Much to do, so let's make it happen!
I'm combining the genders here, unlike last year!
All running events are scheduled for Women first, then the Men!
I'm listing just the Women's Mile and 2 Mile among the MANY Emerging Elite events!
I will preview the events--as close to the FINALS schedule as possible, although some overlap will happen with the field events!
I'll list just the fastest (or elite) sections, as the distance races have slower sections!
I'll list the MEET Record, then the leading contenders, and my odds for whether the MEET Record will be broken!
I'll list the Women's MR first, then the Men's, as the schedule indicates that's how the order will go!
(In the case of the NBIN, several MR's are also the HSR!!)
SOME of the MR's date from the earlier version of this meet, which this blog considers THE Meet Record, even though the NBIN lists ONLY records set since New Balance took over!!
The meet is 3 days long (March 10-12), and will have a FREE livestream for all 3 days--all day!!
They begin early, so West Coast viewers will have to wake up before dawn to see it all!
As I said, much to report, so here we go!!
FRIDAY
EE 2 Mile (Don't have the MR) Watch for Rylee Bowen to win this. It could be fast, as in sub 10:20!
5000 (16:08.83 & 14:06.78))
The Women's race could see the SEVENTH consecutive HSR (all by different runners!) broken in this meet!
Brie Oakley--based on her brilliant XC season, could be the one to do it!
But she's never run a 5000 on a track, INdoors or OUTdoors!!
And I haven't seen her name in results all season!
So watch for Libby Davidson, Annie Hill, and Katherine Lee to challenge.
70-30 odds!
The Men's race has ZERO recognizable names!!
So this could be a wide-open race.
But the odds for a new MR are 0-100!!
DMR (11:34.85 & 10:00.75)
Three teams have big names!
Though I always caution that ONE "star" does NOT a team (or Record!) make!
Watch for North Rockland TC of NY, who has Katelyn Tuohy on anchor!
EC Glass TC of VA has Libby Davidson, while Patriot TC of VA has Rachel McArthur!
Without Kate Murphy and her team here, odds for a MR are 10-90!!
Three Men's teams have known entities!
But watch for the Carlisle TC of PA--with both Noah and Sam Affolder--as the favorite!
Also with stars are the Brentwood TC of TN (Brodey Hasty), and Germantown Friends of PA (Nick Dahl)!
No MR here either!
HJ--Women (6-0.25)
Here again, NO "names" to set my eyes on fire!
The Women's HJ--overall--has been weak the past few years--aside from Vashti Cunningham, that is!!
SATURDAY
Pentathlon (4068 &4307)
Erin Marsh and Antonia Frazier have the 2 "best" marks of the year, but the topper is just 3200 points!
But this event is rarely contested before the NBIN!!
MR odds are 0-100!
As with the Women, the Men's season bests may not be indicative of their potential!
Nonetheless, this MR is safe too.
The top 2 seem to be Danny Renwick and Samuel Rusak.
1 Mile Walk (6:57.36 & 6:06.13)
When you have the HSR holder in the meet, you generally go with her!
And that's the case here, so give Lauren Harris the Gold right now!
Odds for her to break her own Meet and HSR are 90-10!
Same goes for the Men--in one sense!
Cameron Haught is the HSR holder, but not the MR holder!
Nonetheless, give him 40-60 odds to get it!
The 60 Heats are scheduled here!
Following will be the 60H Heats!
Then come the 4X200 Relay heats!
(Be difficult if anyone's running both the 60 and this Relay!)
4X Mile Relay (19:59.24 & 17:07.17)
The Women's race will have Jessica Lawson (who just ran a 4:26 for 1500!) anchoring her Corning TC team of NY!!
But a MR seems unlikely!
30-70 odds!
The Men have NO recognizable names on their teams, so NO Meet Record!!
Still, one of my favorite races to watch!!
SMR (3:52.68 & 3:24.02)
The Women's MR could be in some jeopardy, as Katelyn Tuohy anchors her North Rockland team!
But watch also for South Dade Express TC of FL, who has Symone Mason in the 400, and Bronxville HS of NY (Sound familiar?? LOL), who has Kaitlyn Ryan!
BTW, see my post about Bronxville HS missing Mary Cain from a couple of years ago, where I mention Ms Ryan as a possible future star!!
No Men's team have any "big" names, so it's a free-for-all!
MR odds are ZIP, NADA!!
EE 1 Mile
No MR here either, but watch for Clare Martin to win it.
She's run in the 2:47's over 1000 meters!
The 400 Heats, followed by the 200 Heats, are scheduled here!
4X800 Relay (8:54.11 & 7:36.99)
Sorry, but no names here either!
Another race to watch for the exciting unknowns!!
Ditto for the Men!!
LJ--Men (26-0.25)
Noah (Get your Spelling cap on! LOL) Igbinoghene is the leading LJ'er (and TJ'er!!) of 2017, so give him the top spot on the podium!
But watch for William Henderson to make it close!
MR odds are actually 60-40!!
SP--Women (56-7.50)
Alyssa Wilson.
Need I say more?
I'd be surprised if she doesn't nail this MR (and FORMER High School Record!!) at least once during the competition!
58 feet is her next target!!
Kathleen Young is good, but not in Wilson's World!
Watch also for WT specialist Jill Shippee!
100-0 for Wilson to take the MR down--with emphasis!!
PV--Men (17-11.25)
WOW!!
Having Mondo Duplantis follow Alyssa Wilson should keep EVERYONE in their seats--no bathroom or refreshment breaks!!
Give this WORLD Class PV'er 100-0 odds for DESTROYING this MR!!!
(Warning: He wasn't so great in the 2016 NBIN, despite winning! He reached "just" 17-1 then, even though he'd set the HSR at over 18 feet!!)
Riley Richards, KC Lightfoot, and Zach McWhorter might keep things interesting!
(Richards's poles--ALL of them!--were broken in half (!) by Southwest Airlines enroute to this meet! He'll be vaulting on borrowed poles!!)
LJ--Women (21-3.25)
This one's LOADED!!
But even though she leapt a monster 21-11 for the HSR, Tara Davis's later efforts haven't been close!
Toss the dice to see whether Davis, Jasmine Moore, Titiana Marsh, or Lanae-Tava Thomas comes out on top!!
Odds for a MR are good, however!
65-35!
SP--Men (71-2.75)
Here's another event to sit still for!
Jordan Geist vs Tripp Piperi--the Shot Put Fight at the Armory Corral!!
While Geist is probably favored, due to his 68-4 HSR with the 16 pounder, and his longer Puts with the 12, do NOT go solely on that!!
Either one is capable of taking down the MR---and maybe even Ryan Crouser's HSR with the 12!!
Watch for Nick Lane also!
Odds are 100 to zero for the MR!
HJ--Men (7-5.25)
No MR here!
David Claxton and Kyle Garland lead the season, but just right around 7 feet even!
Flip a coin!
SUNDAY
The 60H Semi's, followed by the 60 Semi's, are scheduled here!
4X200 Relay (1:36.35 & 1:26.21)
Give Team War of VA the edge, as they have Kori Carter (3rd leg) and Syaira Richardson (anchor), while Cheltenham TC of PA has "just" Chanel Brissett (2nd leg!) to offset that pair!
BTW, Ms Carter is no relation to the World Class 400H gal with the same name!
But she's good!!
MR odds are 60-40!
As with a few other Relays, no big names for the Men, so roll the dice!
With Noah Lyles out of HS and a Pro, forget any new MR!!
2 Mile (9:55.92 & 8:40.70) (3000 meter MR's are 9:17.4 & 8:09.57)
Brie Oakley is back, after running the 5K on Friday!
But she'll have some company of a certain quality class!
Watch for Libby Davidson, Annie Hill, Kelsey Chmiel, Jessica Lawson, and Rebecca Story to challenge--in a BIG way!!
After a potential HSR in the 5K (See above!), I don't know how much Oakley (Or??) will have left to get Melody Fairchild's venerable MR, dating from 1991!
Odds are 40-60!
The Men have a solid field too!
Leading the way might be 4:00.97 Miler DJ Principe!
But keep your eyes on Noah Affolder, Nick Dahl, and the guy who gets my vote for Best Hair--Brodey Hasty!
Maybe for Best Name too!! LOL
But the MR should survive!
20-80 odds!
60H (8.02 & 7.53)
How can the 2016 edition of the Women's race be topped??
Read my report from that meet to remember what went down!
And I tell you this---RECORDS went down, NOT hurdles!!
That said, we have a classy trio of Women here--to perhaps challenge that 2016 event!!
Tia Jones is the HSR holder for the OUTdoor 100H.
But she has yet to transfer that over to the shorter INdoor race!
So look for Chanel Brissett and Tara Davis to make Jones have to WORK for the win!
But I see the MR (and HSR!) surviving to 2018--at least!
Like a few others, Trey Cunningham stands alone here!
The HSR holder at 7.49, he looks good as both the winner AND the new MR holder!
But watch for Cory Poole!
Odds are 85-15!
60 (7.26 & 6.57)
The Women's 60 is another LOADED race--which makes this another coin flipper!
But I see Jayla Kirkland and Symone Mason as the leading entrants!
Look too for Syaira Richardson and Thelma Davies.
Lynna Irby is more a long sprinter, so it will be interesting to see what she can do at this "distance"!
MR odds are 40-60!
The Men's MR is the HSR too, so give this one ZERO odds of getting broken!
BUT--we have MISTER Tyrese Cooper here--and he is TRIPLING!!
That said, the short race is his "weakest"--if such a word can be used for the new Usain Bolt!!
William Henderson might actually give Cooper a race!!
400 (51.84 & 46.57)
I have to combine my comments for both genders here!
Why?
Sydney McLaughlin and Ty Cooper, that's why!!
BOTH Meet Records--and BOTH High School Records!!--are in DIRE straits!!
Cooper came THIS close earlier this season, with his 46.01.
And McLaughlin is on FIRE again this season!
(Remember last year, when she followed her HSR with a 51.65 Relay leg an hour later!!)
In the Women's race, watch for Canadian star Victoria Tachinsky, and US runner Syaira Richardson to "challenge"!
For the Men, Rodney Agyare-May, Chantz Sawyers, and Brian Herron might be closer than you think!
Odds for both MR's are 100-0!
1 Mile (4:36.61 & 4:03.84) (1500 meter MR's are 4:17.68 & 3:46.41)
Sammy Watson!!
The ONLY question here is whether she goes after Mary Cain's HSR of 4:28.25!!
She CAN run that fast!
But she won't have anyone close at the end to push her, despite a good field, which includes Lexy Halladay, Rachel McArthur, Sophie Cantine, and Rylee Bowen!
More likely, Watson will end up around 4:32--a MR, but Cain's HSR will survive!
Prove me wrong, Sammy!!
The Men's race is lacking David Principe!
However, XC stud Reed Brown is here, as well as Josh Hoey--who just happened to BEAT Mr Principe in the Millrose race!!
The MR will survive another year, but a sub-4:10 is pretty certain!
800 (2:03.59 & 1:49.94)
Rachel McArthur is listed in BOTH the Mile and 800!
As they're scheduled to follow each other maybe MINUTES apart, I kind of doubt she'll end up doing both!
IF she does, her challengers will be Clare Martin and Bronxville's Kaitlin Ryan!!
I pick Martin to win--unless McArthur skips the Mile!
No MR here!
Brandon McGorty is here!!
He's HEAVILY favored--for the win AND the MR!!
Only "competition" might come from Cameron Cooper!
Even the HSR of 1:49.21 is in danger, with McGorty in the race!!
200 (23.23 & 20.63)
The Women's race should be a "leaner"--meaning that to win, she'll have to LEAN at the tape!!
(Hopefully not go SPLAT on the track as well!! LOL)
Toss that worthless coin to see if Jayla Kirkland, Symone Mason, Lanae-Tava Thomas, or Lynna Irby prevails!
I'll pick LTT!!
Odds for a MR are 60-40!
Tyrese Cooper CAN get Noah Lyles's MR--but by tripling here, he lowers the odds to 50-50!!
His most serious challenger has a GREAT name for an athlete--CHAMPION Allison!!
But with Ty here, Mr Allison won't be no "champion"!!
4X400 Relay (3:40.28 & 3:13.34)
Union Catholic will be here---and is probably the favorite!
I said "probably" because I don't know the woman who's replacing Sydney McLaughlin on anchor!
I'm guessing McLaughlin isn't running this because she wants to concentrate on CRUSHING the 400 HSR!!
Don't know if they allow for last-minute changes (except for emergencies!), so let's take this as a McLaughlin-less race!!
So NO Meet Record!
No "names" on the Men's squads, so it's a toss-up!
And no MR either!
Hang in there, folks!
Got "just" 5 field events left to preview!
Maybe it was the wrong decision to combine the genders??
What's YOUR thinking on that?
WT--Women (68-2.50)
Gianna Rao--steady all season at 60 feet or more!--seems the clear favorite!
But watch to see what SP giant Alyssa Wilson does here--in her SECONDARY event!!
She's good, but not in Rao's class!
In fact, if anyone is to challenge Rao, it will be Jill Shippee, who also has a PR of 60+!
Kathleen Young might be a solid back-up!
No MR, however!
TJ--Men (52-7.50)
That "name" is back--Noah Igbinoghene!
(Did I spell it correctly?)
Hazani Knight is a good one also!
However, the best of 2017 has barely edged past 50 feet, so ZERO odds for the MR!
WT--Men (92-7.50)
Despite Jordan Geist and Jacob Wickey here to do battle, this otherworldly MR will survive---maybe until 2117!!
Challengers include Nick Lane and Brent Fairbanks!
TJ--Women (44-2)
While Tara Davis has an OUTdoor PR of 43-2, she hasn't been "on" in this event this year, so throw her into the mix for a win, but NOT a MR!!
But STRONG contenders will be Jasmine Moore and Titiana Marsh!!
Odds are 20-80!
PV--Women (14-2.75)
A GREAT event to end this meet with!
(And let's hope they jump so high that the "end" of the schedule needs an extension!!)
Rachel Baxter--the only woman with a PR of 14 feet or more still competing, isn't entered!!
So look for Becky Arbive to be the VERY slight favorite going in!
Carson Dingler should be a STRONG challenger to Arbiv!
Others to watch are Colleen Clancy, Katie Jones, and Jenn Suhr-mentored Erica Ellis!!
No MR, but I'll still give the odds at 40-60!
And THAT, my friends, is a WRAP!!
Look for my NCAA Preview--both genders in one again!!--in the next few hours!!
Thursday, March 9, 2017
Sunday, March 5, 2017
Those Odd Events Lift USATF
Thank you, USATF, for doing something different, an example the Diamond League would do well to emulate!!
It was those odd events--the 1000, 300, and 600 not normally held in Championship meets---anywhere!!---that MADE this meet!
Especially after the dramatic withdrawal of Jenn Suhr, who was expected to have a titanic battle with Sandi Morris!
Suhr posted on Facebook that she was "frustrated" with the way USATF held their Championship PV's!
She said she didn't wish to suffer through it again, and stayed home!
This lit up Social Media (and the T&FN Message Board) with 100's of tweets and comments---most of them NOT showing much love for the Queen of the Vault!
Apparently, the gist of her reasons---unstated in her FB post---was about the "dangers" in her event, and that USATF wasn't doing enough to ease them!
This made Morris's victory much easier.
Her 15-5 was quite enough, though a couple of others got good PR's!
Katie Nageotte took second with her PR of 15-3.
She moves from 11th A-T US to 7th, tied with 2 others.
Mary Saxer also reached 15-3, but no PR!
In 4th was Kortney Ross's 15-1, making her America's 20th INdoor 15 footer!!
She's 13th A-T US, tied with 5 others!
Kristan Brown's 14-11 took 5th.
She's 22nd A-T US, tied with 3 others!
No PR's, but Megan Clark and Morgann LeLeux also both got over 14-11 in 6th and 7th!
Eliminated FROM my US list was Amy Linnen's 14-10 from 2002!
At the time, that had been the Collegiate Record!!
Even minus Suhr, a very good competition!
But, though Suhr's DNS was considered "odd" in its own way, it was the events on the track and field (the Weight Throw also considered odd--at least outside the United States!) that gave this annual meet its life-force!!
And where better to start than with an event that produces a World Record!!
Gwen Berry got her redemption!!
After USATF stole her OUTdoor US Hammer throw of 250-4 after USADA banned her for 3 months---something this blog refused to accept, still listing that as the American Record!!--this was SWEET!!
Berry had an incredible series, getting 3 throws over 82-9, with her best swinging out to 25.60, or 84 feet even, for the World Record!
She also got the American Record, broke her own Age 27 record, and got the Meet Record to boot!
She moves from 3rd to 1st on the A-T World List, matching that movement on the US list!!
Four others got good marks!
Deanna Price got the Age 23 record with her 2nd place toss of 79-8!
She moves from 14th A-T World to 4th!
And from 9th to 4th on the A-T US list!
Felisha Johnson's 79-5.50 moves her from 13th to 6th on the A-T World list, and from 9th to 6th on the US list!
Jessica Ramsey's 78-10.50 moves her from 14th A-T World to 8th, tied with 1 other!
She also moves from 10th A-T US to 7th!
Amber Campbell improved her own Age 35 record to 77-0.50 in 5th!
On the track, another World Record fell!
It was 19 year old Noah Lyles who has that title, his 31.87 nipping the 300 record by 0.01 seconds!
He gets the WR, AR, MR, and Age 19 record!
He ran 32.16 in his heat (!!), which moved him from 16th A-T World, tied with 2 others, to 5th.
That time also moved him from 8th A-T US, tied with 2 others, to 4th.
His fastest then moved him from 5th to 1st, and from 4th to 1st on the respective lists!!
But this was a DEEP field!
Unknown (to me!) Paul Dedewo stayed close, ending in 31.92.
He gets the Age 25 record.
It puts him 3rd on both the World and US lists!!
Dentavius Wright ran 32.46 for the 3rd fastest time, gaining him 13th A-T World, and 8th A-T US!
Brycen Spratling PR'ed with 32.63, nailing the 19th World list spot, and 11th A-T US!!
In 5th fastest spot came Amir James's 32.79, making him 16th A-T US.
Then came John Lundy's 32.97, giving him 21st A-T US!!
The Women's 300 was pretty good too!!
Run in 2 sections, the winner was Phyllis Francis, her 36.15 just edging Joanna Atkins's 36.18!!
For the former Duck, Francis gets the Meet Record, and winds up 6th A-T World, and 2nd A-T US!!
Atkins gets the Age 28 record, and now stands 7th A-T World, and 3rd A-T US!
Then came Candace Hill's 36.56!
This breaks her own HS PRO record, as well as her HS PRO Senior Class record!!
She also gets the Age 18 record!
Hill is 22nd A-T World, while moving from 17th A-T US to 11th!!
Jessica Beard ran 36.87, but it wasn't a PR.
Robin Reynolds also ran 36.87, her time moving her from 20th A-T US to 18th, tied with 1 other!
Finally, Jordan Lavender's 37.49 misses the US list by 0.07 seconds!!
No WR or AR, but the Women's 600 was HOT also!
It began in the heats!
Ajee Wilson ran 1:26.57, just missing the Meet Record---in her heat!
Courtney Okolo was next in 1:27.10.
McKayla Fricker's 1:27.38 made her 11th A-T US.
Olicia Williams's 1:27.44 moved her from 24th to 13th on the A-T US list!
No PR's for Cecilia Barowski's 1:27.53, or Kendra Chambers's 1:27.76.
But Ce'Aira Brown's 1:27.94 made her 19th A-T US!!
Then came the final!!
Wilson and Okolo had a DUEL, folks!!
Everyone thought Okolo, with her OUTdoor 49.71 in the 400 besting Wilson's PR by about 4 seconds (!), would sprint to the lead, forcing Wilson to react...or not!
But it was Ajee who took charge, and never let Okolo pass her--even though she tried!
This led to a super time of 1:23.94 for Wilson, and 1:24.00 for Okolo!!
Wilson breaks her own Age 22 record, and her own Meet Record!
She moves from 4th A-T World to 3rd, while remaining 2nd on the US list!
Okolo moves from 6th A-T World to 4th, while remaining 3rd A-T US!
Then came Kendra Chambers, her 1:25.46 making her 9th A-T World.
She moves from 7th A-T US to 4th!
Olicia Williams ran 1:26.54, moving from 13th A-T US to 6th.
Cecilia Barowski's 1:27.07 wasn't a PR.
Nor was McKayla Fricker's 1:27.72!
The Men's 600 was just as "useful", as the Brits might say!!
Erik Sowinski--a 600 meter specialist--tore through a 1:15.07 for the win!
He breaks his own Age 27 record!
He nailed the Meet Record too.
He's now 7th A-T World, tied with 1 other!
And he moves from 4th to 3rd on the US list!
Casimir Loxsom's 1:15.18 was 2nd, even though a non-PR--as he's the WR holder with his earlier 1:14.91!
Shaquille Walker ran 1:15.39, becoming 8th A-T World, while moving from 10th A-T US, tied with 2 others, to 4th!
Russ Dinkins ran 1:15.86, making him 18th A-T World, tied with 2 others!
He's also 8th A-T US, tied with 1 other!
Chris Giesting's 1:15.96 makes him 24th A-T World!
He also gains the 10th spot on the US list, moving up from 13th!
Donavan Brazier ran a good 1:16.10, but no PR for him!
The heats were fast too!
Sowinski's 1:15.51 heat was a PR, later broken!
Dinkins ran 1:16.07, as did Walker!
Loxsom ran 1:16.14, while Giesting's heat time was 1:16.26.
Three who didn't improve in the final were Curtis Beach, his 1:16.38 moving him from 20th to 19th A-T US, Dante Holmes, his 1:16.46 making him 20th A-T US, and Ja'von Hutchison, whose 1:16.59 wasn't a PR!
Finally---in the odd events catalog--we turn to the 1K's!
And we get another HSR---errr, TWO of those babies!!---for the simply amazing Samantha (Sammy) Watson!!
(Might make us forget what Mary Cain did to the HSR book in 2013, while still an amateur!! LOL)
In her HEAT---which she won, BTW!!--Watson finally removed the venerable Sarah (Bowman) Brown from the HSR ledger!!
While Cain ran faster than (then-) Bowman's 2:43.40--twice--both times came as a HS PRO!!
So Ms Bowman Brown frustratingly remained on the books!
Until Sammy decided to pound the track, racing after it!
Watson's 2:43.18 in her heat first nailed the record!
(Also Brown's Senior Class record!)
She then returned in the final, finishing in 4th, but more important was her time!
As Charlene Lipsey crossed the line in 2:37.97, all eyes then turned down the track's last straight, where Watson was trying to hang on, even though looking worn out!
We had to wait for the results board to show to see her time!
2:40.72--crushing her own HSR, and Senior Class record!!
Lipsey moves from 21st A-T US, tied with 1 other, to 11th!
She had run her heat in 2:41.86!!
Lauren Johnson produced a solid 2:38.33, as she stuck to Lipsey like glue!
She's now 12th A-T US!
Hannah Fields ran 2:40.18, making her 20th A-T US!
And yes, Watson also makes the US list---just!---in 24th place!
Making Watson's new HSR even MORE amazing is that Kaela Edwards 2:40.79 was pushed OFF the list---by Watson's entrance!!
You see, Edwards's time is the Collegiate Record, run earlier this season!!
So the HSR---the amateur one---is faster than the Collegiate Record!!
The Men's 1000 was okay---for the front pair of finishers!
Clayton Murphy kicked hard to win in 2:18.60.
It's the Meet Record, and makes him 11th A-T US!
Brannon Kidder's 2:19.10 wasn't a PR!
Everyone else ran in the 2:20's!
The 60's were FAST---for the winners!
Ronnie Baker sped a 6.45, a PR by 0.01 seconds!
He moves from 12th A-T World, tied with 5 others, to 6th, where he's tied with 6 others!!
On the US list, he moves from 7th, tied with 4 others, to 4th, tied with 3 others!
Morolake Akinosun was a shocker---in a way---as she's suddenly a sub-7.10 woman!!
Her 7.08 makes her 13th A-T US!!
Dezerea Bryant also PR'ed, by 0.01, her 7.11 moving her from 23rd A-T US, tied with 3 others, to 19th, tied with 4 others!
After speeding over the 60H in 7.74---in her HEAT!---everyone was talking about an American, and maybe even a World, record for Kendra Harrison!!
But alas, she ran "only" 7.81 in the final!!
However, that 7.74 was a PR by 0.01, giving her sole possession of the Age 24 record, and tying the Meet Record!!
It moved her from 8th A-T World, tied with 2 others, to 5th, tied with 3 others!
On the US list, she moved from 3rd to 2nd, tied with 1 other!
Jazmin Stowers was 2nd in the final, running 7.82!
Vashti Cunningham was dominant in the HJ, winning with a 6-5, then taking 3 shots at a PR 2.00, or 6-6.75!
Inika McPherson--Ms Tattoo!-- was 2nd with a 6-2 jump!
My beloved 2 Mile races were---well, let's be honest!---they were BORING!!!
Especially the Women's race, where the gang tried to imitate Mary Cain's Mile win from 2013, also in Albuquerque, when the youngster won in 5:05 and change, after a 2:55 first 880!!
Here, they WALKED through a first mile in 5:39, before lumbering slowly awake!
It wasn't until her sub-30 second final lap that Shelby Houlihan finally said "Screw this shit!", and took off!
The "winning" time was 10:19.14--a time even top HS'ers consider "pedestrian" nowadays!!
Heather Kampf took 2nd in 10:21 and change!
Embarrassing!!
The Men were better, but even there, you can't blame the altitude for their poor showing!
Paul Chelimo---becoming the best American recently---won his Deuce in 8:28.53--respectable, but NOT making my Top 24 A-T Performers list--missing it by 0.93 seconds!!
Worse yet was that he won the race by close to 10 seconds!!
The Mile races were slow too, the Women's winner (Houlihan again!!) running (??) 4:45.18--again a time that top HS'ers would be ashamed of, if run in a Championship meet!!
Her last 400 was 60.46!
Ben Blankenship sprinted past Christian Soratos in the last 100 of the Men's Mile, his 3:59.22 prevailing over Soratos's 3:59.56!
The Men's WT was a good one too---but more on the depth side than by producing WR's, or other such nonsense!!
Alex Young's 78-9.25 took the title.
He moves from 18th A-T World, tied with 1 other, to 14th, tied with 1 other!
On the US list, he moves from 15th, tied with 1 other, to 12th, tied with 1 other!
Colin Dunbar produced a non-PR 77-10.75 in 2nd.
Also a non-PR, Sean Donnelly was still a solid 3rd with his 77-4!
In other events--
Michelle Carter won the SP with her 62-5.25, beating the 60-0.25 by Brittany Smith!
On the Men's side, Darien Moore's 68.2.25 prevailed over Jon Jones's 67-4.25!
Ryan Whiting was a weak 8th!!
The TJ was taken by Chris Carter's 56-1.25, which wasn't a PR.
But Donald Scott's 2nd place mark of 55-9 made him 24th A-T US, tied with 1 other!
Tori Franklin won the Women's TJ with 45-5.75!
She moved from 22nd A-T US, tied with 1 other, to 13th!
The 2 Mile Walks---the REAL ones (LOL)---were won by John Nunn in 12:38.37, and by Maria Michta-Coffey in 13:55.27.
Both became the Meet Records, as they held 2 Miles in place of the normal metric races!
Aries Merritt--God bless him!!--took the 60H in 7.51--pretty good for (he says) not having done much speed work!!
Aleec Harris's 7.54 took 2nd!
Erica Bougard had a busy meet!
After taking the Pentathlon with 4558 points--over Sharon Day-Monroe's 4404--Bougard came back to win the LJ with a 21-1.50 leap---even though HS'er Tara Davis was the pre-meet favorite, based on her recent 21-11 HSR jump!
But this meet found Ms Davis off a bit, as her 20-0.25 took just 5th, and her 8.35 in the 60H heats didn't make the cut to the final!
Japhath Cato took the Heptathlon with 5738 points!
Erik Kynard won the Men's HJ easily with his 7-6.50, while Sam Kendricks prevailed in the PV with his topper of 19-2.25!
Logan Cunningham and Chris Pillow jumped 18-6.50!
Well, that puts a wrap on the USATF affair, but I'll end this post with a few stray---but good---marks, from around the world!!
Akani Simbine had a GREAT double in South Africa---OUTdoors!!
On the same day, he sped the 100 in 9.93, wind reading the max of 2.0!
No wind reading on his 19.85 in the 200, but it was offered up as legit, so I presume the wind was legal!
A HS 600 produced a couple of fast times!
Rodney Agyare-May continued his fine INdoor campaign, improving to 1:18.31.
He moves from 4th A-T HS, tied with 1 other, to 3rd!
But he wasn't alone!
Coming in 2nd was Tyler Gleen's 1:18.52!
He's now 6th A-T HS!
Finally, while not a PR, Joy McArthur threw the Hammer 199-6 to start her OUTdoor season!!
She's thrown it 203-8--so not a bad rust-buster for this HS Senior!
Okay, friends, that is IT!!
But be sure to read my Preview posts for next weekend's NBIN and NCAA, both of which are on track (and field? LOL) for GREATness!!
(I've seen the entry lists---and I can see LOTS of list-making marks---and a few Records--coming from each!!)
I'll have them out a day before the meets begin!!
See you then!
It was those odd events--the 1000, 300, and 600 not normally held in Championship meets---anywhere!!---that MADE this meet!
Especially after the dramatic withdrawal of Jenn Suhr, who was expected to have a titanic battle with Sandi Morris!
Suhr posted on Facebook that she was "frustrated" with the way USATF held their Championship PV's!
She said she didn't wish to suffer through it again, and stayed home!
This lit up Social Media (and the T&FN Message Board) with 100's of tweets and comments---most of them NOT showing much love for the Queen of the Vault!
Apparently, the gist of her reasons---unstated in her FB post---was about the "dangers" in her event, and that USATF wasn't doing enough to ease them!
This made Morris's victory much easier.
Her 15-5 was quite enough, though a couple of others got good PR's!
Katie Nageotte took second with her PR of 15-3.
She moves from 11th A-T US to 7th, tied with 2 others.
Mary Saxer also reached 15-3, but no PR!
In 4th was Kortney Ross's 15-1, making her America's 20th INdoor 15 footer!!
She's 13th A-T US, tied with 5 others!
Kristan Brown's 14-11 took 5th.
She's 22nd A-T US, tied with 3 others!
No PR's, but Megan Clark and Morgann LeLeux also both got over 14-11 in 6th and 7th!
Eliminated FROM my US list was Amy Linnen's 14-10 from 2002!
At the time, that had been the Collegiate Record!!
Even minus Suhr, a very good competition!
But, though Suhr's DNS was considered "odd" in its own way, it was the events on the track and field (the Weight Throw also considered odd--at least outside the United States!) that gave this annual meet its life-force!!
And where better to start than with an event that produces a World Record!!
Gwen Berry got her redemption!!
After USATF stole her OUTdoor US Hammer throw of 250-4 after USADA banned her for 3 months---something this blog refused to accept, still listing that as the American Record!!--this was SWEET!!
Berry had an incredible series, getting 3 throws over 82-9, with her best swinging out to 25.60, or 84 feet even, for the World Record!
She also got the American Record, broke her own Age 27 record, and got the Meet Record to boot!
She moves from 3rd to 1st on the A-T World List, matching that movement on the US list!!
Four others got good marks!
Deanna Price got the Age 23 record with her 2nd place toss of 79-8!
She moves from 14th A-T World to 4th!
And from 9th to 4th on the A-T US list!
Felisha Johnson's 79-5.50 moves her from 13th to 6th on the A-T World list, and from 9th to 6th on the US list!
Jessica Ramsey's 78-10.50 moves her from 14th A-T World to 8th, tied with 1 other!
She also moves from 10th A-T US to 7th!
Amber Campbell improved her own Age 35 record to 77-0.50 in 5th!
On the track, another World Record fell!
It was 19 year old Noah Lyles who has that title, his 31.87 nipping the 300 record by 0.01 seconds!
He gets the WR, AR, MR, and Age 19 record!
He ran 32.16 in his heat (!!), which moved him from 16th A-T World, tied with 2 others, to 5th.
That time also moved him from 8th A-T US, tied with 2 others, to 4th.
His fastest then moved him from 5th to 1st, and from 4th to 1st on the respective lists!!
But this was a DEEP field!
Unknown (to me!) Paul Dedewo stayed close, ending in 31.92.
He gets the Age 25 record.
It puts him 3rd on both the World and US lists!!
Dentavius Wright ran 32.46 for the 3rd fastest time, gaining him 13th A-T World, and 8th A-T US!
Brycen Spratling PR'ed with 32.63, nailing the 19th World list spot, and 11th A-T US!!
In 5th fastest spot came Amir James's 32.79, making him 16th A-T US.
Then came John Lundy's 32.97, giving him 21st A-T US!!
The Women's 300 was pretty good too!!
Run in 2 sections, the winner was Phyllis Francis, her 36.15 just edging Joanna Atkins's 36.18!!
For the former Duck, Francis gets the Meet Record, and winds up 6th A-T World, and 2nd A-T US!!
Atkins gets the Age 28 record, and now stands 7th A-T World, and 3rd A-T US!
Then came Candace Hill's 36.56!
This breaks her own HS PRO record, as well as her HS PRO Senior Class record!!
She also gets the Age 18 record!
Hill is 22nd A-T World, while moving from 17th A-T US to 11th!!
Jessica Beard ran 36.87, but it wasn't a PR.
Robin Reynolds also ran 36.87, her time moving her from 20th A-T US to 18th, tied with 1 other!
Finally, Jordan Lavender's 37.49 misses the US list by 0.07 seconds!!
No WR or AR, but the Women's 600 was HOT also!
It began in the heats!
Ajee Wilson ran 1:26.57, just missing the Meet Record---in her heat!
Courtney Okolo was next in 1:27.10.
McKayla Fricker's 1:27.38 made her 11th A-T US.
Olicia Williams's 1:27.44 moved her from 24th to 13th on the A-T US list!
No PR's for Cecilia Barowski's 1:27.53, or Kendra Chambers's 1:27.76.
But Ce'Aira Brown's 1:27.94 made her 19th A-T US!!
Then came the final!!
Wilson and Okolo had a DUEL, folks!!
Everyone thought Okolo, with her OUTdoor 49.71 in the 400 besting Wilson's PR by about 4 seconds (!), would sprint to the lead, forcing Wilson to react...or not!
But it was Ajee who took charge, and never let Okolo pass her--even though she tried!
This led to a super time of 1:23.94 for Wilson, and 1:24.00 for Okolo!!
Wilson breaks her own Age 22 record, and her own Meet Record!
She moves from 4th A-T World to 3rd, while remaining 2nd on the US list!
Okolo moves from 6th A-T World to 4th, while remaining 3rd A-T US!
Then came Kendra Chambers, her 1:25.46 making her 9th A-T World.
She moves from 7th A-T US to 4th!
Olicia Williams ran 1:26.54, moving from 13th A-T US to 6th.
Cecilia Barowski's 1:27.07 wasn't a PR.
Nor was McKayla Fricker's 1:27.72!
The Men's 600 was just as "useful", as the Brits might say!!
Erik Sowinski--a 600 meter specialist--tore through a 1:15.07 for the win!
He breaks his own Age 27 record!
He nailed the Meet Record too.
He's now 7th A-T World, tied with 1 other!
And he moves from 4th to 3rd on the US list!
Casimir Loxsom's 1:15.18 was 2nd, even though a non-PR--as he's the WR holder with his earlier 1:14.91!
Shaquille Walker ran 1:15.39, becoming 8th A-T World, while moving from 10th A-T US, tied with 2 others, to 4th!
Russ Dinkins ran 1:15.86, making him 18th A-T World, tied with 2 others!
He's also 8th A-T US, tied with 1 other!
Chris Giesting's 1:15.96 makes him 24th A-T World!
He also gains the 10th spot on the US list, moving up from 13th!
Donavan Brazier ran a good 1:16.10, but no PR for him!
The heats were fast too!
Sowinski's 1:15.51 heat was a PR, later broken!
Dinkins ran 1:16.07, as did Walker!
Loxsom ran 1:16.14, while Giesting's heat time was 1:16.26.
Three who didn't improve in the final were Curtis Beach, his 1:16.38 moving him from 20th to 19th A-T US, Dante Holmes, his 1:16.46 making him 20th A-T US, and Ja'von Hutchison, whose 1:16.59 wasn't a PR!
Finally---in the odd events catalog--we turn to the 1K's!
And we get another HSR---errr, TWO of those babies!!---for the simply amazing Samantha (Sammy) Watson!!
(Might make us forget what Mary Cain did to the HSR book in 2013, while still an amateur!! LOL)
In her HEAT---which she won, BTW!!--Watson finally removed the venerable Sarah (Bowman) Brown from the HSR ledger!!
While Cain ran faster than (then-) Bowman's 2:43.40--twice--both times came as a HS PRO!!
So Ms Bowman Brown frustratingly remained on the books!
Until Sammy decided to pound the track, racing after it!
Watson's 2:43.18 in her heat first nailed the record!
(Also Brown's Senior Class record!)
She then returned in the final, finishing in 4th, but more important was her time!
As Charlene Lipsey crossed the line in 2:37.97, all eyes then turned down the track's last straight, where Watson was trying to hang on, even though looking worn out!
We had to wait for the results board to show to see her time!
2:40.72--crushing her own HSR, and Senior Class record!!
Lipsey moves from 21st A-T US, tied with 1 other, to 11th!
She had run her heat in 2:41.86!!
Lauren Johnson produced a solid 2:38.33, as she stuck to Lipsey like glue!
She's now 12th A-T US!
Hannah Fields ran 2:40.18, making her 20th A-T US!
And yes, Watson also makes the US list---just!---in 24th place!
Making Watson's new HSR even MORE amazing is that Kaela Edwards 2:40.79 was pushed OFF the list---by Watson's entrance!!
You see, Edwards's time is the Collegiate Record, run earlier this season!!
So the HSR---the amateur one---is faster than the Collegiate Record!!
The Men's 1000 was okay---for the front pair of finishers!
Clayton Murphy kicked hard to win in 2:18.60.
It's the Meet Record, and makes him 11th A-T US!
Brannon Kidder's 2:19.10 wasn't a PR!
Everyone else ran in the 2:20's!
The 60's were FAST---for the winners!
Ronnie Baker sped a 6.45, a PR by 0.01 seconds!
He moves from 12th A-T World, tied with 5 others, to 6th, where he's tied with 6 others!!
On the US list, he moves from 7th, tied with 4 others, to 4th, tied with 3 others!
Morolake Akinosun was a shocker---in a way---as she's suddenly a sub-7.10 woman!!
Her 7.08 makes her 13th A-T US!!
Dezerea Bryant also PR'ed, by 0.01, her 7.11 moving her from 23rd A-T US, tied with 3 others, to 19th, tied with 4 others!
After speeding over the 60H in 7.74---in her HEAT!---everyone was talking about an American, and maybe even a World, record for Kendra Harrison!!
But alas, she ran "only" 7.81 in the final!!
However, that 7.74 was a PR by 0.01, giving her sole possession of the Age 24 record, and tying the Meet Record!!
It moved her from 8th A-T World, tied with 2 others, to 5th, tied with 3 others!
On the US list, she moved from 3rd to 2nd, tied with 1 other!
Jazmin Stowers was 2nd in the final, running 7.82!
Vashti Cunningham was dominant in the HJ, winning with a 6-5, then taking 3 shots at a PR 2.00, or 6-6.75!
Inika McPherson--Ms Tattoo!-- was 2nd with a 6-2 jump!
My beloved 2 Mile races were---well, let's be honest!---they were BORING!!!
Especially the Women's race, where the gang tried to imitate Mary Cain's Mile win from 2013, also in Albuquerque, when the youngster won in 5:05 and change, after a 2:55 first 880!!
Here, they WALKED through a first mile in 5:39, before lumbering slowly awake!
It wasn't until her sub-30 second final lap that Shelby Houlihan finally said "Screw this shit!", and took off!
The "winning" time was 10:19.14--a time even top HS'ers consider "pedestrian" nowadays!!
Heather Kampf took 2nd in 10:21 and change!
Embarrassing!!
The Men were better, but even there, you can't blame the altitude for their poor showing!
Paul Chelimo---becoming the best American recently---won his Deuce in 8:28.53--respectable, but NOT making my Top 24 A-T Performers list--missing it by 0.93 seconds!!
Worse yet was that he won the race by close to 10 seconds!!
The Mile races were slow too, the Women's winner (Houlihan again!!) running (??) 4:45.18--again a time that top HS'ers would be ashamed of, if run in a Championship meet!!
Her last 400 was 60.46!
Ben Blankenship sprinted past Christian Soratos in the last 100 of the Men's Mile, his 3:59.22 prevailing over Soratos's 3:59.56!
The Men's WT was a good one too---but more on the depth side than by producing WR's, or other such nonsense!!
Alex Young's 78-9.25 took the title.
He moves from 18th A-T World, tied with 1 other, to 14th, tied with 1 other!
On the US list, he moves from 15th, tied with 1 other, to 12th, tied with 1 other!
Colin Dunbar produced a non-PR 77-10.75 in 2nd.
Also a non-PR, Sean Donnelly was still a solid 3rd with his 77-4!
In other events--
Michelle Carter won the SP with her 62-5.25, beating the 60-0.25 by Brittany Smith!
On the Men's side, Darien Moore's 68.2.25 prevailed over Jon Jones's 67-4.25!
Ryan Whiting was a weak 8th!!
The TJ was taken by Chris Carter's 56-1.25, which wasn't a PR.
But Donald Scott's 2nd place mark of 55-9 made him 24th A-T US, tied with 1 other!
Tori Franklin won the Women's TJ with 45-5.75!
She moved from 22nd A-T US, tied with 1 other, to 13th!
The 2 Mile Walks---the REAL ones (LOL)---were won by John Nunn in 12:38.37, and by Maria Michta-Coffey in 13:55.27.
Both became the Meet Records, as they held 2 Miles in place of the normal metric races!
Aries Merritt--God bless him!!--took the 60H in 7.51--pretty good for (he says) not having done much speed work!!
Aleec Harris's 7.54 took 2nd!
Erica Bougard had a busy meet!
After taking the Pentathlon with 4558 points--over Sharon Day-Monroe's 4404--Bougard came back to win the LJ with a 21-1.50 leap---even though HS'er Tara Davis was the pre-meet favorite, based on her recent 21-11 HSR jump!
But this meet found Ms Davis off a bit, as her 20-0.25 took just 5th, and her 8.35 in the 60H heats didn't make the cut to the final!
Japhath Cato took the Heptathlon with 5738 points!
Erik Kynard won the Men's HJ easily with his 7-6.50, while Sam Kendricks prevailed in the PV with his topper of 19-2.25!
Logan Cunningham and Chris Pillow jumped 18-6.50!
Well, that puts a wrap on the USATF affair, but I'll end this post with a few stray---but good---marks, from around the world!!
Akani Simbine had a GREAT double in South Africa---OUTdoors!!
On the same day, he sped the 100 in 9.93, wind reading the max of 2.0!
No wind reading on his 19.85 in the 200, but it was offered up as legit, so I presume the wind was legal!
A HS 600 produced a couple of fast times!
Rodney Agyare-May continued his fine INdoor campaign, improving to 1:18.31.
He moves from 4th A-T HS, tied with 1 other, to 3rd!
But he wasn't alone!
Coming in 2nd was Tyler Gleen's 1:18.52!
He's now 6th A-T HS!
Finally, while not a PR, Joy McArthur threw the Hammer 199-6 to start her OUTdoor season!!
She's thrown it 203-8--so not a bad rust-buster for this HS Senior!
Okay, friends, that is IT!!
But be sure to read my Preview posts for next weekend's NBIN and NCAA, both of which are on track (and field? LOL) for GREATness!!
(I've seen the entry lists---and I can see LOTS of list-making marks---and a few Records--coming from each!!)
I'll have them out a day before the meets begin!!
See you then!
Europeans Not So Weak
MUCH better than I expected---or predicted in my Preview!---the 2017 European Championships produced several World-leading marks, plus its usual assortment of National Records!
A HUGE plus was the livestream coverage by EuroVision, allowing me to see the ENTIRE meet--even if some of it was after midnight, Pacific time!!
(And yes, I mean EVERY attempt of every field event, as well as every heat, semi, and final on the track!)
Laura Muir won the 1500 and 3000 in Meet Record times, winning both easily!
But maybe her best moment came AFTER her 1500 win!
Wanting to take her victory lap, a female official tried to stop her, saying there was no time for such trivial nonsense!
Well, la-de-dah!!
Faking a walk-away, she suddenly spins around, then side-steps the official, and sprints off for her lap!!
That woman is still alive--as she let Muir go her merry way!
Aah, those British!!
Back to the meet!
Muir's 1500 went in 4:02.39, after a slow start!
She got the Meet Record, and the National Record of Great Britain!
She's 19th A-T World!
In 2nd came Konstanze Klosterhalfen, whose PR improved to 4:04.45!
But she misses the World DDD by 1.36 seconds!
Knocked OFF the list was Gabriela Szabo, whose mark dated from 1999!
Muir's 3000 time was a modest (for her!) 8:35.67, but still got the Meet Record!
Yasemin Can's 8:43.46 in 2nd (after she took the lead, and sped things up!) gave her Turkey's National Record!
Nuria Fernandez finished well back, but her time of 8:58.20 got her the Age 40 record!
Another Age 40 record fell to Men's TJ 2nd placer Fabrizio Donato!
His record is now 56-2.50!
This was actually his SECOND Age 40 record of the meet, as his Qualifier of 54-9.50 was his first!
The TJ winner was Nelson Evora's 56-5.25!
Max Hess, however, went 57-5.50 in the Q round!
Mel Raffin also measured out to 56-5.25, giving him the Age 18 record!!
This was in Qualifying!
Ivana Spanovic had an AMAZING Long Jump series!
She opened with 23-6.25!
(She'd Q'ed with 23-0.75, reportedly the longest LJ Qualifier EVER!!)
Then she spanned (sic!) 23-9 (7.24), breaking her own National Record of Serbia!
This moved her from 10th to 3rd on the A-T World list!
She followed that with a 23-6 leap!
On her final attempt, she landed in the sand at what appeared to be close to her other big jumps--but already having secured the win, she let herself fall back on the sand, thus losing several inches!
She was laying there, laughing!!
(She had the Belgrade, Serbia crowd mesmerized!!)
Second to Spanovic came Lorraine Ugen, who leapt 22-10.50, breaking her own (and Katerina Johnson-Thompson's!) National Record of Great Britain!
But she missed the World list by one-quarter inch!!
In a great competition, Claudia Salmon-Rath jumped 22-9.25, while Darya Klishina represented Russia well, her best a 22-5.25!
The British got another big win, in the Women's 60.
Asha Philip's 7.06 nabbed herself the National Record, though she missed the World list by 0.03 seconds!
Ukraine's Olanya Povh finished 2nd in 7.10, with Ewe Swoboda also running 7.10 in 3rd!
Konrad Bukowiecki REALLY came of age, as he exploded out to a massive 72-1 in the Shot Put, destroying the Age 19 record by almost THREE FEET!!
In fact, his mark is better than anyone under the age of 22!!
He got Tomas Majewski's National Record, and is now 10th All-Time World!!
Tomas Stanek was 2nd with a Put of 70-3.75, with David Storl reduced to 3rd place!
Tsanko Arnaudov threw the ball 69-2 in 4th, but got Portugal's National Record!
Both Multi's had solid marks, and decent competition!
Nafissatou Thiam seemed on course for a possible 5000-pointer, but fell off pace in the final events.
Her 4870 points was still a PR, and put her on the World list in 10th position!
Her HJ reached 6-5, a European Pentathlon record!
Ivana Dadic scored 4767 points, giving her Austria's National Record.
But she misses the World list by 8 points!
France's Kevin Mayer moved closer to Ashton Eaton territory!
He scored 6479 points, moving him from 16th A-T World, all the way to 2nd---behind Mr Eaton!!
He also got the Age 25 record, the Meet Record, and France's National Record!
Jorge Urena finished 2nd with a non-PR total of 6227 points!
Both PV's were good.
And both were won by Greeks!
Konstadina Filippidis took the Men's title with a jump of 19-2.25.
He broke his own National Record!
Ekaterina Stefanidi won her title with 15-11,
She got the Age 27 record!
Second was Lisa Ryzih's 15-7.
She moves from 18th A-T World, tied with 2 others, to 17th, tied with 1 other!
In 6th came 17 year old Lisa Gunnarsson.
She jumped 14-11, her 2nd PR of the season!!
Other events weren't bad!
Anita Marton eclipsed Raven Saunders as the World leader, her SP winner measuring 63-3.25!
High Jump winner Airine Palsyte got up to 6-7, breaking her own National Record of Lithuania!
She's 19th A-T World, tied with 6 others!
Ruth Beitia was 2nd with 6-4.25!
Kristin Gierisch won a weak TJ with 47-1.75!
Izmir Smojlaj took another weak event, the Men's LJ, his winner measuring 26-6.25!
But he got the National Record of Albania!!
Michel Torneus took 2nd!
Richard Kilty sped the 60 in 6.54 for an expected victory!
In 2nd came Jan Volko, his 6.58 giving him the Slovak Republic's National Record!
Pavel Maslak ran the 400 in 45.77 for the win.
Floria Guei took her 400 in 51.90, with Zuzana Hejnova in 2nd with 52.42.
Marcin Lewandowski jogged the 1500 in 3:44.82 for the win.
Poland's Sylwester (correct spelling!!) Bednarek HJ'ed 7-7.25 for the win.
Selina Buchel's 2:00.38 gave her both the 800 victory, and Switzerland's National Record!
Anita Hinriksdottir got the Bronze!
The 4X400 Relays finished off the 3 days of action!
Poland got both, their Women running 3:29.94, with Great Britain 2nd in 3:31.05.
The Men won in 3:06.99, taking measure of Belgium's Borlee's, their time being 3:07.80!!
All in all, a good meet!
I wish a FREE American livestreamer was around!
We could use great coverage of our favorite sport here, without having to pay out for Flotrack or USATF-TV!!
I'll have my USATF report in a few hours!!
A HUGE plus was the livestream coverage by EuroVision, allowing me to see the ENTIRE meet--even if some of it was after midnight, Pacific time!!
(And yes, I mean EVERY attempt of every field event, as well as every heat, semi, and final on the track!)
Laura Muir won the 1500 and 3000 in Meet Record times, winning both easily!
But maybe her best moment came AFTER her 1500 win!
Wanting to take her victory lap, a female official tried to stop her, saying there was no time for such trivial nonsense!
Well, la-de-dah!!
Faking a walk-away, she suddenly spins around, then side-steps the official, and sprints off for her lap!!
That woman is still alive--as she let Muir go her merry way!
Aah, those British!!
Back to the meet!
Muir's 1500 went in 4:02.39, after a slow start!
She got the Meet Record, and the National Record of Great Britain!
She's 19th A-T World!
In 2nd came Konstanze Klosterhalfen, whose PR improved to 4:04.45!
But she misses the World DDD by 1.36 seconds!
Knocked OFF the list was Gabriela Szabo, whose mark dated from 1999!
Muir's 3000 time was a modest (for her!) 8:35.67, but still got the Meet Record!
Yasemin Can's 8:43.46 in 2nd (after she took the lead, and sped things up!) gave her Turkey's National Record!
Nuria Fernandez finished well back, but her time of 8:58.20 got her the Age 40 record!
Another Age 40 record fell to Men's TJ 2nd placer Fabrizio Donato!
His record is now 56-2.50!
This was actually his SECOND Age 40 record of the meet, as his Qualifier of 54-9.50 was his first!
The TJ winner was Nelson Evora's 56-5.25!
Max Hess, however, went 57-5.50 in the Q round!
Mel Raffin also measured out to 56-5.25, giving him the Age 18 record!!
This was in Qualifying!
Ivana Spanovic had an AMAZING Long Jump series!
She opened with 23-6.25!
(She'd Q'ed with 23-0.75, reportedly the longest LJ Qualifier EVER!!)
Then she spanned (sic!) 23-9 (7.24), breaking her own National Record of Serbia!
This moved her from 10th to 3rd on the A-T World list!
She followed that with a 23-6 leap!
On her final attempt, she landed in the sand at what appeared to be close to her other big jumps--but already having secured the win, she let herself fall back on the sand, thus losing several inches!
She was laying there, laughing!!
(She had the Belgrade, Serbia crowd mesmerized!!)
Second to Spanovic came Lorraine Ugen, who leapt 22-10.50, breaking her own (and Katerina Johnson-Thompson's!) National Record of Great Britain!
But she missed the World list by one-quarter inch!!
In a great competition, Claudia Salmon-Rath jumped 22-9.25, while Darya Klishina represented Russia well, her best a 22-5.25!
The British got another big win, in the Women's 60.
Asha Philip's 7.06 nabbed herself the National Record, though she missed the World list by 0.03 seconds!
Ukraine's Olanya Povh finished 2nd in 7.10, with Ewe Swoboda also running 7.10 in 3rd!
Konrad Bukowiecki REALLY came of age, as he exploded out to a massive 72-1 in the Shot Put, destroying the Age 19 record by almost THREE FEET!!
In fact, his mark is better than anyone under the age of 22!!
He got Tomas Majewski's National Record, and is now 10th All-Time World!!
Tomas Stanek was 2nd with a Put of 70-3.75, with David Storl reduced to 3rd place!
Tsanko Arnaudov threw the ball 69-2 in 4th, but got Portugal's National Record!
Both Multi's had solid marks, and decent competition!
Nafissatou Thiam seemed on course for a possible 5000-pointer, but fell off pace in the final events.
Her 4870 points was still a PR, and put her on the World list in 10th position!
Her HJ reached 6-5, a European Pentathlon record!
Ivana Dadic scored 4767 points, giving her Austria's National Record.
But she misses the World list by 8 points!
France's Kevin Mayer moved closer to Ashton Eaton territory!
He scored 6479 points, moving him from 16th A-T World, all the way to 2nd---behind Mr Eaton!!
He also got the Age 25 record, the Meet Record, and France's National Record!
Jorge Urena finished 2nd with a non-PR total of 6227 points!
Both PV's were good.
And both were won by Greeks!
Konstadina Filippidis took the Men's title with a jump of 19-2.25.
He broke his own National Record!
Ekaterina Stefanidi won her title with 15-11,
She got the Age 27 record!
Second was Lisa Ryzih's 15-7.
She moves from 18th A-T World, tied with 2 others, to 17th, tied with 1 other!
In 6th came 17 year old Lisa Gunnarsson.
She jumped 14-11, her 2nd PR of the season!!
Other events weren't bad!
Anita Marton eclipsed Raven Saunders as the World leader, her SP winner measuring 63-3.25!
High Jump winner Airine Palsyte got up to 6-7, breaking her own National Record of Lithuania!
She's 19th A-T World, tied with 6 others!
Ruth Beitia was 2nd with 6-4.25!
Kristin Gierisch won a weak TJ with 47-1.75!
Izmir Smojlaj took another weak event, the Men's LJ, his winner measuring 26-6.25!
But he got the National Record of Albania!!
Michel Torneus took 2nd!
Richard Kilty sped the 60 in 6.54 for an expected victory!
In 2nd came Jan Volko, his 6.58 giving him the Slovak Republic's National Record!
Pavel Maslak ran the 400 in 45.77 for the win.
Floria Guei took her 400 in 51.90, with Zuzana Hejnova in 2nd with 52.42.
Marcin Lewandowski jogged the 1500 in 3:44.82 for the win.
Poland's Sylwester (correct spelling!!) Bednarek HJ'ed 7-7.25 for the win.
Selina Buchel's 2:00.38 gave her both the 800 victory, and Switzerland's National Record!
Anita Hinriksdottir got the Bronze!
The 4X400 Relays finished off the 3 days of action!
Poland got both, their Women running 3:29.94, with Great Britain 2nd in 3:31.05.
The Men won in 3:06.99, taking measure of Belgium's Borlee's, their time being 3:07.80!!
All in all, a good meet!
I wish a FREE American livestreamer was around!
We could use great coverage of our favorite sport here, without having to pay out for Flotrack or USATF-TV!!
I'll have my USATF report in a few hours!!
Friday, March 3, 2017
USATF Championships Preview
Not the same low level as the Euros--See previous post!---this meet's field of entrants isn't much better!
Many Americans aren't here--and with the recent scratch of Shannon Rowbury from both her races (1 & 2 Mile)--it's gotten even weaker!
As for who IS here, the distance people will probably be slowed by Albuquerque's altitude, while the sprinters might benefit!
That said, this post (both genders covered!) will look at which Meet Records might fall, as well as "name names" of probable contenders!
MEN
60 (6.39) This MR and American Record AND World Record will survive! This year's Collegiates are the best speedsters this year, but they're not here! So look for Ronnie Baker to out-lean Tevin Hester and Clayton Vaughn!
300 (32.87) Another year of "odd" events! But with the 300 and 600 having GREAT years, look for both of these races to be among the best here!! And this one COULD be won by new Professional Noah Lyles--in MR time to boot!! But Brycen Spratling and Wallace Spearmon will give young Lyles a tussle! Odds for the MR are 80-20!
600 (1:15.33) With the new WORLD Record holder here--Casimir Loxsom--give this MR 90-10 odds of going down!! Erik Sowinski, Donavan Brazier, Russ Dinkins, and Shaquille Walker should make this one HOT!!
1000 (2:19.85) A weak MR, Robby Andrews, Clayton Murphy, Brannon Kidder, and Andy Wheating SHOULD have no problem erasing it!! BUT---will the altitude and/or common race tactics prevail?? 60-40 odds!
1 Mile (3:52.99) The rules have changed, but when Noureddine Morceli ran the MR in 1991, foreigners were allowed to race in the American Championships!! But this field is strong, with a few of the Milers here who ran that fast Boston race recently--See earlier post! If they decide to time trial, watch for Kyle Merber, Robbie Andrews, Ben Blankenship, Johnny Gregorek, Ford Palmer, Evan Jager, Garrett Heath, Leo Manzano, Christian Soratos, and Lopez Lomong!
2 Mile (8:26.72) To make my INdoor Top 24 US Performers list, you must run 8:27.6 or faster! All of the following CAN run that time, but WILL they?? Look for Paul Chelimo, Ryan Hill, Garrett Heath, Ben Blankenship--with the latter two doubling!--as the main contenders! But Woody Kincaid ran a 30 second PR in the 5000 last week, so watch for him to shock! Mason Ferlic can stick with some of this crowd! 60-40 odds for the MR!
60H (7.37) No MR here--ZERO odds!! I'd love to see Aries Merritt win this, but Aleec Harris and Jarret Eaton might prevent that!
2 Mile Walk () It will be between Nick Christie and John Nunn! Best Americans, but that ain't saying much!
NOTE: I didn't put the MR up---for the sole reason there isn't any! They did the 5000 Walk in the past!!
HJ (7-9.75) Erik Kynard will win here, but the MR should survive! I'd give him 50-50 odds! Others to watch are JaCorian Duffield and Brad Adkins!
LJ (28-2.25) No MR here either--ZERO odds! In fact, another of those 0-200 babies!! NO "names". Spin the wheel!
TJ (58-3.25) Both Christian Taylor and Will Claye are absent, so no MR! Chris Carter should top the podium!
PV (19-6.50) Sam Kendricks is the new US King in this event, and the MR COULD fall here! Give Kendricks 70-30 odds!! Andrew Irwin could reach 19 feet. But the interesting one to watch is HS'er Riley Richards! Number One HS'er Mondo Duplantis isn't eligible for this meet, as he's already competed for another nation--Sweden! Richards, however, is at 17-7, with 18 feet his next target!!
SP (72-11.25) Ryan Crouser isn't here, so the MR is safe! Ryan Whiting--in his prime--MIGHT be a contender for that Record, but he's NOT in his prime! Darrell Hill and Jon Jones should join Whiting on the podium!
WT (84-10.25) The MR is also the World Record, so will survive! Sean Donnelly seems like the best one here.
Heptathlon (6273) A weak MR, but also a weak field!! Austin Bahner and Japheth Cato should be the main contenders! PLEASE, Mr Ashton Eaton, return to the arena!!
WOMEN
60 (6.99) Candace Hill--18 years old, still in HS, and a new Pro--is gonna double here!! But with a 60 PR of just 7.30, and with Morolake Akinosun and Dezerea Bryant in the race--she'll have to PR by a whopping amount to contend!
300 (36.52) Hill is in this event also, and has run 36.86 this season!! But Ashley Spencer will give her a fight, as will Alysia Montano (WAY out of her comfort zone, however!!), Phyllis Francis, and Jessica Beard! Still, I'd give that MR 70-30 odds!!
600 (1:26.56) Oh boy!! What a showdown!! Courtney Okolo vs Ajee Wilson!! If both are still standing at the end, we could see a new MR, and maybe even an AR and WORLD Record!! Give that MR a funeral to remember, Ladies!! (Cecilia Barowski will be fast, but probably 20-30 meters behind!!)
1000 (2:40.42) Another GREAT pairing!! But two distinctly different goals! While Charlene Lipsey is probably here for the win---and she'll get it!--Sammy Watson is here to FINALLY take down Sarah (Bowman) Brown's HSR of 2:43.40 from 2005!! Yes, Mary Cain ran LOTS faster (2:39.25, then 2:35.80) while a HS student, BUT she had turned Pro, so those times only gained her my HS PRO record, NOT the Amateur HSR!! By race's end, that will BE Watson's---95-5 odds!! But Ms Lipsey could be chasing the American Record!! 30-70 odds for THAT!!
1 Mile (4:25.92) The altitude could affect the runners here, but remember that some Men went sub-4:00 in Albuquerque a few years ago!! Shelby Houlihan is listed as doubling, so might not go all out here! If she decides to RUN, then watch for her and Heather Kampf to do battle---for the win AND the MR!! Alexa Efraimson--now 20 years old!--will contend, but so will Rachel Schneider and Cory McGee. 60-40 odds!
NOTE: (added March 3rd at 6:15 a.m.---BEFORE the meet starts!---so I'm not cheating!!) I noticed---AFTER originally posting this!---that Colleen Quigley is entered here! Have no idea HOW I missed her!! Anyway, I'm now adding her to the list of top contenders!! She ALSO has a shot at the MR---same odds as everyone else!
2 Mile (9:28.15) Lynn Jennings's MR dates from 1986, and SHOULD fall--if the altitude allows!! Houlihan is doubling, but other good ones are Kampf, Katie Mackey, Katrina Coogan, and Emily Lipari! To make the US DDD, they need to run 9:45.99!!
60H (7.74) OUTdoor 100H WR holder Kendra Harrison is here--and believes she can get Lolo Jones's AR of 7.72!! (She ran 7.75 earlier this season!!) But Christina Manning has been having a great season, and this IS the 60H in a US Championship meet!! So don't ignore Sharika Nelvis, Jasmin Stowers, or Jackie Coward! Another top HS girl is here---Tara Davis!! Her 8.22 PR pales before these 7.7 to 8.0 types--BUT Davis seems due for a BIG improvement!! I'd give her chances to run 8.10 about 60-40 odds!! But will she even make the final??
2 Mile Walk () Maria Michta-Coffey is entered! Need I say more? But Miranda Melville is also here--and she's been known to finish close--or even AHEAD!--of MMC in OUTdoor 20K races!! Katie Burnett and MMC's younger sister Katie are also here!
NOTE: Didn't put up the MR here either---See my Men's 2 Mile Walk comments!---as the Women Walked the 3000 in the past!!
HJ (6-7.50) Chaunte Lowe is absent, as is retired Brigetta Barrett! But Vashti Cunningham--another HS Pro--shouldn't have any problem winning---and maybe even going after the MR!! Inika McPherson seems the best of the rest, but watch for Liz Patterson and Erica Bougard, who is also in the Multi!!
LJ (24-0.25) No Meet Record here. Only High Schooler Tara Davis! Excuse me! I meant HSR holder Tara Davis!! Yes, this HSR holder--at 21-11--is FAVORED here!! Erica Bougard will contend, but look for young Davis to top the podium!! (Remember that then-16 year old Mary Cain won the 2013 USATF Mile--in Albuquerque!)
TJ (46-8.25) With the NCAA meet a week later, why can't/don't the top Collegiates compete for Top US honors?? This event is missing Keturan Orji! Without her, just flip a coin!! April Sinkler and Andrea Geubelle should go 1-2!
PV (16-5.50) The Collegiate leaders aren't here (See my TJ remarks!!), and Demi Payne is still prepping for a possible Texas Relays OUTdoor season opener. Nonetheless, we DO have Jenn Suhr vs Sandi Morris!! And that could be a whopper---IF Suhr is healthy!! Give that GREAT Meet Record 60-40 odds of going down!! Katie Nageotte could well top 15 feet also! Other biggies are Mary Saxer, Megan Clark, Kristin Hixson, and Morgann LeLeux!
SP (66-4.50) Here's another MR that belongs to a foreigner! (See my Men's Mile comments!!) While Raven Saunders's 62-8 leads the World, she probably won't once this meet is done! Michelle Carter will easily top Raven's mark, and COULD get Illona Briesenick's 1987 MR!! Janeva Stevens, Brittany Smith, Felicia Johnson, Dani Bunch, Jessica Ramsey, and Kelsey Card could also top 60 feet!
WT (81-3.75) Gwen Berry and Amber Campbell practically OWN the Age Record list--with a full DOZEN years with their names attached!! And they'll be the main rivals here too! Watch for Deanna Price, Stevens, Ramsey, and Johnson as the Back-up Gang!! MR odds are 60-40!
Pentathlon (4805) The MR holder--and American Record holder!--Sharon Day-Monroe is entered, but she's past her prime, so she might not even win!! Give THAT honor to Barbara Nwaba!! Sami Spenner, Erica Bougard, Lindsay Lettow, and Lindsay Schwartz will fight for podium spots, along with Day-Monroe!
This meet starts in a few hours also!!
My NCAA and NBIN Previews will be posted by March 10th---even though I have what might be the final heat entry lists already!!
Enjoy the Euros and USATF meets---using these Previews as your constant companion!!
Many Americans aren't here--and with the recent scratch of Shannon Rowbury from both her races (1 & 2 Mile)--it's gotten even weaker!
As for who IS here, the distance people will probably be slowed by Albuquerque's altitude, while the sprinters might benefit!
That said, this post (both genders covered!) will look at which Meet Records might fall, as well as "name names" of probable contenders!
MEN
60 (6.39) This MR and American Record AND World Record will survive! This year's Collegiates are the best speedsters this year, but they're not here! So look for Ronnie Baker to out-lean Tevin Hester and Clayton Vaughn!
300 (32.87) Another year of "odd" events! But with the 300 and 600 having GREAT years, look for both of these races to be among the best here!! And this one COULD be won by new Professional Noah Lyles--in MR time to boot!! But Brycen Spratling and Wallace Spearmon will give young Lyles a tussle! Odds for the MR are 80-20!
600 (1:15.33) With the new WORLD Record holder here--Casimir Loxsom--give this MR 90-10 odds of going down!! Erik Sowinski, Donavan Brazier, Russ Dinkins, and Shaquille Walker should make this one HOT!!
1000 (2:19.85) A weak MR, Robby Andrews, Clayton Murphy, Brannon Kidder, and Andy Wheating SHOULD have no problem erasing it!! BUT---will the altitude and/or common race tactics prevail?? 60-40 odds!
1 Mile (3:52.99) The rules have changed, but when Noureddine Morceli ran the MR in 1991, foreigners were allowed to race in the American Championships!! But this field is strong, with a few of the Milers here who ran that fast Boston race recently--See earlier post! If they decide to time trial, watch for Kyle Merber, Robbie Andrews, Ben Blankenship, Johnny Gregorek, Ford Palmer, Evan Jager, Garrett Heath, Leo Manzano, Christian Soratos, and Lopez Lomong!
2 Mile (8:26.72) To make my INdoor Top 24 US Performers list, you must run 8:27.6 or faster! All of the following CAN run that time, but WILL they?? Look for Paul Chelimo, Ryan Hill, Garrett Heath, Ben Blankenship--with the latter two doubling!--as the main contenders! But Woody Kincaid ran a 30 second PR in the 5000 last week, so watch for him to shock! Mason Ferlic can stick with some of this crowd! 60-40 odds for the MR!
60H (7.37) No MR here--ZERO odds!! I'd love to see Aries Merritt win this, but Aleec Harris and Jarret Eaton might prevent that!
2 Mile Walk () It will be between Nick Christie and John Nunn! Best Americans, but that ain't saying much!
NOTE: I didn't put the MR up---for the sole reason there isn't any! They did the 5000 Walk in the past!!
HJ (7-9.75) Erik Kynard will win here, but the MR should survive! I'd give him 50-50 odds! Others to watch are JaCorian Duffield and Brad Adkins!
LJ (28-2.25) No MR here either--ZERO odds! In fact, another of those 0-200 babies!! NO "names". Spin the wheel!
TJ (58-3.25) Both Christian Taylor and Will Claye are absent, so no MR! Chris Carter should top the podium!
PV (19-6.50) Sam Kendricks is the new US King in this event, and the MR COULD fall here! Give Kendricks 70-30 odds!! Andrew Irwin could reach 19 feet. But the interesting one to watch is HS'er Riley Richards! Number One HS'er Mondo Duplantis isn't eligible for this meet, as he's already competed for another nation--Sweden! Richards, however, is at 17-7, with 18 feet his next target!!
SP (72-11.25) Ryan Crouser isn't here, so the MR is safe! Ryan Whiting--in his prime--MIGHT be a contender for that Record, but he's NOT in his prime! Darrell Hill and Jon Jones should join Whiting on the podium!
WT (84-10.25) The MR is also the World Record, so will survive! Sean Donnelly seems like the best one here.
Heptathlon (6273) A weak MR, but also a weak field!! Austin Bahner and Japheth Cato should be the main contenders! PLEASE, Mr Ashton Eaton, return to the arena!!
WOMEN
60 (6.99) Candace Hill--18 years old, still in HS, and a new Pro--is gonna double here!! But with a 60 PR of just 7.30, and with Morolake Akinosun and Dezerea Bryant in the race--she'll have to PR by a whopping amount to contend!
300 (36.52) Hill is in this event also, and has run 36.86 this season!! But Ashley Spencer will give her a fight, as will Alysia Montano (WAY out of her comfort zone, however!!), Phyllis Francis, and Jessica Beard! Still, I'd give that MR 70-30 odds!!
600 (1:26.56) Oh boy!! What a showdown!! Courtney Okolo vs Ajee Wilson!! If both are still standing at the end, we could see a new MR, and maybe even an AR and WORLD Record!! Give that MR a funeral to remember, Ladies!! (Cecilia Barowski will be fast, but probably 20-30 meters behind!!)
1000 (2:40.42) Another GREAT pairing!! But two distinctly different goals! While Charlene Lipsey is probably here for the win---and she'll get it!--Sammy Watson is here to FINALLY take down Sarah (Bowman) Brown's HSR of 2:43.40 from 2005!! Yes, Mary Cain ran LOTS faster (2:39.25, then 2:35.80) while a HS student, BUT she had turned Pro, so those times only gained her my HS PRO record, NOT the Amateur HSR!! By race's end, that will BE Watson's---95-5 odds!! But Ms Lipsey could be chasing the American Record!! 30-70 odds for THAT!!
1 Mile (4:25.92) The altitude could affect the runners here, but remember that some Men went sub-4:00 in Albuquerque a few years ago!! Shelby Houlihan is listed as doubling, so might not go all out here! If she decides to RUN, then watch for her and Heather Kampf to do battle---for the win AND the MR!! Alexa Efraimson--now 20 years old!--will contend, but so will Rachel Schneider and Cory McGee. 60-40 odds!
NOTE: (added March 3rd at 6:15 a.m.---BEFORE the meet starts!---so I'm not cheating!!) I noticed---AFTER originally posting this!---that Colleen Quigley is entered here! Have no idea HOW I missed her!! Anyway, I'm now adding her to the list of top contenders!! She ALSO has a shot at the MR---same odds as everyone else!
2 Mile (9:28.15) Lynn Jennings's MR dates from 1986, and SHOULD fall--if the altitude allows!! Houlihan is doubling, but other good ones are Kampf, Katie Mackey, Katrina Coogan, and Emily Lipari! To make the US DDD, they need to run 9:45.99!!
60H (7.74) OUTdoor 100H WR holder Kendra Harrison is here--and believes she can get Lolo Jones's AR of 7.72!! (She ran 7.75 earlier this season!!) But Christina Manning has been having a great season, and this IS the 60H in a US Championship meet!! So don't ignore Sharika Nelvis, Jasmin Stowers, or Jackie Coward! Another top HS girl is here---Tara Davis!! Her 8.22 PR pales before these 7.7 to 8.0 types--BUT Davis seems due for a BIG improvement!! I'd give her chances to run 8.10 about 60-40 odds!! But will she even make the final??
2 Mile Walk () Maria Michta-Coffey is entered! Need I say more? But Miranda Melville is also here--and she's been known to finish close--or even AHEAD!--of MMC in OUTdoor 20K races!! Katie Burnett and MMC's younger sister Katie are also here!
NOTE: Didn't put up the MR here either---See my Men's 2 Mile Walk comments!---as the Women Walked the 3000 in the past!!
HJ (6-7.50) Chaunte Lowe is absent, as is retired Brigetta Barrett! But Vashti Cunningham--another HS Pro--shouldn't have any problem winning---and maybe even going after the MR!! Inika McPherson seems the best of the rest, but watch for Liz Patterson and Erica Bougard, who is also in the Multi!!
LJ (24-0.25) No Meet Record here. Only High Schooler Tara Davis! Excuse me! I meant HSR holder Tara Davis!! Yes, this HSR holder--at 21-11--is FAVORED here!! Erica Bougard will contend, but look for young Davis to top the podium!! (Remember that then-16 year old Mary Cain won the 2013 USATF Mile--in Albuquerque!)
TJ (46-8.25) With the NCAA meet a week later, why can't/don't the top Collegiates compete for Top US honors?? This event is missing Keturan Orji! Without her, just flip a coin!! April Sinkler and Andrea Geubelle should go 1-2!
PV (16-5.50) The Collegiate leaders aren't here (See my TJ remarks!!), and Demi Payne is still prepping for a possible Texas Relays OUTdoor season opener. Nonetheless, we DO have Jenn Suhr vs Sandi Morris!! And that could be a whopper---IF Suhr is healthy!! Give that GREAT Meet Record 60-40 odds of going down!! Katie Nageotte could well top 15 feet also! Other biggies are Mary Saxer, Megan Clark, Kristin Hixson, and Morgann LeLeux!
SP (66-4.50) Here's another MR that belongs to a foreigner! (See my Men's Mile comments!!) While Raven Saunders's 62-8 leads the World, she probably won't once this meet is done! Michelle Carter will easily top Raven's mark, and COULD get Illona Briesenick's 1987 MR!! Janeva Stevens, Brittany Smith, Felicia Johnson, Dani Bunch, Jessica Ramsey, and Kelsey Card could also top 60 feet!
WT (81-3.75) Gwen Berry and Amber Campbell practically OWN the Age Record list--with a full DOZEN years with their names attached!! And they'll be the main rivals here too! Watch for Deanna Price, Stevens, Ramsey, and Johnson as the Back-up Gang!! MR odds are 60-40!
Pentathlon (4805) The MR holder--and American Record holder!--Sharon Day-Monroe is entered, but she's past her prime, so she might not even win!! Give THAT honor to Barbara Nwaba!! Sami Spenner, Erica Bougard, Lindsay Lettow, and Lindsay Schwartz will fight for podium spots, along with Day-Monroe!
This meet starts in a few hours also!!
My NCAA and NBIN Previews will be posted by March 10th---even though I have what might be the final heat entry lists already!!
Enjoy the Euros and USATF meets---using these Previews as your constant companion!!
Thursday, March 2, 2017
Euro Champs Preview (& HSR!)
Of the 4 major Championships coming up in the next 10 days, the European Championships in Belgrade probably has the WEAKEST Cast of Characters since the "Dumb and Dumber" movies!
For that reason, the room needed to Preview this year's edition is rather small.
And when a High School Record happens just days before that meet starts---Well, the decision of what to lead with is easy!!
Alyssa Wilson has done it!
After several meets of knocking on the door, she blasted out a powerful Shot Put of 57-5.50, erasing the name of Raven Saunders from the HSR book!!
(Not forgetting that Ms Saunders in turn erased the name of Michelle Carter from the HSR book just 3 years ago!!)
Wilson gets the Senior Class record, moving from 2nd to 1st on the A-T HS list!
She turned 18 on February 20th!
Several other good marks were uncovered (Most of them from T&FN's eTN!!) in the past few days!
And, per usual, a few came in the WT!
Sultana Frizell had one measure 77-5.50, smashing her own National Record of Canada by over 4 feet!!
She's 9th A-T World!
Annette Echikunwoke sent one out 74-5.50, moving her from 15th A-T Collegiate, tied with 2 others, to 12th!
Grant Cartwright hit 76-5.75, taking the 18th A-T Collegiate spot!
In other field events--
Ivan Horvat PV'ed 18-10.75 for the National Record of Croatia.
Lisa Gunnarson went over 14-9.50, a PR!
Maya Hanks TJ'ed 41-11.75, reaching 18th A-T HS!
Also moving into the 18th A-T HS spot was Jelena Rowe, with her HJ of 5-11.25!
But she's tied with 4 others!
Sydney McLaughlin added one-half inch to her LJ PR, reaching 20-7.75
She moves from 11th A-T HS, tied with 1 other, to 11th, but with no ties!!
And OUTdoors, Sandra Perkovic opened her season with her now-usual DT in the 230's!
Her 230-5 was not a PR!
In running events, Chanel Brissett upped the ante in the Women's HS 60H, running an 8.14!
She moves from 9th A-T HS, tied with 2 others, to 3rd, tied with 1 other!
Rachel McArthur ran the fastest HS 1000 of the season, her 2:47.02 moving her from 20th A-T HS, all the way to 8th!
Theo Burba (sp?) ran 600 meters in 1:18.87, making him 10th A-T HS.
Ashley Henderson sped a 60 in 7.17.
She's now 21st A-T Collegiate, tied with 4 others!
She also ran the 200, her 22.81 missing the Collegiate DDD by just 0.01 seconds!!
Syaira Richardson ran 300 meters in 38.26, moving from 24th to 22nd on the A-T HS list!
Not breaking any records, but interesting nonetheless, Tyrese Cooper went OUTdoors and ran his FIRST race over hurdles, a 300H in 38.31.
He didn't even win the race, but he intends to run MORE races over barriers--including the 400H!!
The mind boggles!
Two more items--
In her 2:19:47 Marathon in Tokyo, Sarah Chepchirchir's splits were 1:10:31 and 1:09:16!!
And it was announced that Galen Rupp and Jordan Hasay will "tune up" for their Boston Marathon debuts by running the Prague Half-Marathon on April 1st!!
Their competition---if winning is the object---might call for VERY fast running!!
Okay, folks, in just a few short hours, the INdoor European Championships opens up in Belgrade!!
But, looking at the entry lists (NOT the final heat sheets!!!), this version doesn't exactly speed one's heart rate in the Records Expectations Department!!
Nonetheless, my blog tries to provide Previews of most major Championship meets, INdoors and OUTdoors!
So let's see what we might expect, shall we?
This Preview---as all of mine are---focuses on which (if any!) Meet Records might be broken!
It also tries to offer up a name or 2 or 3 to keep your eyes on!
Since this Preview is going to be fairly brief (comparatively!!), I'll do BOTH genders in this one post!
MEN
60 (MR is 6.42) The ONLY "name" here is Great Britain's Richard Kilty--and he has ZERO chance to nab the Meet Record!
400 (45.33) The MR holder is back! So give Pavel Maslak 80-20 odds to take down his own MR!
800 (1:44.78) Not many Championship 800's go sub-1:45! But Adam Kszczot and Amel Tuka just might change that!! Give the Pole the edge!
1500 (3:36.70) This field also has a pair of "contenders". Marcel Lewindowski and Filip Ingebrigtsen will likely be that duo!! Flip a coin! The MR gets 40-60 odds!
3000 (7:38.43) Filip's older brother--Henrik--gets the nod here, but watch for Ali Kaya!! If the pace is solid.....!!
60H (7.39) This is the best running event field!! Orlando Ortega, Andrew Pozzi, Pascal Martinot-Legarde, David Omaregie, and Balasz Baji should make up the final! But the MR is VERY tough, so give it just 10-90 odds!
4X400 Relay (3:02.87) The Borlee Boys are back! Will they break their own MR--or are they getting too old? LOL Give this one 60-40 odds! But watch for the Maslak-led Czech Republic team!!
HJ (7-10.50) Jeez!! What a lousy group!! With just GB's Robbie Grabarz a "name" here, forget anyone getting near this MR!
LJ (28-7) Michel Torneus and Andy Howe won't be anywhere near this Meet Record!
TJ (58-9.50) Nor this one!! The two best are veterans Nelson Evora (Age 32) and Fabrizio Donato (Age 40!!)! Donato will get my Age 40 record, since that slot in my Record Book now sits empty!!
PV (19-9.50) Even though Renaud Lavillenie won't be here, this is still the best field event!! Piotr Lisek, Konstadinos Filippidis, Raphael Holzdeppe, and Pawel Wojcieckowski lead the veterans! But watch out for 17 year old Emmanouil Karalis to shock and awe! MR odds are 30-70!
SP (72-9.75) This MR might be approached, but NOT broken!! Give David Storl and Konrad Bulowiecki 40-60 odds! Others to watch are Filip Miheljevic and Stipe Zunic.
Heptathlon (6424) Kevin Mayer is the heavy favorite here---for the win AND for a new Meet Record!! Jiri Zykora and Maicel Uibo are 2 others to keep awake for!
WOMEN
60 (7.00) While the MR is safe (5-95 odds!!), watch for youngster Ewe Swoboda to challenge for Gold! But Asha Philip might argue with that! Others to watch for include Mujinga Kambundji, Ezinne Okparaebo, and new German find, Rebecca Haase!
400 (49.59) The MR--AND World Record!!--are 100% safe!! That said, Elidh Doyle, Lea Sprunger, and Zuzana Hejnova should be the last 3 standing!
800 (1:55.42) Forget the MR!! Even if Joanna Jozwik were here, that MR would still survive---easily!! Without Jozwik, the race is wide open! But perennial-sub-2:00-chaser, Iceland's Anita Hinriksdottir might still end up the winner, even if with yet one more 2:01-ish time! Selina Buchel and Olga Lyakhova are others to watch.
1500 (4:02.54) Laura Muir is here!!! Even though she's doubling, this MR is GONE!! This woman has ONE word in her racing vocabulary--FAST!! But the young German--Konstanze Klosterhalfen (ALSO planning to double!!)--could go faster than her 4:04.91 PR. Look also for Elish McColgan, Sofia Ennaoui, Renata Plis, and Meref Bahta. MR odds (for Muir only!) are 90-10!
3000 (8:39.49) Again, watch what Muir does! If she runs a "normal" race, this MR is gone also!! That KK girl could get a PR too. Plis, Bahta, and Ennaoui are also doubling here! Add Mo Koster and Steph Twell to the mix---then stir!!
60H (7.74) The World Record holder is here, but at 35, and in her "retirement year", put Susanna Kallur on the backburner--FAR back!! Cindy Roleder and Alina Talay would normally be the REAL contenders here, but watch closely for blazing newcomer (went from 8.07 to 7.79 in one race--See earlier post!!) Pamela Dutkiewicz to surprise!
4X400 Relay (3:27.56) In another VERY weak field, Great Britain should win here with ease! But a MR gets just 20-80 odds!
HJ (6-8.50) Only one Russian will be here, and she AIN'T Mariya Kuchina, who leads the World with her recent 6-8 jump!! That leaves 37 year old Ruth Beitia as the likely winner! Kamila Licwinko, Emma Green, Marie Laurence Jungfleisch, Airine Palayte, and Morgan Lake should all reach the 1.90's, metrically speaking!
LJ (23-11.75) Ivana Spanovic should get the Gold, but the MR will elude her! Lorraine Ugen, Darya Klishina (that sole Russian!), and VERY talented singer-songwriter, Jazmin Sawyers, will contend!
TJ (49-9) You gotta be kidding, Europe!! Patricia Mamona the only "name" you got?? Give her ZERO odds for a MR! Heck--give her 0-200 as her odds!!
PV (16-0.75) The MR is safe, but this still sits as the best field event---in an overall shallow field of meet entrants! Ekaterina Stefanidi MIGHT give that MR a shot, so I'm giving her 60-40 odds! Lisa Ryzih, Tina Sutej, Angelica Bengtsson, and teenager Wilma Murto will likely all reach 15 feet!
SP (70-5) Another of 0-200 odds events for a new MR! With WORLD leader Raven Saunders not here (for the reason she's a US citizen!! LOL), the Gold should go to Anita Marton, as Christina Schwanitz is now with baby!! (Due this summer!)
Pentathlon (5000) Katerina Johnson-Thompson got injured, but she was slotted for just the LJ anyway, so no loss here!! Jessica Ennis-Hill is retired, so that's TWO strikes! That leaves Nafissattou Thiam as the CLEAR favorite for Gold--but NOT the MR!! Nadine Broersen, Gyorgyi Zsivoczky-Farkas, and new Age 17 record holder Alina Skukh will fight for the other podium spots!
And that's all she (or in this case, HE!!) wrote!!
BTW, meet begins in less than 3 hours!
Next post--up in a couple of hours!--will be my USATF Preview!!
For that reason, the room needed to Preview this year's edition is rather small.
And when a High School Record happens just days before that meet starts---Well, the decision of what to lead with is easy!!
Alyssa Wilson has done it!
After several meets of knocking on the door, she blasted out a powerful Shot Put of 57-5.50, erasing the name of Raven Saunders from the HSR book!!
(Not forgetting that Ms Saunders in turn erased the name of Michelle Carter from the HSR book just 3 years ago!!)
Wilson gets the Senior Class record, moving from 2nd to 1st on the A-T HS list!
She turned 18 on February 20th!
Several other good marks were uncovered (Most of them from T&FN's eTN!!) in the past few days!
And, per usual, a few came in the WT!
Sultana Frizell had one measure 77-5.50, smashing her own National Record of Canada by over 4 feet!!
She's 9th A-T World!
Annette Echikunwoke sent one out 74-5.50, moving her from 15th A-T Collegiate, tied with 2 others, to 12th!
Grant Cartwright hit 76-5.75, taking the 18th A-T Collegiate spot!
In other field events--
Ivan Horvat PV'ed 18-10.75 for the National Record of Croatia.
Lisa Gunnarson went over 14-9.50, a PR!
Maya Hanks TJ'ed 41-11.75, reaching 18th A-T HS!
Also moving into the 18th A-T HS spot was Jelena Rowe, with her HJ of 5-11.25!
But she's tied with 4 others!
Sydney McLaughlin added one-half inch to her LJ PR, reaching 20-7.75
She moves from 11th A-T HS, tied with 1 other, to 11th, but with no ties!!
And OUTdoors, Sandra Perkovic opened her season with her now-usual DT in the 230's!
Her 230-5 was not a PR!
In running events, Chanel Brissett upped the ante in the Women's HS 60H, running an 8.14!
She moves from 9th A-T HS, tied with 2 others, to 3rd, tied with 1 other!
Rachel McArthur ran the fastest HS 1000 of the season, her 2:47.02 moving her from 20th A-T HS, all the way to 8th!
Theo Burba (sp?) ran 600 meters in 1:18.87, making him 10th A-T HS.
Ashley Henderson sped a 60 in 7.17.
She's now 21st A-T Collegiate, tied with 4 others!
She also ran the 200, her 22.81 missing the Collegiate DDD by just 0.01 seconds!!
Syaira Richardson ran 300 meters in 38.26, moving from 24th to 22nd on the A-T HS list!
Not breaking any records, but interesting nonetheless, Tyrese Cooper went OUTdoors and ran his FIRST race over hurdles, a 300H in 38.31.
He didn't even win the race, but he intends to run MORE races over barriers--including the 400H!!
The mind boggles!
Two more items--
In her 2:19:47 Marathon in Tokyo, Sarah Chepchirchir's splits were 1:10:31 and 1:09:16!!
And it was announced that Galen Rupp and Jordan Hasay will "tune up" for their Boston Marathon debuts by running the Prague Half-Marathon on April 1st!!
Their competition---if winning is the object---might call for VERY fast running!!
Okay, folks, in just a few short hours, the INdoor European Championships opens up in Belgrade!!
But, looking at the entry lists (NOT the final heat sheets!!!), this version doesn't exactly speed one's heart rate in the Records Expectations Department!!
Nonetheless, my blog tries to provide Previews of most major Championship meets, INdoors and OUTdoors!
So let's see what we might expect, shall we?
This Preview---as all of mine are---focuses on which (if any!) Meet Records might be broken!
It also tries to offer up a name or 2 or 3 to keep your eyes on!
Since this Preview is going to be fairly brief (comparatively!!), I'll do BOTH genders in this one post!
MEN
60 (MR is 6.42) The ONLY "name" here is Great Britain's Richard Kilty--and he has ZERO chance to nab the Meet Record!
400 (45.33) The MR holder is back! So give Pavel Maslak 80-20 odds to take down his own MR!
800 (1:44.78) Not many Championship 800's go sub-1:45! But Adam Kszczot and Amel Tuka just might change that!! Give the Pole the edge!
1500 (3:36.70) This field also has a pair of "contenders". Marcel Lewindowski and Filip Ingebrigtsen will likely be that duo!! Flip a coin! The MR gets 40-60 odds!
3000 (7:38.43) Filip's older brother--Henrik--gets the nod here, but watch for Ali Kaya!! If the pace is solid.....!!
60H (7.39) This is the best running event field!! Orlando Ortega, Andrew Pozzi, Pascal Martinot-Legarde, David Omaregie, and Balasz Baji should make up the final! But the MR is VERY tough, so give it just 10-90 odds!
4X400 Relay (3:02.87) The Borlee Boys are back! Will they break their own MR--or are they getting too old? LOL Give this one 60-40 odds! But watch for the Maslak-led Czech Republic team!!
HJ (7-10.50) Jeez!! What a lousy group!! With just GB's Robbie Grabarz a "name" here, forget anyone getting near this MR!
LJ (28-7) Michel Torneus and Andy Howe won't be anywhere near this Meet Record!
TJ (58-9.50) Nor this one!! The two best are veterans Nelson Evora (Age 32) and Fabrizio Donato (Age 40!!)! Donato will get my Age 40 record, since that slot in my Record Book now sits empty!!
PV (19-9.50) Even though Renaud Lavillenie won't be here, this is still the best field event!! Piotr Lisek, Konstadinos Filippidis, Raphael Holzdeppe, and Pawel Wojcieckowski lead the veterans! But watch out for 17 year old Emmanouil Karalis to shock and awe! MR odds are 30-70!
SP (72-9.75) This MR might be approached, but NOT broken!! Give David Storl and Konrad Bulowiecki 40-60 odds! Others to watch are Filip Miheljevic and Stipe Zunic.
Heptathlon (6424) Kevin Mayer is the heavy favorite here---for the win AND for a new Meet Record!! Jiri Zykora and Maicel Uibo are 2 others to keep awake for!
WOMEN
60 (7.00) While the MR is safe (5-95 odds!!), watch for youngster Ewe Swoboda to challenge for Gold! But Asha Philip might argue with that! Others to watch for include Mujinga Kambundji, Ezinne Okparaebo, and new German find, Rebecca Haase!
400 (49.59) The MR--AND World Record!!--are 100% safe!! That said, Elidh Doyle, Lea Sprunger, and Zuzana Hejnova should be the last 3 standing!
800 (1:55.42) Forget the MR!! Even if Joanna Jozwik were here, that MR would still survive---easily!! Without Jozwik, the race is wide open! But perennial-sub-2:00-chaser, Iceland's Anita Hinriksdottir might still end up the winner, even if with yet one more 2:01-ish time! Selina Buchel and Olga Lyakhova are others to watch.
1500 (4:02.54) Laura Muir is here!!! Even though she's doubling, this MR is GONE!! This woman has ONE word in her racing vocabulary--FAST!! But the young German--Konstanze Klosterhalfen (ALSO planning to double!!)--could go faster than her 4:04.91 PR. Look also for Elish McColgan, Sofia Ennaoui, Renata Plis, and Meref Bahta. MR odds (for Muir only!) are 90-10!
3000 (8:39.49) Again, watch what Muir does! If she runs a "normal" race, this MR is gone also!! That KK girl could get a PR too. Plis, Bahta, and Ennaoui are also doubling here! Add Mo Koster and Steph Twell to the mix---then stir!!
60H (7.74) The World Record holder is here, but at 35, and in her "retirement year", put Susanna Kallur on the backburner--FAR back!! Cindy Roleder and Alina Talay would normally be the REAL contenders here, but watch closely for blazing newcomer (went from 8.07 to 7.79 in one race--See earlier post!!) Pamela Dutkiewicz to surprise!
4X400 Relay (3:27.56) In another VERY weak field, Great Britain should win here with ease! But a MR gets just 20-80 odds!
HJ (6-8.50) Only one Russian will be here, and she AIN'T Mariya Kuchina, who leads the World with her recent 6-8 jump!! That leaves 37 year old Ruth Beitia as the likely winner! Kamila Licwinko, Emma Green, Marie Laurence Jungfleisch, Airine Palayte, and Morgan Lake should all reach the 1.90's, metrically speaking!
LJ (23-11.75) Ivana Spanovic should get the Gold, but the MR will elude her! Lorraine Ugen, Darya Klishina (that sole Russian!), and VERY talented singer-songwriter, Jazmin Sawyers, will contend!
TJ (49-9) You gotta be kidding, Europe!! Patricia Mamona the only "name" you got?? Give her ZERO odds for a MR! Heck--give her 0-200 as her odds!!
PV (16-0.75) The MR is safe, but this still sits as the best field event---in an overall shallow field of meet entrants! Ekaterina Stefanidi MIGHT give that MR a shot, so I'm giving her 60-40 odds! Lisa Ryzih, Tina Sutej, Angelica Bengtsson, and teenager Wilma Murto will likely all reach 15 feet!
SP (70-5) Another of 0-200 odds events for a new MR! With WORLD leader Raven Saunders not here (for the reason she's a US citizen!! LOL), the Gold should go to Anita Marton, as Christina Schwanitz is now with baby!! (Due this summer!)
Pentathlon (5000) Katerina Johnson-Thompson got injured, but she was slotted for just the LJ anyway, so no loss here!! Jessica Ennis-Hill is retired, so that's TWO strikes! That leaves Nafissattou Thiam as the CLEAR favorite for Gold--but NOT the MR!! Nadine Broersen, Gyorgyi Zsivoczky-Farkas, and new Age 17 record holder Alina Skukh will fight for the other podium spots!
And that's all she (or in this case, HE!!) wrote!!
BTW, meet begins in less than 3 hours!
Next post--up in a couple of hours!--will be my USATF Preview!!
Sunday, February 26, 2017
OT's deny many while Pro's romp!
Not to worry!
I'm not going to rant endlessly about the Oversize Track situation on the Collegiate Conference scene this weekend!
I'll let the numbers speak for themselves, in the same way as the Vietnam Wall of Names slams you in the heart when you realize all the hopes and dreams that were KILLED there!
But that's for later!
There were too many LEGAL marks to make your head spin for me to waste more time on OT's!
Keturah Orji remains more than 15 inches behind her OUTdoor Triple Jump PR set in the Rio Olympics!
What she DID do is crush the Collegiate AND American INdoor records---TWICE!!
In the SEC meet, she offed both records with her 1st effort measuring 46-11.75!
Then she matched it with her second round leap!
She also gets the Senior Class record, and the SEC Meet Record!
The latter 2 broke her own marks!
She moves from 5th A-T Collegiate, tied with 1 other, to 1st!
She moves from 4th A-T US to the top!
She would need to come within an inch of her OUTdoor PR to make the World DDD!!
While we're talking about this incredible athlete, let's see what she did in the SEC LJ!
THREE Women made 22 feet!!
Not sure if that's any kind of record, but I'm sure it's a rarity!
Sha'Keela Saunders topped the trio with her 22-4.50!
She moves from 14th to 8th on the A-T US list!
She moves from 10th A-T Collegiate, tied with 1 other, to 5th, tied with 1 other!
And guess who she's tied with?
ANOTHER athlete named Saunders!
Daphne Saunders's mark dates from 1994.
(I don't believe they're related! LOL)
Quanesha Burks took 2nd with a jump of 22-2.25, not a PR.
Then came Orji's 22-0.75.
She moves from 23rd A-T Collegiate, to 12th!
Moved OFF my Collegiate list was Angela Thacker, from 1984!
Orji is now 16th A-T US as well!
Another Saunders--Raven--nabbed the SEC Meet Record with her non-PR Shot Put of 62-6.75!
But a day after most Collegiate Conferences were finished, distance running Professionals (and one well-known Collegiate dude!!) took to the super-fast track at Boston University in a "Last Chance" meet!
First indication things would be hopping was Stephanie Schappert's 4:35.39 in the Women's Mile!
Then came the Men's Mile!
Edward (King Ches) Cheserek said he would chase the Collegiate Record.
And for once, he left his normal jog-kick strategy behind, just like his 3:52.01 left behind a stunningly deep field!!
For Ches, he gets the Collegiate Record, the Senior Class Record, AND the National Record of Kenya!
A bit of explanation!
Bernard Lagat ran 3:49.89 in the 2005 INdoor season, but he had already become a citizen of the United States at that time, but wasn't yet eligible to represent the US on their team!
So Cheserek--even while HE waits for his citizenship papers to come through!--gets the Kenya NR!!
He moves from 21st A-T Collegiate to 1st!
And he's now 12th A-T World!
He'll have to wait to make the US list!!
Kyle Merber followed Ches to the line, and it was VERY close!
Merber's 3:52.22 moves him from 21st A-T US to 6th!
And he makes the World list in 16th place!
Johnny Gregorek's 3:53.15 in 3rd makes him 10th A-T US!
And according to sources, he and Daddy John are now the fastest Father-Son duo in the Mile EVER--although I believe John's mark was made OUTdoors!!
Ford Palmer was 4th in 3:54.92.
Except for those finishing ahead of him, he would've made the US list!
As it is, he misses that list by 0.03 seconds!
Seven others broke 4:00, making it as deep as some of those Bowerman Miles at the Prefontaine Classic!!
Among those others came Dan Huling's 3:57.99 in 5th, which bodes well for his Steeple fortunes!
Knocked OFF the US Mile list was the iconic Dick Buerkle, whose 3:54.93 dated from 1978!!
Then came the 5000's!
It was Molly Huddle and Emily Sisson all the way, as they finished about a minute ahead of 3rd!
It was Huddle's Beast Mode that won the day--and the race!
While Huddle's 15:01.64 wasn't a PR, Sisson's 15:02.10 took away 10 seconds from her previous best--which was, and still is, the Collegiate Record!!
She moves from 7th to 4th on the A-T US list!
And she makes the World DDD, in 19th place!
But it was the Men's race which REALLY rewrote the Record Book!!
While Ben True spoke pre-meet about a possible American Record, early pacing set that idea on the back burner!
What emerged was a RACE for the Ages!
(Including--sic!--a couple of AGE Records!! LOL)
It was Mo Ahmed who crossed the line first.
His 13:04.60 destroyed the National Record of Canada, giving Ahmed his 3rd INdoor NR!!
It also makes him 11th A-T World!
Eric Jenkins's 13:05.85 gave him 2nd on the US list, and 12th A-T World!!
Ben True was 3rd in 13:06.74!
He gets the Age 31 record!
He's now 3rd A-T US, and 15th A-T World!!
Ryan Hill's 13:07.61 moves him from 11th A-T US, to 6th!
He's now 18th A-T World!
Remember Woody Kincaid?
While at the U of Portland, he beat Mr Cheserek in an OUTdoor 5000!
Well, he obliterated his PR by 30 seconds, his 13:12.22 taking 5th!
He's all of a sudden 8th on the United States DDD!!
Lopez Lomong grabbed the Age 32 record with his 6th place time of 13:12.27, just inches behind Kincaid
But we're not done yet!
Because Kemoy Campbell's 13:14.45 in 7th took down the National Record of Jamaica!
Chris Derrick's 13:19.75 was not a PR!
The Pole Vault saw the usual volume of good marks!
Perhaps leading the way---at least INdoors!--were the Weeks Twins!!
Tori is now a 15 footer!!
She moves from 7th A-T Collegiate, tied with 1 other, to 6th--thus obviously becoming the 6th Collegiate Woman to clear 15 feet INdoors!
She moves from 23rd A-T US, tied with 2 others, to 19th!
Sister Lexi was once again defeated by her sibling!
Seems her standing as an Olympian doesn't impress Tori enough to scare her into familial submission!!
But Lexi also got over 15 feet, her best mark of 2017!
In 3rd came Olivia Gruver, who PR'ed mightily, all the way to 14-8.75!!
This makes her 16th A-T Collegiate!
But she misses the US list by 1.50 inches!!
Another Olympian--Eliza McCartney--had quite a week in her native New Zealand.
She first went 15-5 in a meet held inside a mall in Auckland!
(At least I THINK it was a mall!!)
Then she went OUTdoors, where her 15-9.75 broke her own OUTdoor National Record!
It also gave her the Age 20 OUTdoor record!
She moves from 15th A-T World, tied with 1 other, to 12th, where she's tied with 3 others!
While we're OUTdoors, let's do the other marks I have from there!
Ryan Crouser and NZ's Tom Walsh have had a couple of SP duels!
The best was the most recent, with Crouser covering 72-8 of ground, leaving Walsh's 71-7.25 behind!
For Walsh, this comes toward the end of his summer season.
For Crouser, it's a GREAT early season mark!!
Dani Samuels (now Stevens!) threw the Discus a good 219-1.
And Tara Davis got an OUTdoor PR in the LJ--by one-half inch!
Her 21-1 moves her from 14th A-T HS to 12th!
Also OUTdoors (of course!) was the Tokyo Marathon, where Wilson Kipsang was said to be wanting the World Record!!
And the first 5K split of 14:14 gave fans hope!
But they inevitably slowed, still coming through the Half in 1:01:22!
When the pacers left, he wasn't able to hold it, but his 2nd half of 1:02:36 gave him 2:03:58, the fastest time ever run in Japanese Marathons!!
The Women actually had a better result!
In just her 3rd-ever 26.2 race, Sarah Chepchirchir ran 2:19:47, becoming 16th A-T World!!
In 2nd was Berhane Dibaba, timed in 2:21:19.
Americans did good.
Andrew Bumbalough finished in 2:13:58 in his rookie race!
Sara Hall took 1:40 off her PR to get her first sub-2:30--time of 2:28:26!
She went through 13.1 in 1:13:01, so she slowed to 1:15:25 on the back end!
Still, it makes her 21st A-T US!!
Back to INdoors!
Old news first--
KC Lightfoot PV'ed 17-4.25, making him 16th A-T HS, tied with 1 other!
In the Russian Championships, Anzhelika Sidorova PV'ed 15-5 for the win!
It's not a PR.
Emmanouil Karalis PR'ed with a Vault of 18-8.25.
He's still 17 years old, but someone named Mondo is also 17!!
In a good Virginia Tech Challenge meet--
Katie Nageotte and Jenn Suhr went over 15-0 in the PV, Nageotte getting the win!
For Suhr, however, she fills the once-empty slot I had for the Age 35 record!!
Hanna Green sped a 600 in 1:27.39.
She moves from 14th A-T Collegiate, tied with 1 other, to 2nd!!
And she's now 11th A-T US!
Drew Piazza ran 600 meters in 1:17.26, making him 19th A-T Collegiate!
Neil Gourley ran 1000 meters in 2:20.54, for 15th A-T Collegiate!
And Amber Campbell threw the WT out 76-0.75, breaking her own Age 35 record!!
In old foreign news--
Balazs Baji sped a 60H in 7.54, getting the National Record of Hungary!
Mariya Kuchina HJ'ed 6-8 for the Age 24 record!!
She moves from 18th A-T World, tied with 6 others, to 11th, tied with 3 others!!
In an aside, I should report that over 30 Russians have been cleared to compete as "neutrals"!
BUT---only Darya Klishina will be allowed to compete in next week's European Championships!!
The INSANITY of this entire situation!!!
Genzebe Dibaba went after the INdoor WR in the 1000 in Madrid!!
But Laura Muir's earlier 2:31.93 still remains the fastest 1K of 2017!!
Ms WR---aka G-D---hit 400 in 58.76.
She slowed to an 800 in 2:00.62, which was officially timed, making her 3rd on the Ethiopian INdoor list--and is her PR!
Her final time of 2:33.07 gives her the National Record, and makes her 8th A-T World!
Also in that Madrid meet---
Ruth Beitia HJ'ed 6-6, breaking her own Age 37 record!!
Bralon Taplin ran the 400 in 45.19, a PR by 0.01 seconds!
He remains 14th A-T World!!
The remaining LEGAL marks will be divided into running & field events!
Sasha Wallace ran the 60H at the Mountain Pacific Conference in 7.95.
It's the Meet Record!
Hannah Cunliffe tied Jasmine Todd's MR with her 7.15 win in the flat 60.
Sydney McLaughlin had a great Meet of Champions!
She ran the open 400 in 53.17.
Then she came from way behind on the anchor leg of her team's 4X400 Relay, running 51.8!!
In the BU meet, Nicole Sifuentes won the 3000 in 9:02.61.
Rice's Katie Jensen ran one of the best LEGAL Collegiate 3K's of the year, her 9:05.66 behind Sifuentes giving her an NCAA spot!!
Chris Belcher won the 200 in 20.59.
In field events--
Daniel Haugh's 75-8 WT gives him 21st A-T Collegiate!
Mostafa Hassan's SP measured 69-10.75, and made him 9th A-T Collegiate!
In the SEC, Janeah Stewart got her WT out to 76-0.75, getting her on THREE lists!!
She's 7th A-T Collegiate, 11th A-T US, and 14th A-T World!!
Julian Harvey LJ'ed 26-9.75, making him 18th A-T Collegiate, tied with 4 others!
Randall Cunningham HJ'ed 7-5.25 for the Mountain Pacific Meet Record!
Chris Nilsen PV'ed a non-PR 18-5.50.
Annie Rhodes won the Big 12 meet with a Vault of 14-4.50!
And in the foreign INdoor results department--
Angelica Bengtsson PV'ed a non-PR of 15-1
Ivana Spanovic LJ'ed a mighty 22-10!
Sooooo---what kind of damage did having FIVE Collegiate Conference meets on OT's do??
(The 5 meets were the ACC, Big 10, Big 12, Mountain Pacific, and the SEC!!)
The answer to the above question will be based on my own interpretation of a good mark!
I had to draw the line somewhere, but the ones I selected either WOULD have made my Collegiate DDD's, and a few even WOULD have broken one record or another---such as Meet or Class records!!
(NO marks from the Big 12 meet are included, as nothing was run there of list-making quality, even with the ILLEGAL assistance of an OT!!)
The ACC had 8 such good marks!
The Big 10 had 12 marks!
Mountain Pacific had just 7 marks!
And the SEC had 11.
THIRTY EIGHT marks which will NOT make my DDD, nor break any records--of any kind!!
But most significant--and DAMNING!!--is that THIRTY EIGHT athletes can not show their grandkids the A-T Collegiate list---the OFFICIAL LEGAL one--to indicate what Gramps or Granny did back in the day!!
No, they'll have to explain to the young 'uns WHY their GREAT mark does NOT appear on such a list!!
Those 38 are---
(ACC) Patrick Joseph 1:46.23, Drew Piazza 1:46.42, Shakima Wimbley 51.20 & 22.83, Hanna Green 2:02.28, Jessica Harris 4:33.80, Grace Barnett 4:33.86, Anna Rohrer 15:38.11, and Michelle Atherley 4281.
(Big 10) Nate Roese 1:16.25, Moujtaha Mohammed 1:16.55, Anthony Johnson 1:16.57 (in heats), Rachel Weber 1:28.11 & 1:28.72, Kerrrington Winters 1:27.60, Daniel Kuhn 1:15.23, Nate Roese 1:15.55, Anthony Johnson 1:15.99 (in the final), Katherine Receveur 15:28.89, Tessa Barrett 15:28.99, Erin Finn 15:32.45.
(Note--A few athletes are listed twice, due to heats and finals results!)
(Mountain Pacific) Colorado 10:58.58, Stanford 10:59.83, Katie Rainsberger 4:35.60, John Dressel 7:51.44, Garrett Corcoran 7:52.10, Matthew Maton 7:52.51, Olivia Baker 2:03.41.
(SEC) Kendell Williams 4686, Taliyah Brooks 4460, Leigha Brown 4379, Daina Harper 51.77 (heat), Fred Kerley 44.94, Akeem Bloomfield 45.49, Jereem Richards 20.34, Jazmin Fray 2:02.62, Texas A&M 3:02.39, Florida 3:02.73, and Alabama 3:02.92.
Now, aren't you thrilled that Ed Cheserak was SMART enough to forego his Conference meet on Seattle's 307 meter monster, choosing instead to head east 3000 miles to Boston University's Record-Friendly 200 meter track??
I am!
Expect my usual Previews for the USATF meet---and MAYBE for the European Championships also!!
These probably won't be out until March 2nd, the day before the meets begin!!
See you then!!
I'm not going to rant endlessly about the Oversize Track situation on the Collegiate Conference scene this weekend!
I'll let the numbers speak for themselves, in the same way as the Vietnam Wall of Names slams you in the heart when you realize all the hopes and dreams that were KILLED there!
But that's for later!
There were too many LEGAL marks to make your head spin for me to waste more time on OT's!
Keturah Orji remains more than 15 inches behind her OUTdoor Triple Jump PR set in the Rio Olympics!
What she DID do is crush the Collegiate AND American INdoor records---TWICE!!
In the SEC meet, she offed both records with her 1st effort measuring 46-11.75!
Then she matched it with her second round leap!
She also gets the Senior Class record, and the SEC Meet Record!
The latter 2 broke her own marks!
She moves from 5th A-T Collegiate, tied with 1 other, to 1st!
She moves from 4th A-T US to the top!
She would need to come within an inch of her OUTdoor PR to make the World DDD!!
While we're talking about this incredible athlete, let's see what she did in the SEC LJ!
THREE Women made 22 feet!!
Not sure if that's any kind of record, but I'm sure it's a rarity!
Sha'Keela Saunders topped the trio with her 22-4.50!
She moves from 14th to 8th on the A-T US list!
She moves from 10th A-T Collegiate, tied with 1 other, to 5th, tied with 1 other!
And guess who she's tied with?
ANOTHER athlete named Saunders!
Daphne Saunders's mark dates from 1994.
(I don't believe they're related! LOL)
Quanesha Burks took 2nd with a jump of 22-2.25, not a PR.
Then came Orji's 22-0.75.
She moves from 23rd A-T Collegiate, to 12th!
Moved OFF my Collegiate list was Angela Thacker, from 1984!
Orji is now 16th A-T US as well!
Another Saunders--Raven--nabbed the SEC Meet Record with her non-PR Shot Put of 62-6.75!
But a day after most Collegiate Conferences were finished, distance running Professionals (and one well-known Collegiate dude!!) took to the super-fast track at Boston University in a "Last Chance" meet!
First indication things would be hopping was Stephanie Schappert's 4:35.39 in the Women's Mile!
Then came the Men's Mile!
Edward (King Ches) Cheserek said he would chase the Collegiate Record.
And for once, he left his normal jog-kick strategy behind, just like his 3:52.01 left behind a stunningly deep field!!
For Ches, he gets the Collegiate Record, the Senior Class Record, AND the National Record of Kenya!
A bit of explanation!
Bernard Lagat ran 3:49.89 in the 2005 INdoor season, but he had already become a citizen of the United States at that time, but wasn't yet eligible to represent the US on their team!
So Cheserek--even while HE waits for his citizenship papers to come through!--gets the Kenya NR!!
He moves from 21st A-T Collegiate to 1st!
And he's now 12th A-T World!
He'll have to wait to make the US list!!
Kyle Merber followed Ches to the line, and it was VERY close!
Merber's 3:52.22 moves him from 21st A-T US to 6th!
And he makes the World list in 16th place!
Johnny Gregorek's 3:53.15 in 3rd makes him 10th A-T US!
And according to sources, he and Daddy John are now the fastest Father-Son duo in the Mile EVER--although I believe John's mark was made OUTdoors!!
Ford Palmer was 4th in 3:54.92.
Except for those finishing ahead of him, he would've made the US list!
As it is, he misses that list by 0.03 seconds!
Seven others broke 4:00, making it as deep as some of those Bowerman Miles at the Prefontaine Classic!!
Among those others came Dan Huling's 3:57.99 in 5th, which bodes well for his Steeple fortunes!
Knocked OFF the US Mile list was the iconic Dick Buerkle, whose 3:54.93 dated from 1978!!
Then came the 5000's!
It was Molly Huddle and Emily Sisson all the way, as they finished about a minute ahead of 3rd!
It was Huddle's Beast Mode that won the day--and the race!
While Huddle's 15:01.64 wasn't a PR, Sisson's 15:02.10 took away 10 seconds from her previous best--which was, and still is, the Collegiate Record!!
She moves from 7th to 4th on the A-T US list!
And she makes the World DDD, in 19th place!
But it was the Men's race which REALLY rewrote the Record Book!!
While Ben True spoke pre-meet about a possible American Record, early pacing set that idea on the back burner!
What emerged was a RACE for the Ages!
(Including--sic!--a couple of AGE Records!! LOL)
It was Mo Ahmed who crossed the line first.
His 13:04.60 destroyed the National Record of Canada, giving Ahmed his 3rd INdoor NR!!
It also makes him 11th A-T World!
Eric Jenkins's 13:05.85 gave him 2nd on the US list, and 12th A-T World!!
Ben True was 3rd in 13:06.74!
He gets the Age 31 record!
He's now 3rd A-T US, and 15th A-T World!!
Ryan Hill's 13:07.61 moves him from 11th A-T US, to 6th!
He's now 18th A-T World!
Remember Woody Kincaid?
While at the U of Portland, he beat Mr Cheserek in an OUTdoor 5000!
Well, he obliterated his PR by 30 seconds, his 13:12.22 taking 5th!
He's all of a sudden 8th on the United States DDD!!
Lopez Lomong grabbed the Age 32 record with his 6th place time of 13:12.27, just inches behind Kincaid
But we're not done yet!
Because Kemoy Campbell's 13:14.45 in 7th took down the National Record of Jamaica!
Chris Derrick's 13:19.75 was not a PR!
The Pole Vault saw the usual volume of good marks!
Perhaps leading the way---at least INdoors!--were the Weeks Twins!!
Tori is now a 15 footer!!
She moves from 7th A-T Collegiate, tied with 1 other, to 6th--thus obviously becoming the 6th Collegiate Woman to clear 15 feet INdoors!
She moves from 23rd A-T US, tied with 2 others, to 19th!
Sister Lexi was once again defeated by her sibling!
Seems her standing as an Olympian doesn't impress Tori enough to scare her into familial submission!!
But Lexi also got over 15 feet, her best mark of 2017!
In 3rd came Olivia Gruver, who PR'ed mightily, all the way to 14-8.75!!
This makes her 16th A-T Collegiate!
But she misses the US list by 1.50 inches!!
Another Olympian--Eliza McCartney--had quite a week in her native New Zealand.
She first went 15-5 in a meet held inside a mall in Auckland!
(At least I THINK it was a mall!!)
Then she went OUTdoors, where her 15-9.75 broke her own OUTdoor National Record!
It also gave her the Age 20 OUTdoor record!
She moves from 15th A-T World, tied with 1 other, to 12th, where she's tied with 3 others!
While we're OUTdoors, let's do the other marks I have from there!
Ryan Crouser and NZ's Tom Walsh have had a couple of SP duels!
The best was the most recent, with Crouser covering 72-8 of ground, leaving Walsh's 71-7.25 behind!
For Walsh, this comes toward the end of his summer season.
For Crouser, it's a GREAT early season mark!!
Dani Samuels (now Stevens!) threw the Discus a good 219-1.
And Tara Davis got an OUTdoor PR in the LJ--by one-half inch!
Her 21-1 moves her from 14th A-T HS to 12th!
Also OUTdoors (of course!) was the Tokyo Marathon, where Wilson Kipsang was said to be wanting the World Record!!
And the first 5K split of 14:14 gave fans hope!
But they inevitably slowed, still coming through the Half in 1:01:22!
When the pacers left, he wasn't able to hold it, but his 2nd half of 1:02:36 gave him 2:03:58, the fastest time ever run in Japanese Marathons!!
The Women actually had a better result!
In just her 3rd-ever 26.2 race, Sarah Chepchirchir ran 2:19:47, becoming 16th A-T World!!
In 2nd was Berhane Dibaba, timed in 2:21:19.
Americans did good.
Andrew Bumbalough finished in 2:13:58 in his rookie race!
Sara Hall took 1:40 off her PR to get her first sub-2:30--time of 2:28:26!
She went through 13.1 in 1:13:01, so she slowed to 1:15:25 on the back end!
Still, it makes her 21st A-T US!!
Back to INdoors!
Old news first--
KC Lightfoot PV'ed 17-4.25, making him 16th A-T HS, tied with 1 other!
In the Russian Championships, Anzhelika Sidorova PV'ed 15-5 for the win!
It's not a PR.
Emmanouil Karalis PR'ed with a Vault of 18-8.25.
He's still 17 years old, but someone named Mondo is also 17!!
In a good Virginia Tech Challenge meet--
Katie Nageotte and Jenn Suhr went over 15-0 in the PV, Nageotte getting the win!
For Suhr, however, she fills the once-empty slot I had for the Age 35 record!!
Hanna Green sped a 600 in 1:27.39.
She moves from 14th A-T Collegiate, tied with 1 other, to 2nd!!
And she's now 11th A-T US!
Drew Piazza ran 600 meters in 1:17.26, making him 19th A-T Collegiate!
Neil Gourley ran 1000 meters in 2:20.54, for 15th A-T Collegiate!
And Amber Campbell threw the WT out 76-0.75, breaking her own Age 35 record!!
In old foreign news--
Balazs Baji sped a 60H in 7.54, getting the National Record of Hungary!
Mariya Kuchina HJ'ed 6-8 for the Age 24 record!!
She moves from 18th A-T World, tied with 6 others, to 11th, tied with 3 others!!
In an aside, I should report that over 30 Russians have been cleared to compete as "neutrals"!
BUT---only Darya Klishina will be allowed to compete in next week's European Championships!!
The INSANITY of this entire situation!!!
Genzebe Dibaba went after the INdoor WR in the 1000 in Madrid!!
But Laura Muir's earlier 2:31.93 still remains the fastest 1K of 2017!!
Ms WR---aka G-D---hit 400 in 58.76.
She slowed to an 800 in 2:00.62, which was officially timed, making her 3rd on the Ethiopian INdoor list--and is her PR!
Her final time of 2:33.07 gives her the National Record, and makes her 8th A-T World!
Also in that Madrid meet---
Ruth Beitia HJ'ed 6-6, breaking her own Age 37 record!!
Bralon Taplin ran the 400 in 45.19, a PR by 0.01 seconds!
He remains 14th A-T World!!
The remaining LEGAL marks will be divided into running & field events!
Sasha Wallace ran the 60H at the Mountain Pacific Conference in 7.95.
It's the Meet Record!
Hannah Cunliffe tied Jasmine Todd's MR with her 7.15 win in the flat 60.
Sydney McLaughlin had a great Meet of Champions!
She ran the open 400 in 53.17.
Then she came from way behind on the anchor leg of her team's 4X400 Relay, running 51.8!!
In the BU meet, Nicole Sifuentes won the 3000 in 9:02.61.
Rice's Katie Jensen ran one of the best LEGAL Collegiate 3K's of the year, her 9:05.66 behind Sifuentes giving her an NCAA spot!!
Chris Belcher won the 200 in 20.59.
In field events--
Daniel Haugh's 75-8 WT gives him 21st A-T Collegiate!
Mostafa Hassan's SP measured 69-10.75, and made him 9th A-T Collegiate!
In the SEC, Janeah Stewart got her WT out to 76-0.75, getting her on THREE lists!!
She's 7th A-T Collegiate, 11th A-T US, and 14th A-T World!!
Julian Harvey LJ'ed 26-9.75, making him 18th A-T Collegiate, tied with 4 others!
Randall Cunningham HJ'ed 7-5.25 for the Mountain Pacific Meet Record!
Chris Nilsen PV'ed a non-PR 18-5.50.
Annie Rhodes won the Big 12 meet with a Vault of 14-4.50!
And in the foreign INdoor results department--
Angelica Bengtsson PV'ed a non-PR of 15-1
Ivana Spanovic LJ'ed a mighty 22-10!
Sooooo---what kind of damage did having FIVE Collegiate Conference meets on OT's do??
(The 5 meets were the ACC, Big 10, Big 12, Mountain Pacific, and the SEC!!)
The answer to the above question will be based on my own interpretation of a good mark!
I had to draw the line somewhere, but the ones I selected either WOULD have made my Collegiate DDD's, and a few even WOULD have broken one record or another---such as Meet or Class records!!
(NO marks from the Big 12 meet are included, as nothing was run there of list-making quality, even with the ILLEGAL assistance of an OT!!)
The ACC had 8 such good marks!
The Big 10 had 12 marks!
Mountain Pacific had just 7 marks!
And the SEC had 11.
THIRTY EIGHT marks which will NOT make my DDD, nor break any records--of any kind!!
But most significant--and DAMNING!!--is that THIRTY EIGHT athletes can not show their grandkids the A-T Collegiate list---the OFFICIAL LEGAL one--to indicate what Gramps or Granny did back in the day!!
No, they'll have to explain to the young 'uns WHY their GREAT mark does NOT appear on such a list!!
Those 38 are---
(ACC) Patrick Joseph 1:46.23, Drew Piazza 1:46.42, Shakima Wimbley 51.20 & 22.83, Hanna Green 2:02.28, Jessica Harris 4:33.80, Grace Barnett 4:33.86, Anna Rohrer 15:38.11, and Michelle Atherley 4281.
(Big 10) Nate Roese 1:16.25, Moujtaha Mohammed 1:16.55, Anthony Johnson 1:16.57 (in heats), Rachel Weber 1:28.11 & 1:28.72, Kerrrington Winters 1:27.60, Daniel Kuhn 1:15.23, Nate Roese 1:15.55, Anthony Johnson 1:15.99 (in the final), Katherine Receveur 15:28.89, Tessa Barrett 15:28.99, Erin Finn 15:32.45.
(Note--A few athletes are listed twice, due to heats and finals results!)
(Mountain Pacific) Colorado 10:58.58, Stanford 10:59.83, Katie Rainsberger 4:35.60, John Dressel 7:51.44, Garrett Corcoran 7:52.10, Matthew Maton 7:52.51, Olivia Baker 2:03.41.
(SEC) Kendell Williams 4686, Taliyah Brooks 4460, Leigha Brown 4379, Daina Harper 51.77 (heat), Fred Kerley 44.94, Akeem Bloomfield 45.49, Jereem Richards 20.34, Jazmin Fray 2:02.62, Texas A&M 3:02.39, Florida 3:02.73, and Alabama 3:02.92.
Now, aren't you thrilled that Ed Cheserak was SMART enough to forego his Conference meet on Seattle's 307 meter monster, choosing instead to head east 3000 miles to Boston University's Record-Friendly 200 meter track??
I am!
Expect my usual Previews for the USATF meet---and MAYBE for the European Championships also!!
These probably won't be out until March 2nd, the day before the meets begin!!
See you then!!
Sunday, February 19, 2017
INdoors Preps for Final Push
With the Birmingham (England) IAAF World Tour meet leading the way----and yes, it was maybe the best of the five!--this INdoor season--already a record breaker in many ways--is now down to its final 3 weeks!
In my 4 core groups--World, US, Collegiate, and HS--we've seen a total of 37 records fall--so far!
What's most exciting is that we can expect several more!!
There's some State HS meets, the Collegiate Conferences, and then 2017's Championships--the NBIN, NCAA, USATF, and the European Champs!
Will the record total reach (& surpass!) FIFTY??
Meanwhile, let's see what happened on the tracks and fields of the world this past week!
While no World Records fell there, the Birmingham meet was FILLED with great marks!
Leading the way were two Brits--Sir Mo Farah and Laura Muir--but they weren't alone!
Muir--a strong candidate for World AOY--wanted the British, and maybe the World--record in the 1000.
With Jenny Meadows pacing, the hunt was on!
The first 400 went in 59.6, but she kept it honest through a 600 in 1:29.71--which stat nerds said was a British Age 35 record for Meadows!!
When Muir took over, all eyes turned to the clock!
Slowing to 2:00.56 at 800--not far off her PR!--Muir had already gapped Kate Grace, who had held tight to Muir through 4 laps!
Grimacing, arms pumping, legs almost lactated out, she crossed the line in 2:31.93, a brilliant "solo" race for this fast rising star!
It was the Meet Record and the National Record for Muir!
She's now 2nd A-T World!!
Grace faded in the last lap, but her 2:36.67 makes her 6th A-T US!
Third came Sanne Verstegen, whose 2:38.72, is the Netherlands National Record!
Zoe Buckman's 2:39.47 nabbed yet another National Record--her's for New Zealand!
Pushed OFF my World DDD was the once-golden prodigy--Mary Cain!!
Yes, her 2:35.80 from when she was a 17 year old in her Junior year of HS--is no more!
It's gone--as SHE seems to be this season!!
Sir Mo came through for his adoring fans--in what he announced was his last INdoor track race in his adopted home nation!!
But Kenya's Albert Rop tried to spoil the party!
Taking it to Farah all the way--maybe especially on the last 200--Rop lost ground when they encountered a few lapped runners.
With a first kilometer in 2:36, they were on 13:00 pace!
But they slowed a bit, to about 7:55 through 3000!
At the bell, Farah and Rop timed at 12:12--which put Farah's quest for his own (unratified, for some reason!) British record of 13:10 to the test!
Fear not!
Farah came home in 13:09.16, taking down the National Record, and the Age 33 record!
But he remains 17th A-T World!
Rop's 13:09.43 gave him the National Record of Bahrain!
And he broke Galen Rupp's Age 24 record as well!
He is 18th A-T World!
Two others ran solid times.
Morhad Amdouni's 13:10.60 gave him France's National Record, and the Age 29 record!
He's now 19th A-T World!
Soutiane Elbakkali gets the National Record of Morocco with his 13:11.18!
Mason Ferlic was the sole American, but finished far off pace with a 13:42 and change!
The Women's longest race--a 3000--went to Helen Obiri, who just nipped her own Kenyan NR with her 8:29.41.
She broke her own Age 27 record, and got the Meet Record!
But she remains 10th A-T World!
Sifan Hassan ran 8:30.76 in 2nd, getting the Netherlands National Record.
She's 12th A-T World!
Dawit Seyaum's 8:37.65 misses my World list by 0.18 seconds!
Meraf Bahta's 8:43.00 nabbed the NR of Sweden!
But Shannon Rowbury had a bad race!
She took 8th in 8:45.48!
Elaine Thompson ran just 7.20-ish in her 60 heat!
But she exploded from the blocks in the final, showing why she's maybe the favorite for the OUTdoor WC 100!
Her 6.98 gave her the Meet Record.
And it moved her from 24th A-T World, tied with 6 others, all the way to 7th, tied with 1 other!!
Second was a full 0.19 behind!!
Barbara Pierre was even worse, her 7.20 giving her 4th!
But Thompson's PR did something else!
It removed 3 women of some fame FROM the list!!
Marita Koch is gone, her 7.04 dating from 1985!
Silke Moller is gone too, from 1988.
And Carlette Guidry's 7.04 from 1995 is also gone!
Andrew Pozzi got a 0.01 PR in the 60H, his 7.43 moving him from 22nd A-T World, tied with 6 others, to 19th, tied with 3 others!
Aries Merritt was 3rd in 7.70!
I'll leave the rest of this fine meet to later.
But my pile of great marks is far from finished!!
Sydney McLaughlin finally got the HSR in the 300 she'd been chasing all year!
She blitzed a 36.82--finishing over 2 seconds ahead of 2nd!
It gives her the HSR, the Senior Class record, and the World Age 17 record!!
She moves from 2nd to 1st on the A-T HS list.
On the A-T US list, she moves from 17th to 13th!!
Also at The Armory, 4 Men from the NJ-NY Track Club went after the obscure WR in the 4XMile Relay!
Rarely run anywhere, but especially INdoors, they succeeded--but well short of expectations--and potential!
Their time of 16:12.81 did get the WR (16:16 & change), but when you trash talk about a sub-16--well, sorry, but in this man's opinion, this is maybe the WEAKEST World Record extant!!
BTW, it's also the new American Record!!
As usual, I'll report the rest by event group!
Starting with field events!
Jordan Geist is having a YEAR!
Starting with that 16 lb monster Put of 68-4, he's now taking on Ryan Crouser's more familiar HSR of 77-2.75 with the 12 pounder!
And he's getting CLOSE!!
He first PR'ed last week with 73-10.
And now, suddenly, he's out to 76-10.50, a more-than-3 foot improvement!!
With his first mark, he remained 3rd A-T HS.
But with the 2nd, he moved up one spot, to 2nd!
He's scheduled for 2 more INdoor meets this year!
I'm guessing Crouser's HSR is on its death bed!
Konrad Bukowiecki improved to 69-4.75.
This gave him a significant Age record--that of (then-) 19 year old Terry Albritton, whose 69-0.75 is no more!
A few Women got good marks, with one somewhat surprising!
Anita Marton's 62-3 took the Birmingham SP--but left Raven Saunders's early 62-8 still sitting on Top of the World!!
Dani Bunch's 60-6.50 was good, but not a PR.
The shocker was Danielle Thomas's 60-1.25!
She's a 24 year old Kent State Senior from Jamaica, whose previous best was in the 57's!!
She gets her National Record.
And this makes her 9th A-T Collegiate--though her age gives her some advantage over the Collegiate crowd!
Remember Ida Storm?
She was one of the best Collegians in the WT a few years back, throwing 73 and change!
Well, now a Pro in Sweden, she improved to 77-10.25 in a rarely-held event in Europe (or anywhere else in the World--except the US!).
She got her own National Record, and moves from 20th to 8th on the A-T World list!!
The PV, as usual, was active!
Lexi Weeks seems back in sync, as she whipped out a PV of 15-1, to tie Kaitlyn Petrillose's Soph Class record!
Ekaterina Stefanidi took the Birmingham Vault with a modest 15-2.25!
Nicole Buchler and Mary Saxer reached 14-10.25, while Megan Clark--in her first overseas comp--went out with 14-6.25!
Deakin Volz reached 18-6.75.
This makes him 21st A-T Collegiate, tied with 1 other.
Andrew Irwin went over 18-8.25.
Emanouil Karalis got over 18-4.50--still an impressive mark for a Teenager!
Speaking of which, Mondo Duplantis finally took some attempts at 19-1!!
He failed all 3, but still won the Louisiana State HS meet with ease, his 18-8.25 winning by almost 4 feet!!
Morgann LeLeux got over 14-11.50, giving her 19th A-T US!!
(Younger sister Reagann took that Louisiana State meet with a 12 footer!)
Kristen Hixson Vaulted 14-7.25!
Some female HS'ers got good PV's!
Rachel Baxter is moving towards the 14 foot barrier she's surpassed OUTdoors!
Her 13-10.50 makes her 8th A-T HS!
Makayla Linebarger's 13-5 at Simplot makes her 21st A-T HS, tied with 1 other!
Tara Davis didn't set any records, but she did win 3 events in the Simplot Games--all with good marks!
Her 8.22 in the 60H was her best mark, moving her from 15th to 8th on the A-T HS list!
But her 21-2.75 LJ--coming after her HSR of 21-11--is filed under "average"!
As is her TJ of 41-8.75--falling shy of her INdoor PR by just 0.25 inches!!
Still, THREE wins!!
An addendum to a previous report!
Clive Pullen's 56-4.75 TJ is the National Record of Jamaica!
Erik Kynard took the Birmingham HJ with an okay 7-7.
Lorraine Ugen's 22.2.25 LJ B'ham win was also just OK.
Jazmin Sawyers--a VERY talented songstress!--took 2nd with 22-0.25!
(Look for a YouTube video of one or more of her songs--her playing guitar and singing!)
A series of HS field event marks came known to me this week!
Maya Evans LJ'ed 20-3.50, making her 21st A-T HS
Lanae Tava Thomas's 20-3.25 was right behind, making her 22nd A-T HS!
Kathleen Young improved to 52-4 in the SP, moving her from 19th A-T HS, tied with 1 other, to 12th, also tied with 1 other!
Jake Wickey PR'ed in the WT with 78-0, moving him from 20th to 16th on the A-T HS list!
Shelby Moran's 59-10.25 in the WT makes her 18th A-T HS!
The 300 and 600 saw more good action!
In Ostrava, Bralon Taplin ran the 300 in 31.97.
This gave him the National Record of Grenada and the Age 24 record!
It also makes him 4th A-T World!!
Pavel Maslak missed his PR of 32.15, but his 32.19 in 2nd makes him the Age 25 record holder!
Rafal Omalko's 32.73 gives him Poland's NR, as well as the 24th spot on my A-T World list!!
Tamara Clark ran 37.81, making her 6th A-T HS!
In the Ocean Breeze, Robin Reynolds ran 37.22, making her 18th A-T US!
Also in that Staten Island venue (IMO, the most beautiful INdoor facility!!) came a good Men's 600!
Shaquille Walker took the W in 1:16.11, making him 11th A-T US!
Next came Russell Dinkins's 1:16.40, which makes him 17th A-T US!
Kyle Langford ran the 600 in 1:16.10, giving him the National Record of Great Britain!
But he still misses the World DDD by 0.03 seconds!!
Chris Geisting also sped a 1:16.10, also missing the World list by 0.03!
But he now ranks 10th A-T US!!
In a meet at Clemson, Natoya Goule improved on her National Record of Jamaica with her 1:25.35 PR!
She moves from 10th A-T World, tied with 1 other, to 8th!
Besides Pozzi's and Tara Davis's marks, the 60H saw some other decent marks, including a real shocker!!
Jackie Coward won a race in 7.97.
Christina Manning is on a roll!
Her 7.82 PR makes her 22nd A-T World, tied with 7 others!!
She's also now 8th A-T US, tied with 2 others!
She also defeated a good Birmingham field!
Her 7.83 missed her PR by 0.01, but finished well ahead of Sharika Nelvis's 7.94, Sally Pearson's 7.96, and Alina Talay's 7.98!
Klaudia Siciarz ran 8.00, but it gives her the Age 18 record!
The real surprise, however, comes from 25 year old (almost 26!) German, Pamela Dutkiewicz!!
Her pre-2017 best was an 8.07!
(Although she ran the OUTdoor 100H in 12.85 last year!)
She's now sped the 60H in 7.79!!
This suddenly makes her 16th A-T World, tied with 1 other!
And she beat a good one--Cindy Roleder!!
Roleder's PR of 7.84 misses the World list by 0.02 seconds!
Almost forgot!
Kendal Williams (No relation to the female Heptathlete!) sped 60 flat in 6.51.
He ties the Collegiate Soph Class record!
It makes him 9th A-T Collegiate, tied with 5 others!
He misses the A-T US list by a mere 0.01 seconds!
I have more stuff, which I'll divide into 3 groups--INdoor LEGAL, INdoor NOT legal (run on OT's!!), and yes, some OUTdoor marks of note!!
INdoor LEGAL
Reed Brown ran the Mile in 4:06.40 for 8th A-T HS!
Omar McLeod showed some talent in a flat race (though with banked curves!! LOL).
He sped 20.48 over 200 meters to get the Jamaica National Record!
Marqueze Washington took 2nd in 20.56!
McLeod also ran a flat 60 PR of 6.61!
Chad Zallow's 7.61 over the 60H route misses my Collegiate DDD by 0.01 seconds!!
Let's finish off Birmingham!
Ronnie Baker beat Kim Collins in the 60, 6.55 to 6.57.
Pavel Maslak took the 400 in 45.89.
Casimir Loxsom got an 800 PR of 1:46.13, making him 11th A-T US!
Ben Blankenship won the 1500 in 3:36.42!
Ryan Gregson took 2nd in 3:36.50, giving him the National Record of Australia!
Another NR fell to Sweden's Kalle Berglund's 3:37.69!
Zuzana Hejnova's 51.77 took the 400, as Shamier Little was 3rd in 52.11.
With a time SLOWER than what Laura Muir ran enroute to her 1000, Joanna Jozwik won the B'ham 800 in 2:01.02.
Melissa Bishop's 2:02.19 gave her just 4th place!!
HS Soph Arria Minor sped a 200 in 23.65, making her 15th A-T HS, tied with 1 other!
Katherine Lee's 9:37.77 over 3000 meters makes her 18th A-T HS!
But MUCH more significantly, it erases a real icon FROM the list!
Gone is Ms Lynn Jennings, her 9:42.9 dating from 1978!!
And Penn State's Women ran the DMR in 11:01.16.
It moves them from 23rd A-T School to 20th!
NOT Legal (OT's)
As per normal, the DMR stood front and center among the OT marks I feel reluctant to report, and feel are totally UNfair--especially when said marks are allowed as Qualifiers for the NCAA Champs!!
Anyway, also as per the norm, it was the monstrous 352 yard track at Notre Dame that provided the most NON-legal DMR marks!
Indiana's Women ran 10:55.94.
BYU took 2nd in 10:56.93.
LSU was 3rd in 10:57.66.
Arkansas was 4th in 10:57.93.
And Michigan (minus Erin Finn!!) was 5th in 10:58.02.
BTW, just for your curious minds, if run on a 200 meter track, both Indiana and LSU would have entered my A-T list!!
Sad.
The Men had just one non-legal DMR mark of note--Oklahoma State's 9:28.83.
But 4 more teams finished under 9:32.
Cameron Cooper lost what would have been A-T HS number 2 with his 1:49.82 in the 800!
BUT......!!!
Also in the HS realm of LOST records---
Katelynne Hart ran the 2 Mile in 10:21.41.
This WOULD have been the HS Frosh Class record, BUT.....!!
OUTdoor
Around the world, OUTdoors is HERE!!
Ryan Crouser took on Tom Walsh in his backyard (Well, not literally--but in his home country of New Zealand!!) in the SP!
His 72-4.25 was an excellent start to his WC season!
Walsh also threw a good one, at 70-5!
It gave Walsh his best mark made on NZ soil!!
Symone Mason ran a 400 in 53.26, for a good early OUTdoor HS time!
Then there's Tyrese Cooper!
He ran 3 events in Florida's Louie Bing meet!
His 400 was 45.45.
Not a PR, but still a GREAT mark, early season or not!
(Jamal Walton was a good 2nd in 46.27!)
He sped his 100 heat in 10.70, but ran "just" 10.81 in the final!
His 200 was won in "20.44".
I put quote marks there for a reason--actually TWO reasons!!
One, his time is being questioned by people on the T&FN Message Board.
They noted how close 2nd place was, and that person's time!
They also feel it might have been hand-timed!
Then there's the DQ!
Yes, he was DQ'ed for "taunting"!
At the finish line, he made a "W" with his hands and arms (a la Sir Mo's MoBot pose!), celebrating his win!
The officials called it "unsportsmanlike conduct"--and more specifically, "taunting"!
However, with the time also thrown into question, his DQ becomes moot!
Okayyyyy, we're at the end of this LONGGGGG post!
But I have some news from the Pregnancy Department!!
Sally Kipyego will miss this season to give birth--sometime this summer!
Also due for a summer birth is SP'er Christina Schwanitz!!
These announcements hold heavy significance for the 2017 season, and its WC!
Kipyego's absence leaves a hole in the 10000 field, as well as any fall Marathon she might have run!
Schwanitz's absence makes the possiblity of American Women getting TWO medals in London a real possibility!
That is, assuming Raven Saunders joins Michelle Carter on our team!
(Or Tia Brooks!)
Next week are the major Collegiate Conferences!!
One sad note!
THREE of them--the Big 10, Big 12, and the SEC--will be on OT's!!
In the lingo of the Twitterverse, I am SMH!!
See you soon!
In my 4 core groups--World, US, Collegiate, and HS--we've seen a total of 37 records fall--so far!
What's most exciting is that we can expect several more!!
There's some State HS meets, the Collegiate Conferences, and then 2017's Championships--the NBIN, NCAA, USATF, and the European Champs!
Will the record total reach (& surpass!) FIFTY??
Meanwhile, let's see what happened on the tracks and fields of the world this past week!
While no World Records fell there, the Birmingham meet was FILLED with great marks!
Leading the way were two Brits--Sir Mo Farah and Laura Muir--but they weren't alone!
Muir--a strong candidate for World AOY--wanted the British, and maybe the World--record in the 1000.
With Jenny Meadows pacing, the hunt was on!
The first 400 went in 59.6, but she kept it honest through a 600 in 1:29.71--which stat nerds said was a British Age 35 record for Meadows!!
When Muir took over, all eyes turned to the clock!
Slowing to 2:00.56 at 800--not far off her PR!--Muir had already gapped Kate Grace, who had held tight to Muir through 4 laps!
Grimacing, arms pumping, legs almost lactated out, she crossed the line in 2:31.93, a brilliant "solo" race for this fast rising star!
It was the Meet Record and the National Record for Muir!
She's now 2nd A-T World!!
Grace faded in the last lap, but her 2:36.67 makes her 6th A-T US!
Third came Sanne Verstegen, whose 2:38.72, is the Netherlands National Record!
Zoe Buckman's 2:39.47 nabbed yet another National Record--her's for New Zealand!
Pushed OFF my World DDD was the once-golden prodigy--Mary Cain!!
Yes, her 2:35.80 from when she was a 17 year old in her Junior year of HS--is no more!
It's gone--as SHE seems to be this season!!
Sir Mo came through for his adoring fans--in what he announced was his last INdoor track race in his adopted home nation!!
But Kenya's Albert Rop tried to spoil the party!
Taking it to Farah all the way--maybe especially on the last 200--Rop lost ground when they encountered a few lapped runners.
With a first kilometer in 2:36, they were on 13:00 pace!
But they slowed a bit, to about 7:55 through 3000!
At the bell, Farah and Rop timed at 12:12--which put Farah's quest for his own (unratified, for some reason!) British record of 13:10 to the test!
Fear not!
Farah came home in 13:09.16, taking down the National Record, and the Age 33 record!
But he remains 17th A-T World!
Rop's 13:09.43 gave him the National Record of Bahrain!
And he broke Galen Rupp's Age 24 record as well!
He is 18th A-T World!
Two others ran solid times.
Morhad Amdouni's 13:10.60 gave him France's National Record, and the Age 29 record!
He's now 19th A-T World!
Soutiane Elbakkali gets the National Record of Morocco with his 13:11.18!
Mason Ferlic was the sole American, but finished far off pace with a 13:42 and change!
The Women's longest race--a 3000--went to Helen Obiri, who just nipped her own Kenyan NR with her 8:29.41.
She broke her own Age 27 record, and got the Meet Record!
But she remains 10th A-T World!
Sifan Hassan ran 8:30.76 in 2nd, getting the Netherlands National Record.
She's 12th A-T World!
Dawit Seyaum's 8:37.65 misses my World list by 0.18 seconds!
Meraf Bahta's 8:43.00 nabbed the NR of Sweden!
But Shannon Rowbury had a bad race!
She took 8th in 8:45.48!
Elaine Thompson ran just 7.20-ish in her 60 heat!
But she exploded from the blocks in the final, showing why she's maybe the favorite for the OUTdoor WC 100!
Her 6.98 gave her the Meet Record.
And it moved her from 24th A-T World, tied with 6 others, all the way to 7th, tied with 1 other!!
Second was a full 0.19 behind!!
Barbara Pierre was even worse, her 7.20 giving her 4th!
But Thompson's PR did something else!
It removed 3 women of some fame FROM the list!!
Marita Koch is gone, her 7.04 dating from 1985!
Silke Moller is gone too, from 1988.
And Carlette Guidry's 7.04 from 1995 is also gone!
Andrew Pozzi got a 0.01 PR in the 60H, his 7.43 moving him from 22nd A-T World, tied with 6 others, to 19th, tied with 3 others!
Aries Merritt was 3rd in 7.70!
I'll leave the rest of this fine meet to later.
But my pile of great marks is far from finished!!
Sydney McLaughlin finally got the HSR in the 300 she'd been chasing all year!
She blitzed a 36.82--finishing over 2 seconds ahead of 2nd!
It gives her the HSR, the Senior Class record, and the World Age 17 record!!
She moves from 2nd to 1st on the A-T HS list.
On the A-T US list, she moves from 17th to 13th!!
Also at The Armory, 4 Men from the NJ-NY Track Club went after the obscure WR in the 4XMile Relay!
Rarely run anywhere, but especially INdoors, they succeeded--but well short of expectations--and potential!
Their time of 16:12.81 did get the WR (16:16 & change), but when you trash talk about a sub-16--well, sorry, but in this man's opinion, this is maybe the WEAKEST World Record extant!!
BTW, it's also the new American Record!!
As usual, I'll report the rest by event group!
Starting with field events!
Jordan Geist is having a YEAR!
Starting with that 16 lb monster Put of 68-4, he's now taking on Ryan Crouser's more familiar HSR of 77-2.75 with the 12 pounder!
And he's getting CLOSE!!
He first PR'ed last week with 73-10.
And now, suddenly, he's out to 76-10.50, a more-than-3 foot improvement!!
With his first mark, he remained 3rd A-T HS.
But with the 2nd, he moved up one spot, to 2nd!
He's scheduled for 2 more INdoor meets this year!
I'm guessing Crouser's HSR is on its death bed!
Konrad Bukowiecki improved to 69-4.75.
This gave him a significant Age record--that of (then-) 19 year old Terry Albritton, whose 69-0.75 is no more!
A few Women got good marks, with one somewhat surprising!
Anita Marton's 62-3 took the Birmingham SP--but left Raven Saunders's early 62-8 still sitting on Top of the World!!
Dani Bunch's 60-6.50 was good, but not a PR.
The shocker was Danielle Thomas's 60-1.25!
She's a 24 year old Kent State Senior from Jamaica, whose previous best was in the 57's!!
She gets her National Record.
And this makes her 9th A-T Collegiate--though her age gives her some advantage over the Collegiate crowd!
Remember Ida Storm?
She was one of the best Collegians in the WT a few years back, throwing 73 and change!
Well, now a Pro in Sweden, she improved to 77-10.25 in a rarely-held event in Europe (or anywhere else in the World--except the US!).
She got her own National Record, and moves from 20th to 8th on the A-T World list!!
The PV, as usual, was active!
Lexi Weeks seems back in sync, as she whipped out a PV of 15-1, to tie Kaitlyn Petrillose's Soph Class record!
Ekaterina Stefanidi took the Birmingham Vault with a modest 15-2.25!
Nicole Buchler and Mary Saxer reached 14-10.25, while Megan Clark--in her first overseas comp--went out with 14-6.25!
Deakin Volz reached 18-6.75.
This makes him 21st A-T Collegiate, tied with 1 other.
Andrew Irwin went over 18-8.25.
Emanouil Karalis got over 18-4.50--still an impressive mark for a Teenager!
Speaking of which, Mondo Duplantis finally took some attempts at 19-1!!
He failed all 3, but still won the Louisiana State HS meet with ease, his 18-8.25 winning by almost 4 feet!!
Morgann LeLeux got over 14-11.50, giving her 19th A-T US!!
(Younger sister Reagann took that Louisiana State meet with a 12 footer!)
Kristen Hixson Vaulted 14-7.25!
Some female HS'ers got good PV's!
Rachel Baxter is moving towards the 14 foot barrier she's surpassed OUTdoors!
Her 13-10.50 makes her 8th A-T HS!
Makayla Linebarger's 13-5 at Simplot makes her 21st A-T HS, tied with 1 other!
Tara Davis didn't set any records, but she did win 3 events in the Simplot Games--all with good marks!
Her 8.22 in the 60H was her best mark, moving her from 15th to 8th on the A-T HS list!
But her 21-2.75 LJ--coming after her HSR of 21-11--is filed under "average"!
As is her TJ of 41-8.75--falling shy of her INdoor PR by just 0.25 inches!!
Still, THREE wins!!
An addendum to a previous report!
Clive Pullen's 56-4.75 TJ is the National Record of Jamaica!
Erik Kynard took the Birmingham HJ with an okay 7-7.
Lorraine Ugen's 22.2.25 LJ B'ham win was also just OK.
Jazmin Sawyers--a VERY talented songstress!--took 2nd with 22-0.25!
(Look for a YouTube video of one or more of her songs--her playing guitar and singing!)
A series of HS field event marks came known to me this week!
Maya Evans LJ'ed 20-3.50, making her 21st A-T HS
Lanae Tava Thomas's 20-3.25 was right behind, making her 22nd A-T HS!
Kathleen Young improved to 52-4 in the SP, moving her from 19th A-T HS, tied with 1 other, to 12th, also tied with 1 other!
Jake Wickey PR'ed in the WT with 78-0, moving him from 20th to 16th on the A-T HS list!
Shelby Moran's 59-10.25 in the WT makes her 18th A-T HS!
The 300 and 600 saw more good action!
In Ostrava, Bralon Taplin ran the 300 in 31.97.
This gave him the National Record of Grenada and the Age 24 record!
It also makes him 4th A-T World!!
Pavel Maslak missed his PR of 32.15, but his 32.19 in 2nd makes him the Age 25 record holder!
Rafal Omalko's 32.73 gives him Poland's NR, as well as the 24th spot on my A-T World list!!
Tamara Clark ran 37.81, making her 6th A-T HS!
In the Ocean Breeze, Robin Reynolds ran 37.22, making her 18th A-T US!
Also in that Staten Island venue (IMO, the most beautiful INdoor facility!!) came a good Men's 600!
Shaquille Walker took the W in 1:16.11, making him 11th A-T US!
Next came Russell Dinkins's 1:16.40, which makes him 17th A-T US!
Kyle Langford ran the 600 in 1:16.10, giving him the National Record of Great Britain!
But he still misses the World DDD by 0.03 seconds!!
Chris Geisting also sped a 1:16.10, also missing the World list by 0.03!
But he now ranks 10th A-T US!!
In a meet at Clemson, Natoya Goule improved on her National Record of Jamaica with her 1:25.35 PR!
She moves from 10th A-T World, tied with 1 other, to 8th!
Besides Pozzi's and Tara Davis's marks, the 60H saw some other decent marks, including a real shocker!!
Jackie Coward won a race in 7.97.
Christina Manning is on a roll!
Her 7.82 PR makes her 22nd A-T World, tied with 7 others!!
She's also now 8th A-T US, tied with 2 others!
She also defeated a good Birmingham field!
Her 7.83 missed her PR by 0.01, but finished well ahead of Sharika Nelvis's 7.94, Sally Pearson's 7.96, and Alina Talay's 7.98!
Klaudia Siciarz ran 8.00, but it gives her the Age 18 record!
The real surprise, however, comes from 25 year old (almost 26!) German, Pamela Dutkiewicz!!
Her pre-2017 best was an 8.07!
(Although she ran the OUTdoor 100H in 12.85 last year!)
She's now sped the 60H in 7.79!!
This suddenly makes her 16th A-T World, tied with 1 other!
And she beat a good one--Cindy Roleder!!
Roleder's PR of 7.84 misses the World list by 0.02 seconds!
Almost forgot!
Kendal Williams (No relation to the female Heptathlete!) sped 60 flat in 6.51.
He ties the Collegiate Soph Class record!
It makes him 9th A-T Collegiate, tied with 5 others!
He misses the A-T US list by a mere 0.01 seconds!
I have more stuff, which I'll divide into 3 groups--INdoor LEGAL, INdoor NOT legal (run on OT's!!), and yes, some OUTdoor marks of note!!
INdoor LEGAL
Reed Brown ran the Mile in 4:06.40 for 8th A-T HS!
Omar McLeod showed some talent in a flat race (though with banked curves!! LOL).
He sped 20.48 over 200 meters to get the Jamaica National Record!
Marqueze Washington took 2nd in 20.56!
McLeod also ran a flat 60 PR of 6.61!
Chad Zallow's 7.61 over the 60H route misses my Collegiate DDD by 0.01 seconds!!
Let's finish off Birmingham!
Ronnie Baker beat Kim Collins in the 60, 6.55 to 6.57.
Pavel Maslak took the 400 in 45.89.
Casimir Loxsom got an 800 PR of 1:46.13, making him 11th A-T US!
Ben Blankenship won the 1500 in 3:36.42!
Ryan Gregson took 2nd in 3:36.50, giving him the National Record of Australia!
Another NR fell to Sweden's Kalle Berglund's 3:37.69!
Zuzana Hejnova's 51.77 took the 400, as Shamier Little was 3rd in 52.11.
With a time SLOWER than what Laura Muir ran enroute to her 1000, Joanna Jozwik won the B'ham 800 in 2:01.02.
Melissa Bishop's 2:02.19 gave her just 4th place!!
HS Soph Arria Minor sped a 200 in 23.65, making her 15th A-T HS, tied with 1 other!
Katherine Lee's 9:37.77 over 3000 meters makes her 18th A-T HS!
But MUCH more significantly, it erases a real icon FROM the list!
Gone is Ms Lynn Jennings, her 9:42.9 dating from 1978!!
And Penn State's Women ran the DMR in 11:01.16.
It moves them from 23rd A-T School to 20th!
NOT Legal (OT's)
As per normal, the DMR stood front and center among the OT marks I feel reluctant to report, and feel are totally UNfair--especially when said marks are allowed as Qualifiers for the NCAA Champs!!
Anyway, also as per the norm, it was the monstrous 352 yard track at Notre Dame that provided the most NON-legal DMR marks!
Indiana's Women ran 10:55.94.
BYU took 2nd in 10:56.93.
LSU was 3rd in 10:57.66.
Arkansas was 4th in 10:57.93.
And Michigan (minus Erin Finn!!) was 5th in 10:58.02.
BTW, just for your curious minds, if run on a 200 meter track, both Indiana and LSU would have entered my A-T list!!
Sad.
The Men had just one non-legal DMR mark of note--Oklahoma State's 9:28.83.
But 4 more teams finished under 9:32.
Cameron Cooper lost what would have been A-T HS number 2 with his 1:49.82 in the 800!
BUT......!!!
Also in the HS realm of LOST records---
Katelynne Hart ran the 2 Mile in 10:21.41.
This WOULD have been the HS Frosh Class record, BUT.....!!
OUTdoor
Around the world, OUTdoors is HERE!!
Ryan Crouser took on Tom Walsh in his backyard (Well, not literally--but in his home country of New Zealand!!) in the SP!
His 72-4.25 was an excellent start to his WC season!
Walsh also threw a good one, at 70-5!
It gave Walsh his best mark made on NZ soil!!
Symone Mason ran a 400 in 53.26, for a good early OUTdoor HS time!
Then there's Tyrese Cooper!
He ran 3 events in Florida's Louie Bing meet!
His 400 was 45.45.
Not a PR, but still a GREAT mark, early season or not!
(Jamal Walton was a good 2nd in 46.27!)
He sped his 100 heat in 10.70, but ran "just" 10.81 in the final!
His 200 was won in "20.44".
I put quote marks there for a reason--actually TWO reasons!!
One, his time is being questioned by people on the T&FN Message Board.
They noted how close 2nd place was, and that person's time!
They also feel it might have been hand-timed!
Then there's the DQ!
Yes, he was DQ'ed for "taunting"!
At the finish line, he made a "W" with his hands and arms (a la Sir Mo's MoBot pose!), celebrating his win!
The officials called it "unsportsmanlike conduct"--and more specifically, "taunting"!
However, with the time also thrown into question, his DQ becomes moot!
Okayyyyy, we're at the end of this LONGGGGG post!
But I have some news from the Pregnancy Department!!
Sally Kipyego will miss this season to give birth--sometime this summer!
Also due for a summer birth is SP'er Christina Schwanitz!!
These announcements hold heavy significance for the 2017 season, and its WC!
Kipyego's absence leaves a hole in the 10000 field, as well as any fall Marathon she might have run!
Schwanitz's absence makes the possiblity of American Women getting TWO medals in London a real possibility!
That is, assuming Raven Saunders joins Michelle Carter on our team!
(Or Tia Brooks!)
Next week are the major Collegiate Conferences!!
One sad note!
THREE of them--the Big 10, Big 12, and the SEC--will be on OT's!!
In the lingo of the Twitterverse, I am SMH!!
See you soon!
Sunday, February 12, 2017
A Leftover's Feast
Leftovers?
Junk mail??
HA!
Just wait till you see what I call "leftovers"--as in "left over" from my just-posted 1st part of a 2-part report!
We'll begin by returning to The Armory for more distance news!!
The Men's Two Mile--featuring Matthew Centrowitz---or so we were repeatedly told by NBC promoters!--was a cornucopia of Top 24 marks---as this rarely run distance usually is---WHEN run by a pack of elites!!
Wanting a 4:04 first Mile, they instead got a 4:07, leaving the American Record intact--as intent and as reality!
At that point, Centro already appeared out of it--and in fact he fell further back!
In a confusing finish line scene, Ben True outkicked (and outwitted?) Ryan Hill to win in 8:11.33 to Hill's 8:11.56!
What was confusing maybe wasn't!
But it seemed as though neither Hill nor True knew where to finish!!
That the tape was stretched out across the 2nd to 4th lanes (!!) instead of by the inside rail, forced True to cut over to where the tape was, while Hill was still in the 1st lane, and didn't have time to react!
Anyway, True's time makes him 3rd A-T US, and 14th A-T World!!
His 3000 split of 7:40.96 is 15th A-T US!
Forced OFF the World list was Doug Padilla's 8:15.02 from 1990!!
Hill's time moves him from 19th A-T US all the way to 4th!
He's also now 15th A-T World!
Britain's Andrew Butchart, who ran that 3:54 Mile last week, took 3rd in 8:12.53!
He's 17th A-T World!
Mo Ahmed took away the National Record of Canada with his 8:13.16.
He's 20th A-T World!
After pacesetter Lawi Lalang's 8:18.70 (Yes, he didn't DNF!) came Garrett Heath in 8:19.61, moving him from 24th A-T US to 9th!
Centrowitz finished 7th in 8:21.07, making the A-T US list in 11th place!
Morgan Pearson (Who??) is now 20th A-T US, with his time of 8:26.17!
Ben Blankenship's 8:27.10 was not a PR!
The Men's Wanamaker Mile was won in 3:53.23 by Eric Jenkins!
This makes him 10th A-T US!
His 1500 split of 3:38.44 makes him 18th A-T US!
Clay Murphy and Kyle Merber finished 2nd and 3rd, but their 1500 splits were reversed, with Murphy kicking past Merber after that point!
Murphy's Mile time of 3:54.31 gives him 16th A-T US, while Merber's 3:54.67 gives him 21st place!
But Merber's 1500 time of 3:38.61 left him 21st A-T US, while Murphy's 3:39.25 gave him 24th A-T US---temporarily!!
Until Merber's faster split knocked Murphy OFF the list!!
Another guy knocked OFF the US list was Alan Webb!
Webb's mark was from 2007!
Then we have Tony Waldrop's venerable 3:55.0 time from 1974!
Yes, he's also GONE!!
Drew Hunter PR'ed in 3:56.80 (and at 1500 enroute in 3:40.87), but ended in 7th!!
Moving OUTdoors for a minute, there was a fast Half-Marathon called "RAK".
Have no idea what that stands for!
Anyway, the great Tirunesh Dibaba finished in 5th with her 66:56 time!
The race was taken by Peres Jepchirchir in 65:06!
She passed 20K in the World Record time of 61:40!
Mary Keitany took 2nd in 65:13.
For the Men, Bedan Karoki led the way with his 59:10.
Second came Yegrem Demelash's 59:19, followed by Augustine Choge's 59:26!
Solomon Yego also got under an hour!
In Japan, Amy Cragg ran a speedy Half in 1:08:27!
I believe this makes her 4th A-T US---on "legal" courses---but I'm not sure of that!
I'll do the remainder by event group, so I'll continue with distance stuff--from 500 meters on up!
In Karlsruhe, Erik Sowinski sped an 800 in 1:46.80.
He moves from 21st A-T US, tied with 1 other, to 19th, also tied with 1 other!
In Torun, Joanna Jozwik nabbed Poland's National Record for the 800 with her 1:59.29--her 1st sub-2 INdoors---or OUTdoors!!
Her 1:27.40 split at 600 is also a NR for her!
But she misses the World list by 0.39 seconds!!
Anita Hinriksdottir took 2nd in 2:01.56!
Nicholas Kipkoech took the Men's race in 1:46.34, beating Adam Kszczot's 1:46.44, and Erik Sowinski's 1:46.84!
Bethwell Birgen took the 1500 in 3:37.63.
In the Ocean Breeze, Siofria Buttner took the Mile in 4:33.16, missing the Collegiate list by 0.12 seconds!
At BU, Lauren Johnson beat Sasha Gollish in the 1000, 2:40.63 to 2:40.99.
In another Men's Mile at Millrose, Christian Soratos sped a 3:54.23!
This makes him 14th A-T US.
His 1500 split of 3:38.27 also gives him 14th A-T US!
DJ Principe ended in 5th with his 4:02.96!
In the 1000, Brannon Kidder's kick prevailed in 2:19.92 over Cazimir Loxsom's 2:21.06!
HS'er Brandon McGorty was 7th in 2:24.13.
He moves from 13th A-T HS to 6th!
Vernon Norwood took a quick 500 at Millrose, timed in 1:00.11.
He beat Brycen Spratling's 1:00.90, and Bershawn Jackson's 1:01.17!
The Women's 3000 was won by Kate Van Buskirk's 8:52.08.
Stephanie Garcia ran 8:53.48, while Tori Gerlach ran 8:54.61.
The Boy's HS Mile was good.
Noah Affolder's 4:07.34 makes him 12th A-T HS, and his 1500 split of 3:50.87 gives him 12th A-T HS.
Brodey Hasty was 2nd in 4:08.04, for 19th A-T HS.
Dalton Hengst was next in 4:08.99.
But the latter pair's 1500's were reversed!
Hengst split 3:52.05, making him 18th A-T HS, while Hasty's 3:52.44 gives him 20th A-T HS!
Don't know if Curtis Beach will continue as a Decathlete, or turn to running full time!
But he's improving in the latter, as his 600 of 1:16.61 proves!
He's now 17th A-T US!!
Also in the distance genre, but on Oversize Tracks, are the following---
In Seattle, Ed Cheserek ran a 5000 in 13:32.59, with Colby Gilbert following in 13:34.85!
Katie Rainsberger took the Seattle 3000 in a good 9:01.21!
Too bad it was for naught, Record Book-wise!!
Dani Jones took 2nd in 9:02.22.
Ten finished under 9:07, and 14 under 9:10!!
Danae Rivers ran a useless 4:32.55, while Lopez Lomong and Evan Jager did the same with their matching set of 3:56.55 Miles!!
There were 9 sub-4's!
In the SPIRE, Erin Finn ran an OT 5000 in 15:34.36!
Let's move to field events!
Besides Mondo Duplantis's latest HSR (See my earlier post!), Chris Nilsen took over the Collegiate PV lead with his PR of 18-8.25!
He missed the Frosh Class record by one-half inch!
But he's 12th A-T Collegiate, tied with 1 other!
The Millrose Women's event saw Ekaterina Stefanidi beating Sandi Morris, with the Greek reaching 15-9.75!
Morris tried passing tactics, but her attempts at 16-1.75 failed.
She ended with 15-5.75.
Katie Nageotte got a quarter-inch INdoor PR of 15-1.75 in 3rd!
She remains 11th A-T US, but she now isn't tied with anyone!
In the Tyson meet, Arkansas's Women's PV Factory took 1st, 2nd, and 4th!
Tori and Lexi Weeks had matching 14-7.25's, but Tori prevailed.
Desiree Freier showed good form, reaching 14-3.25 in 4th!
Emily Grove's 14-5.25 was 3rd, with Olivia Gruver matching Freier's mark in 5th!
Other marks included---
Raven Saunders SP'ing 61-0.
Yanis David suddenly a Collegiate TJ factor, her 45-8.50 making her 12th A-T Collegiate!
She's a Florida Soph!
Shendia Lawrence jumped 45-1.50, making her 19th A-T Collegiate, tied with 1 other!
(I hope these two marks aren't just TFRSS fuck-ups!! LOL)
Alina McDonald PV'ed 14-3.25 in Nashville.
In the Tyson meet, Jamaica's Clive Pullen took the Collegiate TJ lead with his 56-4.75.
This makes him 11th A-T Collegiate!
Also at Tyson, JaCorian Duffield HJ'ed 7-6.50, while Clayton Brown reached 7-4.25!
Jared Kern's 67-2 took over the Collegiate SP lead!
Becky Arbiv PV'ed 13-7.
She moves from 18th A-T HS to 14th, tied with 1 other!
Carson Dingler's 13-6 moves her from 21st A-T HS, tied with 6 others, to 18th, where she's tied with 1 other!
Bronson Osborn threw the 16 pound SP out 59-5.75!
OUTdoors, Osborn threw the same weight implement 58-10!!
Also OUTdoors, Robbie Otal got the earliest-ever 200-plus DT--reaching 201-7!
Tyra Gittens LJ'ed 20-11.50, making her 5th A-T HS!!
In Torun, Nicole Buchler won with a 15-1 PV.
Logan Cunningham PV'ed 18-4.50.
In the Dallas meet, Tripp Piperi PR'ed with a 72-5 SP, but he remains 4th A-T HS!
In Berlin's LJ, Ivana Spanovic leapt 22-6.50!
Maggie Ewen's getting better!
Her SP measure of 59-5.50 makes her 11th A-T Collegiate!
She misses the US list by 1.25 inches!
She also threw the Weight 70-1.
And now to the short stuff!!
And, bless those who lose good marks on OT's, but I'll start with Brian Herron's OT 400 of 47.24, which WOULD make my HS DDD---if legal!!
Ronnie Baker ran the fastest 60 of the season, his 6.46 PR moving him from 17th A-T World, tied with 7 others, to 12th, where he's tied with 5 others!!
On the US list, he moves from 11th, tied with 3 others, to 7th, tied with 4 others!
Orlando Ortega sped the 60H in 7.48 in Torun.
Barbara Pierre took the Torun 60 in 7.11, after a 7.13 heat.
Bralon Taplin took the 400 in 45.59.
Mikiah Brisco's 7.98 in the Tyson 60H makes her 19th A-T Collegiate, tied with 5 others!
She also took 2nd in the 60 flat with her 7.22.
Grant Holloway ran the 60H in 7.58, just 0.01 off the Frosh Class standard!
But he makes 16th A-T Collegiate, tied with 3 others!
Daryll Haraway sped 60 flat in 6.59.
Jouranne Olivier ran the same in 7.19.
In the Millrose meet, Dezerea Bryant took the flat 60 in 7.12, with Morolake Akinosun 2nd in 7.17.
Clayton Vaughn edged out Mike Rodgers in 6.62.
Omar McLeod and Phylicia George took the Millrose 60H races with respective times of 7.46 and 7.98.
In the Don Kirby meet, Jaylen Bacon ran 6.59, while Rai Benjamin took the 200 in 20.76.
The Tyson meet had a deep Men's 200!
Just'n Thymes prevailed in 20.47, but he misses the Collegiate DDD by 0.01 seconds!
In 2nd & 3rd came Rondel Sorrillo and Nathaneel Mitchell-Blake, both timed in 20.49.
In 4th was stud Frosh Michael Norman, eeking out an 0.01 PR of 20.75!
Sage Watson took the Don Kirby 400 in 52.00.
Some okay Relay action happened too!
At Clemson, as briefly noted in my earlier post, Texas A&M's Women ran the 4X400 in 3:29.74!
That's where Jazmin Fray--brand new CR holder in the 800--ran her 51.9 leg just one hour after that CR!!
A&M missed their School record by 0.02 seconds!!
Alabama took 2nd in 3:30.10, making them 9th A-T School!!
At Tyson, Texas's Men ran the 4X400 in 3:04.88.
They move from 14th A-T School, tied with 1 other, to 11th!
Texas Tech's 3:05.49 moves them from 19th A-T School to 17th!
And Iowa's time of 3:05.62 makes them 19th A-T School, tied with 1 other!
Also from Tyson--
Michael Cherry ran the 400 in 45.84.
Kendall Ellis ran the 400 in 52.13.
In a separate race, Chrisann Gordon sped 51.71, just 0.02 seconds off her PR!
Chrishuna Williams was 2nd in 52.02.
Remember me mentioning Candace Hill's 53.05 3rd place finish in the Clemson 400 behind Shakima Wimbley's winner?
Wimbley ran 51.53, making her 16th A-T Collegiate, and 19th A-T US!!
I want to end this post with some marks worth remaining awake for, so first let me add another OT mark or 2.
From Ames, Iowa's OT came Karissa Schweizer's 9:06.60 3000, and an 800 that saw Shea Collinsworth's 2:01.42 prevail over Ailiyah Miller's 2:02.89.
Returning yet again to Millrose, there was a HOT Women's 300!!
Just as with the more successful effort by Sammy Watson in the 800 (See my earlier post!), Sydney McLaughlin was also looking for a fast time--but in this 300!
She DID get a slight PR--by 0.02 seconds--but her 37.09 gave her just 4th place in a field of Professionals!!
Shaunae Miller ran 35.71, moving her from 5th A-T World to 3rd, where she's tied with 1 other!
(Her tie is with Quanera Hayes, who ran her 35.71 earlier this season!)
She got the Meet Record, and the Age 22 record!
Ashley Spencer took 2nd in 36.27.
She gets the Age 23 record!
She's 3rd A-T US, and 7th A-T World!
Natasha Hastings's 36.88 in 3rd gets her the Age 30 record!
Then came McLaughlin's 37.09 in 4th!
She remains 2nd A-T HS!
But, because of Spencer's entrance to the US list, McLaughlin is moved DOWN from 16th to 17th!!
The Nitro series ended---and good riddance to it!
The results emanating from it were ridiculous!
(In another of those 3 minute races, one couple's winning total was 2765 meters!! Think about this for a second! In 3:00, could a woman run, say, 1265 meters, while a man ran the other 1500?? In THREE MINUTES???)
Maybe it was just the results that were screwed up, but I'm of the opinion---DESPITE the sexy presence of Usain Bolt and Gen Gen LaCaze---that this is one idea ready for the DUMPSTER!!
Over and OUT of here!!
P.S.
Despite the IAAF meet in Birmingham, next weekend looks to be a lot quieter than THIS week was!!
Then again, maybe not so much!
See ya!
Junk mail??
HA!
Just wait till you see what I call "leftovers"--as in "left over" from my just-posted 1st part of a 2-part report!
We'll begin by returning to The Armory for more distance news!!
The Men's Two Mile--featuring Matthew Centrowitz---or so we were repeatedly told by NBC promoters!--was a cornucopia of Top 24 marks---as this rarely run distance usually is---WHEN run by a pack of elites!!
Wanting a 4:04 first Mile, they instead got a 4:07, leaving the American Record intact--as intent and as reality!
At that point, Centro already appeared out of it--and in fact he fell further back!
In a confusing finish line scene, Ben True outkicked (and outwitted?) Ryan Hill to win in 8:11.33 to Hill's 8:11.56!
What was confusing maybe wasn't!
But it seemed as though neither Hill nor True knew where to finish!!
That the tape was stretched out across the 2nd to 4th lanes (!!) instead of by the inside rail, forced True to cut over to where the tape was, while Hill was still in the 1st lane, and didn't have time to react!
Anyway, True's time makes him 3rd A-T US, and 14th A-T World!!
His 3000 split of 7:40.96 is 15th A-T US!
Forced OFF the World list was Doug Padilla's 8:15.02 from 1990!!
Hill's time moves him from 19th A-T US all the way to 4th!
He's also now 15th A-T World!
Britain's Andrew Butchart, who ran that 3:54 Mile last week, took 3rd in 8:12.53!
He's 17th A-T World!
Mo Ahmed took away the National Record of Canada with his 8:13.16.
He's 20th A-T World!
After pacesetter Lawi Lalang's 8:18.70 (Yes, he didn't DNF!) came Garrett Heath in 8:19.61, moving him from 24th A-T US to 9th!
Centrowitz finished 7th in 8:21.07, making the A-T US list in 11th place!
Morgan Pearson (Who??) is now 20th A-T US, with his time of 8:26.17!
Ben Blankenship's 8:27.10 was not a PR!
The Men's Wanamaker Mile was won in 3:53.23 by Eric Jenkins!
This makes him 10th A-T US!
His 1500 split of 3:38.44 makes him 18th A-T US!
Clay Murphy and Kyle Merber finished 2nd and 3rd, but their 1500 splits were reversed, with Murphy kicking past Merber after that point!
Murphy's Mile time of 3:54.31 gives him 16th A-T US, while Merber's 3:54.67 gives him 21st place!
But Merber's 1500 time of 3:38.61 left him 21st A-T US, while Murphy's 3:39.25 gave him 24th A-T US---temporarily!!
Until Merber's faster split knocked Murphy OFF the list!!
Another guy knocked OFF the US list was Alan Webb!
Webb's mark was from 2007!
Then we have Tony Waldrop's venerable 3:55.0 time from 1974!
Yes, he's also GONE!!
Drew Hunter PR'ed in 3:56.80 (and at 1500 enroute in 3:40.87), but ended in 7th!!
Moving OUTdoors for a minute, there was a fast Half-Marathon called "RAK".
Have no idea what that stands for!
Anyway, the great Tirunesh Dibaba finished in 5th with her 66:56 time!
The race was taken by Peres Jepchirchir in 65:06!
She passed 20K in the World Record time of 61:40!
Mary Keitany took 2nd in 65:13.
For the Men, Bedan Karoki led the way with his 59:10.
Second came Yegrem Demelash's 59:19, followed by Augustine Choge's 59:26!
Solomon Yego also got under an hour!
In Japan, Amy Cragg ran a speedy Half in 1:08:27!
I believe this makes her 4th A-T US---on "legal" courses---but I'm not sure of that!
I'll do the remainder by event group, so I'll continue with distance stuff--from 500 meters on up!
In Karlsruhe, Erik Sowinski sped an 800 in 1:46.80.
He moves from 21st A-T US, tied with 1 other, to 19th, also tied with 1 other!
In Torun, Joanna Jozwik nabbed Poland's National Record for the 800 with her 1:59.29--her 1st sub-2 INdoors---or OUTdoors!!
Her 1:27.40 split at 600 is also a NR for her!
But she misses the World list by 0.39 seconds!!
Anita Hinriksdottir took 2nd in 2:01.56!
Nicholas Kipkoech took the Men's race in 1:46.34, beating Adam Kszczot's 1:46.44, and Erik Sowinski's 1:46.84!
Bethwell Birgen took the 1500 in 3:37.63.
In the Ocean Breeze, Siofria Buttner took the Mile in 4:33.16, missing the Collegiate list by 0.12 seconds!
At BU, Lauren Johnson beat Sasha Gollish in the 1000, 2:40.63 to 2:40.99.
In another Men's Mile at Millrose, Christian Soratos sped a 3:54.23!
This makes him 14th A-T US.
His 1500 split of 3:38.27 also gives him 14th A-T US!
DJ Principe ended in 5th with his 4:02.96!
In the 1000, Brannon Kidder's kick prevailed in 2:19.92 over Cazimir Loxsom's 2:21.06!
HS'er Brandon McGorty was 7th in 2:24.13.
He moves from 13th A-T HS to 6th!
Vernon Norwood took a quick 500 at Millrose, timed in 1:00.11.
He beat Brycen Spratling's 1:00.90, and Bershawn Jackson's 1:01.17!
The Women's 3000 was won by Kate Van Buskirk's 8:52.08.
Stephanie Garcia ran 8:53.48, while Tori Gerlach ran 8:54.61.
The Boy's HS Mile was good.
Noah Affolder's 4:07.34 makes him 12th A-T HS, and his 1500 split of 3:50.87 gives him 12th A-T HS.
Brodey Hasty was 2nd in 4:08.04, for 19th A-T HS.
Dalton Hengst was next in 4:08.99.
But the latter pair's 1500's were reversed!
Hengst split 3:52.05, making him 18th A-T HS, while Hasty's 3:52.44 gives him 20th A-T HS!
Don't know if Curtis Beach will continue as a Decathlete, or turn to running full time!
But he's improving in the latter, as his 600 of 1:16.61 proves!
He's now 17th A-T US!!
Also in the distance genre, but on Oversize Tracks, are the following---
In Seattle, Ed Cheserek ran a 5000 in 13:32.59, with Colby Gilbert following in 13:34.85!
Katie Rainsberger took the Seattle 3000 in a good 9:01.21!
Too bad it was for naught, Record Book-wise!!
Dani Jones took 2nd in 9:02.22.
Ten finished under 9:07, and 14 under 9:10!!
Danae Rivers ran a useless 4:32.55, while Lopez Lomong and Evan Jager did the same with their matching set of 3:56.55 Miles!!
There were 9 sub-4's!
In the SPIRE, Erin Finn ran an OT 5000 in 15:34.36!
Let's move to field events!
Besides Mondo Duplantis's latest HSR (See my earlier post!), Chris Nilsen took over the Collegiate PV lead with his PR of 18-8.25!
He missed the Frosh Class record by one-half inch!
But he's 12th A-T Collegiate, tied with 1 other!
The Millrose Women's event saw Ekaterina Stefanidi beating Sandi Morris, with the Greek reaching 15-9.75!
Morris tried passing tactics, but her attempts at 16-1.75 failed.
She ended with 15-5.75.
Katie Nageotte got a quarter-inch INdoor PR of 15-1.75 in 3rd!
She remains 11th A-T US, but she now isn't tied with anyone!
In the Tyson meet, Arkansas's Women's PV Factory took 1st, 2nd, and 4th!
Tori and Lexi Weeks had matching 14-7.25's, but Tori prevailed.
Desiree Freier showed good form, reaching 14-3.25 in 4th!
Emily Grove's 14-5.25 was 3rd, with Olivia Gruver matching Freier's mark in 5th!
Other marks included---
Raven Saunders SP'ing 61-0.
Yanis David suddenly a Collegiate TJ factor, her 45-8.50 making her 12th A-T Collegiate!
She's a Florida Soph!
Shendia Lawrence jumped 45-1.50, making her 19th A-T Collegiate, tied with 1 other!
(I hope these two marks aren't just TFRSS fuck-ups!! LOL)
Alina McDonald PV'ed 14-3.25 in Nashville.
In the Tyson meet, Jamaica's Clive Pullen took the Collegiate TJ lead with his 56-4.75.
This makes him 11th A-T Collegiate!
Also at Tyson, JaCorian Duffield HJ'ed 7-6.50, while Clayton Brown reached 7-4.25!
Jared Kern's 67-2 took over the Collegiate SP lead!
Becky Arbiv PV'ed 13-7.
She moves from 18th A-T HS to 14th, tied with 1 other!
Carson Dingler's 13-6 moves her from 21st A-T HS, tied with 6 others, to 18th, where she's tied with 1 other!
Bronson Osborn threw the 16 pound SP out 59-5.75!
OUTdoors, Osborn threw the same weight implement 58-10!!
Also OUTdoors, Robbie Otal got the earliest-ever 200-plus DT--reaching 201-7!
Tyra Gittens LJ'ed 20-11.50, making her 5th A-T HS!!
In Torun, Nicole Buchler won with a 15-1 PV.
Logan Cunningham PV'ed 18-4.50.
In the Dallas meet, Tripp Piperi PR'ed with a 72-5 SP, but he remains 4th A-T HS!
In Berlin's LJ, Ivana Spanovic leapt 22-6.50!
Maggie Ewen's getting better!
Her SP measure of 59-5.50 makes her 11th A-T Collegiate!
She misses the US list by 1.25 inches!
She also threw the Weight 70-1.
And now to the short stuff!!
And, bless those who lose good marks on OT's, but I'll start with Brian Herron's OT 400 of 47.24, which WOULD make my HS DDD---if legal!!
Ronnie Baker ran the fastest 60 of the season, his 6.46 PR moving him from 17th A-T World, tied with 7 others, to 12th, where he's tied with 5 others!!
On the US list, he moves from 11th, tied with 3 others, to 7th, tied with 4 others!
Orlando Ortega sped the 60H in 7.48 in Torun.
Barbara Pierre took the Torun 60 in 7.11, after a 7.13 heat.
Bralon Taplin took the 400 in 45.59.
Mikiah Brisco's 7.98 in the Tyson 60H makes her 19th A-T Collegiate, tied with 5 others!
She also took 2nd in the 60 flat with her 7.22.
Grant Holloway ran the 60H in 7.58, just 0.01 off the Frosh Class standard!
But he makes 16th A-T Collegiate, tied with 3 others!
Daryll Haraway sped 60 flat in 6.59.
Jouranne Olivier ran the same in 7.19.
In the Millrose meet, Dezerea Bryant took the flat 60 in 7.12, with Morolake Akinosun 2nd in 7.17.
Clayton Vaughn edged out Mike Rodgers in 6.62.
Omar McLeod and Phylicia George took the Millrose 60H races with respective times of 7.46 and 7.98.
In the Don Kirby meet, Jaylen Bacon ran 6.59, while Rai Benjamin took the 200 in 20.76.
The Tyson meet had a deep Men's 200!
Just'n Thymes prevailed in 20.47, but he misses the Collegiate DDD by 0.01 seconds!
In 2nd & 3rd came Rondel Sorrillo and Nathaneel Mitchell-Blake, both timed in 20.49.
In 4th was stud Frosh Michael Norman, eeking out an 0.01 PR of 20.75!
Sage Watson took the Don Kirby 400 in 52.00.
Some okay Relay action happened too!
At Clemson, as briefly noted in my earlier post, Texas A&M's Women ran the 4X400 in 3:29.74!
That's where Jazmin Fray--brand new CR holder in the 800--ran her 51.9 leg just one hour after that CR!!
A&M missed their School record by 0.02 seconds!!
Alabama took 2nd in 3:30.10, making them 9th A-T School!!
At Tyson, Texas's Men ran the 4X400 in 3:04.88.
They move from 14th A-T School, tied with 1 other, to 11th!
Texas Tech's 3:05.49 moves them from 19th A-T School to 17th!
And Iowa's time of 3:05.62 makes them 19th A-T School, tied with 1 other!
Also from Tyson--
Michael Cherry ran the 400 in 45.84.
Kendall Ellis ran the 400 in 52.13.
In a separate race, Chrisann Gordon sped 51.71, just 0.02 seconds off her PR!
Chrishuna Williams was 2nd in 52.02.
Remember me mentioning Candace Hill's 53.05 3rd place finish in the Clemson 400 behind Shakima Wimbley's winner?
Wimbley ran 51.53, making her 16th A-T Collegiate, and 19th A-T US!!
I want to end this post with some marks worth remaining awake for, so first let me add another OT mark or 2.
From Ames, Iowa's OT came Karissa Schweizer's 9:06.60 3000, and an 800 that saw Shea Collinsworth's 2:01.42 prevail over Ailiyah Miller's 2:02.89.
Returning yet again to Millrose, there was a HOT Women's 300!!
Just as with the more successful effort by Sammy Watson in the 800 (See my earlier post!), Sydney McLaughlin was also looking for a fast time--but in this 300!
She DID get a slight PR--by 0.02 seconds--but her 37.09 gave her just 4th place in a field of Professionals!!
Shaunae Miller ran 35.71, moving her from 5th A-T World to 3rd, where she's tied with 1 other!
(Her tie is with Quanera Hayes, who ran her 35.71 earlier this season!)
She got the Meet Record, and the Age 22 record!
Ashley Spencer took 2nd in 36.27.
She gets the Age 23 record!
She's 3rd A-T US, and 7th A-T World!
Natasha Hastings's 36.88 in 3rd gets her the Age 30 record!
Then came McLaughlin's 37.09 in 4th!
She remains 2nd A-T HS!
But, because of Spencer's entrance to the US list, McLaughlin is moved DOWN from 16th to 17th!!
The Nitro series ended---and good riddance to it!
The results emanating from it were ridiculous!
(In another of those 3 minute races, one couple's winning total was 2765 meters!! Think about this for a second! In 3:00, could a woman run, say, 1265 meters, while a man ran the other 1500?? In THREE MINUTES???)
Maybe it was just the results that were screwed up, but I'm of the opinion---DESPITE the sexy presence of Usain Bolt and Gen Gen LaCaze---that this is one idea ready for the DUMPSTER!!
Over and OUT of here!!
P.S.
Despite the IAAF meet in Birmingham, next weekend looks to be a lot quieter than THIS week was!!
Then again, maybe not so much!
See ya!
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