Hope you don't mind waiting a bit for my full Prefontaine Classic report!
I want to give that meet my full attention--and more space than I could if I were to include everything else that happened in the past week!
The most notable "else" were the NCAA "Regionals", but which are better described as qualifying meets for the Championships!
Many would prefer to stop this nonsense, and return to the time when the Championships would already have its final collection of elite Collegiates, and the fans would be able to spend a full 4 days watching everything--from the qualifying rounds for the field events, the Heptathlon and Decathlon, the heats, semis, and finals of all the running events--everything!!
But we instead have...THIS!
The East Regional was in Indiana, while the West was in Arkansas!
Men's events were on Wednesday and Friday, the Women's were on Thursday and Saturday!
EAST
Trey Cunningham ran 13.21 in the 1st round, but then PR'ed in the 2nd, his 13.07 breaking his own Senior Class Record!
He ranks 4th A-T Collegiate, and 21st A-T US!!
Randolph Ross sped 44.23 over one lap to easily "win" the Q prize!
Alia Armstrong opened with a 12.74 in the 100H, but then was outrun in the 2nd round!
Paula Salmon's 12.78 beat the 12.82 by Armstrong!
Marc Minichello had a Javelin Throw of 263-8, making him 20th A-T Collegiate!
Jillian Shippee's Hammer Throw went 229-10, making her 16th A-T Collegiate!
Adelaide Aquilla had a Shot Put of 62-7.75!
The "battle" (including Anavia Battle!) of the short sprinters was watched very closely.
The first round saw (in different races) Abby Steiner run 22.19, Favour Ofili 22.29, and Battle 22.38!
In the 100, Ofili's 11.02 topped the 11.04 by Steiner!
Steiner's 22.01 was helped by the slightest of illegal winds--2.1.
Favour was "favored" by a helping 0.7 to run 22.08!
Not sure if Steiner ran on the 4 X 100 Relay of Kentucky's 42.95, but they were beaten by Ohio State, whose 42.87 makes them 14th A-T School!
Anna Hall ran the 400H in 55.25, beating the 55.36 by Masai Russell.
Again, don't know if Steiner had a leg on Kentucky's 3:26.90 4 X 400 Relay, but it was enough for them to beat Florida's 3:27.37, and Howard's 3:28.91, which makes them 24th A-T School!!
Shannon Lockhart, a Frosh at Providence, had the fastest 1500 in the East, 4:10.80!
Katelyn Tuohy cruised in the 5000, her 15:27.14 beating the 15:29.07 by Parker Valby!
WEST
Micah Williams's 9.86 was the Sprint of the Regionals, East or West!
He gets the Soph Class Record!
And he ranks 2nd A-T Collegiate, tied with 1 other, and 11th A-T US, tied with 3 others!
Jonathan Jones took the one lapper in 44.85 over the 44.87 by Jevaughn Powell!
Texas had the fastest 4 X 400 Relay time--3:00.70!
This makes them 15th A-T School!
Julien Alfred had a 1st round time of 11.00 in the Century!
Stacy Ann Williams's 50.70 beat the 51.04 by Charokee Young!
But Alfred sped a windy (2.2) 10.80 in the 2nd round!
Three other fast times--all also windy, from 2.6 to 2.8--went from 10.82 to 10.89!
In their 2nd round, Williams ran 50.66, while Young's 50.80 topped the 50.96 by Kennedy Simon!
Britton Wilson ran just the 400H (and maybe a Relay leg?), but her 54.87 was the fastest, East or West!
Oregon took the 4 X 100 Relay in 42.74.
Arkansas won the 4 X 400 in 3:25.16, followed by Texas's 3:25.93, Texas A&M's 3:26.49, and Baylor's 3:28.38!
Camryn Rogers just keeps upping her game!
And her Collegiate Record!
The Canadian superstar let her Hammer fly 250-10 for the Collegiate Record, the National Record of Canada, and the Senior Class Record!
She also gets the NCAA Meet Record, and ranks 20th A-T World!!
Alyssa Wilson was a good 2nd with her 239-0!
And don't forget, this was just the Qualifying round!!
Moad Zahafi's 800 took just 1:44.65.
Mykolas Alekna had a Discus Throw of 212-10!
Chinecherem Nnamdi's Javelin Throw sailed 266-2, making him 15th A-T Collegiate!
Chengtuaji's (sp??) Mapaya Triple Jumped a good 56-0, making him 19th A-T Collegiate, tied with 1 other!
The 10000's at the USATF Championships were run over three weeks early, and NOT at the USATF Championships!
The 10K's, the Walks, and the Multi's were held separately, on separate dates than the rest of the meet!
While the 10's had the privilege of being held at the same venue--Hayward Field--as the remainder of the meet will be, there was still a strange atmosphere felt during the races!
For one thing, the crowd will no doubt be much larger in late June!
As part of the Friday night evening Distance program at the Pre meet, they went off fairly normally, and we now know who will be on TeamUSA at the World Championships in the longest track races!
The Men ran after the Women, but their race was boring (meaning: tactical & slow), and should have opened the two-race show!
After one of the favorites--Will Kincaid--DNF'ed with a side stitch, the race was set up for a snorefest the rest of the way!
Grant Fisher--with a 26:33 PR--should have just run away with it, but instead, he was outkicked by Joe Klecker late in the game!
Fisher's old Stanford teammate, Sean McGorty, took the 3rd spot with a good kick!
Times aren't even worth mentioning, but for history's sake, Klecker clocked (Sic!) 28:28.71 to Fisher's 28:28.81, and McGorty's 28:29.57!
The Women's race also began slowly--15:50.43 at 5000--but then Alicia Monson took charge!
After a series of mid to high 70's laps, Monson whipped it down to 71.6!
Only Karissa Schweizer went with her!
(Elise Cranny--she of 30:14 fame--dropped from the entry list a few days before the race!!)
Lap after lap they went, hitting 71's and the occasional 72, all the way until 800 to go!
Someone had to move!
It was Monson, who nailed a 68.
But Schweizer didn't fall apart!
Then the next lap was 64, but Monson first had to stop a Schweizer charge on the inside!
So Karissa went outside, passed her, and that was that!!
Her 30:49.56 included a last 5000 of about 14:58.9!!
Monson's 30:51.09 was ended with a 15:00!!
Schweizer gets the USATF Meet Record, while Monson is now ranked 7th A-T US!
The fight for 3rd was fierce also!
Emily Infeld and Natosha Rogers sprinted like mad down the final 100, with Rogers JUST getting Infeld at the tape--31:29.80 to 31:30.04!!
Weini Kelati, who had been up front for the first half, faded to 5th, time of 31:39.90!
Some good Combined Event totals for Monson!
Her 14:42.56 and 30:51.09 adds to 45:33.65!
This makes her 6th A-T US!
Add her 3000 of 8:40.08 to that C-E total, and you have her 54:13.73 making her 5th A-T US!
To save even more space on my Pre report, I'll close with a few assorted marks from elsewhere---
Tori Franklin TJ'ed 47-0.75 in a meet in Greece!
Daniel Stahl went to Iceland (!!) to have his Discus go 227-3!
Great Britain's Jessie Knight had a good 400H time of 54.09 in Belgium!
And in the California State HS meet, there was a good Girls 1600!!
You know my thoughts on that distance, but this was a quality race!
Sadie Englehardt won it in 4:36.67!
Dalia Frias stayed close, running 4:37.09 for 2nd.
And in 3rd came the 4:37.37 by Sam McDonnell!!
(I'll assume that "Sam" is short for Samantha!!)
The Prefontaine Classic post is coming soon!!
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