NEW ORLEANS – The barrage on the collegiate indoor record book continues.
Here are eight athletes who left their mark this past weekend and were named National Athletes of the Week on Tuesday by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA).
NCAA Division I Men – Charlie Hunter, Oregon
NCAA Division I Women – Tyra Gittens, Texas A&M
NCAA Division II Men – Christian Noble, Lee (Tenn.)
NCAA Division II Women – Cheyenne Williamson, Saginaw Valley State
NCAA Division III Men – Josh Smith, Loras
NCAA Division III Women – Marion Edwards, Loras
NJCAA Men – Courtney Lawrence, Cloud County CC
NJCAA Women – Victoria Adu, Iowa Central CC
NCAA May Not Accept Christian Noble’s 13:37 Division II 5K Record Due to Pacing Lights
On Sunday night,
Christian Noble of Lee (Tenn.) University ran the fastest indoor time ever by a Division II 5,000-meter runner. Noble’s 13:37.39 at the Magic City Elite meet in Birmingham, Ala., was an 11-second personal best and almost four seconds faster than the previous DII best of 13:41.08, run by Abilene Christian’s
Nicodemus Naimadu 16 years ago. It was a stellar performance, run mostly alone Noble led every step of the final 15 laps after pacemaker
Garrett O’Toole stepped off the track after two kilometers.
NEW ORLEANS – Another week means another collegiate record.
You better believe that performance was included among the eight athletes who were named National Indoor Track & Field Athletes of the Week on Tuesday by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA).
NCAA Division I Men – Tripp Piperi, Texas
NCAA Division I Women – Athing Mu, Texas A&M
NCAA Division II Men – Christian Noble, Lee (Tenn.)
NCAA Division II Women – Nicole Sreenan, Grand Valley State
NCAA Division III Men – Nick Hoffman, Hope
NCAA Division III Women – Ana Tucker, Hope
NJCAA Men – Tyrese Reid, Barton County CC
NJCAA Women – Mercy Ntia-Obong, Cloud County CC
WTW: Crouser Gets His WR, Walmsley Just Misses; Patrick Mahomes Gets His Super Shoes and Michigan Gets Cancelled
The Week That Was in Running, January 18 – 24, 2021
January 25, 2021
2:35:53 – marathon pace averaged by
Jim Walmsley during his 100k world record attempt on Saturday at the
HOKA Project Carbon X 2. Running one 2:35 marathon isn’t easy. Running two back-to-back plus another 9.7 miles (15.61 km) is incredibly impressive, even more so when you’ve got blood pouring out of your left shoulder for the second half of the race (Walmsley got caught on some fencing as he passed a female runner around halfway).
Walmsley bloodied shoulder didn’t help
Good News: There Will Be A 2021 Indoor Track Season But It Will Look Much Different Than Normal
January 7, 2021
We are into January, which means it is time for indoor track. Well, what’s left of it.
Already, the Millrose Games in New York, the crown jewel of the US indoor season, have been cancelled for the first time in the event’s 114-year history. As for the USATF Indoor Championships,
LetsRun.com can report that the meet is tentatively scheduled for February 19-20 in Albuquerque (though you’d never know that from looking at the USATF website)
,
but whether that meet will actually be held is another question.