Never expect much from Regional Championships, maybe especially INdoor ones!
The 2021 edition of the European Championships, held from March 4th to the 7th in Torun, Poland, held to that theme!
Only one Meet Record fell in the entire meet!!
But a saving grace of these meets is that many National Records tend to fall--and that was the case in Torun!!
That Meet Record was Mondo Duplantis's 19-10.25 PV win!
Absent was Renaud Lavillenie, but his younger brother Valentin took the Silver--10 inches back!!
Another "star" was Jakob Ingebrigtsen!
He was a double Gold guy, winning the 1500 and 3000!
His 1500 was 3:37.56, but his 3K was (though an INdoor PR) just 7:48 and change!
Marcin Lewindowski was half a second back in the shorter race!
Wilhelm Belocian is getting faster!
His 7.42 in the 60H beat the 7.43 of Andy Pozzi!
Belocian is 20th A-T World, tied with 1 other!
Pozzi tied his PR, and is ranked 22nd A-T World, tied with 4 others!
Maksim Nedesekau (sp?) HJ'ed a World Leading 7-9.25 to beat the 7-8.50 by Gianmarco Tamberi!
Nedasekau broke his own National Record of Belarus!
He's 18th A-T World, tied with 7 others!
A pair of NR's fell in the Men's LJ!
Miltiadis Tenteglou's 27-4.75 winner was not one of them!
Thobias Montler's 27-3.75 in 2nd is Sweden's new NR!
Kristian Pulli's 27-0.50 is Finland's 1st 27 footer!
Lamont Jacobs won the 60 by a mile (Ha!) in 6.47, the World Leader!
It's also Italy's new NR--and first sub-6.50!
He's 20th A-T World, tied with 7 others!
Netherland took the 4 X 400 Relay in a National Record of 3:06.06!
They're 14th A-T Nation!!
Pedro Pichardo took the TJ with his 56-9.25!
Kevin Mayer won the Heptathlon with an impressive 6392, though it's not a PR!
The Men's SP saw a good battle between Tomas Stanek and Michal Haratyk.
Stanek won, 70-11.75 to 70-5.25!
On the Women's side, Nafi Thiam was clearly the star!!
Her 4904 won the Pentathlon by over 100 points!
It gave her Belgium's National Record, and makes her 7th A-T World!
Another Belgian finished 2nd--she being Noor Vidts!
Her 4791 makes her 22tth A-T World!
Xenia Krizsen's 4644 in 3rd was also impressive!
Femke Bol keeps breaking her own Netherlands NR in the 400 by tiny increments, her latest of 50.63 bettering her old mark by 0.01 seconds!
But she still doesn't make my World DDD!
Her 49.99 anchor split in her team's winning 4 X 400 Relay shows she's capable of much more!
Netherlands time of 3:27.15 makes them 6th A-T Nation!
Great Britain was 2nd in 3:28.20.
Poland was 3rd in 3:29.94.
Italy's 3:30.32 in 4th makes them 15th A-T Nation!
Ukraine's 3:30.38 makes them 16th A-T Nation!
Yet another Netherlands NR fell--this one to Nadine Visser in the 60H!
Her 7.77 was a lucky number, as it also made her 15th A-T World, tied with 1 other!
Ajia Del Ponte won the shortest flat race in 7.03--by a BIG margin!!
Good enough to tie the National Record of Switzerland!
The middle distances (800 & 1500) were slow, but the 800 winner (2:03.88!) was 19 year old Neely Hodgkinson!
Amy Eloise-Markovic (formerly Eloise-Neale) won the 3000 in 8:46.43, her fastest!
She graduated from U-Dub, just 90 miles from my home, so extra pride in her win!
Elli Junnila's HJ of 6-5 gave her Finland's NR, but just 3rd in the meet!
Winner was Yaroslava Mahuchukh with 6-6.75, beating Iryna Hereshchenko's 6-6 in 3rd!
Patricia Mamona's 47-8 in the TJ beat the 47-7.75's of Ana Peleteiro and Neeli Eckhardt, who took 2nd & 3rd!
A slight upset in the LJ, as Maryna Romanchuk beat Malaika Mihambo, 22-8.50 to 22-7!
Another close field event saw A Dongmo prevail over Fanny Roos and Christina Schwanitz in the Shot Put!
Dongmo reached 63-6.50, but Roos's two foot PR (!!) of 63-3.50 broke her own NR of Sweden!
Schwanitz was 3rd with 62-3.75!
The Women's PV didn't break any Records, but it was a good one!
Angelica Moser improved to 15-7 in winning, making her 22nd A-T World, tied with 4 others!
Tina Sutej took Silver with 15-5.
Then came a trio of 15-3's, with Iryna Zhuk and Holly Bradshaw tying for 3rd, and Eleni Klavadia's 15-3 taking 5th!
As with many major Championships, several elites were MIA!
Some were due to Covid restrictions, while some just chose not to partake!!
BTW, the 3 Borlee brothers ran on Belgium's Relay team, but not in the open 400!
A stated attempt on Galen Rupp's INdoor American Record in the 5000 "failed"--at least as far as Rupp's record went!
But Emmanuel Bor beat the guy (Paul Chelimo) who said he was going after the Record!
Bor's 13:05.60 gives him the Age 32 Record!
It makes him 2nd A-T US, and 12th A-T World!
Chelimo finished in 13:12.51, making him 10th A-T US!
Cut OFF my World list was one Mo Farah, whose 13:09.16 dated from 2007!!
The race took place in Virginia!
All the rest I have is from OUTdoors!!
And what a pair of 5000's we saw in San Juan Capistrano!!
Grant Fisher sprinted to the W in 13:02.53!!
This makes him 13th A-T US!
In my Combined events for the American 1500 & 5000, Fisher's 3:36.23 & 13:02.53 adds to 16:38.76, making him 8th A-T US!
Marc Scott of Great Britain ended 2nd in 13:05.13.
Sean McGorty--the former Stanford teammate of Fisher--was 3rd in 13:06.45!
This makes him 17th A-T US!
He was followed by Joe Klecker's 13:06.67, which makes him 18th A-T US!
Cut OFF my American list was the infamous Alberto Salazar, whose 13:11.93 dated from 1982!
Josh Kerr won the 1500 at this Sound Running meet in 3:35.78!
Back in 8th was Matthew Centrowitz, who ended in 3:40.31!
The Women's 1500 was won by Sinclaire Johnson in 4:05.91.
She beat the 4:06.23 of Elise Cranny!
The Women's 5000!
Not surprising in the Gold position was Emily Sisson, who ran 14:55.82, making her 10th A-T US!!
But then came a real SHOCKER!!
Allie Buchalski??
She who had not ever broken 15:20, and she suddenly cranks out a 14:57.54??!!
WOW!!
This made her 19th A-T US!
Another surprise, but not really, was Weini Kelati in 3rd, also breaking the 15 minute barrier!
Her 14:58.24 is the Eritrea NR!
Alicia Monson was 4th in 15:07.65, while Gwen Jorgensen impressed with her 15:08.28!
Down Under in Australia, a women's 1000 (!) saw Claudia Hollingsworth lose to Linden Hall's 2:35.90!
But Hollingsworth's 2:36.72 is the "World Youth Record" (which this blog doesn't recognize!), as she's just 15 years old!!
Compare this to Mary Cain, who as a young Pro, ran 2:35.80 when she was 17--INdoors!
The NCAA moved the 2020 XC season to this year!
Thus we saw some Conference XC meets happening!
(This post is delayed, so this news is from early March!!)
The most important one was the PAC-12, held in Seattle.
Eduardo Herrera took the Men's race in a quick 22:30!
Charles Hicks--a Stanford Frosh--was 2nd in 22:41.
The Women's race saw Washington's Haley Herberg win on her home course in 19:02.
She beat Ella Donaghu's 19:09 and Stanford Frosh (!) Zofia Dudek's 19:14!
Early HS marks from OUTdoors included Paige Sommers's non-PR Pole Vault of 14-3, and Katelyn Fairchild's JT of 163-10.
That ranks her 24th A-T HS!!
Not bad for March!
See you soon with my NCAA INdoor Championships reports!!
I'm planning on two posts, one for the Men, and one for the Women!
Included in each will also be the results of the NCAA Cross Country Championships!!
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