Powerful Pre-Pre

For those confused by my title, please note the Prefontaine Classic DL is just 5 days from today!
So THIS is the time we might call "pre-Pre"!
Ha Ha!!

One thing's for sure--the Jamaican Championships Women's 100 Final WAS quite powerful!!

You had two super veterans vs the most blazing HS sprinter we;ve seen in this Olympic cycle!!

Elaine Thompson and Shelly Ann Fraser-Pryce had already displayed their wares this season--so what they did wasn't a total shock!
Same with the Kid--Brianna Williams!!
She'd already run the 2nd A-T HS time of 11.02.

Watch the video and hear how exited the Jamaican announcers were as they lined up for the start!
And they were off, with ET & SAFP getting great starts, but just barely ahead of a crowd, with Williams among them--at 50 meters!

But ET & SAFP have been there & done that--many times--in the most intense and important meets!
So when they EXPLODED from the 2nd half gate, we just thought--NICE!!

And they were GONE!!
In the space of 45 meters, they gained 15 or more on the field!!

At the tape, you neded am emhanced photo to decide the winner!
It was Thompson--by the thinnest of hairs!
10.73 to SAFP's 10,73, minus 3 thousandths!!

For Fraser-Pryce, she gets the Age 32 Record and the best 2nd Place mark!!

As for the youngster, she nabs the HSR, the Junior Class Record, and the Age 17 Record!!
Their heats were run in 10.89 (ET), 10.93 (SAFP), and 11.01 (BW)!!
So now we have TWO High Schoolers at sub-11.--!!

The 200 wasn't bad either!!
That one went to ET's 22.00--the new World Leader!
SAFP sped 22.22, while Williams was done!

Moving to Ostrava, we have a World Record!!
OK, so it's rather obscure, but a WR is a WR!!

Shaunae Miller-Uibo--who likes this distance INdoors, shattered the OUTdoor WR for the 300 meters, timing 34.41 at the tape!!
I don't keep records or lists for this event OUTdoors, but she gets the WR, her NR, the Ostrava Meet Record, and the Age 25 Record!!

Brittany Brown was a quick 2nd, timing 35.91!
Jaide Stepter took 3rd in 36.12!!

Mariya Lasitskene and Sam Kendricks dominated the Vertical Jumps this week (and all year!!).

Lasitskene's first this week was a 6-7.50!
Good--even great!!
Then came her 6-9!
This ties the Age 26 Record, and gives her the Ostrava MR!!
She remains 5th A-T World!!
Second went to Karina Taranda (sp?) of Belarus at 6-6!

Kendricks got the Ostrava MR with his best of 2019--19-5.59!1
But he's been steady--with his heights, and in getting W's!!
He also jumped 19-2.25 in another meet!!
BTW, Lasitskene made 3 attempts at the WR height of 6-10.75!!

Magnus Krt and Tom Walsh were strongest in the Throws!
The Kiwi giant competed in a pair of meets!
His first was won with 72-9.25, but he had tough competition!
Michal Haratyk's 72-1.50 took the Silver, while Darian Romani's 71-5.25 took the Bronze, with Konrad Bukiwiecki's 70-9.25 missing the podium!

Then Walsh blew the ball out  73-0.75 to get the Ostrava MR over Haratyk's 71-5.50!

Kirt flew the Javelin out past the 90 meter mark--twice!1
First was his Estonia National Record of 296-5!
He followed that with another NR of 297-3!

The Best of the Rest---
The re-scheduled Talence Multi's were good, but missing the excitement added to it being the bookend at the end of the OUTdoor season!!
Anyway, Nafi Thiam was the big star there--winning with 6819 points!
Even better, she broke the Hept WR for the HJ with a smooth 6-7.50--missing the World list by a half inch!1
Second went to Xenia Krizsan's 6619--the National Record of Hungary!!
Laura Ikauniece took 3rd with her 6518 score!
P Le Page of Canada won the Decathlon with a modest 8453!
Second went the USA's Zak Ziemak, with 8344 points!

Denia Caballero threw the Discus out 227-0!
Yulimar Rojas improved her NR of Venezuela with her TJ mark of 49-5!
It makes her 19th A-T Woorld!

Arianna Ince improved 1 inch in the JT to 201-5!
There were some good marks from the adidas Boost meet on a Boston street--with a straightaway track built above the street!
I don't consider such marks legit, but among the more interesting were--
Akani Simbine's 9.92
SMU's 150 of 16.27
Noah Lyles's 14.69
Sharnal Hughes's 20.00
Murielle Ahoure's 11.09,
and Kete Hall's LJ of 22-3!

In Europe, Florentina Iusco LJ'ed 22-6.50!
The Czech Republic Men's 4X100 Relay team sped 38.63 for their National Record!

Pawel Fajdek won a HT comp with 265-4, second going to Wojcieck Nowicki's 260-11.

Gwen Berry's 248-8 beat Anita Wlodarczyk's 246-5!
Delilah Muhammed finally got a quick flat 400--her 50.60 added to her 52.64 for the 400H adds to 1:43.24!
This makes her 4th A-T US on that C-E list!!

Andre DeGrasse's 19.91 beat Christian Coleman's 19.97 in a significant battle of past & current speedsters!


Juan Echevarria LJ'ed 27-3.25!
Hadn't seen any results for Sara Kolak recently, but her 211-5 JT at Ostrava indicates she's back in the mix!


The USATF Junior Champs had some decent marks for United States HS'ers!
As you know, this being a "Junior" event, it's open to Frosh Collegiates as well as the HS crowd!!

Taylor Ewert broke her own MR in the 10K Walk with her 48:24.61 cruiser!
Matthew Boling was one of the featured stars, and came through!
His best effort was his 20.36 in the 200, making him 10th A-T HS!
He added wind aided marks of 10.15 and 20.30!
Athing Mu beat Roisin Willis in a slowish 800!
Justin Robinson took the 400 in 45.58, well off his recent 44.84!!

The Men's 110H are run with the HS height barriers of 39 inches, despite the presence of Collegiates!
Anyway, a Collegiate got the MR with 13.21, but J Marshall was the first HS'er, his 13.22 ranking him 2nd A-T HS!, tied with 2 others!
He also gets the Junior Class Record!

Justin Forde's 52-10 TJ makes him 11th A-T HS!

Thelma Davies sped the 100 in 11.25, making her 23rd A-T HS, tied with 1 other!
Frosh (HS Frosh, that is!!) Kayla Davis ran the one lap in 51.28 for the win!
Marlee Starliper won the 3000 in 9:29 and change!
Jasmine Jones took the 100H in 13.19, making her 15th A-T HS!
And Anna Hall easily won the Heptathlon with 5646 points!!

Back to Jamaica for a bit--
Yohan Blake was the sole Man under10 seconds--winning the 100 in 9.96!
Shericka Jackson PR'ed in the 400 with her 49.78!
And Shaneika Ricketts took the TJ with 48-4!!

As noted above, the Pre meet is the next biggie--June 30th at Stanford!!
Interesting that it's still called the Eugene DL, even though moved this year to California!!

I won't be providing a Preview this year, but there's some HOT HOT stuff awaiting the faithful!!
Too much to review here, but if everything goes right, I might need TWO posts to cover all the results!!
A caveat or two---
I'm not sure whether the sprints will be fast--or as fast as you'd expect from DL races!
The Stanford track is most known for its distances!
The Throws might be good too, as the Cardinal team has had a few great Throwers!

Also, there's a Two Mile for Men--but NOT for Women!1
WHY????

See you soon!!