Things are starting to brew on the Global front, with the Drake Relays and the USATF Grand Prix (held alongside the Oregon Relays) advertising fantastic fields in many events for this weekend!
Weather permitting----!!
But this past week easily belonged to the teenage crowd!
And I'm not talking about US HS'ers!!
Ever hear of Christian Mboma or Beatrice Masilinga before, say 10 days ago?
Neither had I!
Then suddenly the whole World heard of a race in Namibia where Mboma ran and won the 400 in 49.24, with Masilinga 2nd in 49.53!
Add to that startling news the fact that Mboma wouldn't be 18 until May 22, and Masilinga was celebrating her 18th birthday the day of the race!
Forget the altitude, or the fact it was an All Comers meet!!
Mboma got Namibia's National Record, and the Age 17 Record!
The time ranks her 19th A-T World!
Masilinga gets the Age 18 Record!
But that doesn't end it!
Mboma improved 0.02 seconds--to 49.22--a few days later at Namibia's National Championships!
She added an 800 in 2:03.57--a 5 second PR!
Masilinga added an NR in the 200 of 22.72!
Then there was a rather famous American Teenager who also performed spectacularly!!
You have heard of her--Ms Athing Mu!
She's an 18 year old Freshman at Texas A&M!
And she simply DESTROYED the OUTdoor Collegiate Record in the 800, just as she did with the INdoor 800 CR!
Her time of 1:57.73 reduced Raevyn Rogers's old record by 1.37 seconds!
Get this--her splits were about 60.0 and then 57.73 for her second lap!
Very few have ever run the 800 with negative splits that far apart--unless they ran the first lap in a jog!!
She gets the CR and the Frosh Class Record!
Second was Aaliyah Miller, whose 2:00.87 rates her 17th A-T Collegiate!
For Mu, she ranks 10th A-T US!!
There have been big marks in the past coming from the under 20 crowd!
But in 10 days or less, we saw the Ages 17 & 18 Records being crushed in the 400, and the Collegiate Record being beaten to a pulp by someone also 18!
Maybe back 55 or 56 years ago--when Gerry Lindgren and Jim Ryun were teens have we seen more than one Teenager perform as Mu, Masilinga, and Mboma did recently!~
Hmmm....interesting that all three last names begin with an "M"!
Maybe for MAGNIFICENT??
Well, let's see what the older crowd did last week!
The key meet was the Jones Memorial in Florida!
There, Justin Gatlin tied his Age 39 Record in the 100 by beating the 9.99 of Andre De Grasse with his 9.98!
In a separate race, JuVaughn Martin suddenly sprinted the 100 in 9.94.
As with the Namibians, no one had heard of him!
Maybe because his previous PR was a measly 10.40--although he did run a windy 10.17 also!
Still, a massive improvement!
It rates him 13th A-T Collegiate, as he's a Soph at Florida State!
The Hurdle races were the highlight!
Jasmine Camacho-Quinn (whom I call JCQ in this blog!) broke her own National Record of Puerto Rico with a brilliant 12.32!
This ranks her 7th A-T World, tied with 1 other!
Her heat was run in 12.56!
Then Grant Holloway took the 110H in a World Leading 13.07!
(His heat was in 13.17!)
Trey Cunningham was far back in 13.28, but his PR time ranks him 13th A-T Collegiate, tied with 2 others!
Other solid Jones Memorial results--
Steven Gardiner took the 400 in 44.71!
Sha'Carri Richardson took her 200 in 22.11!
Thomas Mardel PR'ed in the HT with his 249-11.
This makes him 11th A-T Collegiate!
An Adidas team won the 4 X 400 Relay in a quick 3:00.75!
I don't know their splits, but Teen Erriyan Knighten and Holloway ran the last two legs!
Kaylin Whitney didn't win her 400 (Jessica Beard did in 51.00), but Whitney's 51.04 was a PR in 2nd!
Fred Kerley took the 200 in 20.24.
Another race saw Kentucky Frosh Lance Lang win in 20.39!
He beat Matt Boling's 20.43!
A famous Triple Jumper also performed there by the name of Christian Taylor!
But his mark was just 53-1.50!
Amber Tanner improved by a bit in winning the 800 in 2:01.36!
She beat Gabby Wilkinson's 2:01.45, another PR!
They're both Collegians!
Maudie Styring won the 1500 in 4:11.43.
She's a Florida State Junior from Australia!
Krissy Gear ran a good 3000SC, time of 9:45.10.
And Michelle Atherley took the Heptathlon with 6100 points!
The Hammer Throw continues to produce in 2021.
Rudy Winkler threw his out 255-6 in New York.
Janae Kassanavoid improved her mark to 244-0, making her 7th A-T US!
And Trey Knight added about 7 feet to his PR with a good 226-9 in California!
Sydney McLaughlin showed up at the Brian Clay meet in Azuza CA.
In her heats, she jogged a 400 in 51.16, then ran 12.92 for the 100H!
For my World and US Combined Events lists for the 100H and 400H, her times of 12.92 and 52.20 adds to 65.12.
She now ranks number ONE for both the World and US!
Candice Hill ran her fastest 100 since 2016, time of 11.13!
And Nick Ponzio took the SP with 69-9.25!
Good field event marks happened in Eugene last week!
Turner Washington improved his DT to 217-5!
He ranks 7th A-T Collegiate!
Add Camryn Rogers's name to the above HT list---
She threw her implement 239-9, making her 3rd A-T Collegiate!
Alyssa Wilson was 2nd with a good 228-3!
Samantha Noennig had a small Shot Put PR of 59-7.50!
She's 20th A-T Collegiate, tied with 1 other!
Hannah Steelman, who is quietly having a pretty fair season so far, won a 5000 in 15:30.87!
Katelyn Tuohy took 3rd in 15:47.58!
Joyce Kimeli took the Collegiate lead in the 3000SC with her 9:37.97!
She ranks 8th A-T Collegiate!
Skylar Ciccolini was the premier JT'er in the 2019 HS season!
(Remember, there wasn't a HS season in 2020!!)
Anyway, she threw her spear a good 183-9!
She's a Frosh at Missouri!
Now let's move across the oceans!!
The 3000SC National Record of China fell to Xinyen Zhang!
Time of 9:20.38!
In Jamaica, Zharnel Hughes won the 200 in 20.14.
Rasheed Broadbell took the 110H in 13.15.
That was a PR by a whopping 0.32 seconds!!
Elaine Thompson-Herah won the 100 in 11.21, while Shelly Ann Fraser-Pryce busted rust with her 200 of 22.66!
A Marathon in Italy saw the Men's race go to Erick Kiptanui in 2:05:47.
Twenty runners ran under 2:09!
Angela Tanui took the Women's race in the World Leading time of 2:20:08!
Some Walk news--
The Men's 50K World Lead went to Satoshi Marico (sp??), time of 3:38:42.
The US Trials for the Pan Am's saw an unknown win the Men's 20K!
Daniel Nehnevag won in 1:26:00.
His two main victims were stars Nick Christie and Emmanuel Corvero, both of whom finished over two minutes behind!!
Maria Michta-Coffey was beaten by a Mexican, but she was first American in 1:38:47.
Versatile Collegiate Walker AND Runner Taylor Ewert finished 5th in 1:41:08, not her PR!
But what the heck, it probably was a nice break from her University responsibilities!!
A couple of good HS marks to report--
Katelyn Fairchild had a JT of 171-7, making her 13th A-T HS!
And Bryce Foster had the first HS 70 footer in the SP since 2019, mark of 71-1.
He takes up the caboose position on my Top 24 A-T Performers list!
Knocked OFF that list was a name long gone from the sport!
Doug Lane's mark is GONE, his mark of 70-11 being from 1968, 53 years ago!!!
A bit of non-results news--
Salwa Naser's appeal before CAS for her missed drug tests is today!!
Waiting to hear word!
Also, on a happier note, new Road 50K World Record holder Des Linden threw out the first ball in a recent Boston Red Sox game!!
She also announced she'll be running the fall version of the Boston Marathon this October!
See you soon with (hopefully) some great marks from Eugene and Iowa---and elsewhere!!
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