{"id":456,"date":"2011-03-15T16:30:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-15T23:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/trackchill.com\/?p=456"},"modified":"2011-03-15T16:30:00","modified_gmt":"2011-03-15T23:30:00","slug":"collegiate-indoor-athletes-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/trackchill.com\/?p=456","title":{"rendered":"Collegiate Indoor Athletes of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"

The US Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association released<\/a> their choices for Collegiate Indoor Athletes of the Year. Their choices:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Men Track<\/td>\nMiles Batty<\/td>\nMile<\/td>\nBYU<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Men Field<\/td>\nDerek Drouin<\/td>\nHigh Jump<\/td>\nIndiana<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Women Track<\/td>\nJordan Hasay<\/td>\nMile\/3000<\/td>\nOregon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Women Field<\/td>\nBrianne Theisen<\/td>\nPentathlon<\/td>\nOregon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

All had outstanding Indoor seasons, but it seems to me that the voting was weighted heavily on the results of the National Championship meet \u2013 where all won titles. With no disrespect to the choices of the USTFCCCA, I would like to add a few names to this list \u2013 names that I think had seasons\/championship performances that I would have hoped put them in the running for the aforementioned awards.<\/p>\n

Will Claye \u2013 High Jump \u2013 Florida<\/h3>\n

Perhaps the best performance by a field event performer at the NCAA Championships was put on by Claye. Claye took 2nd in the long jump at Nationals at 26\u2019 4.5\u201d, then came back to win the triple jump at 56\u2019 10\u201d \u2013 #4 all time collegian indoors. <\/p>\n

Jessica Beard \u2013 400 Meters \u2013 Texas A&M<\/h3>\n

Beard won the NCAA title at 50.79 \u2013 the #2 performer and performance all time indoors by a collegian \u2013 winning by a country mile in 1.51 seconds. She then returned to anchor her 4×4 squad to victory \u2013 coming from last place to get the win!<\/p>\n

Kirani James \u2013 400 Meters \u2013 Alabama <\/h3>\n

James fell during the final of the 400 meters in Texas \u2013 after coming in as a huge favorite. His position as favorite was secured \u2013 and his mention here \u2013 by his victory at the SEC championships where he set a WJR of 44.80. Arguably the best performance by any collegian this indoor season. <\/p>\n

Lakya Brookins \u2013 60 Meters \u2013 South Carolina<\/h3>\n

I know that the USTFCCCA list has one each in the field and track, but I\u2019m adding another trackster here for the women. Primarily because in the field events for women Theissen was head and shoulders above the rest \u2013 and the field events were a tad weak outside of Theissen. The other reason is that there has to be room for a woman that simply dominated 60 meters the way Brookins did in Texas. Her 7.09 tied the collegiate record, was the fastest time in the world for 2011, AND was .08 ahead of the runner up. THAT is a country mile in a 60 meter dash!<\/p>\n

Those are my additions to the list. Congrats to all of this years collegiate athletes. They provided a lot of excitement to the indoor season, and definitely closed it with a bang!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The US Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association released their choices for Collegiate Indoor Athletes of the Year. Their choices: Men Track Miles Batty Mile BYU Men Field Derek Drouin High Jump Indiana Women Track Jordan Hasay Mile\/3000 Oregon Women Field Brianne Theisen Pentathlon Oregon All had outstanding Indoor seasons, but it seems to me that the voting was weighted heavily on the results of the National Championship meet \u2013 where all won titles. With no disrespect to the choices of the USTFCCCA, I would like to add a few names to this list \u2013 names that I think had seasons\/championship performances that I would have hoped put them in the running for the aforementioned awards. Will Claye \u2013 High Jump \u2013 Florida Perhaps the best performance by a field event performer at the NCAA Championships was put on by Claye. Claye took 2nd in the long jump at Nationals at 26\u2019 4.5\u201d, then came back to win the triple jump at 56\u2019 10\u201d \u2013 #4 all time collegian indoors. Jessica Beard \u2013 400 Meters \u2013 Texas A&M Beard won the NCAA title at 50.79 \u2013 the #2 performer and performance all time indoors by a collegian \u2013 winning by a country mile in 1.51 seconds. She then returned to anchor her 4×4 squad to victory \u2013 coming from last place to get the win! Kirani James \u2013 400 Meters \u2013 Alabama James fell during the final of the 400 meters in Texas \u2013 after coming in as a huge favorite. His position as favorite was secured \u2013 and his mention here \u2013 by his victory at the SEC championships where he set a WJR of 44.80. Arguably the best performance by any collegian this indoor season. Lakya Brookins \u2013 60 Meters \u2013 South Carolina I know that the USTFCCCA list has one each in the field and track, but I\u2019m adding another trackster here for the women. Primarily because in the field events for women Theissen was head and shoulders above the rest \u2013 and the field events were a tad weak outside of Theissen. The other reason is that there has to be room for a woman that simply dominated 60 meters the way Brookins did in Texas. Her 7.09 tied the collegiate record, was the fastest time in the world for 2011, AND was .08 ahead of the runner up. THAT is a country mile in a 60 meter dash! Those are my additions to the list. Congrats to all of this years collegiate athletes. They provided a lot of excitement to the indoor season, and definitely closed it with a bang!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa3DCY-7m","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":448,"url":"http:\/\/trackchill.com\/?p=448","url_meta":{"origin":456,"position":0},"title":"Conference Weekend Will Spotlight Big Three","author":"CHill","date":"February 23, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"For the collegiate athletes the conference weekend is the beginning of their real indoor season \u2013 conference followed by national titles. 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