Teams around the country saw their indoor track and field regular seasons come to an end last weekend and went out with an exciting finish. Here’s what you may have missed as the postseason approaches.
Record-setting women’s mile
It’s always an iconic race when someone runs faster than the collegiate record in an event. So imagine what it felt like to see three women run faster than the previous women’s mile record at the David Hemery Valentine Invitational.
BYU’s Riley Chamberlain paced the record-setting field with a first-place finish in 4:20.61. Oregon’s Wilma Nielsen ran 4:21.04 for second place while Chamberlain’s teammate Jane Hedengren ran 4:22.22 for third place. All three women ran faster than the previous collegiate record of 4:23.46 in a race for the ages.
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More all-time distance marks set in Boston
It was a great weekend to be a distance runner in Boston as plenty of athletes joined top-10 all-time lists.
Reigning women’s Bowerman winner Doris Lemngole ran, the second-fastest finish in collegiate history. Penn State’s Allon Clay also ran a No. 2 mark all-time in the men’s 1000 meters, finishing in 2:17.29.
We saw two top-five all-time finishes inand North Carolina’s Colton Sands ran 7:34.00 and 7:34.05 for the No. 3 and No. 4 all-time marks, respectively. BYU’s Tayvon Kitchen ran the 10th-fastest time all-time with a 7:36.23 finish.
In the men’s mile meters, 800m collegiate record holder Colin Sahlman of Northern Arizona ran . The 11th-fastest mile all-time also came in the race as Oregon’s Elliott Cook crossed the finish line in 3:52.32.
And those weren’t even the fastest miles of the weekend. Virginia Tech’s George Couttie ran 3:52.02 at the Asics Sound Invite for the No. 8 fastest mark ever.
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An elite mid-distance showing
We’ll stay at the ASICS Sound Invite for the next performance on the list as Penn State’s Handal Roban ran an 800 meters in 1:44.73. That time only trails Sahlman’s collegiate record set earlier this month.
In the women's 800 meters, we saw three women all run sub-two minutes. Penn State's Hayley Kitching ran 1:59.22, Washington State's Rosemary Longisa ran 1:59.71 and Arkansas' Sanu Jallow-Lockhart ran 1:59.76.
A blazing 4x400 meter relay
We saw the second-fastest men’s indoor 4x400 meter relay in world history from South Carolina this weekend. The Gamecocks ran 3:00.86 at the Tiger Paw Invitational. Just check out these splits.
- Josiah Wrice - 45.42
- Jasauna Dennis - 45.15
- Devan Crumpton - 45.28
- Andrew Salvodon - 45.02
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New leaders in field events
We saw impressive performances in the women’s weight throw and men’s high jump this weekend.
Minnesota’s Anthonett Nabwe became the No. 6 performer all-time in the event with a 24.67 meter weight throw at the Tysons Invitational. Nabwe led the meet, where we saw the top-six throws in the NCAA this season.
At the Tiger Paw Invitational, Georgia’s Kimani Jack tied for the NCAA lead this season with a 2.25 meter high jump.
WHAT A MOMENT FOR ANTHONETT NABWE 🎥💪〽️
— Minnesota Cross Country, Track & Field (@GopherCCTF)
The new weight throw record holder just tossed the furthest mark by a collegiate woman in 2 years |
That’s how you finish a meet 👏
— Georgia Track + Field (@UGATrack)
Kimani matches his PR of 2.25m/7’4.5” in the high jump, he remains tied for the NCAA lead 🔥
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Standout sprinters
While distance running grabbed most of the headlines this weekend, we still saw some great showings among the sprints.
Defending NCAA champion Ja’Kobe Tharp ran 7.46 in the 60 meter hurdles. That’s just .01 seconds off of his personal best.
Georgia freshman Adaejah Hodge doubled in the sprints at the Tiger Paw Invitational and proved that she’s a contender for NCAA titles in her rookie season. Hodge ran 7.13 in the 60 meters (NCAA No. 2) and 22.51 in the 200 meters (NCAA leader), making her the only woman with top-five marks in both sprint events.
7.13 60m PB for Georgia freshman Adaejah Hodge
— Travis Miller (@travismillerx13)
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