Well, all good things must come to an end and both the NCAA in Austin and the Diamond League provided the best imaginable entertainment in a non Olympic year for track and field affecionados.
We'll leave the meet analysis to others more capable of those things. The team results were:
Women 1. Texas 83 2. Florida 51 3. Arkansas 46 4. Oregon 44 5. Tex A&M 36
6. Kentucky 28 7. LSU 26 8. Nebraska 25 9. Harvard 23 10. Georgia 19
Men 1. Florida 57 2. Arkansas 53 3. Stanford 44 4. LSU 43 5. Arizona St. 41
6. Texas Tech 34.5 7. Georgia 28 8. 'Bama 27 9. Washington 26.5 10. BYU 22.5
All NCAA RESULTS Link Too many to print out for you. Just clik on this link.
Not all events in the NCAA are covered in any one Diamond League event, but there is some overlap where both institutions can be compared. Here are the ones I could find for the Paris Diamond League events run on the same weekend as the NCAA championships. Remember not on same track, not same weather, not same cultural environment. Do wonder what happened to Katelyn Touhy. Can't win 'em all.
Can't say it all went smoothly Did have one problem in Austin. Our correspondent got an UBER ride to the meet with some guy said his name was Billy Bob. They paid extra for parking near the track but were too close to the 'call back' official. Billy Bob wants the door on his pickup truck replaced. Rather than negotiating with UBER we're starting a Go Fund Me page for Billy Bob. Here's a photo of the door on that pickup. P.S. No one was hurt in the parking lot as far as we know.
One comment came in on NCAA meet from Darryl Taylor so far. Others will be posted on this site as they arrive.
I'm having a T&F "High" after these past few days. It just seldom gets any better than this!
I've found a "new" 800 favorite in Will Sumner after his 1:44.2 win in Texas. No playing
around, just balls out from the gun. I hope he can restore the US to some type of favor
on the world stage. Barely out of HS and he is such a gutsy performer. Rest up and get
ready for the US Nationals! Great week-end! Darryl
Right, Darryl,
Sumner had the courage to take it out and dare anyone to run with him. No one could.
PB by over a second. The Diamond League men's 800 with seven guys in the 1:43s and
a blanket finish had the look of a sprint race covering the first five lanes.
All I know is "Uncle Phil" won't put up with this another year. The Oregon men weren't
even in the top 5 Mike W.
We survived 21 hr drive (brother Doug alternated tank of gas/400mi) from Ohio to Austin, 100’ heat, and daily gorging on
bbq (Kreuz, Opie’s, it's all good). and Austin traffic.
Wow, what a meet. unprecedented depth in sprints, emergence of freshman 800 talent Sumner,
virtual wire to wire 5k run by Valby, Collegiate Record in TJ by Moore, Collegiate Record in 4x4
by Florida, 1-2 finish by Florida in 400, 1 and 2 finish by U of Florida in men's and women's
meets. (Yeah, I live in Gainesville).
Driving back to Gainesville overnight. Doug riding Greyhound from Florida to Lima, OH after
couple days rest. Bruce Kritzler
Only two real track nuts would do what you did. Hats off to Bruce and Doug Kritzler. If anyone
has any questions
about Eastern United States, they need to ask you two. Bill Schnier
I watched parts of the NCAA and none of the Diamond League, so I don't have much to say. However, the NCAA
was primarily a 6-way meet dominated by athletes from other countries so it was a bit hard to get excited about any
local presence. The Big 10 and PAC 12 hardly scored. If you don't recruit the top athletes worldwide, you just can't
compete. The same is true for Canadian Football recruiting Americans so they have capped it so there is more of a
Canadian presence. In reality, it is worse in golf and tennis where almost everyone in the NCAA comes from
elsewhere. Bill Schnier
So comparing times at both meets. We extended placings in some events due to interest in certain athletes. English measures calculated by myself if there is error on the inch fractions it
is my fault. This done by request from an unnamed official in the Pacific Northwest. George
5000M Women
Diamond League 1. Faith Kipyegon Kenya NCAA Parker Valby Florida
14:05.2 WR 15:30.57
800 Meters Women
Diamond League 1. Keely Hodgkinson GBR NCAA 1. Rose LSU
Time 1:55.77 1:59.83
Discus Women
Diamond League 1. Valerie Allman USA NCAA 1. Van Klinken Oregon
69.04m 226' 6" 65.55m 215'
Pole Vault Women
Diamond League 1. Kennedy AUS NCAA 1. Fixen Virginia Tech
4.77m 15' 7 1/2" 4.45m 14' 7"
2. Chevrier FRA NCAA 2. Campbell Washington
4.71m 15' 5 1/4" 4.45m 14' 7"
3. Moon USA NCAA 3. Hirata South Dakota
4.71m 15' 5 1/4" 4.40m 14' 5 1/4"
4. Murto FIN NCAA 4. Hanson Arizona St.
4.61m 15' 1 1/2" 4.30m 14' 1 1/4"
5. Morris USA NCAA 5. Horn High Point
4.61m 15/ 1 1/2" 4.30m 14' 1 1/4"
Shot Put Women
Diamond League 1. Dongmo PORT NCAA 1. Johannsen Nebraska
19.72m 64/ 8 1/4" 19.28m 63' 3"
2. Chase USA NCAA 2. Van Klinken Oregon
19.43m 63' 9" 18.45m 60' 6"
3. Ewen USA NCAA 3. Santana UNLV
19.26m 63' 2 1/4" 18.37m 60' 3 1/4"
Hammer Women
Diamond League 1. Fantini ITALY NCAA 1. Ratcliffe Harvard
71.21m 233' 7 1/2" 73.62m 241' 6 1/2"
High Jump Women
Diamond League 1. Olyslagers AUS NCAA 1. Charity Griffith Ball State
2.00m 6' 6 3/4" 1.93m 6' 3 3/4"
2 Vashti Cunningham USA NCAA 2. Distin TX A&M
1.97m 6' 5 1/2" 1.87m 6' 1 1/2"
200 M Women
Diamond League 1. Gabby Thomas USA NCAA 1. Julien Alfred Texas
22. 05 21.73
2. Abby Steiner USA NCAA 2. McKenzie Long Ole Miss
23.34 21.88
3. Marie Josee Talou IV Coast NCAA 3 Kevona Davis Texas
22.34 22.02
400 M Women
Diamond League 1. Marileidy Palimo Dom Rep NCAA 1. Rhasidat Adellee Texas
49.12 49.20
2. Sidney Mclaughlin Levrone USA NCAA 2. Brittog Wilson Arkansas
49.71 49.64
100M Men
Diamond League 1. Noah Lyles USA NCAA 1. Courtney Lindsey Tex Tech
9.97 9.98
2. Omanyala Kenya NCAA 2. Godson Oghenebrume LSU
9.98 9.90
110 HH Men
Diamond League 1. Conrad Holloway USA NCAA 1. Lemonius Arkansas
12.98 13.24
2. Karou-Mathey France NCAA 2. Wilson Houston Houston
13.09 13.26
400 IH Men
Diamond League 1. C.J. Allen USA NCAA 1. Chris Robinson Alabama
47.92 48.12
2. Code Long Alabama
48.53
Long Jump Men
Diamond League 1. Tentoglou Greece NCAA 1. Mclead Arkansas
8.13m 26' 8" 8.26m 27' 1"
2. Pinneck Arkansas
8.15m 26' 8 3/4"
800 Men
Diamond League 1. Wanyonie Kenya 1. Sumner Georgia
1:43.27 1:44.26
2. Arop Canada 2. Bizimana Texas
1:43.30 1:45.74
3000 Steeple Men
Diamond League 1. Girma Ethiopia NCAA 1. Rocks BYU
7:52.11 WR 8:26.17
Nine events are comparable for women Diamond League 7 wins vs. NCAA 2 wins
Seven events are comparable for men Diamond League 6 wins vs. NCAA 1 win
George, et al,
As I have often said and written, measurements in metrics are meaningless to me. I can appreciate a 75-foot shot put, etc, but even though I scored at the genius level in mathematics during my college days, I cannot convert metrics to feet and inches, except within a range of several feet either way. The result is that i don't even look at results in metrics or watch the event on TV. My several friends with an interest in track and field all agree. Stupid us! But it is what it is. I don't think it is an age thing, either. I have two grandchildren, both straight A students in college, and neither is schooled in metrics and cannot convert a 75-foot shot or 7-10 high jump from meters to feet and inches.
Michael Tymn
To Anyone Still Reading This:
I responded to Michael Tymn's email above thinking it had come from Mike Waters. Here is that repartee:
Mike, l will deal with this later. Currently on my bike in the woods. But responses are being conjured . George
Mike,
In response to your lament (need i use the term 'whine'?) about metric measurements, I rose from my bed two hours early to make all those conversions for you on the blog posting which I hope you will appreciate. It makes me wonder if when you are measuring those javelin throws in metric if you turn the tape over at each reading to confirm what some of us already know? Are you aware of how to convert metric to English measure? Do you know the formula for metric to Fahrenheit? Take metric measure (Celsius) double it and add 30 degrees. Thus if the reading is 6 Celsius you double to 12, add 30 and you get 42 degrees Fahrenheit. This is why it is so good to live in a metric country like Canada, because a metric six pack of beer has 42 beers in it. Why you are living in such an uncivilised country is beyond me, although I must admit it took me 70 years to draw that conclusion about beer. It should not be anymore difficult for the US to change over than it was for the Swedes to take up metric driving going from the left side of the road to the right side on September 3, 1967. No one got killed that first day because there was a big educational process leading up to the date. However when they started drinking metric six packs some problems had to be dealt with quickly.
It is our job to please our customers and deal with their foibles.and so I hope that this email will do the job. I refer you to an audio-visual explanation to this from one of Canada's more astute teams of scientists.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04u58ifxmRA
And don't forget the legal definition of the lightness of speed in a vacuum,
commonly denoted c, is a universal physical constant that is exactly equal to 299,792,458 metres per second (approximately 300,000 kilometres per second; 186,000 miles per second; 671 million miles per hour). According to the special theory of relativity, c is the upper limit for the speed at which conventional matter or energy (and thus any signal carrying information) can travel through space.
Your humble servant in The Great White North.
LOL! LOL ! Okay, George here's the deal. We don't use tape. We use laser. Oh course I work the college meets. They may pull tape in high school.
When the laser does break down, my crew chief Dick ( for the big meets) has a tape that already is set with the metric conversations I've only had to do that once at a western oregon meet
Thanks for all the "hard" work
Mike
I should have known. All that work for nada.George
"It shouldn't hurt to be in the modern era of track"
or
"I just wasn't made for these times" Mike W.
I prefer the life and death struggle of standing on the javelin pitch, trying not to leave a carpet stain to make those measurements. George
A bit like the Roman Coliseum. Oh well, modern toys for modern times. George
George all you have to do now is stand up with the prism a good laser person will get the mark in seconds
The only people "bending over" are the retrievers pulling the jav out of the ground.
Mike W.
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