HS Lists Revision Reaches Mach Speed

 High School kids make all kinds of decisions--school, home, love, life!
But to make them choose between shoe companies also??!!
As you know, this past week saw Nike, Adidas, Brooks, and New Balance vie for the talents of the top HS kids!
In the end, the 4 meets got SOME of the best, not ALL of the best, as the New Balance Nationals had been doing for decades!!
The results suffered, and bred confusion for the fans as to whom to watch, for the parents as to where to send their child, and to coaches who only wanted top tier competition for their athletes!

So who won??
Brooks, by a mile (sic!).
NB was good, much better than Nike and Adidas,  but nowhere near their deep and abundant quality of the past!!
Despite all this catastrophic bullshit with the shoe companies, there WERE many great results, which I'm about to report!
Let's begin with the best--the Brooks PR meet!

The Mile has been the Star of the HS world, for both sexes, in 2022.
Simeon Birnbaum became the 16th boy to break 4 minutes OUTdoors, winning in 3:59.51 off a casual pace through 1320 yards!
It's the Brooks Meet Record, and makes him 12th A-T HS!
Zane Bergen ran a fine 4:00.48 in 2nd, making him 19th A-T HS!
Devan Kipyego followed in 4:00.64, making him 21st A-T HS!
Not making my list, but running good times, were Aaron Sahlman (4:01.34) and James Donahue (4:01.39)!

For the Women, speed AND great depth connected in harmony!
Juliette Whittaker emerged the victor, her 4:36.23 breaking her own Brooks Meet Record!
Sadie Englehardt, the Freshman wonder, ended close in 4:36.50!
Julia Flynn took 3rd in 4:37.73!
This makes her 9th A-T HS!
Riley Stewart's 4:38.21 makes her 12th A-T HS!
In 5th came Samantha McDonnell, her time of 4:38.44 ranking her 13th A-T HS!
Isabel Conde's 4:38.55 gave her 6th, making her 15th A-T HS!
Mia Cochran ran 4:39.23 in 7th, making her 16th A-T HS, tied with 1 other!
Wow!

The Two Mile (Brooks has always run the full distance!) saw a fantastic sprint finish, with Dalia Frias's 9:50.70 squeaking by Irene Riggs's 9:50.72!
A photo finish in a two mile race!!
Frias gets the MR, the Senior Class Record, AND the OUTdoor HSR!!
(My Record Book & blog doesn't recognize 1600 or 3200 times, nor times converted from them!
I know there have been some fast times over 3200, but I don't include them on my lists!
Thus, Frias breaks Brie Oakley's HSR of 9:51.35 for the full Two Miles--which, interestingly, was also run at Brooks!!)
Her 3000 split enroute was 9:14.56, which ranks her 8th A-T HS!
Riggs gets the Junior Class Record, as well as 2nd A-T HS!
Her 9:14.72 enrouts ranks her 9th A-T HS!
Eve Klingbell ran 10:03.61 for 3rd, but isn't on my list!
She WAS, but other Deuce results (See below!) saw her drop from the list!

Colin Sahlman beat a quality 800 field, his 1:48.07 making him 16th A-T HS, tied with 1 other!
Nick Plant's 1:48.52 edged the 1:48.59 by Gary Martin!
Will Sumner got another Brooks PR Meet Record with his 400 win in 45.90!
Christine Mallard's 52.12 also got a Meet Record, while defeating Roisin Willis, who ran 53.23!
Connor Burns won the Men's Two Mile, his 8:45.52 ranking him 20th A-T HS!
Allison Ince took the 800 in 2:04.14.

The Nike meet was pretty good also!
Kate Peters took their Two Mile, her 9:51.48 making her 4th A-T HS!!
She passed 3000 in 9:15.14, making her 11th A-T HS!
Ellie Shea was 2nd in 9:56.11, making her 10th A-T HS!
Her split was 9:16.74, making her 17th A-T HS!
Julia Flynn took 3rd in 10:00.88, making her 16th A-T HS!
She split 9:19.85 at 3K, but doesn't make that revised list!!

A couple of HS icons were knocked OFF the 3000 list!
Julia Stamps's 9:19.63 from 1996, and Kim Gallagher's 9:19.67 from 1981 are GONE!

Sadie Englehardt's 4:38.40 won the Mile!
Amanda Moll continues her fantastic season, clearing 14-8 to win the PV, with sister Hana taking 2nd at 13-10!
Will Sumner clocked 1:48.41 in the 800, but there were Professionals in the race!
The 3000 Walks went to Talia Green (14:04.90) and Ryan Allen (13:45.62).
Akala Garrett won the 400H in 57.46, making her 19th A-T HS!
Zane Bergen won the 800 in 1:49.18!
Addy Wiley took the Women's race in 2:04.64!
Roisin Willis sped 52.64 to take the 400!
The Multi's were decent!
Landon Helms's 7051 won the Decathlon, while the Heptathlon was won by the 5122 of Shaina Zinter!

A group called Real Training TC dominated the Relays!
Their Girls DMR team ran 11:33.91.
The 4 X 800 was timed in 8:51.75!
And the 4 X Mile went to their 19:48.12!
They're from Colorado!
The Dale TC from Illinois timed 7:32.14 for the 4 X 800!
And the Valley Project TC from New Jersey took the DMR in 9:56.63!

The NBN was highlighted by Cade Flatt's attack on the 800 HSR.
He JUST missed, his 1:46.48 making him 2nd A-T HS!
He gets the NBN Meet Record!
The Women's Long Jump was tight at the top, as Alyssa Jones's 21-2.50 edged the 21-1.50 by Gianna Locci!
Jones now ranks 11th A-T HS, while Locci is 13th A-T HS, tied with 2 others!

Angelina Napoleon won the 2000SC in 6:30.51.
Gary Martin won the Mile in 4:03.57!
Angelina Perez took the Two Mile in 10:03.18, making her 23rd A-T HS!
Rocky Hansen's 8:46.97 won the Men's race!
And Tarik Robinson-O'Hagan won the Hammer Throw with 241-1.

The Adidas meet produced just one mark worthy of note!
That was the 14-3.25 PV by Tessa Mudd!
It makes her 10th A-T HS!
Some marks came in from other meets.
The rarely run 3000SC saw a fantastic up front race, and a trio of list-making times!
Nikhil DeNatale won it in 9:01.18, making him 8th A-T HS!
He nipped Julian Franjeh's 9:01.19, which makes him 9th A-T HS!
In 3rd came the 9:04.79 of Colton Kempney, making him 14th A-T HS!

Mia Cochran ran a Two Mile in 10:04.61, which ranked her 23rd A-T HS at the time, but is no longer on my list at all!!
Jeremiah Nubbe sent his Hammer sailing 245-5, making him 8th A-T HS!
And last but not least, Jaicieonna Gero-Holt scored 5108 in the Heptathlon, which smashed the Frosh Class Record!!

I'll close with a few news items!
Jenn Suhr, veteran of veteran Pole Vaulters, has apparently officially retired!!
She scratched from the USATF meet!
Her list of Records is long, her win count is uncountable, and her persona has made Women's PV's around the world a focal point!
She's just 40, although that's older than any other elite PV'er has ever competed at a high level!
She is already greatly missed, although she has yet to announce her plans!

Another gap in the Women's PV world was opened by another retirement--that of Cuba's Yarisley Silva!
A pair of 16 footers retired--at about the same time!

Anita Wlodarczyk fought off some guy who was trying to steal her car, but while the police arrested him, she required surgery to repair the damage done!
She joked about joining the MMA!!
She'll be out the rest of the season!

No news yet on the lawsuit filed by Robyn Stevens to get her on the team for the 20K and 35K RaceWalks!!
She's confident she'll win the suit, but whether they'll put her on the team is still not known!!

Remember Alicia Monson's recent 5000 of 14:31.11?
Well, that time helped move her up on three of my Combined Events lists!
Her 4:07.09 and 14:31.11 adds to 18:38.20, placing her 4th on the A-T US list for that C-E!
Add her 10K of 30:51.09 to her new 5K time, and her time of 45:22.20 makes her 5th A-T US!
Finally, add her 3000 best of 8:40.08 to her 5000 & 10000, and her total time is 54:02.28, which also ranks her 5th A-T US!!

Tomorrow begins the USATF Junior Championships, or "U20" meet!
It's being held in conjunction with the senior USATF meet, which is also serving as the pseudo team trials for the World Championships!!
Because of the "Wild Card" rule, which doesn't force the "bye" athletes from making anything but a token appearance, I will NOT be previewing the meet, at least not in my normal fashion!
How can I make predictions when I don't know what kind of "effort" the "byes" will be making?
Or even if they'll compete beyond the heats or semi's!!
It's a rule that needs change...swift change!!
Don't return them to Eugene for the WC's if they don't complete their event, and put out an "honest effort".
Here you have Robyn Stevens--the best American RaceWalker by far--being kept off the team because she raced in Europe (shattering the 35K American Record by 11 minutes!!) instead of returning home to race the USATF 20K!!
It's insane!
We need to adopt a different system to choose our team, where the best aren't left behind!!

Sorry for the rant!
LOL

See you soon!