Great Marks, But DL Suffers

 The Birmingham Diamond League was slated to be the highlight of the past weekend.
It wasn't.
Instead, the best marks came from scattered venues around the globe, and to be honest, it was a few High School marks that saved the day!

Juliette Whittaker and Cade Flatt became the second fastest 800 runners in HS history, running times that put them among the best in the World, or at least among the best in the United States!
Flatt's 1:46.51 was run during the Track Night meet in New York City!
So was Whittaker's 1:59.80!
Flatt is now 2nd A-T HS, behind only Michael Granville's HSR from 1996!!
Whittaker is behind only Mary Cain's HSR from 2013!
But Whittaker WON her race--against Professionals!--while Cain finished in 5th or so!
Flatt also didn't win his race, ending 4th!
For me, that makes Whittaker's the better performance!
BTW, Festus Lagat ran 1:45.02--a PR--to win the Men's 800!
Whittaker gets the Senior Class Record.
She beat Olivia Baker's first sub-2, as Baker ended 2nd in 1:59.90!
Brianna Detra took 3rd in 1:59.94!
In 4th came another HS'er, Sophia Gorriaran, who ran 2:00.65, making her 4th A-T HS, tied with 1 other!
Other good Track Night marks--
Marielle Hall took the 5000 in 15:29.80.
In 10th was HS'er Jenna Mulhern's 16:18.00, not a PR.
Also, Ellie Shea ended just 2nd, but her 4:16.04 in the 1500 makes her 11th A-T HS!

Bad weather haunted the Birmingham DL!
But Keely Hodgkinson still won the 800 in a good 1:58.63 in her OUTdoor rust-buster!
It's the Meet Record!
Renelle Lamote was 2nd in 1:59.53!
Laura Muir beat Jessica Hull in the 1500, 4:02.81 to 4:03.42!
A quick 5000 saw Dawit Seyaum emerge victorious, time of 14:47.55.
Hawi Feysa was 2nd in 14:48.94.
Fantu Worku took 3rd in 14:49.64!
Karoline Grovdal (14:51.38), Hanna Klein (14:51.71), and Jessica Judd (14:57.19) all ran PR's!

Dina Asher-Smith took the 100 in 11.11.
Hansle Parchment got the World Leader with his 13.09 in the 110H!
Trayvon Bromell blatantly false started in the 100!
Abel Kipsang won the 1500 in 3:35.15, while Marco Arop won the 800 in 1:45.41.
Canada took the 4 X 100 Relay in a good 38.31.
Great Britain took the Women's race in 42.29!
Delilah Muhammad won the 400H in a slow 54.54!

Valarie Allman fought off a strong final effort by Sandra Perkovic in the DT, winning with 222-7 over Perky's 220-8!
Malaika Mihambo broke her own Meet Record with her LJ of 23-3.25!
And Sandi Morris won the PV with 15-6.25!
Tied for 2nd with 15-3's were Kat Stefanidi and Tina Sutej!

But the highlight of the meet has to be Kristjan Ceh's Discus Throw of 233-10!!
It's the Meet record, the Age 23 Record, and breaks his own National Record of Slovenia!
It ranks him 10th A-T World!!

The Tucson Elite & USATF Throws meets produced some good marks---
Kara Winger had JT's of 207-5 and 209-2!
Sam Mattis got a DT PR of 225-4, making him 16th A-T US!
Andrew Evans was a strong 2nd with 218-11.
Tom Walsh won the SP with 70-10.50!
Chris Nilsen took the PV by clearing 19-0.25!

David Carreon won the JT with 268-1, which gave him Mexico's National Record!
Zach Holland threw 262-5 in 2nd, nabbing him the Junior College Record!
Tim Glover won another JT with a comebacking 271-8.
Rudy Winkler won the Hammer Throw with 257-7!
A solid Women's SP saw Danielle Thomas-Dodd winning with 64-1.
In 2nd was Sarah Mitton's 63-10.50, which got her Canada's NR!!
Jessica Ramsey was close in 3rd with her 63-7!

Annette Echikunwoke won the HT with 241-8!
Sarah Mitton won the other SP with 62-7.75!
Dan Haugh took one of the HT's with 255-1.
In 3rd was Morgan Shigo's 249-8, which makes him 16th A-T US!
And Janee Kassanavoid keeps improving!
Her latest HT of 255-11 makes her 3rd A-T US, and 6th A-T World!!
She beat the 255-1 by Brooke Andersen!

The USATF Distance Classic--formerly the Oxy meet--had some good runs.
Sinclaire Johnson's 2:01.06 edged the 2:01.20 of Anna Camp Bennett!
Canada's Amy Cashin won the 3000SC in 9:31.28 over Katie Rainsberger's 9:33.23!
Another Canadian--John Gay--took the Men's SC in 8:24.27, with Mason Ferlic 2nd in 8:25.41.
Abby Caldwell won the 1500 in 4:04.18!
She's from Australia!
Neal Gourley (3:35.43) and Sam Tanner (3:35.61) beat the 3:36.24 by Cole Hocker!!
Allie Buchalski won the 5000 in 15:18.60!
Colin Sahlman finished just 9th in the 800, but his 1:48.80  was a solid HS time!
In the Women's 1500, Alma Cortes's 4:06.06 got her the National Record of Mexico!

At Florida's ATL meet, Sha'Carri Richardson made her much-anticipated return, after a series of controversial incidents in her lesbian relationship with Jamaican 100H'er Janeek Brown were made VERY public!!
She ran 11.37.
Not quite headline making as an athletic feat!
But then she was given another chance!
With the race direction reversed, she narrowly won in 11.27, ending the race in some sort of hand & arm signal, probably saying "Take that, Bitches!" to the millions of people who were declaring her finished!!
Ths Saga continues!

Oh yeah, Brittany Anderson won the 100H in 12.59!

Before I move on to other marks from the weekend, I need to report that Sadie Englehardt's 1500 time enroute to her Arcadia Mile was 4:15.56!
It's the Frosh Class Record (by two seconds!!), and ranks her 10th A-T HS!!

Here's the rest of the weekend's marks---
In Italy, Lamont Jacobs took the 100 in 10.04, but injured his glutes, which will take him out of the Prefontaine Classic 100!!
Thea LaFond TJ'ed 47-8!
And Marileidy Paulino won the 200 in 22.59, breaking her own National Record of the Dominican Republic!
Another meet in Italy saw Andy Diaz TJ 57-10.50!
Addisu Yehuna won the 5000 in 13:02.10!
And while Leni Ratzius's PV of 14-10 wasn't quite World Class, it did get her Norway's National Record!

In Spain, Ms Paulino ran the World Leading 400 of 49.49!
Darlan Romani won the SP with his 71-2.50!
And Lazaro Martinez won the TJ with 56-9.25!
Chase Ealey used a German meet to PR (OUTdoors!) in the SP, her 64-10 making her 6th A-T US!
She beat the 62-7.75 by Auriol Dongmo!!
Ealey's series included a mark of 64-7.75!

I'll close with a few HS marks!
Will Sumner ran an 800 in 1:49.34!
But it was the Men's 100 which saw a duel of sorts--even though they came in separate meets!
Roderick Pleasant first timed 10.14, making him 9th A-T HS, tied with 2 others!
Then T'Mars McCallum (Interesting name!!) ran 10.13, making him 7th A-T HS, tied with 1 other!

I can't 100% promise, but I'm thinking of doing a preview of the Prefontaine Classic, which has line-ups in every event that are mind-boggling, despite a series of recent withdrawals, including such as Athing Mu!!
The meet happens this Friday and Saturday, and includes the WC Trials 10000's for US Men & Women in its Friday night program!

See you soon!