This blog covers all facets of our sport--Track & Field, of course, INdoors & OUTdoors, Men & Women!
But also races run (or WALKED) on various Roads around the World!
And this post is FILLED with goodies from the Roads!
Robyn Stevens got named USATF's Athlete of the Week recently, and for good reason!
Her 35K race in Dudince, Slovakia was near perfection!
The only US Woman there, she began in 11th place, then moved to 4th, and finally ended in 5th (slowed due to a hamstring niggle)!
That's a VERY high placing for an American in an international race!!
Her time of 2:49:29 smashed the American Record of Miranda Melville by close to 11 minutes!!
Shenjie Qieyang won the race in 2:43:06, with Kimberly Garcia 2nd in 2:43:19!
Stevens finished just 17 seconds out of 4th!!
The Men's race went to Massimo Stano, time of 2:29:09!
He beat Jose Doctor's 2:29:24!
Jose Barrondo took the 20K in 1:20:56!
A China 35K went to Hao Xu in 2:31:48, with the Women's winner being Zhenxia Ma's 2:47:38!
A 35K in Japan saw the Men's race going to Masatora Kawano, his 2:26:40 making him 2nd A-T World!
Dasuke Matsunaga ended 2nd in 2:27:09, making him 3rd A-T World!
And Tomoshiro Noda's time of 2:27:18 in 3rd makes him 4th A-T World!
For the Women, Soreno Sonada won in 2:45:48, making her 4th A-T World!!
The World Team Trials 20K was Walked on a track!
Canada's Ben Thorne won in 1:24:46, but the first American was Nick Christie in 1:30:32.
Katie Burnett won the Women's race in 1:44:02!
Finally (for the Walks), Christie won the USATF 20K (road) in 1:24:36!
Miranda Melville's 1:36:01 finished well ahead of AR holder Maria Michta-Coffey's 1:39:55!!
The Boston Marathon returned to its traditional spring date!
Evans Chebet removed himself from Lawrence Cherono very late in the race, winning in 2:06:51 over Cherono's 2:07:21!
In 7th came the lead American, Scott Fauble!
His 2:08:52 makes him 8th A-T US, tied with 1 other!
In 9th was Elkanah Kibet's 2:09:07, making him 14th A-T US!
Maybe the greatest RACE of the year was Boston's duel over the final mile between Ababel Yeshanah and Peres Jepchirchir!
Going back and forth several times, Jepchirchir finally prevailed, time of 2:21:01 to Yeshanah's 2:21:05!
Mary Ngugi was 3rd in 2:21:32!
Forty two year old Edna Kiplagat ended 4th in 2:21:40, great for ANY age!!
The leading American turned out to be Nell Rojas, her PR of 2:25:57 making her 17th A-T US!
(As my readers know, I include Boston course times on my lists, as I feel its toughness offsets it's slight downhill measurement!)
Stephanie Bruce is ending her career, and finished 12th in 2:28:02!
Des Linden was 13th in 2:28:47!
Favored American Molly Seidel DNF'ed around 16 miles!
The Hamburg Marathon saw Yelemzerf Yehualaw run the fastest ever debut race, her 2:17:23 giving her the Ethiopia National Record, and the Age 22 Record!
It makes her 6th A-T World!
Cy Kotut's 2:04:47 just edged Stephen Kissa's 2:04:48, but Kissa got the NR of Uganda as a consolation prize!!
The Women's division at the Vienna Marathon was won by Vibian (correct spelling!) Chepkurui, time of 2:20:59!
The always quick Rotterdam Marathon Men's race was won by Abdi Nagiege (sp??) in 2:04:56!
It's the National Record of the Netherlands!
He beat Leul Gebrselassie, who was also timed in 2:04:56!!
Haven Hailu won the Women's race in 2:22:01, while 2nd placer Nienke Brinkonen's 2:22:51 got her the Netherlands NR also!!
Finally (for my Marathon reportage!), we have Seoul's Marathon!
Joan Chelimo won the Women's race in 2:18:04, ranking her 13th A-T World!
Sutume Asefa wasn't far back, her 2:18:12 ranking her 15th A-T World!
In 3rd came Eunice Chumba, her 2:20:02 giving her Bahrain's National Record!
Mosinet Geremew won a close Men's race in 2:04:43 over the 2:04:49 by Hespasa Nieyasa (sp??)!!
Daniel Nascimento was 3rd in 2:04:51, but gets Brazil's NR for his effort!
And...we have Elish McColgan winning a 5K race in 14:45!!
I have such a variety of marks from everywhere that I've decided to report them in event groups!
(To save space!)
Sprints (100 to 400) & Hurdles (100H, 110H, and 400H)
In Maryland, Devon Allen won the 110H in 13.12.
He also ran the 100 in 10.20 and 200 in 20.65 over a 2 day period!
In North Carolina, Cambrea Sturgis burned up the track with her 100 of 10.87!!
This ranks her 22nd A-T US, tied with 1 other!
It also cuts Allyson Felix OFF my US list, her 10.89 dating from 2012!!
Speaking of the Fabulous One, Felix sped a 200 in 22.40 in South Carolina!!
Matt Boling's 19.92 over half a lap in Georgia (-0.9 wind!!) makes him 11th A-T Collegiate!!
Steven Gardiner ran a World Leading 400 in 44.22 in Louisiana!
He beat Vernon Norwood's 44.59, and Matthew Hudson-Smith's 44.61!
In Kentucky, Christian Coleman matched Boling's time of 19.92!!
Abby Steiner's PR of 22.05 netted her the Junior Class Record!
She ranks 4th A-T Collegiate, and 20th A-T US!!
Masai Russell's 12.71 over the 100H misses my Collegiate list by just 0.01 seconds!!
Khalifah Rosser ran the 400H in 48.26 at the Michael Johnson Invite!
The MJ meet also saw some great wind-aided times!
Brittany Brown shocked Gabby Thomas by winning the 100 in 10.66 (3.2 wind!) over Thomas's 10.80!
And Tonea Marshall used a slight breeze of 2.1 to run the 100H in 12.36!
Distances (800 through 5000)
Sarah Hendrick won an 800 in 2:00.98, ranking her 20th A-T Collegiate, tied with 1 other!
In Virginia, Virginia's (Sic!) Mia Barnett took the 1500 in 4:11.32!
Katelyn Tuohy is having a very solid year, her latest effort being 15:14.61 over 5000 meters!
It's the Soph Class Record, and makes her 8th A-T Collegiate!
Jenna Magness was a good 2nd, time of 15:26.21!
Athing Mu cruised to 2:02.07 in an 800!
The Oregon Relays saw Christian Noble race a 1500 in 3:36.00, making him 11th A-T Collegiate!
He beat the 3:36.44 by Reed Brown!
This makes him 18th A-T Collegiate!
Also in Oregon, Mason Ferlic sped the 3000SC in 8:23.92!
Olin Hacker's 5000 in 13:19.34 ranks him 19th A-T Collegiate!
Cut OFF the Collegiate list was the legendary Sydney Maree, his 13:20.63 dating from 1979!!
Finally (in this group), we have the attempt to break the World Record in the 4 X Mile Relay!!
A team of UO-connected guys missed the WR, but their 15:52.05 ranks them 2nd A-T World!
Much of the blame has been pinned to Cole Hocker, whose 3:57.31 3rd leg was seen as hurtful to the cause!!
Cooper Teare sped home in 3:53.24!
A current UO team was 2nd in 16:29.87!!
This post is already quite long, but I can't leave out the field events!!
Field Events (all of them!)
Ethan Dobbs let his Javelin fly 263-9, making him 18th A-T Collegiate!
He missed the US list by 2 inches!!
Brandon Hicklin of North Carolina A&T LJ'ed 26-10!
Rachel Baxter and Alina McDonald both PV'ed 14-10.25 in South Carolina, with Baxter getting the win!
Jenn Suhr broke her own Age 40 Record, her PV measuring 15-1 in Louisiana!
That woman is absolutely amazing!!
Gabriela Leon continues to improve, her 15-0 PV ranking her 13th A-T Collegiate!
She is the 13th Woman to PV 15-0 or higher OUTdoors!
Emily Grove went over 15-1.75 in South Dakota!
Adelaide Aquilla had a SP mark of 62-1.75 in Ohio!
Chinecherem Nnambi flew his Javelin out 265-11, making him 14th A-T Collegiate!
Alyssa Wilson had her best in-season HT, her 240-2 making her 4th A-T Collegiate!
Jorinde Van Klinken's SP of 60-6 makes her 18th A-T Collegiate!
Curtis Thompson's JT of 268-1 was at the Oregon Relays!
Keyshawn Strachan had a JT of 262-1, giving him the National Record of the Bahamas!!
Lamara Distin HJ'ed 6-4 at MJ's meet!
Hana Moll upped her OUTdoor PV best to 14-5.25!
This makes her 8th A-T HS!!
And it improved the Moll twins total OUTdoor measure to 29-2.75, with Amanda's 14-9.50 HSR added to Hana's mark!
The former Weeks twins total was "just" 28-8.50!!
Molly Haywood PV'ed 14-2, ranking her 12th A-T HS!
Madeline Fey threw the Discus 179-7, making her 16th A-T HS, tied with 2 others!
And JaiCieconna Gero-Holt's HJ of 6-0.75 ties the Frosh Class Record!!
Relays
Jamaica's youngsters ran the 4 X 100 Relay in 42.58, which people say is the "World Junior Record", a designation this blog does not recognize!!
And in Kentucky, Kentucky (Sic!!) sped the 4 X 400 Relay in 3:25.79!
That ranks them 8th A-T School!
Abby Steiner ran the 3rd leg in 50.55!!
Next post will bring my blog (Finally!!) up to the current week's results!!
And from then on, I hope to be totally current, with results being posted a day or two after the weekend!!
Penn and Drake Relays coming soon!!!
See you then!
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