Readers of this blog know I don't do groupings such as "juniors", "youth", or "masters"!
One reason I don't refer to this meet as "U20" is because of how they define "UNDER 20"!!
If Athlete X turns 20 after the meet, but before the end of the year, he/she is NOT eligible for the meet!
You'd have to turn 20 no earlier than January 1st of the following year to be eligible!
So even though you're 19 on meet day, you're still not "U20"!
Say what??!!
Enough!
There were some great marks by athletes still 19, or 18, or 17 etc on meet day!!
Let's review!
Letsile Tebogo is one to watch, for sure!
He won the 100 in the Meet Record time of 9.91!
And he practically tied for the 200 Gold, but it was given to Blessing Afrifa's 19.96, not Tebogo's!
Afrifa represents Israel, so that's their National Record!
Teboga, from Botswana, had a heat time of 19.99 also!
Jaydon Hibbert Triple Jumped 56-8 for the Meet Record!
Melkanah Azeze ran the initial 3000 meters in 7:44.06 for another Meet Record!
The Women got some Meet Records also!
Roisin Willis beat her rival/friend/future Stanford teammate Juliette Whittaker in the 800, her 1:59.13 missing Whittaker's HSR by just 0.09 seconds!
She ranks 2nd A-T HS!
Switzerland's Audrey Werro took 2nd in a quick 1:59.50, while Whittaker ended 3rd in 2:00.18!!
Birki Haile took the 1500 in the MR time of 4:04.27!
Brenda Chebet's 4:04.64 also was under the old mark!
Addie Wiley ended in 5th, but her 4:11.43 makes her 6th A-T HS!!
Kerrica Hill sped the 100H in 12.77 (after a semi of 12.87!), getting the Meet Record and the Age 17 Record!
Alexis Jones ran 12.87 in the Silver position!
Tina Clayton's 10.95 was another Meet Record, leaving Serena Cole (11.14) and Shawnti Jackson (11.15) far behind!
However, Jackson time makes her 9th A-T HS!
She ran 11.16 in her semi!
Brianna Lyston won the 200 in 22.65, with young American Mia Brahe-Pedersen 4th in 23.06.
However, B-P's 22.95 in her semi makes her 19th A-T HS, tied with 2 others!
Jamaica won the 4 X 100 Relay in 42.59, which is listed as the World Junior Record!
The US ended 2nd in 43.28!
But the American 4 X 400 squad won in 3:28.06, with a big help from Roisin Willis's anchor of 51.34!!
Other WJC marks---
Reynold Kipkorir won the 1500 in 3:35.83.
Anthony Ammirate isn't Mondo yet, but he cleared 18-10.25 to take the Pole Vault!
Malik Mixon ran the 110H in 13.27, making him 5th A-T HS, tied with 1 other!
Betty Chelangat ran the 3000 in 9:01.03, while Faith Cherotich ran the same distance, but with hurdles and water pit, in 9:16.14!
Medina Eisa won the 5000 in 15:29.71.
Akala Garrett won the 400H in a PR of 56.16, making her 6th A-T HS, tied with 1 other!
Hana Moll's 14-3.25 topped the PV field, which included her sister Amanda!
Agur Dwol finished in just 12th place in the Triple Jump.
But she had a Qualifying mark of 42-11.50, making her 19th A-T HS!!
Jaicieonna Gero-Holt couldn't match her Frosh Class Record of 5401, as her 5212 Heptathlon score left her in 17th place!!
The winner was Saga Vinninen's 6084!!
The High Jump featured some great youngsters!
Karmen Bruus emerged the winner with 6-4.75, while Angelina Topic topped 6-4 in 3rd!
And Adrianna Vilagos threw the Javelin 208-5, giving the Serbian the Meet Record!
Lots more to report!!
A bunch of ATL Meet Records were set at the Ed Murphey version in Tennessee!
Twanisha Terry sprinted the 100 in the MR time of 10.82!!
She ranks 13th A-T US, tied with 3 others!
Tamari Davis was right behind, her 10.83 making her 17th A-T US, tied with 2 others!
Shania Collins ran 10.92 in 3rd!
Davis ran 10.87 in a heat!!
Andrew Hudson's 20.03 in the 200 was also an MR!
Yared Nuguse's 3:34.95 in the 1500, and Morgan McDonald's 7:49.26 in the 3000 were also Meet Records!
Sage Hurta continues to impress--her 4:01.79 is a Meet Record.
So is Elly Henes's 8:48.06!
In the 800, Nia Akins ran 1:58.78 for another MR!
She beat Olivia Baker's 1:59.44, and Heather MacLean's 1:59.80!
Alaysha Johnson broke her own Meet Record with her 100H time of 12.43.
Tia Jones ran 12.52 in 2nd!
Joe Kovacs won the Shot Put with 71-9.50!
Jonah Koech took the 800 in 1:44.95!
And Kaylin Whitney won the 400 in 51.17!
Other marks from around the world---
In North Carolina, Nikki Hiltz won a Mile in 4:21.89, making her 9th A-T US!
Apologies to Nikki for using the "wrong" pronoun, as she prefers they/them!
However, after a lifetime of being a writer, I'm unwilling to refer to one person as "they or them", which to be redundant, refers to multiple people!!
While I understand Nikki's (and others) choice, to use a term meaning multiple when speaking of an individual, it's just too confusing for the "average" reader!
Thus, it's MY choice to stick to the "old fashioned" terms I grew up with!!
Behind Hiltz came Eleanor Fulton's 4:23.65, which makes her 13th A-T US!
Elly Henes ran 4:27.66 in 3rd!
Yared Nuguse won the Men's Mile in 3:53.34, with Festus Lagat (3:54.02) and Sean McGorty (3:54.51) following!
In a California meet, Hiltz ran the 1500 in 4:04.12.
Sabrina Southerland won the 800 in 1:59.63, while Dan Michalski took the 3000SC in 8:22.56.
Jonathan Davis PR'd at 1500 in 3:33.81.
A good Discus Throw battle took place in Sweden--Simon Pettersen's 231-0 just beat Daniel Stahl's 230-7!!
Anzhelika Sidorova had a pair of top notch Pole Vaults in Russia--15-11.25 to beat Polina Knoroz's 15-5---and then 16-1.25 for a World Leader and the Age 31 Record, not to mention beating Knoroz again, but this time Knoroz's best was 15-3!
Also in Russia, Mariya Lasitskene cleared 6-6.75 in the High Jump!
Finally, we end with several marks from Hungary---
Wojciech Nowicki lobbed the Hammer out 262-4!
Joe Kovacs had a SP of 75-1.25 to beat the 71-11.50 by Tom Walsh!
Marvin Bracy won the 100 in 9.97!
Erriyon Knighton took the 200 in 19.88!
Shericka Jackson sped 22.02 in the 200, while Shelly Ann Fraser-Pryce ran a now-average 10.67 in the 100 to wallop the 10.92 by young Tamari Davis!
Kristjan Ceh let go of a long one in the Discus Throw---233-8!
And Sydney McLaughlin cruised the 400H in 51.68, getting the Age 23 Record one day after turning that age!
She now holds SEVEN Age Records OUTdoors--and they're consecutive, from age 17 to age 23!!
And she almost certainly holds more, but my Age Records begin at 17!!
The European Championships begin tomorrow morning, and the NACAC begins August 19th!!
See you soon!
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