7.49!
(Grant Holloway)
Another weekend has come and gone rearranging out Indoor
Qualifying lists. There were new all-time great performances this weekend as
well. In this post we will review the biggest performances of the weekend.
Grant Holloway of Florida continued to be Grant. In his
season debut he notched the number five all-time performance by clocking in at
7.49 to win the 60-meter hurdles at the Clemson Invitational. He followed that
up by winning the 200-meter dash in 20.69. His 200-meter time currently ranks
number two in the country and may have been an event just simply for speed
work. Add to that he ran a leg on Florida’s dominating 4x400 relay which one
their race by more than 5 seconds in a time of 3:04.74 ranking them second in
the nation. Keep in mind he still has not even competed in the long jump yet
either.
Freshman Kennedy Flannel of Texas is making a name for
herself. As this year freshman star Flannel vaulted to the top of the 200-meter
lists by clocking in at 22.88 to win the women’s 200 at the Clemson
Invitational. Flannel is one many talented freshman Coach Edrick Floreal has
available to him. She defeated preseason favorite Lynna Irby of Georgia and is
the only athlete in the country right now under 23 seconds. She also clocked in
at 7.26 to win the 60-meter dash as well.
Andrew Hudson had quite the weekend. The senior from Texas
Tech continues to prove that he is worthy of championship consideration. On his
home track Hudson clocked in at 20.48 to win the Red Raider Invite in the 200.
His time of 20.41 had to be converted down due to the high-altitude Texas Tech
has. Hudson is now ranked number one in the country in the 200. His teammate
preseason favorite Divine Oduduru has yet to run the 200 this season but trust
that he has taken notice of his teammates string of great performances.
At the same meet senior Mario Burke of Houston is carrying
the torch for the short sprinters of Houston. He clocked the NCAA leading time
of 6.56. His time had to be converted as well to 6.58 but he will be recognized
as the NCAA number 1 mark from the weekend and during the season. Burke has
taken over the short sprints from Cameron Burrell and Eli Hall along with being
a big piece of Houston’s team title hopes.
Senior Abike Egbeniyi of Middle Tennessee State is returning
All-American from last season. She has great long speed and strong endurance.
She proved herself a threat this past weekend when she earned the number one
ranking in the 800 with a time of 2:03.77. After missing the finals last indoor
season Egbeniyi is looking to make up for this season and match her outdoor championship
performance earning All-American honors.
We have a new number one in the mile and one of only three
sub four-minute milers in the country. Sophomore Johnathan Davis ran a dominant
race at the Larry Wieczorek Invitational on the campus of Iowa. His winning
time of 3:58.06 was two seconds ahead of his closest competitor who did not
finish under four minutes. In a conference full of great middle-distance
programs Davis time will help him standout in a loaded field. It is still early
in the season and expect for many more sub four-minute mile races.
Chanel Brissett of USC has taken the reigns as their top
female hurdler. After winning the Pac-12 title last outdoor season she is
proving so far this season that was no fluke. The talented sophomore launched
to a new NCAA number one mark of 8.07. USC has the top two hurdlers in the NCAA
currently and continue to prove they are the best hurdles program in the NCAA.
In the jumping events there are plenty of new number ones.
In the women’s long jump senior Yanis David of Florida is living up to her
preseason billing as one of the potential favorites. She leaped to a mark of 21
feet 2 inches to win the Hokie Invitational in Virginia. Fellow senior Andrea
Stapleton-Johnson of BYU garnered the top mark in the High Jump with a height
of 6-1 ½ to win the Air Force Indoor Team Challenge.
On the men’s side there are new number ones in all four of
the jumping events. In the Triple Jump there is senior John Warren of Southern
Miss with his mark of 55’2. The long jump has Rayvon Grey of LSU with his mark
of 26-5 ½. The high jump has a tie with JuVaughn Harrison of LSU and Earnie
Sears of USC with 7-5 ¼. Finally, in the pole vault on the contenders and
former NCAA Champions Chris Nilsen of North Dakota reached a height 18-6 ¾ to
take the top mark. The jumps have been crazy early this season with championship
level performances. Many preseason favorites have yet to jump it seems as if it
will be a crazy year.
Arizona State has found another star in the throws in sophomore
Samantha Noenning. She threw the Shot Put at the Lumberjack Team Challenge winning
with a mark of 58’5 ¼. Like the men’s jumps the shot put has been a hot event
early this season for women and with the event not having a defending champion
the crown is available to anyone.
RELAY OF THE WEEK
You would’ve expected to see the men of University of Florida
here at their great relay performance this past weekend where they won their
race by more than five seconds. The top performance however will go to Houston’s
men 4x400 relay that clocked the fourth fastest all-time with 3:03.31. This
again proves the seriousness of Houston’s team title hopes and their quality of
their sprinters.
UPCOMING WEEK
This weekend will have plenty of big meets. The Razorback
Invitational will be live on the SEC Network, there is also the Texas Tech
Classic along with the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix. There is the potential
for every event to have a new number one come this weekend. The team title
picture is still slowly forming.
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