Tuesday, June 7, 2022

Rabat, Ostrava & HS Milers

Lots to report, so I'm doing it by Event Group!

Multi's
Gotzis saw Damian Warner win with 8797 points, which got him the Age 32 Record!
Lindon Victor was 2nd with 8447, beating the 8377 by Simon Ehammer!
Ehammer broke his own National Record of Switzerland!
He also got a Decathlon Best with his 27-8.75 LJ, which added to his NR collection!
Niklas Kaul scored 8303 in 4th!

For the Women, Anouk Vetter's 6693 breaks her own National Record of the Netherlands!
Adrianna Sulek's 6429 took 2nd, while Vanessa Grimm scored 6323 in 3rd!
Annik Kalin's 6301 was 4th.
Holly Mills took the Battle of the Brits with her 6260 score beating the 6174 by Katerina Johnson-Thompson!
Chari Hawkins and Kendell Williams--the 2 Americans--both DNF'ed!

Pole Vault & High Jump
More HS girls hitting 14 feet or higher in the PV--
Rachel Homoly clearing 14-0!
Amanda Moll's 14-6 beating sister Hana's 14-0!
Jath Muhammad hitting 14-0, as did Lexi Evans!!

In the Ostrava meet, Tina Sutej's 15-3 beat the 15-3 by Leni Retzius!
Retzius smashed her own NR of Norway by 5 inches!!
In Rabat, Sandi Morris and Nina Kennedy both cleared 15-3, with Morris winning!
Katie Nageotte No Heighted!!
Rabat's HJ saw Ukranian Yaroslava Mahuchukh topping 6-5!

Kenna Stimmel upped her PR by clearing 14-6.25, making her 7th A-T HS!
Chris Nilsen had a couple of good Vaults--making 19-0.25 in Poland, then making 19-5 in Chorzow, also in Poland!
In the latter meet, he beat the 19-0.75's by Renaud Lavillenie and Pal Lillefosse!
Mariya Lasitskene HJ'ed 6-4.25 in Russia.
In Greece, Marija Vukovic HJ'ed 6-4.75, beating the 6-4.75 by Angelina Topic!
Topic is the 16 year old daughter of Dragutin Topic!!
She gets Serbia's NR, and gets the Age 16 Record as well!
However, my youngest Age category is called "0-17", meaning anyone 17 or younger qualifies for that record!
The actual Age 17 Record is 6-5, held by 4 athletes!!
I think she'll get it!!

Hammer and Javelin Throws
Quentin Bigot (I believe it's pronounced as "Bee-Joe"!) got a Hammer Throw PR of 262-11, beating the 262-2 by Wojciech Nowicki!
In Poland, Nowicki scored a win with his 263-5, just edging the 263-1 by Pawel Fajdek!
Another Poland meet saw Nowicki let fly to 267-8!
Bigot hit 264-3, while Fajdek could reach only 261-3!

In Russia, Valeriy Pronkin reached 262-1.
In Ostrava, Elina Tzenggo threw her Javelin 214-7, getting the Age 19 Record!
She also holds the Age "0-17" Record!!
Anderson Peters reached 288-4 in Ostrava.
Anita Wlodarczyk had a couple of okay meets--243-2 and 248-7, both in Poland!
And Tarik Robinson-O'Hagan improved his HT to 249-5, making him 7th A-T HS!

Distances (Except HS'ers)
The Ostrava 800 saw 17 year old sensation Emmanuel Wanyonyi win in 1:44.15, beating S Moula's 1:44.19 and the 1:44.54 by Max Burgin!
In a separate Ostrava race, Collins Kipruto ran 1:44.58!
Wanyonyi also won in Rabat with 1:45.47, but he beat Nijel Amos's 1:45.66!
Diribe Welteji was active, winning in Ostrava with her 1500 in 3:59.19!
Agul Dagnachew took 2nd in 3:59.87!
Welteji won again in France, timing 3:59.48!
She also won an 800 in Poland, her 1:58.28 beating Jemma Reekie's 1:58.44 and Sofia Ennaoui's 1:58.98!!

We saw our first sub-8 Steeplechase since 2018 when Lamecha Girma crashed that barrier with his 7:58.68 in Ostrava!
It gets him the Ostrava Meet Record, as well as the Ethiopia National Record!
He ranks 12th A-T World!!
Haile Amare was a distant 2nd in 8:07.70!
Then, in Rabat, Soufiane El Bakkali thrilled his home crowd by winning over Girma, 7:58.28 to 7:59.24!!
Third went to Haile Amare's 8:06.29!
For El Bakkali, he gets the Meet Record!!

For Americans, a good race saw Brian Barraza just edge Travis Mahoney--8:19.16 to 8:19.18!!
Barraza misses the US list by 0.06, while Mahoney misses it by 0.08 seconds!
Jake Wightman won the Rabat 1500 in 3:32.62!
Mary Moraa got the Rabat Meet Record with her 1:58.93 over 800 meters!
Prudence Sekgodisa took 2nd in 1:59.23!

Hirut Meshesha won a fast 1500 in Rabat, her time being 3:57.30!
Freweyni Hailu took 2nd in 3:58.18, while Axumawit Embaye was 3rd in 3:58.80!
It was slowish, but a great race--the 3000 in Rabat!
Mercy Cherono outkicked Amy-Eloise Markovic--8:40.29 to 8:40.32!
In Bydgoszcz Poland, Tony van Diepen took the 800 in 1:44.31, while Mohamed Muhamed won the 1500 in 3:35.69!
Patryk Dobek took the Chorzow 800 in 1:44.49, nipping the 1:44.53 by Benjamin Robert!
And in France, Daisy Jepkemai ran 5000 meters in 14:45.69, getting the National Record of Kazakhstan!!

All other events (except HS distances!)
Gracelynn Leitheth threw the Shot Put 52-6.75, making her 20th A-T HS!
Justin Braun raced a 400 in 45.65!
In Ostrava, Reece Prescod returned to elite racing, his 9.93 taking the Century!
Natalia Kaczmarek won the 400 in 50.16.
Candice McLeod and Anna Kielkasinska both ran 50.38, with McLeod given 2nd!
I should make note that Aminatou Seyni has been added to my list of high testosterone women--meaning I will ignore all marks run by her!!

The UK 4 X 100 squad ran a good 38.43!
Jasmine Camacho-Quinn took the Ostrava 100H in 12.56!
In a meet in Poland, she won in 12.43, made even better knowing she ran INTO a wind of 1.4!!
Ewe Swoboda took the 100 in 11.08!
Hadn't heard from her in awhile!

Millica Gardasevic won a LJ in Poland with 22-4.25.
Also reaching that distance (in 2nd) was Agate De Sousa!
Her mark gives her the National Record of Sao Tome & Principe!!
Natalia Kaczmarek won the 400 in Poland in 50.40!
She beat the 50.71 by the venerable Allyson Felix!
BTW, the Age 36 Record is 50.27!!

There were some good SP battles!
Ostrava saw Joe Kovacs's 73-0 beat the 71-1.50 by Tom Walsh!
In Bydgoszcz, Walsh won with 71-6.25 over Kovacs's 71-4.75!
Darlan Romani took 3rd with 70-4.50!
Then Walsh won again with his 73-2.50!
Kovacs reached 72-2.25, while Konrad Bukowiecki took 3rd with 71-0.75!

Thea Lafond won a TJ with 47-5.25!
Melissa Gonzalez ran the 400H in 54.80, the NR of Colombia!
Alexander Ogondo won the Chorzow 400 in 44.68!
Lazaro Martinez TJ'ed 56-9.25 in France, beating the 56-4.50 by PPPP, aka Pablo Pichardo!
In Germany, Jordan Diaz TJ'ed 56-9.25 also, his mark gaining him the National Record of Spain!
An Austria meet saw Lukas Weishaldinger get a DT mark of 226-9.
It's Austria's National Record!
In Germany, Germany (Sic!) ran the 4 X 100 Relay in 37.99, making them 13th A-T Nation, tied with 1 other!
Kenny Bednarek took the Rabat 200 in 20.21!

Also in Rabat, Marileidy Paulino won the 400 in 50.10.
Kristjan Ceh won the Discus Throw with his 228-7!
He beat Daniel Stahl's 220-4!
And Elaine Thompson-Herah broke her own Meet Record with her 100 in 10.83!

There was an quite interesting race in Ostrava!
Femke Bol ran the 300H (That's 300H, not 400H!)!
Her solo run in 36.88 CRUSHED the old World Record by over a second!
But it also led to LOTS of Twitter & T&FN Message Board chatter about its MEANING!!
What is it worth over 400H?
Some--myself most prominent!--believed it means she can run 50.8 over 400H!
My prognostication was of course strongly ridiculed!
We shall see!!
Meanwhile, it stands as the WR, the MR, and the NR of the Netherlands!

High School Distances
I saved these for last for a good reason, as you'll soon discover!
Roisin Willis ran an 800 in 2:03.09!
Good, but hold on!
She later ran 2:00.03!!
This was a solo run in her Ohio state meet, making this the fastest 800 in a HS-only race!!
It makes her 3rd A-T HS!

A good Mile race saw Rocky Hansen win in 4:00.76, making him 18th A-T HS!
Lex Young took 2nd in 4:01.52, missing the HS list by 0.18 seconds!
James Donahue was a solid 3rd in 4:02.98!

At the Hoka Festival of Miles, Gary Martin just beat his PR, winning in 3:57.89!!
This makes him 4th A-T HS!
Second went to Connor Burns, who walloped his PR by about 4 seconds, timing 3:58.83!!
This gives him the Junior Class Record, the old mark held by Jim Ryun, his 3:59.0 happening in 1964--a race I witnessed in person!!
And it makes him 5th A-T HS!

At 1500 enroute, Burns was leading Martin, so his 3:41.06 makes him 5th A-T HS, while Burns's 3:41.63 makes him 6th A-T HS!!

In another meet, Rheinhardt Harrison finally broke 4 minutes, his 3:59.33 making him 8th A-T HS!
Juliette Whittaker ran a Mile in 4:36.15, making her 5th A-T HS!
Nick Plant timed 1:48.65 over 800 meters!
In that 3:56.24 Colin Sahlman ran in the Pre Classic, he passed 1500 in 3:39.06, making him 4th A-T HS!
Ellie Shea was paced by Pro Rachel Smith (nee Schneider), but her 1500 of 4:14.35 makes her 8th A-T HS!

Finally, we have a new HSR in the 2000SC!!
Angela Napoleon took care of that by running 6:24.32!!
I just hope she runs the 3000SC this year, because the HSR of 10:00.72 by Brianna Nerud in 2012 is ripe for picking!!

Lots of great stuff coming!
The NCAA's!
The NBN!
The Brooks PR
The Portland Track Festival!
Rome's Golden Gala!

See you soon!









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