As with the Men, events are listed in order of the Finals!!
September 27
The Marathon leads off the Finals--from both sexes!!
As with the Men, no top guns are here!
Ruth Chepngetich could take it in their absence!
Ruti aga is given a few points!
Israel's Lori Salpeter might surprise!!
September 28
Hammer Throw
JEEZ, can the Americans actually SWEEP this event??
With Anita Wlodarczyk MIA, and other Europeans fairly quiet, the US trio of DeAnna Price, Gwen Berry, and Brooke Anderson just might cover the podium with US flags!!
BTW, anyone know ther reason for Wlodarczyk's absence?
10000
Questions here too!
Why isn't WR holder Almaz Ayana here?
Sifan Hassan will be doubling back in the 5000, but give her the W here!!
Given her steamrolleer season, a sub-30 is possible!1
Helen Obiri, Letesenbet Gidey, and Agnes Tirop will challenge!
The Americans have Emily Sisson and Molly Huddle, but they'll be far removed from the podium!
50K Walk
No sub-4 hours here!
Don't have their names available, but watch a pair of Chinese, an Italian, and one from Spain!!
Sorry to leave themn nameless!1
They won't be AFTER the race!!
September 29
Polr Vault
Why does T&FN's last formchart give Sandi Morris just fifth place??
I know her summer has been tough, and her wedding is coming soon, but I'm slating her to compete for the podium!!
Kat Stefanidi might argue with that, as will Anzhelika Sidoriva, Alysha Newman, Holly Bradshaw, and evn ancient Jenn Suhr!!
Angelica Bengtsson, Yarisley Silva, and Katie Nageotte also are high bar peiople, making tthis a GREAT comp--if conditions are good!!
MIA is Elizaa McCartney!
100
Will the Initial Ladies of Jamaica match their earlier 10.73's?
If Elaine Thompson and Shelly Ann Fraser-Pryce do, the race will be over before the gun's echo fades!!
Tori Bowie is here, but can't tell what shape she's in!
Blessing Okagbare, Marie Josee Ta Lou, Dina Asher-Smith are serious conters!!
What about English Gardner and Morolake Akinosun, the latter of whom shocked at USATF??
MIA is 10.75 youngster ShaCarri Richardson!!
20K Walk
The Chines have Hong Liu and Janyu Yang!1
No MR, but could be a hot race!!
Maria Michta-Coffey is MIA, having recently given birth!!
September 30
High Jump
Mariya Lasitskene hasn't been perfect this year, but she should prevail!
Yyliya Levchenko is a rising (pun intended!) youngster, clearing 6-7.50 recently--a height normally reserved for Lasitskene!
And Vashti Cunningham finally reached two meters, so consider her a possible podium contender!
3000SC
Forget that brilliant run in 2017 by the Americans!
Emma Coburn and Courtney Frerichs return, but the outcome will almost certainly be different!!
Beatrice Chepkoech should win, but she's been a bit rough around the edges this summer!!
Celiphine Chespol is a young veteran, and should be taken seriously!
Hyvin Hiyeng is always in there!
Daisy Jepkemei is another to watch!
Colleen Quigley should be in the final this time--and her 1500 speed could move her a LOT closer to the other Americans!!
800
This will be the first ALL-WOMEN's 800 at the WC or OG in quite some time!!
No more unnamed!!
YES!!!!
So watch for a possible YS sweep!!
Only Lynsey Sharp and Natoya Goule might stop Ajee Wilson, Raevyn Rogers, and Hanna Green from taking total control of the podium!!
October 1
Javelin Throw!
The only Women's Final this day!
It's an open contest, with maybe Huihui Liu given a slight edge!!
Watch for Sara Kolak, Tatiana Khaladovich, and maybe America's Kara Winger vying for podium spots!!
October 2
200
While Shaunae Miller Uibo's 21.74 not a real shocker, the finalists won't have to worry about her!!
This gives the Jamaican duo of SAFP and ET an open field!!
Except for Dina Asher-Smith, whose win here would NOT be a surprise!!
Dafne Schippers might be challenged by Mujinga Kambundji for the 4th spot!!
October 3
Shot Put
Valerie Adams ain't here!
And Christina Shwanitz hasn't been her self this year!
Neither has Anita Marton or Michelle Carter!
Liljao Gong has won most everything, so make her the favorite!
But watch for Chase Ealey, who could be chasing (sic!) Gong to the Gold position!
Danielle Thomas-Dodd, Maggie Ewen, and even Fannie Roos and Brittany Crew should be watched!
400
Can Shaunae Miller-Uibo and Salwa Naser repeat their 48.97 and 49.08 times here?
Or go even faster??
That will be the ultimate question!
No one else has been close this season, not even breaking 50 seconds!!
Heptathlon
This is this event's second day!
Nafi Thiam should prevail here, but can she top 7000 points?
Will Katerina Johnson-Thompson get a solid LJ?
Thje key Americans--as always, are Erica Bougard and Kendell Williams!
Where in this picture will they appear??
October 4
Discus Throw
Will the NORMAL Sandra Perkevic please stand up?
She's been good--and by normal athlete standards, even VERY good--this year, but those 230 foot tosses haven't been there!
Thus, watch closely for Yaime PPerez and Denia Caballero!!
And what about Valerie Allman??
A 220 throw would be nice!!
October 5
Yulimar Rojas is less than a finger's length from the World Record!!
Don't bet against her!!
Caterine Ibarguen is doing both Horizontals, but she's beyond her best!
Ana Peleteiro is here, as is hot Shaneika Ricketts!
The US duo of Keturah Orji and Tori Franklon will be hunting for PR's, which could bring them within sight of the podium!
1500
This could be a fast one, with the MR going down!
Or it could be tactical!
It appears Sifan Hassan has chosen the 5K-10K double, leaving this race to the Hoi Polloi!!
They include Laura MMuir, Faith Kipyegon, Konstanze Klostergalfen, Americans Shelby Houlihan and Jenny Simpson, as well as Gudaf Tsegay and Canadian stud Gabby Stafford!!
5000
As noted above, Sifan Hassan has chosen to toe THIS line!!
So give her the race!!
But Helen Obiri, and Letesenbet Gidey will keep it tight!!
KK is listed here as well as in the 1500, so I'm guessing she'll choose this distance!!
And what about Canada's Stafford?
Will she also select the longer distance??
Don't know!1
Will any of the Americans go sub-15??
4X100 Relay
As with the Men, chances of failure are many!!
Especially for the Americans!
But give this to them anyway!!
Jamaica--with ET and SAFP--will make them tremble!1
Others to watch are the British, the Germans, and the Japanese and Chinese!!
October 6
MOTE--O messed up, and lost my schedule page that included the 400H!!
Can't remember what day that race is, so I'm going to preview it here--BUT I'm 100% sure it's NOT scheduled this day!!
400H
Delilah Muhammed vs Sydney McLaughlin!!
Toss a coin!
I'm going to give it to McLaughlin--as well as the World Record!!
Zuzana Hewjnova is a veteran, but nowhere near this dupo!
The other Americans are Ashley Spencer and Kori Carter!!
Also watch for Janeive Russell!!
Long Jump
This could be a VERY tight field!!
Britney Reese will habe Malaika Mihambo and Ivana Spanovic as key contenders!!
It could all go down in the final round!!
100H
Danielle Williams should be the clear leader here, but this event is always dangerous!!
Janeek Brown has had a very long season, but her 12.40 makes her a serious contender!
The Americans are always touigh, with Brianna McNeal, Kendra Harrison, and Nia Ali vying for podium positions!!
4X400 Relayy
The Americans will have to fight off Poland, Jamaica, and Great Britain!
Will Allyson Felix run in the final??
Probably, but no 47.72 splits for her here!!
That's a wrap!!
Sorry for the typos, and the brevity!!
Enjoy the meet, and see you soon with RESULTS!!
Friday, September 27, 2019
Doha MEN's Preview
This is a briefer and less detailed Preview than this blog normally provides!
Due to problems with researching!
That said, my format remains the same--
Events listed in order of the Finals, with Meet Record odds, and a few key names to watch!
Incredibly enough, I see a BUNCH of MR's yp for grabs!1
Only hindrances might be Doha's weather, lack of late season conditioning, and that old standby--strategic races in the distances!!
September 27
NO Finals!!
September 28
Long Jump
The MR of 29-4.50 actually could fall, as Juan Echavarria and Luvo Manyonga go head to head!!
But odds are low, at 20-80!
100
As noted in a previous post, Christian Coleman competes here under a cloud of suspicion!
But he IS here, and might win it!!
No MR!
Watch for Justin Gatlin, Akani Simbine, and Andre De Grasse!!
50K Walk
Just one name--Yohan Deniz!
If he's on, he'll win--easily!!
Give the MR 10-90 odds, even though it's his own!!
September 29
Triple Jump
This could be a great 4 way clash, with MR odds at 30-70!!
The quartet is Christian Taylor, Will Claye, Omar Craddock, and good old PPPP, aka Pablo Pichardo!!
September 30
\5000
This event has a skimpy list of top elites!!
So give this one to Selemon Barega!!
But can Jakyb Ingebrigtsen pull a major upset??
And what will Payl Chelimo run??
Where's Woody Kincaid when you moost need him??
Meet Record is VERY safe!
Discus Throw
The MR is given 20-80 odds!
Daniel Stahl has Fedric Dacres as his prime foe!!
400H
OH MY GOD!!
And yes, I hope to be saying that AFTER the race also!!
It's Rai Benjamin vs Abderrahman Samba vs Karsten Warholm!!
Toss the proverbial coin!1
If conditions are ripe, Kevin Young could be just FOURTH A-T World after the dust settles!!
October 1
The Pole Vault is today's first final!
Can Mondo beat Sam??
Mondo Duplantis renews his rivalry with his friend Sam Kendricks!!
The MR is possible, with 65-35 odds!
Watch for Pawel Wojcieckowski and Piotr Lisek!
What shape is Renaud Lavillenie in??
800
T&FN picks Donavan Brazier to beat Nijel Amos!1
I don't!1
But I think the time is ripe for Johnny Gray's AR to fall finally!!
The MR is soft, so let's hope for a good first 600!!
Give it 74-25 odds!!
Amel Tuka should be watched!1
Brandon McBride and Wesley Vazquez should also be watched!
200
Noah Lyles might find himself closely shadowed by Ramil Guluyev and Christian Coleman, who is said to be doubling back from the 100!!
Watch for Andre De Grasse and Divine Oduduru!!
October 2
The Hammer Throw is this day's first final!
Wojnieck Nowicki and Pawel Fajdek should prevail, but watch for Nick Miller and Bence Halasz to surprise!!
110H
The main question is about Grant Holloway!
With the only sub-13 time this year, his summer races have been WAY below par!!
And what about Daniel Roberts, who has also had a VERY long year??
So watch for Orlando Ortega, Omar McLeod, and Serget Shubenkov--veterans all--to show these children what 110H'ing is all about!!
Or will they??
October 3
The Decathlon ends this day, and that's why I listed it as the event's final!!
The WR holder is here in Kevin Mayer, and he might be ready for another go at it!
Give him odds of 40-60!
Watch for Damien Warner, Lindon Victor, and SMU'ss hubby, Maicel Uibo!!
October 4
High Jump
Do I dare not give this World Championship's "face" the respect he needs to get to SAVE this WC from utter disaster??
T&FN dared--giving him second in their final formchart!!
But I have a feeling about Mr Barshim!!
He'll come through, and might even challenge the WR!!
Okay, so the odds of that are BELOW zero!!
And even a "lowly" 2.40 metric gets just 1-99 odds!!
But he's GOTTA win this, right??
3000SC
Consesius Kipruto and Evan Jager aren't here!
The MR will remain slower than 8:00!
The race should go to Soufiane El Baakkali!
but watch for Getnet Wale, Hillary Bor, and Ben Kigen!
400
Michael Norman's 43.45 is so far removed from this late season date as to be almost invisable!!
No MR here!!
But Norman and Fred Kerleu both could PR in the desert heat!!
Steven Gardiner could shock!
And Kirani James suddenly appeared in 2019 results with a 44/47!!
Was that just a rust buster??
Watch for Akeem Bloomfield!
20K Walk
Toshihaya Yamasushi (sp?_) see,s to be the key figure here!!
But Mossimo (last name??) should be watched!
He's from Italy!!
October 5
Shot Put
This could be the best competition of the meet!!
There are THREE 74 footers in the field, and all of them have lost this season!!
Ryan Crouser, Tom Walsh, and Darlan Romani are the trio!1
But don't neglect late season PR guy Konrad Bukowiecki!!
4X100 Relay
Baton IN hand, runners IN their lanes, passes IN the zones will see the United States win this one!!
But LOTS of chances for DQ's or DNF's!!
That said, watch for Japan, China, Great Britain, and Jamaica to win in the final if the US falters!!
Marathon
Eliud is missing, of course!
These WC races normally go to the second or third tier elites!!
Meseret Geremew could win it!
So could Lelisa Desisa!
Watch for Mule Wasihun!
He's a stubborn runner!!
HaHa!!
October 6
1500
Can the pair of Ingebrigtsen brothers here beat Tim Cheruiyot??
Jakub and Filip will give it their best shot!!
So will Anyanleh Souleiman!!
Is Ronald Masagala the real thing??
And what about Matthew Centrowitz??
He recently ran 13:00 in the 5000, but ended third there!!
And this race won't be a 3:50 affair!!
But watch him anyway!!
Javelin Throw
Magnus Kirt seems to be for real!
In the absence of Thomas Rohler, watch for Andreas Hofmann, Julius Yego, and Johannes Vetter!!
Where are all those 300 foot plus throws of recent years??
10000
Selemon Barega is apparently doubling here!
But he'll be challenged by Hagos Gebrhiwet, Rhonex Kipruto, , Josh Cheptegei, Tomif Kejelcha, and maybe even double USATF champ Lopez Lomong!!
4X400 Relay
The US should prvail, but the MR is safe!!
Jamaica, might challenge--from 20 to 40 meters back!!
Be bacjk with my Women's Preview ASAP!
.
Due to problems with researching!
That said, my format remains the same--
Events listed in order of the Finals, with Meet Record odds, and a few key names to watch!
Incredibly enough, I see a BUNCH of MR's yp for grabs!1
Only hindrances might be Doha's weather, lack of late season conditioning, and that old standby--strategic races in the distances!!
September 27
NO Finals!!
September 28
Long Jump
The MR of 29-4.50 actually could fall, as Juan Echavarria and Luvo Manyonga go head to head!!
But odds are low, at 20-80!
100
As noted in a previous post, Christian Coleman competes here under a cloud of suspicion!
But he IS here, and might win it!!
No MR!
Watch for Justin Gatlin, Akani Simbine, and Andre De Grasse!!
50K Walk
Just one name--Yohan Deniz!
If he's on, he'll win--easily!!
Give the MR 10-90 odds, even though it's his own!!
September 29
Triple Jump
This could be a great 4 way clash, with MR odds at 30-70!!
The quartet is Christian Taylor, Will Claye, Omar Craddock, and good old PPPP, aka Pablo Pichardo!!
September 30
\5000
This event has a skimpy list of top elites!!
So give this one to Selemon Barega!!
But can Jakyb Ingebrigtsen pull a major upset??
And what will Payl Chelimo run??
Where's Woody Kincaid when you moost need him??
Meet Record is VERY safe!
Discus Throw
The MR is given 20-80 odds!
Daniel Stahl has Fedric Dacres as his prime foe!!
400H
OH MY GOD!!
And yes, I hope to be saying that AFTER the race also!!
It's Rai Benjamin vs Abderrahman Samba vs Karsten Warholm!!
Toss the proverbial coin!1
If conditions are ripe, Kevin Young could be just FOURTH A-T World after the dust settles!!
October 1
The Pole Vault is today's first final!
Can Mondo beat Sam??
Mondo Duplantis renews his rivalry with his friend Sam Kendricks!!
The MR is possible, with 65-35 odds!
Watch for Pawel Wojcieckowski and Piotr Lisek!
What shape is Renaud Lavillenie in??
800
T&FN picks Donavan Brazier to beat Nijel Amos!1
I don't!1
But I think the time is ripe for Johnny Gray's AR to fall finally!!
The MR is soft, so let's hope for a good first 600!!
Give it 74-25 odds!!
Amel Tuka should be watched!1
Brandon McBride and Wesley Vazquez should also be watched!
200
Noah Lyles might find himself closely shadowed by Ramil Guluyev and Christian Coleman, who is said to be doubling back from the 100!!
Watch for Andre De Grasse and Divine Oduduru!!
October 2
The Hammer Throw is this day's first final!
Wojnieck Nowicki and Pawel Fajdek should prevail, but watch for Nick Miller and Bence Halasz to surprise!!
110H
The main question is about Grant Holloway!
With the only sub-13 time this year, his summer races have been WAY below par!!
And what about Daniel Roberts, who has also had a VERY long year??
So watch for Orlando Ortega, Omar McLeod, and Serget Shubenkov--veterans all--to show these children what 110H'ing is all about!!
Or will they??
October 3
The Decathlon ends this day, and that's why I listed it as the event's final!!
The WR holder is here in Kevin Mayer, and he might be ready for another go at it!
Give him odds of 40-60!
Watch for Damien Warner, Lindon Victor, and SMU'ss hubby, Maicel Uibo!!
October 4
High Jump
Do I dare not give this World Championship's "face" the respect he needs to get to SAVE this WC from utter disaster??
T&FN dared--giving him second in their final formchart!!
But I have a feeling about Mr Barshim!!
He'll come through, and might even challenge the WR!!
Okay, so the odds of that are BELOW zero!!
And even a "lowly" 2.40 metric gets just 1-99 odds!!
But he's GOTTA win this, right??
3000SC
Consesius Kipruto and Evan Jager aren't here!
The MR will remain slower than 8:00!
The race should go to Soufiane El Baakkali!
but watch for Getnet Wale, Hillary Bor, and Ben Kigen!
400
Michael Norman's 43.45 is so far removed from this late season date as to be almost invisable!!
No MR here!!
But Norman and Fred Kerleu both could PR in the desert heat!!
Steven Gardiner could shock!
And Kirani James suddenly appeared in 2019 results with a 44/47!!
Was that just a rust buster??
Watch for Akeem Bloomfield!
20K Walk
Toshihaya Yamasushi (sp?_) see,s to be the key figure here!!
But Mossimo (last name??) should be watched!
He's from Italy!!
October 5
Shot Put
This could be the best competition of the meet!!
There are THREE 74 footers in the field, and all of them have lost this season!!
Ryan Crouser, Tom Walsh, and Darlan Romani are the trio!1
But don't neglect late season PR guy Konrad Bukowiecki!!
4X100 Relay
Baton IN hand, runners IN their lanes, passes IN the zones will see the United States win this one!!
But LOTS of chances for DQ's or DNF's!!
That said, watch for Japan, China, Great Britain, and Jamaica to win in the final if the US falters!!
Marathon
Eliud is missing, of course!
These WC races normally go to the second or third tier elites!!
Meseret Geremew could win it!
So could Lelisa Desisa!
Watch for Mule Wasihun!
He's a stubborn runner!!
HaHa!!
October 6
1500
Can the pair of Ingebrigtsen brothers here beat Tim Cheruiyot??
Jakub and Filip will give it their best shot!!
So will Anyanleh Souleiman!!
Is Ronald Masagala the real thing??
And what about Matthew Centrowitz??
He recently ran 13:00 in the 5000, but ended third there!!
And this race won't be a 3:50 affair!!
But watch him anyway!!
Javelin Throw
Magnus Kirt seems to be for real!
In the absence of Thomas Rohler, watch for Andreas Hofmann, Julius Yego, and Johannes Vetter!!
Where are all those 300 foot plus throws of recent years??
10000
Selemon Barega is apparently doubling here!
But he'll be challenged by Hagos Gebrhiwet, Rhonex Kipruto, , Josh Cheptegei, Tomif Kejelcha, and maybe even double USATF champ Lopez Lomong!!
4X400 Relay
The US should prvail, but the MR is safe!!
Jamaica, might challenge--from 20 to 40 meters back!!
Be bacjk with my Women's Preview ASAP!
.
Last Marks Before Doha
Woody Kincaid?
Really??
Yes, in an astounding time trial on a mostly hidden behind trees track ub Portland, Kincaid PR'd by a humongous amount, ending in 12:58.10 in a great 5000!!
He's now 5th A-T US!
Lopez Lomong outdueled Matthew Centrowitz to take 2nd in 13:00.19 to Centro's 13:00.39!
They are 9th and 10th A-T US!!
OFF the list is Centro's Daddy--Matt--whose 13:12.91 dated from 1982!!
Add Dad and Son's times & you get 26:13.30!!
Fastest ever Father-Son combo???
Kpmrad Bukowiecki has been inching further out in the SP, finally reaching 73-0, making him 18th A-Y World!!
He also had other good Puts around the 72 foot marker!
Darrell Hill reached 73-4, but it wasn't a PR!
In other SP news, Jacko Gill finally wentt over 70 feet, at 70-5.25!!
A World Record for Geoff Kamworor!!
His Win in the Copenhagen Half took just 58:01!!
THe passed 20K in 55:00--or a pair of 27:30's back to back--then adding seven teenths of a mile at about 4:18 pace to close it off!!
Hee gets the Kenya National Record and the Age 26 Record!
Berhane Dibaba took the Women's race in 65:57!!
Yulimar Rojas--on fire all season--burned down the whole house in TJ'ing 50-6.25, moving her to 2nd A-T World!!
She also gets the Age 23 Record and the Venezuela National Record!!
I want to do my WC Previews BEFORE they start later today, so the rest of my late results will be in briefer format/!!
Shannon Osika suddenly ran 4:01.80 to win a race in Europe!
She's 14th A-T US!
Kate Grace improved a bit to 4":02.49!!
Elise Cranny PR'ed twice--at 4:05.83 and 9:00.17, winning the latter race!!
Cut OFF the US list was Patti Sue Plumer, whose 4:03.42 dated from 1982!!
JHeer sister Polly used to hold the OUTdoor HSR in the MMile!!
Steven Gardiner ran a 400 in 44.14!
But even more interesting was the return of Kirani James!!
I hadn't seen his name in results for a long time, but he recently ran 44.47!!
Where was he??
In the Pole Vault--
Mondo Duplantis went over 19-2.25!
In a European comp, Anzhelika Sifdorova went over 15-11, while Ekaterina Stefanidi, Katie Nageotte, and Angelica Bengtsson all cleared 15-5!!
In separate comps, Jenn Suhr cleared 15-7--then Iryna Zhuk topped 15-5 for the NR of Belarus!!
Pawel Fajdek reached 264-9 in the HT!
Johannes Vetter sent the Javelin out 195!
Michael Shuey improved to 273-0!!
Yuliya Levchenko HJ'edd 6-7.50, missing the World list by a half inch!
But she best Mariya Lasitskene's 6-6 in the process!!
Javier Cienbfuegos sent the Hammer flying 260-5 for Spain's NR!!
Maggie Ewen added a quarter unxh to her best of 63-10!1
Sandra Perkovic Discused 221-11!1
Kara Winger sent the Javelin flying 212-0!!
In that SP comp, Fannie Roos improved her own NR of Sweden to 62-6.50!!
Morgan McDonalf won the Hoka Mile in 3:54.63!
Amanda Eccleston took the Women;s race in 4:32!!
Allyson Felix won a 400 in a slow 51,47!!
Some very sad news!!
Tom O'Hara, one of America's finest early sub-4 Milers, died at the age of 77!!
He's best known for his one time Indoor Record of 3":56.4!!
His Irish carrot colored hair reminded one of Dave Wottle!!
Rest in Peace!!
Christian Coleman may have escaped punishmewnt for supposedly missing 3 \random drug tests, but I doubt he'll escape suspicion as he heads for a double in Doha!!
These things seem to stick--guilty or innocent!!
Brianna Williams's case is still to be decided, but her camp says she didn't take drugs on purpose!!
Hmmmm!
I seem to have made a BIG error regarding Tony Martin!!
He's the HS kid who supposedly LJ'ed 26-6 in the early OUTdoor season!!
But I noticed his name missing from T&FN's lists, and their final rankings!!
They say his mark was of "questionable measurement"!!
First I heard of that!!
IF true, then remove him from the list, and from my Honorable Mention in my recent AOY post!!
See you soon!
Really??
Yes, in an astounding time trial on a mostly hidden behind trees track ub Portland, Kincaid PR'd by a humongous amount, ending in 12:58.10 in a great 5000!!
He's now 5th A-T US!
Lopez Lomong outdueled Matthew Centrowitz to take 2nd in 13:00.19 to Centro's 13:00.39!
They are 9th and 10th A-T US!!
OFF the list is Centro's Daddy--Matt--whose 13:12.91 dated from 1982!!
Add Dad and Son's times & you get 26:13.30!!
Fastest ever Father-Son combo???
Kpmrad Bukowiecki has been inching further out in the SP, finally reaching 73-0, making him 18th A-Y World!!
He also had other good Puts around the 72 foot marker!
Darrell Hill reached 73-4, but it wasn't a PR!
In other SP news, Jacko Gill finally wentt over 70 feet, at 70-5.25!!
A World Record for Geoff Kamworor!!
His Win in the Copenhagen Half took just 58:01!!
THe passed 20K in 55:00--or a pair of 27:30's back to back--then adding seven teenths of a mile at about 4:18 pace to close it off!!
Hee gets the Kenya National Record and the Age 26 Record!
Berhane Dibaba took the Women's race in 65:57!!
Yulimar Rojas--on fire all season--burned down the whole house in TJ'ing 50-6.25, moving her to 2nd A-T World!!
She also gets the Age 23 Record and the Venezuela National Record!!
I want to do my WC Previews BEFORE they start later today, so the rest of my late results will be in briefer format/!!
Shannon Osika suddenly ran 4:01.80 to win a race in Europe!
She's 14th A-T US!
Kate Grace improved a bit to 4":02.49!!
Elise Cranny PR'ed twice--at 4:05.83 and 9:00.17, winning the latter race!!
Cut OFF the US list was Patti Sue Plumer, whose 4:03.42 dated from 1982!!
JHeer sister Polly used to hold the OUTdoor HSR in the MMile!!
Steven Gardiner ran a 400 in 44.14!
But even more interesting was the return of Kirani James!!
I hadn't seen his name in results for a long time, but he recently ran 44.47!!
Where was he??
In the Pole Vault--
Mondo Duplantis went over 19-2.25!
In a European comp, Anzhelika Sifdorova went over 15-11, while Ekaterina Stefanidi, Katie Nageotte, and Angelica Bengtsson all cleared 15-5!!
In separate comps, Jenn Suhr cleared 15-7--then Iryna Zhuk topped 15-5 for the NR of Belarus!!
Pawel Fajdek reached 264-9 in the HT!
Johannes Vetter sent the Javelin out 195!
Michael Shuey improved to 273-0!!
Yuliya Levchenko HJ'edd 6-7.50, missing the World list by a half inch!
But she best Mariya Lasitskene's 6-6 in the process!!
Javier Cienbfuegos sent the Hammer flying 260-5 for Spain's NR!!
Maggie Ewen added a quarter unxh to her best of 63-10!1
Sandra Perkovic Discused 221-11!1
Kara Winger sent the Javelin flying 212-0!!
In that SP comp, Fannie Roos improved her own NR of Sweden to 62-6.50!!
Morgan McDonalf won the Hoka Mile in 3:54.63!
Amanda Eccleston took the Women;s race in 4:32!!
Allyson Felix won a 400 in a slow 51,47!!
Some very sad news!!
Tom O'Hara, one of America's finest early sub-4 Milers, died at the age of 77!!
He's best known for his one time Indoor Record of 3":56.4!!
His Irish carrot colored hair reminded one of Dave Wottle!!
Rest in Peace!!
Christian Coleman may have escaped punishmewnt for supposedly missing 3 \random drug tests, but I doubt he'll escape suspicion as he heads for a double in Doha!!
These things seem to stick--guilty or innocent!!
Brianna Williams's case is still to be decided, but her camp says she didn't take drugs on purpose!!
Hmmmm!
I seem to have made a BIG error regarding Tony Martin!!
He's the HS kid who supposedly LJ'ed 26-6 in the early OUTdoor season!!
But I noticed his name missing from T&FN's lists, and their final rankings!!
They say his mark was of "questionable measurement"!!
First I heard of that!!
IF true, then remove him from the list, and from my Honorable Mention in my recent AOY post!!
See you soon!
Tuesday, September 17, 2019
Collegiate & High School AOY's
It's September and their OUTdoor seasons are in the bag!
The Collegiate ended when the final event finished at the NCAA Championships in June!
The High School season ended on August 31st, or when an athlete began competing for their College or turned Professional!
This will be a shortened version of my Athlete of the Year format-0-when I did separate posts for the two seasons!
I'll begin with the Collegiates--and will also choose my Performance and Personality of the Year!!
I welcome all comments, whether you agree withmy choices--or not!!
Enjoy!
Collegiate Athlete of the Year--MEN
For the first time, I am calling this a tie!!
While GRANT HOLLOWAY was the first Collegiate to go sub-13 in the 110H, DANIEL ROBERTS ran 13.00, and beat Holloway once or twice!
No way to separate them!
Honorable Mentions go to Divine Oduduru, Devin Dixon, Chris Nilsen, Mondo Duplantis, and Anderson Peters!
Collegiate Performance of the Year--MEN
They were so magnificent, I'm also calling it a tie here--with GRANT HOLLOWAY and DANIEL ROBERTS winning for their 12.98 and 13.00 times!
Honorable mention goes to Oduduru's 19.74 in the 200, Peters's 288+ in the JT, Nilsen's 19-6/25, Mondo's various high heights, and Tripp Piperi's SP leader!
Special Mention goes to Florida's 37.97 in the 4X100 Relay!!
Personality ogf the Year
DABIEL ROBERTS!! Yes, I chose the OTHER 110H here!!
Why?
Because Holloway, while a terrific personality, as well as a great athlete, was EXPECTED to be who he was!
Roberts surprised us all--from INdoor season through OUTdoors!
That he performed way beyond anybody's expectations told me we had a personality that can't be shut down!!
Holloway gets a pretty close Special Mention!
Collegiate Athlete of the Year--WOMEN
Let me remind you--the 2019 Collegiate season ended at the close of the NCAA Championships!
Unlike the HS'ers, NOTHING that happened after that counts as a Collegiate Record or Mark!
Thus, my Collegiate Women's AOY is SHA'CARRI RICHARDSON--despite her comparatively average marks post NCAA's!!
Her 10.99 tied the Frosh Class Record!
But no one could have predicted her incredible 10.75 Collegiate Record!!
And such a confident woman!!
HM's go to Olivia Gruver, Sinclaire Johnson, Jessica Hull, Yanis David, Allie Ostrander, and Janeek Brown!
Performance of the Year--WOMEN
Richardson's 10.75!
Unlike Dawn Sowell's old CR, this was run at sea level, and destroyed the field!!
Honorable Mentions to Griver's CR, Johnson & Hull's great race at the NC's, as well as Brown's 12.40 in the 100H!!
Personality of the Year--WOMEN
Who else but SHA'CARRI RICHARDSO?!
The best athlete, the most confident, yet humble, the most dynamic presence, and despite her lack of height, a giant personality!!
Special Mention goes to Allie Ostrander for the statement she put on Twitter against body shaming--which went viral!!
High School Athlete of the Year--MEN
Despite failing to break aany HSR's, MATTHEW BOLING dominated the entire HS OUTdoor season like no other!!
His marks were very good in 3 events (100-200-LJ), but for not setting any records, his name wins the Most Talked About award!!
I hope he gives us leading marks in 2020, but he does win my 2019 AOY!!
Honorable Mentions to Justin Robinson, Kurt Powdar, Tony Martin, Tripp Piperi, and Trey Knight!
Performance of the Year--MEN
As noted above Boling didn't break any Records!
Neither did my Performance of the Year winner for 2019!
But JUSTIN ROBINSON gets the Award for his 44.84, ranked 2nd A-T HS!!
He also ran 45.07!
HM's to Boling, Martin (had a better LJ than Boling!), , Pipero, and Knight--for his marks in the Pro and HS weight HT's!!
Personality of the Year--MEN
MATTHEW BOLING!!
As stated above, no name was mentioned more in HS Track & Field in 2019!!
For that alone, he gets this award!!
High School Athlete of the Year--WOMEN
Oh my!!
This was by far THE most difficult decision I had to make!!
Taylor Ewert was outstanding in the Walks--from the Mile to the 20K!!
Brianna Williams broke the HSR in the 100, and ran fast in the 200!
Chloe Cunliffe got the OUTdoor HSR in the PV--to add to her INdoor Record!!
BUT--this award goes--by the thinnest of margins possible--to ANNA HALL!!
Hall's HSR in the Heptathlon stands out, and she HJ'ed very high, and won everything!!
A VERY Special Mention to Ewert--who was my Winner--until I decided that a HSR in the Hept was worth a bit more than Ewert's 20K--Walked for the first time by a HS athlete, as fatr as I know!!
(Did Trevor Barron do a 20K while in HS also??)
Other HM's to Cunliffe, Williams, Athing Mu, Jasmine Moore, Skylar Ciccolini, Ericka VanderLende, Kayla Davis, and Victoria Starcher!!
Performance of the Year--WOMEN
This may change!!
But for now, I've chosen BRIANNA WILLIAMS's HSR of 10.94 as my 2019 OUTdoor Performance of the Year!!
As most know, she was charged with use of drugs!
But I read recently that Jamaica is putting her on their team for Doha!
Does that mean she's been cleared??
Or just that they have yet to be adjudicated??
We'll see!
But her 10.94 topped a fantastic season of speedy times and runaway victories!
So--for now at least--she takes home this Award!!
HM's to Hall, Ewert, Jasmine Moore, Cunliffe, Kayla Davis, Athing Mu, Skylar Ciccolini, and Ericka VanderLende!
Personality of the Year--WOMEN
TAYLOR EWERT--in a WALK--or RUN-away!!
This Gal is absolutely sensational!!
Best ever HS Walker--at any distance!
Top Steeplechaser and flat runner!
And just a quietly spoken, yet supremely strong confidence!
Not only a great athlete, but a VERY interesting person!!
She truly Walks--and Runs--alone here!!
Hope you enjoyed this--agree with me or not!!
See you soon!!
The Collegiate ended when the final event finished at the NCAA Championships in June!
The High School season ended on August 31st, or when an athlete began competing for their College or turned Professional!
This will be a shortened version of my Athlete of the Year format-0-when I did separate posts for the two seasons!
I'll begin with the Collegiates--and will also choose my Performance and Personality of the Year!!
I welcome all comments, whether you agree withmy choices--or not!!
Enjoy!
Collegiate Athlete of the Year--MEN
For the first time, I am calling this a tie!!
While GRANT HOLLOWAY was the first Collegiate to go sub-13 in the 110H, DANIEL ROBERTS ran 13.00, and beat Holloway once or twice!
No way to separate them!
Honorable Mentions go to Divine Oduduru, Devin Dixon, Chris Nilsen, Mondo Duplantis, and Anderson Peters!
Collegiate Performance of the Year--MEN
They were so magnificent, I'm also calling it a tie here--with GRANT HOLLOWAY and DANIEL ROBERTS winning for their 12.98 and 13.00 times!
Honorable mention goes to Oduduru's 19.74 in the 200, Peters's 288+ in the JT, Nilsen's 19-6/25, Mondo's various high heights, and Tripp Piperi's SP leader!
Special Mention goes to Florida's 37.97 in the 4X100 Relay!!
Personality ogf the Year
DABIEL ROBERTS!! Yes, I chose the OTHER 110H here!!
Why?
Because Holloway, while a terrific personality, as well as a great athlete, was EXPECTED to be who he was!
Roberts surprised us all--from INdoor season through OUTdoors!
That he performed way beyond anybody's expectations told me we had a personality that can't be shut down!!
Holloway gets a pretty close Special Mention!
Collegiate Athlete of the Year--WOMEN
Let me remind you--the 2019 Collegiate season ended at the close of the NCAA Championships!
Unlike the HS'ers, NOTHING that happened after that counts as a Collegiate Record or Mark!
Thus, my Collegiate Women's AOY is SHA'CARRI RICHARDSON--despite her comparatively average marks post NCAA's!!
Her 10.99 tied the Frosh Class Record!
But no one could have predicted her incredible 10.75 Collegiate Record!!
And such a confident woman!!
HM's go to Olivia Gruver, Sinclaire Johnson, Jessica Hull, Yanis David, Allie Ostrander, and Janeek Brown!
Performance of the Year--WOMEN
Richardson's 10.75!
Unlike Dawn Sowell's old CR, this was run at sea level, and destroyed the field!!
Honorable Mentions to Griver's CR, Johnson & Hull's great race at the NC's, as well as Brown's 12.40 in the 100H!!
Personality of the Year--WOMEN
Who else but SHA'CARRI RICHARDSO?!
The best athlete, the most confident, yet humble, the most dynamic presence, and despite her lack of height, a giant personality!!
Special Mention goes to Allie Ostrander for the statement she put on Twitter against body shaming--which went viral!!
High School Athlete of the Year--MEN
Despite failing to break aany HSR's, MATTHEW BOLING dominated the entire HS OUTdoor season like no other!!
His marks were very good in 3 events (100-200-LJ), but for not setting any records, his name wins the Most Talked About award!!
I hope he gives us leading marks in 2020, but he does win my 2019 AOY!!
Honorable Mentions to Justin Robinson, Kurt Powdar, Tony Martin, Tripp Piperi, and Trey Knight!
Performance of the Year--MEN
As noted above Boling didn't break any Records!
Neither did my Performance of the Year winner for 2019!
But JUSTIN ROBINSON gets the Award for his 44.84, ranked 2nd A-T HS!!
He also ran 45.07!
HM's to Boling, Martin (had a better LJ than Boling!), , Pipero, and Knight--for his marks in the Pro and HS weight HT's!!
Personality of the Year--MEN
MATTHEW BOLING!!
As stated above, no name was mentioned more in HS Track & Field in 2019!!
For that alone, he gets this award!!
High School Athlete of the Year--WOMEN
Oh my!!
This was by far THE most difficult decision I had to make!!
Taylor Ewert was outstanding in the Walks--from the Mile to the 20K!!
Brianna Williams broke the HSR in the 100, and ran fast in the 200!
Chloe Cunliffe got the OUTdoor HSR in the PV--to add to her INdoor Record!!
BUT--this award goes--by the thinnest of margins possible--to ANNA HALL!!
Hall's HSR in the Heptathlon stands out, and she HJ'ed very high, and won everything!!
A VERY Special Mention to Ewert--who was my Winner--until I decided that a HSR in the Hept was worth a bit more than Ewert's 20K--Walked for the first time by a HS athlete, as fatr as I know!!
(Did Trevor Barron do a 20K while in HS also??)
Other HM's to Cunliffe, Williams, Athing Mu, Jasmine Moore, Skylar Ciccolini, Ericka VanderLende, Kayla Davis, and Victoria Starcher!!
Performance of the Year--WOMEN
This may change!!
But for now, I've chosen BRIANNA WILLIAMS's HSR of 10.94 as my 2019 OUTdoor Performance of the Year!!
As most know, she was charged with use of drugs!
But I read recently that Jamaica is putting her on their team for Doha!
Does that mean she's been cleared??
Or just that they have yet to be adjudicated??
We'll see!
But her 10.94 topped a fantastic season of speedy times and runaway victories!
So--for now at least--she takes home this Award!!
HM's to Hall, Ewert, Jasmine Moore, Cunliffe, Kayla Davis, Athing Mu, Skylar Ciccolini, and Ericka VanderLende!
Personality of the Year--WOMEN
TAYLOR EWERT--in a WALK--or RUN-away!!
This Gal is absolutely sensational!!
Best ever HS Walker--at any distance!
Top Steeplechaser and flat runner!
And just a quietly spoken, yet supremely strong confidence!
Not only a great athlete, but a VERY interesting person!!
She truly Walks--and Runs--alone here!!
Hope you enjoyed this--agree with me or not!!
See you soon!!
Tuesday, September 10, 2019
Last of the DL's--continued
As promised, here's the second part of my Zurich and Brussels report--mainly all the field events!
Rather than highlight the best up front, I''ll put these in my usual order of events!
I left off with the distances, so let's begin with the 110 & 100 Hurdles!
(See previous post for the one lap hurdles!!)
110H--100H
Omar McLeod took the ISTAF meet in 13.07, about the best that can be expected this season--outsideof Grant Holloway and Daniel Roberts!
And Holloway apparently didn't qualify for the DL final, while Roberts was a mysrterious last minute no-show!!
Tobi Amusan was the Women;s winner in Berlin--in 12.51.
Danielle Williams won Van Damme in--for her!--an average time of 12.46!!
Consistency is more dependable than one brilliant flash!!
High Jump
Not much to talk about here, except that Mariya Lasitskene keeps winning, and Doha's "face" of their WC's ain't showing a happy face in 2019!!
Will he rise to the occasion when it counts--literally??
Zurich saw Andriy Protsenko HJ 7-7 50!
Barshim ended in 10th (!!!) at 7-2.50!!
Yulia Levchenko hit 2.00 (6-6/75)!!
Meanwhile, Lasitskene could reach just 1.99 (6-6/25) in another meet!!
Actually BELOW average for the Russian!!
Long & Triple Jumps
Juan Echevarria hit 28-4.50 for the Weltklasse Meet Record!
Shareika Ricketts is leaping forward (HA!!) in this world, hitting 48-11.75 to take Zurich's TJ over Yulimar Rojas's 48-4.50!
In 3rd was American Keturah Orji's 47-4/75!!
Malaika Mihambo hit some good marks--22-11.25 at ISTAF--and 23-0.25 in Brussels!
I'm gonna tease you and save the Pole Vault and Shot Put for last!!
So here's my Discus, Javelin, and Hammer Throw report!!
NOTE!!!
I just realized my complete results I THOUGHT were being typed here for the long throws were NOT typed!!
I threw away the notes I had, so the following is strictly from memory!
I'm very sorry, but I'll try to get it all as close as possible!!
Danial Stahl threw the Discus 227 and 225, the latter to win one of the DL'd!!
Yaime Perez beat Sandra Perkovic, about 223 to 216!
But Perkovic then reached 222-4 in another meet!
Huihui Liu threw the Javelin 219-5--below average for her!
Johannes Vetter, Magnus Kirt, and Chao Cheng all reached the 292's in the JT!
Julius Yego heit 287 and change!!
Remember him??
Nothing new in the HT, except the notable absence of Anita Wlodarczyk!!
Sorry for this messed part of this report!!
Shot Put
Another section LOST to cyberspace!!
But Ryan Crouser and Tom Walsh hit the high 73's!!
Both hit other good marks!
But Crouser lost a meet to Walsh and Darlan Romani.!
He ended 3rd, with Konrad Bukowiecki taking 4th!!
Bob Bertemes hit a Lusembourg NR of 72-10.75!
That makes him 18th A-T World!!
(See, my memory isn't totally gone!! LOL)
Jacko Gill--a one time "youth" star--hit a pair of PR's recently--69-4 and 69-7!!
Liljao Gong hit a World Leader of 66-7.25!!
Chase Ealey was 2nd with a quarter inch PR of 64-6.75!1
She remains 5th A-T US!!
Chuk Enekwechi has hit a few 70-plus SP's recently!!
(See previous post!)
Can't remember anything else from this event, except noting the absence of Valerie Adams!!
Is she not going to Doha??
Sem,s likely she's NOT!!
Pole Vault
Only lost part of thois event's reporting notes!!
Sam Kendricks won a comp with a good 19-5.50!
Mondo Duplantis was 2nd with 19-1.50!
Also reaching 19-1.50 were Piotr Lisek and Cole Walsh!
Walsh is now 18th A-T US, tied with 1 other!!
Katie Nageotte won a recent European comp with her 15-7.25!
Sandi Morris was 2nd with 15-5, while Emily Grove surprised in 3rd with her 15-2.25!!
Okay, now back to my NOT lost notes!!
Again, many apologies for the screw up above!!
But I think I remembered most of it!!
As always, Zurich held its event INdoors, so all marks or records are for INdoors!!
Anzhelika Sidorova won it with her 15-11.25 clearrance!!
Nageotte was a solid 2nd with her 15-9.75 topper!
Alysha Newman reached the same height, and that makes her 12th A-T World, tied with 1 other!1
That's for INdoors!!
Hitting 15-5.75 were Sandi Morris, Holly Bradshaw, and Jenn Suhr!1
Ekaterina Stefanidi could clear just 15-1.50!!
In the Sweden vs Finland dual meet, Armand Duplantis's 19-8.25 tied the A-T International Dual Meet Record!!
Angelica Bengtsson's 15-1 and change took the Womenn's event!
Mondo also tied the Age 19 Record!
Holly Bradshaw hit 15-6.25 somewhere!
At ISTAf,, Mondo defeated Kendricks by2 inches in the low 19-s!
Brussels saw a VERY deep field of Female finishers, but no Place Records were broken or tied!
Here's the names and numbers---
Ekaterina Stefanidi and Anzhelika Sidorova cleared 15-10!
Alyshe Newman topped 15-7!
Katie Nageotte cleared 15-5!
ALSO going over 1`5-5 were Hollly Bradshaw Robelys Peinada, and Yarisley Silva!!
Topping 1`5=2.25 were Sandi Morris, Jenn Suhr, Ling Li, and Angelica Bengtsson!!
WOW!!
A few news items--
Christian Coleman has been cleared of allegedly missing 3 random drug tests!
He'll be in Doha!!
High School Frosh star (She's now a Soph!!) Kayla Davis has apparentlystated she Will turn Professional by the time she's 17!
I believe she's still just 15!
Finally, been wondering why Walk star Maria Michta-Coffey has been MIA this season?
Saw a photo of her on Twitter pushing a baby stroller--walking, of course!!
Back soon, I assume!
Congratulations, Maria!!
See you soon!
Rather than highlight the best up front, I''ll put these in my usual order of events!
I left off with the distances, so let's begin with the 110 & 100 Hurdles!
(See previous post for the one lap hurdles!!)
110H--100H
Omar McLeod took the ISTAF meet in 13.07, about the best that can be expected this season--outsideof Grant Holloway and Daniel Roberts!
And Holloway apparently didn't qualify for the DL final, while Roberts was a mysrterious last minute no-show!!
Tobi Amusan was the Women;s winner in Berlin--in 12.51.
Danielle Williams won Van Damme in--for her!--an average time of 12.46!!
Consistency is more dependable than one brilliant flash!!
High Jump
Not much to talk about here, except that Mariya Lasitskene keeps winning, and Doha's "face" of their WC's ain't showing a happy face in 2019!!
Will he rise to the occasion when it counts--literally??
Zurich saw Andriy Protsenko HJ 7-7 50!
Barshim ended in 10th (!!!) at 7-2.50!!
Yulia Levchenko hit 2.00 (6-6/75)!!
Meanwhile, Lasitskene could reach just 1.99 (6-6/25) in another meet!!
Actually BELOW average for the Russian!!
Long & Triple Jumps
Juan Echevarria hit 28-4.50 for the Weltklasse Meet Record!
Shareika Ricketts is leaping forward (HA!!) in this world, hitting 48-11.75 to take Zurich's TJ over Yulimar Rojas's 48-4.50!
In 3rd was American Keturah Orji's 47-4/75!!
Malaika Mihambo hit some good marks--22-11.25 at ISTAF--and 23-0.25 in Brussels!
I'm gonna tease you and save the Pole Vault and Shot Put for last!!
So here's my Discus, Javelin, and Hammer Throw report!!
NOTE!!!
I just realized my complete results I THOUGHT were being typed here for the long throws were NOT typed!!
I threw away the notes I had, so the following is strictly from memory!
I'm very sorry, but I'll try to get it all as close as possible!!
Danial Stahl threw the Discus 227 and 225, the latter to win one of the DL'd!!
Yaime Perez beat Sandra Perkovic, about 223 to 216!
But Perkovic then reached 222-4 in another meet!
Huihui Liu threw the Javelin 219-5--below average for her!
Johannes Vetter, Magnus Kirt, and Chao Cheng all reached the 292's in the JT!
Julius Yego heit 287 and change!!
Remember him??
Nothing new in the HT, except the notable absence of Anita Wlodarczyk!!
Sorry for this messed part of this report!!
Shot Put
Another section LOST to cyberspace!!
But Ryan Crouser and Tom Walsh hit the high 73's!!
Both hit other good marks!
But Crouser lost a meet to Walsh and Darlan Romani.!
He ended 3rd, with Konrad Bukowiecki taking 4th!!
Bob Bertemes hit a Lusembourg NR of 72-10.75!
That makes him 18th A-T World!!
(See, my memory isn't totally gone!! LOL)
Jacko Gill--a one time "youth" star--hit a pair of PR's recently--69-4 and 69-7!!
Liljao Gong hit a World Leader of 66-7.25!!
Chase Ealey was 2nd with a quarter inch PR of 64-6.75!1
She remains 5th A-T US!!
Chuk Enekwechi has hit a few 70-plus SP's recently!!
(See previous post!)
Can't remember anything else from this event, except noting the absence of Valerie Adams!!
Is she not going to Doha??
Sem,s likely she's NOT!!
Pole Vault
Only lost part of thois event's reporting notes!!
Sam Kendricks won a comp with a good 19-5.50!
Mondo Duplantis was 2nd with 19-1.50!
Also reaching 19-1.50 were Piotr Lisek and Cole Walsh!
Walsh is now 18th A-T US, tied with 1 other!!
Katie Nageotte won a recent European comp with her 15-7.25!
Sandi Morris was 2nd with 15-5, while Emily Grove surprised in 3rd with her 15-2.25!!
Okay, now back to my NOT lost notes!!
Again, many apologies for the screw up above!!
But I think I remembered most of it!!
As always, Zurich held its event INdoors, so all marks or records are for INdoors!!
Anzhelika Sidorova won it with her 15-11.25 clearrance!!
Nageotte was a solid 2nd with her 15-9.75 topper!
Alysha Newman reached the same height, and that makes her 12th A-T World, tied with 1 other!1
That's for INdoors!!
Hitting 15-5.75 were Sandi Morris, Holly Bradshaw, and Jenn Suhr!1
Ekaterina Stefanidi could clear just 15-1.50!!
In the Sweden vs Finland dual meet, Armand Duplantis's 19-8.25 tied the A-T International Dual Meet Record!!
Angelica Bengtsson's 15-1 and change took the Womenn's event!
Mondo also tied the Age 19 Record!
Holly Bradshaw hit 15-6.25 somewhere!
At ISTAf,, Mondo defeated Kendricks by2 inches in the low 19-s!
Brussels saw a VERY deep field of Female finishers, but no Place Records were broken or tied!
Here's the names and numbers---
Ekaterina Stefanidi and Anzhelika Sidorova cleared 15-10!
Alyshe Newman topped 15-7!
Katie Nageotte cleared 15-5!
ALSO going over 1`5-5 were Hollly Bradshaw Robelys Peinada, and Yarisley Silva!!
Topping 1`5=2.25 were Sandi Morris, Jenn Suhr, Ling Li, and Angelica Bengtsson!!
WOW!!
A few news items--
Christian Coleman has been cleared of allegedly missing 3 random drug tests!
He'll be in Doha!!
High School Frosh star (She's now a Soph!!) Kayla Davis has apparentlystated she Will turn Professional by the time she's 17!
I believe she's still just 15!
Finally, been wondering why Walk star Maria Michta-Coffey has been MIA this season?
Saw a photo of her on Twitter pushing a baby stroller--walking, of course!!
Back soon, I assume!
Congratulations, Maria!!
See you soon!
Monday, September 9, 2019
Last of the DL's (I WISH!!)
Yes, my title had a bit of snark in it!
But you know my take on the entire Diamond League concept--MOT good!
But Zurich's Weltklasse and Brussels's Van Damme Memorial do mark the finish line of the 2019 DL season--and they did produce many great marks worthy of reportage!
Leading these were both 400H races--Men's & Women's!!
Only Kevin Young's World Record is faster than the duo who gave us a brilliant sprint finish to the incredible double-dip ever seen in this event!!
In the end, it was Norway's Karsten Warholm--on a spectacular streak all year--who edged past America's Rai Benjamin at the line!!
It nearly took his lean to win this race!
His 46.92 cut 0.20 off the latest of his NR's--maybe the 4th this season!
(I lost count!!)
Benjamin's 46.98 moves him away from the legendary Edwin Moses--by 0.04 seconds!!
Warholm gets his NR, Zurich's MR, the Age 23 Record, and ranks him 2nd A-T World!
His Combined Events total for the 400-400H is now 1:31.79 (44,87 & 46.92))!
For Benjamin, he gets the Age 22 Record, is 3rd A-T World, tied with Abderrahman Samba!!
He's 2nd A-T US!!
His C-E total is 1:31.29 for the same events (44.31 & 46.98)!
He moves 0.01 ahead of Angelo Taylor's 1:31.30 (44.05 & 47.25).
If those 2 and Samba show up in Doha in shape, O-M-G!!!
You know Delilah Muhammed recently cracked the WR with her 52.20!
You also know that about 99.99% of the guesses on who would break the WR were with Sydney McLaughlin!!
Muhammed ran 54.13, out of it before the race was half over!
And there was The Kid--streaming down the straight on her way to the most prestigious DL win of her brief Pro career!!
Her 52.85 nabbed her the Age 20 Record--probably the SIXTH Age Record she holds in this event (15-20)!!
She missed the MR by a mere 0.01 seconds!!
(Why the slow time from Muhammed??)
Shaunae Miller-Uibo--her colorful hair flying behind her--grabbed the 200 by the proverbial short hairs (Sic!~ LOL) and didn't let go!
Her 21.74 broke her own Bahamas NR, and gave her the Age 25 Record!
Her C-E time for the 100/200/400 is 1:21.90 (11.19, 21.74, 48.97)!!
She's 11th A-T World, tied with 3 others!
BTW, the MR she broke was Marita Koch's 21.76, dating from 1985!
Dina Asher-Smith took Silver with 22.08!!
Okay, friends, that's it for the descriptive stories of the top events!
No room for that to continue here!
BUT--I will give you ALL the other marks I have--and more!--in my Event Group format!
100-200-400
Noah Lyles won the Brussels 200 in 197.4, and the Zurich 100 in 9.98!
In the 200, Ramil Guliyev edged Andre De Grasse for 2nd, 19.86 to 19.87!
Salwa Naser was a runaway Zurich winner in the 400--time of 50.24!
Mujinga Kambundji continues her fine season!
She timed 11.00 and 22.26 recently, the latter mark getting her Switzerland's National Record!!
Remember Ewe Swobooda? She just ran a PR 100 time of 11.07 at the ISTAF meet!
(I thought she'd run faster!!)
Germany's Women ran the 4X100 Relay in a great time of 41.67!!
China took 2nd in 42.31!
Justin Gatlin seems to be over whatever niggle he had, as he ran 9,97 somewhere in Europe!!
Michael Norman cruised the Brussels 400 in 44.26 to best Fred Kerley's 44.46!
I think wind affected the times!
Dina Asher-Smith"upset" SAFP in Brussels, 10.88 to 10.95!
But was it really an upset??
Andre De Grasse took ISTAF's 100 in 9.97!
Germany's Relay squad also ran 42.22 to beat the Nrtherlands 42.28!
Distances (Track & Roads)
Donavan Brazier came THIS close to beating Johnny Gray's AR!
His 1:42.70 puts him just 0.10 behind Gray, and 2nd A-T US!!
Nijel Amos was way ahead into the final straught but faded badly while Brazier was kicking from about 6th place off the curve!!
He's 24th A-T World!!
Amos ended in 1:42.98!
Brandon McBride, Emmanuel Korir, and Clay Murphy all ran under 1:44!
After some slow early laps, Josh Cheptegai beat Hagos Gebrhiwet, 12:57.41 to 12:58.65!
Three more dipped under 13!
Eunice Sum won in Zurich also, her 2:00.46 beating Kate Grace in a non-DL race!
BTW, where has Ms Sum been>"
She's run and won 2 or 3 races recently, so is obviously back!
Sifan Hassan is still winning, taking the Zurich 1500 in 3:57.08 off a sub-60 last 400!
She beat KK's 3:59.02!!
Klosterhalfen is 9th on my C-E list for the 1500-3000!
Her 3L59.02 & 8:20.07 adds to 12:19.09!
Gabby Stafford shattered yet another NR of Canada, becoming that nation;s first sub-4 female!!
Her time was 3:59.59!
Genzebe Dibaba finished 4th, while Jenny Simpson had a poor day in 8th!!
Now would be a good time to report on the Fifth Avenue Mile on NYC's streets!
In a VERY tight race, Simpson led most of the way, but JUST beat oncoming Eleanor Oueeier!
Her event Record 4:16.02 beat Purrier's 4:16.09!!
(Purrier's time was first reported as the same as Simpson's, but Jenny was clearly ahead at the line!
Nick Willis and Chris O'Hare both ran 3:51.7, with the Kiwi getting the nod!
Also on the Roads, Len Korir ran 59:06 to win the USATF 20K Champs, with Sara Hall running 66:47 for her Win!
Zurich's Women's SC went off fast, but at the end, Beatrice Chepkoech's 9:01.71 sufficed!
Hyvin Kiteng's 9:03.93 took 2nd, with Norah Januto following in 9:05 and change!
Then came Daisy Jepkemei's 9:06.06, which makes her 12th A-T World!
Gesa Krause's NR of Germany followed, time of 9:07.41!
She beat her old mark by about 6 seconds!!
She ranks 17th A-T World!
Cut OFF my World list was one Jenny Barringer Simpson, whiose mark of 9:12.50 dated from 2011!
BTW, Emma Coburn ended 6th in 9:10!
Sondre Moen got Norway's 10000 NR with his 27:24.78!
Easy pickings for any of the Ingebrigtsen's!
Josh Thompson may be a new American find, as he won a race in 3:35/01 (ISTAF)
ISTAF saw a World Record of sorts, at least as reported by T&FN's eTN!!
Gesa Krause (See above!) set a "WR" of 5:52.80 in the 2000SC at ISTAF!!
Note that Beatrice Chepkoech probably ran faster than that enroute to her 3000SC WR!!
ISTAF's 5000 saw Daisy Jepkemai just nip Norah Tanui--14:51,72 to 14:51,73!!
But more interesting names came in 4th and 5th!
Recent Oregon grad Jessica Hull chopped her 5K best down to 15:00.22!!
If run at NCAA's or earlier, it would have been the Collegiate Record!!
Back from giving birth last year, Shannon Rowbury umproved her 2019 best to 15:05 and change!!
Tim Cheruiyot improved his 800 PR to 1:43.11!
Speaking of Cheruiyot, he won the Van Damme 1500 in 3:30.22!
Jakob Ingebrigtsen was 2nd exactly one second behind!
Craig Engels was 5th, but his PR of 3:34.04 ranks him 22nd A-T US!!
Getnet Wale took the Sc in 8:06.92!
Sifan Hassan just keeps rolling!!
Her 14:26.26 easily beat Letesenbet Gidey (14:29.54) and KK (14:29.89)!!
And yes, Gabrielle Stafford racked up one more Canadian NR!!
Her 14:44.12 nailed her own mark by 7 seconds!!
BTW, Helen Obiri ended in 14:33.90!
While this post isn't too long now, it would break all records if I went on here!
Thus, stay tuned for my NEXT post, which will have all the field event and other assorted results from the two DL's and elsewhere!
See you soon!
But you know my take on the entire Diamond League concept--MOT good!
But Zurich's Weltklasse and Brussels's Van Damme Memorial do mark the finish line of the 2019 DL season--and they did produce many great marks worthy of reportage!
Leading these were both 400H races--Men's & Women's!!
Only Kevin Young's World Record is faster than the duo who gave us a brilliant sprint finish to the incredible double-dip ever seen in this event!!
In the end, it was Norway's Karsten Warholm--on a spectacular streak all year--who edged past America's Rai Benjamin at the line!!
It nearly took his lean to win this race!
His 46.92 cut 0.20 off the latest of his NR's--maybe the 4th this season!
(I lost count!!)
Benjamin's 46.98 moves him away from the legendary Edwin Moses--by 0.04 seconds!!
Warholm gets his NR, Zurich's MR, the Age 23 Record, and ranks him 2nd A-T World!
His Combined Events total for the 400-400H is now 1:31.79 (44,87 & 46.92))!
For Benjamin, he gets the Age 22 Record, is 3rd A-T World, tied with Abderrahman Samba!!
He's 2nd A-T US!!
His C-E total is 1:31.29 for the same events (44.31 & 46.98)!
He moves 0.01 ahead of Angelo Taylor's 1:31.30 (44.05 & 47.25).
If those 2 and Samba show up in Doha in shape, O-M-G!!!
You know Delilah Muhammed recently cracked the WR with her 52.20!
You also know that about 99.99% of the guesses on who would break the WR were with Sydney McLaughlin!!
Muhammed ran 54.13, out of it before the race was half over!
And there was The Kid--streaming down the straight on her way to the most prestigious DL win of her brief Pro career!!
Her 52.85 nabbed her the Age 20 Record--probably the SIXTH Age Record she holds in this event (15-20)!!
She missed the MR by a mere 0.01 seconds!!
(Why the slow time from Muhammed??)
Shaunae Miller-Uibo--her colorful hair flying behind her--grabbed the 200 by the proverbial short hairs (Sic!~ LOL) and didn't let go!
Her 21.74 broke her own Bahamas NR, and gave her the Age 25 Record!
Her C-E time for the 100/200/400 is 1:21.90 (11.19, 21.74, 48.97)!!
She's 11th A-T World, tied with 3 others!
BTW, the MR she broke was Marita Koch's 21.76, dating from 1985!
Dina Asher-Smith took Silver with 22.08!!
Okay, friends, that's it for the descriptive stories of the top events!
No room for that to continue here!
BUT--I will give you ALL the other marks I have--and more!--in my Event Group format!
100-200-400
Noah Lyles won the Brussels 200 in 197.4, and the Zurich 100 in 9.98!
In the 200, Ramil Guliyev edged Andre De Grasse for 2nd, 19.86 to 19.87!
Salwa Naser was a runaway Zurich winner in the 400--time of 50.24!
Mujinga Kambundji continues her fine season!
She timed 11.00 and 22.26 recently, the latter mark getting her Switzerland's National Record!!
Remember Ewe Swobooda? She just ran a PR 100 time of 11.07 at the ISTAF meet!
(I thought she'd run faster!!)
Germany's Women ran the 4X100 Relay in a great time of 41.67!!
China took 2nd in 42.31!
Justin Gatlin seems to be over whatever niggle he had, as he ran 9,97 somewhere in Europe!!
Michael Norman cruised the Brussels 400 in 44.26 to best Fred Kerley's 44.46!
I think wind affected the times!
Dina Asher-Smith"upset" SAFP in Brussels, 10.88 to 10.95!
But was it really an upset??
Andre De Grasse took ISTAF's 100 in 9.97!
Germany's Relay squad also ran 42.22 to beat the Nrtherlands 42.28!
Distances (Track & Roads)
Donavan Brazier came THIS close to beating Johnny Gray's AR!
His 1:42.70 puts him just 0.10 behind Gray, and 2nd A-T US!!
Nijel Amos was way ahead into the final straught but faded badly while Brazier was kicking from about 6th place off the curve!!
He's 24th A-T World!!
Amos ended in 1:42.98!
Brandon McBride, Emmanuel Korir, and Clay Murphy all ran under 1:44!
After some slow early laps, Josh Cheptegai beat Hagos Gebrhiwet, 12:57.41 to 12:58.65!
Three more dipped under 13!
Eunice Sum won in Zurich also, her 2:00.46 beating Kate Grace in a non-DL race!
BTW, where has Ms Sum been>"
She's run and won 2 or 3 races recently, so is obviously back!
Sifan Hassan is still winning, taking the Zurich 1500 in 3:57.08 off a sub-60 last 400!
She beat KK's 3:59.02!!
Klosterhalfen is 9th on my C-E list for the 1500-3000!
Her 3L59.02 & 8:20.07 adds to 12:19.09!
Gabby Stafford shattered yet another NR of Canada, becoming that nation;s first sub-4 female!!
Her time was 3:59.59!
Genzebe Dibaba finished 4th, while Jenny Simpson had a poor day in 8th!!
Now would be a good time to report on the Fifth Avenue Mile on NYC's streets!
In a VERY tight race, Simpson led most of the way, but JUST beat oncoming Eleanor Oueeier!
Her event Record 4:16.02 beat Purrier's 4:16.09!!
(Purrier's time was first reported as the same as Simpson's, but Jenny was clearly ahead at the line!
Nick Willis and Chris O'Hare both ran 3:51.7, with the Kiwi getting the nod!
Also on the Roads, Len Korir ran 59:06 to win the USATF 20K Champs, with Sara Hall running 66:47 for her Win!
Zurich's Women's SC went off fast, but at the end, Beatrice Chepkoech's 9:01.71 sufficed!
Hyvin Kiteng's 9:03.93 took 2nd, with Norah Januto following in 9:05 and change!
Then came Daisy Jepkemei's 9:06.06, which makes her 12th A-T World!
Gesa Krause's NR of Germany followed, time of 9:07.41!
She beat her old mark by about 6 seconds!!
She ranks 17th A-T World!
Cut OFF my World list was one Jenny Barringer Simpson, whiose mark of 9:12.50 dated from 2011!
BTW, Emma Coburn ended 6th in 9:10!
Sondre Moen got Norway's 10000 NR with his 27:24.78!
Easy pickings for any of the Ingebrigtsen's!
Josh Thompson may be a new American find, as he won a race in 3:35/01 (ISTAF)
ISTAF saw a World Record of sorts, at least as reported by T&FN's eTN!!
Gesa Krause (See above!) set a "WR" of 5:52.80 in the 2000SC at ISTAF!!
Note that Beatrice Chepkoech probably ran faster than that enroute to her 3000SC WR!!
ISTAF's 5000 saw Daisy Jepkemai just nip Norah Tanui--14:51,72 to 14:51,73!!
But more interesting names came in 4th and 5th!
Recent Oregon grad Jessica Hull chopped her 5K best down to 15:00.22!!
If run at NCAA's or earlier, it would have been the Collegiate Record!!
Back from giving birth last year, Shannon Rowbury umproved her 2019 best to 15:05 and change!!
Tim Cheruiyot improved his 800 PR to 1:43.11!
Speaking of Cheruiyot, he won the Van Damme 1500 in 3:30.22!
Jakob Ingebrigtsen was 2nd exactly one second behind!
Craig Engels was 5th, but his PR of 3:34.04 ranks him 22nd A-T US!!
Getnet Wale took the Sc in 8:06.92!
Sifan Hassan just keeps rolling!!
Her 14:26.26 easily beat Letesenbet Gidey (14:29.54) and KK (14:29.89)!!
And yes, Gabrielle Stafford racked up one more Canadian NR!!
Her 14:44.12 nailed her own mark by 7 seconds!!
BTW, Helen Obiri ended in 14:33.90!
While this post isn't too long now, it would break all records if I went on here!
Thus, stay tuned for my NEXT post, which will have all the field event and other assorted results from the two DL's and elsewhere!
See you soon!
Sunday, September 1, 2019
WOW, So Much!
AaronK to AaronK--WAKE UP!!
AaronK to AaronK--Don't bother me!!
Well, you get the idea!!
I've gotten LAZY!!
BUT--I got a S--Tload of marks to report!
I'm going to stop (here) before the Zurich meet!
Thus, below find results from the Birmingham and Paris DL
d, the Pan Am Games, and assorted other meets!!
Mea culpa, mea culpa and so on!!
Because of the lateness, let's divide the marks by event groups, not meets!
The B'ham DL can pretty much be ignored!! LOL)
Sprints
Shaunae Miller-Uibo ran the one lap in 49.59 somewhere!
Karsten Warholm continued his siege of fast 400H marks with a 47.43!
Ho hum.
Third in the Pan Am Games 400 was HS'er Justin Robinson, timed in 45.07!
But he's run 44.84!!!
Also in Lima. Preru, Shelly Ann Fraser-Pryce nabbed an ancient mark with her 22.43 W in the 200!
Evelyn Ashford held the old Pan Am Meet Record with 22.45 from 1979!!!
Akeem Bloomfield jogged the B'ham 400 in 45.04!
SMU (See above!) ran 22.24 tobeat Dina Asher-Smith's 22.36 and SAFP
's 22.50 in B'ham!
Danielle Williams continued to dominate the 100H scene with hewr 12.46 winner in Birmingham!
J Takayama got the Japan Nationsal Record with his 110H mark of 13.25!
Noah Lyles sped the Paris DL 200 in 19.65!
This broke Usain Bolt's MR!!
Ramil Guliyev took Suilver in 20.01.
Daniel Roberts beat some big names with his 13.08 W in Paris!
Orlando Ortega was 2nd in 13.14, with Grant Hollowway taking 6th in 13.25!!
Warholm won again, this time in 47.26!
When you're hot, you're HOT!!
Elaine Thompson took the Paris 100 in 10.98!
Distances
Konstanze Klosterhalfen is racking up Germany NR's!!
One of her latest is in the 5000!
Her 14:26.78 at the German Nationals ranks her 14th A-T World!!
Go KK!!
Marco Arop took fown the Pan Am Meet Record with his 800 time of 1
:44.25!!
Christian Pacheco ran 2:09:31 in the Pan Am Marathon for another Meet Record!!
(First to go sub-2:10 there!!)
A pair of Canadians got Pan Am Meet Records!
Genevieve Lalonde got the 3000SC mark with her 9:41.45!
Natosha Wodak took the 10000 mark with her 31:55.17!
KoKo got the Germany NR in the Milre also--4:21.11 in Birmingham!
She won by over 3 seconds!!
She misses the World DDD by less than 2 seconds!!
Yes, it now takes a sub-4:20 to make that list!!
Beatrice Chepkoech won the SC in 9:05.55!
Yawn.
Helen Schlachtenhalfen won a 1500 in a PR of 4:03.50!
(Is she a 2nd cousin of Klosterhalfen?? LOL)
She misses the US list by 0.20 seconds!!
Second went to Cory McGee's PR of 4:04.14!!
Third was Shannon Osika's 4:094.22, then Emma Coburn's 4:04.40!!
Brandon McBride took the Paris 800 in 1:43.78!
A close 2nd was Puerto Rico's Wesley Vazquez in 1:43.83--a new National Record for this very steady runner!!
Uganda's Ronalf Masagala--a hot item lately!!--took the Paris 1500 in 3:30.58!
Ayanleh Souleiman--making a good comeback!--was 2nd in 3:30.66!
Filip (3:31.06) and Jakob (3:31.33) Ingebrigtsen took the next 2 places!
Fifth through tenth all ended with sub-3:32 times!!
PR's were run by Stewart McSwewn (8th) anbd Marcin Lewindowski (10th)!
The latter smashed his own National Record of Poland with his 3:31.95!!
Soufiane El Bakkali took the Steeplechase in 8:06.64!
Hanna Green won her first Diamond League race with 1:58.39, not a PR!
Seven went under 2 minutes!!
Horizontals
Felix Haynes (??) TJ'ed 57.5!
Malaika Mihambo LJ'ed 23-6!!
She is 23rd A-T World, tied with 3 others!
The Pan Am Women's Triple Jump was a goodie!!
Yulimar Rojas took the MR and her own Venezuela National Record with her 49-7 bounder!!
She's 16th A-T World!!
Second went to Shaneika Ricketts's 48-5.50!
A stud-loaded LJ came in Birmingham's DL!
Nafi Thiam got the Belgium NR and the W with her 22-6.25!
Ivana Spanovic and Katerina Johnson-Thompson took 2nd & 3rd, both with 22-5.25 marks!!
S Sharuyama (sp??) got Japan's NR with his LJ of 27-6.25!
Queen Harrison Claye's new husband--Will--won the Paris TJ with a massive 59-3!!
It's the Paris Meet Record!
He's now tops on the US Combined Events list for the LJ-TJ with his marks of 27-2.50 and 59-3--adding to 86-5.50!!
He's 3rd on the World & US C-E lists!
He's 5th A-T World and 3rd A-T US A-T!~!
He also gets the MR and the Age 28 Record!!
Christian Taylor was 2nd with his 58-5.75!!
Yulimar Rojas won the Paris Women's TJ with 49-4.50!!
But Keturan Orji in 3rd finally topped her Rio PR!!
Her 48-3.50 got it by a quarter inch!!!
She remains 2nd A-T US!!
Let's go to the Verticals--aka the Pole Vault, since we have just one or two HJ marks to report!!
Renaud Lavillenie showed some form with a W of 19-2.25!!
Stefano Sottelo (??) HJ'ed 7-7.75 in the weakest Men's event of 2019!!
Anzhelika Sidorova raised her PR to 15-11.25 for 9th A-T World!!
Yarisly Silva's 15-7 beat Katie Nageotte's 15-5 at the Pan Ams!!
Tina Sutej broke her own NR of Slovenia with her 15-5 clearance!
Ekaterina Stefanidi's 15-7 got the Birmingham MR!
Clearing 15-3 were Alysha Newman, Silva, and Jenn Suhr, who ciontinues to rock and roll at Age 37!!
Mondo Duplantis also is ready for Doha, as he recently cleared 19-4.25!!
Sam Kendricks won the Paris DL with 19-8/25!
But even more signifantly, he tied Sergey Bubka's MR from 1985!!!
Alysha Newman broke her own National Record of Canada with a topper of 15-9.75!!
She ranks 13th A-T World, tied with 3 others!!
Stefanidi, Sandoi Morris, and Sidorova all went over 15-7!!
Shot Put
(I'm separating this from the other Throws, as it's been by far the most productive!!)
Michel Haratyk's 73-2.75 equals his PR!
Ryan Crouser went 73-7.50 somewhere!!
Darian Romani's 72-5 is the new Pan Am Games Meet Record!!
Danielle Thomas-Dodd's 64-1.75 breaks her own NR of Jamaica!
It's also the Pan Am MR!!
Brittany Crews threw 62-6.75 to take doiwn her own NR of Canada!!
(Are Canadians breaking a TON of their NR's--or what??!!)
Tom Walsh got the Paris DL Meet Record with his 73-7.50!!
Joe Kovacs showed his old form with a solid 72-6.50 in 2nd!!
It was a deep field, as Bob Bertemes's 69-6.75 got the 8th Place Record!!
Somewhere in Europe, Chuk Enekwechi (Remember him from Collegiate T&F in the States??) threw 71-6.25 for a new NR of Nigeria!!
Other Throws--and the Decathlon
A dude with the intials of EM (I'll try to get his full name for you!!) threw the Javelin 292-6!!
He--whoever he is!! LOL) now ranks 22nd A-T World, tied with 2 others!!
BTW, it's the Lithuania National Record!!
Jeez!!
Huihui Liu AGAIN broke her own NR of China with a Jav toss of 223-0!!
She's adding just a few inches at a time!!
But she's now 9th A-T World!!
Fedric Dacres nabbed the Pan Am MR with his DT of 222-0!!
Anderson Peters won Pan Am's JT with a good 286-5!!
Yaime Perez's 218-5 got the Pan Am MR in the DT!!
Kara Winger threw the Javelin 213-0 to win the Pan Am's with one of her best throws ever!!
Dania Caballero took the Paris DT with her 219-6 lob!!
She beat Sandra Perkovic's 213-3!!
Gleb Dudarev (Remember him?) got a smallish PR with his HT of 256-10!!
Finally--in the results department--Damian Warner took the Pan Am Decathlon with a score of 8513 points!!
I DO have some news items to report!!
I'm sure you've heard most of this!!
Reported in an earlier post is that Sally Pearson has retired!!
Christian Coleman apparently missed three drug tests, and MIGHT be banned for awhile!!
He's challenging the accusation!!
Also in the "I heard this on Social Media!" is the report that HS stud sprinter Brianna Williams hastested positive!!
I HOPE that's NOT true!!
It would be a super sad end to a brilliant HS career!!
As you know, she broke the HSR for the 100 earlier this year with her 10.94!!
Danieal Rudisha was ina fatal car accident, but he's fine--not even injured!!
Thank God!!
You probably know Evan Jager won't be in Doja!!
Sandi Morris--quite ubiquitous on Twitter--says she thinks a place in Switzerland is the "most mystical" place she's ever seen!!
Okayyyy, Sandi!!
And that--I beliieve--is the end of THIS post!!
See you soon with the DL "finals" report--half of which is finished already!!
I know, I know, I'm gonna be late with Zurich's results also!!
Kille me!!
See you soon--or thereabouts!!
LOL
AaronK to AaronK--Don't bother me!!
Well, you get the idea!!
I've gotten LAZY!!
BUT--I got a S--Tload of marks to report!
I'm going to stop (here) before the Zurich meet!
Thus, below find results from the Birmingham and Paris DL
d, the Pan Am Games, and assorted other meets!!
Mea culpa, mea culpa and so on!!
Because of the lateness, let's divide the marks by event groups, not meets!
The B'ham DL can pretty much be ignored!! LOL)
Sprints
Shaunae Miller-Uibo ran the one lap in 49.59 somewhere!
Karsten Warholm continued his siege of fast 400H marks with a 47.43!
Ho hum.
Third in the Pan Am Games 400 was HS'er Justin Robinson, timed in 45.07!
But he's run 44.84!!!
Also in Lima. Preru, Shelly Ann Fraser-Pryce nabbed an ancient mark with her 22.43 W in the 200!
Evelyn Ashford held the old Pan Am Meet Record with 22.45 from 1979!!!
Akeem Bloomfield jogged the B'ham 400 in 45.04!
SMU (See above!) ran 22.24 tobeat Dina Asher-Smith's 22.36 and SAFP
's 22.50 in B'ham!
Danielle Williams continued to dominate the 100H scene with hewr 12.46 winner in Birmingham!
J Takayama got the Japan Nationsal Record with his 110H mark of 13.25!
Noah Lyles sped the Paris DL 200 in 19.65!
This broke Usain Bolt's MR!!
Ramil Guliyev took Suilver in 20.01.
Daniel Roberts beat some big names with his 13.08 W in Paris!
Orlando Ortega was 2nd in 13.14, with Grant Hollowway taking 6th in 13.25!!
Warholm won again, this time in 47.26!
When you're hot, you're HOT!!
Elaine Thompson took the Paris 100 in 10.98!
Distances
Konstanze Klosterhalfen is racking up Germany NR's!!
One of her latest is in the 5000!
Her 14:26.78 at the German Nationals ranks her 14th A-T World!!
Go KK!!
Marco Arop took fown the Pan Am Meet Record with his 800 time of 1
:44.25!!
Christian Pacheco ran 2:09:31 in the Pan Am Marathon for another Meet Record!!
(First to go sub-2:10 there!!)
A pair of Canadians got Pan Am Meet Records!
Genevieve Lalonde got the 3000SC mark with her 9:41.45!
Natosha Wodak took the 10000 mark with her 31:55.17!
KoKo got the Germany NR in the Milre also--4:21.11 in Birmingham!
She won by over 3 seconds!!
She misses the World DDD by less than 2 seconds!!
Yes, it now takes a sub-4:20 to make that list!!
Beatrice Chepkoech won the SC in 9:05.55!
Yawn.
Helen Schlachtenhalfen won a 1500 in a PR of 4:03.50!
(Is she a 2nd cousin of Klosterhalfen?? LOL)
She misses the US list by 0.20 seconds!!
Second went to Cory McGee's PR of 4:04.14!!
Third was Shannon Osika's 4:094.22, then Emma Coburn's 4:04.40!!
Brandon McBride took the Paris 800 in 1:43.78!
A close 2nd was Puerto Rico's Wesley Vazquez in 1:43.83--a new National Record for this very steady runner!!
Uganda's Ronalf Masagala--a hot item lately!!--took the Paris 1500 in 3:30.58!
Ayanleh Souleiman--making a good comeback!--was 2nd in 3:30.66!
Filip (3:31.06) and Jakob (3:31.33) Ingebrigtsen took the next 2 places!
Fifth through tenth all ended with sub-3:32 times!!
PR's were run by Stewart McSwewn (8th) anbd Marcin Lewindowski (10th)!
The latter smashed his own National Record of Poland with his 3:31.95!!
Soufiane El Bakkali took the Steeplechase in 8:06.64!
Hanna Green won her first Diamond League race with 1:58.39, not a PR!
Seven went under 2 minutes!!
Horizontals
Felix Haynes (??) TJ'ed 57.5!
Malaika Mihambo LJ'ed 23-6!!
She is 23rd A-T World, tied with 3 others!
The Pan Am Women's Triple Jump was a goodie!!
Yulimar Rojas took the MR and her own Venezuela National Record with her 49-7 bounder!!
She's 16th A-T World!!
Second went to Shaneika Ricketts's 48-5.50!
A stud-loaded LJ came in Birmingham's DL!
Nafi Thiam got the Belgium NR and the W with her 22-6.25!
Ivana Spanovic and Katerina Johnson-Thompson took 2nd & 3rd, both with 22-5.25 marks!!
S Sharuyama (sp??) got Japan's NR with his LJ of 27-6.25!
Queen Harrison Claye's new husband--Will--won the Paris TJ with a massive 59-3!!
It's the Paris Meet Record!
He's now tops on the US Combined Events list for the LJ-TJ with his marks of 27-2.50 and 59-3--adding to 86-5.50!!
He's 3rd on the World & US C-E lists!
He's 5th A-T World and 3rd A-T US A-T!~!
He also gets the MR and the Age 28 Record!!
Christian Taylor was 2nd with his 58-5.75!!
Yulimar Rojas won the Paris Women's TJ with 49-4.50!!
But Keturan Orji in 3rd finally topped her Rio PR!!
Her 48-3.50 got it by a quarter inch!!!
She remains 2nd A-T US!!
Let's go to the Verticals--aka the Pole Vault, since we have just one or two HJ marks to report!!
Renaud Lavillenie showed some form with a W of 19-2.25!!
Stefano Sottelo (??) HJ'ed 7-7.75 in the weakest Men's event of 2019!!
Anzhelika Sidorova raised her PR to 15-11.25 for 9th A-T World!!
Yarisly Silva's 15-7 beat Katie Nageotte's 15-5 at the Pan Ams!!
Tina Sutej broke her own NR of Slovenia with her 15-5 clearance!
Ekaterina Stefanidi's 15-7 got the Birmingham MR!
Clearing 15-3 were Alysha Newman, Silva, and Jenn Suhr, who ciontinues to rock and roll at Age 37!!
Mondo Duplantis also is ready for Doha, as he recently cleared 19-4.25!!
Sam Kendricks won the Paris DL with 19-8/25!
But even more signifantly, he tied Sergey Bubka's MR from 1985!!!
Alysha Newman broke her own National Record of Canada with a topper of 15-9.75!!
She ranks 13th A-T World, tied with 3 others!!
Stefanidi, Sandoi Morris, and Sidorova all went over 15-7!!
Shot Put
(I'm separating this from the other Throws, as it's been by far the most productive!!)
Michel Haratyk's 73-2.75 equals his PR!
Ryan Crouser went 73-7.50 somewhere!!
Darian Romani's 72-5 is the new Pan Am Games Meet Record!!
Danielle Thomas-Dodd's 64-1.75 breaks her own NR of Jamaica!
It's also the Pan Am MR!!
Brittany Crews threw 62-6.75 to take doiwn her own NR of Canada!!
(Are Canadians breaking a TON of their NR's--or what??!!)
Tom Walsh got the Paris DL Meet Record with his 73-7.50!!
Joe Kovacs showed his old form with a solid 72-6.50 in 2nd!!
It was a deep field, as Bob Bertemes's 69-6.75 got the 8th Place Record!!
Somewhere in Europe, Chuk Enekwechi (Remember him from Collegiate T&F in the States??) threw 71-6.25 for a new NR of Nigeria!!
Other Throws--and the Decathlon
A dude with the intials of EM (I'll try to get his full name for you!!) threw the Javelin 292-6!!
He--whoever he is!! LOL) now ranks 22nd A-T World, tied with 2 others!!
BTW, it's the Lithuania National Record!!
Jeez!!
Huihui Liu AGAIN broke her own NR of China with a Jav toss of 223-0!!
She's adding just a few inches at a time!!
But she's now 9th A-T World!!
Fedric Dacres nabbed the Pan Am MR with his DT of 222-0!!
Anderson Peters won Pan Am's JT with a good 286-5!!
Yaime Perez's 218-5 got the Pan Am MR in the DT!!
Kara Winger threw the Javelin 213-0 to win the Pan Am's with one of her best throws ever!!
Dania Caballero took the Paris DT with her 219-6 lob!!
She beat Sandra Perkovic's 213-3!!
Gleb Dudarev (Remember him?) got a smallish PR with his HT of 256-10!!
Finally--in the results department--Damian Warner took the Pan Am Decathlon with a score of 8513 points!!
I DO have some news items to report!!
I'm sure you've heard most of this!!
Reported in an earlier post is that Sally Pearson has retired!!
Christian Coleman apparently missed three drug tests, and MIGHT be banned for awhile!!
He's challenging the accusation!!
Also in the "I heard this on Social Media!" is the report that HS stud sprinter Brianna Williams hastested positive!!
I HOPE that's NOT true!!
It would be a super sad end to a brilliant HS career!!
As you know, she broke the HSR for the 100 earlier this year with her 10.94!!
Danieal Rudisha was ina fatal car accident, but he's fine--not even injured!!
Thank God!!
You probably know Evan Jager won't be in Doja!!
Sandi Morris--quite ubiquitous on Twitter--says she thinks a place in Switzerland is the "most mystical" place she's ever seen!!
Okayyyy, Sandi!!
And that--I beliieve--is the end of THIS post!!
See you soon with the DL "finals" report--half of which is finished already!!
I know, I know, I'm gonna be late with Zurich's results also!!
Kille me!!
See you soon--or thereabouts!!
LOL
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