DL Fail, Buried Under "Other News"

 The initial Diamond League gathering of the 2021 season was an utter failure!
While lousy weather was mostly to blame, Gateshead proved you can't plan for good things to happen, but instead have to go with the flow, ride the tide, take what you can get when you can get it!
Luckily for this Records & Marks person, enough flowing, riding, and taking happened in other venues to make us forget Gateshead even happened!

There was Ostrava!
Where Jacob Kiplimo stepped off a 13:27 5000!
But he didn't stop, and in fact ran a second 5000 in 13:06.
Add those together, and his time of 26:33.53 gives him the Age 20 Record, and makes him 7th A-T World!
On my Combined Events list for the 3000, 5000, and 10000, his times of 7:26.64, 12:48.63, and 26:33.33 adds to 46:48.60, ranking him 4th A-T World!
In the 5000 & 10000 C-E, his times add to 39:21.96, making him 5th A-T World!
Birhanu Belew took 2nd with 27:07.49!
That's Bahrain's National Record!

Mondo & Sam put on a good performance, with Duplantis PV'ing 19-4.25 to top Kendricks's 19-2.25!
Getnet Wale took the World Lead in the 3000SC with his 8:09.47!
The day before his 19th birthday, GB's Max Burgin won the 800 in 1:44.14, the World Leader!
Another teen, Keely Hodgkinson, took the Women's 2 lapper with her PR of 1:58.89!
She beat Diriba Walteji's 1:59.79!
Johannes Vetter made a play for Athlete of the Year with yet another monster Javelin Throw!
His 309-1 is the Ostrava MR, and gives him the Age 28 Record also!

The fastest Marathon of the year was run by Titus Ikiru of Kenya in Italy.
His 2:02:57 gives him the Age 29 Record, and makes him 5th A-T World, tied with 1 other!
Reuben Kipyego's 2:03:55 in 2nd makes him 21st A-T World!
Hiwot Gebrekidan won the Women's race with the first sub-2:20 of the year!
Her 2:19:35 is just 4 seconds removed from my World list!

A pair of Throws meets held annually in Tucson threw out some remarkable marks!
They could be termed twin meets, since basically the same set of athletes compete in both, and they're separated by one day!

In the first, Jorinde van Klinken broke the Netherlands National Record in the DT with her 216-4!
Some still feel Ria Stalman held that record at over 233 feet, but many years after throwing that, she admitted to doping during that period, so the Netherlands federation stripped her of the NR!
This was an 11 foot PR for van Klinken over her recent win in the PAC-12 Conference!
And it made her 2nd A-T Collegiate!
Rachel Dincoff's 211-4 in 2nd makes her 14th A-T US!

A couple of NR's fell in the Women's Hammer Throw!
Lauren Bruce got New Zealand's NR with her 244-9 winner!
Annette Echikenwoke's 242-6 gave her Nigeria's NR!

Ryan Crouser threw what's fast becoming an "average" throw for him--74-1.75!!
He beat Tom Walsh's 71-2.75!
But Ryan decided to put it all out there (Pardon the pun!) in the 2nd meet!
His ginormous 75-6 took him to very intimate contact with the 1 or 2 marks ahead of him!
I say "1 or 2" because Randy Barnes's "WR" of 75-10.25 from 1990 is felt to be drug-induced, and thus illegal!
But it's still listed as the WR, and this blog accepts it!
Ulf Timmermann has the next best mark with his 75-8!
Thus Crouser is ranked 3rd A-T World on my list, and 2nd A-T US!
He does get the Age 28 Record!
Joe Kovacs took 2nd with his 72-3.75!
Darrell Hill (71-9.50), and Tom Walsh (70-4.25) followed!

The Men's Hammer Throw saw some list changes between the two meets!
Daniel Haugh took the opener with 257-11, making him 9th A-T US!
Sean Donnelly reached 253-0!
But in the next meet, those balls and chains really flew!

Rudy Winkler got his out to 267-2, winning by over 7 feet!
But Donnelly PR'ed with a 260-1, making him 6th A-T US!
Haugh's 259-3 makes him 10th A-T US!
Alex Young improved to 252-10, making him 13th A-T US!
And Brock Eager's 248-10 makes him 17th A-T US!

Alex Rose made his last round count, his 6th round DT of 221-4 giving him the National Record of Samoa!
It wasn't a throwing event, but the HJ's gave these meets some added spice!
Shelby McEwen cleared 7-7.75 in the first to make him 21st A-T US, tied with a mere 7 others!
Vashti Cunningham had some company in the 2nd meet, but she prevailed with 6-6.25!
Jelena Rowe PR'ed with 6-5, making her 14th A-T US, tied with 3 others!
Rachel McCoy cleared 6-4 in 3rd!

But the real shocker came from the 21 year old Dutch woman, Jorinde van Klinken!
Remember, she had already PR'ed in the Conference meet with 205 plus!
Then reached 216-4!
And now, she's suddenly the World Leader, her massive 230-4 obliterating her new NR, and the 40 year old Collegiate Record of Meg Ritchie, dating back to 1981.
Ritchie had been around 29 when she set that record!!
Critics say the wind (One described it as a "hurricane"!) made the record cheap!
Bullshit!!
In recent years, only Sandra Perkovic has topped 230 feet!!
We'll have to wait and see whether a "windless" day will limit van Klinken, and by how much!!
But she is now a very serious contender for the podium in Tokyo!!
BTW, she also gets the Junior Class Record!
She's less than two feet removed from my World list!!
In 2nd was another rising star, the former Kansas U Jamaican, Shadae Lawrence!
Her 219-11 gave her Jamaica's NR!
Kelsey Card showed she might be returning to form with her 207-3 in 3rd!

In a meet in Spain, Yulimar Rojas came so close to the WR, many are now saying they're ready to hand it to her!
Her TJ off 50-7.50 (15.43) looked easy in the video I saw!
It gives her the Age 25 Record, breaks her own Venezuela NR, and makes her 2nd A-T World!
Ana Peletier was far back, hitting 46-6 in 3rd!

Unless I'm reporting a HS only meet, I normally wait until the end to mention good HS marks!
But at the New York meet, some HS'ers rose above and beyond!
Sifan Hassan had defeated Nikki Hiltz in the Pro 800, running 2:01.52.
Hiltz was also under 2:02.

But then they had a B race.
Three HS girls ran, trying for a Trials Q time!
There were older women in the race, but kicking hard off the final turn, Roisin Willis galloped to a fantastic 2:00.78, making the Junior 4th A-T HS!
Second went to another HS Junior, Juliette Whittaker, whose 2:01.34 makes her 8th A-T HS!
Sophia Gorriarian--who was seen as the favorite by some among the trio, ended in 5th with a still good 2:02.93!

I'll group the remainder by event, as I've been known to do lately!!

Sprints & Hurdles
Ostrava saw Fred Kerley beat the Super Vet Justin Gatlin in the 100, 9.96 to 10.08 at Ostrava.
Kenny Bednarek is proving very consistently fast, winning Ostrava's 200 in 19.93.
Kirani James took the 400 in 44.74!
In her first ever European race, Sha'Carri Richardson got the Ostrava Meet Record winning in 22.35 over 200 meters!
At the USATF Open in Fort Worth, Allyson Felix showed she still has steam by cruising a 400 in 50.88.
The Age 35 record is 50.14!
Mike Cherry was fast there also, hitting the line in 44.37, his best ever!
At the adidas Boost Games, on an elevated track laid out along Boylston Street in Boston, Isaiah Young won the 100 in 9.94!
In a separate race, HS PRO Erriyon Knighton set HS PRO Records for his 10.16, also getting the HS PRO Soph Class Record!
Races over 150 meters were run, with Jereem Richards and Lynna Irby winning with times of 14.75 and 16.53!
Other times from Boston were--
Jerome Blake taking the straight 200 in 19.89!
Alison Dos Santos taking the 200H in 22.12.
Aleia Hobbs winning the 100 in 11.05!
Grant Holloway cruising to 13.20 in the 110H!
Kendra Harrison running the 100H in 12.49.
And Shaunae Miller-Uibo taking the 200 in 22.08!

Finally, Marileidy Paulino broke her own National Record of the Dominican Republic with her 50.25!
This was in Spain!

Throws
Those meets in Tucson saw a good group of female Americans in the Hammer Throw!
Gwen Berry won it with 251-11.
Brooke Andersen was 2nd with 250-6, followed by DeAnna Price with 248-11.
Janee Kassanavoid reached 247-8, making her 5th A-T US!
Annette Echikenwoke also threw 247-8 in 5th, breaking her own National Record of Nigeria!

Maggie Malone got a Javelin Throw PR with her 209-4.
This makes her 4th A-T US!
Ariana Ince was 2nd with 202-3!

Felip Miheljevic had a SP win in Ostrava with 70-9.75!
The top 2 Polish Women HT'ers are slowly getting in shape.
Malwina Kapron beat Anita Wlodarczyk, 245-2 to 238-7, although Wlodarczyk took just 3rd place!
Christin Hussong had a pair of good meets, reaching first 218-4, then 219-8 in the JT!
Michal Haratyk had a SP of 72-9 in Poland!
Clemens Prufer threw the Discus 221-2 in Germany!

Rudy Winkler preceded his bigger HT (See above!) with a 261-5 in Texas.
Maggie Malone also showed earlier progress, her JT reaching a then-PR of 205-8, which then made her 5th A-T US!
Fedrick Dacres won the DT at the first Tucson meet with 216-3.
Jessica Woodard PR'ed in the SP in Tucson with 62-3-75, making her 17th A-T US!
Woodard also won the other Tucson meet with a lesser toss of 61-10.25!
She beat Jessica Ramsey's 61-1.50!
Curtis Thompson took the JT with his 267-2!

In Austria, Lukas Weidheldinger won the DT with a solid 224-6!
Johannes Vetter had another JT of 305-9 in Germany.
Pawel Fajdek won a HT competition in Spain with a good 267-9!
He beat the 260-11 of Wojcieck Nowicki!
In Germany, Bob Bertemes won a SP with 71-2.75!
Finally, on the HS scene, Katelyn Fairchild threw the Javelin 175-4, making her 9th A-T HS!!

Other News (from my title!)
Marcin Lewandowski won the Ostrava 1500 in 3:35.67!
Saying he would chase the legendary WR of Daniel Komen in the 3000 meters (7:20.67), Josh Cheptegei came up way short, but still winning in 7:33.24!
Paul Chelimo's 7:41.69 took a far back 2nd!

Hughes Zango continues to dominate the Men's TJ, reaching 56-05.25!
(BTW, you probably already know that Christian Taylor will NOT be going to Tokyo, as he's recovering from surgery!)

At the Trials of Miles in NYC, where those HS girls ran those fast times reported above, we also saw the following--
Alexina Wilson PR'ed in the 3000SC, her 9:32.69 ranking her 20th A-T US!
In the 1500, Danielle Aragon won it in 4:07.66!
Mary Cain was entered in that race, but DNS'ed at the last minute!
She'll be doing some commentary for a meet featuring distances this weekend!!
Hoping she'll provide some insight into what's happening with her!
This was the first meet she would have run since the 2020 INdoor season!

That Boston meet held a pair of Road 600's!!
On a straight course!
Winners were Marco Arop in 1:15, and Natoya Goule in a really quick 1:24!
She beat the 1:26's of the Wilson's, Ajee and Allie!!

In Spain, Lemlem Hailu took the 5000 in 15:02.27!
In 2nd was Genzebe Dibaba in her first completed race of 2021.
Her time was 15:09.61!

Okay, my friends, what to say about that Gateshead Diamond League meet?
I will grant you the weather--namely strong winds blowing AGAINST runners during most of the sprint races--was the main reason I'm calling the meet a "fail"!
Readers of this blog over the past 7 years know I'm not a big fan of the entire DL concept!
Running for wins and points (and money!) derail serious attempts at fast times in most cases!
These meets--or many of them--were once highly popular and respected Invitationals!
World Records and other super incredible marks came from those Invites!!
Stands were packed, and top stars begged to be included!
They had a spectacular history!

Then the old IAAF (now WA) got the idea to make this a series of meets in which to gain points towards winning the final ultimate prize!
Bye bye to WR's and list-making marks!
Hello to strategic races!
Field events were also affected, but more from exclusion than less than top tier performances!
The Hammer Throw and the 10000 had to find other venues, other meets!

Suffice to say, I see the failure of the Gateshead DL due more to its very concept than the awful weather!
Would I feel differently if the meet had been held elsewhere, or with better conditions?
Yes and no.
I think the sprints would have seen more normal results!
But the points and wins idea would still prevail!

That said, I'll take a brief look at what DID occur there!
In the most anticipated match-up, Dina Asher-Smith won a loaded Women's 100 in 11.35, AGAINST a wind of 3.1.
She beat Sha'Carri Richardson, who ran 11.44.
One observer said he thought Richardson eased up halfway through, and he thinks she might have felt something amiss!
She later dropped out of the upcoming Doha field!
Sam Kendricks and Mondo Duplantis were limited in the PV to 18-10 and 18-2.50, respectively!
Kenny Bednarek fought against a wind of 3.0 to run the 200 in 20.35!
It didn't affect distance runners as much!
Jakob Ingebrigtsen took the 1500 in 3:36 and change, and Mohamed Katir won the 5000 in 13:08.52!
One DL down, and who cares how many to go!!

Before I go, we need to honor a iconic athlete from over 50 years ago!
Lee Evans died at the age of 74 a few days ago!
He won Gold Medals in the Olympics, set World Record both INdoors and OUTdoors!
His powerful posture took him over dirt and wood tracks faster than anyone before him!
Legendary was his INdoor rivalry over 600 yards with Martin McGrady!
His 43.86 (beating the 43.97 of Larry James) saw the 43's enter the World 400 meter picture in a big way!
He spent many years coaching and living in Nigeria!
He is greatly missed!

See you in a few days with NCAA Regionals results and other goodies!

SEC, PAC-12, Track Meet & More

 With 17 pages of notes, we need to get down to it!
Because of the volume of material, I'll divide it into event groups again!

100, 200, 400
Trayvon Bromell won the Track Meet in Irvine CA with ease, time of 9.92.
Lamont Jacobs ran 9.95 in Italy for the National Record!
Dina Asher-Smith opened her season with a 200 in 22.56.
Terrance Laird doubled at the SEC with 19.82 in the 200, and a windy (3.2) 9.80 in the Century!
The 200 is the SEC Meet Record.
Joseph Fahnbullah ended 2nd in 20.05, but had company!
Matt Boling and Lance Lang took 3rd and 4th, both in 20.06!

Noah Williams took a loaded SEC 400 in 44.37.
Bryce Deadmon PR'ed in 44.50 for 2nd.
He ranks 19th A-T Collegiate, tied with 1 other!
Elijah Godwin ran 44.61 in 3rd!
Kendell Ellis ran 50.30 to take the Track Meet 400!

Anavia Battle won the Big 10 200 in 22.54!
Kynnedy Flannel outdid Battle in the Big 12 with 22.47!
That was in her heat!
She won the final in 22.66!
Twanisha Terry took a double at PAC-12, with 11.10 and 22.72!
She had strong winds, but Tamara Clark impressed at the SEC with 10.87 (2.7) and 21.89 (4.1)!

And saving the best for last, we loved seeing Athing Mu's performances at SEC!
She opened with 50.04 in her heat!
She followed with 49.84 in the final.
And ended with a relay leg of 49.96!
(See below for the Relays!)
The 49.84 is the Meet Record, and ranks her 3rd A-T Collegiate!
She's 14th A-T US, tied with 2 others.
In the US Combined Events for the 400 & 800, her times of 49.84 and 1:57.73 adds to 2:47.57.
She's 2nd A-T US here!
Natassha McDonald took 2nd in the final with a good 50.91.

800, 1000, 1500, Mile
Centro is back!
Matthew Centrowicz had begun the year slow, but after using a 54.23 last 400 to finish his 3:35.26 winner at the Track Meet, I'd say he's on the way to Tokyo!
GB's Kate Snowden took the Track Meet's 1500 in 4:02.98.
Kate Grace ran 4:03.54 in 2nd, with Jessica Hull next in 4:04.16.
Melissa Bishop-Nriagu was 5th in 4:04.42!
But Shannon Rowbury needs work after an 11th place finish in 4:09.70!

A good 800 saw Laura Muir win the Track Meet in 1:58.71.
Allie Wilson continued progressing with 1:59.68 in 2nd!
Elle Purrier tip-toed into the 1:59's with 1:59.99 in 5th!
Her 1:59.99 and 3:58.36 adds to 5:58.35 for 7th A-T US on my Combined Events list!
Jesus Gomez of Spain ran the 1000 in 2:15.99!
Mohamed Katir won the 1500 in 3:33.62, beating the 3:34.24 of Aldi Saaed!

Yared Nuguse used his heat at the ACC to take down the Collegiate Record in the 1500!
His 3:34.68 is also the Junior Class Record and the Meet Record!
He won the final in 3:40.66!
Kameron Jones took the ACC 800 in a Meet Record 1:45.47!
The PAC-12 saw Isaiah Jewett front run his 800 win in 1:45.16, just missing Joachim Cruz's 1984 MR!!
Cooper Teare eased to the 1500 win in 3:39.81.
Former High School phenom Brandon Miller broke through at the SEC, PR'ing in his heat at 1:46.06, then improving to 1:45.95 in the final!

Eliud Kipsang tried a Nuguse (See above!) by speeding through his SEC 1500 heat in 3:36.60!
He won the final also in 3:37.99!
His heat time is the Meet Record!
Some good Women's races at the ACC!
Laurie Barton won the 800 in 2:00.70, and got the Meet Record!
She's 14th A-T Collegiate!
Lindsey Butler was 2nd in 2:01.32!
Knocked OFF my Collegiate list was Joetta Clark's 2:01.15, dating from 1984!
Michaela Meyer won a tight 1500 in 4:09.78!
It's the ACC Meet Record, but she misses the Collegiate list by 0.04 seconds!
Maudie Skyring took 2nd in 4:09.99, with Elly Henes taking Bronze in 4:10.23!
Katelyn Tuohy ended 7th in 4:13.45 after a heat of 4:12.55!

Sage Hurta soloed to the PAC-12 800 tape in 2:01.53!
I'll end this section with a quick HS Mile!
Mia Barnett took the Track Meet HS Mile in 4:39.41.
She's 14th A-T HS!
Far back in 2nd came 8th Grader Sadie Englehart, who ran 4:46.25!

3000, 5000, 10000, 3000SC
The Track Meet featured the distances!
Zouhair Talbi took the Men's 10000 in 27:20.61.
The Moroccan beat Emmanuel Bor's 27:22.80!
Bor is 14th A-T US!
Joe Klecker was 3rd in 27:23.44, which makes him 15th A-T US!
Conner Mantz took 4th in 27:41.16.
This makes him 16th A-T Collegiate!
Mo Ahmed took the 5000 in 13:18.49!

Sifan Hassan said adieu to the chasing masses on her way to a solo 14:35.34 in the Track Meet 5000!
But those "masses" weren't exactly crawling!
Josette Norris ran a solid 14:51.42 to rank 9th A-T US!
Rachel Schneider was right behind in 14:52.04, to rank 11th A-T US!
Emily Sisson improved to 14:53.64, to rank 12th A-T US!
Kate Van Buskirk ran an impressive Canada time of 14:59.80!
Natasha Rogers ended 9th in 15:04.95!
Whittni Orton's 15:12.91 makes her 6th A-T Collegiate!
Taken FROM my Collegiate list was Patti Sue Plumer, who ran 15:00.00 in 1989!!

In another section, Allie Ostrander didn't win, but her 15:18.45 was good!
Maggie Montoya, still reeling from her involvement in that Boulder massacre, ran 15:31.86!
Andrea Seccefian destroyed Canada's National Record in winning the Track Meet 10000 in 31:13.94!
Ednah Kurgat took 2nd in 31:21.65!
Sara Hall was right behind in 31:21.90, making her 23rd A-T US!
Makena Morley ran 31:25.19 in 4th, ahead of Amy Eloise-Markovic's 31:25.91, and Jessica Judd's 31:25.98!
Sally Kipyego was 8th in 31:30.25!

Imagine running a 5000 in 13:01.68.
Now imagine that your previous best was about 45 seconds slower!!
Mark Lomokut of Kenya did just that!
He beat a known quantity in Selemon Barega, who ended  in 13:02.47!
Jenna Magness got the Big 10 Meet Record in the 5000 with her 15:28.82.
The PAC-12 Women's 3000SC saw a couple of additions to my list!
Aneta Konieczek got the Meet Record with her 9:36.74!
It makes her 7th A-T Collegiate!
Katie Rainsberger, who just began her Steeple career a month ago, ran 9:38.84 in 2nd, ranking her 12th A-T Collegiate!

Julia Heymach surprised with her 5000 win in Meet Record time of 15:40.74--breaking the legendary Amy Skieresz mark from 1997!
Carmela Baez took care of the 10000 MR with her 32:38.73!
The SEC Women's Steeple was also interesting!
Joyce Kimeli led from the gun, and had a big lead.
Then she faded, and Krissy Gear hit a higher gear (Sic!), leading her to the tape in 9:38.62.
Her Meet Record makes her 12th A-T Collegiate!
Kimeli finished in 9:47.32!
Mercy Chelangat got both MR's with her 5000 in 15:45.32, and her 10000 in 32:13.13.
The latter mark makes her 22nd A-T Collegiate!

Let's move to some field events for a bit!
SP, DT, JT, HT
Payton Otterdahl's SP of 70-7.75 won the Track Meet from Nick Ponzio's 70-2.50!
Sean Donnelly PR'ed in the HT with his 255-6, which makes him 10th A-T US!
Wojciech Nowicki's HT measured 255-3 in Poland!
Gleb Dudarev won the Big 12 Hammer Throw with a modest 244-9!
Nathan Bultman reached 239-11 to win the PAC-12 Hammer!
Thomas Mardel threw 245-4 to take the HT at SEC!
DJ Jonsson won the SEC Javelin Throw with a lob of 256-1!
He's a Mississippi State Frosh!

Lagi Tausaga won the Big 10 Discus Throw with her 203-8!
Jorinde Van Klinken took the PAC-12 DT with her 205-4.
This makes her 14th A-T Collegiate!
Canadian Camryn Rogers took the HT with 236-11.
Emma Robbins, an LSU Frosh, took the SEC HT with her 220-4 PR!

Latavia Maines's SP of  61-4.75 set the SEC Meet Record, and makes her 11th A-T Collegiate!
And Adelaide Aquilla smashed her previous best with her SP of 62-8.75!
The Ohio State Junior is ranked 4th A-T Collegiate, and 14th A-T US!
Khayla Dawson wasn't bad in 2nd, her 60-3.25 making her 17th A-T Collegiate!

LJ, TJ
Brittney Reese LJ'ed 22-3.75 to win the Track Meet!
Keturah Orji won a meet in Azuza with her LJ of 22-2.50!
At the Big 12, you had to ignore the longest jump to determine who would get the Meet Record!
Steffen McCarter's 27-4.75 was the longest jump, but was wind aided!
Second placer Rayvon Allen had the best legal jump, his 26-10.50 tying the Meet Record at the Big 12!
D Mapaya (sp?) TJ'ed 55-9.75 to get the Big 12 MR!
It also ranks him 22nd A-T Collegiate, tied with 1 other!

JuVaughn Harrison was trying for a double win, but was stymied by Carey McLeod's 27-4.50, which ranks him 14th A-T Collegiate, tied with 2 others!
Harrison, who had passed rounds 4 & 5, tried to top McLeod in round 6, but reached just 27-0.50!
Jada Seaman's 21-6.50 gave her the ACC Meet Record!
Ruta Lasmani moved way up on the Collegiate Triple Jump list with her 46-7.25!
It's the ACC Meet Record, and ranks her 7th A-T Collegiate, tied with 1 other!

Leah Moran tied the Big 10 MR with her TJ of 44-6!
Tara Davis is becoming VERY steady near 23 feet, as she won the Big 12 LJ with another 22-10.50!
It's the MR, of course!
She also ran 12.90 in the 100H in her heat, and won the final in 13.02!
Ruth Usoro's TJ of 46-1.50 ties the Big 12 MR!
She also LJ'ed 21-8 for 2nd place there!

And then we have Jasmine Moore!
She keeps improving, with her latest TJ PR being 47-2.50!
She gets the Frosh Class Record (again!!), and ranks 3rd A-T Collegiate, and 4th A-T US!
Her 22-5 and 47-2.50 adds to 69-7.50!
She's 2nd A-T US on that Combined Events list!
Deborah Acquah took 2nd with 46-4.25!
This makes her 11th A-T Collegiate!
Third went to Natrick Hooper's 45-8, which makes her 20th A-T Collegiate, tied with 1 other!

100H, 110H, 400H
Omar McLeod won the Track Meet with 13.11 in the 110H!
Devon Allen sped 13.26 in 2nd, with WR holder Aries Merritt 6th in 13.96!
Jaylan McConico of Iowa got the Big 10 MR with his 110H time of 13.23!
He's 11th A-T Collegiate!
It had an aiding wind of 2.7, but Robert Dunning still impressed with his time of 13.15!
M Mpoke edged Sean Burrell in the 400H, 48.89 to 48.92!

Anna Cockrell had a good double at the PAC-12 meet!
She won the 400H in 54.77!
This makes her 21st A-T Collegiate!
She beat Shae Anderson's 55.21 PR!
Cockrell also took the 100H in 12.79!
Tonea Marshall PR'ed in the 100H, her 12.52 winning her heat at the SEC!
She also took the final, but in a windy 12.62!
The 12.52 ranks her 6th A-T Collegiate, tied with 1 other!
She's 19th A-T US, tied with 1 other!

HJ, PV, Multi's
Vashti Cunningham HJ'ed 6-5 to win the meet in Azuza!
Jelena Rowe topped 6-4, but misses my US list by a quarter inch!
Anicka Newell cleared 15-1 in the PV in Azuza!
And Ashtin Zamzow scored 6291 in Azuza, making her 20th A-T US!
Brenton Foster HJ'ed 7-5.25 for the ACC Meet Record!
Ayden Owens scored 8238 for the Big 10 MR!
He ranks 17th A-T Collegiate!

JuVaughn Harrison HJ'ed 7-8.75 as part of his double at SEC (See above!)
It's the SEC Meet Record, and makes him 2nd A-T Collegiate, tied with 3 others!
It ranks him 7th A-T US, tied with 3 others!
Darryl Sullivan was good also, clearing 7-7.75, making him 9th A-T Collegiate, tied with 3 others!
Keaton Daniel, a Kentucky Frosh, PV'ed 18-8.25 at SEC!
He's 23rd A-T Collegiate, tied with 11 others!!
Branson Ellis cleared 18-9.25 in the Southland Conference, making him 18th A-T Collegiate, tied with 4 others!

Kyle Garland scored 8196 to win the SEC Decathlon!
This makes him 23rd A-T Collegiate!
Michelle Atherley scored 6019 points to win the ACC Heptathlon!
Rachel Glenn, a South Carolina Frosh, swept over the HJ bar at 6-2.25 to win at SEC
Nastassja Campbell PR'ed in the PV to win SEC at 14-10.75!
She ranks 15th A-T Collegiate!
Three cleared 14-8.25 to follow Campbell!
Lisa Gunnarsson and Lauren Martinez were tied for 2nd, with Kayla Smith relegated to 4th!
Martinez and Smith rank 23rd A-T Collegiate, tied with each other!

Sydney Horn won the Big South meet with a Vault of 14-6.75!
Finally (in this grouping!!), we have Tyra Gittens and her spectacular win at SEC in the Heptathlon!!
Her score of 6418 points was enough for the Meet Record, and the National Record of Trinidad and Tobago!!
It also makes her 3rd A-T Collegiate!!
Anna Hall scored 6117 in 2nd!
But Gittens had other accolades to celebrate!
Her 6-4.75 HJ in the Heptathlon ranks her 7th A-T Collegiate, tied with 6 others!
And she LJ'ed 22-10 for another MR.
This one ranks her 4th A-T Collegiate!!

Relays
Still with me, my friends??
This section wraps things up!!
Whew!!
Purdue's 39.30 is the Big 10 Meet Record!

LSU took the SEC 4X100 in 38.87!
Kentucky edged Texas A&M in the longer race, 3:01.71 to 3:01.73!
The winner became 22nd A-T School!
Houston's 42.84 won the American Conference, making them 11th A-T School!
Oregon took the PAC-12 Women's 4X100 in 42.87.
USC was 2nd in 42.99!
LSU won the Women's 4X100 at SEC in 42.52.
And last, but not least, we have Athing Mu anchoring Texas A&M's 4X400 team to 3:26.17 with a split of 49.96!!
Florida was 2nd in 3:28.33.
South Carolina was 3rd in 3:28.63!

Two brief announcements--one happy, one sad!
Lee Evans has died at age 74!
He was, and still is, one of the A-T greats of our sport, not only for his brilliant running, but for his coaching in Africa, and his never-ending support for Black Lives Matter, before BLM became what it is today!
His INdoor races at 600 yards against Martin McGrady were legendary.
His best 400 of 43.86 would be leading the world this year!!
He will be missed!

On a happier note, Mary Cain--long suffering under the evil machinations of Alberto Salazar--is back!!
She'll be racing Friday in the NY Qualifier in a 1500!
I wish this woman the best, no matter what she runs!!

See you soon!

Golden Games lead Strong Week

 They were called the USATF Golden Games.
They were called part of the Mt SAC Relays.
Whatever its name, it was the best T&F meet since the 2019 Doha World Championships!
(It WAS part of Mt SAC, so the following includes many Mt SAC Meet Records!!)

Rai Benjamin reduced the World Leader in the 400H from 48.6 to 47.13!
But he had some company in a guy unheard from recently--Kyron McMaster!
Benjamin gets the Meet Record, while McMaster's 47.50 is a PR by 0.04 seconds, and improves his British Virgin Islands National Record!
He's 18th A-T World!
Alison Dos Santos was fast also--47.68!
It's Brazil's NR, but he misses the World list by 0.02 seconds!!

Sha'Carri Richardson is being hailed as a "lock" for Gold in Tokyo, and her performance here gave that idea a lot of weight!
Her heat was merely 10.74, which crushed the Mt SAC MR!!
She ran "only" 10.77 in the final, but note she ran against a wind of 1.3!!!
Experts said it was worth at least a 10.69!
Still a good time, 11.08 took 2nd (Javianne Oliver), while Morolake Akinosun also ran 11.08, but in a heat!
Oh yes, Oliver ran 10.97 in her heat!!

It wasn't a MR, but Darrell Hill threw the Shot Put 73-3.50.
Josh Owatunde PR'ed in 2nd with 71-1.50!
He missed the US list by less than 2 inches!

Chris Nilsen got a World Leader and a Mt SAC MR with his PV of 19-4.75!
Elle Purrier is by far the fastest cow milking person in the world!!
Her 3:58.36 makes her 6th A-T US, and is the Meet Record!
Gabby Dubus-Stafford was over 2 seconds behind, most of it gained by Purrier in the final straightaway!
Her time was 4:00.69!
Close to the Canadian was Shannon Osika's 4:00.73!
This makes her 12th A-T US!!
In my Combined Events for the 1500 & 5000, Purrier's 3:58.36 and 14:58.12 adds to 18:56.48.
This makes her 8th A-T US!

The Women's 800 ('s) were great!
The "B" race (!!) saw Kate Grace beat Brenda Martinez, 1:59.72 to 1:59.87!
But what would the "A" race bring?

This!
A British and Canadian foursome took the first 4 spots!
Jemma Reekie's PR of 1:58.27 is the Mt SAC Meet Record!
Laura Muir was 2nd in 1:58.46.
Third went to Canadian Melissa Bishop-Nriagu in 1:58.62.
Fourth was Brit Adelle Tracey, her new PR being 1:59.50!
Raevyn Rogers followed in 1:59.66.
Then Heather McLean matched first race winner Grace's time!
Sinclaire Johnson broke 2 for the first time with 1:59.91.
And just missing was Allie Wilson with 2:00.01!
Wow!

Courtney Frerichs also got a Meet Record, winning the 3000SC in 9:27.70--call it a rust buster or a tempo run for her!!
Leah Falland ran 9:28.72 in 2nd, with Marisa Howard 3rd in 9:29.65!
She's now 15th A-T US!
Grayson Murphy finished 5th, but her 9:33.79 makes her 23rd A-T US!
And that gives Val Constien the caboose position on my US list with her 9:35.73!

The Women's Hurdles races both saw good races and fast times!
Shamier Little broke open the World Lead in the 400H with her 53.65!
It's also the MR, but 2nd placer Gianna Woodruff also made news!
Her 54.70 gives her Panama's National Record! 

Kendra Harrison took care of business (and Tobi Amusan & Company) in the 100H with her 12.48!
Cindy Sember (formerly Ofili) PR'ed in 12.53.
Amusan was 3rd in 12.61, a time which Dewynne Charleton matched in 4th!
Charleton's is the National Record of the Bahamas!
Then came "rookie" High Hurdler Syd the Kid McLaughlin!
She's been PR'ing all year, but her 12.65 here really whacked it down--by 0.22 seconds!
Her 12.65 and 52.20 adds to 64:85, expanding her leads in my Combined Events lists for the World and US!!

Kat Stefanidi also got a Mt SAC MR (Ho hum!) with her PV of 15-9!
Katie Nageotte and Olivia Gruver both cleared 15-5, with Nageotte getting 2nd!

Let's run down the rest of what I have by event group, including the remainder of what happened at Mt SAC!

100-200-400
Some marks from the Pure Athletics Elite meet I missed last post are the 20.55 in the 200 by LaShawn Merritt!
Also a measly 10.78 by Elaine Thompson-Herah!
Cravon Gillespie took the Mt SAC 100 in 9.96 over the 9.99 of Isaiah Young!
(BTW, all times are legal, unless I specify they're windy!)
Noah Lyles got another Mt SAC Meet Record with his 200 in 19.90!
Kenny Bednarek competed well, ending in 19.94!

In another 200 race at the USATF meet, Erriyon Knighton took 0.01 seconds off his HS PRO Record (& Soph Class HS PRO Record) by winning his section in 20.30!
Michael Norman made an appearance, cruising a 44.40 to win the 400 over Michael Cherry's 44.86!
Tons of speculation over what Super Veteran Allyson Felix would run ended with her wind-aided 22.26 (2.1 wind) behind Gabby Thomas's 22.12!
If that had been legal, she wouldn't have come close to Merlene Ottey's Age 35 record of 21.93!!

The MEAC had a double winner in the 100 and 200, with NC A&T's Javonte Harding running 10.21 and 20.21.  
Not bad for one of the "minor" Conferences!
Also at MEAC, we saw Randolph Ross speed 44.60  to win the one lapper!

Some odd distances were run at a German meet!
Pavel Maslak took the 150 in 15.74, while his 33.25 in the 300 matched the winner's mark!
A fish out of water was one Malaika Mihambo, who also took on the 150 and 300 in the Women's races!
Her times were pretty good for a 23+ foot Long Jumper!
She ran 17.44 and 37.47!
Christin Hering ran the 600 there in 1:26.61.
Finally, in a HS race, Conner Washington turned a 200 in 20.39, making him 14th A-T HS!!

800, 1500, 5000, 10000, Marathon
First, a small correction!
The West Coast Relays were in Clovis, not Fresno!
Marco Arop ran an 800 in 1:44.76.
In a separate meet, Bryce Hoppel's 800 took 1:45.43.
But Hoppel improved to 1:44.94, his negative splits being an impressive 53.6 and 51.3, at Mt SAC!
Also at Mt SAC, Ollie Hoare won a quick 1500 in 3:33.19!
He beat out Justyn Knight's 3:33.41 in the final straight!

Evan Jager ran over half of the 3000SC, but apparently was just pacing eventual winner Sean McGorty, not intending to finish!!
He did his job well, as McGorty's first ever Steeple beat out Jager's initial SC (from 2012), running 8:20.77!
Daniel Michalski followed in 8:21.25.
Obdi Ali was 3rd in 8:22.67!
Hicham Buchicha took over the World Lead in the 3000SC with his 8:15.88!

Mason Ferlic cruised a 5000 at Mt SAC in 13:24.34!
The Women's race went to Julie Anne-Staehli's 15:02.34.
Laura Galvan, who PR'ed recently in 15:11 plus, took another 9 seconds off that, her 15:02.48 being Mexico's new NR!
Back in the pack came the venerable Molly Huddle, jogging 15:23.24.

But then followed Maggie Montoya.
Everyone knows her story by now.

She was working at the pharmacy when the shooter started his massacre in Boulder!
She was interviewed later by Anderson Cooper for 10 minutes, a truly heartrending 10 minutes!
She took time out to recover--or try to!
The Mt SAC 5000 gave us beautiful proof that the strong and the courageous can overcome life's most tragic moments, as she ended her first race back with a time of 15:25.81, a more than 10 second PR!!
Welcome back, Maggie!!

A great Men's 1500 race took place in the Oregon Twilight meet!
A bit of an upset, as Yared Nuguse of Notre Dame edged out the speedy Duck duo of Cooper Teare and Cole Hocker!
Nuguse ran 3:35.96, making him 7th A-T Collegiate!
(BTW, as a reminder, I have completely separate lists for INdoor and OUTdoor, so if these places on lists are different than what T&FN says, it's because they do NOT separate the seasons, with their "absolute" lists!!)
Teare's 3:35.97 makes him 8th A-T Collegiate!
Hocker's 3:36.47 makes him 15th A-T Collegiate!
The Women's race was won by Whittni Orton in a non-PR time of 4:10.09!

A Portugal meet saw a few fast 10K's!
Rhonex Kipruto won the Men's race in 27:11.01.
But in the Women's race, Gudef Tsegay ran the fastest debut track 10000 ever!
Her 29:39.42 makes her 6th A-T World.
On my Combined Events list for the 3000, 5000, and 10000, Tsegay's 8:25.13, 14:46.22, and 29:39.42 adds to 52:50.77.
She is 8th A-T World there!
(But she'll run a much faster 5000 someday!)
In my C-E for the 5000 & 10000, her times add to 44:25.67.
She's 8th A-T World there also!
In 2nd was a surprising Kalkidan Gezehegne!
If you recall, she holds the Age 18 Record INdoors for the Mile, her 4:24.10 being run in 2010!
And there is SOME talk of a possible miscount of laps for Gezahegne--that she still had a lap to go--but this has NOT be substantiated!!
So for now, Gezahegne's 29:50.77 stands, and makes her suddenly 7th A-T World!!

The Japan National Record in the 3000SC fell to Rijayi Miura (sp??), time of 8:17.46!
Eliud Kipchoge won a marathon in the Netherlands on April 18th!
His time of 2:04:30 is the Age 36 Record!
(The Age 37 Record is Ken Bekele's 2:01:41!!  You think Kipchoge can get that next year??)
A bit of HS stuff--
Nico Young's brother Lex Young ran a 3200 in 8:43.71.
Too bad it wasn't over the full Two Miles!
He's just a 10th Grader!!
Mia Barnett won the Women's 3200 in 10:01.18!
Brynn Brown doubled--in the 1600 and 3200--with times of 4:41.29 and 9:58.77!
Finally (in the distances!), we have Hobbs Kessler doubling in the 800 (1:49.67) and 3200 (8:54.42)!
In the latter race, his last 200 was a breezy 25.6!!
No, no, it wasn't wind-aided--I was just trying to sound cool--so to speak!

LJ, TJ, PV, HJ
Still with me??
I didn't want to put out two posts, so this is longer than normal!
In Georgia, Jasmine Moore TJ'ed 46-10!
This makes her 4th A-T Collegiate, and 7th A-T US!
It's also the Frosh Class Record!
Her 22-5 in the LJ and the 46-10 adds to 69-3 for the Combined Events LJ-TJ list!
She's 3rd A-T US here!
Tatiana Marsh was 2nd with 44-8!

Morgann LeLeux PV'ed 15-3.50!
Alina McDonald PV'ed 14-10.
Will Claye TJ'ed 56-3.25!
Kim Williams Triple Jumped 47-11.75 for the Mt SAC Meet Record!
She beat Keturah Orji's 47-2.25!
In Texas, Jeron Robinson HJ'ed 7-6.50!
So did Ushan Perera, but his 7-6.50 gave him Sri Lanka's NR!!
Hughes Zango TJ'ed 57-1.
That was in France.

Yulimar Rojas got the World Lead in the TJ with her 49-8.25!
That was in Spain!
Mutaz Barshim HJ'ed 7-6.50!
That meet ended with him tied with Naoto Tobe (sp??)!
(No jump off??)
In HS news, Conner McClure got the HS Leader in the PV with his 17-3.

SP, DT, JT, HT (and Relays!)
We lead with the best Women's Javelin Throw in at least 10 years!
Maria Andrejczyk hurled the spear out 234-3.
It's the National Record of Poland, and makes her 3rd A-T World!
Second went to Christina Hussong's 218-0, also a good mark for May!

Jillian Shippee had a HT of 225-2.
This makes her 24th A-T Collegiate!
Maggie Malone got a JT of 199-10!
Mason Finley's Discus sailed out 217-10!
Arman Sinencevic's SP of 71-9.50 is the National Record of Serbia!
Kord Ferguson's DT of 209-2 won Gold at the Golden Games!

Maggie Ewen's 63-4.75 beat Danielle Thomas-Dodd's 62-0.50 to win the Mt SAC event!
Gwen Berry won the HT there with 241-10!
But she later threw 246-10!
Ryan Crouser Put the Shot like--well, Ryan Crouser, hitting the ground at 74-5.50!
Felicia Johnson--Haven't heard from her in awhile!!--PR'ed to 63-9.75, making her 11th A-T US!

At the European Throws meet, Johannes Vetter reached 298-11 with the Javelin.
The marks weren't anything to speak of, but Anita Wlodarczyk made her first appearance since 2019 in the HT, taking 2nd with 237-5 behind Countrywoman Malwina Kapron's 238-11.

Bryce Foster matched his earlier 71-1 in the Shot Put!
And in the Relays, I should mention that USC's winning 42.63 and 3:29.72 times are Duel Meet Records!
Those of course were in the USC-UCLA Duel meet!

And that's it, folks!!
See you in a few days with all the Conference Results!
And much more!

Things are Getting Serious

With the Collegiate Conferences already beginning, and the Olympic Trials now less than seven weeks away, and with a meet coming on Sunday that has a field of entrants too incredible and lengthy to list here, we have to admit that things are getting serious in our favorite sport!
But this past weekend provided a lot of evidence toward that conclusion!
So much, in fact, that I'm going to present all of it by event group!

100, 200, 400
The wind gauge may have failed, but apparently Fred Kerley's 9.91 is being accepted as valid!
The Florida race makes him 17th A-T US, tied with 2 others!
In the same meet, Jamaica's Natasha Morrison sped her 100 in 10.87, after a heat of 10.98!

Another Florida meet saw Trayvon Bromell run a World Leading 100 of 9.88!
Divine Oduduru ran simply divine in the 200, timing 19.88!
(Couldn't resist!)
JuVaughn Martin, who shocked with his recent 9.94, wasn't so shocking this time, clocking 20.22 in the half lap!
In the 400, Trevor Stewart's 44.52 took care of Randolph Ross's 44.69!

In yet another Florida meet, Hannah Cunliffe timed 11.07, her fastest 100 in awhile!
It had an aiding wind of 2.5, but Blessing Okagbare's 22.03 still was pretty good!

Vernon Norwood won the LSU Invite 400 in 44.64!
Also at LSU, Aleia Hobbs won the 100 in 11.01.
Arkansas Soph Tiana Wilson ran 51.21 in the 400!

A Texas meet saw  Jenna Prandini use a 2.1 wind to run 22.22 in the 200!
She also won the 100 in 11.16, wind legal!

An Arizona meet saw Micah Williams PR in 10.03!
This was against a wind of 1.0!!
The USC-UCLA duel meet had a good Women's 400, with Kaelin Roberts edging Shae Anderson, 51.14 to 51.16!
You might recall Ms Anderson ran the 300H in HS in 40.31 in 2017, 8th A-T HS!

Bingtian Su sped a Century in 9.98 in his home nation!
A couple of HS'ers impressed!
Jaylen Slade sprinted a 200 in 20.20, making him 5th A-T HS!
He also had a pair of fast--but windy--100's!
His heat pf 10.03 used a 2.7 wind!
The final of 10.04 had a 2.1 wind!
And Shawnti Jackson doubled in 11.28 and 23.15!
Her 100 heat was 11.13, but had a large wind of 3.6!

800, 1500, Mile
Jack Salisbury had a mile of 3:56.22, making the Georgetown Junior 15th A-T Collegiate!
The Trials of Miles meet in Kansas saw Mexico's Jesus Lopez surprise with his NR of 1:44.40!
Michael Rhoades was 2nd in 1:45.22.
The venerable West Coast Relays in Fresno saw a great Women's Collegiate 1500!
Krissy Gear's 4:09.00 outlasted Whittni Orton's 4:09.31.
Gear is 13th A-T Collegiate, while Orton is 16th!
Katelyn Tuohy led the race through about 1200, but faded to a 9th place mark of 4:14.56!

At that SoCal duel meet, Isaiah Jewett's 800 of 1:45.80 is the new duel meet record!
A Chula Vista race saw Melissa Bishop-Nriagu win the 800 in 1:59.04!

All other Distances
Ahmed Jiziri ran a Collegiate Leading 3000SC of 8:32.92 at the Kansas meet!
Laura Galman won the 5000 there in 15:11.35.
She's from Mexico!
The West Coast Relays saw a fast 10000!
Abdi Nur, a Somalian running for Northern Arizona, won in 27:47.27, making him 19th A-T Collegiate!
Second was Blaise Ferro's 27:56.30!

Courtney Wayment ran a Collegiate Leading 3000SC of 9:31.27, also in Fresno!
She's 5th A-T Collegiate, and 18th A-T US!!
Cut OFF my Collegiate list was Elle Purrier, who we don't normally think of as a Steepler!
Her 9:43.65 dated from 2017!
That was a great Distances meet, as Elly Henes timed 15:18.75 in the 5000, making her 11th A-T Collegiate!
Elle Donaghu timed 15:29.42 in 2nd, with Charlotte Prouse a close 3rd in 15:29.60!

The Ethiopian Championships were run at altitude, but Gudef Tsegay still timed 14:49.7!
She beat the WR holder, Letesenbet Gidey, who stopped the clock at 14:56.7!
It was at 3200 meters, but still worth a mention--Charlotte Bednar timed 9:59.34!
(Add those extra 18.688 meters, please!!)
Finally, in Stockholm, a very deep field of 10K Women saw the World Lead go to Sheila Kiprotich's 30:45.81!
Second went to Joan Chelimo's 30:46.51!
Eva Cherono ran 30:49.73 in 3rd, while Irene Cheptai took 4th in 30:51.39!
Several others ran under 31:12!!
The Men's race went to Isaac Kimeli's 27:22.76!

Hurdles
Grant Holloway took a Florida 110H in 13.22, after a heat of 13.26!
Heptathlete Taliyah Brooks sped the 100H in 12.73!
A Texas race saw Kendra Harrison win the 100H in 12.48.

Second went to Tara Davis's 12.75!
At the USC-UCLA duel meet, Anna Cockrell doubled in the 100H (12.79), and 400H (55.59)!

Relays
The UO Women's squad took Arizona's 4X100 in 42.97!
USC took both duel meet Relays with times of 42.63 and 3:29.72!
The World Relays--minus the US, Jamaica, and other good Relay nations--took place in Poland!
South Africa took the 4X100 in 38.71.
But Brazil and Italy ran 38.45's in the heats!
Germany's Men took the 4X200 in 1:22.43!
The Netherlands won the 4X400 final in 3:03.45, but won their heat in 3:03.03!

The Women's races went to Italy in 43.79--after the Netherlands ran their heat in 43.28--Poland in 1:34.98, and Cuba in the 4X400 in 3:28.41, after a heat of 3:27.90!
Poland was 2nd in 3:28.81.
A forgettable meet, as no one ran a longer leg than 400 meters!!

HJ, LJ, TJ, PV
Morgann LeLeux cleared 14-11 in Louisiana.
Rachel Glenn, a South Carolina Frosh, HJ'ed 6-3.25, making her 22nd A-t Collegiate, tied with 4 others!
Bridget Guy got an OUTdoor PR of 15-5.50, making her 7th A-T US, tied with 1 other!
JuVaughn Harrison, also known as quite the Long Jumper, went over 7-6.50, missing the Collegiate HJ list by one half inch!
Lisa Gunnarsson and Nastassia Campbell both topped 14-8.25 in the PV, with Gunnarsson getting the win!

Tara Davis is proving very consistent in the LJ, leaping 22-10.50 in Texas!
Mikeisha Welcome got a warm welcome for her TJ of 45-0.25!
She's an Oklahoma Frosh from Canada!
(I love name play!!)

In Chula Vista, Kat Stefanidi PV'ed 15-1.50!
HS'er Tyus Wilson HJ'ed a list leading 7-3!

SP, DT, JT, HT, and the Multi's
Daniel Haugh continued the good Hammering by Americans with his PR of 256-1.
This makes him 10th A-T US!
Denzel Comenentia was 2nd with 249-11.
Claudio Romero took 2nd, but his DT of 206-1 missed the Frosh Class record by 16 inches!
He's a Virginia Frosh!

Khayla Dawson shocked with a SP blast of 62-0.50 in Indiana!
The Indiana Senior is 6th A-T Collegiate, and 17th A-T US!!
Joe Kovacs exploded out to 74-6.50, yet it wasn't his PR!!
But he does get the Age 31 Record!

Sade Olatoye whipped the Hammer out 229-3, making her 15th A-T Collegiate!
Turner Washington doubled in the SP and DT with marks of 68-3 and 216-7!
Alyssa Wilson tripled (SP, DT, HT) in the USC-UCLA duel, her best mark being her 229-5 HT!
Canada's Sarah Mitton had a SP of 61-4.25!
Valerie Allman threw the Discus 214-11.

Diego Del Real took the Mexico National Record in the HT out to 258-2!
A Multi's meet in Italy saw two National Records!
Maria Vicente won with Spain's NR of 6304 points!
Kate O'Connor nailed Ireland's NR with her 6297 points in 2nd!

See you next week with all the major results--in detail as always!