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!