to beat the Swedish-American WonderBoy!
But was it a BAD day for Mr Duplantis!
Hell NO!!
He cleared 19-0.25, and should feel no shame!

But Nilsen went over a bar set at 19-6.25, and Mondo couldn't respond!

Looking at it fairly, it's been a rock steady year for Nilsen, while Mondo--despite his Collegiate Records--has had a couple of "off" days!
Consistency always wins!
Nilsen gets the Meet Record and the Junior Class Record!
He's 3rd A-T Collegiate and 9th A-T US!!
But he misses the World list by a quarter inch!!


Behind Mondo came a total unknown--to me and I'll bet to the entire T&F community!!
Clayton Fritsch--a Soph at Sam Houston--went over 18-10.25, making him a sudden player!
This makes him 14th A-T Collegiate, tied with 2 others!
Then came 4 others, all clearing 18-8.25!
Then came KC Lightfoot, another stranger named Michael Cox, then Zach Bradford and Brandon Bray!!
Oh yeah, one more item---
Mondo went Pro a day later!!
Goodbye Collegiate career!!

The 110H was sensational, but not shocking!1
The two steadiest hurdlers on the Men's side--IN or OUT--have been Grant Holloway and Daniel Roberts!

While Holloway almost always won, Roberts was never far behind!
And in  fact--leading into the NC's--Roberts had beaten Holloway, and even had a faster time--13.06 to 13.07!!

The final was letter perfect!
Both started fast, and were near perfect over the barriers, and both had good leans at the tape!

Holloway became the first Collegiate to break the 13 second barrier!
He broke Renaldo Nehemiah's iconic 40 year old CR, runnng 12.98, with Roberts equaling the previous best, 13.00!

The Record carnage began in the Semis, where Roberts ran through the tape in 13.06, a Meet Record!
Holloways cruised through in 13.16!
Then Holloway's 12.98 broke Roberts's MR, and Nehemiah's CR!1
He also got the Junior Class Record!
Holloway is 9th A-T US, and 18th A-T World, tied with 2 others!
Roberts is 2nd A-T Collegiate, tied with Skeets!
He's 13th A-T US, and 20th A-T World, tied with 2 others!!

The third CR went to the Florida 4X100 Relay foursome!
They became the first team to go sub-38, their 37.97 faster than most nations can run!!
They HAD to go that fast, as Florida State ran a quick 38.08!!
Florida gets the MR and CR, while FL State becomes 3rd A-T School!!
Texas Tech was 3rd in 38.45, but they ran faster in the Semis, their 38.37 making them 13th A-T School!!
Florida had run their Semi in 38.35, while Florida State ran 38.43 to  get Day One started speedily!

Speaking of speed, better not blink sn eye watching Sha'Cartri Richardson race the final 40 meters of her 100!!
Earlier this season, she'd tied the Frosh Class Record with 10.99!
This gave NO hint of what was to come in the Final!!

Her blond hair flying behind her, she got off to a solid start, but was behind at halfway!
Then she kicked it into 5th gear on Austin's fast track!!
Gaining yardage with every step, she actually raised her arms in celebration 5 to 7 meters from the line, maybe losing 0.05 or so!!
But her amazing time was finalized at 10.75, which led Dwight Stones and Jill Montgomery to say "Wow!" and "Oh my God!" as they tried to grasp what this young lady had just done!1
She broke th venerable CR and MR of Dawn Sowell, which she ran in 1989!!
At altitude!!

At sea level, Richardson went faster, a time of 10.75--easily THE most shocking Mark of the YEAR!!
(I facetiously asked on Twitter what time the next day she'd announce she's going Pro!1  She hasn't yet, but hinted in an interview she's possibly open to it!!  After all, she's the  World Leader now!!

Besides the CR and MR, Richardson gets the Frosh Class Record--reduced from that earlier 10.99!!--and the Age 19 Record!!
She's 5th A-T US, and 9th A-T World!!

While Richardson was WAY out front, there was a little battle going on over the next few places!
Kayla White emerged the winner in this "second" race, her 10.95 a PR.
She's 5th A-T Collegiate, tied with 1 other!
Twanisha Terry's PR of 10.98 is the Soph Class Record!
She's 11th A-T Collegiate, tied with 3 others!
Teahna Daniels followed in 11.00, a bit in front of Kiara Parker's 11.02 and Kiara Grant's 11.04!1
Parker is now 20th A-T Collegiate, tied with 2 others!1

The Male sprinters also had quite a meet!--from 100 to 400!!

Divine Oduduru won the double, times of 9.86 and 19.73, the latter breaking his own National Record of Nigeria!1
In Semis, Kahmari Montgomery ran the 400 in 44.80, while Trevor Stewart was 0.04 seconds slower!
Oguduru ran his half lap Semi in 19.97!!
Mario Burhe had a fast set of Semis also--9.98 and 20.08!!

The 100 Final gave Oduduru a 9.86, making him 2nd A-T Collegiate!!
The newbie on the sprint scene--Cravon Gillespie--kept improving, his 9.93 taking the Silver!!
He's now 7th A-T Collegiate, tied with 2 others!
And 22nd A-T US, tied with 4 others!
Hakim Sani Brown took 3rd in 9.97, the National Record of Japan!1
He's also 17th A-T Collegiate, tied with a small group of 7 others!!

The Men's 400 was faster than I thought it would be!
Kahmari Montgomery nipped Trevor Stewart by 0.02 seconds, 44.23 to 44.25!1
Momtgomery is 8th A-T Collegiate, and 20th A-T US!!
Stewart is 9th A-T Collegiate, and 23rd A-T US!!

Two other events for the speedsters produced a slough of quality marks!!

The Women's 200 saw Sha'Carri Richardson back in action less than an hour after her 10.75!1
She was heading for a W, but ran out of track!
So it was Angiie Annibus who nipped Richardson by inches, 22.16 to 22.17!1
Annibus is now 4th A-T Collegiate!
For Richardson, she's 5th A-T Collegiate, and gets the Frosh Class Record!!
She's 20th A-T US, tied with 1 other!
Richardson is 22nd A-T US
Cambrea Sturgis and Janeek Brown both ran 22.40 in 3rd and 4th, respectively!1

Oduduru--as noted above--doubled, and his 200 time of 19.73 He's 10th A-T World, tied with 3 others!
The Duck tochopped his unknown former PR to smithereens!
His 19.93 had to be a HUGE PR!!
Gillespie is now 9th A-T Collegiate, tied with 1 other!
Sani Briown sped 20.07 in 3rd!!

Janeek Briwn us for reaL!!
Her winning time of 12.40 improved her PR by 0.13 seconds!
But Chanel Brissett had a bigger PR--0.17 over her Semi time--her 12.52 making her 6th A-T Collegiate, and 14th A-T US!!
Brown became 16th A-T World!
Tonea Marshall ran 12.66, making her 14th A-T Collegiate!1

This is getting rather long, but I'm going to break  the code, and continue on!
My original plan was to do the NCAA's in 2 parts!!
One more event, and I'll then do the rest by event group!!

That one event was the best Distance race of the meet--the Women's 1500!
While I thought a sub 4:10 was possible, I did NOT expect THIS result!!

Sinclaire Johnson--the new kid on the block--took the lead on the last lap, and wouldn't let favored Jessica Hull get past her--swerving back and forth from lane to lane, blocking Hull's attempts to sprint past her!!
Johnson's 4:05.98 and Hull's 4:06.27 was the result!!
Only Jenny (Barringer) Simpson's outlier of 3:59.90--run at the Pre meet in 2009--is faster on the Collegiate list!1
Johnson gets 2nd A-T Collegiate, while Hull now ranks 4th!!


Apologies for the length--and more apologies for the truncated fashion of the remainder of the results!!
That's what happens when you get a qua;ity meet!1

Sprints & 4X400 Relay
Some fast times in the long Relay's Semis---Texas A&M ran 3L01.26!
Iowa ran 3:01.41, while while Moorth Carolina A&T ran 3:02 and change!
Western Kentucky ran 3:02.04, making them 23rd A-T School!
Quincy Hall won the 400H in a slight PR of 48.48!
This makes him 13th A-T Collegiate!

In the long Relay, Texas A&M almost got the CR, missing by 0.05 seconds!
Their 2:59.05 makes them 2nd A-T School!
Florida's 2:59.60 makes them 4th A-T School!
Houston's 3:00.07  makes them 10th A-T School, and Iowa's 3:00.14 maskes them 12th A-T School!
Wadeline Jonathas took the Women's 400 in 50.60!
That mskes her 19th A-T Collegiate, tied with 2 others!
Texas A&M won the 4X400 Relay in 3:25.57!
That makes them 6th A-T School!
Arkansas ran 3:25.89, but won the meet in this event when USC fumbled the baton!!

Distances!
Except for the 1500 listed above, the only other distancerace worth mentioning is the Women's 3000SC, where Allie Ostrangder was in total control, and won in a slight PR of 9:37.73!
In other distance  stuff, Weini Kelati and Clayton Young took the 10000's in respective times of 33:10 and 29:16!

The Men's 800 was alsookay, as Bryce Hoppel won in 1:44.41 over Devin Dixon, who also got under 1:45!
, making him 5th A-T Collegiate!
Festus Lagat ran 1:45.05 in 3rd, making him 21st A-T Collegiate!

Dani Jones and Morgan McDonald won very slow 5000'ds--the Women's race won in 15:50, and the Men's in 14:06!
Jones beat Taylor Werner, while McDonald won over Grant Fisher!!
Jazmine Fray won the 800 in 2:01.17 using a negative split!

Field Events (except the Men's PV, listed above!)---
Tori Hoggard won the Women's PV with a slight PR of 14-11.50!
Her sister Lexi Jacobus, the Rio Olympian, could clear just 13-9.25 and secure a multi-way tie for 9th!!
Tripp Piperi won a good Men's SP with a good 69-3.25!
This makes him 22nd A-T Collegiate!
Jordan Geist wasd 2nd, while INdoor CR holder Payton Otterdahl was relegated to 4th!!
Anderson Peters broke the JT Meet Record TWICE---first with a heave of 277-11, then with his winner of 284-2!1

Samantha Noenning won the Women's SP with her 59-6.25!
This makes her 20th A-T Collegiate , tied with 1 other!!

Camryn Rogers won a good Women's Hammer Throw!
Her 234-7  beat Erin Reese's 233-2!
The latter is now 9th A-T Collegiate!
Alyssa Wilson took 3rd with her 228-10!
Sade Olatoye's 227-7 was 4th, and makes her 14th A-T Collegiate!1

Rogers also gets 13th A-T US!!
JuVaughn Harrison took the LJ with a leap of 26-11!
Mackenzie Little threw her Javelin out 185-0 for an easy W!
Yanis David took the LJ with a mark of 22-5.25!
This makes her 6th A-T Collegiate , tied with 1 other!
But she lost her signature event--the tJ--to Shadia Lawrence, 45-10.25  to David's 45-5.25

Laulauga Tausaga won the DT with her 207-8 PR!
This makes her 10th A-T Collegiate!
Shanice Love PR'ed by 5 feet, taking 2nd with her 205--8!

USC took the 4X100 Relay (forgot to mention this above!!) in a School Record of 42.21!
This makes them 3rd A-T School!
LSU was 2ndiin a solid 42.29!

Arkansas had run 42.65 in their Semi, making them 7th A-T School.
And Miami's 43.49  makes them 21st A-T School, tied with 1 other!1

Multis
Johannes Erm bet Harrison Williams in the Decathlon, 8352 to 8014!!
This makes him 6th A-T Collegiate!
And it gives him the Soph Class Record!!

Ashtin Zamzow was equally dominant in the Heptathlon, winning with a score of 6222 points!
This makes her 7th A-T Collegiate, and 22nd A-T US!!
She won over Tyra Gittens's 6049, and Michelle Atherley's 6014!!

AND---
Shelly Ann Fraser Pryce ran a 100 in Jamaica in 10.88!
That WOULD have been the World Leader---but Sha'Carri Richardson ran that shocking 10.75!!

Again, what a meet!!

Oslo's DL is next!
Sydney McLaughlin is running in the 400H!!
Hang on to your seats!1
LOL





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