NCAA Championships--WOMEN

 Apologies for the delay!
My computer has been on the fritz lately--will hopefully be repaired or replaced on Tuesday!

The Women's side of the NCAA Championships was--event by event--substantially better than the Men's, IMHO!
I may comment on this as we go through the schedule!
As in the Men's post, this will follow the schedule, so semi's are included!

Camryn Rogers has had a sensational year of Hammer Throwing!
Her 254-10 here just added to her list of Records!
She breaks her own National Record of Canada, her own Meet Record, her own Senior Class Record, and her own Collegiate Record!
She now ranks 8th A-T World, tied with 1 other!
Alyssa Wilson is also having the best year of her HT'ing career!
Her 245-4 in 2nd makes her 2nd A-T Collegiate, and 8th A-T US!!
Beatrice Llano took 3rd with 236-6, making her 9th A-T Collegiate!
Sara Killinen's 233-0 in 4th ranks her 13th A-T Collegiate!
And Shelby Moran reached 231-7 in 5th, making her 15th A-T Collegiate!
Definitely tops the Men's HT!

Texas took the 4 X 100 semi's in 42.34, making them 5th A-T School!
Kentucky ran 42.53, with LSU timing 42.59, and Oregon running 42.64!
There were 3 other School records!
Florida State's 42.78 in 5th makes them 11th A-T School!
Coastal Carolina ran 43.23, making them 20th A-T School!
And UCLA's 43.39 makes them 23rd A-T School!

Sintayehu Vissa cruised to 4:13.13 in the 1500 semi's.
Gabriela Leon topped 15-1 to take the Pole Vault!
Amanda Fassold and Lisa Gunnarsson both cleared 14-11, with Fassold taking 2nd.
She is now 15th A-T Collegiate, tied with 1 other!
Rachel Baxter was 4th with 14-9!
The Women's PV has a very slight edge over the Men's, based on their better depth!

Logan Jolly's 9:38.13 was the fastest 3000SC semi!
It makes her 18th A-T Collegiate!
Olivia Markezich timed 9:40.81 in 2nd, making her 24th A-T Collegiate!
Alia Armstrong ran 12.55 in the 100H semi's!
This makes her 11th A-T Collegiate!
Ashton Riner won the Javelin Throw with 191-1.
Maddie Harris's 189-3 in 2nd makes her 24th A-T Collegiate!
Madison Wiltrout was 3rd with 185-3!
The Men outshone the Women here!!

The 100 semi's were HOT!
Julien Alfred nipped Abby Steiner, both being timed in 10.90!
For Steiner, it breaks her own Junior Class Record, and makes her 7th A-T Collegiate!
Melissa Jefferson timed 10.96 in 3rd.
Grace Nwokocha and Kemba Nelson both timed 10.97, with Nwokocha getting 4th!
They are 19th A-T Collegiate, tied with each other!
Jasmine Moore took a quiet Long Jump with 22-0.75!

Talitha Diggs continues adding on to the Clark family's history!
Her 50.08 in the 400 semi's ranks her 7th A-T Collegiate!
Stacey Ann Williams ran 50.18 in 2nd, making her 10th A-T Collegiate, tied with 1 other!
Kennedy Simon's 50.45 ranks her 18th A-T Collegiate!
Charokee Young ran 50.46 as 4th best semi!
Kristie Schoffield led the 800 semi's with 2:01.79.
Anna Hall PR'ed in the 400H semi's, her 54.48 ranking her 14th A-T Collegiate!
Britton Wilson came through in 54.72.

Adelaide Aquilla crashed through to super elite status in the Shot Put!
Her 64-5.25 gives her the Collegiate Record and of course the Meet Record!
She gets the Senior Class Record as well.
She's now ranked 8th A-T US, tied with 1 other!
Jorinde Van Klinken took 2nd with 60-11.50!
This event easily tops the Men!

The 200 semi's moved the 4 best to the final!
Abby Steiner's 22.02 led the way!
This makes her 2nd A-T Collegiate, tied with 1 other!
Favour Ofili's 22.13 was 2nd, with Kynnedy Flannel 3rd in 22.25!
Anavia Battle PR'ed in 4th with 22.26!
This makes her 18th A-T Collegiate, tied with 2 others!
Mercy Chelangat jogged the 10000 in 32:37.08, extending her lead over the last 2K!
Texas A&M took the 4 X 400 semi's in 3:25.63, just beating the 3:25.67 by Kentucky.
Arkansas ran 3:27.52 in 3rd.

Anna Hall COULD have scored between 6600 and 6700 points in the Heptathlon..if she had foregone the 400H final, which was run about 15 minutes before the Hept 800!!
But she chose to take one for the team--which ironically, wound up winning withOUT Hall's 8 points from that event!!
So she sacrificed a 100% certain CR for...nothing!
That said, her 6385 easily took the 7-eventer!
The Decathlon takes this Multi's "contest" by a knockout!
Lamara Distin won the High Jump with 6-4.75!
Abigail Kwarteng surprised in 2nd, her 6-3.50 making her 20th A-T Collegiate, tied with 5 others!
And Jorinde Van Klinken won the Discus Throw with 203-11.

Texas won the 4 X 100 in 42.42!
Kentucky was 2nd in 42.55, while Oregon ended 3rd in 42.59!
Sintayehu Vissa won a tight 1500 final in 4:09.42.
Michaela Degenero was 2nd in 4:09.62, with Christine Aragon ending in 4:10.00.
Back in 7th, Shannon Flockhart ran 4:11.11, giving her the Frosh Class Record!
Jasmine Moore doubled back (Sic!) with a win in the Triple Jump!
Her 46-11.75 easily beat the 45-9.75 by Ruth Usoro!

OMG, the 3000SC!!!
A Collegiate Record (by 8.4 seconds!!), and 8 of the top 9 making my lists, or improving their previous position!
Courtney Wayment slaughtered the CR with her astounding 9:16.00!!
It's also the Senior Class Record, and ranks her 5th A-T US as well!!
She took the lead at 1K, and just ran away with it...literally!
Kayley Delay did not "delay" in taking 2nd (Sorry about that!!), but her time of 9:25.08 was maybe THE shock result of the meet!
It ranks her 3rd A-T Collegiate, and 13th A-T US!!
Ceili McCabe's 9:31.14 makes her 7th A-T Collegiate!
Maddy Boreman finally broke through with her 9:33.02 in 4th!
It makes her 12th A-T Collegiate!
Elise Thorner's 9:33.99 in 5th was not a PR!
Kaylee Mitchell ran 9:34.59, making her 16th A-T Collegiate!
Logan Jolly improved on her PR in the semi, her 9:34.76 making her 17th A-T Collegiate!
Adva Cohen ran 9:35.60, making her 18th A-T Collegiate!
And Grace Fetherstonhaugh's 9:37.56 in 9th makes her 20th A-T Collegiate!
This one beats the Men's, which were also very good, but not quite on the Women's level!

Alia Armstrong won the 100H final in 12.57!
Jasmine Jones was 2nd in 12.66, making her 21st A-T Collegiate!
The final of the 100 was nowhere near the quality or depth of the semi's!
Julien Alfred won it in 11.02, with Kemba Nelson getting the same time in 2nd!
Abby Steiner hit the line in 11.08 in 3rd!
Talitha Diggs subtracted 0.09 from her semi time to take the final in 49.99!
This makes her 5th A-T Collegiate, tied with 1 other!
Charokee Young--once the heavy favorite!--was a distant 2nd in 50.65!
Kristie Schoffield's immediate emotional response to winning the 800 in 2:01.09 was better than the race itself!
If star-power encompasses a great personality as well as athletic talent, then Kristie Schoffield will be a name to watch!

Britton Wilson's 53.86 won the 400H over Anna Hall's 54.76!
Yes, this was the race that stole a guaranteed Collegiate Record in the Heptathlon from Hall's arms!!
It didn't do anything, for her OR her team!
Totally unnecessary, and extremely disappointing!

Abby Steiner SMASHED the Collegiate Record with her 21.80 stunner over half a lap!!
It was no contest from beginning to end, although Steiner's big and growing lead wasn't fully apparent until halfway through the curve!
She also gets the Meet Record and Junior Class Record!
(Recent speculation says she'll turn Pro soon, so won't have her senior year of collegiate competition!)
She ranks 8th A-T US, and 20th A-T World!
Favour Ofili's 22.05 in 2nd wasn't bad, but was far removed from Steiner!
Cut OFF my World list was the venerable Irina Privalova, her 21.87 dating from 1995!

Katelyn Tuohy got a good battle in the 5000.
Parker Valby stuck to her shoulder throughout, until Tuohy's last kick separated them, Tuohy timing 15:18.39 to Valby's 15:20.10!
Valby gets the Frosh Class Record, and ranks 21st A-T Collegiate, tied with 1 other!
Taylor Roe's 15:24.41 edged out Mercy Chelangat's 15:24.54 for 3rd!
Cut FROM my Collegiate list was Oregon's Kathy Hayes, whose 15:23.03 dated from 1985!!
BTW, if you want to see part of Hayes's then-record run, see the documentary "We Grew Wings", available on Amazon!
It's about the Duck Women's teams of 1985 and 2011, and also features English Gardner, among many others from those teams!

Finally, there was the 4 X 400 final!
It was fast, but the first 5 teams didn't run PR's!
Kentucky--with Abby Steiner running a phenomenal 3rd leg of 48.92!!--won it in 3:22.55!
Texas was next in 3:23.35, followed by Arkansas's 3:23.69, Texas A&M's 3:24.55, and South Carolina's 3:25.78.
In 6th was Howard, whose 3:28.39 makes them 22nd A-T School!!

Again, sorry for the delay, and hope you liked my coverage of this great meet!!

See you soon!