Monaco Record-Breaking Assault

 NOTE--For reasons I won't go into, there was a large space between blog posts!
But problem's been resolved, and I'm ready to continue my RE-counting of the late 2019 and all the 2020 T&F Records & Marks this blog is known to cover!
We pick up in late July, and go to the Monaco DL and surrounding action!
Enjoy!

The tiny Principality of Monaco again gave us a slough of great Records & Marks--despite this being a DL season ridden by Covid horrors!

Josh Cheptegei took down one of the most respected Distance Records in the Men's 5000!
Goodbye Ken Bekele!!
Cheptegei passed 3K in 7:35.14--then picked it up!
His 12:35.36 took almost 2 full seconds off the Legendary Bekele's time!
His closing 2000 of 5:00.22 was superb!
But will this masterpiece last a similar 16 years that Bekele's did?

Besides the WR, he gets the Meet Record, the National Record of Uganda, and the Age 23 Record!!
Nicholas Kimeli took 2nd in a PR of 12:51.78!

While Cheptegei's run was the headliner, perhaps the best EVENT was the Women's 1000--rarely run by Elites!
Faith Kipyegon attacked the race like an 800, and ended with 2:29.15, making her 2nd A-T World!!
She also gets the Kenya NR, the Monaco Meet Record, and the Age 26 Record!
But hang on, Baby, lots more to come!!

Laura Muir took 2nd with her 2:30.82.
She gets the National Record of Great Britain, and the Age 27 Record!
It makes her 6th A-T World!
Ciara Mageean was 3rd in 2:31.06.
She gets Ireland's NR, and the best 3rd Place mark!
Jemma Reekie got the best 4th Place mark with her 2:31.11.
She is 9th A-T World!

Halimah Nakaayi ran 2:32.12.
She broke her own NR of Uganda, got the best 5th Place mark, and is ranked 23rd A-T World!
Sofia Ennaoui's 2:32.30 gave her Poland's NR, and the best 6th Place mark!
Back in 9th came American Raevyn Rogers.
Her 2:37.10 makes her 12th A-T US--NOT noted in the eTN!!
(A good reason to read my blog!!)

Then there was the Men's 1500, and the Women's 5000!
Tim Cheruiyot took Gold with his 3:28.45!
Jacob Ingebrigtsen was 2nd with his 3:28.68.
This takes Norway's NR away from Brother Filip!!
He gets the Age 19 (!!) Record, and now ranks 8th A-T World!!
Jake Wightman of GB took 3rd with 3:29.47.
He's 22nd A-T World, tied with 1 other!

Helen Obiri's 14:22.12 gave her the Monaco Meet Record, as well as the Age 30 Record!
BTW, Obiri now has 4 Age records--and they are CONSECUTIVE--Ages 27, 28, 29, and 30!!
Letesenbet Gidey took 2nd with 14:26.57.
Laura Weightman's PR of 14:35.44 took 3rd.
Jessica Hull got Australia's NR with her 14:43.80!
In 5th came the venerable Shannon Rowbury--with a solid time of 14:45.11.

I'll return with a lot more from Monaco, but let's go to the late July and early August material first!

Valerie Allman smashed the American Record in the Discus Throw with a solid 230-2!!
She missed the World DDD by 13 inches!!
At that same Idaho meet, Chase Ealey go the Season Leader in the SP with her 63-8.25.
And Kara Winger threw the Javelin 211-5!

Remember the Portland IntraSquad meet which saw Shelby Houlihan destroy her own AR in the 5000?
It was a race with only the Bowerman TC involved!
Well, here we go again!!
Same venue, same team!
The 4 X 1500 were the events this time--both Men and Women!
Evan Jager, Grant Fisher, Sean McGorty, and Lopez Lomong averaged approximately 3:38.75 per 1500, with their final time of 14:34.97 getting the American Record!

Colleen Quigley, Elise Cranny, Karissa Schweizer, and Shelby Houlihan averaged about 4:06.75, their final time of 16:27.02 given the American AND World Records!

Asterisk time??
According to the eTN, both times may NOT be ratified as Records!!
They said it was due to the type of meet and races!
We shall see--BUT my blog DOES recognize them as the Records given them!!

Another Oregon meet saw Donovan Brazier run the 800 in 1:43.84--a World Leader.
Shannon Rowbury took the 1500 in 4:03.62.
And Brenda Martinez's 2:02.81 took just 3rd in the 800--but it made ME happy to know she had not retired--as I was thinking she had!!
In Connecticut, Elle Purrier showed some 800 speed with her PR of 2:00.70!

The state of Georgia saw Katie Nageotte reach for the stratosphere in the Pole Vault!
She rose to 16-1.75 in a dominant performance!
(2nd was under 15 feet!)
She gets the Age 29 Record.
It makes her 3rd A-T US, and 6th A-T World!
She becomes the 9th Woman to top 16-0 OUTdoors!
And she is the 3rd US Woman over 16 OUTdoors!!

Still in the Women's PV, a couple of National Records fell!
Michaela Meijer's 15-10 broke Angelica Bengtsson's NR of Sweden!
It makes her 11th A-T World, tied with 3 others!
(A reminder--these rankings are for OUTdoor marks ONLY--no INdoor marks were considered!)
BTW, Bengtsson took 2nd with 15-0.25!
Iryna Zhuk took down the NR of Belarus--her own!--with her mark of 15-5.75!

In Switzerland, the newest 400H star--Femke Bol--ran a flat 400 in a PR of 51.13--winning the race!
In the same meet, Ciara Mageean ran the 800 in 1:59.69--getting Ireland's NR!!

In Greece, Elena Tzenggo threw the Javelin 209-10--getting the Age 18 Record!!

Jamaica's Female Sprint stars strutted their stuff in separate heats of the 100.
Shelly Ann Fraser-Pryce ran 10.87, while Elaine Thompson's time was 10.88.
(Why didn't they race each other??)

Bence Halasz had a PR in the HT with his 262-1.
Auriole Dongmo (sp?) got a SP World Leader--and Portugal's NR--with her 64-1!

High School Soph Emiyon Knighton had a great Sprint double!
After a 10.29 in the 100, he sped a half lap in 20.33!
This is the Soph Class Record!
And it makes him 10th A-T HS, tied with 1 other!!

OK, back to Monaco, etc!!

Noah Lyles sped the 200 in 19.76--with brother Josephus WAY back in 2nd!!
(First time brothers got 1-2 in a DL??)
Donovan Brazier improved to 1:43.15 in 2020.
But Bryce Hoppel's 1:43.23 in 2nd makes him 7th A-T US!!
Soufiane El Bakkali's 8:08.04 took the World Lead in the 3000SC!

Karsten Warholm's 47.10 in the 400H gives him Monaco's Meet Record--and the Age 24 Record!!
(The latter mark was Edwin Moses's--dating from 1979!!)
Mondo Duplantis cleared the PV bar set at 19-8.25.
He broke his own Age 20 Record!
And he tied Monaco's MR--first done in 1999!!

Orlando Ortego got the World Leader in the 110H with his 13.11.
Grant Holloway was just 4th with 13.19.
Lynna Irby took the Women's 400 in a World Leading 50.56.

At other sites--
Dan Stahl got a great Discus Throw of 234-2.
Johannes Vetter made the Javelin go past 300 feet--with 300-2.
Nadine Visser's 12.68 gave her the World Lead in the 100H.
In Russia, Anzhelika Sidorova cleared 15-9 in the PV.
Alina Shukh scored 6386 in the Heptathlon in the Ukraine--another World Leader!

In Florida--Where else??--Kenny Bednarek improved to 19.80 in the 200, making him 14th A-T US!
He's short of my World DDD by a measly 0.01 seconds!!
Sha'Carri Richardson had a great series of Marks!
She sped her 200 in 22.00, making her 11th A-T US!!
Her winning time in the Century was 10.95.
But her heat was in 10.83--slightly spoiled by a just over the allowable wind of 2.1!!

Back in Georgia, Justin Robinson ran a World Leading (!!) 44.91 in the 400.
A World Leader??!!
Jeez!

And we end this post with some GREAT High School times!
In Nashville, Tennessee, the one and only Rheinhardt (LOVE his name!!) Harrison didn't win the Mile, but his 4:01.34 gives him the Soph Class Record!!
It also makes him 20th A-T HS!
His enroute 1500 time of 3:46.02 gives him his second Soph Class Record!!

Sophie Gorriaram (sp?) ran an 800 in 2:02.97, making her 13th A-T HS!

I don't normally report 3200 times, but this one is too good to ignore!
Jenna Hutchins's time was 9:49.83.
If the race had been extended an extra 18+ meters, her Two Mile time might have been around 9:52.0!!

And that's a wrap, my Friends!
More to come!