NCAA T&F & XC--WOMEN (4 CR's broken or tied)

 The Women also had some depth (See Men's report!), but what made headlines here were the number of Collegiate Records either broken or tied--3 broken & 1 tied!
They also outdid the Men in number of Meet Records broken or tied--5 broken and 3 tied!!

And since I follow her on Twitter (and have PM'ed with her father!), I was super happy when Tara Davis not only got her first 22 footer in the LJ, but then nipped the Collegiate Record by an inch with her 22-9 leap!
It's also the Meet Record and the Junior Class Record, and ranks her 6th A-T US!!

Claire Bryant's 21-11.75 took 2nd, and got the Frosh Class Record!
She's 19th A-T Collegiate!
Tyra Gittens leapt 21-11, making her 22nd A-T Collegiate, tied with 2 others, 

Gittens was rather busy over the three days!
She broke the Collegiate Record in the Pentathlon with 4746 points!
This also gave her the Trinidad National Record, the Meet Record, and the Junior Class Record!
She misses the World list by 34 points!!
Anna Hall scored 4401 in 2nd!
Gittens also won the open HJ with her 6-2.75!

The Triple Jump saw TWO Women reach 46-10, with Ruth Usoro's better 2nd jump making her the winner over Deborah Acquah!
But both are credited with tying the Meet Record!!
Acquah is ranked 3rd A-T Collegiate!
Usoro has a better mark!
Ruta Lasmona's 46-5.25 makes her 7th A-T Collegiate!

The 60 saw Jamaica's Kemba Nelson shake up the formcharts a bit, as she won it all in the Collegiate Record time of 7.05!
It's also the Meet Record, and the Junior Class Record!
Twanisha Terry (I saw her referred to as TeeTee Terry!!  Makes sense!) took 2nd in 7.14, while Kiara Grant was 3rd in 7.16!
However, both TT & Grant ran faster in their heats!
Terry ran 7.09 in her heat, making her 6th A-T Collegiate, tied with 2 others, and 17th A-T US, tied with 3 others!
Grant ran her heat in 7.11, making her 9th A-T Collegiate, tied with 1 other!

Abby Steiner improved her PR by 0.03 seconds to 22.38 to take the one lapper!
It ties the CR, the Junior Class Record, and the Meet Record!
She's 5th A-T World, tied with 2 others, and 2nd A-T US, tted with 1 other!
Tamara Clark ended in 22.45, making her 7th A-T Collegiate, tied with 1 other, 7th A-T US, tied with 1 other, and 16th A-T World, tied with 1 other!

While there were 5 MR's broken--and 3 others tied!--the most depth was in the 800!
Blasting a 56.90 first 400, Aaliyah Miller survived a 2nd 400 of 63.79 to win in the Meet Record time of 2:00.69!
She also gets the Senior Class Record!
She's 2nd A-T Collegiate, tied with 1 other, and 22nd A-T US, tied with 1 other!
Athing Mu ran the 400 and in the 4 X 400 Relay (See below!).
Laurie Barton's 2:01.21 took Silver, making her 7th A-T Collegiate!
Shafiqua Maloney was inches behind her, her 2:01.22 making her 8th A-T Collegiate!
Lindsey Butler's 2:02.15 wasn't a PR!
Claire Seymour's 2:02.25 ranks her 19th A-T Collegiate!

Speaking of Mu )Pronounced as MO!), she actually LOST the open 400!!
Kaelin Roberts took advantage by running 50.84 for the Win!
She's 11th A-T Collegiate, and 14th A-T US!
Mu ran 51.03 for Silver (after a heat of 51.02!).
Third was Talitha Diggs in a non-PR of 51.26.
Then came Charokee Young's 51.41, ranking her 22nd A-T Collegiate!

But Ms Mu was NOT done!!
She only ran the fastest ever 400--open or Relay split--in INdoor history!!!
Her incredible long stride--on pencil thin long legs--covered the two laps in 49.54, bringing her Texas A&M team to victory in 3:26.68!
The World Record is 49.59!
Say what you will about running starts in Relay legs (except lead-off!), but Mu's run was absolutely stunning!!

The team set the Meet Record!
USC took 2nd in 3:27.91, while Arkansas was 3rd in 3:28.07!
The DMR saw BYU take the W with 10:52.96!
They become 6th A-T School!
Arkansas was 2nd in 10:57.19, followed by Florida State in 10:59.16, and Oklahoma State in 10:59.75!

The Weight Throw was won by Mihaily Forrest with a throw of 76-3.75!
This makes her 12th A-T Collegiate, tied with 1 other, and 19th A-T US, tied with 1 other!
Rachel Tenczos was 2nd with 76-3, making her 14th A-T Collegiate, tied with 1 other!
Back in 9th came Monique Hardy, her 70-6.50 breaking her own Frosh Class Record!

Lisa Gunnarsson took the PV, clearing a PR of 14-11.50!
She's 8th A-T Collegiate, tied with 1 other!
Freshman Sydney Horn was 2nd with 14-5.50!

Adelaide Aquilla took the Shot Put with a throw of 59-5.50, making her 16th A-T Collegiate!
I heard this is the first under 60 winner in a few years at this meet!
Joyce Kimeli sought a double W in the 3K and 5K, but Courtney Wayment spoiled her party by taking the 3000 in 9:01.47.
Lauren Gregory took 2nd in 9:01.67!
Kimeli ran 9:02.79 in 3rd!
However, she did win the longer race, time of 15:48.98!

\Sage Hurta (Also one of my favorite names in T&F!) took the mile in 4:30.58, making her 17th A-T Collegiate!
Her splits were 2:19 and 2:11, with a last lap of 63!
Achera Nugent took the 60H in a non-PR of 7.92!

In the 2020 XC Championships, Mercy Chelangat took control and sped to a victory in 20:01!
The next nine were--
Taylor Roe in 20:06
Amaris Tynnismaa in 20:10
Mahala Norris in 20:11
Hannah Steelman in 20:14
Taryn O'Neill in 20:23
Summer Allen in 20:23
Bethany Hasz in 20:25
Kelsey Chmeil in 20:26
And Ella Donaghu in 20:26

Others included--
Whittni Orton ran 20:35 in 17th
Krissy Gear ran 20:39 in 21st
Katelyn Tuohy was 6th or 7th for much of the race, but faded at the end to 24th in 20:47!
However, she still ranked as the top Frosh!
Haley Herberg was 55th in 21:05!

BYU took team honors with 96 points!
North Carolina State's 161 took second!

Next up will be my first OUTdoor report!
And if you were awake this past weekend, you already know many of the spectacular results!

See you soon, my dear readers!

NCAA T&F & XC--MEN (Depth Rules!)

 NOTE--This and the following post covers the INdoor NCAA T&F Championships, and the 2020 edition of the NCAA Cross Country Championships--held in mid-March due to Covid!  I decided to split the posts by sex; thus this one covers the Men's results from both, while the next will cover the Women's results!  One of these days, I'll be caught up with the backlog of Records & Marks!  BTW, sometime soon I'll do my INdoor Athletes of the Year, etc!  Enjoy!

No Collegiate Records fell to the Men, but the depth of several events made this a pretty fair set of results!
The 5000 began with a first K of 2:31--OUTdoor World Record pace!!
But Winner Wes Kiptoo inevitably (and sensibly!) slowed, yet his 13:23.77 set the Meet Record, the Junior Class Record, and made him 11th A-T Collegiate!!
Then followed a trail of runners that pretty much rewrote the bottom part of my Top 24 A-T Performers list!!

Eric Hamer's 13:29.60 makes him 18th A-T Collegiate!
Morgan Beadlescomb (LOVE that name!!) ran 13:29.96, ranking him 19th A-t Collegiate!
Adriaan Wildschutt ended in 13:30.55 to rank 20th A-T Collegiate!
Aaron (Sic!) Bienenfeld was right behind in 13:31.65, making him 21st A-T Collegiate!
Shea Foster's 13:32.38 makes him 22nd A-T Collegiate!
Alec Bastien ran 13:32.98 for 23rd A-T Collegiate!!

The 200 was also solid!
Matt Boling got around 1 lap in 20.19, fulfilling much of the hype he's gotten the past year or two!
He makes 3 lists--he's 5th A-T Collegiate, tied with 1 other, 4th A-T US, tied with 1 other, and 6th A-T World, also tied with 1 other!
He needed all of that to stop Terrance Laird's 20.20!
Laird ranks 7th A-T Collegiate, and 6th A-T US and World, the latter in which he's tied with 1 other!

The 400 saw a trio of speedsters take high places on my lists!
Run in sections (as was the 200), Noah Williams took a chunk off his PR, winning in 44.71!
He gets the Junior Class Record!
He ranks 5th A-T Collegiate, and 4th A-T on both the US and World lists!
Randolph Ross dipped under 45 with his 44.99!
He's 9th A-T Collegiate, 8th A-T US, and 11th A-T World!
In 3rd came Jacory Patterson's 45.14.
This makes him 13th A-T Collegiate and US, as well as 19th A-T World!

Want more depth?
Check out the 60H results!
Damion Thomas wasn't the fastest winner ever, but his 7.51 makes him 7th A-T Collegiate, tied with 2 others!
Jamal Britt's 7.52 ranks him 10th A-T Collegiate, tied with 2 others!
Trey Cunningham was right behind in 7.53, but it wasn't a PR!
Phil Lemonnonia (Sp??) ran 7.54, and is ranked 16th A-T Collegiate!
And Eric Edwards ended in 7.58, making him 22nd A-T Collegiate, tied with 3 others!

The Distance Medley Relay saw Oregon threaten its own Collegiate Record, missing by just 0.46 seconds!
Their 9:19.98 saw Cooper Teare run a 3:52 anchor!
It is, however, a Meet Record!
Mississippi's 9:20.75 makes them 2nd A-T School!
Texas ran 9:22.73, making them 3rd A-T School!
North Carolina became 4th A-T School with their 9:25.80!
And Virginia Tech's 9:27.67 makes them 9th A-T School!

The Field Events had some good depth!
Especially the Long Jump, which saw 3 Men top 27 feet!
JuVaughn Harrison's 27-8.75 makes him 3rd A-T Collegiate!
And he's 3rd A-T US, tied with 1 other, as well as 8th A-T World, tied with 1 other!
(BTW, he also took the HJ with 7-6.50!!  That makes him 20th A-T Collegiate, tied with a full DOZEN others!!)
Isaac Grimes's 27-4.75 makes him 6th A-T Collegiate, 11th A-T US, and 24th A-T World!
And Corey McLeod's 27-1.25 makes him 12th A-T Collegiate!1

An upset in the Heptathlon, as unknown (to me!) Karel Tilga won it with 6264 points over Kyle Garland's 6200 points!
For Tilga, he gets Estonia's National Record and the Soph Class Record!
He's 2nd A-T Collegiate, behind only Ashton Eaton's CR of 6499!!
He ranks 24th A-T World!
Garland ranks 4th A-T Collegiate, and 10th A-T US!
Ayden Owens's 5995 misses my Collegiate DDD by one point!!

The other events saw a variety of list makers and Record breakers!
Micah Williams--after a 6.52 heat--took the 60  in a PR tying 6.49.
He's 7th A-T Collegiate, tied with 1 other!
Charles Hunter didn't PR, but his 1:45.90 was just enough to edge Finley McLean's 1:45.91 in the 800.
This ranks him 8th A-T Collegiate!

Cole Hocker (the cover boy of April's T&FN!) took both the Mile and 3000!
His 3:53.71 sets the Meet Record!
Eliud Kipsang's 3:55.92 ranks him 23rd A-T Collegiate!
Hocker's 3K winning time was 7:46.15!
He ranks 17th A-T Collegiate!
Teammate Cooper Teare ended in 7:46.23, making him 18th A-T Collegiate!

The 4 X 400 Relay had good depth also!
North Carolina A&T won it in 3:03.16!
They are 5th A-T School!
Kentucky's 3:03.61 makes them 7th A-T School!
Tennessee ran 3:04.10 for Bronze!
Georgia's 3:04.84 makes them 19th A-T School!

Emmanuel Ihenteje's TJ of 56-7.50 gives him the Frosh Class Record!
He ranks 7th A-T Collegiate, tied with 1 other!
Turner Washington was the sole Shot Putter to reach 70 feet, his 70-1 a clear winner!
Thomas Mardal threw the WT 80-3, giving him Norway's National Record!
This event is mostly an American concept, so anytime a European gets an NR, it's usually when competing for a US College!!
He ranks 5th A-T Collegiate, and 11th A-T World!
Israel Lloyd's 78-0.75 ranks him 15th A-T Collegiate!!

The Pole Vault saw KC Lightfoot (Who else??) win it with his 19-5.50 Meet Record!
Zach McWhorter's 19-0.25 was a respectable 2nd, making him 9th A-T Collegiate, tied with 5 others!!

So why all the great marks--especially on the track--at this meet?
Some insist it's the athletes wearing some version of the controversial shoes!
Some say it's because their 2020 INdoor NCAA Championship--and their entire OUTdoor season--was stolen from them by Covid!
Some say it's that this year's crop of athletes are just better than in many previous years!
Pick and choose, but IMO, this was one of the better SET of results I've seen in the INdoor NCAA!!

And then there's the 2020--Yes, I said TWENTY TWENTY!!--edition of the NCAA XC Championships, postponed from its November date to mid-March by the Covid wipeout last year!!
There was some question as to how competitors in the INdoor meet would do in the XC race just a few days later!
At least one major team chose to forego the Hill & Dale race in favor of the banked track of INdoors!!
That was Oregon's Ducks!!

Connor Mantz took individual honors over the 10000 meter course, winning by 22 seconds in 29:26.1.
The Top 10--after Mantz, was--
Adrian Wildschutt in 29:48
Wes Kiptoo in 29:54
Nico Young (first Frosh!) in 29:58
Patrick Dever in 29:59
Blaise Ferro in 30:02
Abdi Nor in 30:05
Isai Rodriguez in 30:09
Luis Grijalva in 30:10
In 10th came Danny Kilrea's 30:11

Others included--
Casey Clinger running 30:19 in 13th
Cole Sprout running 30:20 in 15th
And Brodey Hasty's 30:50 in 44th!

Northern Arizona took the team title with 60 points over Notre Dame's 87!

See you soon with my women's report!

Euro Champs not the only news

 Never expect much from Regional Championships, maybe especially INdoor ones!
The 2021 edition of the European Championships, held from March 4th to the 7th in Torun, Poland, held to that theme!
Only one Meet Record fell in the entire meet!!
But a saving grace of these meets is that many National Records tend to fall--and that was the case in Torun!!

That Meet Record was Mondo Duplantis's 19-10.25 PV win!
Absent was Renaud Lavillenie, but his younger brother Valentin took the Silver--10 inches back!!
Another "star" was Jakob Ingebrigtsen!
He was a double Gold guy, winning the 1500 and 3000!
His 1500 was 3:37.56, but his 3K was (though an INdoor PR) just 7:48 and change!
Marcin Lewindowski was half a second back in the shorter race!

Wilhelm Belocian is getting faster!
His 7.42 in the 60H beat the 7.43 of Andy Pozzi!
Belocian is 20th A-T World, tied with 1 other!
Pozzi tied his PR, and is ranked 22nd A-T World, tied with 4 others!

Maksim Nedesekau (sp?) HJ'ed a World Leading 7-9.25 to beat the 7-8.50 by Gianmarco Tamberi!
Nedasekau broke his own National Record of Belarus!
He's 18th A-T World, tied with 7 others!

A pair of NR's fell in the Men's LJ!
Miltiadis Tenteglou's 27-4.75 winner was not one of them!
Thobias Montler's 27-3.75 in 2nd is Sweden's new NR!
Kristian Pulli's 27-0.50 is Finland's 1st 27 footer!

Lamont Jacobs won the 60 by a mile (Ha!) in 6.47, the World Leader!
It's also Italy's new NR--and first sub-6.50!
He's 20th A-T World, tied with 7 others!
Netherland took the 4 X 400 Relay in a National Record of 3:06.06!
They're 14th A-T Nation!!

Pedro Pichardo took the TJ with his 56-9.25!
Kevin Mayer won the Heptathlon with an impressive 6392, though it's not a PR!
The Men's SP saw a good battle between Tomas Stanek and Michal Haratyk.
Stanek won, 70-11.75 to 70-5.25!

On the Women's side, Nafi Thiam was clearly the star!!
Her 4904 won the Pentathlon by over 100 points!
It gave her Belgium's National Record, and makes her 7th A-T World!
Another Belgian finished 2nd--she being Noor Vidts!
Her 4791 makes her 22tth A-T World!
Xenia Krizsen's 4644 in 3rd was also impressive!

Femke Bol keeps breaking her own Netherlands NR in the 400 by tiny increments, her latest of 50.63 bettering her old mark by 0.01 seconds!
But she still doesn't make my World DDD!
Her 49.99 anchor split in her team's winning 4 X 400 Relay shows she's capable of much more!
Netherlands time of 3:27.15 makes them 6th A-T Nation!
Great Britain was 2nd in 3:28.20.
Poland was 3rd in 3:29.94.
Italy's 3:30.32 in 4th makes them 15th A-T Nation!
Ukraine's 3:30.38 makes them 16th A-T Nation!

Yet another Netherlands NR fell--this one to Nadine Visser in the 60H!
Her 7.77 was a lucky number, as it also made her 15th A-T World, tied with 1 other!

Ajia Del Ponte won the shortest flat race in 7.03--by a BIG margin!!
Good enough to tie the National Record of Switzerland!

The middle distances (800 & 1500) were slow, but the 800 winner (2:03.88!) was 19 year old Neely Hodgkinson!
Amy Eloise-Markovic (formerly Eloise-Neale) won the 3000 in 8:46.43, her fastest!
She graduated from U-Dub, just 90 miles from my home, so extra pride in her win!

Elli Junnila's HJ of 6-5 gave her Finland's NR, but just 3rd in the meet!
Winner was Yaroslava Mahuchukh with 6-6.75, beating Iryna Hereshchenko's 6-6 in 3rd!
Patricia Mamona's 47-8 in the TJ beat the 47-7.75's of Ana Peleteiro and Neeli Eckhardt, who took 2nd & 3rd!
A slight upset in the LJ, as Maryna Romanchuk beat Malaika Mihambo, 22-8.50 to 22-7!

Another close field event saw A Dongmo prevail over Fanny Roos and Christina Schwanitz in the Shot Put!
Dongmo reached 63-6.50, but Roos's two foot PR (!!) of 63-3.50 broke her own NR of Sweden!
Schwanitz was 3rd with 62-3.75!

The Women's PV didn't break any Records, but it was a good one!
Angelica Moser improved to 15-7 in winning, making her 22nd A-T World, tied with 4 others!
Tina Sutej took Silver with 15-5.
Then came a trio of 15-3's, with Iryna Zhuk and Holly Bradshaw tying for 3rd, and Eleni Klavadia's 15-3 taking 5th!

As with many major Championships, several elites were MIA!
Some were due to Covid restrictions, while some just chose not to partake!!
BTW, the 3 Borlee brothers ran on Belgium's Relay team, but not in the open 400!

A stated attempt on Galen Rupp's INdoor American Record in the 5000 "failed"--at least as far as Rupp's record went!
But Emmanuel Bor beat the guy (Paul Chelimo) who said he was going after the Record!
Bor's 13:05.60 gives him the Age 32 Record!
It makes him 2nd A-T US, and 12th A-T World!
Chelimo finished in 13:12.51, making him 10th A-T US!

Cut OFF my World list was one Mo Farah, whose 13:09.16 dated from 2007!!
The race took place in Virginia!

All the rest I have is from OUTdoors!!
And what a pair of 5000's we saw in San Juan Capistrano!!
Grant Fisher sprinted to the W in 13:02.53!!
This makes him 13th A-T US!
In my Combined events for the American 1500 & 5000, Fisher's 3:36.23 & 13:02.53 adds to 16:38.76, making him 8th A-T US!

Marc Scott of Great Britain ended 2nd in 13:05.13.
Sean McGorty--the former Stanford teammate of Fisher--was 3rd in 13:06.45!
This makes him 17th A-T US!
He was followed by Joe Klecker's 13:06.67, which makes him 18th A-T US!

Cut OFF my American list was the infamous Alberto Salazar, whose 13:11.93 dated from 1982!

Josh Kerr won the 1500 at this Sound Running meet in 3:35.78!
Back in 8th was Matthew Centrowitz, who ended in 3:40.31!
The Women's 1500 was won by Sinclaire Johnson in 4:05.91.
She beat the 4:06.23 of Elise Cranny!

The Women's 5000!
Not surprising in the Gold position was Emily Sisson, who ran 14:55.82, making her 10th A-T US!!
But then came a real SHOCKER!!
Allie Buchalski??
She who had not ever broken 15:20, and she suddenly cranks out a 14:57.54??!!
WOW!!
This made her 19th A-T US!
Another surprise, but not really, was Weini Kelati in 3rd, also breaking the 15 minute barrier!
Her 14:58.24 is the Eritrea NR!
Alicia Monson was 4th in 15:07.65, while Gwen Jorgensen impressed with her 15:08.28!

Down Under in Australia, a women's 1000 (!) saw Claudia Hollingsworth lose to Linden Hall's 2:35.90!
But Hollingsworth's 2:36.72 is the "World Youth Record" (which this blog doesn't recognize!), as she's just 15 years old!!
Compare this to Mary Cain, who as a young Pro, ran 2:35.80 when she was 17--INdoors!

The NCAA moved the 2020 XC season to this year!
Thus we saw some Conference XC meets happening!
(This post is delayed, so this news is from early March!!)
The most important one was the PAC-12, held in Seattle.
Eduardo Herrera took the Men's race in a quick 22:30!
Charles Hicks--a Stanford Frosh--was 2nd in 22:41.
The Women's race saw Washington's Haley Herberg win on her home course in 19:02.
She beat Ella Donaghu's 19:09 and Stanford Frosh (!) Zofia Dudek's 19:14!

Early HS marks from OUTdoors included Paige Sommers's non-PR Pole Vault of 14-3, and Katelyn Fairchild's JT of 163-10.
That ranks her 24th A-T HS!!
Not bad for March!

See you soon with my NCAA INdoor Championships reports!!
I'm planning on two posts, one for the Men, and one for the Women!
Included in each will also be the results of the NCAA Cross Country Championships!!

Better Late Than Never

 Yes, I've fallen (WAY!) behind---again!
Reasons vary--inertia, laziness, reading a LOT, watching movies a LOT!
So we're still (mostly) INdoors!
This post goes back a bit--because I somehow had "lost" one of my stat note sheets from my previous post!
Found it (in my Record Book, of all places!), so I'll lead off with that!

At the 4th--and final--ATL INdoor meet, Allyson Felix shocked a bit by speeding through 200 meters in 22.59!
She gets the Age 35 Record, and makes her 18th A-T US!!
Shamier Little ran 400 in 50.57 for an ATL Meet Record!
She's 7th A-T US, and misses the World DDD by 0.02 seconds!!
Danielle Williams tied the MR with her 60H time of 7.86!

Heather MacLean won a close 800 in 2:00.53!
This makes her 19th A-T US, tied with 1 other!
Second was Ireland's Siofra Buttner in a NR of 2:00.58!
Olivia Gruver PV'ed 15-5!

But best of all was the Women's Shot Put!
Raven Saunders is all the way back!
Her 64-2.50 is a MR, and makes her 4th A-T US!
Maggie Ewen got her's out 64-1.25, making her 5th A-T US!
And Jessica Ramsey was close with her 63-11.75, making her 6th A-T US!!

The SEC--as per normal--led the Collegiate Conferences in top tier marks!
But some others contributed!
Jacory Patterson sped 400 in 45.38 for an ACC Meet Record!
Dan McArthur got his SP out 67-10.75 for another ACC Meet Record!

Elly Henes won the ACC 3000 in a MR 9:00.53!
Lindsey Butler eked out an 800 win at ACC in the MR time of 2:01.96!
It's 11th A-T Collegiate, tied with 1 other!
Laurie Barton's 2:01.99 was a close 2nd, making her 13th A-T Collegiate!

The biggest Conference held on an Oversize Track were the Big 10's!
I feel sorry for all the runners who were in events on the oval!

The Big 12 saw Micaiah Harris time 20.38 in the 200, making him 21st A-T Collegiate, tied with 2 others!
KC Lightfoot PV'ed 19-4.25 for the Big 12 MR!
Stacey Williams's 400 of 51.60 is a Big 12 MR!
So is Kynnedy Flannel's 22.55 in the 200!
It also makes her 15th A-T Collegiate, tied with 1 other!
Another Big 12 MR was by Ruth Usoro in the TJ!
Plus, her 47-1.50 makes her 2nd A-T Collegiate behind only Keturah Orji!!
Usoro also won the LJ with her MR of 22-4.50!
It makes her 6th A-T Collegiate, tied with 1 other!
But Kevona Davis also jumped good, her 21-11 making her 20th A-T Collegiate, tied with 1 other!
Finally (at the Big 12), we have Chanel Brissett's 7.89 winning the 60H!
This makes her 8th A-T Collegiate, tied with 1 other!
A Nugent was 2nd in 7.91, making her 11th A-T Collegiate, tied with 2 others!

And now for the Southeast Conference!!
The Men's 200 was spectacular!
Terrance Laird's 20.28 edged Joseph Fahnbullah's 20.32 for the SEC Meet Record!
Laird is 10th A-T Collegiate, 8th A-T US, and 13th A-T World!
(Yes, at the SEC, we often see World list marks!!)
Fahnbullah is 14th A-T Collegiate, tied with 1 other, 12th A-T US, tied with 3 others, and on my World DDD, he's 18th A-T , also tied with 3 others!
In 3rd came highly touted Matt Boling, his 20.37 making him 22nd A-T Collegiate, tied with 1 other, and 20th A-T US, tied with 1 other!

Noah Williams's 45.26 in the 400 makes him 18th A-T Collegiate, and 19th A-T US, tied with 1 other!
The 4 X 400 Relay was solid!
Mississippi ran 3:04.08, making them 8th A-T School!
Kentucky's 3:04.67 makes them 15th A-T School!
Georgia is 16th A-T School by virtue of their 3:04.72!
And Alabama's 3:04.90 makes them 20th A-T School!
Mississippi also won the DMR in 9:29.35!
This is the SEC MR, and makes them 13th A-T School!!

JuVaughn Harrison LJ'ed 27-4 for the SEC Meet Record!
It makes him 5th A-T Collegiate, tied with 2 others!
He's also 11th A-T US, tied with 2 others, and 24th A-T World, tied with 3 others!
Corey McLeod's 27-0.75 makes him 11th A-T Collegiate, tied with 1 other!
McLeod added the TJ, his 56-4 making him 12th A-T Collegiate!
Thomas Mondal's WT of 79-3.25 makes him 5th A-T Collegiate, and 18th A-T World!
Kyle Garland scored 6012 points in the Heptathlon, making him 23rd A-T Collegiate, and 24th A-T US!

The SEC Women were top notch also!
Athing Mu finally ran the 800 the way her talent called for!
This resulted in a new Collegiate Record of 1:58.40!
Her splits were 57.96 and 60.44!
She also gets the Age 18 Record, the Frosh Class Record, and of course the SEC MR!!
She is 2nd A-T US, behind only Ajee Wilson!!
This also makes her 19th A-T World, tied with 1 other!!

Abby Steiner seems to be the Sprinter of the moment!
Her heat time of 22.41 is a MR!
It makes her 3rd A-T Collegiate, tied with 1 other, 4th A-T US, also tied with 1 other, AND she's 11th A-T World, tied with 3 others!!
She won the final, but in a slower 22.50!

Joelle Lloyd (sp?) took the 60 in 7.15, making her 19th A-T Collegiate, tied with 8 others!!
Daughter of legendary Joetta Clark-Diggs, Talitha Diggs sped the 400 in 51.14!
This makes her 19th A-T Collegiate, and 21st A-T US!
Joyce Kimeli won both the 3000 and 5000, but it was in the shorter race that her 8:56/02 got her the SEC Meet Record.
It makes her 15th A-T Collegiate!
Second was Katie Izzo in 8:56.55, making her 17th A-T Collegiate!
Kimeli's 5000 time was 15:46.68.

Arkansas's 3:28.50 took the 4 X 400 Relay, and the MR!
They are 6th A-T School!
Kentucky was close in 3:28.82, making them 8th A-T School, tied with 1 other!
Alabama's 10:59.21 in the DMR makes them 19th A-T School!

Jasmine Moore TJ'ed 45-10, making her 14th A-T Collegiate, but 9th A-T US!!
Another Jasmine--Mitchell--took the WT with her toss of 76-3!
This makes her 13th A-T Collegiate, and 19th A-T US!
Shay Taiwo (Any relation to Jeremy??) was 2nd with her 75-7.25!
This makes her 14th A-T Collegiate, and 20th A-T US!
Maddie Malone was 3rd with 75-1.25, making her 17th A-T Collegiate!
And Anna Hall won the Pentathlon with 4521 points!
Whew!

Micah Williams used a bit of altitude to speed him to a 60 in 6.49!
This is the Frosh Class Record, and the Age 19 Record!
He ranks 7th A-T Collegiate, tied with 1 other!
And he's 22nd A-T US, tied with 3 others!

Annie Kunz scored big in Seattle's Pentathlon with 4614 points!
BUT--the 800 being run  on that 307 meter OT, it doesn't count on my lists!
However, she scored 4610 last year for her PR!
In Iowa, Shauniece O'Neal threw the WT 74-6.50, making her 20th A-T Collegiate!
She goes to Southern Illinois!

A meet in Serbia saw Mondo Duplantis rise to a PV measurement of 20-0!!
He breaks his own Age 21 Record!!
That was on February 24th!
Armin Sinencevic (sp?) threw the SP 69-8.75 for the NR of Serbia!

Renaud Lavillenie had his best PV since his then WR back 6 or 7 years ago!
His 19-10.50 gives him the Age 34 Record!
Menna Vloon (Who is he???) was next with a Netherlands National Record of 19-6.50!
This makes him 14th A-T World, tied with 1 other!
Chris Nilsen was 3rd with 19-2.75!
Also in that France meet, Holly Bradshaw won the Women's PV with 15-8.25!
Iryna Zhuk's 15-6.25 broke her own National Record of Belarus!

Karsten Warholm sped 300 meters in 32.47, making him 18th A-T World, tied with 1 other!
I have several OUTdoor marks to report, but let's finish my INdoor stuff first!
And we go to the Adidas High School Nationals meet, supposedly taking the place of the cancelled NBIN!!
This was held February 26th to the 28th!
There were several good marks, but the quality and depth of the New Balance meet were missing for the most part!!

Jaylen Slade sped his 60 in 6.68, making him 24th A-T HS, tied with 2 others!
Sam Rich ran the Two Mile in 8:58.15.
Leonard Martens (sp??) ran the 60H in 7.71, making him 19th A-T HS, tied with 2 others!
Kamyren Garrett upped his HJ PR by a quarter inch, his 7-2.50 making him 11th A-T HS!
Logan Coles improved his WT to 78-11.75, making him 16th A-T HS!

Victoria Perrow sped her 60 in 7.31, making her 23rd A-T HS, tied with 4 others!
Hannah Douglas's 23.69 in the 200 makes her 24th A-T HS, tied with 1 other!

Avery Lewis continues to amaze!
This unbelievable Freshman flew out 21-2.50 in the LJ, breaking her own Frosh Class Record!
She is just one and a half inches from the JUNIOR Class Record!!!
She is 6th A-T HS!

The Two Mile was solid.
Syd Thorvaldson's 9:55.09 was not a PR!!
Audrey Dadamio finally ran a full Deuce, her 10:11.19 making her 22nd A-T HS!
Of course, she ran a much faster time in a 3200--which in my Record Book--counts for ZERO!!!

Kenna Stimmel PV'ed 13-11.25, making her 12th A-T HS!
Paige Sommers reached 13-9.25, making her 16th A-T HS, tied with 2 others!

Now we'll finish with some OUTdoor marks!
At the Texas Qualifier, Konstanze Klosterhalfen broke a 30 year old National Record of Germany by winning the 10000 in 31:01.71, splits of about 15:42 and 15:19!
Elle Purrier won the 5000 in 15:08.11.
Ajee Wilson beat Kaela Edwards in the 800, 1:58.23 to 1:59.86!

In New Zealand, Tom Walsh and Jacko Gill continued their battles in the SP!
Walsh won with 70-10.50 to Gill's 70-4.25!
Valerie Adams had her best SP in several years, reaching 64-6.75!
Yaime Perez had a DT of 218-9--but not in NZ!

Finally, a couple of Walk marks!
Did you know that Nick Christie and Robyn Stevens are a couple?
Not sure if they're married or just living together, but they both won their races in Santee, CA recently.
Christie's 50000 time was 4:10:53, while the Women Walked the odd distance of 35K!!
Stevens's time of 3:01.08--if extended to 50K, would be about 4:18!

Next posts will have full reports on the European Championships, the NCAA Championships, and then the Cross Country Collegiate Championships--probably the first ever held after November!!

Sorry for the lag in my reports!!

IN & OUT mix it up

 The 2021 INdoor season is still going!

The 2021 OUTdoor season seems in late Spring mode!
(Or is the latter the 2020 season we never really had??)

Whatever the case, I have incredible marks from both!!

At the last World INdoor Tour meet in Madrid, Grant Holloway took down a World Record I personally believed would NEVER be broken--and in fact, believed it to be such an outlier as to be questionable!!
I speak of Colin Jackson's FORMER World Record of 7.30 in the 60H, dating from 1994!

Holloway added to his blazing season with 7.29, the new WR!!
(He'd run 7.32 in his heat!!)
He also gets the American Record, and the Age 23 Record!

Then there is The Ten!
That's a one-event "meet" held on February 20th in California!
Two 10K's which produced times not expected until Payton Jordan in May--or later!!

Marc Scott's 27:10.41 moves him to 2nd on the British A-T list--behind only Mo Farah!!
Grant Fisher led the US crew with his 27:11.29!
This makes him 5th A-T US!
Woody Kincaid followed in 27:12.78, making him 6th A-T US!
Ben True's 27:14.95 makes him 8th A-T US!!
Then came Thailand's Keiran Tentivate!
His previous best was in the high 28's, and his 5000 PR was about 13:57!!
So he breaks the latter in his first 5000, then breaks it again in his second!
His 27:17.14 is the new Thailand National Record!!

The Women's race was equally incredible!
Of all people, Elise Cranny kicked past Karissa Schweizer on the final straight to win in 30:47.42!!
This makes her 3rd A-T US!!
Not bad for someone who began as a Miler!!
Schweizer ended in 30:47.99, making her 4th A-T US!
Then came GB's Eilish McColgan, whose 30:58.94 missed her MOM's (Liz McColgan) time of 30:57.07, which she'd run in 1991!
Emily Infeld's 31:08.57 was a PR by almost 12 seconds.
She ranks 9th A-T US!!
Marielle Hall followed in 31:21.78!
(I'll have changes to my American Combined Events lists--for Men & Women--below!!)

OFF my US list is the legendary Francie Larrieu, whose 31:28.92 dates from 1991!!

Let's back up a bit & return to more INdoor stuff!
The Torun (Poland) WIT meet preceded Madrid's!
There, British Men's 800 list was somewhat revised!
Ellioot Giles removed Seb Coe's name from GB's National Record holder status!
His 1:43.63 makes him 2nd A-T World!!
But the Brits added Jamie Webb's name to that list!
His 1:44.54 in 2nd makes him 9th A-T World!!
Coe's old mark was from 1983!!
Andreas Kramer's 1:45.09 in 3rd gives him Sweden's NR, and makes him 24th A-T World!!

Selemon Barega torched a 1500 in Torun in 3:32.97!
This makes him 8th A-T World!
Marcin Lewindowski's 3:35.71 in 2nd breaks his own NR of Poland!!
(Holloway ran a measly 7.38 here in the 60H!)

Three Men cleared 7-8 in  the HJ, with Maksim Nedeseskeu (sp?) winning over Andrei Protsenko and Gianmarco Tamberi!
The winner also gets Belarus's NR!

Torun gave up some good marks from the Women!
Habitam Alemu's 1:58.19 in the 800 makes her 14th A-T World!
Nadia Power was far back with her 2:00.98, but gets her own Ireland NR!
Femke Bol continues her hot streak with yet another Netherlands NR in the 400--her time being 50.66!
Javianne Oliver sped 7.08 in the 60!
Paraskevi Papachristau TJ'ed 47-10.75 for the World Lead!
Tori Franklin got the US Leader with her 46-2.50 in 3rd!

Christina Clemons's 7.81 in the 60H is another World Leader!
Lemlem Hailu ran the 3000 in 8:31.24, making her 16th A-T World!
Beatrice Chepkoech was 2nd in 8:31.72, making her 18th A-T World!

The 4th American Track League meet had some good marks, although Ryan Crouser's bout with food poisoning limited him to "just" 71-11.50 in the SP!
Payton Otterdahl hit 70-2.50 in 2nd!
Michael Saruni's 1:45.24 took the 800, but Kameron Jones's 1:46.23 makes him 21st A-T US!!

But the best event there was a special High School Men's 200!!
Nothing less than a new HSR for Jaylen Slade, his 20.62 erasing Noah Lyles's 20.63!!
He also gets the Junior Class Record, and the Age 17 Record!!
Gavin Schurr ran 20.84 in 2nd, making him 4th A-T HS!!

A good WT battle took place at Virginia Tech!
Denzel Comenentia's 79-6.75 beat Daniel Haugh's 79-5.25!
Comenentia is now 16th A-T World!!

A France meet saw Gudef Tsegay run 1:57.52 in the 800!
It's Ethiopia's NR, the Age 24 Record, and makes her 10th A-T World!
Getnet Wale won the 1500 in 3:35.54.
Lemecha Girma was close in 3:35.60!
(Holloway ran 7.41 here!  Ho hum.)

PPPP is back!
Also known as Pedro Pichardo, he TJ'ed 56-11.50 in Portugal!
Yaroslava Mahuchukh HJ'ed 6-6.75 in the Ukraine!
Anzhelika Sidorova PV'ed 15-7 in Russia!

Back to the site of Holloway's WR--See above!--Madrid!
Gudef Tsegay ran a 3000 in 8:22.65!
She gets the Age 24 Record, and is ranked 2nd A-T World!!
Lemlem Hailu ran 8:29.28 in 2nd, and ranks 14th A-T World!!

Iryna Zhuk won the PV with 15-3.75, getting the National Record of Belarus!
Nadine Visser is having her best season yet, her 7.81 making her 24th A-T World, tied with 1 other!
Tori Franklin battled Patricia Mamona in the TJ, edging her 46-8 to 46-7.50!
Ms Sidorova improved to 16-0.75 in Russia.
P Knoroz and Irina Ivanova both cleared 15-5, with Knoroz getting Silver!

GB's Holly Mills scored 4557 in the Pentathlon!
In Spain, Maria Vicente's 4501 claimed Spain's National Record!
Gianmarco Tamberi went over 7-8.50 in the HJ!
Femke Bol (Who else??) broke her own Netherlands NR in the 400--by 0.02 seconds!
Her 50.64 misses my World DDD by 0.09 seconds!

Then there is the tale of Larissa Iapochina!
(That's an "I" as 1st letter, NOT an "L"!!  That was actually tweeted about recently!!)
Her 22-8 in the LJ gives her the Age 18 Record!!
It also ties Italy's NR!
Guess who she's tied with?
Her MOTHER--the great Fiona May, who did her 22-8 in 1991!
BTW, May was British, then married an Italian--who she divorced a few years ago!!
But her daughter is bringing May's name back into the news!!

Some good HS marks to report!
Roisin Willis ran the 1000 in 2:41.43 INdoors, making her 2nd A-T HS, and giving her the Junior Class Record!
(Mary Cain's faster times were run as a HS PRO!!)

Also in that Illinois meet was a speedy run by Audrey Dadamio!
Too bad that they limited her to 3200 meters instead of the full Two Miles!
But her time over 3200 is too good to ignore completely!
She ran 9:51.24!
Luckily, she gets a time at 3000, her 9:15.2 making her 5th A-T HS!
Payton Phillips PV'eed 13-8.25, making her 18th A-T HS, tied with 1 other!
Logan Coles improved his WT mark to 77-11.75, making him 20th A-T HS!
And Kamyren Garrett HJ'ed 7-2.25, making him 12th A-T HS, tied with 2 others!

The Monaco Road 5000 saw Beatrice Chepkoech get the Road World Record with her runaway 14:43!!
The Men had a closer race, with Joshua Cheptegei's 13:14 beating Bethwell Birgen's 13:18!

And the OUTdoor marks are starting to emerge!
Alexandra Tavernier whipped the Hammer out 247-4 to claim her own NR of France!!

Finally, a few additions & changes to my Combined Events lists for Americans in the 3000-5000-10000, and the 5000-10000, based on what happened at The Ten (See above!).

Kincaid's 12:58.10 and 27:12.78 adds to 40:10.88, making him 4th A-T US!
True's 13:02.74 and 27:14.95 adds to 40:17.69, making him 5th A-T US!

Cranny's 8:40.33 & 14:48.02 & 30:47.42 adds to 54:15.77!
This makes her 4th A-T US!
But Schweizer is faster!
Her 8:40.25 & 14:26.34 & 30:47.99 adds to 53:54.58, making her 3rd A-T US!
Infeld's 8:41.43 & 14:56.33 & 31:08.57 adds to 54:46.35, making her 7th A-T US!

In the 5K & 10K, Schweizer's times add to 45:14.33, making her 3rd A-T US!
Cranny's times add to 45:35.44, making her 4th A-T US!
And Infeld's marks add to 46:04.90, making her 7th on that list!!

Next post--the INdoor Collegiate Conferences!!

A Record Runner's Romp

 Women & Men, the Pro's, the Collegiates, from the 800 to the 5000, from France to Arkansas to Staten Island (moved from Boston), runner's romped through the Record Book the 2nd week of February!!
Here are the details!

Better known as a 3000SCer, Getnet Wale came THIS close to breaking one of the most revered INdoor Distance Records--the 3000 flat mark of 7:24.90!
On pace for a sub-7:30 from the gun, Wale whacked the final 1000, stopping the clock at 7:24.98!!
With his kick, he left behind some impressive times!
Wale's time makes him 2nd A-T World, gives him Ethiopia's National Record, as well as the Age 20 Record!
Selemon Barega's 7:26.10 followed, making him 3rd A-T World!
Lamecha Girma took Bronze with his 7:27.98!
He is 6th A-T World!
Berihu Aregawi was 4th in 7:29.24, making him 8th A-T World!
This was in the Lievin, France World INdoor Tour meet!!

The Men's 1500 winner ended about five seconds ahead of 2nd placer Marcin Lewindowski!
The youngest Ingebrigtsen--Jakob--ran his "competition" into the ground, timing 3:31.80!!
Like Wale, he set the Age 20 Record, and got Norway's National Record!
It makes him 5th A-T World!!

Think the Lievin Men had a corner on fast times?
Uh uh!!
Gudef Tsegay did a "Jakob I", leaving such as Laura Muir in her wake!
After a 59 high first 400, she slowed to 2:05.
Then she pulled a Genzebe Dibaba, ending in 1:48 over the last 700 meters!
Her 3:53.09 destroyed the same Genzebe's World INdoor Record by over two seconds!!
She gets the WR, the Ethiopia NR, and the Age 24 Record!!
Ms Muir's 3:59.58 got Great Britain's NR!!
She is 6th A-T World!
(Despite having my own Top 24 list in my Record Book, I was still surprised at how FEW Women have broken 4:00 INdoors!!)

I'll return to Lievin later, but let's see what the switch from Boston to the Ocean Breeze brought with it to the New Balance meet!!

How about a new American Record in the Women's Two Mile!!
So much Record Book revision!!
The ever-more impressive Elle Purrier--perhaps the most famous cow milker in the universe--put Jenny Simpson's old AR about eight seconds behind her!!
After a steady 4:42 Mile, she left Steepler Emma Coburn, timing 4:28 for her solo 2nd Mile!
Her 9:10.28 gets the AR and the Meet Record!
It also makes her 3rd A-T World, behind only Genzebe Dibaba and Meseret Defar!!
She also timed 8:36.61 at 3000 enroute, making her 5th A-T US!!

Coburn didn't embarass herself, also topping Jenny's previous AR!!
Her 9:15.71 gives her the Age 30 Record!
It makes her 2nd A-T US, and 8th A-T World!!
Her 8:39.19 at 3000 makes her 6th A-T US!
Julie Anne Staehli's 9:22.66 got her Canada's NR, and makes her 13th A-T World!

Emily Lipari took 4th with her 9:26.87.
She's 5th A-T US, and 15th A-T World!
Helen Schlachtenhalfen was 5th in 9:26.95!
She's 6th A-T US, and 16th A-T World!!
Katrina Coogan was next in 9:27.45!
She's now 7th A-T US, and 17th A-T World!
Amy-Eloise-Markovic (formerly Eloise-Neale) ran 9:30.69 for 7th!
She gets the National Record of Great Britain, and is 21st A-T World!!
Wow!!

Cut OFF my World DDD were a pair of American icons!
Jan Merrill and Mary Slaney had identical times of 9:31.7, Jan's from 1979, and Mary's from 1983!
My INdoor Two Mile lists are becoming respectable!!

The Men's Deuce was pretty good also!
Justyn Knight took the W in 8:13.92!
(It still boggles that Belgium's Emile Puttemans ran 8:13.2 in 1973--48 years ago!!)
Knight gets the Meet Record, the Age 24 Record, and is 24th A-T World!!
He split his Miles in 4:11 and 4:02!!

Joe Klecker was close in 8:14.20, making him 5th A-T US!!
Morgan McDonald gets Australia's NR with his 8:14.92!!
A German was next in 8:17.78.
Then came Eric Jenkins in 8:19.54, making him 10th A-T US!!

Donovan Brazier and Bryce Hoppel--running in separate events--both got American and Meet Records, Brazier getting his own AR in the 800!
Brazier took 0.01 off his AR, his 1:44.21 making him 4th A-T World, tied with 1 other!!
Hoppel impressed by saying he wanted the 1000 AR--then getting it!!
His 2:16.27 took 0.49 off the late David Torrence's AR!
He gets the AR, the MR, and is 7th A-T World!!

Marco Arop (That OTHER Marco--are you still out there??) ran 2:17.10 in 2nd!
He's 22nd A-T World, tied with 1 other!!
Charlie Grice got Great Britain's NR with his 2:17.20 behind Arop!

Ollie Hoare got Australia's National Record with his 1500 winning time of 3:32.35!!
It's also the Meet Record, and makes him 7th A-T World!!
Jake Wightman's solid 3:34.48 was 2nd, and makes him 22nd A-T World!
Then Came New Zealand's young Sam Tanner!
His 3:34.72 is merely the new Collegiate Record!!
He also gets the Soph Class Record!!

Not demeaning the remainder of the Distance runs, here's a capsule recap---
Jemma Reekie took Lievin's 800 in 2:00.64!
Behind her in 3rd was Hedda Hynne's 2:00.92, giving her Norway's National Record!!
In an upset of sorts, Lemlem Hailu took Lievin's 3000 in 8:32.55!
This makes her 19th A-T World!
She beat Sifan Hassan's 8:33.62, and Beatrice Chepkoech's 8:34.21!
Chepkoech's time makes her 24th A-T World!!

The Boston meet (held in Staten Island!) saw Heather MacLean take the 1500 in a non-PR of 4:06.32!
Ajee Wilson easily took the 800 in 2:01.79!
High Schooler Sophia Gorriaran was 5th in 2:03.94!

Arkansas's Tyson Invitational had some good Distance events!
Such as TWO Oregon Men slashing the old Collegiate Record in the Mile--belonging to former Duck Ed Cheserek!!
Cooper Teare tore through the 1609 meters in 3:50.39!!
Teammate Cole Hocker wasn't far back, time of 3:50.55!
For good measure, Duckie Charlie Hunter finished in 3:53.49!!
Teare gets the Collegiate and Senior Class Records!
He is 3rd A-T US, and 7th A-T World!!
His 3:35.46 at 1500 makes him 2nd A-T Collegiate, and 6th A-T US!

Hocker gets the Age 19 Record, the Soph Class Record, and is 2nd A-T Collegiate, 4th A-T US, and 8th A-T World!!
His 3:35.63 at 1500 ranks him 3rd A-T Collegiate, and 8th A-T US!
Hunter's time ranks him 6th A-T Collegiate!
His 3:36.94 at 1500 ranks him 5th A-T Collegiate!!

BTW, the Tyson was a multi-day meet!
So Hunter also took the 800, his time of 1:45.59 ranking him 5th A-T Collegiate!!
Krissy Gear's winning Mile time of 4:31.94 makes her 23rd A-T Collegiate!
Katie Izzo and Lauren Gregory both make the Collegiate list in the 3000!
Izzo's 8:57.78 makes her 22nd A-T Collegiate, while Gregory's 8:58.36 makes her 23rd A-T Collegiate!!
Finally--in the Distances Dept--we have the Tyson meet's Distance Medley Relay for Women!
The Home school won it in 10:53.77!
Oregon was next in 10:56.79!
Florida State's 10:57.24 makes them 13th A-T School!
Then came Oklahoma State's 10:57.60!

Lots more to report in the shorter events and the Field action--from around the World!!
Hang in there!!

Grant Holloway is continuing to shine, his latest a 7.32 to get the American Record in the 60H!!
(After a heat in 7.38!)
Besides the AR, he gets the Age 23 Record, and ranks 2nd A-T World!!
Javianne Oliver took Lievin's 60 in 7.10!
Trayvon Bromell took the New Balance 60 in 6.50, while Noah Lyles cruised the 200 in 20.80!
Jereem Richards took the 300 in 32.61.
Behind him came Christopher Taylor's 32.80, the National Record of Jamaica!!

A great Showdown race in the Men's 400 saw Michael Norman's 45.34 beat the 45.39 of Rai Benjamin!!

Aleia Hobbs sprinted 7.10 in her heat of the 60, but then False Started the final, won by Kayla White in 7.15!
Gabby Thomas won a fast 300 in the NB Meet Record of 35.73!
She is 2nd A-T US, and 5th A-T World!
Lynna Irby's 35.99 makes her 4th A-T US, and 8th A-T World!!
Kendell Ellis's 36.69 in 3rd makes her 14th A-T US!!

Shaunae Miller-Uibo sprinted away from the 400 field in a storming 50.21!
It's the "Boston" MR, the Bahamas National Record, and ranks her 8th A-T World, tied with 1 other!!
Kendra Harrison's 7.82 got the MR in the 60H, and is the World Leader!

Clemson's Tiger Paw meet saw some quick races!
Randolph Ross (Who is he??) won the 400 in 45.21!
This ranks him 13th A-T Collegiate, tied with 1 other, 14th A-T US, tied with 1 other, and 22nd A-T World, tied with 1 other!!
He also won the 200, time of 20.50!!
Jacory Patterson was close behind in 45.24!
He ranks 15th A-T Collegiate, 16th A-T US, tied with 2 others, and 23rd A-T World, also tied with 2 others!!

Abby Steiner's 22.50 took the Clemson 200!
She is 10th A-T Collegiate, tied with 1 other, 10th A-T US, tied with 2 others, and 22nd A-T World, tied with 3 others!!
The Tyson meet saw Terrance Laird's 20.41 nip Joseph Fahnbulleh's 20.42 in the 200!
Laird is 24th A-T US, tied with 2 others!
Bryce Deadmon's 45.22 took the 400, making him 15th A-T Collegiate!!
Grace Stark took Tyson's 60H in 7.96!
Mike Rodgers is ageing well, as he sprinted the 60 in a winning 6.52 at Texas Tech!!

Texas A&M's 4 X 400 Relay team broke the Collegiate Record with their time of 3:26.27, thanks to the blazing 50.27 anchor of Athing Mu!!
Finally--in the Track part of this epic length post--
Twanisha Terry took the Texas Tech 60 in 7.13!
This makes her 12th A-T Collegiate, tied with 2 others!
Frosh Jasmine Jones took the 60H in a good 7.98!
And USC took the 4 X 400 Relay in 3:28.81.

And then there's the Field events!!!
Mondo Duplantis and Chris Nilsen both topped 19-2.75 in Lievin, with Mondo taking Gold!
Juan Echevarria's 27-0.75 temporarily took the World Lead in the LJ in Lievin!
Hughes Zango's 58-6.75 took the TJ there!

Holly Bradshaw's 15-6.75 took Lievin's PV!
Kat Stefanidi and Iryna Zhuk both cleared 15-2.75, with Stefanidi getting 2nd!
China's A Dongmo took the Shot Put, but impressive in 2nd was comebacking Raven Saunders, who hit 61-2.75!!
Trey Culver tied his High Jump PR of 7-7.75 in getting the NB meet's MR!!
Joe Kovacs hit a good SP mark of 72-9.25 somewhere in this World!!

In a meet in Indiana, Erin Reese's WT of 81-9.50 beat the great DeAnna Price, who got a mark of 78-9 in 2nd!
Reese is now 4th A-T US and the World!!

Isaac Grimes took over the World Lead in the LJ with his 27-4 at the Tyson meet!
He's 5th A-T Collegiate, tied with 1 other, 11th A-T US, tied with 1 other, and 24th A-T World, tied with 2 others!!
Tripp Piperi easily won Tyson's SP with his 69-6.75!
Ruta Lasmona (sp?) took the TJ with 45-4.50!
This makes her 18th A-T Collegiate, tied with 1 other!
Samantha Noennig took the Texas Tech SP with her 59-10.50!
She ranks 11th A-T Collegiate!!

Sam Kendricks beat Ernest Obieni, both clearing 19-2.75 in the PV!
But Obieni got the Philippines National Record!!
Michel Haratyk got a PR in the Shot Put with his 71-7.50!
He's 17th A-T World, tied with 2 others!

A couple of HS Throwers got good marks!
Natalia Surdej threw the WT 63-5 for 5th A-T HS!
Also in the WT, Logan Coles misses the HS list by a few inches with his 76-7.50!

OK, my friends, we began this post (in 1889!) with some Track Records!
Let's end it with some Field Records!!

KC Lightfoot took down his own Collegiate Record in the PV by clearing 6.00, or 19-8.25!!
He also gets the Junior Class Record!
He is 5th A-T US, and 8th A-T World, tied with five others!!
This was at the Texas Tech meet!

Also at that meet, Turner Washington took down the Collegiate Record in the Shot Put, hitting 71-8.25!!
He also gets the Junior Class Record!
He ranks 9th A-T US, and 16th A-T World!
Unlike Lightfoot, he had a good man in 2nd!
McKay Johnson reached 70-4.50.
The USC Trojan is 9th A-T Collegiate, tied with 1 other, and 21st A-T US, tied with 1 other!!

And that is a wrap!!

Let's Catch Up!

 For reasons many & varied, I've been AWOL most of February!
But the sport of Track & Field has been anything but!
No, Covid hasn't exited--yet!--but T&F decided to take back their world!
Thus, this INdoor season is actually a SEASON (despite Millrose's cancellation!).
Covid has done something else too--they've made OUTdoors begin earlier in the States than normal!
So these past 4 weeks have been (literally) Record-breaking!
So much so that I can't fit the whole month into 1 (or even 2 or 3) posts!
But we gotta start somewhere, so let's look back in sorta chronological order to what went down since my previous post!
(All places on lists--and Records!--are as of the post they're covered in!)

The 3rd American Track League meet--held February 7th in Fayetteville--was a good one!
Led by the Women's Vertical Jumps, we saw Sandi Morris go 16-0 in the PV to easily get the Meet Record!
She made 3 attempts at a World Record 16-7.50--still trying to adjust to a longer pole!
Olivia Gruver soared over 15-8.25, making her 6th A-T US, and moving her onto the World INdoor list at 17th, but tied with 2 others!

In a Virginia meet, Bridget Guy cleared 15-5, making her 9th A-T US, tied with 1 other!

Back in Arkansas, Vashti Cunningham High Jumped 6-6.75, getting the ATL Meet Record!
She's 3rd A-T US, tied with 1 other!
She misses the World list by a quarter inch!!
Jessica Rowe topped 6-3.25, missing the US list by a quarter inch!!

One Hobbs Kessler--a HS Senior--took down Drew Hunter's HSR in the Mile, even though he ended in 3rd place!
T Hedsaills (sp?) won the race in 3:56.79!
He barely beat the ageless Nick Willis, whose 3:56.82 is the new Age 37 Record!
Then came Kessler's 3:57.66!!
He gets the HSR, the Senior Class Record, and the Age 17 Record!!

Many believed he'd come "out of nowhere", but that wasn't exactly true!
Yes, his official best had been 4:20+ for the full Mile!
But he'd run 4:08 in a time trial, and everybody thought he was ready for a 4:04!
Then Covid erased the OUTdoor HS season of 2020, ending Kessler's quest!
With great even pacing, he took over the HSR behind his friend & sometime coach and mentor Willis!!
BTW, his 1500 time enroute of 3:43.07 (14.59 for his final 109 meters!!) makes him 2nd A-T HS!!

Other ATL marks--
Michael Cherry sped the 400 in 45.24.
This makes him 15th A-T US, tied with 1 other, and 23rd A-T World, tied with 2 others!
Blessing Okagbare got the MR in the 60 with her time of 7.10!
She also ran 23.01 in the 200!!
Jenna Prandini took that one lapper in 22.55, not a PR!
Quanera Hayes ran 22.70 in 2nd, making her 24th A-T US, tied with 1 other!
Marquis Dendy LJ'ed 26-11.75 for a MR!
In the Women's 800, Adelle Tracey took the Win in 2:02.11.
But Sophia Gorriaran's 2:02.44 in 2nd makes her 4th A-T High School!

A Texas meet saw a couple of great Collegiate marks!
Tripp Piperi came within 2 inches of the CR with his SP of 71-4!!
So he's 2nd A-T Collegiate, 12th A-T US, and entered the World DDD as 22nd A-T, tied with 1 other!!
Athing Mu sped the 2 lapper in 50.52!
This makes the Texas A&M Frosh 4th on both the Collegiate and US lists, as well as 20th A-T World!!

Yaroslava Mahuchukh continues to roll--or flop!!
She cleared a stratospheric 6-9 in Slovakia, breaking her own National Record of Ukraine, and her own Age 19 Record!
It makes her 3rd A-T World, tied with 2 others!

Continuing with more Verticals--
Mondo Duplantis's PV of 19-9.25 broke his own Age 21 Record!
And he needed it to top the comebacking Renaud Lavillenie and the rising Chris Nilsen, both of them clearing 19-5.50, and tying for 2nd!
Anzhelika Sidorova cleared 15-11.75.
In a separate meet, Holly Bradshaw topped 15-11.

Khaddi Segnia got a World Leader in the LJ with her mark of 22-4.50!
She took that over from Malaika Mihambo's 22-2.50, done in Berlin!
Another World Leader came in the Women's 60H when Christina Clemons (formerly Manning) ran 7.85!
Seleman Barega ran a World Leading 1500 in France!
His 3:34.62 makes him 20th A-T World!
Second went to the non-PR of Bethwell Birgen, who was close behind in 3:34.67!
Femke Bol continued her fine season by breaking her own NR of the Netherlands, running the 400 in 50.81!

The NR of Switzerland fell in the Women's Pentathlon.
Annik Kalin scored 4507 points!
Finally (INdoors!), HS'er Jaylen Slade sprinted one lap in 20.97, making him 7th A-T HS, tied with 1 other!

In a New Zealand SP duel, Jacko Gill's 70-7.25 topped veteran Tom Walsh's 70-5!!

A meet called the Prickly Pear (!) in Arizona saw a couple of fast 3000's!
This OUTdoor "meet" had Marc Scott victorious over an all-star American field!
Scott's 7:36.08 topped Grant Fisher's 7:37.21.
Fisher ranks 14th A-T US!
Right behind him came his former Stanford teammate Sean McGorty, whose 7:37.47 makes him 15th A-T US, tied with 1 other!
Joe Klecker ended 4th in 7:39.18, making him the caboose on my US list!!

The Women were at least as good!
Canadian Gabby Stafford (Who else?) took the W in 8:38.57!
Then came 3 Americans in quick order!!
Colleen Quigley sprinted to the line in 8:40.23, making her 14th A-T US!
Next came Karissa Schweizer's 8:40.25, making her 15th A-T US!
Finally, Elise Cranny ticked off an 8:40.33 for 16th A-T US!!
Remember, these are OUTdoor marks!!

My "February Report" continues soon...I hope!

Fayetteville Rules!

 On both the Professional and Collegiate stages, Fayetteville Arkansas was where T&F athletes and fans were focused!
The Razorback Invitational and the second edition of the American Track League were both held on that historic track and field!
There were some standout performances, but it was the overall quality that held our attention!

The Hogs meet saw the University of Oregon Men obliterate the Collegiate Record in the Distance Medley Relay!
They actually ran faster than Kenya's World Record, but one member was from Australia, thus not qualified for either World or American Record status!!
A couple of teams went out in 2:49 for the 1st leg, setting it up for a quick final time!
With an anchor 1600 of 3:54, the Ducks ran 9:19.42, taking about 5 seconds off the Collegiate Record!
They also got the Meet Record, of course!
Iowa State ran well, as their 9:27.90 ranks them 8th A-T School!
Mississippi (Ole Miss) was 3rd in a solid 9:30.62!

Anna Hall broke through to a Pentathlon score of 4590 points! 
She also gets the MR, and is ranked 4th A-T Collegiate, and 9th A-T US!!
(Another Multi's person--Tyra Gittens--scored 4612 in another meet, so Gittens takes 3rd A-T Collegiate!!)

Charlie Hunter ran the Mile in 3:54.54 in the Razorback meet, getting the Junior Class Record, and ranking 6th A-T Collegiate, tied with 1 other!

I'd like to say the ATL meet was again highlighted by a World Record in the Ryan Crouser Shot Put Show, but alas, he only tied the PREVIOUS World Record he'd destroyed in last week's edition!
His series was solid, with 4 Puts over 73 feet--his best being 74-4.25!

The true star of that meet was Bryce Hoppel!
His 800 in 1:44.37 is 2nd A-T US, a Meet Record, and 6th A-T World!
And he slightly negative split the race!
Charlie Grice of Great Britain was 2nd, with 3rd going to Eric Sowinski's 1:45.69 PR!
He's 6th A-T US, tied with 1 other!
Craig Engels, who rarely runs an 800, finished in 1:46.10, making him 17th A-T US!!

It should be noted that two key athletes were MIA, due to them being in contact recently with Covid people!
It was just a precaution---they are NOT infected!!--but Donovan Brazier and Raevyn Rogers were cut from their respective 600's!

Sandi Morris returned from her own bout with Covid, not only making a World Leading 15-9.25 in the PV, but then attempting 16-3.25!
She's on longer poles, and is still adjusting to them, but she cleared that winning height without getting near the bar!!
It's a Meet Record!

Heather MacLean upset Dani Jones in the Mile, her MR time being a good 4:27.84!
Jones ran about 3 seconds slower!
SMU (Shaunae Miller-Uibo), regally tall with a head of blue and black hair, ran her 200 in 22.40!
She ranks 9th A-T World, tied with 1 other!
In Rogers's absence (See above!), Sammy Watson took the 600 by 0.01 seconds in 1:28.29, making for a very easy Meet Record to break!
In Brazier's absence (Also see above!), Nick Hilson cruised to a 600 MR of 1:19.14!
Jereem Richards also got an ATL MR with his 200 of 20.74!

Multi's star Kendell Williams LJ'ed 21-8 for another Meet Record!
If she can hit that in an OUTdoor Heptathlon, she'd score big points!
(Or for that matter, an INdoor Pentathlon!!)
Mikiah Brisco tied the MR in the short sprint, her time being 7.17!

Back to the Razorback (sic!) affair---
In a tight 5000 meter battle, Katie Izzo's 15:36.22 prevailed over Lauren Gregory's 15:36.51, with Izzo getting the MR!
Jessica Drop took a shorter distance race, her 9:03.29 getting the MR in the 3K!
Sage Hurta's 2:02.54 ranks 20th A-T Collegiate in the 800!
Matt Boling continued his solid season, racing the 200 in 20.53.
And Arkansas's Women timed 3:30.80 in the 4 X 400 Relay!!

But Fayetteville wasn't the only venue to produce great marks!
On a (rock and reeling) roll, KC Lightfoot AGAIN broke the (his own!) Collegiate Record in the PV!
He's now in real World Class territory, his 19-6.25 clearance also gaining him the Junior Class Record!
He's 4th A-T US, and 14th A-T World, tied with 1 other!!

But he has solid company!
First, comebacking Renaud Lavillenie also cleared 19-6.25, getting the Karlsruhe Meet Record!
At another meet--in France--he topped 19-9, then failed at his sole try at 6.20, a WR!
BTW, he ties the Age 34 Record with that mark!
So what did Mister Mondo do?
Duplantis got the Age 21 Record with his 19-8.50 clearance!
Then he tried to one-up Lavillenie, going for 6.21!!
Mondo now has FIVE INdoor Age Records--Ages 17, 18, 19, 20, and 21!
(My Age Records begin at Age 17, and yes, I know he has other Age Records from earlier Ages!)
Torben Blech took 2nd with 19-2.75, a PR!!

Keely Hodgkinson chopped 2 seconds off her 800 time in a race in Austria!
The Brit sped the 4 laps in 1:59.03, becoming the first teen Woman to run under two minutes INdoors!!
I don't have her exact birthdate yet, but I know she was still 18 when she ran this, so gets the Age 18 Record!!
N Power was a far back 2nd in 2:02.44, but gets the National Record of Ireland!

New 400H star Femke Bol has some wheels!
She got the Netherlands NR in the 400 with her time of 50.96!!
That was also in that Vienna meet!

Some other Record breaking action from everywhere---
A pair of High Schoolers finished 1-2 against a field of Pro's and Collegiates in a Virginia 600!
Sophia Gorriaran took only 1:27.02 for the 3 lapper, while Roisin Willis ended in 1:27.20!!
They were two seconds ahead of everyone else!!
Gorriaran gets the Soph Class Record, is 2nd A-T HS, and 14th A-T US!!
Willis is 4th A-T HS, and 17th A-T US!!
Another great youngster--although Athing Mu is a Freshman at Texas A&M--performed with luster!
She anchored her team in the 4 X 400 Relay with a--Get this!!--50.02!!
This girl has a future!!
(BTW, A&M ran 3:31.09!)

Lots more to report, so let's use the "by event group" method---
The Sprints
Dina Asher-Smith sped her Karlsruhe 60 in 7.08, a World Leader!
Bryce Deadmon ran the 400 in the Texas Tech meet in 45.29!
He's 18th A-T Collegiate, tied with 1 other, and 19th A-T US, tied with 1 other!
In Karlsruhe, Wilhelm Belocian had fast times in the 60H in both heat and final!
His heat was 7.48, and his final one tick slower!
N Nazeri (sp?) got the NR of Finland with her 60H time of 7.92, also at Karlsruhe!
She broke her own Record!

Distances
Let me begin here with some marks I left out of my previous post!!
The Las Vegas Half Marathon saw 3 Women make my US list!
Molly Seidel won it with her 69:20, making her 11th A-T US!
Sarah Pagano's 69:41 makes her 14th A-T US!
Emily Durgin was 3rd in 69:47, making her 15th A-T US!

Bethwell Birgen took the Karlsruhe 3000 in 7:34.12 over the 7:35.39 of Muhammed Kata (sp?).
Moving to OUTdoors in New Zealand, Sam Tanner ran a Mile in 3:54.97!

Jumps
Isaac Grimes LJ'ed 26-10 in South Carolina!
He's 18th A-T Collegiate, tied with 2 others!
Olivia Gruver PV'ed 15-3.75 in Seattle!
L Povea TJ'ed 47-8.50!
OUTdoors, two Girls PV'ed 13-9!
Emery Prentice and Heather Abadie are each 23rd A-T HS, tied with 9 others, including each other!
Finally--in this event group!--we have Ivana Spanovic's LJ of 21-8.50 finishing 3rd behind the 22-1-50's of Milaika Mihambo and Khaddi Segnia!

Throws
Monique Hardy upped her Collegiate Frosh Class Record by an inch with her WT toss of 69-7!
Denzel Comenentia whipped his WT out 79-2 to get the Netherlands NR!
He ranks 17th A-T World!
I never heard of her before, but Maddy Nilles got a WT of 77-1.25!
Hopefully, it's real, because if so, she's now 14th A-T US and 20th A-T World!

Karlsruhe had a great field in the SP with some surprises!
A Dongmo won it with a throw of 64-5.75!
This gets her Portugal's National Record!
Fanny Roos improved her own NR of Sweden by taking 2nd with 61-2!
But two biggies--Christina Schwanitz and Raven Saunders--ended just 5th and 8th, respectively, with marks not worth reporting!!

Before closing, a few more items!
The 2nd ATL meet was much better presented this 2nd go-round!
Maybe it was the presence of Ato Boldon in the booth!

Do you like Alexi Pappas--especially her personality and honesty??
Then you MUST read her new memoir titled "Bravey"!!
It's pure Alexi all the way through!
She has a very sad story to tell, but she offers lots of clues as to how to be "Bravey" in dealing with them!

I follow "Fast Women" on Twitter!
So I signed up for their weekly Newsletter!
It's free, although if you want to donate something to them, do so!
The Newsletter focuses almost solely on Women's running, although other T&F events are sometimes mentioned, as are Men!
It is EXCELLENT in every way!
Reporting on almost EVERY elite race--on road or track--and many sub-elite times--they do so in a very conversational way of writing (what I try to do here!).
They also provide easy links to many podcasts and videos of "fast women".
They cover--as I also do!--the World, US, Collegiate, and HS scenes!
You can read at least the past 30 Newsletters in their Archives (as I did!!), dating back to September 14th of 2020!
Highly recommended!!

Week 3 of the ATL is coming next, and much more!!
See you soon!

American Track League--a candid review (&Much More!)

 Four days after the veil of darkness was lifted on the steps of the Capitol with the Inauguration of our first Woman Vice President (& oh yeah, Joe Biden as our 46th President!). the question must be asked--
Did the debut meet of the American Track League open the blinds to a brighter future for Track and Field in the Age of Covid---or not?

After the first event--in fact, the first throw of the first event!--we saw erased a 32 year old INdoor Record---with authority!
Ryan Crouser, hat in place, threw his 16 pound ball 74-10.50 to remove the tarnished name of Randy Barnes from the ledger of INdoor Record holders!
He gets the World Record, the American Record, the Age 28 Record, and the Meet Record!!
(His 2nd best toss also surpassed Barnes's old mark!!)

NOTE---All events in this meet are Meet Records!  So I will not be repeating myself with every result listed!  

The Women ran 2 separate races in the 300--so the results were NOT similar to when separate heats are run, with the fastest times set in order from all the heats!!

Gabrielle Thomas, the former Harvard sprinter, PR'ed by 0.06 seconds to 35.92!
She is 2nd A-T US, and 6th A-T World!!
And it's still January!!
Jenna Prandini moved up in distance, ending 2nd with her 36.68!
She is now 17th A-T US!

Shakima Wimbley (36.78), and Ashley Henderson (36.95) made this heat hot (sic!)!
In the other race, High Hurdler Keni Harrison finished in 36.83, making her 22nd A-T US!

Thomas also did the 60, ending 4th in a PR of 7.21!
Winning the event was Blessing Okagbare. time of 7.17!
Christiana Williams took Silver in 7.18, with 3rd going to Kayla White's 7.20!
White had run 7.18 in the heats, with Williams (7.18) & Okagbare (7.19) following!

The Men's Dash was dominated by Trayvon Bromell!
He took the final in 6.48--just 0.01 off his best--and the heats in 6.58!
No one--not even Divine Oduduru--was close!

Fred Kerley took the two lapper in 45.03!
Consider that the best OUTdoor time in all of 2020 was 44.91--by a High Schooler!!
Quanera Hayes had it easy in her 400--especially after Shamier Little took a tumble to the track just before the finish!
Hayes's time was 51.76!

Next to Crouser, the best mark came in the 60H when Grant Holloway tied his American Record of 7.35, remaining 2nd A-T US!
But believe it or not, he failed to add the Age 23 Record to his list!!
Holloway had sped 7.38 in his heat!!
It was a singular display of raw talent!!

Tonea Marshall tied her PR of 7.86 in her 60H final!
She's 22nd A-T US, tied with 1 other!
Christina Clemons (formerly Manning!) was 2nd in 7.88, with Tiffany Porter 3rd in 7.89!
Porter had won the heats in 7.96, with Marshall 2nd in 7.98!

Other than Crouser, the other field events were relatively mild!
Megan Clark topped Katie Nageotte in a jump off in the Pole Vault, both clearing 14-9!
(See below to find out who was sort of MIA in this event!!)
Finally, Vashti Cunningham took the High Jump with 6-2.75!

I have lots more results to report, but stay with me, for I will be analyzing the ATL meet (& concept) later in full detail!!

Athing Mu!!
An unusual name for a rare specimen of Woman!!
One week after opening her 2021 season with an 800 in 2:01.07, Mu (pronounced as MO!) outdid herself!
She DESTROYED the Collegiate Record in the 600 by about two full seconds, running 1:25.80 to win the race by 2.5 seconds!!
The old (and I do mean OLD!!) record was Delisa Walton's 1:26.56, dating from 1981--40 years ago!!!
As a Freshman at Texas A&M, Mu gets the Frosh Class Record, and the Age 18 Record!
Taking 2nd, but WAY back, was Aaliyah Miller, timed in 1:28.31.
This makes her 16th A-T Collegiate!!

But Mu had her MOjo working (Heh!), as her 2nd leg carry in the 4 X 400 Relay took only 50.93 seconds!!
Okay, so she had a running start, and Relay splits are not accurate, but come on--50.93!!
IMHO, given a 6 or 7 second per 400 slow down rate, Mu is capable of an 800 between 1:53.86 and 1:55.86!
Place her in a normal Professional 800 (INdoors!), and I strongly believe that anything slower than 1:58 should be considered cruising!!
Pray she goes for the first ever sub-2:00 INdoor 800 by a Collegiate Woman!!

The Pole Vault--as usual--produced more good marks!
Chris Nilsen went over 19-4.75!
And KC Lightfoot followed his Collegiate Record (See earlier post!) with 19-4.25!

Other fast 300's included--
Syaira Richardson running 37.63, taking the caboose position on my Collegiate DDD!
Bryce Deadmon sped his in  32.73, making him 4th A-T Collegiate!

Other stuff---
Monae Nichols LJ'ed 22-1.75, becoming 11th A-T Collegiate!
Deborah Acquah's 21-10 makes her 21st A-T Collegiate, tied with 1 other!
Thea LaFond Triple Jumped 47-7.75!
This gives her the National Record of the Dominican Republic!

Gleb Dudarev threw the WT 81-5.25, making him 8th A-T World, and improving his Belarus National Record!
Brandon Miller ran the 600 in 1:17.09, making him 23rd A-T Collegiate!
Laurie Barton ran  a 1000 in 2:42.51, making her 12th A-T Collegiate, tied with 1 other!

Tripp Piperi improved his best in the INdoor SP, hitting 69-3.50!
This makes him 17th A-T Collegiate!
Monique Hardy's Frosh year is going quite well!
After a solid first comp, she broke the Frosh Class Record in her 2nd competition!!
Her mark went 69-6, about two feet better than the previous week!

Christina Schwanitz opened her season in Europe, her 62-8.50 taking the World Lead in the SP!
Another World Leader came in the Pentathlon, the mark of 4665 points belonging to Noor Vidts!!
(Um, uh, who is she??)

Following is my critique of the American Track League!!

It's 4 meets--all INdoors--and all held in the University of Arkansas's home track in Fayetteville!
The next 3 are scheduled for January 31st, February 7th, and February 14th!
They're all scheduled to be televised live on ESPN in a two hour window!

BUT--the initial reaction from experienced T&F fans on the Track and Field News Message Board--as well as on Twitter--was piss poor--and that's being polite!
I'm speaking of the TV presentation, NOT the athlete's performances!!
(See above!)

I've watched numerous meets on TV over a near 60 year period--and my opinion is that this one was "par for the course"--pardon the mixed metaphor!
No better--but no worse--than most others I've seen!

Not TV's fault, but there was no track race longer than 400 meters!
Is that the plan for the next three meets?

Other MB/Twitter complaints focused on the lack of knowledge of the announcers--except for one Woman who was a guest in the booth!
Sandi Morris had been scheduled to compete, but it was revealed she and husband Tyrone Smith incurred CoronaVirus-19 in December!
Luckily, it was mild, and both are in good health now!
But Sandi lost some time training, so decided to forego this 1st meet, and wait for Week Two!

Consensus was she did great--announcing the PV--but wasn't too knowledgeable about other events!
One thing--they rarely aimed the camera at the booth, so all we heard was her voice!

And that--the audio--was another big faux pas!
It was too low!!

I missed it (except in replays!), but Crouser's WR got the reception of a practice toss from the booth crew.
A WORLD RECORD receiving plaudits a HS Soph might get for a minor PR!!

As per normal in TV broadcasts of T&F meets, post-event interviews were held immediately after the event--thus all we got from the various winners was heavy breathing and a series of gasps!!
WAIT a bit before sticking a microphone in their faces!1
Let them recover enough to talk!!

And why did we need two hours to watch 3 field events and 8 track races--none taking more than 52 seconds??
Too much EMPTY space!!

If you truly want to be revolutionary, schedule a Two Mile or 5000 for each sex--and do NOT cut away from the race!!
Let us see every single step, and save the ads for after!!

And why wasn't Paul Swangard or Tim Hutchings or Carrie Tollefson doing the announcing!
Remember, Sandi won't be able to help you these next meets--she'll be on the runway competing!!

Okay, enough ranting!!
Was there anything good about this ATL??
Of course!!
Again, see above for all the great marks produced, including that World Record!!
And the personalities were in abundance!!
Crouser is a solid (in every sense!) presence!
Blessing Okagbare!
Katie Nageotte!
Fred Kerley!
Grant Holloway, Tonea Marshall, and Trayvon Bromell!
My God, could we ask for more!
(YES--some distance runners!!!)

You have one of the World's greatest T&F venues!
You have fantastic athletes!
You had star power announcing in Sandi Morris!

All you needed was for ESPN to respect our great sport, as they do all the others they show!
Announcers, do your homework!
(Read my blog to know what's going on in the Records and Marks departments!!)

I'll be watching--and despite all the rants on the MB's and on Twitter--you can bet all the serious (and HUNGRY!) T&F fans will also be watching the next three meets!!

Thank you for providing SOME meat for the grinder in these days of 1000's of people dying from Covid!
We now have a GREAT duo of Executives in the White House!
Can we have the same next week in Fayetteville?

See you soon!

Amazing Start to 2021 INdoors Despite Covid

 A full year--and about 400,000 American deaths from CoronaVirus-19 later--the 2021 Track & Field INdoor season has begun with a World Record, a Collegiate Record, and some sensational High School marks!!
The Tokyo Olympic Games are closer to full cancellation than ever--although the United Nations (!!!) is apparently being recruited to help save it!
Tomorrow, this nation gets a new President--ending 4 nightmare years of a man who still denies he lost the election!
Yesterday, we celebrated Martin Luther King's birthday--a few months after George Floyd was murdered by some racist cops!

Amid all this madness, somehow the elite athletes of our favorite sport are producing some incredible  marks in the very early weeks of a "season" that maybe should NOT be called a "season"!
Let's enter the venues where the action was, and see what happened!
(Please wear a mask!)

Hughes Zango had a great 2020 OUTdoor season, becoming last year's best Male Triple Jumper!
He proved it wasn't a fluke by breaking the INdoor World Record with a mark of 59-3.50!!
It's also the National Record of Burkina Faso, and the Age 27 Record!!
It happened in France!

KC Lightfoot took over as the Collegiate Record holder with his PV of 19-5.75!!
He passed Chris Nilsen's old mark by a quarter inch!
He made 3 attempts at 6.00, or 19-8.25, and feels confident he'll make that mark soon!!
He gets the Junior Class Record also!
(NOTE--The latest eTN by T&FN states that Collegiate Class Records may not be accurate, due to Covid cancelling some or all of Collegiate activity since early March of last year!  This blog will continue to recognize Collegiate Class Records.  If there's any changes, I'll adjust my Record Book, and report them here!!)
Lightfoot ranks 4th A-T US, and 14th A-T World!!

The Pole Vault--as has been the case in a few other INdoor seasons since my blog began--had a bunch of early high heights--besides Lightfoot's!!

In fact, just hours before KC's Record, Renaud Lavillenie topped 19-5 to temporarily lead the World!!
He's now 34 years old, but misses that Age Record by a few inches!
Younger brother Valentin ended 2nd at 18-9.25!

Other PV marks---
Jake Wooten and Nate Richartz both cleared 18-10.25 in Texas, with Richartz's mark being a PR.
That same meet saw Anicka Newell clear 15-5, also a PR!
In different states, Bridget Guy and Lisa Gunnarsson went over 14-10!
Gunnarsson  now ranks 12th A-T Collegiate!

Anzhelika Sidorova got the Women's World Leader with her clearance of 15-7.
Two NR's went down when Femke Pluim of the Netherlands, and Fanny Smets of Belgium both cleared 14-9.50--with Pluim getting the win!
And back on December 19th, Amanda Moll became the 10th High School girl to clear 14-0 or higher INdoors!
Her 14-0 clearance gives her the Soph Class Record, and makes her 9th A-T HS, tied with 1 other!!

With the New Balance INdoor Nationals being cancelled for the second straight year (!!), the Virginia Showcase gave up several  marks of NBIN quality!!
(The Armory is closed to T&F for the season, now being used as a vaccination center to fight Covid!!)

Topping the Showcase list was---well, gee, how do we choose??!!
But the Women's Two Mile takes that Prize, IMHO!
Sydney Thorvildson and Brynn Brown battled for the W, with Thorvildson becoming 2nd only to Mary Cain's iconic HSR!
She ended with 9:47.95, just 9.27 seconds slower than Cain.
Not taking anything away from Mary, we have to remember that Cain was racing against Tirunesh Dibaba (!!) and several other accomplished Professionals--when still 16 years old!!
This race was for HS'ers only!!
Thorvildson is now 2nd A-T HS!!
And she gets the Senior Class Record, finally taking down the historic mark of Melody Fairchild, run in 1991--30 years ago!!
Finishing in 9:51.00, Ms Brown is now 5th A-T HS, as her mark places her a mere 0.05 seconds ahead of one Katelyn Tuohy on the A-T HS INdoor list!!
BTW, Thorvildson also won the Mile, time of 4:43.90.
This makes her 22nd A-T HS!

Ever hear of Avery Lewis?
Well, I hadn't either--until the Virginia Showcase!!
Get this---
She won the 200 in 23.91.
She ran legs on the 4X200 and 4X400 Relays!
And she won the Long Jump!!

This last was THIS close to SUPER sensational!!!
Born December 21st of 2005, she JUST turned 15 years of age!
She is a Freshman!!
The Frosh Class Record WAS 19-7 for Girls INdoors!
Well, no  more!
Leaping past the old Record on ALL SIX JUMPS, Lewis crushed the Class Record by 13 inches!
And even that's not quite accurate!
Yes, as noted, she'd already broken the Record with her very first attempt!
Her next best (before the 20-8) was 20-4/75--so she actually broke THAT Record!!
Her "worst" mark of the 6 was 19-8.75!!
Other incredible facts--
She's now 13th A-T HS!
Her 20-8 is better than the Soph Class Record also!!
I saw a 4 minute interview with her--She's smart, mature, grounded, and looking ahead to better stuff--soon!!
Remember the name--Avery Lewis!!

The Girls 800 saw Juliette Whittaker run 2:02.07!
It makes her 3rd A-T HS, and is the Junior Class Record!
Roisin Willis ended 2nd in 2:04.31, but wasn't a PR.

Whittaker and Willis joined Sophia Gorriaran and Bailey Goggins on a team called United All Stars to set the World and American Junior records for the 4 X 800 Relay!
However, because it was an "all star" team, and not from one school, it doesn't count as a HSR!
Willis (lead off), Whittaker (3rd leg), and Gorriaran (anchor) all ran in the 2:05's!
But Bailey Goggins (2nd leg) took the baton from Willis sporting a broken foot!!!
You read that correctly--a BROKEN FOOT!!
She could manage just 2:20 & change--but it's a miracle she didn't have to CRAWL the entire way!!
If I get more details about that, I'll report it in my next post!
Anyway, their time of 8:37.20 would have whacked over 16 seconds off the HSR!
And more than that--much more!--if Goggins had run with her foot in one piece!!
WOW!!!

Other VA Showcase stuff--
Jaylen Slade became 2nd A-T HS with his 300 time of 32.77!
It also makes him 18th A-T US!!
But he doesn't get the Junior Class Record, as Brian Herron's HSR of 32.64 was run as an 11th Grader!
Justin Braun took 2nd with his 33.24.
This ranks him 13th A-T HS!

I don't have Records or Lists for the 500, but it was a good race!
Braun won the 500 in 1:02.67, which apparently makes him 8th A-T HS!
Right there with him, but in 2nd, came Ashton Schwartzman.
Given the exact same time, he's also 8th A-T HS, tied with Braun!

Besides the 800 & the Relay, Gorriaran won the Women's 500 in 1:12.95!
Finally (from VA), Lorenz Colbert won the 200 in 21.14.
But he'd won a race right after New Year's in 21.08!
That time makes him 13th A-T HS, tied with 1 other!

Several other important marks to mention--
Yaroslava Mahuchikh HJ'ed 6-7.50.
She gets the Age 19 Record--and now owns the INdoor Age 17, 18, and 19 records!!
It equals her PR and her National Record of Ukraine!
Ruth Usoro TJ'ed 46-10.25 competing as a Collegiate!
It makes her 2nd A-T Collegiate, and is the National Record of Nigeria!!
She also Long Jumped 21-4.25!!

In College Station, Texas A&M Frosh Athing Mu sped negative splits in a 2:01.07 four lapper!
(Splits of 60.75 and 60.32!)
She gets the Age 18 Record, the Frosh Class Record, and places on a pair of lists!
She's 5th A-T Collegiate, and 24th A-T US!
Monique Hardy smashed her old PR in the Weight Throw with her toss of 67-4.75 in Louisiana.
It leaves her about 4 inches short of the Collegiate Frosh Class Record!

T Hedeilli ran his 800 in 1:45.98!
While the eTN didn't mention this, it makes him 10th A-T Collegiate!
Steven Gardiner ran a 300 in 32.70, not a PR.
Also not his best, Jacory Patterson ran his 300 in 32.61 at the Virginia Tech meet!

Natoya Goule ran a couple of quick 600's--first in 1:26.80, then in a separate meet, in 1:25.85!
The latter is the Age 29 Record!
Back to the 300--
T Conwell sped his in 32.97, making him 8th A-T Collegiate!
He misses the A-T US list by 0.05 seconds!
Kameron Jones didn't PR, but his 600 time of 1:16.16 was solid!
So was Daniel Haugh's WT of 78-11--also not his best!

Can you believe all this happened while Donald Trump STILL believes he won a 2nd term--in a landslide??!!

See ya soon, my friends!