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NCAA Indoor Championships Meet Records

Mar 7th, 2010
8:56 am PST

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NCAA Indoor Championships Meet Records

Men

60 – 6.51 – Richard Thompson, LSU – ’08
60 – 6.51 – Jacoby Ford, Clemson – ’09
200 – 20.10 – Wallace Spearmon, Arkansas – ’05
400 – 44.57 – Kerron Clement, Florida – ’05
800 – 1:45.33 – Patrick Nduwimana, Arizona – ’01
1500 – 3:43.48 – Paul Donovan, Arkansas – ’85
3000 – 7:46.03 – Adam Goucher, Colorado – ’98
5000 – 13:28.93 – Alistair Craig, Arkansas – ’03
60H – 7.51 – Aries Merritt, Tennessee – ’06
4×4 – 3:03.51 – Florida (Clark, Middleton, Pastor, Clement) – ’05
HJ – 7′ 9.25″ – Hollis Conway, La-Lafayette – ’89
PV – 19′ 2.25″ – Jacob Davis, Texas – ’99
LJ – 27′ 10″ – Carl Lewis, Houston – ’81
TJ – 56′ 9.5″ – Keith Connor, SMU – ’81
SP – 71′ 3.5″ – Ryan Whiting, Arizona St – ’08
35 lb Wt – 78′ 9.75″ – Libor Charfreitag, SMU – ’01
Hept – 6136 – Donovan Kilmartin, Texas – ’04

Women

60 – 7.13 – Angela Williams, USC – ’02
200 – 22.40 – Bianca Knight, Texas – ’08
400 – 50.80 – Natasha Hastings, South Carolina – ’07
800 – 2:01.77 – Hazel Clark, Florida – ’99
1500 – 4:17.85 – Tina Krebs, Clemson – ’85
3000 – 8:42.03 – Jenny Barringer, Colorado – ’09
5000 – 15:14.18 – Kim Smith, Providence – ’04
60H – 7.84 – Virginia Powell, USC – ’06
4×4 – 3:27.66 – Texas (Downer, McIntosh, Robinson, Richards) – ’03
HJ – 6′ 6″ – Destinee Hooker, Texas – ’09
PV – 14′ 10.25″ – Amy Linnen, Arizona – ’02
LJ – 22′ 4.25″ – Elva Goulbourne, Auburn – ’03
TJ – 46′ 9″ – Suzette Lee, LSU – ’97
SP – 62′ 10″ – Laura Gerraughty, NC – ’04
20 lb Wt – 83′ 10.25″ – Brittany Riley, Wouthern Ill – ’07
Pent – 4496 – Jacquelyn Johnson, Arizona St – ’08

US Sending Strong Team to Doha

Mar 4th, 2010
5:03 pm PST

The roster for the US team for the World Championships in Doha was released today. The team appears to be quite strong with several gold medal possibilities. Among those that I feel have a strong shot at gold:Ivory Williams - Men's 60Carmelita Jeter - Women's 60Bershawn Jackson - Men's 400Debbie Dunn - Women's 400Bernard Lagat - Men's 3000Terrence Trammell - Men's 60HGinnie Powell - Women's 60HChristian Cantwell - Men's ShotMen's 4x4 squadWomen's 4x4 squadFull information on the US team can be found here.

Rudisha Sizzles in 800 Opener!

Mar 4th, 2010
4:53 pm PST

David Rudisha opens season with a sizzling 1:43.15 run in Melbourne Australia! Coming off of his 45.50 400 PR in Sydney, Rudisha blazed to a 1:43.15 to start his 800 season off in fine style. Rudisha reportedly easily followed the leader through a first lap of 50.0 before demolishing the field over the second lap Read More...

Running Under Protest and the New False Start Rule

Mar 4th, 2010
7:08 am PST

Already the new false start rule is causing controversy - and the sport is barely under way this year! During the women's 60 meters at the US Indoor Championships this past weekend we saw an athlete (Lisa Barber) DQ'd but allowed to run the race under protest. Not completely unheard of, but something that we should expect to see much more of with the new false start rule Read More...

David Rudisha – Next Super Star ?

Mar 2nd, 2010
4:38 pm PST

This past weekend was a very busy one, with lots of selection meets for the upcoming World Indoor Championships. But as I was scanning the results there was one result that stood out to me from the others - from an outdoor meet in Sydney Australia.In the men's 400 in Sydney the results were actually quite outstanding for this time of year Read More...

US Indoor Championships Watch List

Feb 26th, 2010
6:40 am PST

The biggest US indoor competition of the year takes place this weekend as the US Indoor Championships run Saturday and Sunday in Albuquerque New Mexico. On the line will be berths to this year's World Indoor Championships in Doha Qatar next month. So for many we will be seeing the culmination of their indoor preparation Read More...

What Happened to the Fast Starters ?

Feb 24th, 2010
4:42 pm PST

With the championship portion of the indoor season at hand, we will finally get to see the best of the best going head to head. At least the best of those that have decided to participate during this indoor season.This is the point in the season where we look forward to sizzling times. With the spotlight typically falling squarely on two headline events - the short sprint (60) and the mile/1500 Read More...

The 1980 Olympic Boycott

Feb 19th, 2010
8:21 am PST

I read a series of comments from former athletes regarding the 1980 Olympic boycott and their opinions of then President Jimmy Carter and his decision not to send an American team to the Moscow Olympics. While I can respect these individuals for trying to give politically correct answers, it's clear that they were all unwilling pawns who were asked to give up their life long dreams as sacrifices in a political move that was of no consequence politically! They were effectively lead to slaughter as casualties of a war they never signed up to fight in Read More...

The Stars are Missing

Feb 17th, 2010
8:38 am PST

With US Indoor Nationals looming and World Indoors just a few weeks away, I find myself once again asking if the indoor season is worth the time and money that is put into it?Not that I haven't enjoyed watching the couple of meets that have been televised - because I am a track junkie at heart. But when I look at the results of the season so far I'm split down the middle on this season Read More...

Torrin Lawrence Again

Feb 15th, 2010
5:07 pm PST

Another busy indoor weekend - with a bit of outdoor action thrown in. The big mark was once again laid down by Torrin Lawrence. Previously Lawrence set a collegiate record in the 300, this time around he ran a sensational 45.03 in the 400. Not quite a record, but the mark makes him the #5 performer all time behind Kerron Clement (44 Read More...