aka (in dumb ass circles) as a pair of Diamond League meets taking place in Chorzow, Poland, and Monaco!
But being these "pretenders" do attract some great athletes, let's look at what they did!
Chorzow first!
Shelly Ann Fraser-Pryce once again broke her own Age 35 Record by winning the 100 in 10.66.
Aleia Hobbs was back a ways, but ran 10.94 in 2nd!
Shericka Jackson's 21.84 in the 200 whacked Shaunae Miller-Uibo into relative obscurity, as SMU could only manage 22.35 in 2nd!
Femke Bol showed her quick relay legs weren't fake, as she got the National Record of the Netherlands with her one lap of 49.75!
Her Combined Events of 49.75 and 52.03 adds to 1:41.78, making her 3rd A-T World!
She had a worthy opponent, as Natalia Kaczmarek PR'ed with 49.86 in 2nd!
Candace McLeod's 50.22 was 3rd, and Stephanie Ann McPherson took 4th in 50.31.
Chase Ealey won a good Shot Put with 66-10.50!
Jessica Schilder's 65-1.25 in 2nd breaks her own Netherlands National Record!
Fannie Roos's 63-8.75 in 3rd also got an NR, as it broke her own from Sweden!
Joe Kovacs's 71-6 beat the 71-2.50 by Tom Walsh!
Andy Diaz Triple Jumped 57-6.25 to win over the 56-8.75 by Pedro Pichardo!
Pawel Fajdek sent his Hammer Throw out 266-7 for the win, while Mondo Duplantis casually soared over 20-0...again!!
Michael Norman ran the 400 in 44.11, winning over the 44.55 by Kirani James.
Jasmine Camacho-Quinn's 12.34 took the 100H from Kendra Harrison's 12.37!
Tia Jones ran 12.49 in 3rd, making her 20th A-T US!
Ajee Wilson's 1:58.28 won the 800, defeating Sage Hurta, who ran a solid 1:58.40!
Diribe Welteji took a fast 1500 in 3:56.91!
Gudaf Tsegay was 2nd in 3:58.18!
In 4th came Heather MacLean's 4:01.38, making her 20th A-T US!
Sifan Hassan's outkicked the other joggers in a slow 3000, time of 8:39.27!
Alicia Monson was 4th in 8:41.61.
In other Chorzow events---
Trayvon Bromell sped 9.95 for a Century win.
Brooke Andersen won the Hammer Throw with 248-7!
Hiruka Kitaguchi won the Javelin Throw with her 213-7!
On to Monaco!!
Just watched CNBC's belated (by days!!) "coverage" of the Herculis meet, and I became so sick of them repeatedly talking up Noah Lyles and his American Record in Eugene, and his upcoming race in Monaco!
I think I stopped counting after the SIXTH replay of that WC race!
(And I think the guy is GREAT, but come on, TV, enough is enough!!)
Anyway, Mr Lyles did perform up to standard, as his 19.46 got his own Meet Record, and defeated the 19.84 by Erriyon Knighton, and the 19.95 by Michael Norman with dispatch!
The Women's 100 was actually much better, and far deeper!!
Shelly Ann Fraser-Pryce once AGAIN proved being a 35 year old mother does NOT slow a woman down!!
She rammed through the tape in 10.62, breaking the Meet Record and her own Age 35 Record!!
She needed it, as Shericka Jackson PR'ed a bit to 10.71, making her 6th A-T World!
On a pair of my Combined Events lists, her 10.71 and 21.45 adds to 32.16, making her 3rd A-T World!
Add to that her 49.47, and you get 1:21.63, for 5th A-T World, tied with 1 other!!
Marie Josee Ta Lou walloped her own National Record of the Ivory Coast with her 10.72 in 3rd!
She is 7th A-T World, tied with 1 other, and it's the best 3rd Place mark!
Aleia Hobbs's 10.81 now serves as the best 4th Place mark!
TT Terry took 5th in 10.90, with Darryl Neita's 10.91 giving her the best 6th Place mark!
Tamara Clark was 7th in 10.96!
Faith Kipyegon wanted Genzebe Dibaba's World Record in the 1500, and she went after it!
A rabbit ran 2:01.64 through 800, with Kipyegon right there!
She held it pretty tight through 1200, but her full fledged kick wasn't all there, so her 3:50.37 must stand as "just" 2nd A-T World!!
She improves on a trio of World Combined Events lists---
Her 1:57.68 & 3:50.37 adds to 5:48.05 (3rd A-T World).
Add her 1500 to her 8:23.55 and it comes to 12:13.92 (4th A-T world)
Add it to her 14:31.55, and her 18:21.92 makes her 9th A-T World!
Same race (but not really!!), we saw a couple of Americans dip into sub-4 waters!
In 2nd (!!!) came Heather MacLean's 3:58.89, making her 8th A-T US!
Right behind came Elise Cranny's 3:59.06, making her 9th A-T US!!
Another WR attempt---but maybe a crazy one!---was in the Men's 3000!
They went through the first K in 2:26.30--or 7:18.90 pace!!!
They slowed to a more human pace, but Thierry Ndikumwenayo's 7:25.93 outkicked Berihu Aregawi's 7:26.81, after Aregawi's deadly pace caught up to him!
Ndikumwenayo gets the National Record of Burkina Faso (mistakenly I.D.'ed by CNBC as Burundi!!), and it makes him 7th A-T World!
Aregawi gets the Age 21 Record (Komen's WR is the Age 20 Record!!), and it makes him 11th A-T World!
In 3rd came the fast-charging (from 6th) Grant Fisher, whose 7:28.48 nailed the American Record, held by Bernard Lagat!!
It also makes him 24th A-T World!
Woody Kincaid ran 7:38.81 back in 8th!
Grant Holloway needed his 12.99 in the 110H to defeat the 13.03 by Trey Cunningham, and the 13.08 by Hansle Parchment!
It took a jump-off to determine the Men's High Jump winner!
Mutaz Barshim and Sanghyeok Woo both cleared 7-6.50, with Barshim winning the jump-off!
The Men's LJ was a close one, finally won by Maykel Masso's 27-4.75!
In 2nd and 3rd came the 27-3.25's by Milt Tentoglou and Marquis Dendy!
As with Noah Lyles, lots of TV noise about Shaunae Miller-Uibo's chances for a fast time!
Yet, in the end, her 49.28 seemed kind of ordinary!
Yet she easily defeated Candace McLeod's 49.87, and Sada Williams's 50.10!
Yulimar Rojas was lucky there were just 8 competitors in the Triple Jump!
Because her first 3 fouls would have DQ'ed her from the final!
On a "bad" day for her, her 49-3 5th round prevailed over Shaneika Ricketts's 48-11, and the PR by Tori Franklin--48-9--which keeps her 2nd A-T US!
Kelsey Lee-Barber's 211-7 won the Javelin Throw!
A solid "non-DL" 800 saw Natoya Goule win it in a quick 1:56.98!
Sage Hurta keeps improving, as her 1:57.85 in 2nd makes her 16th A-T US!
In 3rd was Olivia Baker's 1:58.05 PR, making her 22nd A-T US!
Jemma Reekie was a solid 4th in 1:58.68!
The Women's Pole Vault was rather lackluster, despite Nina Kennedy, Sandi Morris, and Kat Stefanidi all clearing 15-3.50, and finishing in that order!
For some reason, Monaco ended with the Women's 3000SC!
I must make note that Werkwuha Getachew's "winning" mark doesn't count in my book, due to her probable high testosterone levels!
So I see Zerfe Wondemagegn's 9:06.63 as the winner!!
It makes her 17th A-T World!
The British 3000SC record has been traded off a few times this season, but Lizzie Bird's 9:07.87 should dispense with this back and forth for a while!
Besides her NR, she ranks 23rd A-T World!
Emma Coburn led a lot of the way, but her brave 9:07.93 left her in 3rd!
Jackline Chepkoech ran 9:09.72, ending just ahead of new Pro Courtney Wayment's 9:09.91, which makes her 3rd A-T US, just ahead of Colleen Quigley!!
Kudos to Monaco for holding the rarely run 1000 meters for Men!!
It was one of the best races of the day!!
Jake Wightman's 2:13.88 gets him the Meet Record (1st time run??) and the Age 28 Record!
He ranks 10th A-T World!
Marco Arop's 2:14.35 DESTROYED Canada's NR by over 2 seconds, and makes him 18th A-T World!
Clayton Murphy's 2:15.73 actually makes him 2nd A-T US---behind Rick Wohlhuter's now-legendary 2:13.9 from 1974!!
Wycliffe Kinyamel's 2:15.78 was 4th!
Bryce Hoppel's 2:15.99 took 5th, and makes him 4th A-T US!
Josh Thompson ran 2:16.38 in 6th, and ranks 9th A-T US!
Luke McCann's 2:16.40 is Ireland's NR!
In 8th came Hobbs Kessler's 2:16.46, making him 11th A-T US!
Then there was Sydney McLaughlin!
In the stands with new hubby WATCHING as Rushell Clayton's PR of 53.33 won the 400H!!
Janieve Russell took 2nd in 53.52!
Yes, Syd the Kid was in Monaco--in the stadium!!--but didn't run!!
Oh well.
More soon!!
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