Again, apologies for the slow rate of posts!
I'll try to follow this one with me USATF post ASAP!
Maybe the IAAF shutting down distance runners by cancelling anything over a Two Mile in their DL series inspired the elite multi-lappers to scrabble for whatever they can get prior to Execution Day!!
(Only half joking!!
Helen Obiri and a few others gave their middle finger to Sir Coe by running a super speedy 5000 at the London stop on the Diamond League circuit!
Kenyan Policewoman Obiri got the London Meet Record and the Age 29 Record with her winner of 14:20.36!!
SShe needed all of it to beat Agnes Tirop's 14:20.68!!
This gave Tirop the best 2nd Place mark in history!!
(Surprising to me!!)
She ranks 6th A-T World!!
The Runner of the Year (so far!!), Sifan Hassan, ran a great 14:22.12, nabbing her the Netherlands NR!!
She gets the besst 3rd Place mark, and gives her 8th A-T World!!
All told, FIFTEEN Women broke 15 minutes in this race!!
(Again, SCREW YOU, Sebastian!!)
Danielle Williams is on fire!!
Speeding a 12.41 in her 100H heat, she came back with Gold in 12.32, the fastest time of the year!!
This makes her 6th A-T World, and makes her Jamaica's National Record holder!!
Nia Ali was a farback 2nd, but in a good time of 12.57!!
Akani Simbine's 9.93 beat Zharnel Hughes's 9.95 in the Men's 100!
Zhange Xie sped 19.88 to win the 200, becoming China's first ever sub-20 Man, and of course their NR holder!!
A good Men's Mile saw Sam Teferi (Remember him from INdoors??!!) beat Filip Ingebrigtsen--3:49.45 to 3:49.60!
The latter gave him Norway's NR--and I believe their initial sub-3:50!!
Speaking of Norway's version of Belgium's Borlee clan, Jakob Ingebrigtsen ran a PR over the 5000 distance at London!!
Hagos Gebrhiwet took the Gold in 13:01.36, but young Jakob took 2nd in in 13:02.05!
BTW, that happens to also be Norway's National Record for the teenager!!
Despite Obiri et al, maybe the Star of this DL was Norway's Karsten Warholm!!
He's been PRing all season, and he smashed his bestt time again!!
His 47.12 broke his own NR, gave him the London Meet Record, and ranks him 6th A-T World!!
In the Men's 400, Akeem Bloomfield's 44.40 beat Jonathan Jones's 44.64, which is now the Barbados National Record!
Ferguson Cheruiyot's 1:43.14 took a good 800, beating the 1:43.48 of Wycliffe Kamyamel, and the 1:43.78 of Marcin Lewandowski!
Nine runners finished under 1:45!
Other London results---
Luvo Manyonga LJ'ed 27-5/50!
Great Britain's 37.60 beat Japan's 37.78 in the Men's 4X100 Relay!
Taking 3rd was the Netherlands 37.94, their National Record!!
A trio of athletes that go mainly by their initials took 3 events--
SAFP took the Women's 100 in 10.78!
Dina Asher-Smith was 2nd in 10.92!
She ran 10.91 in her heat!!
ET took the 200 in 22.15!
And PPPP won the Men's TJ with his 57-6.25!
(Do I really have to give you their full names??!!)
As noted in a previous post, Lynsey Sharp is running sharp (Sic!!) these days, and showed it by taking the 800 here!
Her 1:57.61 beat C Bassett's 1:58.68!
That happens to be Australia's new National Record!!
Laura Muir's 3:58.25 beat Winnie Chebet's 3:59.93 in the 1500!
Gabby Stafford took down yet another of Canada's NR's--this time the 1500 with her time of 4:00.26!!
Four others got under 4:01, including Konstanze Klosterhalfen!!
Anzhelika Sidorova won the PV, but Ekatterina Stefanidi matched her height of 15-7!
Malaika Mihambo won the LJ with her 23-0/50!
Britney Reese reached 22-4.50!
At the Heusden-Zolder meet, Ed Cheserek ran his quickest 5K so far--13:04.44!!
The Pan Am Juniors meet saw some great performances from the Americans!!
Matthew Boling took the 100--200 double, times of 10.11 and 20.31, both PR's!!
His 100 ranks him 6th A-T HS, while the 200 rates him 8th A-T HS!!
(Remember, HS'ers can get listed through August 31st, as loing as they haven't turned Pro or started their Collegiate season!!
Anna Hall PR'ed in the Heptathlon, with her windy point total of 5847!!
It's the HSR, the Senior Class Record, and the Pan Am Jr Meet Reciord!!
The Men's Relay teams ran 38.52 and 2:59.30, both MR's!!
(The latter is also a "World Junior" record, but I don't pay attention to those oddities!!
The US Women's 4X400 team also got a MR--time of 3:24.04!!
Elsewhere, Elise Cranny PR'ed in the 1500, time of 4:06.03!
In a Portland meet, comebacking from giving birth Shannon Rowbury ran a solid 15:19 in a track 5000!
Arthur Crisse's 9.93 gave him the NR of the Ivory Coast!!
Sondre Guttormsen's 19-0.25 PV matched the winning height of some guy named Black--or Block!!
Will have to check to see the status of Guttormsen--both age & school class!!
Sorry!
Someone named Brittany Anderson recently won a 100H race somewhere!
But in 2nd came Animarie Korte, a beautiful and ubiquitous presence on Twitter!!
Her time of 12.72 gave her Finland's NR!!
And that last result segues VERY well into a bulletin type of announcement--which I'm pretty sure you all know about already!1
The greatest Australian hurdler of All Time--Men or Women--Sally Pearson--has told the world she is officially RETIRED--after 16 years of competition!!
Definitely an All Time great--and not just in Australia!!
We will miss her very much!!
BTW, does that mean that Michelle Jenneke is now that Down Under Nation/Continent's BEST 100 Hurdler??
O--M--G!!!!!
LOL
See you ASAP with my USATF report!!
Saturday, August 10, 2019
Wednesday, July 31, 2019
#BraveLikeGabe Mile Makes Monaco
Sorry for the delay but hospital visits do that to you sometimes!
Lots to catch up on, and what better place to begin than with a World Record
yes, lets begin with the Women's Mile that produced a WR, a deep list of finishers, all as a stirring tribute to Gabe Grunewald, who recently passed!! (See earlier post!)
Sifan Hassan led a class field while breaking the 23 year old WR of Scletlana Masterkova by 0.23 seconds!
Using impressive negative splitss to run 4:12.33, she ran 2:08 & 2:04, with a final lap of about 60.8!!
She gets the WR, the Netherlands National Record, the Monaco Meet Record, and the Age 26 Record!
Her Combined Events time for the 800 & Mile adds to 6:09.14, which moves her to 2nd A-T on that list!
\Second went to Layra Wightman's 4:17.60, which just misses the National Record of Great Britain!
Third is Gabby Stafford's 4:17.87, which smashes the NR of Canada!!
Wightman is now 14th A-T World, while Stafford is now 16th A-T World!
Fourth was Gudaf Tsegay's 4:18.31!
She has a better mark!
Next came Rababe Arafi's 4:18.43!
That's the best 5th Place time, and ranks her 20th A-T World!
Axumawit Embaye's 4:18.58 ranks her 21st A-T World, and fives her the best 6th Place mark!!
Next came Winnie Nanyondo's 4:18.65, which ranks her 22nd A-T World, and gave her the best 7th Place mark!
The best 8th Plave mark goes to Ciara Magaaen's 4:19.03!
She ranks
She ranks 23rd A-T World!
Following this crowd was American Rachel Schneider, whose 4L20.91 ranks her 3rd A-T US!!
Thank you Gabe for your life well lived & your inspiration!!
What can we do for an encore?
How about Sydney McLaughlin's runaway victory in the 400H , time of 53.32!!
This breaks her own Age 19 Record!
Tonea Marshall ran a quick 1`00H time of 12.57 at the NACAC meet!!
At Monaco, Justin Gatlin edged out Noah Lyles in the 100--9.91 to 9.92!
Shaunae Miller-Uibo broke open the 200 with her fast time of 22.09!!
She beat Elaine Thompson's 22.44 and Dafne schippers's 22.45!
Kendra Harrison sped the 100H in 12.43!!
The Men's 800 saw Nijel Amos return the event to the world of sub-!:42's!
His 1:41.89 was a Monaco Meet Record!
He recently ran a 400 in 44.99, so add that to his PR of 1:41.73, and you get a C-E total time of 2:26.72, which ranks him 2nd on that list!!
Second in the 800 went to Ferguson Cheruiyot's 1:42.54, which ranks him 15th A-T World!!
Amel Tuka followed in 1:43.62!
Then came Michael Saruni's 1:43.70!
Next was Wes Vasquez's 1:44.40, which is the National Record of Puerto Rico!!
Tim Cheruiyot ran the 1500 in 3:29.97, beating the precocious youngster Jakob Ingebrigtsen!
His 3:30.57 nipped the 3:30.58 of Ronald Mungals, who got yhe National Record of Uganda!!
Next came GB's Charlie Grice, whose 3:30.62 was a huge 3 second PR for the Brit!!
The Men's 3000SC had a deep field offinishers!!
The winning time of 8"04.82 was run by Soufiane El Bakkalo!1
Second went to the 8:05.50 of Ben Kigen!
Third went to Getnet Wale's 8:05.51, which is the National Record of Ethiopia!!
Fourth goes to Spain's Fernando Carro!
His time of 8:05.62 is his new National Record!!
Abe Kibowot followed in 8:05.72, which is the best ever 5th Place mark!!
Hillary Bor's 8:09.23 took 6yj!
T Nagote's 8:09.50 is the best 8th Place mark!!
In some impressive Monaco field events, Piotr Lisek cleared 19-9, which breaks the Poland NR, and ranks him 10th A-T World!!
He was followed by Mondo Duplantis, whose height of 19-5 was the same as third placer Thiago Braz!!
Pawel Wojciekowski cleared 19-3, while 19-1 clearances went to the Lavillenie brothers--Renaud and Valentin, as well as Sam Kendricks!!
Christian Taylor's TJ of 58-5.50 beat Will Claye's 58-3!!
Ajee Wilson's 1L57.73 beat Natoya Goule's 1:57.90 in the 800!
Third went to Laura Muir's PR of 1:58.42!!
Lynsey Sharp seems to be on the comeback trail, as she followed Muir in 1:58.76!!
Hang in there--I got more good stuff from other meets!!
Kelsey Barber, a relative Australian unknown, got a JT of 222-1!1
This suddenly makes her 11th A-T World!!
The China's Huihui Liu nailed a measure of 222-6, breaking the Chinese National Record!!
A meet in Azuza CA saw some good distance marks by Americans!!
Bryce Hoppel's 1:44.58 edged Craig Engels's PR of 1:44.62!!
Donavan Brazier didn't win the 1500, but his 3:37.18 was a significant PR for the 800 specialist!!
Shelby Houlihan ran 1:59.92 in the 800, dipping under two minutes for the first time!!
Karissa Schweizer imprioved her 5000 time slighly, her 15:01.53 beating Marielle Hall's PR of 15:02.27!
Vanessa Fraser improved to 15:07.58 in 3rd!!
Nell Rojas won the Grandma's Marathon in a solid PR of 2:28:06--splitting 1:15 & 1:13!!
Alysha Newman and Tina Sutej got new National Records in the PV!!
Newman's 15-7/50 ranks her 21st A-T World, tied with 1 other!
Sutej's 15-2.25 nabs her the NR of Slovenia!!
Yulimar Rojas TJ'ed 48-4.25!
Tobi Amusan improved to 12.49 over the 100H!
There was a great Discus Throw competition recently!
Yaime Perez's mark of 227-3 beat Denia Cabellero's 226-8!!
Finally, the Ethipian WC Trials produced a classy list of 10K times!1
Letesenbet Gidey took the Women's race in a quick 30L27..89!!
The Men were led by Hagos Gebrhiwet's 26:48.95!
He was followed closely by Seleman Barega's 26:49.45, and Yomif Kejelcha's 26:49.91!!
Gebrhiwet now ranks 18th A-T World, while Barega gets the caboose position on my Top 24 A-T list!!
Kejelcha just missed the World list!!
Be back as soon as I can with the next post, featuring the London Diamond League!!
See you soon!!
Lots to catch up on, and what better place to begin than with a World Record
yes, lets begin with the Women's Mile that produced a WR, a deep list of finishers, all as a stirring tribute to Gabe Grunewald, who recently passed!! (See earlier post!)
Sifan Hassan led a class field while breaking the 23 year old WR of Scletlana Masterkova by 0.23 seconds!
Using impressive negative splitss to run 4:12.33, she ran 2:08 & 2:04, with a final lap of about 60.8!!
She gets the WR, the Netherlands National Record, the Monaco Meet Record, and the Age 26 Record!
Her Combined Events time for the 800 & Mile adds to 6:09.14, which moves her to 2nd A-T on that list!
\Second went to Layra Wightman's 4:17.60, which just misses the National Record of Great Britain!
Third is Gabby Stafford's 4:17.87, which smashes the NR of Canada!!
Wightman is now 14th A-T World, while Stafford is now 16th A-T World!
Fourth was Gudaf Tsegay's 4:18.31!
She has a better mark!
Next came Rababe Arafi's 4:18.43!
That's the best 5th Place time, and ranks her 20th A-T World!
Axumawit Embaye's 4:18.58 ranks her 21st A-T World, and fives her the best 6th Place mark!!
Next came Winnie Nanyondo's 4:18.65, which ranks her 22nd A-T World, and gave her the best 7th Place mark!
The best 8th Plave mark goes to Ciara Magaaen's 4:19.03!
She ranks
She ranks 23rd A-T World!
Following this crowd was American Rachel Schneider, whose 4L20.91 ranks her 3rd A-T US!!
Thank you Gabe for your life well lived & your inspiration!!
What can we do for an encore?
How about Sydney McLaughlin's runaway victory in the 400H , time of 53.32!!
This breaks her own Age 19 Record!
Tonea Marshall ran a quick 1`00H time of 12.57 at the NACAC meet!!
At Monaco, Justin Gatlin edged out Noah Lyles in the 100--9.91 to 9.92!
Shaunae Miller-Uibo broke open the 200 with her fast time of 22.09!!
She beat Elaine Thompson's 22.44 and Dafne schippers's 22.45!
Kendra Harrison sped the 100H in 12.43!!
The Men's 800 saw Nijel Amos return the event to the world of sub-!:42's!
His 1:41.89 was a Monaco Meet Record!
He recently ran a 400 in 44.99, so add that to his PR of 1:41.73, and you get a C-E total time of 2:26.72, which ranks him 2nd on that list!!
Second in the 800 went to Ferguson Cheruiyot's 1:42.54, which ranks him 15th A-T World!!
Amel Tuka followed in 1:43.62!
Then came Michael Saruni's 1:43.70!
Next was Wes Vasquez's 1:44.40, which is the National Record of Puerto Rico!!
Tim Cheruiyot ran the 1500 in 3:29.97, beating the precocious youngster Jakob Ingebrigtsen!
His 3:30.57 nipped the 3:30.58 of Ronald Mungals, who got yhe National Record of Uganda!!
Next came GB's Charlie Grice, whose 3:30.62 was a huge 3 second PR for the Brit!!
The Men's 3000SC had a deep field offinishers!!
The winning time of 8"04.82 was run by Soufiane El Bakkalo!1
Second went to the 8:05.50 of Ben Kigen!
Third went to Getnet Wale's 8:05.51, which is the National Record of Ethiopia!!
Fourth goes to Spain's Fernando Carro!
His time of 8:05.62 is his new National Record!!
Abe Kibowot followed in 8:05.72, which is the best ever 5th Place mark!!
Hillary Bor's 8:09.23 took 6yj!
T Nagote's 8:09.50 is the best 8th Place mark!!
In some impressive Monaco field events, Piotr Lisek cleared 19-9, which breaks the Poland NR, and ranks him 10th A-T World!!
He was followed by Mondo Duplantis, whose height of 19-5 was the same as third placer Thiago Braz!!
Pawel Wojciekowski cleared 19-3, while 19-1 clearances went to the Lavillenie brothers--Renaud and Valentin, as well as Sam Kendricks!!
Christian Taylor's TJ of 58-5.50 beat Will Claye's 58-3!!
Ajee Wilson's 1L57.73 beat Natoya Goule's 1:57.90 in the 800!
Third went to Laura Muir's PR of 1:58.42!!
Lynsey Sharp seems to be on the comeback trail, as she followed Muir in 1:58.76!!
Hang in there--I got more good stuff from other meets!!
Kelsey Barber, a relative Australian unknown, got a JT of 222-1!1
This suddenly makes her 11th A-T World!!
The China's Huihui Liu nailed a measure of 222-6, breaking the Chinese National Record!!
A meet in Azuza CA saw some good distance marks by Americans!!
Bryce Hoppel's 1:44.58 edged Craig Engels's PR of 1:44.62!!
Donavan Brazier didn't win the 1500, but his 3:37.18 was a significant PR for the 800 specialist!!
Shelby Houlihan ran 1:59.92 in the 800, dipping under two minutes for the first time!!
Karissa Schweizer imprioved her 5000 time slighly, her 15:01.53 beating Marielle Hall's PR of 15:02.27!
Vanessa Fraser improved to 15:07.58 in 3rd!!
Nell Rojas won the Grandma's Marathon in a solid PR of 2:28:06--splitting 1:15 & 1:13!!
Alysha Newman and Tina Sutej got new National Records in the PV!!
Newman's 15-7/50 ranks her 21st A-T World, tied with 1 other!
Sutej's 15-2.25 nabs her the NR of Slovenia!!
Yulimar Rojas TJ'ed 48-4.25!
Tobi Amusan improved to 12.49 over the 100H!
There was a great Discus Throw competition recently!
Yaime Perez's mark of 227-3 beat Denia Cabellero's 226-8!!
Finally, the Ethipian WC Trials produced a classy list of 10K times!1
Letesenbet Gidey took the Women's race in a quick 30L27..89!!
The Men were led by Hagos Gebrhiwet's 26:48.95!
He was followed closely by Seleman Barega's 26:49.45, and Yomif Kejelcha's 26:49.91!!
Gebrhiwet now ranks 18th A-T World, while Barega gets the caboose position on my Top 24 A-T list!!
Kejelcha just missed the World list!!
Be back as soon as I can with the next post, featuring the London Diamond League!!
See you soon!!
Tuesday, July 9, 2019
Changes for NCAA Track & Field
Alysson Felix & Ajee Wilson
Mary Cain, Alexa Efraimsom, Kaylin Whitney & Candace Hill
Drew Hunter, Christian Coleman, Divine Oduduru & Noah Lyles
Kenny Bednarek, Lynna Irby & Sha'Carri Richardson
Rai Benjamin, Donavan Brazier, Mondo Duplantis & Sydney McLaughlin
Quite the entry list for the best of meets!!
Imagine these athletes at the peak of their form going for Records and high listed Marks!!
All of the above named have something in common---
They all went Pro in High School or before graduating College, mostly after their Frosh or Soph year!!
The problem is--Was going Pro the right idea?
What did they give up to do so?
And should they have had to give up anythuing!!
Since Mary Cain's phenomenal years of 2013 & 2014, it's been apres moi le deluge!
One HS or Collegiate superstar turning Pro not long after they broke some Record or otherwise startled the world with their extraordinary talents!!
One regret--if you want to call it that--is that by going Pro early, they all lost the chance to movce the Collegiate or HS Records beyond the stratosphere!!
After McLaughlin's 52.75 in the 400H, speculation was rampant about when, not if she would smash the World Record!1
Same with Mondo's 19-10.25 as a HS'er, or after Benjamin ran that 47.02!
And when they break these WR's, they'll have to do so as Professionals--and won't also break the Collegiate Record!!
But what about those marks--the 47.02, the 52.75, the 6.05 PV, or even Cain's INdoor Mile of 4:24.11 from 2014?
The latter is listed only as a HS PRO Record!
Should these marks--and all the others--be allowed on Collegiate lists, or HS lists, or as Records?
Maybe the NCAA should insist they remain as Collegiate athletes for at least TWO years before certifying their marks as Records!
In some sense, the McLaughlin's & Mondo's are like "ringers"--meaning they're not really members of a team, but get to play anyway for just one game!!
Besides it not being ethical, it kills the pleasure of anticipation and speculation!
Fans can't predict an easy win for McLaughlin in her SOPH year, knowing she has every intention of ending her Collegiate athletic career after that first---and ONLY---season!!
We can only wonder what Cain or Efraimson would've done as Collegiate athletes!
Conference & NCAA Championships?
The exact same set of successes & failures they wound up having?
One way to live in both worlds is to compete for a Collegiate team, but be allowed to compete against Pro's during the Collegiate season!
A ruling could be made that they can go against Pro's, but can't win money!
So they DON'T turn Pro, but get to compete against them, while remaining an "amateur" Collegiate athlete!!
Or the prize money can be placed in a trust fund until they graduate!!
Europe has it right!
I don't know the details of the system in Europe or Asia or Africa or Down Under, but I do know they have NOTHING similar to the US Collegiate system!!
They have a series of clubs, which serve as the base of operations for athletes in the HS or Collegiate age brackets!!
Thus, Mondo can compete for Sweden with all the other Swedish Professionals, while maintaining his amateur status while in a US High School or College!!
Of course, now that he's turned Pro, none of that matters!
What if the NCAA finally admitted that their football players and basketball players are getting paid--in some, or every, way?
What if they allowed T&F athletes the same courtesy?
What if signing a shoe contract, or competing for DL prize money was okay with the NCAA??
What if Mondo could return to the LSU team in 2020?
Or Syd the Kid ran again next year for Kentucky?
Imagine a COLLEGIATE race between Lyles and Coleman and Oduduru??
Wow!!
The NCAA could insist they compete in a certain number of Collegiate meets, while allowing them to compete in --let's say---the Drake Relays, Payton Jordon, and the Pre Classic!
And they would have to wear their team uniform in those meets!!
What about insisting they compete against other Collegiate athletes in these Professional meets?
Some meets have HS Miles or 100's, where only HS athletes compete!
Why not do the same for Collegiates??
Maybe make it possible to break the CR only in events where only other Collegiates are entered??
Janny Simpson--then Barringer--set the still standing CR of 3:59.90 in the 1500 at the Prefontaine meet in 2009!!
If the ruling was changed to CR's being set only against other Collegiates, the new CR would be Sinclaire Johnson's 4:05.97 from this past season!!
What other changes would be made with the same ruling??
Goodbye to several current HS and Collegiate Records!!
A special note should be admitted that Age Limits should also erase some Records!!
The most onorous of these are those of Henry Rono from 1978!!
He was a Soph at Washington State that year!
At TWENTY SIX years of age!!
Not far!!i
At 26, your "normal" elite athlete is in their 3rd year of being a Professional!!
THIRD year!!!
While athletes as talented as Rono was can attend College, is it fair tio have them compete against people who are normally 19, 20, or 21 in their Soph year??
We get to see athletes compete against equals!
Peers!
Not kids against adults!
In any other system, Rono would be in a different classification!
You don't have Little Leaguers swinging the bat against Major Leaguers--or even Minor Leaguers!
You don't pit Heavyweight boxers against middle or bantam weights!!
I would suggest stopping one's Collegiate career the second they turn 24!
And let's end the allowance of sixth year Seniors!
One year of redshirting--and that's it--no matter the circumstances!!
Read again the list of athletes at the top of this post!
Were their going Pro early a cause of the weakening of Collegiate T&F?
Syd was gone, and the winning tiime for the Women's 400H at the 2019 NCAA was over two seconds slower!!
Several of those events saw new studs emerge!
In face, Mondo even lost this year!
New faces eru[t every year, every season!
Who saw Richardson going from 10.99to 10.75???
The Men's 800 saw Michael Saruni, Donavan Brazier, and Emmanuel Korir go Pro early!
So who comes along but Devin Dixon??!!
This trend--of star athletes going Pro early--will only increase in size and speed!
When will the fans get angry?
When will the NCAA see the possible dangers?
When will we join the rest of the World, creating a Club system, as in Europe and elsewhere??
I admit I get excited when an athlete turns Pro early!
Thinking how thwy'll do against athletes 5 or 10 or even 15 years older!!
Against Olympic and World Champs medalists!
Against the Usain Bolts, Genzebe Dibabas, or Daniel Stahls of this world!
I've outlined what's good or not--what's fair or not--about the NCAA Collegiate T&F system!
It will survive without these changes!
I hope!!
But let's at least think about it!
See you soon!
Mary Cain, Alexa Efraimsom, Kaylin Whitney & Candace Hill
Drew Hunter, Christian Coleman, Divine Oduduru & Noah Lyles
Kenny Bednarek, Lynna Irby & Sha'Carri Richardson
Rai Benjamin, Donavan Brazier, Mondo Duplantis & Sydney McLaughlin
Quite the entry list for the best of meets!!
Imagine these athletes at the peak of their form going for Records and high listed Marks!!
All of the above named have something in common---
They all went Pro in High School or before graduating College, mostly after their Frosh or Soph year!!
The problem is--Was going Pro the right idea?
What did they give up to do so?
And should they have had to give up anythuing!!
Since Mary Cain's phenomenal years of 2013 & 2014, it's been apres moi le deluge!
One HS or Collegiate superstar turning Pro not long after they broke some Record or otherwise startled the world with their extraordinary talents!!
One regret--if you want to call it that--is that by going Pro early, they all lost the chance to movce the Collegiate or HS Records beyond the stratosphere!!
After McLaughlin's 52.75 in the 400H, speculation was rampant about when, not if she would smash the World Record!1
Same with Mondo's 19-10.25 as a HS'er, or after Benjamin ran that 47.02!
And when they break these WR's, they'll have to do so as Professionals--and won't also break the Collegiate Record!!
But what about those marks--the 47.02, the 52.75, the 6.05 PV, or even Cain's INdoor Mile of 4:24.11 from 2014?
The latter is listed only as a HS PRO Record!
Should these marks--and all the others--be allowed on Collegiate lists, or HS lists, or as Records?
Maybe the NCAA should insist they remain as Collegiate athletes for at least TWO years before certifying their marks as Records!
In some sense, the McLaughlin's & Mondo's are like "ringers"--meaning they're not really members of a team, but get to play anyway for just one game!!
Besides it not being ethical, it kills the pleasure of anticipation and speculation!
Fans can't predict an easy win for McLaughlin in her SOPH year, knowing she has every intention of ending her Collegiate athletic career after that first---and ONLY---season!!
We can only wonder what Cain or Efraimson would've done as Collegiate athletes!
Conference & NCAA Championships?
The exact same set of successes & failures they wound up having?
One way to live in both worlds is to compete for a Collegiate team, but be allowed to compete against Pro's during the Collegiate season!
A ruling could be made that they can go against Pro's, but can't win money!
So they DON'T turn Pro, but get to compete against them, while remaining an "amateur" Collegiate athlete!!
Or the prize money can be placed in a trust fund until they graduate!!
Europe has it right!
I don't know the details of the system in Europe or Asia or Africa or Down Under, but I do know they have NOTHING similar to the US Collegiate system!!
They have a series of clubs, which serve as the base of operations for athletes in the HS or Collegiate age brackets!!
Thus, Mondo can compete for Sweden with all the other Swedish Professionals, while maintaining his amateur status while in a US High School or College!!
Of course, now that he's turned Pro, none of that matters!
What if the NCAA finally admitted that their football players and basketball players are getting paid--in some, or every, way?
What if they allowed T&F athletes the same courtesy?
What if signing a shoe contract, or competing for DL prize money was okay with the NCAA??
What if Mondo could return to the LSU team in 2020?
Or Syd the Kid ran again next year for Kentucky?
Imagine a COLLEGIATE race between Lyles and Coleman and Oduduru??
Wow!!
The NCAA could insist they compete in a certain number of Collegiate meets, while allowing them to compete in --let's say---the Drake Relays, Payton Jordon, and the Pre Classic!
And they would have to wear their team uniform in those meets!!
What about insisting they compete against other Collegiate athletes in these Professional meets?
Some meets have HS Miles or 100's, where only HS athletes compete!
Why not do the same for Collegiates??
Maybe make it possible to break the CR only in events where only other Collegiates are entered??
Janny Simpson--then Barringer--set the still standing CR of 3:59.90 in the 1500 at the Prefontaine meet in 2009!!
If the ruling was changed to CR's being set only against other Collegiates, the new CR would be Sinclaire Johnson's 4:05.97 from this past season!!
What other changes would be made with the same ruling??
Goodbye to several current HS and Collegiate Records!!
A special note should be admitted that Age Limits should also erase some Records!!
The most onorous of these are those of Henry Rono from 1978!!
He was a Soph at Washington State that year!
At TWENTY SIX years of age!!
Not far!!i
At 26, your "normal" elite athlete is in their 3rd year of being a Professional!!
THIRD year!!!
While athletes as talented as Rono was can attend College, is it fair tio have them compete against people who are normally 19, 20, or 21 in their Soph year??
We get to see athletes compete against equals!
Peers!
Not kids against adults!
In any other system, Rono would be in a different classification!
You don't have Little Leaguers swinging the bat against Major Leaguers--or even Minor Leaguers!
You don't pit Heavyweight boxers against middle or bantam weights!!
I would suggest stopping one's Collegiate career the second they turn 24!
And let's end the allowance of sixth year Seniors!
One year of redshirting--and that's it--no matter the circumstances!!
Read again the list of athletes at the top of this post!
Were their going Pro early a cause of the weakening of Collegiate T&F?
Syd was gone, and the winning tiime for the Women's 400H at the 2019 NCAA was over two seconds slower!!
Several of those events saw new studs emerge!
In face, Mondo even lost this year!
New faces eru[t every year, every season!
Who saw Richardson going from 10.99to 10.75???
The Men's 800 saw Michael Saruni, Donavan Brazier, and Emmanuel Korir go Pro early!
So who comes along but Devin Dixon??!!
This trend--of star athletes going Pro early--will only increase in size and speed!
When will the fans get angry?
When will the NCAA see the possible dangers?
When will we join the rest of the World, creating a Club system, as in Europe and elsewhere??
I admit I get excited when an athlete turns Pro early!
Thinking how thwy'll do against athletes 5 or 10 or even 15 years older!!
Against Olympic and World Champs medalists!
Against the Usain Bolts, Genzebe Dibabas, or Daniel Stahls of this world!
I've outlined what's good or not--what's fair or not--about the NCAA Collegiate T&F system!
It will survive without these changes!
I hope!!
But let's at least think about it!
See you soon!
Sunday, July 7, 2019
Speed Rules in Lausanne
Following that Distance Extravaganza at Stanford was tough--sort of like following the Stones on stage!!
But Noah Lyles and Shelly Ann Fraser-Pryce proved the exception to the rule!!
After her 11.39 (!!) at Stanford, SAFP returned to her form shown in spectacular fashion at the Jamaican Champs!!
Her 10.74 was beautiful to watch!
She beat a class field, with Dina Asher-Smith and Marie Josee Ta Lou following in 10..91 and 10.93!
Lyles blasted off the curve in the 200 already moving into high gear!
His 19.50 beat his old PR by 0.15 seconds!
He also beat the Lausanne Meet Record.
Alex Quinonez ended 2nd in a new Ecuador National Record of 19.87!
Andre DeGrasse and Aaron Brown--two Canadians--followed in 19.92 and 19.95!!
Justin Gatlin continued to shine, his 9.92 winner the sole sub-10!!
BTW, this makes her 17th A-T World, tied with 1 other!!
The Men's 1500 saw Tim Cheruiyot run away with the race, time of 3:28.77!!
This also broke the Meet Record!
Jakob Ingebrigtsen got a PR of 3:30.16!!
Ayanleh Souleiman--who seems to be back full form--was third in 3:30.79, edging Filip Ingebrigtsen's 3:30.82!!
Ronald Mungala broke his own Uganda National Record with his 3:31.33!!
I've outlined some thoughts on the NCAA Collegiate T&F system I want to share with you!!
It asks questions and provides some answers!
But I strongly doubt the NCAA will change!1
But Noah Lyles and Shelly Ann Fraser-Pryce proved the exception to the rule!!
After her 11.39 (!!) at Stanford, SAFP returned to her form shown in spectacular fashion at the Jamaican Champs!!
Her 10.74 was beautiful to watch!
She beat a class field, with Dina Asher-Smith and Marie Josee Ta Lou following in 10..91 and 10.93!
Lyles blasted off the curve in the 200 already moving into high gear!
His 19.50 beat his old PR by 0.15 seconds!
He also beat the Lausanne Meet Record.
He's 2nd A-T US and 4th A-T World!
His C-E total for the 100 & 200 is 29.36 (9.86 & 19.50)
Alex Quinonez ended 2nd in a new Ecuador National Record of 19.87!
Andre DeGrasse and Aaron Brown--two Canadians--followed in 19.92 and 19.95!!
Justin Gatlin continued to shine, his 9.92 winner the sole sub-10!!
The Women's 400 was a blazer, with Salwa Naser outleaning Nigerian find Amanatou Seyni!
It was 49.17 to 49.19!!
Naser's 2nd best time got her the Lausanne MR!!
But it was Seyni who truly shocked--as her previous best was over 50 seconds!!
It was 49.17 to 49.19!!
Naser's 2nd best time got her the Lausanne MR!!
But it was Seyni who truly shocked--as her previous best was over 50 seconds!!
She's 22, and apparently only began her career a couple of years ago--so major PR's shouldn't be too shocking!!
But here's the thing--and this may be my own Caster Semenya-bred paranoia!!--but I have a sense we may be approaching a deja vu situation with Seyni!
She appears tall, with strong shoulders and long legs!
Now, many female athletes have the same build!
And her vast improvement--in one race--can be put aside the norms of HS studs improving fast in their Frosh and Soph years!
Seyni is 22, but in her 2nd year or so of running!!
Also, a comment about her was deleted by Garry Hill from the T&FN Message Board!1
My guess is that this person came to the same observations as I did~~
We'll see how this develops---IF it develops!!
But here's the thing--and this may be my own Caster Semenya-bred paranoia!!--but I have a sense we may be approaching a deja vu situation with Seyni!
She appears tall, with strong shoulders and long legs!
Now, many female athletes have the same build!
And her vast improvement--in one race--can be put aside the norms of HS studs improving fast in their Frosh and Soph years!
Seyni is 22, but in her 2nd year or so of running!!
Also, a comment about her was deleted by Garry Hill from the T&FN Message Board!1
My guess is that this person came to the same observations as I did~~
We'll see how this develops---IF it develops!!
But watch her closely!!
49.19 is nothing to ignore!!
49.19 is nothing to ignore!!
BTW, this makes her 17th A-T World, tied with 1 other!!
The Men's 1500 saw Tim Cheruiyot run away with the race, time of 3:28.77!!
This also broke the Meet Record!
Jakob Ingebrigtsen got a PR of 3:30.16!!
Ayanleh Souleiman--who seems to be back full form--was third in 3:30.79, edging Filip Ingebrigtsen's 3:30.82!!
Ronald Mungala broke his own Uganda National Record with his 3:31.33!!
The Men's PV took a jump-off at 19-8.50 to decde!!
Piotr Lisek cleared it, while Sam Kendricks had to settle for his earlier clearance of 19-6.25!!
Mondo Duplantis and Renaud Lavillenie both cleared 19-0.75 ub 3rd and 4th, with this being the Frenchman's best of the year!!
For Lisek, he got his own NR of Poland, and the Lausanne MR!!
Actually, this DL wasn't really bad--it just lacked that "Spirit of Pre" that sparked the meet at Stanford!
Here's the rest of the best from Lausanne---
Mariya Lasitskene won again, this time at 6-7.50!
No one broke 13 in the Men's 5000, but Yomif Kejelcha won in 13:00.56, beating Selemon Barega!
Josh Cheptegai was 3rd in 13:03.
Paul Chelimo ran an American Leader, his 13:05 taking 6th!
Orlando Ortega sped 13.05 to beat the 13.11 of Daniel Roberts in the 110H!
Piotr Lisek cleared it, while Sam Kendricks had to settle for his earlier clearance of 19-6.25!!
Mondo Duplantis and Renaud Lavillenie both cleared 19-0.75 ub 3rd and 4th, with this being the Frenchman's best of the year!!
For Lisek, he got his own NR of Poland, and the Lausanne MR!!
Actually, this DL wasn't really bad--it just lacked that "Spirit of Pre" that sparked the meet at Stanford!
Here's the rest of the best from Lausanne---
Mariya Lasitskene won again, this time at 6-7.50!
No one broke 13 in the Men's 5000, but Yomif Kejelcha won in 13:00.56, beating Selemon Barega!
Josh Cheptegai was 3rd in 13:03.
Paul Chelimo ran an American Leader, his 13:05 taking 6th!
Orlando Ortega sped 13.05 to beat the 13.11 of Daniel Roberts in the 110H!
Shamier Little took the 400H in 53.73!
"In 2nd and 3rd came Zuzana Hwjnova and Ashley Spencer, both in 54.11.
Hejnova may be returning to form with her fastest time in awhile!!
Katie Nageotte won the Women's PV--held on a street!!--with her 15-9.50 clearance!1
Anzhelika Sidorova and Holly Bradshaw both topped 15-5.75!!
Ekayerina Stefanidi and Alysha Newman both No Heighted!!
The Women's TJ saw Caterine Ibarguen break her own Age 35 Record with her 48-10.50!!
She beat Yulimar Rojas's 48-7.50!
Ana Peleteiro ended far back with her 46 & change!1
Christin Hussong threw the Javelin 218-5!!
Elsewhere, Daniel Stahl erupted in the DT out to 235-8, tying him for 3rd A-T Wold with Gerd Kanter!!
Taylor Ewert Walked her initial 20000 meters race in New York!!
"In 2nd and 3rd came Zuzana Hwjnova and Ashley Spencer, both in 54.11.
Hejnova may be returning to form with her fastest time in awhile!!
Katie Nageotte won the Women's PV--held on a street!!--with her 15-9.50 clearance!1
Anzhelika Sidorova and Holly Bradshaw both topped 15-5.75!!
Ekayerina Stefanidi and Alysha Newman both No Heighted!!
The Women's TJ saw Caterine Ibarguen break her own Age 35 Record with her 48-10.50!!
She beat Yulimar Rojas's 48-7.50!
Ana Peleteiro ended far back with her 46 & change!1
Christin Hussong threw the Javelin 218-5!!
Elsewhere, Daniel Stahl erupted in the DT out to 235-8, tying him for 3rd A-T Wold with Gerd Kanter!!
Taylor Ewert Walked her initial 20000 meters race in New York!!
It was at the USATF Junior Champs Walks!
Her 1:38:55 SHATTERED the old "American Junior" record by several minutes!
T&FN didn't even know what the old HSR was---or even if there was one!!
But Ewert certainly obliterated that one alsp!!
She's now just 8 minutes shy of Maria Michta-Coffey's American Record!!
She beat 2nd place by many minutes!!
Bernard Lagat ran an American "Masters" record in the Gold Coast Marathon in Australia!
His 2:12:10 would rank VERY high on the current 2019 US list!!
At Age 44 and a half!!
A British teen named Amy Hunt (age in the "youth" group) sped the 200 in 22.42!!
That's faster than either Kaylin Whitney or Canadace Hill ran at that stage of life!!
Wojcieck Nowicki got a World Leader in the HT with his 268-2!!
Emmanuel Korir sped the 400 in 44.55 at the Kenya Champs!
Sydney McLaughlin won the 400H easily, her 53.72 beating 2nd by 2 seconds!!
This was in Marseille on July 2nd!1
It beat her own Age 19 Record, although she was tied wwith Jane Pittman there!!
She has until August 6th to break it again!!
The USATF Women's Decathlin was held again, with Jordan Gray scoring 7931 points!
She gets the American Record, and is now 3rd A-T World in this developing event!!
I have some additional material from the Women's 3000 race at Pre!!
Three additional Age Records were broken--besides Sifan Hassan's Age 26 Record!!
Her 1:38:55 SHATTERED the old "American Junior" record by several minutes!
T&FN didn't even know what the old HSR was---or even if there was one!!
But Ewert certainly obliterated that one alsp!!
She's now just 8 minutes shy of Maria Michta-Coffey's American Record!!
She beat 2nd place by many minutes!!
Bernard Lagat ran an American "Masters" record in the Gold Coast Marathon in Australia!
His 2:12:10 would rank VERY high on the current 2019 US list!!
At Age 44 and a half!!
A British teen named Amy Hunt (age in the "youth" group) sped the 200 in 22.42!!
That's faster than either Kaylin Whitney or Canadace Hill ran at that stage of life!!
Wojcieck Nowicki got a World Leader in the HT with his 268-2!!
Emmanuel Korir sped the 400 in 44.55 at the Kenya Champs!
Sydney McLaughlin won the 400H easily, her 53.72 beating 2nd by 2 seconds!!
This was in Marseille on July 2nd!1
It beat her own Age 19 Record, although she was tied wwith Jane Pittman there!!
She has until August 6th to break it again!!
The USATF Women's Decathlin was held again, with Jordan Gray scoring 7931 points!
She gets the American Record, and is now 3rd A-T World in this developing event!!
I have some additional material from the Women's 3000 race at Pre!!
Three additional Age Records were broken--besides Sifan Hassan's Age 26 Record!!
KK got the Age 22 Record with her 8:20.07.
Letegesnet Gidey's 8:20.27 got the Age 21 Rcord!
And Ganzebe Dibaba's 8:21.29 got her the Age 28 Record!!
Letegesnet Gidey's 8:20.27 got the Age 21 Rcord!
And Ganzebe Dibaba's 8:21.29 got her the Age 28 Record!!
I've outlined some thoughts on the NCAA Collegiate T&F system I want to share with you!!
It asks questions and provides some answers!
But I strongly doubt the NCAA will change!1
So expect that "extra" post soon!!
Friday, July 5, 2019
Steve would go "DUDE!"
VERY late with this report!
My eyesight is getting worse, becoming more difficult to see results, or even my own Record Book scribblings!
That said, this is a truncated report,going in order of my notes!
The title comes because I'm sure Steve Prefontaine, the Pre Classic's namesake, surely would have been proud of the distance races there!!
Not forgetting to remind you the meet was at Stanford, not in Eugene!!
Rai Benjamin destoyed the 400H field with his 47.16 best as an American athlete!
Combined with his 44.31 for the flat 400, his 1:31.47 makes him 2nd US Combined Events!
Also the Meet Record and Age 21 Record!He's 3rd A-T US!!
Beatrice Chepkoech was close to WR pace for the first K, but slowed to "just" 8:55.51.
New MR.
Emma Coburn fell hard during the race, but got back yp and moved to race speed fairly fast!
But she lost maybe 4 seconfs, so her 9:04.42 was good!
Hyvin Jepkemoi took 3rd in 9:05.81
Courtney Frerichs and Colleen Quigley ended 5th & 7th, times of 9:09 and 9:11.
Allie Ostrander ran a 6 second PR of 9:31.44, making her 19th A-T US!
The Women's 100 featured Sha'Carri Richardson and SAFP, but the newbie Pro ended 4th in 11.15, and the Super Vet was LAST in 11.39!!
A blip??
BTW, Marie Josee Ta Lou and Aleia Hobbs eneded 1-2, times over 11 seconds!
The Men's Two Mile was won by Josh Cheptegai's 8:07.54!
He barely beat Paul Chelimo's 8:07.59!!
This makes Chelimo 3rd A-T US!
Selem0on Barega was 3rd in 8:08.60!
Ge's 11th A-T World, and gets the Age 19 Record!
Six Guys ended between 8:15 & 8:19, among them Mo Ahmed and Justyn Knight!
Eric Jenkins ran 8L22.27, making him 18th A-T US!
Liljao Gong's 64-11 tookk the Women's SP over the 63's of Danielle Thomas-Dodd and Chhase Ealey!
Orlando Ortega and Michael Norman won their specialties, but the times were too slow to mention!!
The WOMEN's 800 saw a US sweep!!
Ajee Wilson beat Raevyn Rogers and a slightly surprising Hanna Green!
Ajee ran 1:58.31, while Green ran her initial sub-2---1:58.75!!
Then came THE race of the meet!!
After a 4:13 first 1500, Sifan Hassan sped a 4:05-ish to run 8:18.49!!
This was the first OUTdoor sub-8:20 since the Chinese invasion of the 90's!!
She gets the Netherlands National Record, the Pre MR, and the Age 26 Record!!
Konstanze Klosterhalfen was brilliant in 2nd, her 8:20.07 destroying the NR of Germany!!
Hassan's C-E times of 3:55.93 and 8:18.49 adds to 12:14.44!
Sorry I don't have her place there!
Who got the NR of Ethiopia??
Letesenbet Gidey!!
Her 8:20.27 beat Genzebe Dibaba's 8:21.29!!
But G-D gets the Age 28 Record!
Fifth was GB's Laura Wightman's 8:26.07!
This makes her 2nd A-T GB, behind only Marathoner Paula Radcliffe---but ahead of Laura Muir!!
Helen Obiri and Agnes Tirop ran in the 8:27's!
Karissa Schweizer's 8:42.15 was a PR for the new Pro!
The Women's 200 saw Blessing Okagbare startle the favorites with her 22.05!1
Second went to Elaine Thompson's 22.21, with Bronze going to Dina Asher-Smith's 22.42!
Next came Salwa Naser's 22.51, breaking her own NR of Bahrain!
The Men's PV saw The Kid--Mondo Duplantis--beat Sam Kendricks, 19-5.25 to 19-3.25!
The Men's SP saw an upset of sorts!
Darian Romani blasted one out 74-2.50, getting the Brazil NR and the Pre Meet Record!
Ryan Crouser was next with 72-9!
In her rust-buster race --after giving birth and not racing for 2 years (!!!), Faith Kipyegon ran 3:59.04 to beat a classy field of 1500 Ladies!!Laura Muir took2nd with 3:59.47!
Shelby Houlihan came charging down the last 60 meters, going from 6th or 7th to 3rd, her 3:59.64 nipping Gudaf Tsegay's 3:59.65!!
A bit of a shock came from recent Oregon Duck grad Jessica Hull!!
She'd begun the year barely sub-4:10, then ran 4:06 at the NCAA's!
But she dropped her PR to 4:02.62 here!!
Kate Grace improved to 4:02.99, making her 18th A-T US!
Christian Coleman impressed with his 9.81 winner in the 100!
But impressing even more was Justin Gatlin, whose 9.87 gets him the Age 37 Record!
Mariya Lasitskene was her usualbrilliant self, winning the HJ with her 6-8.25!
But Vashti Cunningham had an ON day, hitting 2 meters for the first time!
Her 6-6.75 makes her 5th A-T US!
Yaroslava Mihuchikh cleared 6-6.25 in 3rd!
The Bowerman Mile was taken by Tim Cheruiyot's 3:50.49!!
Ayanleh Souleiman ran 3:51.22 for the Silver!
Filip Ingebrigtsen beat his younger sibling Jakob--3:51.28 to 3:51.30!!
Craig Engels was first American with his 3:51.60 in 5th!
This makes him 17th A-T US!
Another good comeback came from Matthew Centrowitz, whose 3:52.26 was his 2019 rust buster!!
Ben Blankenship PR'ed behind him in 3:52.51!
Yomif Kejelcha ended just 12th in the 3L57 range!
Removed FROM my US list was Marty Liquori, his 3:52.2 dating from the year of Pre's death, 1975!!
Sorry for the late & shortened report from PRE!
There were several marks that emerged from the Throws elsewhere!!
Jeneva Stevens had a sP of 61-5!
DeAnna Price's 254-0 HT is the World Leader!!
Janeah Stewart's 247-5 makes her 5th A-T US!!
Dani Hill's sP measured 61-9!
Ariana Ince PR'd again in the JT--to 208.5!!
This makes her 4th A-T US!
Will Claye TJ'ed 59-6.25, moving to 2nd A-T US, and 3rd A-T World!!
Jon Jones improved in the SP to 70-7!
Alex Young had a HT PR of 250-7!
Brittney Reese LJ'ed 22-9.25!
And Brianna McNeal doubled in the 100 & 100H---11.20 and 12.71.
Rhonex Kipruto and Brigid Kosgei broke the Peachtree 10K Course Records, winning 50 G's in US dollars each!!
Kipruto ran 27:01, while Kosgei ran 30:22!!
My eyesight is getting worse, becoming more difficult to see results, or even my own Record Book scribblings!
That said, this is a truncated report,going in order of my notes!
The title comes because I'm sure Steve Prefontaine, the Pre Classic's namesake, surely would have been proud of the distance races there!!
Not forgetting to remind you the meet was at Stanford, not in Eugene!!
Rai Benjamin destoyed the 400H field with his 47.16 best as an American athlete!
Combined with his 44.31 for the flat 400, his 1:31.47 makes him 2nd US Combined Events!
Also the Meet Record and Age 21 Record!He's 3rd A-T US!!
Beatrice Chepkoech was close to WR pace for the first K, but slowed to "just" 8:55.51.
New MR.
Emma Coburn fell hard during the race, but got back yp and moved to race speed fairly fast!
But she lost maybe 4 seconfs, so her 9:04.42 was good!
Hyvin Jepkemoi took 3rd in 9:05.81
Courtney Frerichs and Colleen Quigley ended 5th & 7th, times of 9:09 and 9:11.
Allie Ostrander ran a 6 second PR of 9:31.44, making her 19th A-T US!
The Women's 100 featured Sha'Carri Richardson and SAFP, but the newbie Pro ended 4th in 11.15, and the Super Vet was LAST in 11.39!!
A blip??
BTW, Marie Josee Ta Lou and Aleia Hobbs eneded 1-2, times over 11 seconds!
The Men's Two Mile was won by Josh Cheptegai's 8:07.54!
He barely beat Paul Chelimo's 8:07.59!!
This makes Chelimo 3rd A-T US!
Selem0on Barega was 3rd in 8:08.60!
Ge's 11th A-T World, and gets the Age 19 Record!
Six Guys ended between 8:15 & 8:19, among them Mo Ahmed and Justyn Knight!
Eric Jenkins ran 8L22.27, making him 18th A-T US!
Liljao Gong's 64-11 tookk the Women's SP over the 63's of Danielle Thomas-Dodd and Chhase Ealey!
Orlando Ortega and Michael Norman won their specialties, but the times were too slow to mention!!
The WOMEN's 800 saw a US sweep!!
Ajee Wilson beat Raevyn Rogers and a slightly surprising Hanna Green!
Ajee ran 1:58.31, while Green ran her initial sub-2---1:58.75!!
Then came THE race of the meet!!
After a 4:13 first 1500, Sifan Hassan sped a 4:05-ish to run 8:18.49!!
This was the first OUTdoor sub-8:20 since the Chinese invasion of the 90's!!
She gets the Netherlands National Record, the Pre MR, and the Age 26 Record!!
Konstanze Klosterhalfen was brilliant in 2nd, her 8:20.07 destroying the NR of Germany!!
Hassan's C-E times of 3:55.93 and 8:18.49 adds to 12:14.44!
Sorry I don't have her place there!
Who got the NR of Ethiopia??
Letesenbet Gidey!!
Her 8:20.27 beat Genzebe Dibaba's 8:21.29!!
But G-D gets the Age 28 Record!
Fifth was GB's Laura Wightman's 8:26.07!
This makes her 2nd A-T GB, behind only Marathoner Paula Radcliffe---but ahead of Laura Muir!!
Helen Obiri and Agnes Tirop ran in the 8:27's!
Karissa Schweizer's 8:42.15 was a PR for the new Pro!
The Women's 200 saw Blessing Okagbare startle the favorites with her 22.05!1
Second went to Elaine Thompson's 22.21, with Bronze going to Dina Asher-Smith's 22.42!
Next came Salwa Naser's 22.51, breaking her own NR of Bahrain!
The Men's PV saw The Kid--Mondo Duplantis--beat Sam Kendricks, 19-5.25 to 19-3.25!
The Men's SP saw an upset of sorts!
Darian Romani blasted one out 74-2.50, getting the Brazil NR and the Pre Meet Record!
Ryan Crouser was next with 72-9!
In her rust-buster race --after giving birth and not racing for 2 years (!!!), Faith Kipyegon ran 3:59.04 to beat a classy field of 1500 Ladies!!Laura Muir took2nd with 3:59.47!
Shelby Houlihan came charging down the last 60 meters, going from 6th or 7th to 3rd, her 3:59.64 nipping Gudaf Tsegay's 3:59.65!!
A bit of a shock came from recent Oregon Duck grad Jessica Hull!!
She'd begun the year barely sub-4:10, then ran 4:06 at the NCAA's!
But she dropped her PR to 4:02.62 here!!
Kate Grace improved to 4:02.99, making her 18th A-T US!
Christian Coleman impressed with his 9.81 winner in the 100!
But impressing even more was Justin Gatlin, whose 9.87 gets him the Age 37 Record!
Mariya Lasitskene was her usualbrilliant self, winning the HJ with her 6-8.25!
But Vashti Cunningham had an ON day, hitting 2 meters for the first time!
Her 6-6.75 makes her 5th A-T US!
Yaroslava Mihuchikh cleared 6-6.25 in 3rd!
The Bowerman Mile was taken by Tim Cheruiyot's 3:50.49!!
Ayanleh Souleiman ran 3:51.22 for the Silver!
Filip Ingebrigtsen beat his younger sibling Jakob--3:51.28 to 3:51.30!!
Craig Engels was first American with his 3:51.60 in 5th!
This makes him 17th A-T US!
Another good comeback came from Matthew Centrowitz, whose 3:52.26 was his 2019 rust buster!!
Ben Blankenship PR'ed behind him in 3:52.51!
Yomif Kejelcha ended just 12th in the 3L57 range!
Removed FROM my US list was Marty Liquori, his 3:52.2 dating from the year of Pre's death, 1975!!
Sorry for the late & shortened report from PRE!
There were several marks that emerged from the Throws elsewhere!!
Jeneva Stevens had a sP of 61-5!
DeAnna Price's 254-0 HT is the World Leader!!
Janeah Stewart's 247-5 makes her 5th A-T US!!
Dani Hill's sP measured 61-9!
Ariana Ince PR'd again in the JT--to 208.5!!
This makes her 4th A-T US!
Will Claye TJ'ed 59-6.25, moving to 2nd A-T US, and 3rd A-T World!!
Jon Jones improved in the SP to 70-7!
Alex Young had a HT PR of 250-7!
Brittney Reese LJ'ed 22-9.25!
And Brianna McNeal doubled in the 100 & 100H---11.20 and 12.71.
Rhonex Kipruto and Brigid Kosgei broke the Peachtree 10K Course Records, winning 50 G's in US dollars each!!
Kipruto ran 27:01, while Kosgei ran 30:22!!
Tuesday, June 25, 2019
Powerful Pre-Pre
For those confused by my title, please note the Prefontaine Classic DL is just 5 days from today!
So THIS is the time we might call "pre-Pre"!
Ha Ha!!
One thing's for sure--the Jamaican Championships Women's 100 Final WAS quite powerful!!
You had two super veterans vs the most blazing HS sprinter we;ve seen in this Olympic cycle!!
Elaine Thompson and Shelly Ann Fraser-Pryce had already displayed their wares this season--so what they did wasn't a total shock!
Same with the Kid--Brianna Williams!!
She'd already run the 2nd A-T HS time of 11.02.
Watch the video and hear how exited the Jamaican announcers were as they lined up for the start!
And they were off, with ET & SAFP getting great starts, but just barely ahead of a crowd, with Williams among them--at 50 meters!
But ET & SAFP have been there & done that--many times--in the most intense and important meets!
So when they EXPLODED from the 2nd half gate, we just thought--NICE!!
And they were GONE!!
In the space of 45 meters, they gained 15 or more on the field!!
At the tape, you neded am emhanced photo to decide the winner!
It was Thompson--by the thinnest of hairs!
10.73 to SAFP's 10,73, minus 3 thousandths!!
For Fraser-Pryce, she gets the Age 32 Record and the best 2nd Place mark!!
As for the youngster, she nabs the HSR, the Junior Class Record, and the Age 17 Record!!
Their heats were run in 10.89 (ET), 10.93 (SAFP), and 11.01 (BW)!!
So now we have TWO High Schoolers at sub-11.--!!
The 200 wasn't bad either!!
That one went to ET's 22.00--the new World Leader!
SAFP sped 22.22, while Williams was done!
Moving to Ostrava, we have a World Record!!
OK, so it's rather obscure, but a WR is a WR!!
Shaunae Miller-Uibo--who likes this distance INdoors, shattered the OUTdoor WR for the 300 meters, timing 34.41 at the tape!!
I don't keep records or lists for this event OUTdoors, but she gets the WR, her NR, the Ostrava Meet Record, and the Age 25 Record!!
Brittany Brown was a quick 2nd, timing 35.91!
Jaide Stepter took 3rd in 36.12!!
Mariya Lasitskene and Sam Kendricks dominated the Vertical Jumps this week (and all year!!).
Lasitskene's first this week was a 6-7.50!
Good--even great!!
Then came her 6-9!
This ties the Age 26 Record, and gives her the Ostrava MR!!
She remains 5th A-T World!!
Second went to Karina Taranda (sp?) of Belarus at 6-6!
Kendricks got the Ostrava MR with his best of 2019--19-5.59!1
But he's been steady--with his heights, and in getting W's!!
He also jumped 19-2.25 in another meet!!
BTW, Lasitskene made 3 attempts at the WR height of 6-10.75!!
Magnus Krt and Tom Walsh were strongest in the Throws!
The Kiwi giant competed in a pair of meets!
His first was won with 72-9.25, but he had tough competition!
Michal Haratyk's 72-1.50 took the Silver, while Darian Romani's 71-5.25 took the Bronze, with Konrad Bukiwiecki's 70-9.25 missing the podium!
Then Walsh blew the ball out 73-0.75 to get the Ostrava MR over Haratyk's 71-5.50!
Kirt flew the Javelin out past the 90 meter mark--twice!1
First was his Estonia National Record of 296-5!
He followed that with another NR of 297-3!
The Best of the Rest---
The re-scheduled Talence Multi's were good, but missing the excitement added to it being the bookend at the end of the OUTdoor season!!
Anyway, Nafi Thiam was the big star there--winning with 6819 points!
Even better, she broke the Hept WR for the HJ with a smooth 6-7.50--missing the World list by a half inch!1
Second went to Xenia Krizsan's 6619--the National Record of Hungary!!
Laura Ikauniece took 3rd with her 6518 score!
P Le Page of Canada won the Decathlon with a modest 8453!
Second went the USA's Zak Ziemak, with 8344 points!
Denia Caballero threw the Discus out 227-0!
Yulimar Rojas improved her NR of Venezuela with her TJ mark of 49-5!
It makes her 19th A-T Woorld!
Arianna Ince improved 1 inch in the JT to 201-5!
There were some good marks from the adidas Boost meet on a Boston street--with a straightaway track built above the street!
I don't consider such marks legit, but among the more interesting were--
Akani Simbine's 9.92
SMU's 150 of 16.27
Noah Lyles's 14.69
Sharnal Hughes's 20.00
Murielle Ahoure's 11.09,
and Kete Hall's LJ of 22-3!
In Europe, Florentina Iusco LJ'ed 22-6.50!
The Czech Republic Men's 4X100 Relay team sped 38.63 for their National Record!
Pawel Fajdek won a HT comp with 265-4, second going to Wojcieck Nowicki's 260-11.
Gwen Berry's 248-8 beat Anita Wlodarczyk's 246-5!
Delilah Muhammed finally got a quick flat 400--her 50.60 added to her 52.64 for the 400H adds to 1:43.24!
This makes her 4th A-T US on that C-E list!!
Andre DeGrasse's 19.91 beat Christian Coleman's 19.97 in a significant battle of past & current speedsters!
Juan Echevarria LJ'ed 27-3.25!
Hadn't seen any results for Sara Kolak recently, but her 211-5 JT at Ostrava indicates she's back in the mix!
The USATF Junior Champs had some decent marks for United States HS'ers!
As you know, this being a "Junior" event, it's open to Frosh Collegiates as well as the HS crowd!!
Taylor Ewert broke her own MR in the 10K Walk with her 48:24.61 cruiser!
Matthew Boling was one of the featured stars, and came through!
His best effort was his 20.36 in the 200, making him 10th A-T HS!
He added wind aided marks of 10.15 and 20.30!
Athing Mu beat Roisin Willis in a slowish 800!
Justin Robinson took the 400 in 45.58, well off his recent 44.84!!
The Men's 110H are run with the HS height barriers of 39 inches, despite the presence of Collegiates!
Anyway, a Collegiate got the MR with 13.21, but J Marshall was the first HS'er, his 13.22 ranking him 2nd A-T HS!, tied with 2 others!
He also gets the Junior Class Record!
Justin Forde's 52-10 TJ makes him 11th A-T HS!
Thelma Davies sped the 100 in 11.25, making her 23rd A-T HS, tied with 1 other!
Frosh (HS Frosh, that is!!) Kayla Davis ran the one lap in 51.28 for the win!
Marlee Starliper won the 3000 in 9:29 and change!
Jasmine Jones took the 100H in 13.19, making her 15th A-T HS!
And Anna Hall easily won the Heptathlon with 5646 points!!
Back to Jamaica for a bit--
Yohan Blake was the sole Man under10 seconds--winning the 100 in 9.96!
Shericka Jackson PR'ed in the 400 with her 49.78!
And Shaneika Ricketts took the TJ with 48-4!!
As noted above, the Pre meet is the next biggie--June 30th at Stanford!!
Interesting that it's still called the Eugene DL, even though moved this year to California!!
I won't be providing a Preview this year, but there's some HOT HOT stuff awaiting the faithful!!
Too much to review here, but if everything goes right, I might need TWO posts to cover all the results!!
A caveat or two---
I'm not sure whether the sprints will be fast--or as fast as you'd expect from DL races!
The Stanford track is most known for its distances!
The Throws might be good too, as the Cardinal team has had a few great Throwers!
Also, there's a Two Mile for Men--but NOT for Women!1
WHY????
See you soon!!
So THIS is the time we might call "pre-Pre"!
Ha Ha!!
One thing's for sure--the Jamaican Championships Women's 100 Final WAS quite powerful!!
You had two super veterans vs the most blazing HS sprinter we;ve seen in this Olympic cycle!!
Elaine Thompson and Shelly Ann Fraser-Pryce had already displayed their wares this season--so what they did wasn't a total shock!
Same with the Kid--Brianna Williams!!
She'd already run the 2nd A-T HS time of 11.02.
Watch the video and hear how exited the Jamaican announcers were as they lined up for the start!
And they were off, with ET & SAFP getting great starts, but just barely ahead of a crowd, with Williams among them--at 50 meters!
But ET & SAFP have been there & done that--many times--in the most intense and important meets!
So when they EXPLODED from the 2nd half gate, we just thought--NICE!!
And they were GONE!!
In the space of 45 meters, they gained 15 or more on the field!!
At the tape, you neded am emhanced photo to decide the winner!
It was Thompson--by the thinnest of hairs!
10.73 to SAFP's 10,73, minus 3 thousandths!!
For Fraser-Pryce, she gets the Age 32 Record and the best 2nd Place mark!!
As for the youngster, she nabs the HSR, the Junior Class Record, and the Age 17 Record!!
Their heats were run in 10.89 (ET), 10.93 (SAFP), and 11.01 (BW)!!
So now we have TWO High Schoolers at sub-11.--!!
The 200 wasn't bad either!!
That one went to ET's 22.00--the new World Leader!
SAFP sped 22.22, while Williams was done!
Moving to Ostrava, we have a World Record!!
OK, so it's rather obscure, but a WR is a WR!!
Shaunae Miller-Uibo--who likes this distance INdoors, shattered the OUTdoor WR for the 300 meters, timing 34.41 at the tape!!
I don't keep records or lists for this event OUTdoors, but she gets the WR, her NR, the Ostrava Meet Record, and the Age 25 Record!!
Brittany Brown was a quick 2nd, timing 35.91!
Jaide Stepter took 3rd in 36.12!!
Mariya Lasitskene and Sam Kendricks dominated the Vertical Jumps this week (and all year!!).
Lasitskene's first this week was a 6-7.50!
Good--even great!!
Then came her 6-9!
This ties the Age 26 Record, and gives her the Ostrava MR!!
She remains 5th A-T World!!
Second went to Karina Taranda (sp?) of Belarus at 6-6!
Kendricks got the Ostrava MR with his best of 2019--19-5.59!1
But he's been steady--with his heights, and in getting W's!!
He also jumped 19-2.25 in another meet!!
BTW, Lasitskene made 3 attempts at the WR height of 6-10.75!!
Magnus Krt and Tom Walsh were strongest in the Throws!
The Kiwi giant competed in a pair of meets!
His first was won with 72-9.25, but he had tough competition!
Michal Haratyk's 72-1.50 took the Silver, while Darian Romani's 71-5.25 took the Bronze, with Konrad Bukiwiecki's 70-9.25 missing the podium!
Then Walsh blew the ball out 73-0.75 to get the Ostrava MR over Haratyk's 71-5.50!
Kirt flew the Javelin out past the 90 meter mark--twice!1
First was his Estonia National Record of 296-5!
He followed that with another NR of 297-3!
The Best of the Rest---
The re-scheduled Talence Multi's were good, but missing the excitement added to it being the bookend at the end of the OUTdoor season!!
Anyway, Nafi Thiam was the big star there--winning with 6819 points!
Even better, she broke the Hept WR for the HJ with a smooth 6-7.50--missing the World list by a half inch!1
Second went to Xenia Krizsan's 6619--the National Record of Hungary!!
Laura Ikauniece took 3rd with her 6518 score!
P Le Page of Canada won the Decathlon with a modest 8453!
Second went the USA's Zak Ziemak, with 8344 points!
Denia Caballero threw the Discus out 227-0!
Yulimar Rojas improved her NR of Venezuela with her TJ mark of 49-5!
It makes her 19th A-T Woorld!
Arianna Ince improved 1 inch in the JT to 201-5!
There were some good marks from the adidas Boost meet on a Boston street--with a straightaway track built above the street!
I don't consider such marks legit, but among the more interesting were--
Akani Simbine's 9.92
SMU's 150 of 16.27
Noah Lyles's 14.69
Sharnal Hughes's 20.00
Murielle Ahoure's 11.09,
and Kete Hall's LJ of 22-3!
In Europe, Florentina Iusco LJ'ed 22-6.50!
The Czech Republic Men's 4X100 Relay team sped 38.63 for their National Record!
Pawel Fajdek won a HT comp with 265-4, second going to Wojcieck Nowicki's 260-11.
Gwen Berry's 248-8 beat Anita Wlodarczyk's 246-5!
Delilah Muhammed finally got a quick flat 400--her 50.60 added to her 52.64 for the 400H adds to 1:43.24!
This makes her 4th A-T US on that C-E list!!
Andre DeGrasse's 19.91 beat Christian Coleman's 19.97 in a significant battle of past & current speedsters!
Juan Echevarria LJ'ed 27-3.25!
Hadn't seen any results for Sara Kolak recently, but her 211-5 JT at Ostrava indicates she's back in the mix!
The USATF Junior Champs had some decent marks for United States HS'ers!
As you know, this being a "Junior" event, it's open to Frosh Collegiates as well as the HS crowd!!
Taylor Ewert broke her own MR in the 10K Walk with her 48:24.61 cruiser!
Matthew Boling was one of the featured stars, and came through!
His best effort was his 20.36 in the 200, making him 10th A-T HS!
He added wind aided marks of 10.15 and 20.30!
Athing Mu beat Roisin Willis in a slowish 800!
Justin Robinson took the 400 in 45.58, well off his recent 44.84!!
The Men's 110H are run with the HS height barriers of 39 inches, despite the presence of Collegiates!
Anyway, a Collegiate got the MR with 13.21, but J Marshall was the first HS'er, his 13.22 ranking him 2nd A-T HS!, tied with 2 others!
He also gets the Junior Class Record!
Justin Forde's 52-10 TJ makes him 11th A-T HS!
Thelma Davies sped the 100 in 11.25, making her 23rd A-T HS, tied with 1 other!
Frosh (HS Frosh, that is!!) Kayla Davis ran the one lap in 51.28 for the win!
Marlee Starliper won the 3000 in 9:29 and change!
Jasmine Jones took the 100H in 13.19, making her 15th A-T HS!
And Anna Hall easily won the Heptathlon with 5646 points!!
Back to Jamaica for a bit--
Yohan Blake was the sole Man under10 seconds--winning the 100 in 9.96!
Shericka Jackson PR'ed in the 400 with her 49.78!
And Shaneika Ricketts took the TJ with 48-4!!
As noted above, the Pre meet is the next biggie--June 30th at Stanford!!
Interesting that it's still called the Eugene DL, even though moved this year to California!!
I won't be providing a Preview this year, but there's some HOT HOT stuff awaiting the faithful!!
Too much to review here, but if everything goes right, I might need TWO posts to cover all the results!!
A caveat or two---
I'm not sure whether the sprints will be fast--or as fast as you'd expect from DL races!
The Stanford track is most known for its distances!
The Throws might be good too, as the Cardinal team has had a few great Throwers!
Also, there's a Two Mile for Men--but NOT for Women!1
WHY????
See you soon!!
Monday, June 24, 2019
75 Years--T&F Reflections
Your infamous blogger turns 75 today!
The only other person I know who shares my birthdate is former Yardbirds guitarust, Jeff Beck!
But this being a blog about T&F, I will muse and observe about my history with the sport--and the sport's history in my lifetime!
I began running at the urging of friend Howard Levy, who watched me burn up the deeply rutted dirt 440 yard oval of North Hollywood HS!
I made the team as 3rd Miler, and later evolved to a sub-3:00 Marathoner 16 years later!
But I was much more into stats, history, and stpries of famous athletes!
I began reading T&FN magazine in January 1962!
I read every issue from that date forward, as well as every issue from 1957 to 1961 in retrospect!
I compiled my own T&F Record Book in the mid-60's, but lost it, and had to recreate it in the early to mid-70's!
It's over 700 pages now!
I began this blog 5.5 years ago!
I attended many T&F meets over the years--Coliseum Relays, Compton Relays, AAU/USATF Champs, NCAA Champs, Prefontaine Classic, Oregon Twilights,several INdoor meets in LA in the 60's,and assorted other meets!
I never saw Pre run in person, but I was once asked politely by Mary Slaney to give her lane one for a 1000 meter time trial while I was running a 10K on Hayward's track!
I watched numerous meets on TV--the OG, WC, and many others over the years!
From Jim McKay to Tim Hutchings, the announcing was of the highest quality!
But the way TV presented T&F meets was horrible--and remains so!!
(NO race longer than 5 minutes is shown intact--EVER!!)
Bit much more interesting has been the evolution of the sport in my lifetime!!
The HJ saw the first 7 footer and 8 footer for the Men!
The PV went from 15 feet plus to 20 for the Guys, and from 12 & 13 for the Women to 16-7.25 OUTdoors!
Professional T&F took a couple of practice runs (the ITA!) in the 70's!
Europeans handled professionalism in a more subversive way!
"Turning pro" is still a more American term!
But with the advent of Professional T&F in the 90's came the idea of creating Grand Prix's and Diamond League systems, where points & wins became more important that amazing feats of strength, speed, and agility!!
Those have become merely effects of the striving for the biggest prizes!
Other changes--
the PV went from bamboo and metal poles to fiberglass!
The landing pits for the HJ & PV went from hay to rubber mats!
Tracks went from feet and inches to meters!
From John Uelses to Bob Seagren to Sergey Bubka to Renaud Lavillenie to Mondo Duplantis!
From Dyrol Burleson to Peter Snell to Jim Ryun to Seb Coe to Said Aouita to Hicham El Guerrouj!
From Bob Hayes to Jim Hines to Tommie Smith to Mo Greene to Usain Bolt to Christian Coleman!
And there was the introduction of Women into our sport!
Oh, they'd been there from the late 1800's, but only became omnipresent when Title IX was passed in 1972!!
Went from Mary Decker to Grete Waitz to Ingrid Kristiansen to the mysterious Chinese to the Dibaba gang to Almaz Ayana!
From Evelyn Ashford to Marlies Gohr to Flojo's outlier year of 1988 to SAFP and ET and SMU!!
From JJK to Nafi Thiam and KJT!
So many athletes, so many Records, so many thrilling competitions!!
And HS'ers--WOW!!
I saw in person Ryun's and Alan Webb's historic HSR's in the Mile!
I saw Gerry Lindgren's incredible 1964 season!
I saw Leslie Maxie run the 400H HSR of 55.20 in 1982!
But then came this decade!
Mary Cain set off a storm of fast Female distance runners that is stronger now than ever!
The only other person I know who shares my birthdate is former Yardbirds guitarust, Jeff Beck!
But this being a blog about T&F, I will muse and observe about my history with the sport--and the sport's history in my lifetime!
I began running at the urging of friend Howard Levy, who watched me burn up the deeply rutted dirt 440 yard oval of North Hollywood HS!
I made the team as 3rd Miler, and later evolved to a sub-3:00 Marathoner 16 years later!
But I was much more into stats, history, and stpries of famous athletes!
I began reading T&FN magazine in January 1962!
I read every issue from that date forward, as well as every issue from 1957 to 1961 in retrospect!
I compiled my own T&F Record Book in the mid-60's, but lost it, and had to recreate it in the early to mid-70's!
It's over 700 pages now!
I began this blog 5.5 years ago!
I attended many T&F meets over the years--Coliseum Relays, Compton Relays, AAU/USATF Champs, NCAA Champs, Prefontaine Classic, Oregon Twilights,several INdoor meets in LA in the 60's,and assorted other meets!
I never saw Pre run in person, but I was once asked politely by Mary Slaney to give her lane one for a 1000 meter time trial while I was running a 10K on Hayward's track!
I watched numerous meets on TV--the OG, WC, and many others over the years!
From Jim McKay to Tim Hutchings, the announcing was of the highest quality!
But the way TV presented T&F meets was horrible--and remains so!!
(NO race longer than 5 minutes is shown intact--EVER!!)
Bit much more interesting has been the evolution of the sport in my lifetime!!
The HJ saw the first 7 footer and 8 footer for the Men!
The PV went from 15 feet plus to 20 for the Guys, and from 12 & 13 for the Women to 16-7.25 OUTdoors!
Professional T&F took a couple of practice runs (the ITA!) in the 70's!
Europeans handled professionalism in a more subversive way!
"Turning pro" is still a more American term!
But with the advent of Professional T&F in the 90's came the idea of creating Grand Prix's and Diamond League systems, where points & wins became more important that amazing feats of strength, speed, and agility!!
Those have become merely effects of the striving for the biggest prizes!
Other changes--
the PV went from bamboo and metal poles to fiberglass!
The landing pits for the HJ & PV went from hay to rubber mats!
Tracks went from feet and inches to meters!
440 to 400--880 to 800--Three Mile to 5000--6 Mile to 10000!
I remember the first 7 foot HJ, the first sub-4 Mile (though my REAL memory started a few years later!).
From Ron Clarke to Kip Keino to Miruts Yifter to Ken Bekele!
I remember the first 7 foot HJ, the first sub-4 Mile (though my REAL memory started a few years later!).
From Ron Clarke to Kip Keino to Miruts Yifter to Ken Bekele!
From John Uelses to Bob Seagren to Sergey Bubka to Renaud Lavillenie to Mondo Duplantis!
From Dyrol Burleson to Peter Snell to Jim Ryun to Seb Coe to Said Aouita to Hicham El Guerrouj!
From Bob Hayes to Jim Hines to Tommie Smith to Mo Greene to Usain Bolt to Christian Coleman!
And there was the introduction of Women into our sport!
Oh, they'd been there from the late 1800's, but only became omnipresent when Title IX was passed in 1972!!
Went from Mary Decker to Grete Waitz to Ingrid Kristiansen to the mysterious Chinese to the Dibaba gang to Almaz Ayana!
From Evelyn Ashford to Marlies Gohr to Flojo's outlier year of 1988 to SAFP and ET and SMU!!
From JJK to Nafi Thiam and KJT!
So many athletes, so many Records, so many thrilling competitions!!
And HS'ers--WOW!!
I saw in person Ryun's and Alan Webb's historic HSR's in the Mile!
I saw Gerry Lindgren's incredible 1964 season!
I saw Leslie Maxie run the 400H HSR of 55.20 in 1982!
But then came this decade!
Mary Cain set off a storm of fast Female distance runners that is stronger now than ever!
Yet the HSR for the 10000's date from the late 70's!
So do several Collegiate Records (Henry Rono!!), World and US Records!!
So do several Collegiate Records (Henry Rono!!), World and US Records!!
Yes, we've seen enormous afvances--in time, height, and distance in most of the events--yet several remain in the "Stone Age" of the modern day sport---meaning in my one lifetime!!
This is such an exciting and dynamic sport!
It brings out all the emotions of victory and defeat!!
Many great athletes died way too young--Prefontaine, Ivo Van Damme, Flojo, Kim Gallagher, and recently Gabe Grunewald!!
We've gone from Sebastian Coe, WR holder to Lord Seb Coe, IAAF President!!
I know my time is getting shorter, and I won't see many of the great changes yet to come!!
Sub-3:40 Mile, sub 4:00 for Women, 8-6 in the Men's HJ, 21-0 in the Men's PV and 17 or even 18 for the Women!!
Sub 2:00:00 for the Men's Marathon, sub 2:10:00 for the Women!!
Sub 12:30 and sub-14:00 for the 5K's!
Sub 26 and sub 29 for the 10's!
A 30 foot LJ??
Someone producing a 100 foot WT INdoors--Men or Women!
This blog will continue as long as I am able!
It already has a solid history!
Want to read about the Millrose Games of 2014?
This is such an exciting and dynamic sport!
It brings out all the emotions of victory and defeat!!
Many great athletes died way too young--Prefontaine, Ivo Van Damme, Flojo, Kim Gallagher, and recently Gabe Grunewald!!
We've gone from Sebastian Coe, WR holder to Lord Seb Coe, IAAF President!!
I know my time is getting shorter, and I won't see many of the great changes yet to come!!
Sub-3:40 Mile, sub 4:00 for Women, 8-6 in the Men's HJ, 21-0 in the Men's PV and 17 or even 18 for the Women!!
Sub 2:00:00 for the Men's Marathon, sub 2:10:00 for the Women!!
Sub 12:30 and sub-14:00 for the 5K's!
Sub 26 and sub 29 for the 10's!
A 30 foot LJ??
Someone producing a 100 foot WT INdoors--Men or Women!
This blog will continue as long as I am able!
It already has a solid history!
Want to read about the Millrose Games of 2014?
The USATF OUTdoor meet of 2017?
The NBN from 2016?
The NCAA XC from 2018?
The NYC or Boston Marathons of the past 5 years?
It's all here in my Archives!!
Easy to find!
My "Bucket List" includes---
returning the 1600 & 3200 to the Mile & Two Mile
seeing the top 25 HS distance runners attack the 10K Records on a track!!
FULL distance races shown UNCUT on TV---not counting the livestreams!
The NYC or Boston Marathons of the past 5 years?
It's all here in my Archives!!
Easy to find!
My "Bucket List" includes---
returning the 1600 & 3200 to the Mile & Two Mile
seeing the top 25 HS distance runners attack the 10K Records on a track!!
FULL distance races shown UNCUT on TV---not counting the livestreams!
The dissolution of the DL system, with the Bislett Games, the Golden Gala, the Pre Classic, the DN Galan, the Herculis, and the other great meets returned to their Invitational status!!
HS & Collegiate athletes allowed to win prize money, thus ending "going Pro" silliness!
Too much to ask?
Not enough??
Stay with me as WE observe, report, and muse on the future of Track and Field!!
And be amazed!
HS & Collegiate athletes allowed to win prize money, thus ending "going Pro" silliness!
Too much to ask?
Not enough??
Stay with me as WE observe, report, and muse on the future of Track and Field!!
And be amazed!
Wednesday, June 19, 2019
NBN & Brooks PR--The Children
As happens in the world of Track and Field, marks are always coming in from all over the world, and can't be limited to one age group, or one set of events!
Thus this "children's" post includes a few "adult" marks!
But let's begin with the kids!
Even before the NBN or Brooks PR meets, we got some incredible marks to rave about!
Brianna Williams sprinted the 100 meters in 11.02--wind legal!
This makes her 2nd A-T HS, behind only Candace Hill's sole sub-11 from a few years ago!
She also gets the Junior Class Record!!
Another amazing mark came from Justin Robinson, whose 44.84 over a full lap makes him also 2nd A-T HS!!
I'm going to report all of the "older" marks first--because they're so good--and because the two major meets didn't quite live up to their historical levels of value!
They were good--even great in some events--but overall were lacking that "amazing" spark needed to produce a historic event!!
K Lightner ran the 200 in 20.48, making him 17th A-T HS!!
This was at the Great Southwest meet!
Jan Ford ran the 400 in 51.57, making her 11th A-T HS!
AJ Green ran the 800 in 1:49.83--the first sub-1:50 of the year!
But Danial Maton--brother of Matthew--followed with his own sub-1:50--a 1:49.09!
In New York, Parker Stokes ran the 3000SC in 9:02.48, making him 8th A-T HS!!
And Haze Farmer PV'ed 17-7, but missed the HS list by one inch!!
The Girls performed far better the New Balance meet than the Boys!1
Only 1 Meet Record fellMale the Male side!
Kurt Powdar sprinted the 110H in 13.27 for that sole MR!
It makes him 4th A-T HS!!
Another good mark came in the 5000, won by Robbie Cazcan in 14:26.18!
Also, Yariel Soto did the 10 events of the Decathlon in runaway fashion, scoring 7509 points!
But they use the HS implements and size hurdles, so doesn't qualify for my list, which is the one Pro's do!!
But T&FN says he's 7th A-T HS for that event!1
The Girls, however, broke 4 MR's at NBN!
And none were better--or maybe more meaningful--than the 400!
Kayla Davis--a Freshman!!--defeated the almost legendary Athing Mu, 51.17 to 51.98!
This is the MR, , the Frosh Class Record--by almost a full second!!----and the Age 15 Record, according to T&FN!!
This makes her 7th A-T HS!!
She smashed her old PR by 0.91 seconds!1
Mu's 51.98 makes her 21st A-T HS!
But more importantly, it strengthens her potential to run well under 2:-- over 800 meters!!
Marlee Starliper took the Mile in 4:41.18!
Sydney Mascirelli--the 2018 Footlocker winner--took the Deuce in a slow 10:11.99!
But maybe there was a good reason for the slow time!
You see, the day before, she'd won the 5000 in a solid 3-way race!1
After a slow start (5:20), Kelsey Chmiel took the reins and ran the next 1600 in under 5:10!
Another syb-5:10 found Chmiel giving up the lead to Mascirelli!1
And it was the latter that sprinted down the final straight (past lapped runners!) to victory!
Her time of 16:16.20 is the Soph Class Record!
It makes her 11th A-T HS!!
Chmiel held on for the Silver, time of 16:18.57!
This makes her 15th A-T HS!
In 3rd came an unknown (to me!), Lydia Russell of Pennsylvania!!
Her 16:18.72 makes her 16th A-T HS!!
The Vertical Jumps both got Meet Records!
Morgan Smalls HJ'ed 6-2.25 to win easily!
She tried 6-3.50, but missed!
This makes her 7th A-T HS, tied with 5 others!
Chloe Cunliffe also tried a higher height-14-8.25, but also missed!
Her winner, however, took down the MR--measuring 14-4.75!1
It was the first 14 footer at NBN!!
Taylor Ewert won the 2000SC in a MR 6:33.61!
She also ran the Mile and an 800 Relay leg!
She didn't Walk, since she's readying for her first 20K Race Walk!!
Britton Wilson won the 400H in 56.17, making her 7th A-T HS!
There were some fast Relays, but ZERO Meet Records in that department!
The Brooks PR meet had a few high level performances also!
The best was the Girls Two Mile!
(I congratulate both meets for doing the full 2 Mile rather than the 3200!!_
Ericka VanderLende took a great 3-way race in 9:53.00!
This makes her 2nd A-T HS!!
(Remember, I don't count 3200 times, or times converted up to the full Deuce!1
This eliminates at least 2 speedy 3200's!!)
Katelynn Hart took 2nd with her 9:56.15!
She's 7th A-T HS!
Brynn Brown's 9:57.54 makes her 8th A-T HS!!
Both Miles were solid, but none of the marks made or changed my lists!
Three Boys ran under 4:04!
Ned Foster's 4:03.11 won the race!
Joe Workman's 4:03.73 took 2nd, while the Leo Daschbach's 4:03.98 took the Bronze!1
The Girl's race was won in 4:42 and change by Zofia Dudek!
Taryn Park was close behind in 2nd!
Carlee Hanson also dipped under 4:43!
Back in 7th came the former World Leader--Victoria Starcher--in 4:45.01!
Cole Sprout took a good 2 Mile in 8:46.41!
Sciarra Killebrew sped the Century in 11.24, making her 19th A-T HS, tied with 3 others!!
Remember Roisin Willis, the Frosh who beat Athing Mu at the NBIN back in March?/
Well, she got an OUTdoor PR in winning the 800 in 2:04.86!!
At the Adrian Martinez Classic, Ryan Oosting finished just 5th in a field of Professionals, but his 4:03.70 was a solid effort!!
And that does it for the "children"!!
But this time of year, there are several smallish European meets, plus a few here in the States, that give athletes a chance to Q for the WC's, or just have a hard effort!!
Best was Ryan Crouser, who got the SP out to 73-4.50!!
He had two other Puts over 73 in the series!!
Jon Jones finished 2nd with a PR of 69-7!
Kenyatta Hackworth (a name worthy of being in a novel!!) LJ'ed 23-1.75, but it was windy!1
However, her best legal jump of 22-8.50 makes her 16th A-T US!!
(Where did she come from??)
Vashti Cunningham remains the best US High Jumper, her 6-4.25 an easy winner!
However, Jenna Rowe PR'ed with her 6-2.25!
The Brooks PR includes a few Pro events!
Best was the Men's 1500, where Josh Kerr PR'ed with 3:33.60!!
His previous best had been his Collegiate time of 3:35.01!
The Women's 1500 was won by Katie Mackey's 4:05.97!
BTW, Henry Wynne finished 2nd to Kerr in a good 3:35.14!
The Lusembourg Men's SP National Record went to Bob Bertemes's 69-10.25!!
Malaika Mihambo :LJ'ed 23-1.75!
Both Lavillenie brothers competed in a PV in France!
Valentin came out the winner with his 19-075!
Brother Renaud couldn't even top 18 feet, and finished 6th!!
Finally, Kirubel Erassa ran a 10000 in 27:32.89. making him 18th A-T US!!
But more significantly, it REMOVED the iconic Ed Eyestone from the US list, that being his 27:41.05 dating from 1985!!
Eyestone is a prominent coach these days!!
Next up is another "children's" meet--the USATF Junior Champs!1
Also, there's the Talence Multis!1
Wait, you say, aren't the Talence Multis normally held in mid-September?/
Yes, they are!
But they moved it up a few months, as the WC's would come less than 2 weeks after their "normal" dates!!
So lots of good stuff upcoming!
And then there's the Pre DL on June 30th!!
See you soon!
Thus this "children's" post includes a few "adult" marks!
But let's begin with the kids!
Even before the NBN or Brooks PR meets, we got some incredible marks to rave about!
Brianna Williams sprinted the 100 meters in 11.02--wind legal!
This makes her 2nd A-T HS, behind only Candace Hill's sole sub-11 from a few years ago!
She also gets the Junior Class Record!!
Another amazing mark came from Justin Robinson, whose 44.84 over a full lap makes him also 2nd A-T HS!!
I'm going to report all of the "older" marks first--because they're so good--and because the two major meets didn't quite live up to their historical levels of value!
They were good--even great in some events--but overall were lacking that "amazing" spark needed to produce a historic event!!
K Lightner ran the 200 in 20.48, making him 17th A-T HS!!
This was at the Great Southwest meet!
Jan Ford ran the 400 in 51.57, making her 11th A-T HS!
AJ Green ran the 800 in 1:49.83--the first sub-1:50 of the year!
But Danial Maton--brother of Matthew--followed with his own sub-1:50--a 1:49.09!
In New York, Parker Stokes ran the 3000SC in 9:02.48, making him 8th A-T HS!!
And Haze Farmer PV'ed 17-7, but missed the HS list by one inch!!
The Girls performed far better the New Balance meet than the Boys!1
Only 1 Meet Record fellMale the Male side!
Kurt Powdar sprinted the 110H in 13.27 for that sole MR!
It makes him 4th A-T HS!!
Another good mark came in the 5000, won by Robbie Cazcan in 14:26.18!
Also, Yariel Soto did the 10 events of the Decathlon in runaway fashion, scoring 7509 points!
But they use the HS implements and size hurdles, so doesn't qualify for my list, which is the one Pro's do!!
But T&FN says he's 7th A-T HS for that event!1
The Girls, however, broke 4 MR's at NBN!
And none were better--or maybe more meaningful--than the 400!
Kayla Davis--a Freshman!!--defeated the almost legendary Athing Mu, 51.17 to 51.98!
This is the MR, , the Frosh Class Record--by almost a full second!!----and the Age 15 Record, according to T&FN!!
This makes her 7th A-T HS!!
She smashed her old PR by 0.91 seconds!1
Mu's 51.98 makes her 21st A-T HS!
But more importantly, it strengthens her potential to run well under 2:-- over 800 meters!!
Marlee Starliper took the Mile in 4:41.18!
Sydney Mascirelli--the 2018 Footlocker winner--took the Deuce in a slow 10:11.99!
But maybe there was a good reason for the slow time!
You see, the day before, she'd won the 5000 in a solid 3-way race!1
After a slow start (5:20), Kelsey Chmiel took the reins and ran the next 1600 in under 5:10!
Another syb-5:10 found Chmiel giving up the lead to Mascirelli!1
And it was the latter that sprinted down the final straight (past lapped runners!) to victory!
Her time of 16:16.20 is the Soph Class Record!
It makes her 11th A-T HS!!
Chmiel held on for the Silver, time of 16:18.57!
This makes her 15th A-T HS!
In 3rd came an unknown (to me!), Lydia Russell of Pennsylvania!!
Her 16:18.72 makes her 16th A-T HS!!
The Vertical Jumps both got Meet Records!
Morgan Smalls HJ'ed 6-2.25 to win easily!
She tried 6-3.50, but missed!
This makes her 7th A-T HS, tied with 5 others!
Chloe Cunliffe also tried a higher height-14-8.25, but also missed!
Her winner, however, took down the MR--measuring 14-4.75!1
It was the first 14 footer at NBN!!
Taylor Ewert won the 2000SC in a MR 6:33.61!
She also ran the Mile and an 800 Relay leg!
She didn't Walk, since she's readying for her first 20K Race Walk!!
Britton Wilson won the 400H in 56.17, making her 7th A-T HS!
There were some fast Relays, but ZERO Meet Records in that department!
The Brooks PR meet had a few high level performances also!
The best was the Girls Two Mile!
(I congratulate both meets for doing the full 2 Mile rather than the 3200!!_
Ericka VanderLende took a great 3-way race in 9:53.00!
This makes her 2nd A-T HS!!
(Remember, I don't count 3200 times, or times converted up to the full Deuce!1
This eliminates at least 2 speedy 3200's!!)
Katelynn Hart took 2nd with her 9:56.15!
She's 7th A-T HS!
Brynn Brown's 9:57.54 makes her 8th A-T HS!!
Both Miles were solid, but none of the marks made or changed my lists!
Three Boys ran under 4:04!
Ned Foster's 4:03.11 won the race!
Joe Workman's 4:03.73 took 2nd, while the Leo Daschbach's 4:03.98 took the Bronze!1
The Girl's race was won in 4:42 and change by Zofia Dudek!
Taryn Park was close behind in 2nd!
Carlee Hanson also dipped under 4:43!
Back in 7th came the former World Leader--Victoria Starcher--in 4:45.01!
Cole Sprout took a good 2 Mile in 8:46.41!
Sciarra Killebrew sped the Century in 11.24, making her 19th A-T HS, tied with 3 others!!
Remember Roisin Willis, the Frosh who beat Athing Mu at the NBIN back in March?/
Well, she got an OUTdoor PR in winning the 800 in 2:04.86!!
At the Adrian Martinez Classic, Ryan Oosting finished just 5th in a field of Professionals, but his 4:03.70 was a solid effort!!
And that does it for the "children"!!
But this time of year, there are several smallish European meets, plus a few here in the States, that give athletes a chance to Q for the WC's, or just have a hard effort!!
Best was Ryan Crouser, who got the SP out to 73-4.50!!
He had two other Puts over 73 in the series!!
Jon Jones finished 2nd with a PR of 69-7!
Kenyatta Hackworth (a name worthy of being in a novel!!) LJ'ed 23-1.75, but it was windy!1
However, her best legal jump of 22-8.50 makes her 16th A-T US!!
(Where did she come from??)
Vashti Cunningham remains the best US High Jumper, her 6-4.25 an easy winner!
However, Jenna Rowe PR'ed with her 6-2.25!
The Brooks PR includes a few Pro events!
Best was the Men's 1500, where Josh Kerr PR'ed with 3:33.60!!
His previous best had been his Collegiate time of 3:35.01!
The Women's 1500 was won by Katie Mackey's 4:05.97!
BTW, Henry Wynne finished 2nd to Kerr in a good 3:35.14!
The Lusembourg Men's SP National Record went to Bob Bertemes's 69-10.25!!
Malaika Mihambo :LJ'ed 23-1.75!
Both Lavillenie brothers competed in a PV in France!
Valentin came out the winner with his 19-075!
Brother Renaud couldn't even top 18 feet, and finished 6th!!
Finally, Kirubel Erassa ran a 10000 in 27:32.89. making him 18th A-T US!!
But more significantly, it REMOVED the iconic Ed Eyestone from the US list, that being his 27:41.05 dating from 1985!!
Eyestone is a prominent coach these days!!
Next up is another "children's" meet--the USATF Junior Champs!1
Also, there's the Talence Multis!1
Wait, you say, aren't the Talence Multis normally held in mid-September?/
Yes, they are!
But they moved it up a few months, as the WC's would come less than 2 weeks after their "normal" dates!!
So lots of good stuff upcoming!
And then there's the Pre DL on June 30th!!
See you soon!
Tuesday, June 18, 2019
Oslo & Rabat DL's--The Adults
I'm dividging this week's results into two posts--one for the "adults"--i.e the Pro's!---the other for the "children"--i.e the High Schoolers!!
Best of the adults came not so surprisingly from Genzebe Dibaba, who just likes to run fast!
The result was a 3:55.47!
And she needed most of that, as Sifan Hassan stuck to her shoulder over the penultimate 200, and wound up with a PR of 3:55,93!!
In All, 7 Women broke 4:00 on this Ranat 1500!
Dibaba got the Meet Record, while Hassan broke her own National Record of the Netherlands!
She remains 17th A-T World!
The parade behind them was impressive!
Gudef Tsegay ran 3:57.30 in 3rd!
Rababe Arafi's 3:58.84 broke her own National Record of Morocco!
Next was Acumawit Embaye, who PR'ed with a 3:59.02!
Next came Winnie Nanyondo's 3:59.56!
That's the National Record of Uganda!!
In 7th came Jenny Simpson, whose 3:59.83 makes her the first American to go sub-4 in 2019!!
Despite finishing 7th, she seemed pleased with her time!!
Top race from the Bislett Games was HomeBoy Karsten Warholm's 400H run of 47.33!
This smashed his own National Record of Norway, and adds to the growing pile of speedy Men's 400H'ers!
!It also gives him the Oslo Meet Record, and brings him up to 12th A-T World!!
The PV's were HOT!
Sam Kendricjks won a pair, first at Oslo, , then at Hengelo!
He cleared the same winning height both times--19-4.75!!
A surprising 2nd at Oslo was American Cole Walsh, whose PR of 19-0.75 makes him 23rd A-T US, tied with 2 others!
AND he beat Mondo Duplantis, who got the same height in 4th!!
Alysha Newman cleared 15-7.25 in Guelph!
But in Rabat, Sandi Morris topped the bar set at 15-9.75 for the W and the MR!!
Amzhelika Sidorova went over 15-7.75 to take 2nd!
FIVE Women cleared 15-3.50 there---
Katie Nageotte, Ekaterina Stefanidi, Robelys Peinado, Yaraslav Silva, and Canada's Newman!!
And in Prague,, Nageotte's 15-9.25 won over Newman's 15-5.50!1
Maruya Lasitskene became the first Woman to top 2.00 in the HJ with her 6-7 win in Rabat!
Keturah Orji has performed well & steadily against big competition!
Caterine Ibarguen returned to her signature event--the TJ--her 48-6.75 winning over Orji's 47-8 in Oslo!
This gets Ibarguen the Age 35 Record!!
In Jamaica, Shaneika Ricketts measured 48-2.50 to top Orji's 47-9!!
In Rabat, Fedric Dacres exploded out to 232-3 in the DT!!
The T&FN eTN reported that this throw was first ruled a foul!
But it apparently won the protest, so I';; consider it legal!1
It breaks his own National Record of Jamaica!
And it ranks him 18th A-T World!
Daniel Stahl's 229-5 was a strong second!!
The Oslo Women's DT saw Yaime Perez get the Meet Record with her 224-6!
Sandra Perkovic took 3rd with a measly 212-6!
The Oslo Women's 3000SC saw Norah Tanui win in 9:03.71 for the Meet Record!
And she got the Age 23 Record also!
She beat WR holder Beatrice Chepkoech's 9:04.22!
Emma Coburn ran 9:08.42 for the Age 28 Record!
Mismas Milaneo (sp?) ran 9:20.47 to break her own NR of Slovenia!
Anna Moller ran 9:24.21 to break her own National Record of Slovakia!
And Mel Lawrence PR'ed with 9:29.41 to become 15th A-T US!!
Christian Coleman won the Oslo 100 in 9.85, the World Leader!
Sydney McLaughlin beat Delilah Muhammed, Shamier Little, and Kori Carter to win her first Diamond League 400H race with her 54.16 cruiser!
Marcin Lewandownski won the Bislett Dream Mile in 3:52.34, breaking his own National Record of Poland!
Johnny Gregorek ran 3:5299 in 4th, with Clay Murphy right behind in 3:52.99!!
The 3000 there was taken by Selemon Barega in 7:32.18!
In 3th came Henrik Ingebrigtsen, whose 7.36.85 becomes Norway's NR!!
Drew Hunter ran 7:39.45, but misses the US list by four tenths of a second!
Dafne Schippers won the Oslo 200 in 22.56--but she won!!
She also ran 11.06 to win a 100 elsewhere!
Also in Oslo, Liljao Gong's 64-0.25 beat Chase Ealey's 63-0 in the SP!
Ealey later measured 63-7 in another meet!
Luvo Manyonga LJ'ed 27-4-75 to take the Hengelo event!
Tahudun Halle and Neil Kimeli ran in the 12:57's in the Hengelo 5000!
The Women's event was won by Margaret Kipkembo, time of 14:37.22!
Sifan Hassan was relegated to 2nd in 14:38.5476!
Elish McColgan PR's with her time of 14:47.84!
Finishing 11th (last??), Kim Conley also PR'ed with her 15:05.20!!
But she misses the US list by 0.46 seconds!!
More interesting & high quality "adult" results--
Anita Wlodarczyk whipped the HT out 248-0 for a W!
Justin Gatlin proved he ain't done yet with a 100 of 10.01!
Konrad Bukowieki got a SP of 7102.50!
Fred Kerley took the Jamaica 400 in 44.49!
Shaunae Miller-Uibo ran 49.54 for an easy win!
Ajee Wilson won the Women's 800 in 1:59.22!
Melissa Bishop returned to action after giving birth, her 800 time of 2:01.10 a clear winner!
Kendra beat the Queen in a duel of Harrisons--12.54 to 12.69 in the 100H in Jamaica!
Alice Reh of Germany took a German 10000 in 31:19.87, the fastest time since the Stanford Invite!
Michel Haratyk tossed the SP 71-1-.25!
In a solid HT battle, Wojmieck Nowicki's 263-4 beat Pawel Fajdek's 262-9!!
More Rabat results--
Salwa Naser easily won the 400 in 50.13!
Nelly Jepkosgei took the 800 in 1:59.53!
Andre DeGrasse's 20.11 broke his own Rabat MR in the 200!
Getnet Wale took the Men's 3000Sc in a quick 8L06.01!
Sergey Shubenkov and another runner sprawled to the track at the finish line of the Rabat 110H, with Shubenkov getting the W in 13.12!
And Juan Echevarria LJ'ed 27-4.25 for the win!
In a Walk in Spain, Toshi Yamamoto won the 20K in a fast 1:17:15!
Way back in 54th (!!), Nick Christie PR'ed in 1:24:15!
The state of distance walkers in the United States!!
(BTW, HS'er Taylor Ewert's first ever 20K Walk is coming SOON!!
Let's all cheer her on to a fast time and successful race!!
Ayanleh Souleiman took a 1000 in 2:16.51.
And als, Victoria Starcher no longer is the shock HS'er who leads the World in the Women's mile!!
That honor now goes to Helen Schlactenhaufen's 4:30.87!
MANY women followed her, so Ms Starcher is now out of the Top 10 in 2019!!
LOL
A pair of domestic meets produced some good distance results---
Zarhan Taik (sp??) won the Portland Track Festival's 10000 in a MR time of 28:02.79!
Konstanze Klosterhalfen won the 1500 in 4:03.30 at PTF.
She also ran an 800 in 2:04 and change!
Shannon Rowbury--in her first serious track race since giving birth last June,--ran and won the 5000 in 15:38.75!!
Finally, the Adrian Martinez meet had an intersesting Women's 5000!
I'm sure you recall me reporting the big PR in the 1500 for Eleanor Purrier of 4:02.35!1
Well, now she's got another HUGE PR--she took this 5K in 15:08.61!!
Jessica O'Connell of Canada was 2nd in 15:10.64!
Great Britain;s Amy Eloise-Neale was 3rd in a PR time of 15:11.01.
Katrina Coogan also PR'ed with her 15:14.57!
Marathoner Kellyn Taylor was next in 15:19 and change!
Then came Abbey Cooper!
Abbey COOPER??
She's the former Abbey D'Agostino!!
Her time of 15:21.87 came after two years of endless injuries, beginning with that iconic Rio heat with New Zealand's Nikki Hamblin and (then) D'Agostino becoming iconic figures for the tumultuous tumble both took in their heat!
Next up will be my "children's" report, featuring results from the NBN and Brooks PR meets!!
See you soon!
Best of the adults came not so surprisingly from Genzebe Dibaba, who just likes to run fast!
The result was a 3:55.47!
And she needed most of that, as Sifan Hassan stuck to her shoulder over the penultimate 200, and wound up with a PR of 3:55,93!!
In All, 7 Women broke 4:00 on this Ranat 1500!
Dibaba got the Meet Record, while Hassan broke her own National Record of the Netherlands!
She remains 17th A-T World!
The parade behind them was impressive!
Gudef Tsegay ran 3:57.30 in 3rd!
Rababe Arafi's 3:58.84 broke her own National Record of Morocco!
Next was Acumawit Embaye, who PR'ed with a 3:59.02!
Next came Winnie Nanyondo's 3:59.56!
That's the National Record of Uganda!!
In 7th came Jenny Simpson, whose 3:59.83 makes her the first American to go sub-4 in 2019!!
Despite finishing 7th, she seemed pleased with her time!!
Top race from the Bislett Games was HomeBoy Karsten Warholm's 400H run of 47.33!
This smashed his own National Record of Norway, and adds to the growing pile of speedy Men's 400H'ers!
!It also gives him the Oslo Meet Record, and brings him up to 12th A-T World!!
The PV's were HOT!
Sam Kendricjks won a pair, first at Oslo, , then at Hengelo!
He cleared the same winning height both times--19-4.75!!
A surprising 2nd at Oslo was American Cole Walsh, whose PR of 19-0.75 makes him 23rd A-T US, tied with 2 others!
AND he beat Mondo Duplantis, who got the same height in 4th!!
Alysha Newman cleared 15-7.25 in Guelph!
But in Rabat, Sandi Morris topped the bar set at 15-9.75 for the W and the MR!!
Amzhelika Sidorova went over 15-7.75 to take 2nd!
FIVE Women cleared 15-3.50 there---
Katie Nageotte, Ekaterina Stefanidi, Robelys Peinado, Yaraslav Silva, and Canada's Newman!!
And in Prague,, Nageotte's 15-9.25 won over Newman's 15-5.50!1
Maruya Lasitskene became the first Woman to top 2.00 in the HJ with her 6-7 win in Rabat!
Keturah Orji has performed well & steadily against big competition!
Caterine Ibarguen returned to her signature event--the TJ--her 48-6.75 winning over Orji's 47-8 in Oslo!
This gets Ibarguen the Age 35 Record!!
In Jamaica, Shaneika Ricketts measured 48-2.50 to top Orji's 47-9!!
In Rabat, Fedric Dacres exploded out to 232-3 in the DT!!
The T&FN eTN reported that this throw was first ruled a foul!
But it apparently won the protest, so I';; consider it legal!1
It breaks his own National Record of Jamaica!
And it ranks him 18th A-T World!
Daniel Stahl's 229-5 was a strong second!!
The Oslo Women's DT saw Yaime Perez get the Meet Record with her 224-6!
Sandra Perkovic took 3rd with a measly 212-6!
The Oslo Women's 3000SC saw Norah Tanui win in 9:03.71 for the Meet Record!
And she got the Age 23 Record also!
She beat WR holder Beatrice Chepkoech's 9:04.22!
Emma Coburn ran 9:08.42 for the Age 28 Record!
Mismas Milaneo (sp?) ran 9:20.47 to break her own NR of Slovenia!
Anna Moller ran 9:24.21 to break her own National Record of Slovakia!
And Mel Lawrence PR'ed with 9:29.41 to become 15th A-T US!!
Christian Coleman won the Oslo 100 in 9.85, the World Leader!
Sydney McLaughlin beat Delilah Muhammed, Shamier Little, and Kori Carter to win her first Diamond League 400H race with her 54.16 cruiser!
Marcin Lewandownski won the Bislett Dream Mile in 3:52.34, breaking his own National Record of Poland!
Johnny Gregorek ran 3:5299 in 4th, with Clay Murphy right behind in 3:52.99!!
The 3000 there was taken by Selemon Barega in 7:32.18!
In 3th came Henrik Ingebrigtsen, whose 7.36.85 becomes Norway's NR!!
Drew Hunter ran 7:39.45, but misses the US list by four tenths of a second!
Dafne Schippers won the Oslo 200 in 22.56--but she won!!
She also ran 11.06 to win a 100 elsewhere!
Also in Oslo, Liljao Gong's 64-0.25 beat Chase Ealey's 63-0 in the SP!
Ealey later measured 63-7 in another meet!
Luvo Manyonga LJ'ed 27-4-75 to take the Hengelo event!
Tahudun Halle and Neil Kimeli ran in the 12:57's in the Hengelo 5000!
The Women's event was won by Margaret Kipkembo, time of 14:37.22!
Sifan Hassan was relegated to 2nd in 14:38.5476!
Elish McColgan PR's with her time of 14:47.84!
Finishing 11th (last??), Kim Conley also PR'ed with her 15:05.20!!
But she misses the US list by 0.46 seconds!!
More interesting & high quality "adult" results--
Anita Wlodarczyk whipped the HT out 248-0 for a W!
Justin Gatlin proved he ain't done yet with a 100 of 10.01!
Konrad Bukowieki got a SP of 7102.50!
Fred Kerley took the Jamaica 400 in 44.49!
Shaunae Miller-Uibo ran 49.54 for an easy win!
Ajee Wilson won the Women's 800 in 1:59.22!
Melissa Bishop returned to action after giving birth, her 800 time of 2:01.10 a clear winner!
Kendra beat the Queen in a duel of Harrisons--12.54 to 12.69 in the 100H in Jamaica!
Alice Reh of Germany took a German 10000 in 31:19.87, the fastest time since the Stanford Invite!
Michel Haratyk tossed the SP 71-1-.25!
In a solid HT battle, Wojmieck Nowicki's 263-4 beat Pawel Fajdek's 262-9!!
More Rabat results--
Salwa Naser easily won the 400 in 50.13!
Nelly Jepkosgei took the 800 in 1:59.53!
Andre DeGrasse's 20.11 broke his own Rabat MR in the 200!
Getnet Wale took the Men's 3000Sc in a quick 8L06.01!
Sergey Shubenkov and another runner sprawled to the track at the finish line of the Rabat 110H, with Shubenkov getting the W in 13.12!
And Juan Echevarria LJ'ed 27-4.25 for the win!
In a Walk in Spain, Toshi Yamamoto won the 20K in a fast 1:17:15!
Way back in 54th (!!), Nick Christie PR'ed in 1:24:15!
The state of distance walkers in the United States!!
(BTW, HS'er Taylor Ewert's first ever 20K Walk is coming SOON!!
Let's all cheer her on to a fast time and successful race!!
Ayanleh Souleiman took a 1000 in 2:16.51.
And als, Victoria Starcher no longer is the shock HS'er who leads the World in the Women's mile!!
That honor now goes to Helen Schlactenhaufen's 4:30.87!
MANY women followed her, so Ms Starcher is now out of the Top 10 in 2019!!
LOL
A pair of domestic meets produced some good distance results---
Zarhan Taik (sp??) won the Portland Track Festival's 10000 in a MR time of 28:02.79!
Konstanze Klosterhalfen won the 1500 in 4:03.30 at PTF.
She also ran an 800 in 2:04 and change!
Shannon Rowbury--in her first serious track race since giving birth last June,--ran and won the 5000 in 15:38.75!!
Finally, the Adrian Martinez meet had an intersesting Women's 5000!
I'm sure you recall me reporting the big PR in the 1500 for Eleanor Purrier of 4:02.35!1
Well, now she's got another HUGE PR--she took this 5K in 15:08.61!!
Jessica O'Connell of Canada was 2nd in 15:10.64!
Great Britain;s Amy Eloise-Neale was 3rd in a PR time of 15:11.01.
Katrina Coogan also PR'ed with her 15:14.57!
Marathoner Kellyn Taylor was next in 15:19 and change!
Then came Abbey Cooper!
Abbey COOPER??
She's the former Abbey D'Agostino!!
Her time of 15:21.87 came after two years of endless injuries, beginning with that iconic Rio heat with New Zealand's Nikki Hamblin and (then) D'Agostino becoming iconic figures for the tumultuous tumble both took in their heat!
Next up will be my "children's" report, featuring results from the NBN and Brooks PR meets!!
See you soon!
Tuesday, June 11, 2019
Gabe Grunewald--A Heroine for the Ages
On maybe the saddest and weirdest days this blog has experienced, Gabrielle (Gabe) Grunewald passed away at the way too young age of 32.
What's left to say about this remarkable woman?
In her brief span of life, she brought so many people into her sphere of beauty, and inspired millions more!
Couageous?
Without any doubt!
Strong?
Even throgh multiple battles with humankind's most dreaded disease!
Warm, positive, and friendly?
Yes and yes and yes!
A fantastic athlete?
Look at her times and medals!
Gabe Grunewald walked a path few will ever see or feel!
It's impossible to think of how many times anyone else might have just surrendered!
Thinking "I can't win, so why fight?"!
Not Gabe!
Never Gabe!
Her light lit the deepest darkness!
Her beautiful and happy smile shone through as if the Sun itself!
No words can express the sadness I feel!
The elite runners she shared starting lines with have all expressed the same thoughts, and shared the sweetest memories!
It would be the most fitting tribute to her to have a race--or a meet--or a track--or a building--named after her!
But even without those memorials, Gabe Grunewald will live on in our hearts and minds forever!!
The most profoumnd condolences to her husband Justin, her family, her friends, and all those who were left speechless by this woman's existence!!
May she rest in peace!
Run with the Angels, Gabe!
What's left to say about this remarkable woman?
In her brief span of life, she brought so many people into her sphere of beauty, and inspired millions more!
Couageous?
Without any doubt!
Strong?
Even throgh multiple battles with humankind's most dreaded disease!
Warm, positive, and friendly?
Yes and yes and yes!
A fantastic athlete?
Look at her times and medals!
Gabe Grunewald walked a path few will ever see or feel!
It's impossible to think of how many times anyone else might have just surrendered!
Thinking "I can't win, so why fight?"!
Not Gabe!
Never Gabe!
Her light lit the deepest darkness!
Her beautiful and happy smile shone through as if the Sun itself!
No words can express the sadness I feel!
The elite runners she shared starting lines with have all expressed the same thoughts, and shared the sweetest memories!
It would be the most fitting tribute to her to have a race--or a meet--or a track--or a building--named after her!
But even without those memorials, Gabe Grunewald will live on in our hearts and minds forever!!
The most profoumnd condolences to her husband Justin, her family, her friends, and all those who were left speechless by this woman's existence!!
May she rest in peace!
Run with the Angels, Gabe!
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