Weekend Review: January 31, 2011

On the web …

http://www.ustfccca.org/featured/weekend-review-january-31-2011-theisen-sets-new-collegiate-pentathlon-mark



SIDs: Keep in mind those active streaks (see bottom)! New Division I rankings due tomorrow morning.


Theisen Scores Better Than Collegiate Record

Two weekends, two collegiate records. While Duke’s Kate Van Buskirk broke the women’s 1000-meter collegiate record last weekend, Oregon junior and Bowerman watchlister Brianne Theisen took a big bite out of the women’s pentathlon all-time collegiate best. At Washington’s Dempsey Indoor Facility in Seattle, Theisen scored 4,507 points in the five-event discipline to better what would be the previous collegiate record of 4,496 set in 2008 by Arizona State’s Jacquelyn Johnson.



Of the five events, Theisen set three personal bests – clearing 6-0 (1.83m) in the high jump, throwing 41-8 (12.70m) in the shot put, and running 2:14.50 at 800 meters. Theisen needed to run 2:15 in the final event to surpass Johnson’s point total.



Although Theisen’s run in the final event – the 800-meter run – occurred on an oversized track, combined event marks occurring on tracks of over 200 meters are still acceptable for record purposes; albeit with a notation. In fact the current IAAF world record in the pentathlon of 4,991 was contested on an oversized course in Berlin.



Here’s some snippets from what was a weekend full of highlights:



* STANFORD DMR: The Cardinal men’s DMR team of John Sullivan, Amaechi Morton (who the next morning set the world-leading time in the 400 [46.23]), Dylan Ferris, and Elliott Heath clocked a world-leading 9:29.22 in their win at the Razorback Invitational where they topped the host, Arkansas, by just over a second (9:30.85). The time is significant because it is the fastest any collegiate team has run in the month of January. Oregon ran 9:29.82 in this same weekend in 2010 as the only other to run sub-9:30 in the month. The collegiate record (and the recognized all-time world best) is 9:25.97 set by Texas in 2008.



* HIGH JUMP SHOWDOWN: There was a heavyweight battle in the men’s high jump at Texas A&M’s Conference Challenge this weekend. In one corner was Kansas State sophomore Erik Kynard who had already cleared bars of over 7-3¾ (2.23m) twice this season. In the other corner was defending national runner-up Ricky Robertson of Ole Miss who, as a sophomore, came into the competition with the collegiate leader of 7-5¾ (2.28m) set the week earlier.



In this meeting, Kynard cleared four heights and was clean through 7-3¼ (2.22m). Robertson cleared 7-3¼ (2.22m), but had misses at that height and the earlier, 7-1¾ (2.18m). Advantage – Kynard.



At 7-5 (2.26m) it was a miss for both on the first try, but Robertson cleared on his second try. Kynard did not and faced the decision to pass. Not passing, Kynard cleared his third attempt at 7-5, but advantage was now in Robertson’s court.



On to 7-6 (2.29m), where it was back-and-forth misses for both in the first two tries. Robertson missed on his third, but still had the advantage in the competition. That was until Kynard cleared on his third to set the collegiate standard this season and tie the K-State school record. Kynard went on to attempt 7-7 (2.31m), but was unsuccessful.



* SUTEJ GOES FOR COLLEGIATE RECORD: Also at the Razorback Invitational, Arkansas junior Tina Sutej did her best to put a huge exclamation point to the end of the weekend. She easily cleared four heights on only one attempt, including the collegiate-leading bar at 14-6 (4.42m). With victory over Stanford’s Katerina Stefanidi, who had two tries at 14-6, Sutej went for 14-10¾ (4.54m) but came up short.



* FOUR SUB-FOURS: The sub-four in the men’s mile is still a thrill for many to witness and four this weekend came in the collegiate ranks at two separate meets. At the Indiana Relays, Hoosier sophomore Andrew Bayer clocked 3:57.75 to take victory by over two seconds from New Mexico sophomore Ross Millington who also eclipsed the epic mark with a 3:59.86 run. At the Penn State National, Ohio State junior Cory Leslie went 3:57.97 to beat out PSU’s Ryan Foster who clocked 3:58.49. Throw in Indiana’s Ben Hubers, who ran 4:00.47 also this weekend, and you have four from the Big Ten who are poised to make it a fun postseason.



* YOU GET A WORLD LEADER, AND YOU GET A WORLD LEADER: Oprah puns aside; it was a weekend in which several world- and American-leading marks were set by collegians. The aforementioned Morton of Stanford clocked 46.23 in the men’s 400 at Arkansas, Penn State’s Casimir Loxsom went 1:47.36 at his home meet in the men’s 800, Bayer’s 3:57.75 is a world leader in the mile, Liberty’s Sam Chelanga ran the men’s 5000 in 13:41.35 at his home meet, Texas A&M’s men’s 4x400 ran a track-legal world-leading 3:05.99, Stanford men’s DMR – world leader, Clemson’s Miller Moss scored 5,903 in the heptathlon for a WL, Corey Conner from Maine in the women’s 5000 set a early-season WL with a 16:06.18 run, and Theisen in the pentathlon – yep, world leader.



* BITS AND BITES: Sophomore Marquise Goodwin reset Texas’ school record with a collegiate-leading long jump of 26-8½ (8.14m) … Oklahoma’s Mookie Salaam broke school records and gained two NCAA auto marks in the 60 (6.55) and 200 (20.76). The 60-meter time is the American -leading mark for the year and bettered the mark of 6.56 set by the collegiate ranks’ best of 2010 – Jeff Demps of Florida … Quietly, Villanova’s Sheila Reid is now an all-time top 10 collegian in the women’s 3000 after clocking an 8:56.92 at Saturday Night at the Armory. Reid topped what was an impressive collegiate-leading time of 9:01.91 set by Jackie Areson (Tennessee) earlier in the day. … Washington’s Scott Roth won his seventh-straight indoor pole vault completion with a collegiate-leading height clearance of 18-1 (5.51m) on Saturday. … As far as streaks go, Indiana’s Derek Drouin still is sitting on ten straight collegiate high jump competitions won. The last two weeks, Drouin has been working on his multi-talented game, going heptathlon two weeks ago and hurdlin’, runnin’, and long jumpin’ this past weekend. Indiana is slated to be at this weekend’s Meyo Invitational at Notre Dame. … Monmouth junior Vincent Elardo has now won seven straight in the men’s shot put. His latest conquest came at BU’s Terrier Classic. Ashland’s Kurt Roberts is at six-straight wins after taking the Indiana Relays in the event.





MEN

55m
(two tied)
6.43

60m
Mookie Salaam
JR
Oklahoma
6.55
AmL, CL

200m
Brandon Bynum
SR
Florida State
20.73

300m
(not available)

400m
Amaechi Morton
JR
Stanford
46.23
WL, CL

500m
Julius Mutekanga
SR
Long Island
1:02.00

600yd
Ben Love
SR
Kansas State
1:11.64

600m
John Kline
JR
Arizona State
1:17.59
A
CL

800m
Casimir Loxsom
Penn State
1:47.36
WL, CL

1000m
Dylaan Isaccson
SR
Columbia
2:25.96

Mile
Andrew Bayer
Indiana
3:57.75
WL, CL

3000m
Leonard Korir
JR
Iona
7:51.40

5000m
Sam Chelanga
SR
Liberty
13:41.35
WL, CL

55mH
Ronnie McGirt
SR
Albany
7.42

60mH
Devon Hill
JR
Miami (Fla.)
7.77

4x400m
Texas A&M
3:05.99
WL, CL

Bryan Miller, Tran Howell, Tabarie Henry, Michael Preble

4x800m
Notre Dame
7:32.81
CL

Zac Suriano, Kevin Labus, Spencer Carter, Ryan Gamboa

DMR
Stanford
9:29.22
WL, CL

John Sullivan, Amaechi Morton, Dylan Ferris, Elliott Heath

HJ
Erik Kynard
SO
Kansas State
2.29m
7-6
AmL, CL

PV
Scott Roth
SR
Washington
5.51m
18-1
CL

LJ
Marquise Goodwin
SO
Texas
8.14m
26-8½
AmL, CL

TJ
Will Claye
JR
Florida
16.86m
55-3¾
AmL, CL

SP
Matt DeChant
JR
Ohio State
19.82m
65-½

WT
Mike Zajac
SR
South Carolina
21.22m
69-7½

PENT
Jordan Goffena
JR
Miami (Ohio)
3,846

HEPT
Miller Moss
SR
Clemson
5,903
WL, CL


WOMEN

55m
Tia Rolle
SO
Alabama State
7.12

60m
Lakya Brookins
SR
South Carolina
7.24

200m
Semoy Hackett
JR
LSU
23.14^

300m
(not available)

400m
Shelise Williams
SR
Arkansas
52.59
CL

500m
Nijgia Snapp
FR
Tennessee
1:10.92
CL

600yd
Andrea Sutherland
SR
Texas A&M
1:21.46
CL

600m
Brittney Harper
SO
Wisconsin
1:31.51

800m
Lea Wallace
SR
Sacramento State
2:05.42
CL

1000m
Rachel Schneider
SO
Georgetown
2:45.51

Mile
Zoe Buckman
SR
Oregon
4:37.84
CL-ov

3000m
Sheila Reid
SR
Villanova
8:56.92
AmL, CL

5000m
Corey Conner
JR
Maine
16:06.18
WL, CL

55mH
Kierre Beckles
SO
South Carolina
7.97

60mH
Racquel Vassell
SR
Hampton
8.16

4x400
Arkansas
3:32.48
CL

Gwendolyn Flowers, Shelise Williams, Regina George, Whitney Jones

4x800
Michigan
8:51.37

Megan Weschler, Taylor Pogue, Alaexandra Leptich, Danielle Tauro

DMR
Oregon
11:02.15
CL

Jordan Hasay, Chizoba Okodogbe, Laura Roesler, Alex Kosinski

HJ
Brigetta Barrett
SO
Arizona
1.91m
6-3¼
AmL, CL

PV
Tina Sutej
JR
Arkansas
4.42m
14-6
CL

LJ
Chantel Malone
SR
Texas
6.65m
21-10
CL

TJ
Chantel Malone
SR
Texas
13.18m
43-3

SP
Simone du Toit
JR
SMU
17.49m
57-4¾

WT
Gwen Berry
SR
Southern Illinois
22.05m^
72-4¼

PENT
Brianne Theisen
Oregon
4,507
ov
CR, WL




^ Athlete/relay has a better mark this season

* NCAA Division II Institution

** NCAA Division III Institution

# Junior College

A – Performance occurred at altitude

(ov) – Performance occurred on an oversized track; not-eligible for WLs

CL – Collegiate-leading mark

WL – World-leading mark





Active Collegiate Winning Streaks

(known winning streaks)

Report streaks to tom@ustfccca.org

MEN Individuals & Relays
ALL RACES
ALL ROUNDS
8: Kind Butler, Indiana (5, 60m; 3, 200m)



ALL ROUNDS + RELAYS
9: Kind Butler, Indiana


60m
ALL ROUNDS
5: Kind Butler, Indiana



400m
INDOOR FINALS
6: Torrin Lawrence, Georgia (last loss: 5/17/09, SEC Indoor Championships [DNF])



INDOOR RACES
8: Torrin Lawrence, Georgia (last loss: 5/17/09, SEC Indoor Championships [DNF])

Win streak in races finished: (11) does not include DNF at 2009 SEC Indoor (has yet not lost a collegiate race in which he finished)



800m
INDOOR FINALS
3: Robby Andrews, Virginia



INDOOR RACES
5: Robby Andrews, Virginia



60m HURDLES
FINALS
3: Adams Abdulrazaaq, Virginia



RACES
6: Adams Abdulrazaaq, Virginia



4x400m
OVERALL
6: Texas A&M (last loss: 2010 Penn Relays)



OVERALL RACES (all rounds)
8: Texas A&M



INDOOR FINALS
6: Texas A&M (last loss: 2/13/10, 2nd to Texas Tech)



HIGH JUMP
OVERALL
10: Derek Drouin, Indiana (last loss: 2/13/10, Tyson Invitational, 6th place)

All competitions: (12) includes wins in summer 2010 (including Canadian national championships)





POLE VAULT
INDOOR
7: Scott Roth, Washington

(last collegiate loss: 3/14/08, NCAA Indoor Championships [10th place])

All competitions: (8) won two meets in 2009 while redshirting (last loss: 1/31/09, UW Invitational)





TRIPLE JUMP
OVERALL
5: Christian Taylor, Florida (last collegiate loss: 6/13/09, NCAA Championships [3rd place])

Taylor was second at the USATF Championships in 2010

4: Chrys Jones, Centre (last loss: 3/20/10 Rhodes Open)

Jones has won 12 of the last 13 competitions, beginning with the 2009 indoor season



INDOOR
5: Christian Taylor, Florida (lass loss: 2/14/09, Tyson Invitational [5th place])

5: Chrys Jones, Centre (last loss: 2008 NCAA Indoor Championships)



OUTDOOR
4: Chrys Jones, Centre (last loss: 3/20/10 Rhodes Open)

2: Christian Taylor, Florida



SHOT PUT
INDOOR
7: Vincent Elardo, Monmouth (last loss: 3/6/10, IC4A Indoor)

6: Kurt Roberts, Ashland (last loss: 2/13/10, Akron Invitational)





WEIGHT THROW
6: Walter Henning, LSU (last loss: 3/14/09, NCAA Indoor Championships [4th place])









WOMEN Individuals & Relays


200m
INDOOR RACES
4: Sheniqua Ferguson, Auburn (last loss: 2/13/10, Tyson Invite [3rd place in heat/7th overall])



3000m
OVERALL
9: Neely Spence, Shippensburg (has not lost as a collegian)



INDOOR
5: Neely Spence, Shippensburg (has not lost as a collegian)



OUTDOOR
4: Neely Spence, Shippensburg (has not lost as a collegian)



60m HURDLES
FINALS
6: Indira Spence, Adams State



ALL ROUNDS
11: Indira Spence, Adams State





4x100
OUTDOOR FINALS
21: Texas A&M (last loss 2007 Penn Relays to LSU)



POST-SEASON FINALS (Conference, Regional, National Championships)
11: Texas A&M





HIGH JUMP
ALL FINALS
5: Priscilla Frederick, St. John’s (N.Y.)

4: Amber Kaufman, Hawaii

OUTDOOR
4: Amber Kaufman, Hawaii (last loss: 2009 NCAA Championships)

All performances: (5) includes NACAC Championship (7/10/10)





TRIPLE JUMP
INDOOR
6: Kim Williams, Florida State

(last loss: 2008 NCAA Indoor Championships, 2nd place to Erica McLain)



PENTATHLON
3: Brianne Theisen, Oregon (last loss: 3/13/09, NCAA Indoor Championships, 3rd place)









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