Maybe it's that the athletes are tired of a year of training with not much racing.
Maybe it's that we're within 100 days of the start of Tokyo's Olympics!
Maybe it's just a continuation of a fantastic INdoor season.
Whatever the case, last weekend (Sorry for the delay!) was a wild one!
The key meet was the one in Miramar, Florida.
Only the wind kept it from classic status!
Sha'Carri Richardson returned to her form of 2019, when she burst through to a 100 in 10.75.
She improved to 10.72, finishing far ahead of 2nd, and it was wind legal!
She gets the Age 21 Record!
She ranks 4th A-T US, and 6th A-T World!
Justin Gatlin didn't win, but he proved that at Age 39, he still can pop a goodie!
Kyree King took the W with 9.97, but Gatlin's 9.98 gave him the Age 39 Record!
But keep in mind that Kim Collins ran 9.93 at Age 40!!
Shamier Little ran a lap without hurdles in 49.91, just edging the 49.92 of Quanera Hayes!
For Little, she's 23rd A-T US!
In my Combined Events list for the US 400 & 400H, Little's 49.91 and 52.75 adds to 1:42.66!
This ranks her 2nd on that US list, and 5th on the World C-E!
That wind helped some along to quick times--
Kenny Bednarek was blown to 19.65 over 200 meters, but with a wind of 4.0!
Jenna Prandini ran her 200 in 22.29, aided by a wind of 2.3!
A 2.2 wind aided Grant Holloway to a 110H time of 13.04.
After a legal wind (2.0) carried Kendra Harrison to a 12.54 heat of the 100H, she took the final in 12.38, with a 2.7 wind at her back!
Other good marks from Miramar--
Tajay Gayle LJ'ed a World Leading 27-1.75!
Kenny Selmon's 48.81 over the 400H is also a World Leader!
Justin Robinson took the flat 400 in 45.23!
Ajee Wilson took the 800 in 2:00.57.
Danielle Thomas-Dodd won the SP with 62-10.75, with Maggie Ewen's 61-4 taking the US lead!
Another Florida meet saw HS PRO Erriyan Knighten sprint a HS PRO Record of 20.31 over 200 meters!
He also gets the HS PRO Soph Class Record!
He's only the second Male PRO in High School, Drew Hunter having been the first!
And Fred Kerley sprinted the 100 in 10.03, after a heat of 10.06!
The Georgia meet had a great Men's Multi!
In the end, Karel Tilga won it with 8484 points, making him 2nd A-T Collegiate!!
He also gets the Soph Class Record!
But he needed every point to beat Garrett Scantling's 8476 total!
This makes him 10th A-T US!
Zach Ziemek's 8213 total was a very decent 3rd!!
It wasn't in a Multi, but Heptathlete Kendell Williams reached 7.00 in the LJ, her 22-11.75 making her 10th A-T US, tied with 1 other!
A mark like that in a Heptathlon would net her 1172 points!!
Second with 22-5 was Jasmine Moore!
This gives her the Frosh Class Record, and makes her 9th A-T Collegiate, tied with 1 other!
But then she added a solid PR in her specialty, the Triple Jump!
Her 46-4.25 is also a Frosh Class Record, and ranks her 8th A-T Collegiate!
It also ranks her 13th A-T US, tied with 1 other!
With her 22-5 LJ, her Combined Events total for the LJ & TJ adds to 68-9.25!
This makes her 3rd A-T US on that list!!
Marie Therese-Obst added 4 inches to her JT PR, her 201-4 making her 4th A-T Collegiate!
Anna Hall scored 6200 points in the Heptathlon!
This is the Frosh Class Record, and ranks her 10th A-T Collegiate!
An Alabama meet saw Eliud Kipsang solo to a 1500 in 3:36.00!
This is the Frosh Class Record, and rates him 7th A-T Collegiate!
Tamara Clark ran the 100 in 11.07 in the same meet!
In Mississippi, Waleed Suliman ran a 1500 in 3:36.53!
He ranks 15th A-T Collegiate!
The Women's Hammer Throw--in 2 separate meets--took on major World Class status!
DeAnna Price broke her own American Record with a humongous toss of 257-10!!
This makes her 4th A-T World!
But then Brooke Andersen added a few feet to her PR, her 256-6 making her 2nd A-T US, and 5th A-T World!!
(BTW, reports say WR holder Anita Wlodarczyk is coming back from injury, and should be starting her season in May!!)
A Texas meet saw Athing Mu anchor her Texas A&M 4 X 400 squad to a time of 3:26.73, with her split of 50.21!
With a strong aiding wind, Tyra Gittens scored 6274 points in the Heptathlon, making her 6th A-T Collegiate!
I count windy Multi's, but attach a "W" to the mark on my lists!
Ruth Usoro exploded out 47-7 in the TJ, making her 2nd A-T Collegiate, and giving her the Junior Class Record!
An Arizona meet saw Sheldon Blockberger's son Johnnie sprint the 400 in 44.71!
He's a Freshman at Arizona!
Turner Washington threw the Discus 211-10!
And Samantha Noennig had a SP mark of 59-5.25!
In tying her PR, she's 21st A-T Collegiate!
Hannah Steelman took over the Collegiate 3000SC lead with her 9:46.35!
Maddy Nilles had a HT of 224-3.
But she misses the Collegiate DDD by 6 inches!
Trey Knight got a slight improvement in his HT, at 219-6!
He's a Frosh at USC!
The rest of the meet in Missouri was OUTdoors, but due to bad weather, they moved the Men's PV to INdoors!
Thus the following should be known as an INdoor mark!!
Zach Bradford went over the bar set at 19-0.75!
This makes him 9th A-T Collegiate, and 19th A-T US, tied with 1 other!
And then we have Desiree Davila--now known as Desiree (Des) Linden!!
A few months earlier, she decided she wanted to chase down the World Record (actually designated as World Best--except this blog will refer to it as the World RECORD!) in the 50000 meter run!!
So she and a small group organized their own race on a flat loop course near Eugene, and set the date for mid-April!!
Other runners stopped at the Marathon or Half Marathon distances (each loop was half of a Half, or about 6.55 miles!), but with pacer Charlie Lawrence running the whole way with her, Linden SHATTERED the World Record with a time of 2:59:54--about 5:47 per mile for the 31.1 mile course!!
She passed the 26.2 mark in 2:31:12, then ran the additional 4.9 miles in 28:42!
Brief video clips taken enroute showed her running relaxed and smooth, on the far right side of the paved bike path!!
The old WR was Aly Dixon's 3:07:20, while the old American Record was Janis Klecker's 3:13:51, dating from 1983!
Ms Klecker later became the mother of current stud Joe Klecker!!
Dixon, who is British, and still running, tweeted--Be back soon. Just changing my bio!
See you soon with THIS weekend's report!!
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