How do I keep ooming up with these crazy titles?
Anyway, as promised, I'm dividing up the results (from my computer disaster-enforced 3 weeks of absence) into 4 event groups.
Already done are the Jumps and Sprints!
This one is on the Throws---and as you can tell by the title, the Hammer Throw will be featured!
Last will be the Distances, where the Two Mile will get the headlines!
So, we seem to have a "New Guard" when it comes to the Hammer Throw!
At least on the female side!
Speaking of the US only, the likes of Amber Campbell & Amanda Bingson have been replaced by Maggie Ewen, DeAnna Price, and Brooke Andersen!
But Hey, welcome to the fray!!
Andersen's emergence this season especially enthralls!
She's PR'ed this season by close to 20 feet---and she doesn't seem to be done yet!
And what about Ewen?
Amazing athlete, in that she's now maybe as good a Shot Putter as she is HT'er!
And even the Discus has improved a lot for her!
(Will the Javelin be next??)
Onward to this blog's "raison d'etre"!!
Brooke Andersen is still a Collegiate!
So her improvements are more notable than if she were a Pro athlete!
Thus her recent HT of 243-5 makes her 2nd A-T Collegiate, moving her up from 5th!
And she moves from 10th A-T US to 5th, tied with 1 other!
Maggie Ewen was 2nd, best mark of 239-6!
Then Ewen went to work!
Her PAC-12 winner measured 244-0!
It broke the Meet Record!
Alyssa Wilson, better known as a Shot Putter, is suddenly a 218-3 HT'er, as she finished 2nd with that mark!
Ewen added the SP and DT, her 63-0.75 getting another Meet Record.
Her DT winner was 196-2!
Previously, she'd upped her Shot PR to 63-10.25 at the Tucson meet!!
It's the Collegiate Record, and breaks her own Senior Class Record as well!
Her series was interesting also!
She had 3 Puts at 18.45 or 18.46 (metrically speaking!), then her winner was exactly one meter farther--19.46!
She moves from 2nd A-T Collegiate, to the Top!
And from 10th to 9th A-T US!
DeAnna Price is another to watch---on the WORLD scene!!
Her HT of 249-2 at a meet in Indiana moves her from 4th A-T US to 2nd!
But she also made the World list, as she's 22nd A-T there!!
Another Hammerer of note--and he's just a HS Soph!!--is Trey Knight!
He had a prodigious INdoor season with the Weight Throw!
And now he's continuing OUTdoors with the WT's sidekick, the Hammer!
His latest PR measured 228-6!
This--IMHO--doesn't come close to his PR potential, as measured against his WT accomplishments!
Much more room for improvement here!!
His mark still leaves him about 15 feet shy of the Soph Class Record!
And he's 2.5 feet short of making my HS list!!
Stay tuned!
Raven Saunders continues her re-emergence from her personal woes of earlier this year!
She reached 64-0.25 recently, easily beating Jessica Ramsey's 59-5.75!
At that same meet, in 2 separate comps, it seems, Gwen Berry threw the Hammer 239-0, while Great Britain's Sophie Hitchon reached 240-3!
The Shanghai DL saw Saunders's 61-1.50 take 2nd to Lijiao Gong's 65-7 World Leader!
Way back in 8th came the venerable Valerie Adams, who could only reach 59-1.25!!
Just a bad day??
Another Chinese to perform good there was Huihui Lu.
Her Javelin winner of 219-4 broke her own Meet Record!
Ryan Crouser has been HOT of late!
At Drake, his SP went out 72-2.50 from the ring!
But he also had FIVE fouls!!
That one good toss defeated Tom Walsh's 71-7.25!
Walsh, however, only fouled once, with his 5 fair throws all measuring over 70 feet!!
So he wins the Best Series prize!!
Crouser made up for those fouls at a meet in Chula Vista!
He reached 72-9.75, and had FOUR over 72 feet!!
In fact, all 6 measured at least 70-9.75!!
Doha saw Sandra Perkovic nail a LONG Discus Throw--234-2!!
It missed her PR by just 1 inch, but gets her the Meet Record!!
Yaime Perez's 219-3 took Silver!
Mentioning earlier Throwers who have moved out from their specialties, we seem to have 2 others who are doing the same!
Denzel Comenentia seemed to be best at the Hammer, with a 250-3 PR!
But he recently improved his SP mark to 68-6 at the SEC!
This makes him 20th A-T Collegiate, tied with 1 other!
He also did the HT, his 249-1 getting the SEC Meet Record!
Second there was Anders Eriksson's 243-5!
This makes him 21st A-T Collegiate!
Alyssa Wilson is another to spread her wings!
In HS, she of course made the Shot Put her own, breaking Raven Saunders's HSR's, IN & OUT!!
But she's also quite adept at other Throws!
Now a Frosh at UCLA, she nailed 3 winners at the UCLA-USC Dual meet!!
Her SP went out 55-8.25!
(She has yet to PR in that event!)
She also won the DT with 180-9, and the HT with her 205-4!!
Already mentioned (See above!) was her HT mark of 218-3!
Another Maggie Ewen in the making??
Another to set an SEC Meet Record was Anderson Peters in the JT!
His winning mark was 269-2!
Ioannis Kyriazis's 263-6 took 2nd!
But the best JT comp came at Doha's DL!
Johannes Vetter's 1st round spear chuck went out 300-5!!
But then Thomas Rohler sent his out 301-1 in Round 2 for the winner!
This is the first time two went over 300 in the same meet, thus giving Vetter the best 2nd Place mark!
Andres Hofmann took the best 3rd Place prize with his 295-6!!
Not a PR, however!
In fourth came Neeraj Chopra's 286-10.
This breaks his own National Record of India!!
The Multi's saw some good action these past 3 weeks!
An old mark (from a Virginia meet on April 20 & 21) is Tim Ehrhardt's 8044 Decathlon winner there!
In a meet in Italy, Martin Roe's 8228 winner gave him Norway's National Record!
In the Heptathlon, Erica Bougard's 6327 (at that same Italy meet!) took the World lead!!
Alex Gochenour took runner-up with her 6063.
The SEC winner was Tyra Gittens's 6074!
This makes her 18th A-T Collegiate!
The Big 10 had an interesting name take 2nd in its Hept!
Georgia Ellenwood was the winner with her 6173!
This is the Meet Record, and makes her 9th A-T Collegiate!!
But 2nd went to the inimitable Ayesha Champagne!!
You might remember I made a big to-do about her ALLEGED INdoor LJ mark of 21-6.25, or 6.56 metric!
While not absolutely proven false, it was never confirmed 100% as being real either!
She'd never been over about 5.80 before!
The Jamaican IS a good Javelin Thrower, however!
And her 162-6 there helped propel her to a score of 5821, taking 2nd!
I didn't see her complete set of marks, so have no idea what her LJ measured, but I'd bet my life that it was well below 6 meters--let alone 6.56!!
Haley Crouser FINALLY got a new PR in the JT!
She won the Big 12 meet with her 182-7, her first improvement since 2012!!
That meet saw a couple of other good Throws!
Alexandra Emilianov's DT mark of 197-8 fell just 6 inches shy of making my Collegiate DDD!
In the HT, Janae Krasanavoid's 223-9 winner makes her 21st A-T Collegiate!
High Schoolers had several good marks, mostly in their State meets or regionals!
At Mt SAC, Sydney Juszczyk had a JT of 161-8.
Just a Frosh, she misses my HS list by 13 inches!
Payden Montana's SP mark of 50-7 took 2018's OUTdoor lead!
By the way, Montana's mark came at the Penn Relays!!
Skylar Ciccolini was busy!
At Penn, her 172-2 JT moved her from 19th A-T HS to 11th!
Then she raised that to 173-1, but she remains 11th on the list!
Tzuriel Pedrigo's JT of 238-6 moves him from 7th A-T HS to 5th!
In the Oregon State meet, Shelby Moran's DT measured 179-7.
This makes her 16th A-T HS, tied with 1 other!
In the Illinois affair, John Meyer's SP of 70-6.50 misses my HS list by just one half inch!!
In Oklahoma, Patrick Larrison took over the 2018 lead in the DT with his 210-9!
Other good marks---
At Mt SAC, Alex Young reached 249-10 in the Hammer Throw.
This moves him from 24th A-T US all the way to 12th!
Jordan Geist won the Tucson SP with his 66-11.50!!
Daniel Haugh's HT of 241-2 misses my Collegiate DDD by 7 inches!
At the Indiana meet, Payton Otterdahl's SP mark of 68-7 makes him 19th A-T Collegiate!
He's a Junior at North Dakota State!
He improved to 68-9.25 at his Conference meet (Summit League), but he remains 19th on the list!
Rudy Winkler's HT of 242-3 gets him the ACC Meet Record!
Tripp Piperi won the Big 12 SP with 66-3!
While it's not a Throws-related event, I want to close this post by telling you of an announcement by Pole Vaulter Mary Saxer that she's retired from the sport!!
In a lengthy but heartfelt statement, she said she takes great pride that she was the first HS Woman to clear 14 feet!
She also said she's pregnant, with the baby due in November!!
Congratulations to this great athlete, and here's hoping she finds a new niche in which to soar!!
See you soon with my last 3-week wrap-up, covering the Distances!!
Thursday, May 17, 2018
Wednesday, May 16, 2018
Juggling the Sprints--3 Weeks Worth
And who best to "juggle" these numbers than Ms Juggler Queen Herself---Ms Sydney McLaughlin??!!
Tell me, am I the only person who believes McLaughlin might be the GREATEST-EVER Female Track & Field athlete---at least, in the making??
She's 18 years old--turns 19 on August 7th--and yet she has the breadth and width and depth of inherent talent that turns heads like a passing President or movie star might!
If I had the guts--and sometimes I do!--I'd predict right now that she can break the WORLD Records in the 300, 400, 600, 800, 100H, 400H, the LJ, and maybe even the Heptathlon and/or the Decathlon!!
And do so by wide margins!!
She makes you believe!
Because SHE believes!!
I was once enamored of the budding talents of Mary Cain, declaring she'd run X times in X events before her 20th birthday!
Didn't come to pass!
Well, those feelings are even stronger here!
Because we have an athlete who keeps on keeping on--who began as a HS Frosh, and now, as a College Frosh at Kentucky--keeps getting better, and better, and...well, just blasts through every barrier of negativity and doubt so called "experts" throw her way!
Enough!
Let the FACTS speak for themselves!!
For these past 3 weeks (See my previous post!), it began for her at Arkansas's National Relays meet, held the same weekend as Drake and Penn!
There, she ran 2 events, and in both, she was sensational!!
Her final nailed her year old PR of 53.82 (the USATF race last year) by 0.22, her 53.60 breaking the Frosh Class Record by 1.25 seconds!!
(That by itself is one amazing FACT!!)
She also broke the Age 18 Record!
It made her 4th A-T Collegiate, but she remained 15th A-T US!
On my US Combined Events list for the 400 & 400H, her times of 50.07 and 53.60 added to 1:43.67.
She remained 5th on that list.
She also ran 3rd leg on Kentucky's 4X400 Relay!
Their time was 3:27.07, while her leg took just 49.47 of it!!
Now let's go to Collegiate Conference Central---aka the SEC---to see what The Juggler did next!!
Oh boy!!
Oh man!!
Ohhhhhh, Baby!!!!!
Turning her magnificent wheels like a runaway semi going down a steep hill, McLaughlin merely took Kori Carter's once-special Collegiate Record of 53.21--and turned it into mincemeat!!
Her 52.75 took 0.46 seconds off Carter's Record--and Kori Monster was no slouch!!
It also removed a giant chunk of time--0.85 seconds--off her own PR set just days earlier (See above!)!!
(She'd run her heat in a quick 54.85!)
Besides the CR, she also smashed her own Frosh Class and Age 18 Records!
It obviously gave her the Meet Record too!
And this time also moved her up on my Combined Events lists--both of them!
On the US list (her 50.07 and 52.75 adds to 1:42.82), she moved from 5th to 1st!!
Yes, she is now Number ONE on that list!!
On the World list, her total time makes her 4th!!
She moves from 4th A-T Collegiate to the Top!
From 15th A-T US to 5th, tied with 1 other!
AND she becomes 9th A-T on the World list, tied with 1 other!
To finish off this paean, her entry on that latter DDD cuts OFF one Debbie Flintoff, whose 53.17 dated from 1988!!
But she wasn't done!
In the 4X400, there was a botched hand-off--apparently between Jasmine Camacho-Quinn and Syd!
Haven't seen the video, but apparently McLaughlin had to stop in order to get the baton in her hand, then re-start her engine!
This cost her a few tenths, according to several sources!
Her split of 49.83--some say--might have been 49.00 if she'd gotten her normal start!!
BTW, Kentucky's 3:25.99 won the race, setting the Meet Record!
It also moved them from 10th A-T School to 7th!
Five other teams broke 3:30--Florida, LSU, Tennessee, Texas A&M, and Alabama!
While we're on Relays--and the SEC--it's a good time to report on LSU's new Collegiate Record in the 4X100!!
Their 42.05 took care of their own (and Oregon's) 42.12's from last year!!
Running with Aleia Hobbs on anchor, it gave them the CR, and broke their own Meet Record!!
They moved from 1st A-T School, tied with UO, to 1st, but losing the Ducks!!
Kentucky (with JCQ, but not McL!) was 2nd in 42.30!
They moved from 4th A-T School to 3rd!
Arkansas was 3rd, their 43.26 moving them from 16th A-T School to 15th!
Then followed Alabama, Auburn, and Tennessee, all within 0.04 seconds of each other!!
LSU had also won a meet on their home turf in 42.49!
USC took both of the Sprint Relays at the PAC-12, winning in 42.85 and 3:30.45!
Houston won the Penn Relays 4X400 in 3:01.82.
This made them 19th A-T School!
A VERY close finish for the Men's 4X400 at the SEC's, with both LSU and Arkansas ending in 38.76, with Florida 3rd in 38.95!
Texas A&M took the 4X400 in 3:01.17, with LSU and Florida several tenths behind!
Purdue's Women had a pair of good Relays at Drake!
Their 4X400 took just 3:28.42, which was an 0.10 second PR!
They remain 17th A-T School!
Their 4X200 team, with 2 different runners, ran 1:32.24.
The 4X400 team's 3:28.98 gave them the Big 10 Meet Record!
The 400's produced several speedy races!
Steven Gardiner was maybe the highlight, as his Doha W in 43.87 broke his own National Record of the Bahamas!
It also gave him the Meet Record, and moved him from 13th A-T World to 12th, tied with 1 other!
On my World C-E list for the 100, 200, and 400, he is now 6th A-T!
Let me explain something!
On that particular C-E, I give a slow time of 10.50 to an athlete (Men only!) who has never run a timed 100! I figure that's fair!
So Gardiner's 1:14.12 total time is gotten from a 10.50, 19.75, and the 43.87!
Abdelelah Haroun was 2nd in 44.50!
Adding 10 hurdles to the mix, Doha also gave us a quick time in the 400H!
By someone I'd never heard of!!
Abderahmane Samba of Qatar ran 47.57, giving him the Meet Record, his National Record, and made him 18th A-T World!!
The 2nd DL--Shanghai--found Gardiner winning again, this time in 43.99.
It also set a Meet Record!
Isaac Makwala took Silver in 44.23, while TJ'er supreme Christian Taylor was 5th with a 45.24!!
The SEC meet had a great Men's 400!
Nathon Allen's 44.28 edged Nathan Strother's 44.34!
Allen moves from 13th A-T Collegiate to 6th!
And he gets the Soph Class Record!
Strother's time makes him 9th A-T Collegiate, tied with 1 other!
He'd run a 45.01 (and a 200 in 20.76) at Arkansas's National Relays meet!
Michael Norman also ran a quick 400---at the PAC-12 meet!
His 44.40 moves him from 15th A-T Collegiate, tied with 3 others, to 12th!
He ran 44.74 in winning the USC-UCLA dual meet!
He also ran a windy 19.84 at the former meet!
Kendall Ellis ran the College Crowd's fastest 400 of 2018---Syd the Kid notwithstanding---her 49.99 giving her the PAC-12 Meet Record!
It moves her from 11th A-T Collegiate to 2nd!
And on the US list, it moves her from 22nd to 21st, tied with 1 other!
Oregon's Makenzie Dunmore took the Silver in 50.63.
This makes her 19th A-T Collegiate, tied with 1 other!
Sharika Barnett's 50.69 makes her 23rd A-T Collegiate!
Rai Benjamin's 48.46 nabbed the 400H at the SEC's!
Running a legal 19.83 (1.3) was Noah Lyles, setting the Doha Meet Record!
He moves from 22nd A-T US to 12th, tied with 1 other!
He misses the World list by just 0.01 seconds!
Jereem Richards took 2nd in 19.99!
The SEC, as always, had some speedy stuff going down in the 100 and 200!
Aleia Hobbs took the 100 in 10.92, getting the Meet Record!
Wind was 1.5, but she sped her heat in 10.93 with a negative breeze of 0.4!
Shania Collins took 2nd in 10.99, making her 11th A-T Collegiate, tied with 2 others!!
Tamara Clark was a quick 3rd, time of 11.02!
This makes her 17th A-T Collegiate, tied with 1 other!!
Kendal Williams's 9.99 (1.1) makes him 22nd A-T Collegiate, tied with 4 others!
He also won the 200 in 20.15, and took his 100 heat in 10.08!
At the National Relays meet, Collins ran 11.10 and 22.57 in the 100 & 200, with JCQ 2nd in the 200 in 22.69!
But it was Lynna Irby's 22.25 that opened my eyes a bit wider!
Knew she was fast, but not THAT fast!!
This makes her 10th A-T Collegiate!
And she misses the US list by just 0.04 seconds!!
The short hurdles events got some real action!!
JCQ---aka Jasmine Camacho-Quinn---ran 12.40 at the SEC!
Using a mild 1.2 wind, she broke her own National Record of Puerto Rico, and got the Meet Record.
She moves from 5th A-T Collegiate to 2nd, a mere 0.01 behind Brianna Rollins (McNeal's) 12.39 CR!
She's also now 16th A-T World!!
Alexis Duncan was 2nd in 12.79!
JCQ's heat was in 12.58, with a 1.6 breeze.
Speaking of Rollins-McNeal, she won the Shanghai DL in a Meet Record time of 12.50, with Sharika Nelvis 2nd in 12.52, and Kendra Harrison 3rd in 12.56!
But Harrison's 12.53 (0.5) had taken the Doha affair from Rollins-McNeal's 12.58.
Dawn Harper-Nelson---this being her farewell year--was 8th in 13.21!
Harrison used a 2.5 wind to push her to a still-nice 12.37 time!!
Alysha Johnson won a Tucson meet in 12.75, with a minus 0.3 wind!
She misses the Collegiate list by 0.01 seconds!
Devynne Charleton's 12.76 took her heat at the Big 10, wind of 0.9!
She won the final in 13.07!
The Big 12 saw Rochelle Burton speed a 12.65, with a measly 0.2 at her back!
This equalled her PR, so she remains 11th A-T Collegiate!
Pedrya Seymour was 2nd in 12.72.
This makes her 22nd A-T Collegiate, tied with 2 others!
Cut OFF my Collegiate DDD was Dior Hall's 12.74, dating from 2015!
Chanel Brissett's 12.75 at the PAC-12 gave her the Age 18 Record!!
Grant Holloway inched up his 110H PR!
His 13.15 (0.9) at the SEC got him the Meet Record!
He moves from 2nd A-T Collegiate, tied with 1 other, to 2nd, but with no ties!
A surprise (Shock??) in 2nd was Daniel Roberts, another one of those I confess not having heard of before!!
But his 13.27 made him 10th A-T Collegiate, tied with 1 other!!
Cory Poole, best known as a 400H guy, was 4th in 13.68!!
Well, I guess it's about time I began gathering all my "other" results in the Sprints and move to my more condense version!!
But I guarantee there's LOTS of great stuff to come!!
For example, Ashley Henderson ran the 100 in 10.98 with an 0.3 breeze!
This moves her from 14th A-T Collegiate, tied with 1 other, to 9th, tied with 1 other!
Shakima Wimbley's 22.34 (1.7) took a meet in Clermont!
There was a deep field finish in the Doha Women's 100!
With a wind of 1.5, Marie Josee Ta Lou won in 10.85, leaving her 0.03 seconds from the World DDD list!
Blessing Okagbare's 10.90 was 2nd, while Elaine Thompson (10.93), Murielle Ahoure (10.96), Carina Horn (10.98), and Dafne Schippers (11.03) followed!
Horn's time broke her own National Record of South Africa!
Some REALLY quick times came from the Florida State HS meet!!
Best, for sure, was Frosh Tamari Davis's 200 of 22.48!!
Yes, that 2nd number is a 2, not a 3!!
She SHATTERED the Frosh Class Record by a whopping 0.58 seconds!!
And eTN lists it as the Age 15 Record!!
It makes her 3rd A-T HS!!
As a FROSH!!
She also took 2nd in the 100 in 11.36, wind against her of 0.9!!
Anthony Schwartz also clicked along---doubling in 10.07 and 22.41--albeit with respective breezes of 2.5 and 2.8!
He also ran as part of his American Heritage HS's 4X100 Relay time of 40.14!!
In another meet, Schwartz ran 10.13 (2.0), moving him from 6th A-T HS, tied with 1 other, to 4th, tied with 1 other!
He also had a windy 200 in 20.49!
The Shanghai meet had a quartet of good races!
Delilah Muhammed nipped Jeneive Russell in the 400H, 53.77 to 53.78!
Omar McLeod also had a close call, his 13.16 in the 110H beating Orlando Ortega's 13.17!
Great Britain's Reece Prescod sped the 100 in 10.04, just beating Bingtian Su's 10.05.
Justin Gatlin and Andre De Grasse ended just 7th and 8th in respective times of 10.20 and 10.25!
And SMU--Shaunae Miller-Uibo, had no problem winning over Dafne Schippers in the 200, 22.06 to 22.34, battling an 0.4 wind!
A Tucson meet saw the Ducks winning a 4X100 in 42.70, while Duck Frosh Lauren Rain Williams won the 200 in 22.51.
The Arkansas meet saw Arkansas taking the 4X100 in 38.59, while Florida won the 4 lap Relay in 3:02.59!
Kentucky's Women took that 4X100 in 42.84, beating Tennessee's 43.59!
The Vols missed my Collegiate list by 0.01 seconds!!
The Penn Relays saw a pair of USA Red teams win Relays!
The Men took the 4X100 in 38.39, and the 4X400 in 3:01.31!
The shorter race had Justin Gatlin on 2nd leg!
The Women's 4X400 was taken by USA Red's 3:26.73!
Gatlin ran the Grenada 100 in 10.05 (0.5)!
Southern Miss took the Conference USA meet's 4X100 in 38.89, making them 22nd A-T School!
LaShawn Merritt and Tori Bowie took the 200's in 20.57 and 22.75!
Kori Carter won the 100H in 12.79 with a 1.1 wind.
The Texas HS meet had some solid marks!
A HSR was broken in the Men's 4X200 Relay, with The Woodlands 1:23.25 taking the honors!
Kesean Carter was the anchor!
He'd won the 100 in 10.22, making him 19th A-T HS, tied with 1 other!
Seven Lakes was 2nd in the Relay, their 1:23.42 making them 3rd on that list!
The latter school also won the 4X100, their 39.80 missing the HSR by just 0.04 seconds!
The Woodlands took 2nd in 39:98!
Seventh was 40.37!!
Another rather obscure and unheralded Relay Record fell!
And this time it was a WORLD & US Record!!
In an 800 Medley (100, 100, 200, 400), the USA Red team (at Penn) ran 1:35.20, getting both of those major Records!
Raevyn Rogers ran the anchor leg in 50.48!
Imagine Rogers repeating her 49.77 leg from a year or so back!
We'd have a time in the mid-1:34's!!
Speaking of speedy Relay legs, how about Gabby Thomas's alarming 49.44 on Harvard's 4X400 winner at the Heps!!
That's just the fastest Collegiate Relay leg known so far!!
Harvard's time was 3:36.44!
She also won the 100 and 200 in 11.27 and 22.76, and ran a leg on her School's 4X100 for good measure!
Probably didn't even break a sweat!!
Marlon Humphrey had a busy day at his Alabama State meet!
His HS-leading 36.00 over 300H led the way, but he also did the 110H in 14.00 and a flat 400 in 47.43!
Tia Jones won a 100H race in 13.03, wind of 1.8!
The Guadeloupe meet saw Allyson Felix win the 100 in 11.30 with zero wind aid!
Shakima Wimbley won the 400 in 50.64!
Tyson Gay sped a 100 in 10.11 in Clermont, using a 1.9 wind!
Kaylin Whitney---Remember her??--won a 200 in 22.93 (1.5), one of her better times these past couple of years or so!
Blessing Okagbare won a 200 in 22.43, wind of 1.2.
Georgeanne Moline took a 400H in 54.86!
I know this is an extremely lengthy one already, but I need to add a somber note before I close!
Tyrese Cooper, one of the most promising and talented young athletes on the planet, was arrested on multiple charges at the end of April!
These include alleged auto theft and burglary!
Stories since then make this story even sadder!
Apparently, he was kicked out of the home where he was staying for reasons unknown, or at least not confirmed!
While he got an early release from jail so he could compete in the Florida State meet, he apparently was arrested again on further charges!
Until I know more, I hesitate to say anything else!
Cooper says he fell in with the wrong crowd, and seems remorseful!
I have no idea how this will play out, but these charges are serious, and at worst, could lead to some prison time!
He had turned 18 on March 21st, so if convicted, can be sentenced to an adult prison, not Juvenile detention!!
If he's guilty--or even if he's not--he needs to get his act together--on and off the track!
Find some decent people to hang with!
Go to college, or turn Pro, and set himself up in a good home!
On the track, he needs to cut back his racing schedule!
Doubling and tripling in EVERY meet not only will wear out his body, but won't allow him to run the SUPER fast times everyone believes he's capable of!!
Dude, get it together!
PLEASE!!
Be back soon with my 3rd post---covering the past 3 weeks of Throws action!!
Tell me, am I the only person who believes McLaughlin might be the GREATEST-EVER Female Track & Field athlete---at least, in the making??
She's 18 years old--turns 19 on August 7th--and yet she has the breadth and width and depth of inherent talent that turns heads like a passing President or movie star might!
If I had the guts--and sometimes I do!--I'd predict right now that she can break the WORLD Records in the 300, 400, 600, 800, 100H, 400H, the LJ, and maybe even the Heptathlon and/or the Decathlon!!
And do so by wide margins!!
She makes you believe!
Because SHE believes!!
I was once enamored of the budding talents of Mary Cain, declaring she'd run X times in X events before her 20th birthday!
Didn't come to pass!
Well, those feelings are even stronger here!
Because we have an athlete who keeps on keeping on--who began as a HS Frosh, and now, as a College Frosh at Kentucky--keeps getting better, and better, and...well, just blasts through every barrier of negativity and doubt so called "experts" throw her way!
Enough!
Let the FACTS speak for themselves!!
For these past 3 weeks (See my previous post!), it began for her at Arkansas's National Relays meet, held the same weekend as Drake and Penn!
There, she ran 2 events, and in both, she was sensational!!
Her final nailed her year old PR of 53.82 (the USATF race last year) by 0.22, her 53.60 breaking the Frosh Class Record by 1.25 seconds!!
(That by itself is one amazing FACT!!)
She also broke the Age 18 Record!
It made her 4th A-T Collegiate, but she remained 15th A-T US!
On my US Combined Events list for the 400 & 400H, her times of 50.07 and 53.60 added to 1:43.67.
She remained 5th on that list.
She also ran 3rd leg on Kentucky's 4X400 Relay!
Their time was 3:27.07, while her leg took just 49.47 of it!!
Now let's go to Collegiate Conference Central---aka the SEC---to see what The Juggler did next!!
Oh boy!!
Oh man!!
Ohhhhhh, Baby!!!!!
Turning her magnificent wheels like a runaway semi going down a steep hill, McLaughlin merely took Kori Carter's once-special Collegiate Record of 53.21--and turned it into mincemeat!!
Her 52.75 took 0.46 seconds off Carter's Record--and Kori Monster was no slouch!!
It also removed a giant chunk of time--0.85 seconds--off her own PR set just days earlier (See above!)!!
(She'd run her heat in a quick 54.85!)
Besides the CR, she also smashed her own Frosh Class and Age 18 Records!
It obviously gave her the Meet Record too!
And this time also moved her up on my Combined Events lists--both of them!
On the US list (her 50.07 and 52.75 adds to 1:42.82), she moved from 5th to 1st!!
Yes, she is now Number ONE on that list!!
On the World list, her total time makes her 4th!!
She moves from 4th A-T Collegiate to the Top!
From 15th A-T US to 5th, tied with 1 other!
AND she becomes 9th A-T on the World list, tied with 1 other!
To finish off this paean, her entry on that latter DDD cuts OFF one Debbie Flintoff, whose 53.17 dated from 1988!!
But she wasn't done!
In the 4X400, there was a botched hand-off--apparently between Jasmine Camacho-Quinn and Syd!
Haven't seen the video, but apparently McLaughlin had to stop in order to get the baton in her hand, then re-start her engine!
This cost her a few tenths, according to several sources!
Her split of 49.83--some say--might have been 49.00 if she'd gotten her normal start!!
BTW, Kentucky's 3:25.99 won the race, setting the Meet Record!
It also moved them from 10th A-T School to 7th!
Five other teams broke 3:30--Florida, LSU, Tennessee, Texas A&M, and Alabama!
While we're on Relays--and the SEC--it's a good time to report on LSU's new Collegiate Record in the 4X100!!
Their 42.05 took care of their own (and Oregon's) 42.12's from last year!!
Running with Aleia Hobbs on anchor, it gave them the CR, and broke their own Meet Record!!
They moved from 1st A-T School, tied with UO, to 1st, but losing the Ducks!!
Kentucky (with JCQ, but not McL!) was 2nd in 42.30!
They moved from 4th A-T School to 3rd!
Arkansas was 3rd, their 43.26 moving them from 16th A-T School to 15th!
Then followed Alabama, Auburn, and Tennessee, all within 0.04 seconds of each other!!
LSU had also won a meet on their home turf in 42.49!
USC took both of the Sprint Relays at the PAC-12, winning in 42.85 and 3:30.45!
Houston won the Penn Relays 4X400 in 3:01.82.
This made them 19th A-T School!
A VERY close finish for the Men's 4X400 at the SEC's, with both LSU and Arkansas ending in 38.76, with Florida 3rd in 38.95!
Texas A&M took the 4X400 in 3:01.17, with LSU and Florida several tenths behind!
Purdue's Women had a pair of good Relays at Drake!
Their 4X400 took just 3:28.42, which was an 0.10 second PR!
They remain 17th A-T School!
Their 4X200 team, with 2 different runners, ran 1:32.24.
The 4X400 team's 3:28.98 gave them the Big 10 Meet Record!
The 400's produced several speedy races!
Steven Gardiner was maybe the highlight, as his Doha W in 43.87 broke his own National Record of the Bahamas!
It also gave him the Meet Record, and moved him from 13th A-T World to 12th, tied with 1 other!
On my World C-E list for the 100, 200, and 400, he is now 6th A-T!
Let me explain something!
On that particular C-E, I give a slow time of 10.50 to an athlete (Men only!) who has never run a timed 100! I figure that's fair!
So Gardiner's 1:14.12 total time is gotten from a 10.50, 19.75, and the 43.87!
Abdelelah Haroun was 2nd in 44.50!
Adding 10 hurdles to the mix, Doha also gave us a quick time in the 400H!
By someone I'd never heard of!!
Abderahmane Samba of Qatar ran 47.57, giving him the Meet Record, his National Record, and made him 18th A-T World!!
The 2nd DL--Shanghai--found Gardiner winning again, this time in 43.99.
It also set a Meet Record!
Isaac Makwala took Silver in 44.23, while TJ'er supreme Christian Taylor was 5th with a 45.24!!
The SEC meet had a great Men's 400!
Nathon Allen's 44.28 edged Nathan Strother's 44.34!
Allen moves from 13th A-T Collegiate to 6th!
And he gets the Soph Class Record!
Strother's time makes him 9th A-T Collegiate, tied with 1 other!
He'd run a 45.01 (and a 200 in 20.76) at Arkansas's National Relays meet!
Michael Norman also ran a quick 400---at the PAC-12 meet!
His 44.40 moves him from 15th A-T Collegiate, tied with 3 others, to 12th!
He ran 44.74 in winning the USC-UCLA dual meet!
He also ran a windy 19.84 at the former meet!
Kendall Ellis ran the College Crowd's fastest 400 of 2018---Syd the Kid notwithstanding---her 49.99 giving her the PAC-12 Meet Record!
It moves her from 11th A-T Collegiate to 2nd!
And on the US list, it moves her from 22nd to 21st, tied with 1 other!
Oregon's Makenzie Dunmore took the Silver in 50.63.
This makes her 19th A-T Collegiate, tied with 1 other!
Sharika Barnett's 50.69 makes her 23rd A-T Collegiate!
Rai Benjamin's 48.46 nabbed the 400H at the SEC's!
Running a legal 19.83 (1.3) was Noah Lyles, setting the Doha Meet Record!
He moves from 22nd A-T US to 12th, tied with 1 other!
He misses the World list by just 0.01 seconds!
Jereem Richards took 2nd in 19.99!
The SEC, as always, had some speedy stuff going down in the 100 and 200!
Aleia Hobbs took the 100 in 10.92, getting the Meet Record!
Wind was 1.5, but she sped her heat in 10.93 with a negative breeze of 0.4!
Shania Collins took 2nd in 10.99, making her 11th A-T Collegiate, tied with 2 others!!
Tamara Clark was a quick 3rd, time of 11.02!
This makes her 17th A-T Collegiate, tied with 1 other!!
Kendal Williams's 9.99 (1.1) makes him 22nd A-T Collegiate, tied with 4 others!
He also won the 200 in 20.15, and took his 100 heat in 10.08!
At the National Relays meet, Collins ran 11.10 and 22.57 in the 100 & 200, with JCQ 2nd in the 200 in 22.69!
But it was Lynna Irby's 22.25 that opened my eyes a bit wider!
Knew she was fast, but not THAT fast!!
This makes her 10th A-T Collegiate!
And she misses the US list by just 0.04 seconds!!
The short hurdles events got some real action!!
JCQ---aka Jasmine Camacho-Quinn---ran 12.40 at the SEC!
Using a mild 1.2 wind, she broke her own National Record of Puerto Rico, and got the Meet Record.
She moves from 5th A-T Collegiate to 2nd, a mere 0.01 behind Brianna Rollins (McNeal's) 12.39 CR!
She's also now 16th A-T World!!
Alexis Duncan was 2nd in 12.79!
JCQ's heat was in 12.58, with a 1.6 breeze.
Speaking of Rollins-McNeal, she won the Shanghai DL in a Meet Record time of 12.50, with Sharika Nelvis 2nd in 12.52, and Kendra Harrison 3rd in 12.56!
But Harrison's 12.53 (0.5) had taken the Doha affair from Rollins-McNeal's 12.58.
Dawn Harper-Nelson---this being her farewell year--was 8th in 13.21!
Harrison used a 2.5 wind to push her to a still-nice 12.37 time!!
Alysha Johnson won a Tucson meet in 12.75, with a minus 0.3 wind!
She misses the Collegiate list by 0.01 seconds!
Devynne Charleton's 12.76 took her heat at the Big 10, wind of 0.9!
She won the final in 13.07!
The Big 12 saw Rochelle Burton speed a 12.65, with a measly 0.2 at her back!
This equalled her PR, so she remains 11th A-T Collegiate!
Pedrya Seymour was 2nd in 12.72.
This makes her 22nd A-T Collegiate, tied with 2 others!
Cut OFF my Collegiate DDD was Dior Hall's 12.74, dating from 2015!
Chanel Brissett's 12.75 at the PAC-12 gave her the Age 18 Record!!
Grant Holloway inched up his 110H PR!
His 13.15 (0.9) at the SEC got him the Meet Record!
He moves from 2nd A-T Collegiate, tied with 1 other, to 2nd, but with no ties!
A surprise (Shock??) in 2nd was Daniel Roberts, another one of those I confess not having heard of before!!
But his 13.27 made him 10th A-T Collegiate, tied with 1 other!!
Cory Poole, best known as a 400H guy, was 4th in 13.68!!
Well, I guess it's about time I began gathering all my "other" results in the Sprints and move to my more condense version!!
But I guarantee there's LOTS of great stuff to come!!
For example, Ashley Henderson ran the 100 in 10.98 with an 0.3 breeze!
This moves her from 14th A-T Collegiate, tied with 1 other, to 9th, tied with 1 other!
Shakima Wimbley's 22.34 (1.7) took a meet in Clermont!
There was a deep field finish in the Doha Women's 100!
With a wind of 1.5, Marie Josee Ta Lou won in 10.85, leaving her 0.03 seconds from the World DDD list!
Blessing Okagbare's 10.90 was 2nd, while Elaine Thompson (10.93), Murielle Ahoure (10.96), Carina Horn (10.98), and Dafne Schippers (11.03) followed!
Horn's time broke her own National Record of South Africa!
Some REALLY quick times came from the Florida State HS meet!!
Best, for sure, was Frosh Tamari Davis's 200 of 22.48!!
Yes, that 2nd number is a 2, not a 3!!
She SHATTERED the Frosh Class Record by a whopping 0.58 seconds!!
And eTN lists it as the Age 15 Record!!
It makes her 3rd A-T HS!!
As a FROSH!!
She also took 2nd in the 100 in 11.36, wind against her of 0.9!!
Anthony Schwartz also clicked along---doubling in 10.07 and 22.41--albeit with respective breezes of 2.5 and 2.8!
He also ran as part of his American Heritage HS's 4X100 Relay time of 40.14!!
In another meet, Schwartz ran 10.13 (2.0), moving him from 6th A-T HS, tied with 1 other, to 4th, tied with 1 other!
He also had a windy 200 in 20.49!
The Shanghai meet had a quartet of good races!
Delilah Muhammed nipped Jeneive Russell in the 400H, 53.77 to 53.78!
Omar McLeod also had a close call, his 13.16 in the 110H beating Orlando Ortega's 13.17!
Great Britain's Reece Prescod sped the 100 in 10.04, just beating Bingtian Su's 10.05.
Justin Gatlin and Andre De Grasse ended just 7th and 8th in respective times of 10.20 and 10.25!
And SMU--Shaunae Miller-Uibo, had no problem winning over Dafne Schippers in the 200, 22.06 to 22.34, battling an 0.4 wind!
A Tucson meet saw the Ducks winning a 4X100 in 42.70, while Duck Frosh Lauren Rain Williams won the 200 in 22.51.
The Arkansas meet saw Arkansas taking the 4X100 in 38.59, while Florida won the 4 lap Relay in 3:02.59!
Kentucky's Women took that 4X100 in 42.84, beating Tennessee's 43.59!
The Vols missed my Collegiate list by 0.01 seconds!!
The Penn Relays saw a pair of USA Red teams win Relays!
The Men took the 4X100 in 38.39, and the 4X400 in 3:01.31!
The shorter race had Justin Gatlin on 2nd leg!
The Women's 4X400 was taken by USA Red's 3:26.73!
Gatlin ran the Grenada 100 in 10.05 (0.5)!
Southern Miss took the Conference USA meet's 4X100 in 38.89, making them 22nd A-T School!
LaShawn Merritt and Tori Bowie took the 200's in 20.57 and 22.75!
Kori Carter won the 100H in 12.79 with a 1.1 wind.
The Texas HS meet had some solid marks!
A HSR was broken in the Men's 4X200 Relay, with The Woodlands 1:23.25 taking the honors!
Kesean Carter was the anchor!
He'd won the 100 in 10.22, making him 19th A-T HS, tied with 1 other!
Seven Lakes was 2nd in the Relay, their 1:23.42 making them 3rd on that list!
The latter school also won the 4X100, their 39.80 missing the HSR by just 0.04 seconds!
The Woodlands took 2nd in 39:98!
Seventh was 40.37!!
Another rather obscure and unheralded Relay Record fell!
And this time it was a WORLD & US Record!!
In an 800 Medley (100, 100, 200, 400), the USA Red team (at Penn) ran 1:35.20, getting both of those major Records!
Raevyn Rogers ran the anchor leg in 50.48!
Imagine Rogers repeating her 49.77 leg from a year or so back!
We'd have a time in the mid-1:34's!!
Speaking of speedy Relay legs, how about Gabby Thomas's alarming 49.44 on Harvard's 4X400 winner at the Heps!!
That's just the fastest Collegiate Relay leg known so far!!
Harvard's time was 3:36.44!
She also won the 100 and 200 in 11.27 and 22.76, and ran a leg on her School's 4X100 for good measure!
Probably didn't even break a sweat!!
Marlon Humphrey had a busy day at his Alabama State meet!
His HS-leading 36.00 over 300H led the way, but he also did the 110H in 14.00 and a flat 400 in 47.43!
Tia Jones won a 100H race in 13.03, wind of 1.8!
The Guadeloupe meet saw Allyson Felix win the 100 in 11.30 with zero wind aid!
Shakima Wimbley won the 400 in 50.64!
Tyson Gay sped a 100 in 10.11 in Clermont, using a 1.9 wind!
Kaylin Whitney---Remember her??--won a 200 in 22.93 (1.5), one of her better times these past couple of years or so!
Blessing Okagbare won a 200 in 22.43, wind of 1.2.
Georgeanne Moline took a 400H in 54.86!
I know this is an extremely lengthy one already, but I need to add a somber note before I close!
Tyrese Cooper, one of the most promising and talented young athletes on the planet, was arrested on multiple charges at the end of April!
These include alleged auto theft and burglary!
Stories since then make this story even sadder!
Apparently, he was kicked out of the home where he was staying for reasons unknown, or at least not confirmed!
While he got an early release from jail so he could compete in the Florida State meet, he apparently was arrested again on further charges!
Until I know more, I hesitate to say anything else!
Cooper says he fell in with the wrong crowd, and seems remorseful!
I have no idea how this will play out, but these charges are serious, and at worst, could lead to some prison time!
He had turned 18 on March 21st, so if convicted, can be sentenced to an adult prison, not Juvenile detention!!
If he's guilty--or even if he's not--he needs to get his act together--on and off the track!
Find some decent people to hang with!
Go to college, or turn Pro, and set himself up in a good home!
On the track, he needs to cut back his racing schedule!
Doubling and tripling in EVERY meet not only will wear out his body, but won't allow him to run the SUPER fast times everyone believes he's capable of!!
Dude, get it together!
PLEASE!!
Be back soon with my 3rd post---covering the past 3 weeks of Throws action!!
3 Weeks of Jumps--Triple the Fun
A brief word about my absence & my return!
If you read my previous (short) post, you know my computer croaked--but "just" for 22 days--until a good guy named John repaired it & returned it to me less than 2 days ago!
Since then, I've been busy catching up!
(In 2015, I believe, I got food poisoning right before I was about to preview--and report on--the INdoor NCAA and NBIN meets. Twelve days later, I got better, but when I realized how far behind I was with reporting results, I almost wished I were still in bed!! LOL)
Long story short, I have 34 pages of notes filled with all the great Records & Marks I would have normally ALREADY reported to you from all the meets since my computer croaked hours after my April 22nd post!
So, how to divide this up?
At first, I was going to do a post (or 2) for each week of my absence--the first covering Penn & Drake, etc--the 2nd being about Doha & Payton Jordan, the 3rd---well, you get the idea!
But as I gathered all these 34 pages of results (with the great assistance of T&FN's eTN!!), I saw how some athletes had been in more than one meet, and a few had broken a Record they'd broken a week or so earlier! (Hi, Syd!! LOL)
Thus, I made a decision!
And here--briefly--is what I'm doing!
I'm dividing up my reports into 4 posts!
This one--as the title implies--is about the Jumps--all 4 of them, covering both genders and all the 22 days I missed!
Then I'll follow with another on the Sprints (100, 200, 400, 110 & 100H, 400H, and the Sprint-oriented Relays!).
Then will come a post on the Throws, which will include the Multi's!
Finally, I'll cover the Distances from the 800 through the 10000--to include the longer Relays and any Road events I missed!
So, buckle up, grab a snack, and enjoy discovering (or remembering!) what happened in our favorite sport since April 22nd!!
Oh, those Triplers!!
And I mean BOTH genders!!
Tori Franklin ended the INdoor season with some fancy PR's--reaching the mid-46 foot level!
Normally, you'd look for her to spread her Oiselle wings out to---maybe!--47 low, or even add a full foot--to 47-6 or so!!
So what to make of a meet where she extends THAT yet ANOTHER foot??!!
Yes, Tori Franklin---"just" another wannabe still almost two feet behind Keturah Orji's OUTdoor American Record of 48-3.25--SMASHED her PR's--IN or OUT--by TWO FREAKING FEET & more!!!
And what a series it was!!
She began with a 47-8.50---extending her PR by over a foot in one fell swoop (or Hop, Step, and Jump!).
Then she added ANOTHER foot to that in Round 2!!
That was her ultimate reach, the 48-8.25---Yes, I said 48-8.25!!---that bug-eyed this 3-week-absentee from the Online world where LIFE existed!!
Absolutely amazing!!
(And think how those Oiselle "Birds" must have reacted!!!)
Yes, it's the American Record!
She moves from (ignoring her initial leap up to 47-8.50!) 2nd A-T US to 1st!
She is now 6.25 inches from making the World list!!
And she beat 2nd placer Ana Pelateiro's 47-3.75 by 16.50 inches!!
Here's her entire series--47-8.50---48-8.25---48-6---47-9.75---a foul---and 47-8.50!!
So what did Ms Orji do??
Merely broke her own Collegiate Record at an SEC meet that, as always, is possibly better than the NCAA Championship meet!!
And added a PR in her "other" event--the LJ!
That one sent her 22-4.25 from take-off to sand, and made her 9th A-T Collegiate, tied with 2 others!
Her TJ measured 47-11.75, breaking her Collegiate and Senior Class Records!!
She also--obviously--got the SEC Meet Record!
Yet she is now 5 inches (her Rio PR is 48-3.25!) behind Ms Franklin!!
Who woulda thunk??!!
Meanwhile, Caterine Ibarguen is re-emerging into the elite realm!
She opened with a mark of 47-8.50 in Colombia!
(Does that number look familiar??)
Then she got serious, extending that out to 48-6.75!!
But that mark only makes her Number TWO on the 2018 OUTdoor list!!
This could be a VERY interesting year in the Women's TJ!!
But what about us Guys??
Well, guess what?!
PPPP is BACK!!
And so is his rivalry with Christian Taylor!!
Remember those 59's they hit in Doha a couple years ago?
Well, they came close---Yes, in Doha!!
You've heard the saying "3rd time's the charm"!
It was Round 3 where both hit their best marks!
And it was Pablo Pedro etc Pichardo's 58-10.75 that ruled the day!
Taylor's 58-5.25 was one of his best recent marks, but just not enough!
But, Hey, Welcome back, you two!!
Oh yeah, almost forgot---Taylor's mark gives him the Age 27 Record!!
If you're wondering if Will Claye is going to take time out from his singing & recording stuff, well just check out the results from the meet in Guadeloupe!!
He didn't win---Almir dos Santos did with his 57-6.25!
But Mr Hip-Hop reached a solid 57-1--which left him in 2nd---just nipping one PPPP (See above!)---who had the same mark, but hit it once to Claye's pair!!
Let's move to the other "jump" that gave up some amazing stats during my absence!!
The Pole Vault!
No, there weren't any World or US Records broken!
In fact, the best mark goes to our fave "kid"--Mondo Duplantis!!
But I'll get around to him in a moment!
I want to talk about Chris Nilsen first!
His 19-2.75 PR set some serious wheels spinning--out of control!!
That mark moved him from 7th A-T Collegiate, tied with 3 others, to 4th, tied with 1 other!
But it was his move up the US All-Time ladder that blew apart that page in my Record Book!!
For it FINALLY allowed me to REMOVE a giant list of names from my expanded list (normally limited to 24, except in case of ties!)!
Here's the deal!
My OUTdoor US list had a HUGE amount of ties at the bottom---10, to be exact!
So when Nilsen moved UP, I was able to throw those other ten OFF!!
Nilsen moved from 24th A-T US, tied with those 10 others, to 14th, where he's tied with just one other!
So, WHO got kicked OUT??
I'll just list the ones from the last century--the 20th!
Scott Hennig's 19-0.25 dated from 1998.
Doug Fraley and Dave Volz's 19-0.25 were from 1992.
Billy Olson was the oldest, dating from 1987!
And then there was Mr Duplantis--and here I speak of Greg, NOT Mondo!!
Yep, Daddy Greg's 19-0.25 from 1993 is now GONE too!!
BTW, Nilsen earlier--at the Drake Relays--went over 18-11.50, but lost to Sam Kendricks's 19-1.50!
That mark gave Military Sam the Meet Record!
Some Women's PV results were good also!
And speaking of Drake, let's begin there!
They had TWO events--one held at a Mall, the other inside Drake's stadium!
The Mall event went to the ubiquitous Jenn Suhr and her 15-9 clearance!
That defeated the 15-5's of Katie Nageotte and Sandi Morris, who placed 2nd & 3rd, respectively!
Things turned a bit more serious inside the arena!
There, Morris reached 16-0, which gave her the Meet Record!
Suhr took 2nd with 15-5!
Nageotte et al were further back!
The Doha PV was good too!
There, Morris broke her own Meet Record (by a half inch!), clearing 15-10.50!
Five others trailed behind, each going over 15-2.75!
They were Holly Bradshaw, Robelys Peinado, Ms Nageotte, Nikoleta Kiriakopoulou, and Ekaterina Stefanidi!
Not about Results, but if you get the chance, watch Ato Boldon's latest You Tube interview show!
He talks with that ebullient Ms Stefanidi, who talks about going to Stanford, and her Rio experience--before and after!
She's a really charming--and talkative lady!!
The other pair of Jumps had their moments in the Sun also!
And who else but Mutaz Barshim would be the most prominent Male name to emerge!!
He reached the 2.40 mark--7-10.50--in the Doha DL!
Then took 3 shots at 2.42--or 7-11.25!!
Could this be the year when he hits the Top??
Jeff Henderson leapt out to a 27-8.25 LJ in a meet in Utah!
But it was the Shanghai DL that saw Luvo Manyonga nail a 28-1 LJ!
It was enough to cover the 27-8 by China's Yihao Shi (sp?).
So let's return to Mr Mondo!!
All HE did was add a measly half-inch to his PR--a 19-5.50 Vault!
It was at his State meet in Louisiana!!
(You can imagine how far back his "opponents" were!!)
And all it took was 4 Vaults---FOUR!!
He needed a pair to clear his opener at 17-10.50.
Then he got over 19-1 and his new PR on first tries!!
And he was done!!
Wow!!
This is getting a bit monotonous,but his latest broke his own High School, Senior Class, Age 18, and Swedish National Records!!
And he's now a mere 0.75 inches removed from joining my WORLD All-Time list!!
OK, friends, that about wraps up the REALLY serious stuff from this Jumps phase of the past 3 weeks!
But I do have several more marks to report, so I'll gather them together below for your easier perusal!
(And it saves space as well!!)
An early meet in Arkansas found Lexi Jacobus beating her twin sister Tori Hoggard, both clearing 14-9.50!
Then, at the SEC meet, Jacobus again dominated, but this time at a new Collegiate PR of 15-3!
(She's gone over 15-5, but that was AFTER the NCAA meet!)
She remains 3rd A-T Collegiate, and gets the Junior Class Record!
Hoggard again ended 2nd, going over 14-9!
At that earlier Arkansas meet, Yanis David TJ'ed 46-4.25, making her 7th A-T Collegiate!
In 2nd came Marie Josee Ebwea-Bile's 45-11.25, which made her 12th A-T Collegiate!
Jumping around (Sic!!), Vashti Cunningham won the Drake HJ with her 6-4.25!
NOT a good year (so far!) for the Women's HJ!
But Katie Isenberger's 6-1 misses my HS list by just a quarter inch!
Loretta Blaut won the American Conference with her 6-2!
At Penn, however, a Kansas State Frosh named Tejaswan Shankar HJ'ed 7-6!
A Virginia meet found Bridget Guy (of Virginia!) PV'ing 14-7.50!
Then, at the ACC meet, Ms Guy (who is a Gal! LOL) hit 14-7.25, defeating Lisa Gunnarsson, who had the same mark!
KC Lightfoot continues his great season!
At Mt SAC, he cleared 18-1, not a PR!
But then at his State meet, he soared over 18-5!!
This moves him from 5th A-T HS, tied with 1 other, to 2nd!
Not sure whose mark came first, but we have yet another HS 18 footer!!
His name is Branson Ellis!
And you won't believe this, but Jack Shepard's HS Track book says his 2017 PR (as a Junior) was a mere 16-4.75!!
Now?
His new PR is a whopping 18-3.25!!
(Do we have here the Male version of Tori Franklin?? See above!)
This made him 4th A-T HS, but Lightfoot's mark moved him down one notch to 5th!
He's the 13th HS'er to clear 18 feet OUTdoors!!
The ACC meet saw Nate Richartz PV 18-8.25, giving him the Meet Record!
This makes him 20th A-T Collegiate, tied with 7 others!
A Texas A&M Junior named Tahan Tribi (sp??) TJ'ed 55-5.75, leaving him just 2.50 inches shy of my Collegiate DDD!
Last but not least, I'll finish this Jumpy (LOL) post with a wind-aided mark!
Jasmine Moore TJ'ed 45-4.75---but it was wind-aided!!
However, this makes me think a LEGAL 45'er is coming--and maybe soon!!
Next post (See above!) will cover the world of Sprints!
See you soon!!
If you read my previous (short) post, you know my computer croaked--but "just" for 22 days--until a good guy named John repaired it & returned it to me less than 2 days ago!
Since then, I've been busy catching up!
(In 2015, I believe, I got food poisoning right before I was about to preview--and report on--the INdoor NCAA and NBIN meets. Twelve days later, I got better, but when I realized how far behind I was with reporting results, I almost wished I were still in bed!! LOL)
Long story short, I have 34 pages of notes filled with all the great Records & Marks I would have normally ALREADY reported to you from all the meets since my computer croaked hours after my April 22nd post!
So, how to divide this up?
At first, I was going to do a post (or 2) for each week of my absence--the first covering Penn & Drake, etc--the 2nd being about Doha & Payton Jordan, the 3rd---well, you get the idea!
But as I gathered all these 34 pages of results (with the great assistance of T&FN's eTN!!), I saw how some athletes had been in more than one meet, and a few had broken a Record they'd broken a week or so earlier! (Hi, Syd!! LOL)
Thus, I made a decision!
And here--briefly--is what I'm doing!
I'm dividing up my reports into 4 posts!
This one--as the title implies--is about the Jumps--all 4 of them, covering both genders and all the 22 days I missed!
Then I'll follow with another on the Sprints (100, 200, 400, 110 & 100H, 400H, and the Sprint-oriented Relays!).
Then will come a post on the Throws, which will include the Multi's!
Finally, I'll cover the Distances from the 800 through the 10000--to include the longer Relays and any Road events I missed!
So, buckle up, grab a snack, and enjoy discovering (or remembering!) what happened in our favorite sport since April 22nd!!
Oh, those Triplers!!
And I mean BOTH genders!!
Tori Franklin ended the INdoor season with some fancy PR's--reaching the mid-46 foot level!
Normally, you'd look for her to spread her Oiselle wings out to---maybe!--47 low, or even add a full foot--to 47-6 or so!!
So what to make of a meet where she extends THAT yet ANOTHER foot??!!
Yes, Tori Franklin---"just" another wannabe still almost two feet behind Keturah Orji's OUTdoor American Record of 48-3.25--SMASHED her PR's--IN or OUT--by TWO FREAKING FEET & more!!!
And what a series it was!!
She began with a 47-8.50---extending her PR by over a foot in one fell swoop (or Hop, Step, and Jump!).
Then she added ANOTHER foot to that in Round 2!!
That was her ultimate reach, the 48-8.25---Yes, I said 48-8.25!!---that bug-eyed this 3-week-absentee from the Online world where LIFE existed!!
Absolutely amazing!!
(And think how those Oiselle "Birds" must have reacted!!!)
Yes, it's the American Record!
She moves from (ignoring her initial leap up to 47-8.50!) 2nd A-T US to 1st!
She is now 6.25 inches from making the World list!!
And she beat 2nd placer Ana Pelateiro's 47-3.75 by 16.50 inches!!
Here's her entire series--47-8.50---48-8.25---48-6---47-9.75---a foul---and 47-8.50!!
So what did Ms Orji do??
Merely broke her own Collegiate Record at an SEC meet that, as always, is possibly better than the NCAA Championship meet!!
And added a PR in her "other" event--the LJ!
That one sent her 22-4.25 from take-off to sand, and made her 9th A-T Collegiate, tied with 2 others!
Her TJ measured 47-11.75, breaking her Collegiate and Senior Class Records!!
She also--obviously--got the SEC Meet Record!
Yet she is now 5 inches (her Rio PR is 48-3.25!) behind Ms Franklin!!
Who woulda thunk??!!
Meanwhile, Caterine Ibarguen is re-emerging into the elite realm!
She opened with a mark of 47-8.50 in Colombia!
(Does that number look familiar??)
Then she got serious, extending that out to 48-6.75!!
But that mark only makes her Number TWO on the 2018 OUTdoor list!!
This could be a VERY interesting year in the Women's TJ!!
But what about us Guys??
Well, guess what?!
PPPP is BACK!!
And so is his rivalry with Christian Taylor!!
Remember those 59's they hit in Doha a couple years ago?
Well, they came close---Yes, in Doha!!
You've heard the saying "3rd time's the charm"!
It was Round 3 where both hit their best marks!
And it was Pablo Pedro etc Pichardo's 58-10.75 that ruled the day!
Taylor's 58-5.25 was one of his best recent marks, but just not enough!
But, Hey, Welcome back, you two!!
Oh yeah, almost forgot---Taylor's mark gives him the Age 27 Record!!
If you're wondering if Will Claye is going to take time out from his singing & recording stuff, well just check out the results from the meet in Guadeloupe!!
He didn't win---Almir dos Santos did with his 57-6.25!
But Mr Hip-Hop reached a solid 57-1--which left him in 2nd---just nipping one PPPP (See above!)---who had the same mark, but hit it once to Claye's pair!!
Let's move to the other "jump" that gave up some amazing stats during my absence!!
The Pole Vault!
No, there weren't any World or US Records broken!
In fact, the best mark goes to our fave "kid"--Mondo Duplantis!!
But I'll get around to him in a moment!
I want to talk about Chris Nilsen first!
His 19-2.75 PR set some serious wheels spinning--out of control!!
That mark moved him from 7th A-T Collegiate, tied with 3 others, to 4th, tied with 1 other!
But it was his move up the US All-Time ladder that blew apart that page in my Record Book!!
For it FINALLY allowed me to REMOVE a giant list of names from my expanded list (normally limited to 24, except in case of ties!)!
Here's the deal!
My OUTdoor US list had a HUGE amount of ties at the bottom---10, to be exact!
So when Nilsen moved UP, I was able to throw those other ten OFF!!
Nilsen moved from 24th A-T US, tied with those 10 others, to 14th, where he's tied with just one other!
So, WHO got kicked OUT??
I'll just list the ones from the last century--the 20th!
Scott Hennig's 19-0.25 dated from 1998.
Doug Fraley and Dave Volz's 19-0.25 were from 1992.
Billy Olson was the oldest, dating from 1987!
And then there was Mr Duplantis--and here I speak of Greg, NOT Mondo!!
Yep, Daddy Greg's 19-0.25 from 1993 is now GONE too!!
BTW, Nilsen earlier--at the Drake Relays--went over 18-11.50, but lost to Sam Kendricks's 19-1.50!
That mark gave Military Sam the Meet Record!
Some Women's PV results were good also!
And speaking of Drake, let's begin there!
They had TWO events--one held at a Mall, the other inside Drake's stadium!
The Mall event went to the ubiquitous Jenn Suhr and her 15-9 clearance!
That defeated the 15-5's of Katie Nageotte and Sandi Morris, who placed 2nd & 3rd, respectively!
Things turned a bit more serious inside the arena!
There, Morris reached 16-0, which gave her the Meet Record!
Suhr took 2nd with 15-5!
Nageotte et al were further back!
The Doha PV was good too!
There, Morris broke her own Meet Record (by a half inch!), clearing 15-10.50!
Five others trailed behind, each going over 15-2.75!
They were Holly Bradshaw, Robelys Peinado, Ms Nageotte, Nikoleta Kiriakopoulou, and Ekaterina Stefanidi!
Not about Results, but if you get the chance, watch Ato Boldon's latest You Tube interview show!
He talks with that ebullient Ms Stefanidi, who talks about going to Stanford, and her Rio experience--before and after!
She's a really charming--and talkative lady!!
The other pair of Jumps had their moments in the Sun also!
And who else but Mutaz Barshim would be the most prominent Male name to emerge!!
He reached the 2.40 mark--7-10.50--in the Doha DL!
Then took 3 shots at 2.42--or 7-11.25!!
Could this be the year when he hits the Top??
Jeff Henderson leapt out to a 27-8.25 LJ in a meet in Utah!
But it was the Shanghai DL that saw Luvo Manyonga nail a 28-1 LJ!
It was enough to cover the 27-8 by China's Yihao Shi (sp?).
So let's return to Mr Mondo!!
All HE did was add a measly half-inch to his PR--a 19-5.50 Vault!
It was at his State meet in Louisiana!!
(You can imagine how far back his "opponents" were!!)
And all it took was 4 Vaults---FOUR!!
He needed a pair to clear his opener at 17-10.50.
Then he got over 19-1 and his new PR on first tries!!
And he was done!!
Wow!!
This is getting a bit monotonous,but his latest broke his own High School, Senior Class, Age 18, and Swedish National Records!!
And he's now a mere 0.75 inches removed from joining my WORLD All-Time list!!
OK, friends, that about wraps up the REALLY serious stuff from this Jumps phase of the past 3 weeks!
But I do have several more marks to report, so I'll gather them together below for your easier perusal!
(And it saves space as well!!)
An early meet in Arkansas found Lexi Jacobus beating her twin sister Tori Hoggard, both clearing 14-9.50!
Then, at the SEC meet, Jacobus again dominated, but this time at a new Collegiate PR of 15-3!
(She's gone over 15-5, but that was AFTER the NCAA meet!)
She remains 3rd A-T Collegiate, and gets the Junior Class Record!
Hoggard again ended 2nd, going over 14-9!
At that earlier Arkansas meet, Yanis David TJ'ed 46-4.25, making her 7th A-T Collegiate!
In 2nd came Marie Josee Ebwea-Bile's 45-11.25, which made her 12th A-T Collegiate!
Jumping around (Sic!!), Vashti Cunningham won the Drake HJ with her 6-4.25!
NOT a good year (so far!) for the Women's HJ!
But Katie Isenberger's 6-1 misses my HS list by just a quarter inch!
Loretta Blaut won the American Conference with her 6-2!
At Penn, however, a Kansas State Frosh named Tejaswan Shankar HJ'ed 7-6!
A Virginia meet found Bridget Guy (of Virginia!) PV'ing 14-7.50!
Then, at the ACC meet, Ms Guy (who is a Gal! LOL) hit 14-7.25, defeating Lisa Gunnarsson, who had the same mark!
KC Lightfoot continues his great season!
At Mt SAC, he cleared 18-1, not a PR!
But then at his State meet, he soared over 18-5!!
This moves him from 5th A-T HS, tied with 1 other, to 2nd!
Not sure whose mark came first, but we have yet another HS 18 footer!!
His name is Branson Ellis!
And you won't believe this, but Jack Shepard's HS Track book says his 2017 PR (as a Junior) was a mere 16-4.75!!
Now?
His new PR is a whopping 18-3.25!!
(Do we have here the Male version of Tori Franklin?? See above!)
This made him 4th A-T HS, but Lightfoot's mark moved him down one notch to 5th!
He's the 13th HS'er to clear 18 feet OUTdoors!!
The ACC meet saw Nate Richartz PV 18-8.25, giving him the Meet Record!
This makes him 20th A-T Collegiate, tied with 7 others!
A Texas A&M Junior named Tahan Tribi (sp??) TJ'ed 55-5.75, leaving him just 2.50 inches shy of my Collegiate DDD!
Last but not least, I'll finish this Jumpy (LOL) post with a wind-aided mark!
Jasmine Moore TJ'ed 45-4.75---but it was wind-aided!!
However, this makes me think a LEGAL 45'er is coming--and maybe soon!!
Next post (See above!) will cover the world of Sprints!
See you soon!!
Monday, May 14, 2018
We're BACK!!
Hello---again!
Missed me (and this blog)??
On April 22nd--just a couple of hours or so after my last posting---my computer went and died on me!!
Long story short, I got a repair guy & it was repaired & I'm back!!
(Short $180!!!)
So, what's next?
For all my (one or two) fans, I intend to pick up where I left off 22 days ago!
Meaning, readers will be able to read about ALL the Records & Marks this blog has been reporting on since its inception on December 9th, 2013!!
That includes results from "Relays weekend"---Drake, Penn, etc!
It also means I'll fully cover what happened at Payton Jordan and Doha!
(And everything else worthy of note!)
I expect I'll need to spread things out over a MINIMUM of two lengthy posts---maybe 3!!
As my readers know, my main source for this blog is my own T&F Record Book!
Thus, WHILE compiling all the notes needed for my blog, I will simultaneously be updating my Record Book!!
It could take me a full day or more!!
Maybe 48 hours!
As soon as I have everything compiled & updated, I'll write the posts!!
So expect news of Drake et all to begin in a day or two!
Thanks for your patience!
See you soon---all two of you!!
LOL
Missed me (and this blog)??
On April 22nd--just a couple of hours or so after my last posting---my computer went and died on me!!
Long story short, I got a repair guy & it was repaired & I'm back!!
(Short $180!!!)
So, what's next?
For all my (one or two) fans, I intend to pick up where I left off 22 days ago!
Meaning, readers will be able to read about ALL the Records & Marks this blog has been reporting on since its inception on December 9th, 2013!!
That includes results from "Relays weekend"---Drake, Penn, etc!
It also means I'll fully cover what happened at Payton Jordan and Doha!
(And everything else worthy of note!)
I expect I'll need to spread things out over a MINIMUM of two lengthy posts---maybe 3!!
As my readers know, my main source for this blog is my own T&F Record Book!
Thus, WHILE compiling all the notes needed for my blog, I will simultaneously be updating my Record Book!!
It could take me a full day or more!!
Maybe 48 hours!
As soon as I have everything compiled & updated, I'll write the posts!!
So expect news of Drake et all to begin in a day or two!
Thanks for your patience!
See you soon---all two of you!!
LOL
Sunday, April 22, 2018
London's Record Quest & Raven's Return
And so much more!
But let's begin with one of my favorite people--Raven Saunders--aka The HULK!
She's BACK!!
I was scanning my Twitter page (as I often do), and there appeared a tweet by Gwen Berry, saying "and we thought you were gone!"--referring of course to the woman who dropped out of Ole Miss back in January--school, team, all of it!--citing personal problems!
No hint of when she'd return, although she did say she WOULD return!!
For her 2018 (INdoors or OUTdoors!) "rust-buster", she merely sent the Shot Put flying out to a WORLD LEADING 64-2.25!!
And what a series!!
62-7.75--64-2.25--63-8.75--62-7.25--63-2.75--and then a foul observers say was past 20 meters--or in the 66 foot range!!
While short of her 2017 PR of 64-10, that consistency in her series, plus that humongous final effort (even if a foul!!), tells me she's ready to break the American Record, and to dominate the event this season!!
(She herself tweeted one of those "vote" things--asking what shoes she should choose for her first Diamond League meet!! Most said Adidas! I voted for "other", but messaged her "Anything but Nike!!". LOL)
She beat her (former) Ole Miss teammate--Janeah Stewart--by almost 8 feet!!
The Raven was listed as "unattached"!!
And what about those World Record chases in good olde London Town??
For the Men, a first mile in 4:22 (Yes, 4:22!!) set the wheels spinning!
And an initial 5000 of 13:48 didn't slow things down much!!
They were moving at 1:57+ pace!!
Returning to "normal", the Men hit 10K in 28:19 (2nd 5 in 14:31), then 43:05 at 15000 (14:46).
When they reached the Half in 1:01:00---2:02:00 pace!!--the front group included Eliud Kipchoge, Shura Kitata, Abel Kirui, and GB's HomeBoy, Mo Farah--who actually was looking quite comfy!!
But the Men began their race about 40 minutes after the Women, and the temp had risen to near-70 degrees--NOT good for WR Marathon attempts!!
After hitting 25K (about 15.6 miles) in 1:12:36 (10K since 15K was 29:31), their next 10 slowed to 29:57, and the WR try was GONE!!
And then it was down to Kitata & whom the announcer referred to as the "GOAT" (Kipchoge)--as Farah had fallen back--way back, and looking over his shoulder!!
Maybe that announcer is right, because this Master Marathoner (he of that fake 2:00:25 with all the help that God and Nike provides!!) just continued pounding out those 4:40-ish miles, and left Kitata to kneel in his very presence!!
Kipchoge's time was 2:04:17--splits of 61:00 & 63:17)!
Kitata finished in 2:04:49.
And Mo got Steve Jones's venerable British National Record (32 years old)--hitting the line in 2:06:21!!
Kirui was next in 2:07:07!
The Women were equally interesting!
In a heavily-promoted WR attempt, the duelers were going to be Mary Keitany and Tirunesh Dibaba!
Even Paula Radcliffe said her WR could fall!
(There would be male pacers throughout!!)
Hitting their 1st Mile in a much more subdued 5:08 (Radcliffe's 2:15:25 is 5:09 per mile!), they split 15:46 at 5000!
The leaderboard was projecting a sub-2:14 time!!
Their next 5's were each in 16:00--timing 47:46 at 9.3 miles!!
Tiru led---but only by a stride--and then she fell 2 or 3 strides behind Keitany!
Both were looking smooth, however!
A 2nd group (also with their personal male rabbits!)--including Vivian Cheruiyot--hit the Half in 68:56--while Mary & Tiru strode through in 67:17!!
They were on 2:14:34 pace!!!
Then the heat--and the early pace IN that heat!!--started hitting them!
Keitany would fall 5-10 meters behind her pacers--then catch up!
But the great Tiru fell further and further behind--and it was down to a one-Woman WR chase!!
That ended (IMO) when the 5000 between 20 & 25K sunk to 16:34 (instead of the previous 16:00!)!
Keitany wasn't "smooth" anymore!
And at 19 miles (or close to it), Dibaba stopped, hands on hips, tried to walk & jog, then stopped again--her race ENDED!!
Stomach problems, cramps?
I don't know!
Meanwhile, after another 5K in 16:39, she (Keitany) crawled to a 17:33 split--and was just in survival mode!
Tell that to Cheruiyot--she of the 29:32 10K track time (faster than Dibaba!!)!
She was coming on--HARD!!
(Or Keitany was DROPPING--hard!!)
When she passed the leader, Cheruiyot gave no quarter--she sprinted past!!
And the race was her's!!
Cheruiyot (splits of 68:56 & 69:35) won in 2:18:31, about a 5 minute PR!!
She gets the Age 34 Record!
And becomes 4th A-T World!!
Brigid Kosgei ended 2nd in 2:20:13, also a PR!
Tadelech Bekele was 3rd in 2:21:30.
Then, in a sad sight to behold, Gladys Cherono ALSO passed the dying Keitany--this after the 26 mile marker!!
Her time was 2:24:10 in 4th, while Keitany just shuffled to the line in 2:24:27.
After her 67:16 Half, she faded by almost TEN MINUTES--to a 77:11 second half!
In the Wheelchair races, the Commonwealth was happy to see GB's David Weir beat Marcel Pug--and Australia's Madison De Rozario (who is quite stunningly beautiful!!) beating the inimitable Tatyana McFadden--who had won Boston just 5 days earlier!!
And so much more!!
To save space, I'm moving to the "by event group" mode of reporting!!
Distances (800 to 10000)
Josh Kerr nailed the Collegiate Record in the 1500 at the Brian Clay meet!!
And what a deep field!!
His 3:35:01 removed Syd Maree's 1981 time of 3:35.30!!
It's also the Junior Class Record!
He moves from 6th A-T Collegiate to the Top!!
Second came Justyn Knight's 3:36.07.
This makes him 7th A-T Collegiate!
(TFRSS doesn't list Knight's time! Is he redshirting? He was listed in the results as being with Syracuse!!)
Ole Miss's Robert Dominic ran 3:36.33, making him 9th A-T Collegiate!
Sam Prakel followed in 3:36.84, making him 16th A-T Collegiate!
The Women had a great race also!
Shelby Houlihan ran 4:06.07 for the W, but Colleen Quigley was close--4:07.01--and Kate Grace wasn't too far back--time of 4:08.82!
The 1st Collegiate was Oregon's Jessica Hull.
Her 4:10.46 makes her 23rd A-T Collegiate!!
Her Duck-mate--Lilli Burdon--ended 6th in 4:12.52, while Courtney Frerichs ran 4:14.62 in 9th, and Allie Ostrander was 10th, time of 4:15.06!
Evan Jager held off Isaac Kimeli in the Brian Clay 5000--13:24.77 to 13:24.92!
Marielle Hall took the Women's race in 15:39.42!
Karissa Schweizer added another Mizzou school record to her collection--a 4:12.83 in the 1500!
The Cardinal Invite saw Grant Fisher's 13:36.77 beat Zach Perrin's 13:37.06, and Marie Bouchard winning over Erin Finn--15:32.95 to 15:33.15!
Fiona O'Keefe satisfied the home crowd with her 3rd place 15:38.82!
Mt SAC saw Jessica Drop of Georgia win in a school record-smashing 15:38.57!!
(No more "field events only" for them!!)
High Schoolers produced some great times--but over 3200 meters!!
The best was Katelynne Hart's 9:52.02--a solo run, as 2nd was 32 seconds back!!
She's just a Soph--and would have gotten the Soph Class record for 3000 (or 2 Miles!)--"would have" being the operative words!!
In a cold & windy race, Katelyn Tuohy ran 10:08.13.
And at Mt SAC, Claudia Lane LOST--by 10 seconds!!--to Maddy Denner's 10:08.01.
Lane's time was 10:18.68!
And 3rd place was just 0.06 seconds behind Lane!!
MT SAC also had a quick Women's 800!
Kaela Edwards (in the Joe Bosshard group!!) won in 2:01.06.
Sabrina Southerland's 2:01.44 misses the Collegiate DDD by 0.14 seconds!
Stephanie Brown was 3rd in 2:01.71.
The Men's race went to Jecoro (?) Lopez's 1:47.07.
But he beat Clay Murphy's 1:47.22!
In 3rd came the new INdoor 800 HSR holder--Josh Hoey--his time being 1:48.72!
He misses my HS list by 0.24 seconds!
Aliyah Miller, a Baylor Frosh, won in 2:03.84.
Vanessa Fraser took the Cardinal Classic 1500 in 4:10.63!
She misses the Collegiate list by 0.14 seconds!
Jamie Morrissey ran 4:11.48 in 2nd!
Sprints (& Sprint Relays)
Mt SAC had a deep Men's 400!
Michael Norman led the way, his 44.53 making him 14th A-T Collegiate, tied with 3 others!!
Rai Benjamin was 2nd in 44.74, just 0.04 ahead of Paul Dedewo's 44.78, with Kahmari Montgomery's 44.91 taking 4th!!
The Women had a good race too--Lynna Irby's 50.95 claiming the W over Jaide Stepter's 51.24, and Kendell Ellis's 51.43!!
Wil London ran 44.73 at the Michael Johnson meet!!
(Where else??)
Twanisha Terry entered elite territory--that being Collegiates who break 11 seconds in the 100!!
Her 10.99 (1.7) gave this USC runner the Frosh Class Record!!
She now ranks 10th A-T Collegiate, tied with 1 other!!
Ashley Henderson took Silver with 11.06, while 3rd went to Jenna Prandini's 11.09!!
(Henderson also ran the 200 in 22.66 (1.6)!!)
Cut OFF my Collegiate list was none other than Gail Devers--her 11.05 dating from 1988!!
Ronnie Baker used an 0.5 breeze to run the 100 in 9.97!
The South Carolina Open saw Ncincilili Titi sprint the 200 in 20.00 (1.9)!!
This makes him 13th A-T Collegiate, tied with 1 other!
Brianna Rollins-McNeal continued her great season--her 12.43 in the 100H using a wind of 1.5!
This gave her the Mt SAC Meet Record!!
Bridgette Owens was 2nd in 12.79, with Dior Hall doing 12.85 in 3rd!
The MJ meet had a good Men's 4X400 Relay--with Texas A&M's 3:02.07 beating Texas Tech's 3:02.82!
USC sped the 4X100 in 42.57, moving them from 9th A-T School to 5th!!
Still with me??
Thank you!!
Field Events (and the Multi's)
First, an addition to a previously reported mark!!
Lisa Gunnarsson's 15-1 PV at the Texas Relays gave her the Age 18 Record!!
Gleb Dudarev exploded out to 256-0 in the HT!!
This gives him the Soph Class Record, and the Kansas Relays Meet Record!
He moves from 19th A-T Collegiate, tied with 1 other, to 4th!
Gwen Berry threw the Hammer 237-9 at the War Eagle meet!
Mason Finley threw the Discus 209-7 at the Kansas Relays!
Brooke Andersen added almost 4 feet to her HT PR!
Her 236-8 moves her from 6th A-T Collegiate to 5th!
And from 12th to 10th on the A-T US list!!
Zach Ziemek's 8181 won the Brian Clay Decathlon.
Georgia Ellenwood's 5983 took the Heptathlon!
Donald Thomas took the War Eagle HJ with 7-7!
Shelby McEwen was 2nd with 7-4.50!
Moved INdoors because of bad weather, Vernon Turner won the HJ in Oklahoma with 7-5.25!
Vashti Cunningham won the Mt SAC HJ with 6-3.25.
Second was Liz Patterson's 6-2.
Tatiana Gusin took over the Collegiate lead with her HJ of 6-2 in 3rd!
Matthew Ludwig PV'ed 18-8.75!
In the Virginia Challenge meet, Virginia Junior Bridget Guy PV'ed 14-7.50!
This makes her 22nd A-T Collegiate, tied with 2 others!
Maddie Gardner, a West Virginia Junior, got over 14-5.50!
Kristin Hixson got the Mt SAC Meet Record with her clearance at 15-1!
Terrell McClain LJ'ed 26-10!!
Jarvis Gotch leapt 27-1.75 at Mt SAC!
And in the Triple Jump, Imani Oliver's mark of 45-2.25 wasn't a PR.
Neither were Keturah Orji's and Tori Franklin's at Mt SAC!!
But Orji's 47-0.25 nailed the Senior Class Record for this A-T Great--giving her ALL FOUR of the Collegiate Class Records (for OUTdoors)!!!
She also got the Mt SAC Meet Record!
Franklin's 45-8.50 was a solid runner-up!
Then came an unknown (to me!) Oregon Junior--Chaquinn Cook--with 45-7!!
This makes her 15th A-T Collegiate!
And makes her 24th A-T US, tied with 1 other!
And that, as they say, is THAT!!
Thanks again for your endurance!!
Next up will be an "extra" post--all about the Two Mile--and the upcoming Women's race at the Drake Relays, and the Men's race at the Pre Classic!!
Then--more results--from Drake and Penn--and wherever else!!
See you soon!
But let's begin with one of my favorite people--Raven Saunders--aka The HULK!
She's BACK!!
I was scanning my Twitter page (as I often do), and there appeared a tweet by Gwen Berry, saying "and we thought you were gone!"--referring of course to the woman who dropped out of Ole Miss back in January--school, team, all of it!--citing personal problems!
No hint of when she'd return, although she did say she WOULD return!!
For her 2018 (INdoors or OUTdoors!) "rust-buster", she merely sent the Shot Put flying out to a WORLD LEADING 64-2.25!!
And what a series!!
62-7.75--64-2.25--63-8.75--62-7.25--63-2.75--and then a foul observers say was past 20 meters--or in the 66 foot range!!
While short of her 2017 PR of 64-10, that consistency in her series, plus that humongous final effort (even if a foul!!), tells me she's ready to break the American Record, and to dominate the event this season!!
(She herself tweeted one of those "vote" things--asking what shoes she should choose for her first Diamond League meet!! Most said Adidas! I voted for "other", but messaged her "Anything but Nike!!". LOL)
She beat her (former) Ole Miss teammate--Janeah Stewart--by almost 8 feet!!
The Raven was listed as "unattached"!!
And what about those World Record chases in good olde London Town??
For the Men, a first mile in 4:22 (Yes, 4:22!!) set the wheels spinning!
And an initial 5000 of 13:48 didn't slow things down much!!
They were moving at 1:57+ pace!!
Returning to "normal", the Men hit 10K in 28:19 (2nd 5 in 14:31), then 43:05 at 15000 (14:46).
When they reached the Half in 1:01:00---2:02:00 pace!!--the front group included Eliud Kipchoge, Shura Kitata, Abel Kirui, and GB's HomeBoy, Mo Farah--who actually was looking quite comfy!!
But the Men began their race about 40 minutes after the Women, and the temp had risen to near-70 degrees--NOT good for WR Marathon attempts!!
After hitting 25K (about 15.6 miles) in 1:12:36 (10K since 15K was 29:31), their next 10 slowed to 29:57, and the WR try was GONE!!
And then it was down to Kitata & whom the announcer referred to as the "GOAT" (Kipchoge)--as Farah had fallen back--way back, and looking over his shoulder!!
Maybe that announcer is right, because this Master Marathoner (he of that fake 2:00:25 with all the help that God and Nike provides!!) just continued pounding out those 4:40-ish miles, and left Kitata to kneel in his very presence!!
Kipchoge's time was 2:04:17--splits of 61:00 & 63:17)!
Kitata finished in 2:04:49.
And Mo got Steve Jones's venerable British National Record (32 years old)--hitting the line in 2:06:21!!
Kirui was next in 2:07:07!
The Women were equally interesting!
In a heavily-promoted WR attempt, the duelers were going to be Mary Keitany and Tirunesh Dibaba!
Even Paula Radcliffe said her WR could fall!
(There would be male pacers throughout!!)
Hitting their 1st Mile in a much more subdued 5:08 (Radcliffe's 2:15:25 is 5:09 per mile!), they split 15:46 at 5000!
The leaderboard was projecting a sub-2:14 time!!
Their next 5's were each in 16:00--timing 47:46 at 9.3 miles!!
Tiru led---but only by a stride--and then she fell 2 or 3 strides behind Keitany!
Both were looking smooth, however!
A 2nd group (also with their personal male rabbits!)--including Vivian Cheruiyot--hit the Half in 68:56--while Mary & Tiru strode through in 67:17!!
They were on 2:14:34 pace!!!
Then the heat--and the early pace IN that heat!!--started hitting them!
Keitany would fall 5-10 meters behind her pacers--then catch up!
But the great Tiru fell further and further behind--and it was down to a one-Woman WR chase!!
That ended (IMO) when the 5000 between 20 & 25K sunk to 16:34 (instead of the previous 16:00!)!
Keitany wasn't "smooth" anymore!
And at 19 miles (or close to it), Dibaba stopped, hands on hips, tried to walk & jog, then stopped again--her race ENDED!!
Stomach problems, cramps?
I don't know!
Meanwhile, after another 5K in 16:39, she (Keitany) crawled to a 17:33 split--and was just in survival mode!
Tell that to Cheruiyot--she of the 29:32 10K track time (faster than Dibaba!!)!
She was coming on--HARD!!
(Or Keitany was DROPPING--hard!!)
When she passed the leader, Cheruiyot gave no quarter--she sprinted past!!
And the race was her's!!
Cheruiyot (splits of 68:56 & 69:35) won in 2:18:31, about a 5 minute PR!!
She gets the Age 34 Record!
And becomes 4th A-T World!!
Brigid Kosgei ended 2nd in 2:20:13, also a PR!
Tadelech Bekele was 3rd in 2:21:30.
Then, in a sad sight to behold, Gladys Cherono ALSO passed the dying Keitany--this after the 26 mile marker!!
Her time was 2:24:10 in 4th, while Keitany just shuffled to the line in 2:24:27.
After her 67:16 Half, she faded by almost TEN MINUTES--to a 77:11 second half!
In the Wheelchair races, the Commonwealth was happy to see GB's David Weir beat Marcel Pug--and Australia's Madison De Rozario (who is quite stunningly beautiful!!) beating the inimitable Tatyana McFadden--who had won Boston just 5 days earlier!!
And so much more!!
To save space, I'm moving to the "by event group" mode of reporting!!
Distances (800 to 10000)
Josh Kerr nailed the Collegiate Record in the 1500 at the Brian Clay meet!!
And what a deep field!!
His 3:35:01 removed Syd Maree's 1981 time of 3:35.30!!
It's also the Junior Class Record!
He moves from 6th A-T Collegiate to the Top!!
Second came Justyn Knight's 3:36.07.
This makes him 7th A-T Collegiate!
(TFRSS doesn't list Knight's time! Is he redshirting? He was listed in the results as being with Syracuse!!)
Ole Miss's Robert Dominic ran 3:36.33, making him 9th A-T Collegiate!
Sam Prakel followed in 3:36.84, making him 16th A-T Collegiate!
The Women had a great race also!
Shelby Houlihan ran 4:06.07 for the W, but Colleen Quigley was close--4:07.01--and Kate Grace wasn't too far back--time of 4:08.82!
The 1st Collegiate was Oregon's Jessica Hull.
Her 4:10.46 makes her 23rd A-T Collegiate!!
Her Duck-mate--Lilli Burdon--ended 6th in 4:12.52, while Courtney Frerichs ran 4:14.62 in 9th, and Allie Ostrander was 10th, time of 4:15.06!
Evan Jager held off Isaac Kimeli in the Brian Clay 5000--13:24.77 to 13:24.92!
Marielle Hall took the Women's race in 15:39.42!
Karissa Schweizer added another Mizzou school record to her collection--a 4:12.83 in the 1500!
The Cardinal Invite saw Grant Fisher's 13:36.77 beat Zach Perrin's 13:37.06, and Marie Bouchard winning over Erin Finn--15:32.95 to 15:33.15!
Fiona O'Keefe satisfied the home crowd with her 3rd place 15:38.82!
Mt SAC saw Jessica Drop of Georgia win in a school record-smashing 15:38.57!!
(No more "field events only" for them!!)
High Schoolers produced some great times--but over 3200 meters!!
The best was Katelynne Hart's 9:52.02--a solo run, as 2nd was 32 seconds back!!
She's just a Soph--and would have gotten the Soph Class record for 3000 (or 2 Miles!)--"would have" being the operative words!!
In a cold & windy race, Katelyn Tuohy ran 10:08.13.
And at Mt SAC, Claudia Lane LOST--by 10 seconds!!--to Maddy Denner's 10:08.01.
Lane's time was 10:18.68!
And 3rd place was just 0.06 seconds behind Lane!!
MT SAC also had a quick Women's 800!
Kaela Edwards (in the Joe Bosshard group!!) won in 2:01.06.
Sabrina Southerland's 2:01.44 misses the Collegiate DDD by 0.14 seconds!
Stephanie Brown was 3rd in 2:01.71.
The Men's race went to Jecoro (?) Lopez's 1:47.07.
But he beat Clay Murphy's 1:47.22!
In 3rd came the new INdoor 800 HSR holder--Josh Hoey--his time being 1:48.72!
He misses my HS list by 0.24 seconds!
Aliyah Miller, a Baylor Frosh, won in 2:03.84.
Vanessa Fraser took the Cardinal Classic 1500 in 4:10.63!
She misses the Collegiate list by 0.14 seconds!
Jamie Morrissey ran 4:11.48 in 2nd!
Sprints (& Sprint Relays)
Mt SAC had a deep Men's 400!
Michael Norman led the way, his 44.53 making him 14th A-T Collegiate, tied with 3 others!!
Rai Benjamin was 2nd in 44.74, just 0.04 ahead of Paul Dedewo's 44.78, with Kahmari Montgomery's 44.91 taking 4th!!
The Women had a good race too--Lynna Irby's 50.95 claiming the W over Jaide Stepter's 51.24, and Kendell Ellis's 51.43!!
Wil London ran 44.73 at the Michael Johnson meet!!
(Where else??)
Twanisha Terry entered elite territory--that being Collegiates who break 11 seconds in the 100!!
Her 10.99 (1.7) gave this USC runner the Frosh Class Record!!
She now ranks 10th A-T Collegiate, tied with 1 other!!
Ashley Henderson took Silver with 11.06, while 3rd went to Jenna Prandini's 11.09!!
(Henderson also ran the 200 in 22.66 (1.6)!!)
Cut OFF my Collegiate list was none other than Gail Devers--her 11.05 dating from 1988!!
Ronnie Baker used an 0.5 breeze to run the 100 in 9.97!
The South Carolina Open saw Ncincilili Titi sprint the 200 in 20.00 (1.9)!!
This makes him 13th A-T Collegiate, tied with 1 other!
Brianna Rollins-McNeal continued her great season--her 12.43 in the 100H using a wind of 1.5!
This gave her the Mt SAC Meet Record!!
Bridgette Owens was 2nd in 12.79, with Dior Hall doing 12.85 in 3rd!
The MJ meet had a good Men's 4X400 Relay--with Texas A&M's 3:02.07 beating Texas Tech's 3:02.82!
USC sped the 4X100 in 42.57, moving them from 9th A-T School to 5th!!
Still with me??
Thank you!!
Field Events (and the Multi's)
First, an addition to a previously reported mark!!
Lisa Gunnarsson's 15-1 PV at the Texas Relays gave her the Age 18 Record!!
Gleb Dudarev exploded out to 256-0 in the HT!!
This gives him the Soph Class Record, and the Kansas Relays Meet Record!
He moves from 19th A-T Collegiate, tied with 1 other, to 4th!
Gwen Berry threw the Hammer 237-9 at the War Eagle meet!
Mason Finley threw the Discus 209-7 at the Kansas Relays!
Brooke Andersen added almost 4 feet to her HT PR!
Her 236-8 moves her from 6th A-T Collegiate to 5th!
And from 12th to 10th on the A-T US list!!
Zach Ziemek's 8181 won the Brian Clay Decathlon.
Georgia Ellenwood's 5983 took the Heptathlon!
Donald Thomas took the War Eagle HJ with 7-7!
Shelby McEwen was 2nd with 7-4.50!
Moved INdoors because of bad weather, Vernon Turner won the HJ in Oklahoma with 7-5.25!
Vashti Cunningham won the Mt SAC HJ with 6-3.25.
Second was Liz Patterson's 6-2.
Tatiana Gusin took over the Collegiate lead with her HJ of 6-2 in 3rd!
Matthew Ludwig PV'ed 18-8.75!
In the Virginia Challenge meet, Virginia Junior Bridget Guy PV'ed 14-7.50!
This makes her 22nd A-T Collegiate, tied with 2 others!
Maddie Gardner, a West Virginia Junior, got over 14-5.50!
Kristin Hixson got the Mt SAC Meet Record with her clearance at 15-1!
Terrell McClain LJ'ed 26-10!!
Jarvis Gotch leapt 27-1.75 at Mt SAC!
And in the Triple Jump, Imani Oliver's mark of 45-2.25 wasn't a PR.
Neither were Keturah Orji's and Tori Franklin's at Mt SAC!!
But Orji's 47-0.25 nailed the Senior Class Record for this A-T Great--giving her ALL FOUR of the Collegiate Class Records (for OUTdoors)!!!
She also got the Mt SAC Meet Record!
Franklin's 45-8.50 was a solid runner-up!
Then came an unknown (to me!) Oregon Junior--Chaquinn Cook--with 45-7!!
This makes her 15th A-T Collegiate!
And makes her 24th A-T US, tied with 1 other!
And that, as they say, is THAT!!
Thanks again for your endurance!!
Next up will be an "extra" post--all about the Two Mile--and the upcoming Women's race at the Drake Relays, and the Men's race at the Pre Classic!!
Then--more results--from Drake and Penn--and wherever else!!
See you soon!
Monday, April 16, 2018
Quite a Busy Week!
You've already read---You have, haven't you??--my detailed Commonwealth Games and Boston Marathon reports!
Well, while great events by themselves, they weren't the only game in town!!
So here's all the other stuff of note from this past few days!!
Since I just posted my Boston report, let's begin with all the other Road races--Run & Walk variety!!
Erick Kiptanui moved onto the top shelf of Half-Marathoners!
Winning the Berlin Half by a huge margin, his 58:42 makes him 5th A-T World, tied with 1 other!
He did his opening 5000 in 13:32--WR pace!--but slowed a bit after that!
The Cherry Blossom 10 Miler went to Jimal Yimer's 46:17, and Buze Diriba's 53:45!
Chris Derrick was 1st American in the Men's race (5th place), time of 46:52.
Matthew Centrowitz ran this also--but ended just 10th, time of 50:38!
He might have just been tempo-ing!
Emma Bates was 1st US Woman, also 5th place, time of 54:44!
The Rotterdam Marathon was won by Kenneth Kipkemoi and Visiline Jepkesho, respective times of 2:05:44 and 2:23:47.
The US World Walk Trials were taken by Nick Christie's 1:27:21, and Maria Michta-Coffey's 1:32:09!
A newcomer to the Women's Walk scene was 3rd placer Robyn Stevens, whose 1:34:26 makes her 8th A-T US!!
Is Jenn Suhr REALLY "semi-retired"??
Because she sure PERFORMS like someone peaking for the Olympics or a World Championship!!
Her latest crowd-rouser was a quarter-inch OUTdoor PR---after TEN YEARS!!
Opening at 15-1.50--about 2 feet after all others XXX'd out--she cleared that height, then 15-5.50, and finally--16-2--all on first attempts!!
(She missed thrice at 16-5.25!!)
This breaks her own Age 36 Record, and of course makes her the oldest 16 footer!!
She remains 2nd A-T US, and 3rd A-T World!
Staying with the PV, Renaud Lavillenie cleared 19-6.25--the World leader!--also at the Texas meet!
His heights were 18-4.50, 18-10.25, and 19-2.25--all on 1st try--then needing 3 for the 19-6.25!
He missed 3 at 19-8.50!
KC Lightfoot added his name to the growing list of OUTdoor HS 18 footers!!
Getting over 18-0, that moved him from 17th A-T HS, tied with 3 others, to 11th, tied with 1 other!
But then he went over 18-3!!
This moved him from 11th, tied with 1 other, to 4th, tied with 1 other!!
Morgann LeLeux cleared 15-1, not a PR!
Devin King got over 18-8.25!
Sydney McLaughlin continues to amaze---or maybe that's the wrong word!
Maybe "fulfilling PART of her VAST potential" might be closer to the vein!!
Her latest was in the Century--an event she rarely runs--at least sans hurdles!
While a bit windy (3.5)--and losing to Javianne Oliver's 11.04--Syd's 11.07 impressed even the McL-jaded!!
She also ran lead-off in Kentucky's 4X200 Relay--timed in 1:30.76!
Jasmine Camacho-Quinn ran 2nd leg!
This Tennessee meet produced another good windy mark--a 12.40 in the 100H by Kendra Harrison!
Kori Carter was a far back 2nd in 12.82!
Wind was 3.1.
But the REAL hurdles prize goes to Grant Holloway, whose 13.16 at the Tom Jones meet was LEGAL (1.9)!!
This makes him 2nd A-T Collegiate, tied with 1 other!
He misses the US list by 0.03 seconds!!
In second came Reuben Walters's 13.31.
Reuben, an Alabama Senior, is now 15th A-T Collegiate!
That Tom Jones meet (NOT named after the singer!! LOL) was a speedy one--even though a few of the marks got the "W" (for windy) affixed!
For example, Noah Lyles sped a 9.86 100, leading Isaiah Young to a 9.92--with a wind of 4.1.
Andre Ewers ran a 200 in 20.05, but had a breeze of 3.1 with him!
Wind-legal times were run there also!
LaShawn Merritt's 20.48 in the 200 had an 0.3 wind.
Tori Bowie's 11.04 had a tiny 0.2.
Tamara Clark--an Alabama Frosh--ran AGAINST a wind of 0.7 in her 200--time of 22.57!
The 400's were fast too!
Shakima Wimbley's 50.18 took care of Jessica Beard's 50.75!
Josephus Lyles won over Christian Taylor--45.28 to 45.44.
That attempt at an American Record in the 4X100 Relay by a Men's team of Christian Coleman, Justin Gatlin, Ronnie Baker, and Mike Rodgers had a questionable hand-off from Coleman to Gatlin--but their 38.08 fell way short anyway!
Not bad, though, for early April!
In other events--
Cole Sprout--a HS Soph!--ran 3000 meters at over 5000 feet of Colorado altitude!!--in 8:13.85!
This erases Drew Hunter as the Soph Class Record holder!!
He misses the HS DDD by 0.58 seconds!!
Jazmine Fray ran the fastest Collegiate 800 of the season--2:01.18!
This makes her 22nd A-T Collegiate!
A Miami Frosh--Kayla Johnson--ran 2:03.04 over the same distance!
In a meet at Temple University, Ajee Wilson rust-busted a 1500 in 4:12.52, edging Charlene Lipsey's 4:12.69!
LSU ran another fast 4X100 Relay--this one in 42.53!
Kortnei Johnson's 200 of 22.61 had a wind of 0.9!
Masai Russell ran the fastest 300H of this HS season--time of 40.70!
Another HS leader went to the 4:11.04 Mile of Johan Correa!!
The fine city of Santa Barbara (CA) saw its first-ever sub-4 Miles!!
The Hoka One One group saw Kyle Merber's 3:57.74 set the standard, with 3 others following under the barrier!
Ce'Aira Brown's 4:36.94 led the Women!
Field events cover the rest--
Dana Baker's JT of 171-5 moves her from 13th A-T HS to 11th!
Anders Ericksson--a Florida Junior--had a HT of 241-5, falling just 4 inches short of making my Collegiate DDD!
Ehsan Hadadi's DT went 225-10--the World leader!
Darrell Hill's SP mark of 67-8 beat Jordan Geist's 65-9!
A good SP saw Fannie Roos--a 23 year old from Sweden--reach 61-3.50!
She broke her own National Record!
This defeated Maggie Ewen's 60-4, and Lena Giger's 59-4.25!
Giger is now 23rd A-T Collegiate, tied with 1 other!
Ewen also threw the Discus 199-3, and the Hammer 226-5!
In another meet, Ewen PR'ed in the DT--to 204-11, but lost to Valerie Allman's 206-1--not a PR!
Nonetheless, Allman's 206-1 moves her from 15th A-T Collegiate to 10th!
Her 212-3 PR came in a meet AFTER 2017's NCAA Championships!!
Ewen's mark moves her from 16th A-T Collegiate to 12th!
It also makes her 21st A-T US!!
Tyler Cronk HJ'ed 7-3 for a tie of the yearly HS lead!
Tyson Jones's SP of 70-6 misses my HS list by ONE inch!!
Finally, Tyrese Cooper has returned from his INdoor injury!!
He had a 100 of 10.39 (wind unknown), a 200 of 21.45 (-0.8!), and a 400 of 47.38.
He finished 2nd in the latter race!
And that is THAT!!
Next up are the Mt SAC Relays!!
And that's just the cherry on top!!
See you soon!!
Well, while great events by themselves, they weren't the only game in town!!
So here's all the other stuff of note from this past few days!!
Since I just posted my Boston report, let's begin with all the other Road races--Run & Walk variety!!
Erick Kiptanui moved onto the top shelf of Half-Marathoners!
Winning the Berlin Half by a huge margin, his 58:42 makes him 5th A-T World, tied with 1 other!
He did his opening 5000 in 13:32--WR pace!--but slowed a bit after that!
The Cherry Blossom 10 Miler went to Jimal Yimer's 46:17, and Buze Diriba's 53:45!
Chris Derrick was 1st American in the Men's race (5th place), time of 46:52.
Matthew Centrowitz ran this also--but ended just 10th, time of 50:38!
He might have just been tempo-ing!
Emma Bates was 1st US Woman, also 5th place, time of 54:44!
The Rotterdam Marathon was won by Kenneth Kipkemoi and Visiline Jepkesho, respective times of 2:05:44 and 2:23:47.
The US World Walk Trials were taken by Nick Christie's 1:27:21, and Maria Michta-Coffey's 1:32:09!
A newcomer to the Women's Walk scene was 3rd placer Robyn Stevens, whose 1:34:26 makes her 8th A-T US!!
Is Jenn Suhr REALLY "semi-retired"??
Because she sure PERFORMS like someone peaking for the Olympics or a World Championship!!
Her latest crowd-rouser was a quarter-inch OUTdoor PR---after TEN YEARS!!
Opening at 15-1.50--about 2 feet after all others XXX'd out--she cleared that height, then 15-5.50, and finally--16-2--all on first attempts!!
(She missed thrice at 16-5.25!!)
This breaks her own Age 36 Record, and of course makes her the oldest 16 footer!!
She remains 2nd A-T US, and 3rd A-T World!
Staying with the PV, Renaud Lavillenie cleared 19-6.25--the World leader!--also at the Texas meet!
His heights were 18-4.50, 18-10.25, and 19-2.25--all on 1st try--then needing 3 for the 19-6.25!
He missed 3 at 19-8.50!
KC Lightfoot added his name to the growing list of OUTdoor HS 18 footers!!
Getting over 18-0, that moved him from 17th A-T HS, tied with 3 others, to 11th, tied with 1 other!
But then he went over 18-3!!
This moved him from 11th, tied with 1 other, to 4th, tied with 1 other!!
Morgann LeLeux cleared 15-1, not a PR!
Devin King got over 18-8.25!
Sydney McLaughlin continues to amaze---or maybe that's the wrong word!
Maybe "fulfilling PART of her VAST potential" might be closer to the vein!!
Her latest was in the Century--an event she rarely runs--at least sans hurdles!
While a bit windy (3.5)--and losing to Javianne Oliver's 11.04--Syd's 11.07 impressed even the McL-jaded!!
She also ran lead-off in Kentucky's 4X200 Relay--timed in 1:30.76!
Jasmine Camacho-Quinn ran 2nd leg!
This Tennessee meet produced another good windy mark--a 12.40 in the 100H by Kendra Harrison!
Kori Carter was a far back 2nd in 12.82!
Wind was 3.1.
But the REAL hurdles prize goes to Grant Holloway, whose 13.16 at the Tom Jones meet was LEGAL (1.9)!!
This makes him 2nd A-T Collegiate, tied with 1 other!
He misses the US list by 0.03 seconds!!
In second came Reuben Walters's 13.31.
Reuben, an Alabama Senior, is now 15th A-T Collegiate!
That Tom Jones meet (NOT named after the singer!! LOL) was a speedy one--even though a few of the marks got the "W" (for windy) affixed!
For example, Noah Lyles sped a 9.86 100, leading Isaiah Young to a 9.92--with a wind of 4.1.
Andre Ewers ran a 200 in 20.05, but had a breeze of 3.1 with him!
Wind-legal times were run there also!
LaShawn Merritt's 20.48 in the 200 had an 0.3 wind.
Tori Bowie's 11.04 had a tiny 0.2.
Tamara Clark--an Alabama Frosh--ran AGAINST a wind of 0.7 in her 200--time of 22.57!
The 400's were fast too!
Shakima Wimbley's 50.18 took care of Jessica Beard's 50.75!
Josephus Lyles won over Christian Taylor--45.28 to 45.44.
That attempt at an American Record in the 4X100 Relay by a Men's team of Christian Coleman, Justin Gatlin, Ronnie Baker, and Mike Rodgers had a questionable hand-off from Coleman to Gatlin--but their 38.08 fell way short anyway!
Not bad, though, for early April!
In other events--
Cole Sprout--a HS Soph!--ran 3000 meters at over 5000 feet of Colorado altitude!!--in 8:13.85!
This erases Drew Hunter as the Soph Class Record holder!!
He misses the HS DDD by 0.58 seconds!!
Jazmine Fray ran the fastest Collegiate 800 of the season--2:01.18!
This makes her 22nd A-T Collegiate!
A Miami Frosh--Kayla Johnson--ran 2:03.04 over the same distance!
In a meet at Temple University, Ajee Wilson rust-busted a 1500 in 4:12.52, edging Charlene Lipsey's 4:12.69!
LSU ran another fast 4X100 Relay--this one in 42.53!
Kortnei Johnson's 200 of 22.61 had a wind of 0.9!
Masai Russell ran the fastest 300H of this HS season--time of 40.70!
Another HS leader went to the 4:11.04 Mile of Johan Correa!!
The fine city of Santa Barbara (CA) saw its first-ever sub-4 Miles!!
The Hoka One One group saw Kyle Merber's 3:57.74 set the standard, with 3 others following under the barrier!
Ce'Aira Brown's 4:36.94 led the Women!
Field events cover the rest--
Dana Baker's JT of 171-5 moves her from 13th A-T HS to 11th!
Anders Ericksson--a Florida Junior--had a HT of 241-5, falling just 4 inches short of making my Collegiate DDD!
Ehsan Hadadi's DT went 225-10--the World leader!
Darrell Hill's SP mark of 67-8 beat Jordan Geist's 65-9!
A good SP saw Fannie Roos--a 23 year old from Sweden--reach 61-3.50!
She broke her own National Record!
This defeated Maggie Ewen's 60-4, and Lena Giger's 59-4.25!
Giger is now 23rd A-T Collegiate, tied with 1 other!
Ewen also threw the Discus 199-3, and the Hammer 226-5!
In another meet, Ewen PR'ed in the DT--to 204-11, but lost to Valerie Allman's 206-1--not a PR!
Nonetheless, Allman's 206-1 moves her from 15th A-T Collegiate to 10th!
Her 212-3 PR came in a meet AFTER 2017's NCAA Championships!!
Ewen's mark moves her from 16th A-T Collegiate to 12th!
It also makes her 21st A-T US!!
Tyler Cronk HJ'ed 7-3 for a tie of the yearly HS lead!
Tyson Jones's SP of 70-6 misses my HS list by ONE inch!!
Finally, Tyrese Cooper has returned from his INdoor injury!!
He had a 100 of 10.39 (wind unknown), a 200 of 21.45 (-0.8!), and a 400 of 47.38.
He finished 2nd in the latter race!
And that is THAT!!
Next up are the Mt SAC Relays!!
And that's just the cherry on top!!
See you soon!!
Boston Strange
The 122nd Boston Marathon was WET, WINDY, and WACKY!
I mean, how often in a major race like Boston does a lifetime follower of the sport (MOI!) need to google 4 of the first 7 finishers just to find out WHO they are?!
Mosttimes, I've at least HEARD of a runner--have seen their name in results--even if not in the "elite" category!!
But today?
In Boston?
How about Rachel Hyland, who ended just off the podium, in 4th??
Before getting to my actual race report, let's look at the Men a bit!
I mean, SIX of the first 10 were Americans--and NONE of them was Galen Rupp!!
Daniel Vassalo (??) in 10th--Elkanah Kibet 8th, Scott Smith 6th!
Then you had Andy Bumbalough in 5th, Tyler Pennel in 4th, and Shadrack Biwott in 3rd!!
I mean, how often in a major race like Boston does a lifetime follower of the sport (MOI!) need to google 4 of the first 7 finishers just to find out WHO they are?!
Mosttimes, I've at least HEARD of a runner--have seen their name in results--even if not in the "elite" category!!
But today?
In Boston?
Seventh placer Kimi Reed!
Turns out she's run the Marathon in 2:38:19--decent but not quite a time this blog is interested in!
She's 30 years old.
Her time was 2:46:47.
She finished 27 seconds AHEAD of Edna Kiplagat, simply one of the WORLD's All-Time best!!
Skip to 5th placer Nicole DiMercurio!
Name rang no bells--not even a light tap on the door of my brain!!
Yet she ran track at Georgia, graduating in 2014!
Her time was 2:45:52, and she ended 39 seconds ahead of pre-race favorite Shalane Flanagan!!
Turns out she's run the Marathon in 2:38:19--decent but not quite a time this blog is interested in!
She's 30 years old.
Her time was 2:46:47.
She finished 27 seconds AHEAD of Edna Kiplagat, simply one of the WORLD's All-Time best!!
Skip to 5th placer Nicole DiMercurio!
Name rang no bells--not even a light tap on the door of my brain!!
Yet she ran track at Georgia, graduating in 2014!
Her time was 2:45:52, and she ended 39 seconds ahead of pre-race favorite Shalane Flanagan!!
How about Rachel Hyland, who ended just off the podium, in 4th??
She's 31, and has a Marathon PR of 2:41:26!
Her time was 2:44:29.
While not a stranger, most didn't expect 41 year old Canadian Krista Duchene--a few years past her 2:28 & change prime--to take the Bronze--time of 2:44:20!
But when a Woman named Sarah Sellers takes SECOND--well, you KNOW that THIS Boston is stranger than most!!
She's married now, but her name at Weber State was Sarah Callister--still unknown to me, despite her having a 32:50 PR for a track 10000!!
She's a full time nurse, and is about 27!
Her time was 2:44:29.
While not a stranger, most didn't expect 41 year old Canadian Krista Duchene--a few years past her 2:28 & change prime--to take the Bronze--time of 2:44:20!
But when a Woman named Sarah Sellers takes SECOND--well, you KNOW that THIS Boston is stranger than most!!
She's married now, but her name at Weber State was Sarah Callister--still unknown to me, despite her having a 32:50 PR for a track 10000!!
She's a full time nurse, and is about 27!
Before getting to my actual race report, let's look at the Men a bit!
I mean, SIX of the first 10 were Americans--and NONE of them was Galen Rupp!!
Daniel Vassalo (??) in 10th--Elkanah Kibet 8th, Scott Smith 6th!
Then you had Andy Bumbalough in 5th, Tyler Pennel in 4th, and Shadrack Biwott in 3rd!!
At least I KNOW those last 3 guys---and Kibet!!
And the WINNERS!!
Look, here's a bit of how it went down.
Japanese career-Marathoner (He's done over 80 of them--about 10 per year!!) Yuki Kawauchi WON the Men's race in 2:15:58.
But his first mile was a 4:37!
Sure, it was downhill, but in this worst-ever weather, you just don't open your race at VERY close to 2:01 flat pace!!
The pace fell back to "normal"--4:50's to 5:10's--but even that kind of speed was unexpected in this kind of weather--with 20-30 MPH winds AGAINST you, and raining!!
After a bit of group running, Geoff Kirui took over, opening a sizable gap past the half, and toward the 25K mark!
Then Kawauchi--with an exaggerated arm-swing not often seen after High School among elites--took over, opening an ever-widening gap!
He wasn't really moving that fast--after all, they'd passed the Half in 1:05:59--so his second half was close to 70 minutes!!
But no one gave serious chase!
And where was Rupp, promoted by "everyone" as the "winner" for weeks before race day??
Dressed like a bandit (The Let's Run crowd sort of said as much--as he wore layers--and had his face mostly covered--like a Midnight Burglar!!), he fell back early, and never rallied!
Look, here's a bit of how it went down.
Japanese career-Marathoner (He's done over 80 of them--about 10 per year!!) Yuki Kawauchi WON the Men's race in 2:15:58.
But his first mile was a 4:37!
Sure, it was downhill, but in this worst-ever weather, you just don't open your race at VERY close to 2:01 flat pace!!
The pace fell back to "normal"--4:50's to 5:10's--but even that kind of speed was unexpected in this kind of weather--with 20-30 MPH winds AGAINST you, and raining!!
After a bit of group running, Geoff Kirui took over, opening a sizable gap past the half, and toward the 25K mark!
Then Kawauchi--with an exaggerated arm-swing not often seen after High School among elites--took over, opening an ever-widening gap!
He wasn't really moving that fast--after all, they'd passed the Half in 1:05:59--so his second half was close to 70 minutes!!
But no one gave serious chase!
And where was Rupp, promoted by "everyone" as the "winner" for weeks before race day??
Dressed like a bandit (The Let's Run crowd sort of said as much--as he wore layers--and had his face mostly covered--like a Midnight Burglar!!), he fell back early, and never rallied!
He DNF'ed around Mile 18!!
And, as is normal with the NOP Gang, he refused to talk to the media afterward!!
Kawauchi's initial reaction??
Remember Karsten Warholm's open-mouthed "The Scream" after taking the 400H in the 2017 WC??
Take Two--and add the idea that he didn't even know he'd won until people said he did!!
Geoff Kirui was 2nd--2:25 behind, and 12 seconds ahead of Biwott!
Pennel ended in 2:18:57, while Bumbalough timed 2:19:52!
The Women's race was a bit more predictable--in the early going!
A large group--10 or 12--held together through SLOW opening miles!!
(No 4:37's here!!)
This group included the main Americans--Shalane Flanagan, Molly Huddle, and Des Linden!
Jordan Hasay had withdrawn a day before, citing a plantar fascia tightness!
And, as is normal with the NOP Gang, he refused to talk to the media afterward!!
Kawauchi's initial reaction??
Remember Karsten Warholm's open-mouthed "The Scream" after taking the 400H in the 2017 WC??
Take Two--and add the idea that he didn't even know he'd won until people said he did!!
Geoff Kirui was 2nd--2:25 behind, and 12 seconds ahead of Biwott!
Pennel ended in 2:18:57, while Bumbalough timed 2:19:52!
The Women's race was a bit more predictable--in the early going!
A large group--10 or 12--held together through SLOW opening miles!!
(No 4:37's here!!)
This group included the main Americans--Shalane Flanagan, Molly Huddle, and Des Linden!
Jordan Hasay had withdrawn a day before, citing a plantar fascia tightness!
After a few miles, Mamitu Daska took the reins, opening a 30 meter gap!
Around Mile 11, Flanagan, running alongside Linden back of the leaders, suddenly veered right, heading directly into one of a line of Port-a-Potty's on a side street!
She wasn't there long--some said just 10 seconds!!--and when she hooked back onto the course, there was Linden--waiting for her!!
(In an interview afterward, Linden said she wasn't feeling good at that point, and was considering a DNF, so felt helping Shalane was more important than maintaining contact with the Africans and other leaders!!)
Around Mile 11, Flanagan, running alongside Linden back of the leaders, suddenly veered right, heading directly into one of a line of Port-a-Potty's on a side street!
She wasn't there long--some said just 10 seconds!!--and when she hooked back onto the course, there was Linden--waiting for her!!
(In an interview afterward, Linden said she wasn't feeling good at that point, and was considering a DNF, so felt helping Shalane was more important than maintaining contact with the Africans and other leaders!!)
Shades of Shalane and Amy Cragg in the OT's in '16--or Nikki Hamblin and Abbey D'Agostino in the Rio 5000 heats!!
The Half was passed in 1:19:48!
While the "expert" announcers were saying they were heading to a 2:34 finish, the weather, and the fact the Newton Hills were still ahead of them--that split told me a sub-2:40 was probable, but not certain!!
With Daska now at least 100 meters in front, Gladys Chesire tried to close the gap, with Linden close!
Flanagan had fallen back--or STAYED back!!--while Huddle just disappeared!!
(She ended in 13th place, and said she was headed for an emergency root canal soon!! OUCH!!)
The cameras focused on Daska, and you could see her losing her fighting spirit!
Slowing, Chesire and Linden started closing the space between them--now down to a doable 30 meters!
While the "expert" announcers were saying they were heading to a 2:34 finish, the weather, and the fact the Newton Hills were still ahead of them--that split told me a sub-2:40 was probable, but not certain!!
With Daska now at least 100 meters in front, Gladys Chesire tried to close the gap, with Linden close!
Flanagan had fallen back--or STAYED back!!--while Huddle just disappeared!!
(She ended in 13th place, and said she was headed for an emergency root canal soon!! OUCH!!)
The cameras focused on Daska, and you could see her losing her fighting spirit!
Slowing, Chesire and Linden started closing the space between them--now down to a doable 30 meters!
When they passed her, Desiree took over!
And in the next minute, she'd opened that same 30 meter gap--with Daska fading fast!
(Not sure if she DNF'ed, but she didn't finish in the Top Ten!!)
Around 23 miles, it became Shalane Flanagan in NYC in 2017 deja vu time!!
Clear of Chesire--and everyone else--Des headed toward Boylston Street all alone--the crowds growing larger and noisier!!
While not matching Flanagan's closing low-5's over those Central Park miles, Linden finished in miles timed around 6:20--more than enough for a 4:11 winning margin over--Sarah Sellers!!
As with Shalane in NYC, and Meb in Boston a few years ago--I was in tears watching Linden race toward the tape--No "F--K Yeah's"--but raised arms and a beatific beautiful smile--and the waiting arms of her happy and proud husband!!
The First American Woman winner since 1985--the first Japanese Male winner in quite a while--and a super popular one at that!!
No Record Book times, but a race so dramatic and thrilling--and STRANGE!!
Add the happy note that Tatyana McFadden won the Wheelchair division again--one year after major surgery for blood clots!!
(Not sure if she DNF'ed, but she didn't finish in the Top Ten!!)
Around 23 miles, it became Shalane Flanagan in NYC in 2017 deja vu time!!
Clear of Chesire--and everyone else--Des headed toward Boylston Street all alone--the crowds growing larger and noisier!!
While not matching Flanagan's closing low-5's over those Central Park miles, Linden finished in miles timed around 6:20--more than enough for a 4:11 winning margin over--Sarah Sellers!!
As with Shalane in NYC, and Meb in Boston a few years ago--I was in tears watching Linden race toward the tape--No "F--K Yeah's"--but raised arms and a beatific beautiful smile--and the waiting arms of her happy and proud husband!!
The First American Woman winner since 1985--the first Japanese Male winner in quite a while--and a super popular one at that!!
No Record Book times, but a race so dramatic and thrilling--and STRANGE!!
Add the happy note that Tatyana McFadden won the Wheelchair division again--one year after major surgery for blood clots!!
See you soon with T&F results from the weekend!!
Saturday, April 14, 2018
13 (or 11?) MR's mark mixed Commonwealth Games
Callum Hawkins collapsed---twice--while leading the final event of the Commonwealth Games--the Men's Marathon!
It was the heat--and the refusal of medicos to go to him!--that made this event so dramatic!
(He's okay, last I heard, in a hospital recovering!)
This sharp turn downward didn't quite reflect a Games that produced a goodly amount of Meet Records--whether that count includes the pair produced by the questionably-gendered Caster Semenya---or not!
Whether 13---or 11---this Commonwealth Games was a success--even though scheduled for a time when athletes were ending their Down Under season--or gearing up for the Diamond League meets a month or more hence!!
And those upsets!!
Valerie---excuse me!!--DAME Valerie Adams--lost!
As did Eliza McCartney!
But it really began with Tom Walsh!!
As reported in a previous post, three MR's fell in the first day or two of competition!
To repeat---
Walsh threw the Shot Put a humongous 73-8---in QUALIFYING!!--to shatter the MR by a few FEET!!
Dane Bird-Smith beat Tom Bosworth in the 20000 Meter Walk---1:19:34 to 1:19:38, getting another Meet Record!
And Nick Miller's HT of 263-4 got that MR!!
(Details in the earlier post!)
It was truly anticlimactic that Walsh's winning SP was "just" 70-3!!
Another Thrower to shine---as she has been all year!--was Kathryn Mitchell!
The Aussie JT'er added another 14 inches to her National Record to win at 226-1.
It's also the CG Meet Record!
And she broke her own Age 35 Record also!
But she remains 7th A-T World!!
As I've done in other major Championship meet reports, let's go ahead chronologically!!
The Women's 10K went to Stella Chesang's 31:45.30.
A strategic race, even though she was just 18 seconds removed from the MR!
The sprints were slow--ish, despite Usain Bolt's storied presence to watch his fellow Jamaicans collect Gold's that never came!!
(He even reflected--"Maybe I retired too soon!!")
Michelle Lee-Ahye took the Women's 100 in 11.14 (1.0), while Akani Simbine's 10.03 (0.8) took care of Bolt's friend Yohan Blake, whose 10.17 took Bronze!!
Henry Frayne (Huh? Who??) set a Meet Record in the LJ Qualifying--27-4.50!
But while he continued his fine jumping in the Final, his 27-4 wasn't enough to hold off the flyer of Luvo Manyonga!
His 27-7.25 winner got him the MR!!
(First time a MR was broken in both Qualifying and Final in a Championship meet??)
It was a Jamaican 1-2 in the Women's Triple Jump!!
Kimberly Williams flipped a 48-0.50 to defeat Shaneika Ricketts's 47-7.75!!
Running against a breeze of 0.3, Ronald Levy won the 110H in 13.19, with Hansle Parchment 2nd in 13.22!
The Men's 5K was a MoBot special--without MoBot!
Won in 13:50.83 by Joshua Cheptegei, 2nd DID go to a "Mo"--Mo Ahmed of Canada!!
The Women's 20K Walk was won by an Aussie--Jemima Montag--but in a slow 1:32:50!
The Men's 800 heats saw hot Nijel Amos remain heated---his 1:45.12 speedy for a Q time!!
The Final was taken in 1:45.11---but not by Amos--who ended LAST!!
Wycliffe Kinjamal (!!) beat the 1:45.16 of Kyle Langford!!
As for Amos, he was leading through 600, but faded bad on the ending straight!
His time was 1:48.45!
Another event with a fast Heat time was the Women's 400H---which saw Janieve Russell take the year's lead with her 54.01.
She won the final, but needed just 54.33 to defeat Elidh Doyle's 54.80!!
The Multi's went to the favored--Lindon Victor and Katarina Johnson-Thompson--but with UNDERwhelming results!!
Victor's 8303 survived his battle with Damian Warner, whose No Height in the PV ended his chances!!
As for KJT, she was criticized afterward for sloughing it with her score of 6255!
The critics felt she didn't "perform" up to her standards!
But can't say the same for Silver winner Nina Schultz!!
She PR'ed with 6133, moving her from 24th A-T Collegiate to 13th!!
She's 19 years old!
A year younger is Australia's Celeste Mucci!
Her score of 5915 took 4th!
Julia Ratcliffe took the HT with a non-PR 229-5!
Isaac Makwala's 44.35 nailed the Men's 400, with Baboloki Thebe's 45.09 far back!
Then came the first of South Africa's unnamable's 2 "Gold's"!!
Not in THIS blogger's humble opinion!!
This person does NOT belong in All-Women's events---IAAF rulings or not!!
CS ran 4:00.71---which in "ordinary" circumstances would be the new MR!!
But I see Beatrice Chepkoech's 4:03.09--in "2nd"---as being the REAL MR!
Melissa Courtney took the "Silver" with her 4:03.44!!
Emma Coburn's training partner won the Women's 3000SC!!
Aisha Praught-Leer--American turned Jamaican!!--almost got the MR---but her 9:21.00 non-PR was enough to beat the young stud, Celiphine Chespol, who ended in 9:22.61!!
Perhaps an upset equal to what Coburn did in London last year!!
The shockers continued in the Men's HJ--where Donald Thomas was the perceived favorite!
He ended just 4th--behind Aussie Brandon Starc---another I'd never ever heard of!!
Starc's winner measured 7-7.25!
Shara Proctor was another "upset"---especially after she led the Long Jump Q's with 22-7.25!
But she ended 3rd--behind Gold winner Christabel Nettey's 22-5.25!
Elaine Thompson came into this meet a mystery!
Was she in shape--or wasn't she??
The Heats gave some hint--as her 22.95 was well behind Shaunae Miller-Uibo's 22.48, despite an anti-wind of 0.3!
In fact, Sharicka Jackson's 22.28 led those prelims!!
But the Final saw ET improve to a solid 22.30!!
Untold story--it gave her only fourth!!
In first came SMU's 22.09!!
The wind of 0.9 took her to the CG Meet Record!
And what an iconic MR it was!!
No other than Merlene Ottey's 22.19--dating from 36 years ago--in 1982!!
Jackson took Silver with 22.18, while Dina Asher-Smith's 22.29 kept ET off the podium!!
The Men's 200 Heats found Aaron Brown's 20.18 well ahead of 19.69 man Clarence Munyai, who ran 20.36.!
Was he just jogging it--waiting to destroy the field in the Final??
NO!!
Like ET, he ended 4th--in 20.58!!
Jereem Richards used an 0.9 wind to win in 20.12!!
Vet Amantle Montsho's 50.15 came within 0.05 seconds of the MR, but was more than enough to take the Gold!
Anastasia LeRoy's 50.57 was 2nd, while another vet--Stephanie McPherson--was 3rd in 50.93!
Some early Q & Heat action gave interesting results!
Fedric Dacres led the DT Qualifying with his DT of 217-2!
Danielle Williams's 12.69 was the fastest 100H time, ahead of Tobi Amusan's 12.73.
Michelle Jenneke's 12.99 squeaked her in to the Final!!
Val Adams's 60-9.25 led the Shot Put Q's--a season's best!
And South Africa's CS ran 1:59.26 in the WOMEN's 800 Heats!
Dacres improved to 223-9 in the Final--for another Commonwealth Games Meet Record!!
TWO of those "questionables"---the 2nd being MW---ended "in front" of the REAL winner--Natoya Goule--who produced her 1st sub-1:59 time--1:58.82!
You can add CS's 1:56.68 as the MR---or not!!
Amusan took the 100H in 12.68!
Williams was 2nd in 12.78--while the Dancing Jenneke ran 13.07 in 4th!!
It was the Shot Put which saw the Dame defeated!!
While the new Mom Adams produced her best post-birth mark of 61-1.25, it wasn't enough to stop Jamaica's Danniel Thomas-Dodd's 63-6.25 from winning---or breaking her own National Record!!
A real surprise came in the Men's 10000!!
Not so much in who won--Joshua Cheptegai--but that his time of 27:19.62 took down the Meet Record!!
Something not often seen in these type of meets!!
He needed all of it to stop Mo Ahmed's 27:20.56!
In 5th came Jake Robertson, whose 27:30.90 changed the NZ National Record from one twin brother to the other!!
In another distance event--the Men's 3000SC--the MR fell!!
Consesius Kipruto's 8:10.08 nipped the old mark--and 2nd placer Abe Kibiwott's 8:10.62!
Kyron McMaster ran 48.25 to win the 400H!
Dani Stevens threw the Discus 223-11 for another Commonwealth Games Meet Record!!
The last days---supposed to end these meets with a BANG---instead dribbled past observers as quietly as a mouse!!
Lavern Spencer's winning HJ was 6-4.75!
Ho hum.
Troy Doris's TJ was even worse--55-4.75!!
Neeraj Chopra's JT winner was 283-8--not bad!
It came within 4 feet of the Age 20 Record!!
But Silver winner was Anderson Peters--whose 269-8 PR saw him remain 8th A-T Collegiate!!
Both Pole Vault's saw shock winners!!
Shawn Barber--coming back to his mid-19's form--actually LOST!
But to WHOM he lost is the bigger news!!
Kurtis Marschall--he of the triumvirate of youngsters attacking the veteran Pro's (Mondo Duplantis, Emmanouil Karalis, and Marschall)--reached 18-8.25 to defeat Barber's pedestrian 18-6.25!
Then it was Eliza McCartney's turn to taste the bitterness of defeat!!
But maybe this one wasn't so much a shocker!
Alysha Newman--Canada's starkly beautiful NR holder--was on her game--and needed all of it!
Her OUTdoor PR-matching 15-7 was enough to stop McCartney's 15-5!
Newman's mark added to the list of Meet Record breakers!!
The Sprint Relays were--um, sprint-like--but non-Record worthy---despite "England's" 42.46 being listed as the Meet Record!!
Well, maybe they discounted Great Britain's 41.77 from a previous CG!
NOTE---I just bought & received my copy of the 2018 edition of the National Athletics Records book (Cost--$38.14 in USD--$ 30 in Euros!).
I might go deeper into a review in a later post, but for now, let's stick to the "England" matter!
Wilfried Kramer's fine book has NR's for Great Britain--as well as England!
And in the Women's 4X100, BOTH NR's are listed as 41.77!!
So the CG Results page was WRONG!!
Anyway, GB's 42.46 defeated Jamaica's 42.52!!
In the Men's race, GB also won--in 38.13!
South Africa was 2nd in a National Record time of 38.24!
They move from 21st A-T Nation to 18th!!
Jamaica was 3rd in 38.35!!
(Will these defeats REALLY pull DA MAN out of retirement??)
On the penultimate day, the pair of Individual races saw good---but still somewhat tactical---times winning!
Helen Obiri cruised to a 5000 W in 15:13.11.
Margaret Kipkemboi's 15:13.28 took Silver.
Elijah Manangoi's 3:34.78 was better---but still quite a bit off the venerable Filbert Bayi's outstanding MR of 3:32.16---dating from 1974---44 years ago!!
Will that mark EVER be broken??
Tim Cheruiyot's 3:35.17 was 2nd in the "Metric Mile"!!
(NOTE--Seb Coe has suggested he's in favor of "Bringing Back the Mile" in the CG's!!)
The 4X400's were okay--and just that!
Jamaica's Women won in 3:24.00 over Nigeria's 3:25.29!
In 3rd came Botswana's 3:26.86--an NR by 0.03 seconds!!
It makes them 24th A-T Nation!!
Speaking of Botswana, they won the Men's race--in 3:01.78.
The Bahamas ended 2nd in 3:01.92, barely edging Jamaica's 3:01.97!
(One event where even an UN-retiring Usain Bolt would NOT help!! LOL)
Those Marathons?
Helelia Johannes of Namibia won the Women's race in 2:32:40.
Lisa Weightman was 2nd in 2:33:23!
As for the Men, after Hawkins's double-collapse, and eventual removal--it was left to Michael Shelley to cross the line first--in 2:16:46!
So---13 MR's??
Or eleven??
Your choice!
See you soon with my normal weekend results report!!
(And my Boston Marathon report--in detail!!)
It was the heat--and the refusal of medicos to go to him!--that made this event so dramatic!
(He's okay, last I heard, in a hospital recovering!)
This sharp turn downward didn't quite reflect a Games that produced a goodly amount of Meet Records--whether that count includes the pair produced by the questionably-gendered Caster Semenya---or not!
Whether 13---or 11---this Commonwealth Games was a success--even though scheduled for a time when athletes were ending their Down Under season--or gearing up for the Diamond League meets a month or more hence!!
And those upsets!!
Valerie---excuse me!!--DAME Valerie Adams--lost!
As did Eliza McCartney!
But it really began with Tom Walsh!!
As reported in a previous post, three MR's fell in the first day or two of competition!
To repeat---
Walsh threw the Shot Put a humongous 73-8---in QUALIFYING!!--to shatter the MR by a few FEET!!
Dane Bird-Smith beat Tom Bosworth in the 20000 Meter Walk---1:19:34 to 1:19:38, getting another Meet Record!
And Nick Miller's HT of 263-4 got that MR!!
(Details in the earlier post!)
It was truly anticlimactic that Walsh's winning SP was "just" 70-3!!
Another Thrower to shine---as she has been all year!--was Kathryn Mitchell!
The Aussie JT'er added another 14 inches to her National Record to win at 226-1.
It's also the CG Meet Record!
And she broke her own Age 35 Record also!
But she remains 7th A-T World!!
As I've done in other major Championship meet reports, let's go ahead chronologically!!
The Women's 10K went to Stella Chesang's 31:45.30.
A strategic race, even though she was just 18 seconds removed from the MR!
The sprints were slow--ish, despite Usain Bolt's storied presence to watch his fellow Jamaicans collect Gold's that never came!!
(He even reflected--"Maybe I retired too soon!!")
Michelle Lee-Ahye took the Women's 100 in 11.14 (1.0), while Akani Simbine's 10.03 (0.8) took care of Bolt's friend Yohan Blake, whose 10.17 took Bronze!!
Henry Frayne (Huh? Who??) set a Meet Record in the LJ Qualifying--27-4.50!
But while he continued his fine jumping in the Final, his 27-4 wasn't enough to hold off the flyer of Luvo Manyonga!
His 27-7.25 winner got him the MR!!
(First time a MR was broken in both Qualifying and Final in a Championship meet??)
It was a Jamaican 1-2 in the Women's Triple Jump!!
Kimberly Williams flipped a 48-0.50 to defeat Shaneika Ricketts's 47-7.75!!
Running against a breeze of 0.3, Ronald Levy won the 110H in 13.19, with Hansle Parchment 2nd in 13.22!
The Men's 5K was a MoBot special--without MoBot!
Won in 13:50.83 by Joshua Cheptegei, 2nd DID go to a "Mo"--Mo Ahmed of Canada!!
The Women's 20K Walk was won by an Aussie--Jemima Montag--but in a slow 1:32:50!
The Men's 800 heats saw hot Nijel Amos remain heated---his 1:45.12 speedy for a Q time!!
The Final was taken in 1:45.11---but not by Amos--who ended LAST!!
Wycliffe Kinjamal (!!) beat the 1:45.16 of Kyle Langford!!
As for Amos, he was leading through 600, but faded bad on the ending straight!
His time was 1:48.45!
Another event with a fast Heat time was the Women's 400H---which saw Janieve Russell take the year's lead with her 54.01.
She won the final, but needed just 54.33 to defeat Elidh Doyle's 54.80!!
The Multi's went to the favored--Lindon Victor and Katarina Johnson-Thompson--but with UNDERwhelming results!!
Victor's 8303 survived his battle with Damian Warner, whose No Height in the PV ended his chances!!
As for KJT, she was criticized afterward for sloughing it with her score of 6255!
The critics felt she didn't "perform" up to her standards!
But can't say the same for Silver winner Nina Schultz!!
She PR'ed with 6133, moving her from 24th A-T Collegiate to 13th!!
She's 19 years old!
A year younger is Australia's Celeste Mucci!
Her score of 5915 took 4th!
Julia Ratcliffe took the HT with a non-PR 229-5!
Isaac Makwala's 44.35 nailed the Men's 400, with Baboloki Thebe's 45.09 far back!
Then came the first of South Africa's unnamable's 2 "Gold's"!!
Not in THIS blogger's humble opinion!!
This person does NOT belong in All-Women's events---IAAF rulings or not!!
CS ran 4:00.71---which in "ordinary" circumstances would be the new MR!!
But I see Beatrice Chepkoech's 4:03.09--in "2nd"---as being the REAL MR!
Melissa Courtney took the "Silver" with her 4:03.44!!
Emma Coburn's training partner won the Women's 3000SC!!
Aisha Praught-Leer--American turned Jamaican!!--almost got the MR---but her 9:21.00 non-PR was enough to beat the young stud, Celiphine Chespol, who ended in 9:22.61!!
Perhaps an upset equal to what Coburn did in London last year!!
The shockers continued in the Men's HJ--where Donald Thomas was the perceived favorite!
He ended just 4th--behind Aussie Brandon Starc---another I'd never ever heard of!!
Starc's winner measured 7-7.25!
Shara Proctor was another "upset"---especially after she led the Long Jump Q's with 22-7.25!
But she ended 3rd--behind Gold winner Christabel Nettey's 22-5.25!
Elaine Thompson came into this meet a mystery!
Was she in shape--or wasn't she??
The Heats gave some hint--as her 22.95 was well behind Shaunae Miller-Uibo's 22.48, despite an anti-wind of 0.3!
In fact, Sharicka Jackson's 22.28 led those prelims!!
But the Final saw ET improve to a solid 22.30!!
Untold story--it gave her only fourth!!
In first came SMU's 22.09!!
The wind of 0.9 took her to the CG Meet Record!
And what an iconic MR it was!!
No other than Merlene Ottey's 22.19--dating from 36 years ago--in 1982!!
Jackson took Silver with 22.18, while Dina Asher-Smith's 22.29 kept ET off the podium!!
The Men's 200 Heats found Aaron Brown's 20.18 well ahead of 19.69 man Clarence Munyai, who ran 20.36.!
Was he just jogging it--waiting to destroy the field in the Final??
NO!!
Like ET, he ended 4th--in 20.58!!
Jereem Richards used an 0.9 wind to win in 20.12!!
Vet Amantle Montsho's 50.15 came within 0.05 seconds of the MR, but was more than enough to take the Gold!
Anastasia LeRoy's 50.57 was 2nd, while another vet--Stephanie McPherson--was 3rd in 50.93!
Some early Q & Heat action gave interesting results!
Fedric Dacres led the DT Qualifying with his DT of 217-2!
Danielle Williams's 12.69 was the fastest 100H time, ahead of Tobi Amusan's 12.73.
Michelle Jenneke's 12.99 squeaked her in to the Final!!
Val Adams's 60-9.25 led the Shot Put Q's--a season's best!
And South Africa's CS ran 1:59.26 in the WOMEN's 800 Heats!
Dacres improved to 223-9 in the Final--for another Commonwealth Games Meet Record!!
TWO of those "questionables"---the 2nd being MW---ended "in front" of the REAL winner--Natoya Goule--who produced her 1st sub-1:59 time--1:58.82!
You can add CS's 1:56.68 as the MR---or not!!
Amusan took the 100H in 12.68!
Williams was 2nd in 12.78--while the Dancing Jenneke ran 13.07 in 4th!!
It was the Shot Put which saw the Dame defeated!!
While the new Mom Adams produced her best post-birth mark of 61-1.25, it wasn't enough to stop Jamaica's Danniel Thomas-Dodd's 63-6.25 from winning---or breaking her own National Record!!
A real surprise came in the Men's 10000!!
Not so much in who won--Joshua Cheptegai--but that his time of 27:19.62 took down the Meet Record!!
Something not often seen in these type of meets!!
He needed all of it to stop Mo Ahmed's 27:20.56!
In 5th came Jake Robertson, whose 27:30.90 changed the NZ National Record from one twin brother to the other!!
In another distance event--the Men's 3000SC--the MR fell!!
Consesius Kipruto's 8:10.08 nipped the old mark--and 2nd placer Abe Kibiwott's 8:10.62!
Kyron McMaster ran 48.25 to win the 400H!
Dani Stevens threw the Discus 223-11 for another Commonwealth Games Meet Record!!
The last days---supposed to end these meets with a BANG---instead dribbled past observers as quietly as a mouse!!
Lavern Spencer's winning HJ was 6-4.75!
Ho hum.
Troy Doris's TJ was even worse--55-4.75!!
Neeraj Chopra's JT winner was 283-8--not bad!
It came within 4 feet of the Age 20 Record!!
But Silver winner was Anderson Peters--whose 269-8 PR saw him remain 8th A-T Collegiate!!
Both Pole Vault's saw shock winners!!
Shawn Barber--coming back to his mid-19's form--actually LOST!
But to WHOM he lost is the bigger news!!
Kurtis Marschall--he of the triumvirate of youngsters attacking the veteran Pro's (Mondo Duplantis, Emmanouil Karalis, and Marschall)--reached 18-8.25 to defeat Barber's pedestrian 18-6.25!
Then it was Eliza McCartney's turn to taste the bitterness of defeat!!
But maybe this one wasn't so much a shocker!
Alysha Newman--Canada's starkly beautiful NR holder--was on her game--and needed all of it!
Her OUTdoor PR-matching 15-7 was enough to stop McCartney's 15-5!
Newman's mark added to the list of Meet Record breakers!!
The Sprint Relays were--um, sprint-like--but non-Record worthy---despite "England's" 42.46 being listed as the Meet Record!!
Well, maybe they discounted Great Britain's 41.77 from a previous CG!
NOTE---I just bought & received my copy of the 2018 edition of the National Athletics Records book (Cost--$38.14 in USD--$ 30 in Euros!).
I might go deeper into a review in a later post, but for now, let's stick to the "England" matter!
Wilfried Kramer's fine book has NR's for Great Britain--as well as England!
And in the Women's 4X100, BOTH NR's are listed as 41.77!!
So the CG Results page was WRONG!!
Anyway, GB's 42.46 defeated Jamaica's 42.52!!
In the Men's race, GB also won--in 38.13!
South Africa was 2nd in a National Record time of 38.24!
They move from 21st A-T Nation to 18th!!
Jamaica was 3rd in 38.35!!
(Will these defeats REALLY pull DA MAN out of retirement??)
On the penultimate day, the pair of Individual races saw good---but still somewhat tactical---times winning!
Helen Obiri cruised to a 5000 W in 15:13.11.
Margaret Kipkemboi's 15:13.28 took Silver.
Elijah Manangoi's 3:34.78 was better---but still quite a bit off the venerable Filbert Bayi's outstanding MR of 3:32.16---dating from 1974---44 years ago!!
Will that mark EVER be broken??
Tim Cheruiyot's 3:35.17 was 2nd in the "Metric Mile"!!
(NOTE--Seb Coe has suggested he's in favor of "Bringing Back the Mile" in the CG's!!)
The 4X400's were okay--and just that!
Jamaica's Women won in 3:24.00 over Nigeria's 3:25.29!
In 3rd came Botswana's 3:26.86--an NR by 0.03 seconds!!
It makes them 24th A-T Nation!!
Speaking of Botswana, they won the Men's race--in 3:01.78.
The Bahamas ended 2nd in 3:01.92, barely edging Jamaica's 3:01.97!
(One event where even an UN-retiring Usain Bolt would NOT help!! LOL)
Those Marathons?
Helelia Johannes of Namibia won the Women's race in 2:32:40.
Lisa Weightman was 2nd in 2:33:23!
As for the Men, after Hawkins's double-collapse, and eventual removal--it was left to Michael Shelley to cross the line first--in 2:16:46!
So---13 MR's??
Or eleven??
Your choice!
See you soon with my normal weekend results report!!
(And my Boston Marathon report--in detail!!)
Sunday, April 8, 2018
"Summer" Marks Spring Forth
You expect a mark like Steven Gardiner's 19.75 in the 200 to come in one of the DL meets--sometime during the summer!
Yet here we are--barely into April--and we see his 19.75 is real--even if it happened in a Florida meet!!
A tepid breeze of 0.3 brought him to the line in a new Bahamas National Record.
And he becomes 14th A-T World, tied with 2 others!
Or how about the spectacular DAY that Maggie Ewen produced in the Sun Angel Classic!!
Her first event was the Hammer Throw!
How many athletes can we say broke--nay, smashed!--the Collegiate Record--yet did NOT get a PR??
Her 244-6 missed her PR by one inch!
However, that 244-7 PR was thrown AFTER the NCAA Championship meet, so wasn't eligible for "official" lists or records!
Her 244-6 IS!!
This gave her the CR, the Senior Class Record, and the Sun Angel Meet Record!
(Her 2nd best mark of the series also broke the old record--242-5!)
Brooke Anderson was a good 2nd with her 229-7!
She followed that with a Discus Throw of 201-0!!
She moves from 22nd A-T Collegiate to 16th!
But she misses the US list by 4 inches!!
Then came her Shot Put!
With Raven Saunders AWOL, Ewen became the Collegiate scene's "latest & greatest" with the round ball during the INdoor season!
And suddenly she's 2nd A-T Collegiate OUTdoors also!!
Her 63-0.75 gave her the Senior Class Record, something she might have been fighting Saunders for if the situation were different!
And it makes her 10th A-T US!!
All in a DAY's work!!
LOL
For High Schoolers, the Arcadia Invite is a BIG Deal!!
For Sondre Guttormsen, it made him the best NON-Mondo young PV'er of 2018!
His 18-2.50 clearance moves him from 12th A-T HS to 5th!
And it destroyed the Arcadia Meet Record!
(His 3 tries at 18-5.25 were good!!)
Katelynn Hart--just a Soph!--took over the 3200 early!
Hitting the half in 5:00, she tried to keep pace--but all alone, finished in 10:02.57!
I don't keep records or lists for 3200's (or 1600's), so I'm not sure exactly where this places her!
But I do know it's a GREAT time for a Soph--even when the 10th Grade world has a Katelyn Tuohy in it!!
Another solid Arcadia performance came from Sterling Lester in the Heptathlon!
Her 5288 score makes her 15th A-T HS!
She's just a Junior!
While not in Arcadia, Marlee Starliper ran a good time in the 5000!
Running against Collegiates, she ended 2nd in 16:39.68.
She missed the HS list by 8 seconds!
The Sun Angel meet gave us other solid marks!
Michael Norman closed down early in his 200 of 20.06!!
Still, it was a Sun Angel Meet Record, and made him 22nd A-T Collegiate!
But get this!!--he ran it AGAINST a wind of 1.4!!
(Steven Gardiner--Watch out!!)
A fast 400 found Quincy Hall and Paul Dedewo separated by just 0.02 seconds at the line!
Hall--a Junior College Soph--ran 44.60 to Dedewo's 44.62!
Rachel Schneider's 2:01.98 beat Emily Richards's 2:02.04 in a good 800!
The Spec Towns meet had some good marks!
Keturah Orji's 22-0.25 LJ beat Tara Davis's 21-9!
Lynna Irby ran a solid 200--22.64!
(Davis won the 100H, but in a slowish time!)
Mister SMU---aka Maicel Uibo--got a new PR in the Decathlon!
His 8407 points beat a good effort from Tim Duckworth, whose 8145 makes him 22nd A-T Collegiate!!
Louise Grauvogel's 5887 took the Heptathlon!
Other good marks--
Devynne Charlton rode a 1.6 wind to a 100H time of 12.70!
This moves her from 23rd A-T Collegiate, tied with 1 other, to 16th, tied with 3 others!
LSU ran the fastest 4X100 Relay of the year--42.50!
Gleb Dudarev's HT of 243-11 moves him from 20th A-T Collegiate to 19th, tied with 1 other!
Pawel Fajdek opened 2018 with a HT of 260-7!
Gabby Thomas proved her INdoor times were no fluke--her 22.32 in the 200 making her 13th A-T Collegiate, tied with 1 other!
Sammy Watson had a decent 800--time of 2:03.94!
Mackenzie Little had a Javelin throw of 192-4!
This makes her 13th A-T Collegiate!
She was born in the United States, but has dual citizenship with Australia!!
So I'm not sure whether she's eligible for US lists!
Morgann LeLeux PV'ed 14-11.
The Commonwealth Games (T&F portion!!) began yesterday, and will continue through the 14th!
So I'm hesitant to report some truly great early results--all of which resulted in CG Meet Records!!
But I don't want to make you wait another week for these, sooooo.....!!
The Men's 20000 Walk was a CLOSE race!!
But Dane Bird-Smith sprinted to the line 4 seconds ahead of Tim Bosworth--1:19:34 to 1:19:38!
Both broke the old MR!
Nick Miller keeps on Hammering (Sic!) away at his own National Record of Great Britain!
Well, he must be using a SLEDGE hammer!!
His latest NR was his 263-4 winning mark at the CG!!
It's also the Commonwealth Games Meet Record!!
Then--in QUALIFYING!!!--Tom Walsh demolished the CG Meet Record in the SP--hitting 73-8!!
(Gosh, I hate to make you wait a week to see what he throws in the Final!! LOL)
A couple of Road marks are worth mentioning!
The Prague Half saw Joan Melly win in 65:04!!
Hitting her first splits in 14:51 and 30:14, she cruised on from there!
It moves her from 8th A-T World to 4th!
And gives her the Age 27 Record!!
Bernard Kimeli's 59:47 took the Men's race!!
The Paris Marathon saw Betsy Saina finally finish a 26.2--and WIN!!
Her 2:22:55 was a solid send-off!!
Paul Lonyangata's 2:06:25 took the Men's race!!
I'm really excited that the Drake Relays is holding a Women's Two Mile race this year!!
With Jenny Simpson, Brenda Martinez, and Alexa Efraimson already announced, I'm hoping the rest of the field will be of equal high quality!!
The Women's OUTdoor 2 Mile list NEEDS some deep revising!!
EIGHT of the 24 marks were run when they were still High Schoolers!!
No other US list--Men or Women, INdoors or OUT--is like that!!
So I'm hoping that Drake will add maybe a dozen more Women--all of whom are capable of removing ALL those "children" from the list!!
(If Katelyn Tuohy were to be added, and she ran, say, 9:30, that would be fine!! I'm talking about those 9:51 to 10:01 times that just don't belong on an ALL-TIME United States list---whether run by HS'ers or elites in their 20's or 30's!!)
Anyway, suffice to say, and based on the final "heat sheet" for this event, I MIGHT do a Special Preview for this one race!!
But that's in late April!
See you much sooner with more Results---and my complete Commonwealth Games report!!
Yet here we are--barely into April--and we see his 19.75 is real--even if it happened in a Florida meet!!
A tepid breeze of 0.3 brought him to the line in a new Bahamas National Record.
And he becomes 14th A-T World, tied with 2 others!
Or how about the spectacular DAY that Maggie Ewen produced in the Sun Angel Classic!!
Her first event was the Hammer Throw!
How many athletes can we say broke--nay, smashed!--the Collegiate Record--yet did NOT get a PR??
Her 244-6 missed her PR by one inch!
However, that 244-7 PR was thrown AFTER the NCAA Championship meet, so wasn't eligible for "official" lists or records!
Her 244-6 IS!!
This gave her the CR, the Senior Class Record, and the Sun Angel Meet Record!
(Her 2nd best mark of the series also broke the old record--242-5!)
Brooke Anderson was a good 2nd with her 229-7!
She followed that with a Discus Throw of 201-0!!
She moves from 22nd A-T Collegiate to 16th!
But she misses the US list by 4 inches!!
Then came her Shot Put!
With Raven Saunders AWOL, Ewen became the Collegiate scene's "latest & greatest" with the round ball during the INdoor season!
And suddenly she's 2nd A-T Collegiate OUTdoors also!!
Her 63-0.75 gave her the Senior Class Record, something she might have been fighting Saunders for if the situation were different!
And it makes her 10th A-T US!!
All in a DAY's work!!
LOL
For High Schoolers, the Arcadia Invite is a BIG Deal!!
For Sondre Guttormsen, it made him the best NON-Mondo young PV'er of 2018!
His 18-2.50 clearance moves him from 12th A-T HS to 5th!
And it destroyed the Arcadia Meet Record!
(His 3 tries at 18-5.25 were good!!)
Katelynn Hart--just a Soph!--took over the 3200 early!
Hitting the half in 5:00, she tried to keep pace--but all alone, finished in 10:02.57!
I don't keep records or lists for 3200's (or 1600's), so I'm not sure exactly where this places her!
But I do know it's a GREAT time for a Soph--even when the 10th Grade world has a Katelyn Tuohy in it!!
Another solid Arcadia performance came from Sterling Lester in the Heptathlon!
Her 5288 score makes her 15th A-T HS!
She's just a Junior!
While not in Arcadia, Marlee Starliper ran a good time in the 5000!
Running against Collegiates, she ended 2nd in 16:39.68.
She missed the HS list by 8 seconds!
The Sun Angel meet gave us other solid marks!
Michael Norman closed down early in his 200 of 20.06!!
Still, it was a Sun Angel Meet Record, and made him 22nd A-T Collegiate!
But get this!!--he ran it AGAINST a wind of 1.4!!
(Steven Gardiner--Watch out!!)
A fast 400 found Quincy Hall and Paul Dedewo separated by just 0.02 seconds at the line!
Hall--a Junior College Soph--ran 44.60 to Dedewo's 44.62!
Rachel Schneider's 2:01.98 beat Emily Richards's 2:02.04 in a good 800!
The Spec Towns meet had some good marks!
Keturah Orji's 22-0.25 LJ beat Tara Davis's 21-9!
Lynna Irby ran a solid 200--22.64!
(Davis won the 100H, but in a slowish time!)
Mister SMU---aka Maicel Uibo--got a new PR in the Decathlon!
His 8407 points beat a good effort from Tim Duckworth, whose 8145 makes him 22nd A-T Collegiate!!
Louise Grauvogel's 5887 took the Heptathlon!
Other good marks--
Devynne Charlton rode a 1.6 wind to a 100H time of 12.70!
This moves her from 23rd A-T Collegiate, tied with 1 other, to 16th, tied with 3 others!
LSU ran the fastest 4X100 Relay of the year--42.50!
Gleb Dudarev's HT of 243-11 moves him from 20th A-T Collegiate to 19th, tied with 1 other!
Pawel Fajdek opened 2018 with a HT of 260-7!
Gabby Thomas proved her INdoor times were no fluke--her 22.32 in the 200 making her 13th A-T Collegiate, tied with 1 other!
Sammy Watson had a decent 800--time of 2:03.94!
Mackenzie Little had a Javelin throw of 192-4!
This makes her 13th A-T Collegiate!
She was born in the United States, but has dual citizenship with Australia!!
So I'm not sure whether she's eligible for US lists!
Morgann LeLeux PV'ed 14-11.
The Commonwealth Games (T&F portion!!) began yesterday, and will continue through the 14th!
So I'm hesitant to report some truly great early results--all of which resulted in CG Meet Records!!
But I don't want to make you wait another week for these, sooooo.....!!
The Men's 20000 Walk was a CLOSE race!!
But Dane Bird-Smith sprinted to the line 4 seconds ahead of Tim Bosworth--1:19:34 to 1:19:38!
Both broke the old MR!
Nick Miller keeps on Hammering (Sic!) away at his own National Record of Great Britain!
Well, he must be using a SLEDGE hammer!!
His latest NR was his 263-4 winning mark at the CG!!
It's also the Commonwealth Games Meet Record!!
Then--in QUALIFYING!!!--Tom Walsh demolished the CG Meet Record in the SP--hitting 73-8!!
(Gosh, I hate to make you wait a week to see what he throws in the Final!! LOL)
A couple of Road marks are worth mentioning!
The Prague Half saw Joan Melly win in 65:04!!
Hitting her first splits in 14:51 and 30:14, she cruised on from there!
It moves her from 8th A-T World to 4th!
And gives her the Age 27 Record!!
Bernard Kimeli's 59:47 took the Men's race!!
The Paris Marathon saw Betsy Saina finally finish a 26.2--and WIN!!
Her 2:22:55 was a solid send-off!!
Paul Lonyangata's 2:06:25 took the Men's race!!
I'm really excited that the Drake Relays is holding a Women's Two Mile race this year!!
With Jenny Simpson, Brenda Martinez, and Alexa Efraimson already announced, I'm hoping the rest of the field will be of equal high quality!!
The Women's OUTdoor 2 Mile list NEEDS some deep revising!!
EIGHT of the 24 marks were run when they were still High Schoolers!!
No other US list--Men or Women, INdoors or OUT--is like that!!
So I'm hoping that Drake will add maybe a dozen more Women--all of whom are capable of removing ALL those "children" from the list!!
(If Katelyn Tuohy were to be added, and she ran, say, 9:30, that would be fine!! I'm talking about those 9:51 to 10:01 times that just don't belong on an ALL-TIME United States list---whether run by HS'ers or elites in their 20's or 30's!!)
Anyway, suffice to say, and based on the final "heat sheet" for this event, I MIGHT do a Special Preview for this one race!!
But that's in late April!
See you much sooner with more Results---and my complete Commonwealth Games report!!
Sunday, April 1, 2018
Star Power at TX, FL & Stanford
Don't read the title wrong!
There was much more going down this weekend than the "Star Power" of Mondo Duplantis at the Texas Relays, Sydney McLaughlin at the Florida Relays, or Gwen Jorgensen & Karissa Schweizer in the Stanford Invitational 10000!!
But you still had to shade your eyes when seeing what these MEGA stars did!!
It was simply amazing!!
The Men's "elite" PV at the Texas meet was long-awaited---
Through the days-long agony of the battle to allow Duplantis to even compete there without fear of losing the remainder of his HS eligibility in Louisiana!!
Then through an unexplained delay of almost an hour from the originally scheduled start-time!
But when the dust had settled--and after the wannabes had XXX'd out of the comp--there stood Shawn Barber, Renaud Lavillenie, and Mondo, all seeking a 19-5 clearance!
Barber & Mondo opened at 17-11.25.
Renaud & Shawn made 18-5.25, while Mondo passed!
Then all 3 made 18-9.25!
(Remember, we're speaking of the INdoor WR holder, the rejuvenated Canadian, and the High Schooler!)
At 19-1, Lavillenie made it on 1st try, Duplantis passed, while Barber failed his initial try, then passed!
The Frenchman and the Canadian made 19-5 on first attempt, while Duplantis needed all 3 to make it!!
So Lavillenie got the Texas Relays Meet Record!
Barber got a nice comebacking mark to boost his confidence!
But it was Mondo who took home the bacon & the flashy swag!!
He gets the HSR, the Senior Class Record, the Age 18 Record, and the National Record of Sweden!!
The only thing he missed was making my World DDD---by 1.25 inches!!
(BTW, all 3 got XXX at 19-9!!)
While we're on the PV, let's clear the decks!
In the Women's elite portion of the TX meet, Jenn Suhr recertified why she's the Queen of US Vaulting--no matter who else might beat her!!
Madison Heath became 24th A-T Collegiate, tied with 5 others, when she PR'ed at 14-7.25!
Annie Rhodes-Johnigan, Tori Hoggard, and Morgann LeLeux all made 14-9, but no more!
Lexi Jacobus was all alone in 3rd when she made 14-11.
But Virginia Tech's Frosh from Sweden--Lisa Gunnarsson--may finally be reaching the vast potential she first showed as a prodigal 15 year old!
Her make at 15-1 makes her 7th A-T Collegiate, tied with 3 others!!
Then there was Jenn!
Her 15-10 clearance broke her own Texas Relays Meet Record and Age 36 Record!!
She took 3 shots at 16-5.25!!
The College Boys were not to be denied!
At least not Devin King and Chris Nilsen, who each topped 19-0.25!
King moves from 12th A-T Collegiate to 7th, tied with 3 others!
Nilsen moves from 19th A-T Collegiate, tied with 7 others, to 7th, tied with 3 others!
Both become 24th A-T US, tied with 9 others, including each other!
Oh, Sydney, Sydney---and I speak not of the site of the 2000 Olympics!!
What CAN'T this girl do??
She began her Florida Relays extravaganza with a 200 PR of 22.39!!
Helped by a 1.5 wind, she's now 22nd A-T Collegiate, tied with 1 other!
This, in an event she rarely runs, and where her previous OUTdoor PR was a HS time of 22.96!
Not only that, but the 100H WR holder--Kendra Harrison--finished a far back 2nd in 22.81!
24 hours later, she's on the track again---and the track is WET---and she steams through to an incredible 50.07 full lap!!
From lane 6 (??), she was ahead of everyone by 275 meters!!
The announcer said she'd passed 300 in 36-something---shades of her INdoor time over 300 meters of 36.12 from December!!
While tightening up some over the last 50 or so---with Sharrika Barnett moving up---she ended with the Frosh Class Record and the Florida Relays Meet Record!
She's now 2nd A-T Collegiate!
She misses the US list by 0.01 seconds!!
On my Combined Events list for the US 400-400H, her time of 1:43.89 (50.07 & 53.82) moves her from 7th A-T to 5th!
Barnett ended with a good PR of 50.93!!
Then came the meet-ending 4X400's!
In the Women's race, Kentucky won with a new School Record of 3:26.92.
(They move from 16th A-T School to 9th!!)
As for McL, her 3rd leg timed out at 49.45!!
22.39, 50.07, and 49.45 Relay!!
Not bad for an 18 year old juggling Frosh!!
BTW, Purdue finished 2nd in the Relay with 3:28.52.
They become 17th A-T School!!
Stanford---no matter the name of the specific meet (Stanford or Cardinal Invite, or the Payton Jordan)--is known best for their distance races!
And they once again produced!
The featured race was the Women's 10K--because Tri-athlete-turned Marathoner Gwen Jorgensen & Collegiate stud-horse Karissa Schweizer were going head to head!!
Jorgensen was a new mother, and her only previous track 10K was well into the 33's, and years ago!
Schweizer had never run one!
While hoping for a Collegiate Record, it really all depended on what Jorgensen chose to do!
I figured Schweizer would follow Gwen's lead--literally!!
Yet it was the Mizzou girl who took the reins when the pace wasn't to her liking!
Trading the lead, they cruised through a long series of 77's--off by 2-3 seconds per lap from CR pace--hitting 5000 in 16:04!
Joining them up front was 34 year old journeywoman Carrie Dimoff!
When crunch time came, Jorgensen took off, opened a 5 meter gap, which she held to the line, time of 31:55.68!!
Dimoff shocked some by ending 2nd in 31:57.85!!
Schweizer held most of her ground, timed in 32:00.55!!
This makes her 8th A-T Collegiate!
Others ran well too!
Alice Wright's 32:15.73 in 4th was a PR by about 14 seconds, moving her from 24th A-T Collegiate to 17th!
Sharon Lokedi was 5th in 32:21.19.
This makes her 21st A-T Collegiate!
Paige Stoner's 32:23.38 in 6th makes her 24th A-T Collegiate!!
Knocked OFF my Collegiate list was Sylvia Mosqueda's 32:28.57 from 1988--which was the Collegiate Record at that time!!
I saw that race in person at Hayward Field!!
I COULD make this a TWO-post affair--but I won't!
I just don't want to get into that habit!
So the rest of this report will be the usual "by-event-group" listing!
Field Events
The most astounding leap forward--pun intended!!--came from Oiselle's Tori Franklin in the Triple Jump!!
Owning a 46-5.25 OUTdoor PR from 2017, her first legal effort measured 45-11.50.
Then she bounded out to 47-1.50!!
This moved her from 17th A-T US to 5th!
Her 3rd legal try measured 47-6.25!!
This moved her from 5th to 2nd--behind only AR holder Keturah Orji!!
It's also the Texas Relays Meet Record!!
Nick Miller improved his National Record of Great Britain with a HT of 256-10 at Stanford!
Reggie Jagers got a big PR in the Discus Throw with his 214-9 at Texas.
Two HS girls--Nastassja Campbell and Mackenzie Hayward (only a Junior)--cleared 14-0 in the PV!
Both became 7th A-T HS, tied with 5 others!
We suddenly have a new HS star in the Javelin Throw!
Tzuriel Pedigo began his series with a PR of 230-1.
This made him 13th A-T HS!
He improved in Round 6 to 234-11--moving him from 13th to 7th!!
Sondre Guttormsen PV'ed 17-11 for an OUTdoor PR, and 12th A-T HS!!
Jasmine Moore TJ'ed 44-1, moving her from 8th A-T HS to 6th!
Serena Brown's DT of 198-1 at Texas misses the Collegiate list by 1 inch!!
Jeron Robinson HJ'ed 7-7 at Texas, missing the US list by 0.75 inches!!
Tray Oates PV'ed 18-6.75 at Florida!
A Florida State Senior--Austin Droogsma--SP'ed 66-8 at Florida.
Stanford's Lena Giger improved her SP mark to 57-9.50, while Valerie Allman had a DT of 199-0!!
Texas opened their meet with good Multi's marks of 5946 for Taliyah Brooks, and 8046 for Hunter Veith!
Anderson Peters threw the Javelin a non-PR distance of 267-7!
And Denzel Comenentia sent his HT out 250-3!!
This gave him the National Record of the Netherlands!
And makes him 9th A-T Collegiate!
Distances (Including Distance-oriented Relays)
Stanford set Allie Ostrander loose in the 3000SC!
Her unexpected PR of 9:38.57 moves her from 13th A-T Collegiate to 8th!
It also gets her the Stanford Invite Meet Record, and makes her 22nd A-T US!!
Marie Bouchard of San Francisco ran 9:47.03 in 2nd, missing the Collegiate list by 0.73 seconds!!
Texas saw a good DMR, with the Clemson Women edging those from Texas A&M--11:08.71 to 11:09.43!
Clemson's time makes them 24th A-T School!!
Drew Hunter made his return from injury a good one.
He ended 2nd (to Peter Callahan's 3:38.41) in the Stanford 1500--time of 3:39.49.
He also ran the 800 in 1:49 and change, ending well behind Nigel Amos's 1:44.65!!
Amos will be in the Commonwealth Games next week!!
Texas A&M's Women joined together in the 4 X 800 Relay, their 8:29.25 netting them their School Record and the Texas Relays Meet Record!
Clemson finished 2nd in a good 8:30.58!
Claudia Saunders won the 800 at the Raleigh Relays in 2:02.86!
The Hoka NJ/NY TC got wins for both genders in Florida's 4 X 800's!
The Women ran 8:24.79 for the Florida Relays Meet Record!
The Men won in 7:18.29!
Stanford's Men's 10000 went to Vincent Kiprop--time of 28:19.07!
Lopez Lomong ended 2nd in 28:21.37!
Oregon's Lilli Burdon defeated Indiana's Katherine Receveur in the 5000--15:42.65 to 15:43.26!
And the Sprints--Relays and Open races!
Steven Gardiner ran the 200 in 20.20 in Florida, wind of 2.0.
Christian Taylor opened his 2018 with a 400 of 45.48--not a PR!
Tamari Davis ran a good 11.29 in her heat, while taking the final in 11.34!
Wind was 0.5 for the heat, but she misses my HS DDD by 0.03 seconds!!
Anthony Schwartz zipped his 100 heat in 10.18--max 2.0 wind--then took the final in 10.16, with a 1.7 breeze.
Jazmine Camacho-Quinn ran AGAINST a wind of 0.8, but timed her 100H in 12.77 anyway!!
Grant Holloway's 13.45 in the 110H used a wind of 0.7!
Newly-married--and returning from a 2017 ban!!--Brianna Rollins McNeal sped the 100H in 12.62, aided by the max 2.0!
But her first race was actually her heat of 12.70, where her wind was just 1.3!
She also won the 200 in 23.12--wind of 0.9!
Another beginning anew--as a Professional!!--was Hannah Cunliffe!
In her initial Pro races, she ran on 2 Relays--USA Red's winning 1:34.62 in the 4 X 200 (led off!), and their 43.88 in the 4 X 100!!
Elijah Hall proved his INdoor antics were for real!
He anchored Houston's 4 X 200 Relay of 1:21.20!
But he REALLY tore things up with his 200 winner of 20.11!
He misses the Collegiate DDD by 0.04 seconds!
And he beat Dedric Duke's 20.27!
Wind was 1.6.
LSU's Women ran their 4 X 100 in 42.66!
The USA Red 4 X 400 team was solid--members being Quanera Hayes, Shamier Little, Ashley Spencer, and Courtney Okolo!!
Their time was 3:26.16, beating USA Blue's 3:27.32!
Despite having Justin Gatlin lead off their 4 X 100, the USA Red team lost to the Dominican Republic--38.89 to 38.96.
Also running 38.96 were 3rd placer's USA Blue!
Pure Athletics ran 1:28.77 in the 4 X 200, tying the Florida Relays Meet Record!
Their Men's team also won--time of 1:20.79!
USA Red took the Florida 4 X 400 in 3:27.07!
The final Florida race was the Men's 4 X 400!
And Florida won with a good 3:01.00!!
The Texas Relays always produces a long list of wind-aided times---some HEAVILY windy!!
They did it again!!
Aleia Hobbs's 10.93 100 had a small aid of 2.2!
But her final had a larger 3.7--and her time of 10.86 showed it!!
Tara Davis won her 100H race in 13.04, but she had a wind of 3.2 to help her!
Damion Thomas's 13.43 over 110H had a 3.6!
But Rochelle Burton had the fastest 100H---her 12.64 aided by a 3.3 blast!
Tonea Marshall was 2nd in that race with a good 12.73!!
Gabby Thomas's 22.13 over 200 meters had a humongous 4.6 to push her along!
Then there was Blessing Okagbare's 10.72 Century--with a mere 2.7 behind her!!
One news item of note--Jenny Simpson is entered in the Doha 3000--against Helen Obiri!!
Speculation is already rampant on whether Mary Slaney's AR of 8:25.83 will survive!!
I'm saying it will NOT!!
Thanks for hanging in there!!
See you soon with more great Records & Marks!!
There was much more going down this weekend than the "Star Power" of Mondo Duplantis at the Texas Relays, Sydney McLaughlin at the Florida Relays, or Gwen Jorgensen & Karissa Schweizer in the Stanford Invitational 10000!!
But you still had to shade your eyes when seeing what these MEGA stars did!!
It was simply amazing!!
The Men's "elite" PV at the Texas meet was long-awaited---
Through the days-long agony of the battle to allow Duplantis to even compete there without fear of losing the remainder of his HS eligibility in Louisiana!!
Then through an unexplained delay of almost an hour from the originally scheduled start-time!
But when the dust had settled--and after the wannabes had XXX'd out of the comp--there stood Shawn Barber, Renaud Lavillenie, and Mondo, all seeking a 19-5 clearance!
Barber & Mondo opened at 17-11.25.
Renaud & Shawn made 18-5.25, while Mondo passed!
Then all 3 made 18-9.25!
(Remember, we're speaking of the INdoor WR holder, the rejuvenated Canadian, and the High Schooler!)
At 19-1, Lavillenie made it on 1st try, Duplantis passed, while Barber failed his initial try, then passed!
The Frenchman and the Canadian made 19-5 on first attempt, while Duplantis needed all 3 to make it!!
So Lavillenie got the Texas Relays Meet Record!
Barber got a nice comebacking mark to boost his confidence!
But it was Mondo who took home the bacon & the flashy swag!!
He gets the HSR, the Senior Class Record, the Age 18 Record, and the National Record of Sweden!!
The only thing he missed was making my World DDD---by 1.25 inches!!
(BTW, all 3 got XXX at 19-9!!)
While we're on the PV, let's clear the decks!
In the Women's elite portion of the TX meet, Jenn Suhr recertified why she's the Queen of US Vaulting--no matter who else might beat her!!
Madison Heath became 24th A-T Collegiate, tied with 5 others, when she PR'ed at 14-7.25!
Annie Rhodes-Johnigan, Tori Hoggard, and Morgann LeLeux all made 14-9, but no more!
Lexi Jacobus was all alone in 3rd when she made 14-11.
But Virginia Tech's Frosh from Sweden--Lisa Gunnarsson--may finally be reaching the vast potential she first showed as a prodigal 15 year old!
Her make at 15-1 makes her 7th A-T Collegiate, tied with 3 others!!
Then there was Jenn!
Her 15-10 clearance broke her own Texas Relays Meet Record and Age 36 Record!!
She took 3 shots at 16-5.25!!
The College Boys were not to be denied!
At least not Devin King and Chris Nilsen, who each topped 19-0.25!
King moves from 12th A-T Collegiate to 7th, tied with 3 others!
Nilsen moves from 19th A-T Collegiate, tied with 7 others, to 7th, tied with 3 others!
Both become 24th A-T US, tied with 9 others, including each other!
Oh, Sydney, Sydney---and I speak not of the site of the 2000 Olympics!!
What CAN'T this girl do??
She began her Florida Relays extravaganza with a 200 PR of 22.39!!
Helped by a 1.5 wind, she's now 22nd A-T Collegiate, tied with 1 other!
This, in an event she rarely runs, and where her previous OUTdoor PR was a HS time of 22.96!
Not only that, but the 100H WR holder--Kendra Harrison--finished a far back 2nd in 22.81!
24 hours later, she's on the track again---and the track is WET---and she steams through to an incredible 50.07 full lap!!
From lane 6 (??), she was ahead of everyone by 275 meters!!
The announcer said she'd passed 300 in 36-something---shades of her INdoor time over 300 meters of 36.12 from December!!
While tightening up some over the last 50 or so---with Sharrika Barnett moving up---she ended with the Frosh Class Record and the Florida Relays Meet Record!
She's now 2nd A-T Collegiate!
She misses the US list by 0.01 seconds!!
On my Combined Events list for the US 400-400H, her time of 1:43.89 (50.07 & 53.82) moves her from 7th A-T to 5th!
Barnett ended with a good PR of 50.93!!
Then came the meet-ending 4X400's!
In the Women's race, Kentucky won with a new School Record of 3:26.92.
(They move from 16th A-T School to 9th!!)
As for McL, her 3rd leg timed out at 49.45!!
22.39, 50.07, and 49.45 Relay!!
Not bad for an 18 year old juggling Frosh!!
BTW, Purdue finished 2nd in the Relay with 3:28.52.
They become 17th A-T School!!
Stanford---no matter the name of the specific meet (Stanford or Cardinal Invite, or the Payton Jordan)--is known best for their distance races!
And they once again produced!
The featured race was the Women's 10K--because Tri-athlete-turned Marathoner Gwen Jorgensen & Collegiate stud-horse Karissa Schweizer were going head to head!!
Jorgensen was a new mother, and her only previous track 10K was well into the 33's, and years ago!
Schweizer had never run one!
While hoping for a Collegiate Record, it really all depended on what Jorgensen chose to do!
I figured Schweizer would follow Gwen's lead--literally!!
Yet it was the Mizzou girl who took the reins when the pace wasn't to her liking!
Trading the lead, they cruised through a long series of 77's--off by 2-3 seconds per lap from CR pace--hitting 5000 in 16:04!
Joining them up front was 34 year old journeywoman Carrie Dimoff!
When crunch time came, Jorgensen took off, opened a 5 meter gap, which she held to the line, time of 31:55.68!!
Dimoff shocked some by ending 2nd in 31:57.85!!
Schweizer held most of her ground, timed in 32:00.55!!
This makes her 8th A-T Collegiate!
Others ran well too!
Alice Wright's 32:15.73 in 4th was a PR by about 14 seconds, moving her from 24th A-T Collegiate to 17th!
Sharon Lokedi was 5th in 32:21.19.
This makes her 21st A-T Collegiate!
Paige Stoner's 32:23.38 in 6th makes her 24th A-T Collegiate!!
Knocked OFF my Collegiate list was Sylvia Mosqueda's 32:28.57 from 1988--which was the Collegiate Record at that time!!
I saw that race in person at Hayward Field!!
I COULD make this a TWO-post affair--but I won't!
I just don't want to get into that habit!
So the rest of this report will be the usual "by-event-group" listing!
Field Events
The most astounding leap forward--pun intended!!--came from Oiselle's Tori Franklin in the Triple Jump!!
Owning a 46-5.25 OUTdoor PR from 2017, her first legal effort measured 45-11.50.
Then she bounded out to 47-1.50!!
This moved her from 17th A-T US to 5th!
Her 3rd legal try measured 47-6.25!!
This moved her from 5th to 2nd--behind only AR holder Keturah Orji!!
It's also the Texas Relays Meet Record!!
Nick Miller improved his National Record of Great Britain with a HT of 256-10 at Stanford!
Reggie Jagers got a big PR in the Discus Throw with his 214-9 at Texas.
Two HS girls--Nastassja Campbell and Mackenzie Hayward (only a Junior)--cleared 14-0 in the PV!
Both became 7th A-T HS, tied with 5 others!
We suddenly have a new HS star in the Javelin Throw!
Tzuriel Pedigo began his series with a PR of 230-1.
This made him 13th A-T HS!
He improved in Round 6 to 234-11--moving him from 13th to 7th!!
Sondre Guttormsen PV'ed 17-11 for an OUTdoor PR, and 12th A-T HS!!
Jasmine Moore TJ'ed 44-1, moving her from 8th A-T HS to 6th!
Serena Brown's DT of 198-1 at Texas misses the Collegiate list by 1 inch!!
Jeron Robinson HJ'ed 7-7 at Texas, missing the US list by 0.75 inches!!
Tray Oates PV'ed 18-6.75 at Florida!
A Florida State Senior--Austin Droogsma--SP'ed 66-8 at Florida.
Stanford's Lena Giger improved her SP mark to 57-9.50, while Valerie Allman had a DT of 199-0!!
Texas opened their meet with good Multi's marks of 5946 for Taliyah Brooks, and 8046 for Hunter Veith!
Anderson Peters threw the Javelin a non-PR distance of 267-7!
And Denzel Comenentia sent his HT out 250-3!!
This gave him the National Record of the Netherlands!
And makes him 9th A-T Collegiate!
Distances (Including Distance-oriented Relays)
Stanford set Allie Ostrander loose in the 3000SC!
Her unexpected PR of 9:38.57 moves her from 13th A-T Collegiate to 8th!
It also gets her the Stanford Invite Meet Record, and makes her 22nd A-T US!!
Marie Bouchard of San Francisco ran 9:47.03 in 2nd, missing the Collegiate list by 0.73 seconds!!
Texas saw a good DMR, with the Clemson Women edging those from Texas A&M--11:08.71 to 11:09.43!
Clemson's time makes them 24th A-T School!!
Drew Hunter made his return from injury a good one.
He ended 2nd (to Peter Callahan's 3:38.41) in the Stanford 1500--time of 3:39.49.
He also ran the 800 in 1:49 and change, ending well behind Nigel Amos's 1:44.65!!
Amos will be in the Commonwealth Games next week!!
Texas A&M's Women joined together in the 4 X 800 Relay, their 8:29.25 netting them their School Record and the Texas Relays Meet Record!
Clemson finished 2nd in a good 8:30.58!
Claudia Saunders won the 800 at the Raleigh Relays in 2:02.86!
The Hoka NJ/NY TC got wins for both genders in Florida's 4 X 800's!
The Women ran 8:24.79 for the Florida Relays Meet Record!
The Men won in 7:18.29!
Stanford's Men's 10000 went to Vincent Kiprop--time of 28:19.07!
Lopez Lomong ended 2nd in 28:21.37!
Oregon's Lilli Burdon defeated Indiana's Katherine Receveur in the 5000--15:42.65 to 15:43.26!
And the Sprints--Relays and Open races!
Steven Gardiner ran the 200 in 20.20 in Florida, wind of 2.0.
Christian Taylor opened his 2018 with a 400 of 45.48--not a PR!
Tamari Davis ran a good 11.29 in her heat, while taking the final in 11.34!
Wind was 0.5 for the heat, but she misses my HS DDD by 0.03 seconds!!
Anthony Schwartz zipped his 100 heat in 10.18--max 2.0 wind--then took the final in 10.16, with a 1.7 breeze.
Jazmine Camacho-Quinn ran AGAINST a wind of 0.8, but timed her 100H in 12.77 anyway!!
Grant Holloway's 13.45 in the 110H used a wind of 0.7!
Newly-married--and returning from a 2017 ban!!--Brianna Rollins McNeal sped the 100H in 12.62, aided by the max 2.0!
But her first race was actually her heat of 12.70, where her wind was just 1.3!
She also won the 200 in 23.12--wind of 0.9!
Another beginning anew--as a Professional!!--was Hannah Cunliffe!
In her initial Pro races, she ran on 2 Relays--USA Red's winning 1:34.62 in the 4 X 200 (led off!), and their 43.88 in the 4 X 100!!
Elijah Hall proved his INdoor antics were for real!
He anchored Houston's 4 X 200 Relay of 1:21.20!
But he REALLY tore things up with his 200 winner of 20.11!
He misses the Collegiate DDD by 0.04 seconds!
And he beat Dedric Duke's 20.27!
Wind was 1.6.
LSU's Women ran their 4 X 100 in 42.66!
The USA Red 4 X 400 team was solid--members being Quanera Hayes, Shamier Little, Ashley Spencer, and Courtney Okolo!!
Their time was 3:26.16, beating USA Blue's 3:27.32!
Despite having Justin Gatlin lead off their 4 X 100, the USA Red team lost to the Dominican Republic--38.89 to 38.96.
Also running 38.96 were 3rd placer's USA Blue!
Pure Athletics ran 1:28.77 in the 4 X 200, tying the Florida Relays Meet Record!
Their Men's team also won--time of 1:20.79!
USA Red took the Florida 4 X 400 in 3:27.07!
The final Florida race was the Men's 4 X 400!
And Florida won with a good 3:01.00!!
The Texas Relays always produces a long list of wind-aided times---some HEAVILY windy!!
They did it again!!
Aleia Hobbs's 10.93 100 had a small aid of 2.2!
But her final had a larger 3.7--and her time of 10.86 showed it!!
Tara Davis won her 100H race in 13.04, but she had a wind of 3.2 to help her!
Damion Thomas's 13.43 over 110H had a 3.6!
But Rochelle Burton had the fastest 100H---her 12.64 aided by a 3.3 blast!
Tonea Marshall was 2nd in that race with a good 12.73!!
Gabby Thomas's 22.13 over 200 meters had a humongous 4.6 to push her along!
Then there was Blessing Okagbare's 10.72 Century--with a mere 2.7 behind her!!
One news item of note--Jenny Simpson is entered in the Doha 3000--against Helen Obiri!!
Speculation is already rampant on whether Mary Slaney's AR of 8:25.83 will survive!!
I'm saying it will NOT!!
Thanks for hanging in there!!
See you soon with more great Records & Marks!!
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