Glad to see Mt.SAC’s Hilmer Lodge Stadium again in motion, and oh, it was in nice motion final weekend! The sprints highlighted the weekend, however some smoking distance operating, throwing and jumps as properly.
Particular due to USATF web site for this protection.
Fred Kerley smoked the 200m on the USATF Golden Video games, held at Hilmer Lodge Stadium (Mt.SAC), picture by Kevin Morris
WALNUT, California — 4 world-leading marks and a bevy of spectacular dash and hurdle matchups entertained a big crowd Saturday afternoon on the USATF Golden Video games at Hilmer Lodge Stadium on the campus of Mt. San Antonio Faculty. Olympic and world champions and medalists topped the invoice and loved sunny and breezy situations on the second cease on the World Athletics Continental Tour – Gold.
The end result of the meet was a dream matchup within the Nike males’s 200m between the Olympic 100m silver medalist, Fred Kerley, the Olympic 400m hurdles silver medalist, Rai Benjamin, and the Olympic 400m fifth-place finisher, Michael Norman. As anticipated, it elicited an outstanding shut end, with Kerley getting the perfect of Norman, 19.80-19.83, and Benjamin claiming third in 20.01. Kerley’s time is the quickest on the earth this yr and simply exterior his lifetime better of 19.76.
Simply 20 minutes after a private finest within the second of two quick 100s within the span of a few hours, Olympic bronze medalist Gabby Thomas dominated the ladies’s 200m to win in a U.S.-leading 22.02, .27 forward of 2019 World Championships silver medalist Brittany Brown. Jenna Prandini nabbed third in 22.59.
Operating the equal seventh-fastest collegiate time ever in all situations, Oregon’s Micah Williams burst to the lead within the males’s 100m on the midway mark and stopped the clock at 9.83w (wind +2.5). Brandon Carnes was the quickest out of the blocks and maintained properly to say second in 9.93w. Williams had a windy 9.96 (+3.1) to take the primary warmth, and Carnes gained warmth two with a authorized 10.07.
A powerful tailwind (+3.3) blew six ladies beneath 11 seconds within the Nike ladies’s 100m, led by TeeTee Terry, who crossed the road in 10.77w, the quickest all-conditions time on the earth this yr. Operating with out Jamaican Olympic champion Elaine Thompson-Herah, who had the quickest qualifying time however withdrew from the ultimate, Javianne Oliver was out quickest however yielded the result in Aleia Hobbs and Thomas earlier than Terry eased previous that duo. Hobbs took second in 10.80w, with Thomas third in 10.86w. Teahna Daniels, seventh at Tokyo final summer season, positioned fourth in 10.91w.
Three ladies dipped beneath 11 seconds within the first warmth, led by Thompson-Herah’s world-leading 10.89, and three extra rode an unlawful wind beneath that barrier in warmth two, topped by Briana Williams of Jamaica, who clocked 10.91w (wind +3.0).
Two-time Olympic finalist Devon Allen overtook a fast-starting Daniel Roberts on the sixth hurdle and powered on to win the boys’s 110m hurdles in 13.35 into a lightweight wind. Allen, who final week signed an NFL contract with the Philadelphia Eagles, held off Jamal Britt and Aaron Mallett, who took second and third in 13.44 and 13.48, respectively. Allen ran a wind-aided 10.12 within the heats of the 100m earlier within the afternoon.
World document holder and Olympic silver medalist Keni Harrison and Tonea Marshall bought off to very fast begins and Marshall was finest over the ultimate 5 hurdles to win the ladies’s 100m hurdles in 12.46, the quickest time by an American in 2022. Harrison ended up second in 12.56, simply in entrance of Tia Jones’ 12.59 in third to finish a Crew USATF sweep of the rostrum spots. Earlier, Harrison had a wind-aided 12.42 to win warmth two, whereas Marshall took the primary part in 12.57, additionally wind-aided.
Diamond League champion Michael Cherry keyed off Olympic 200m silver medalist Kenny Bednarek by way of the early phases of the boys’s 400m and rocketed off the final bend on his approach to a world-leading 44.28, his third-fastest time ever. Brazil’s Alison dos Santos, the Olympic bronze medalist within the 400m hurdles, notched a lifetime finest 44.54 in second and Bryce Deadmon was third in 45.13. Operating his first 400m since 2019, Bednarek was fourth in 45.37.
Olympic bronze medalist and World Championships silver medalist Raevyn Rogers went by way of the primary 400m of the ladies’s 800m in 58.56 after which began stretching her lead stride by stride on the way in which to a front-running win in 1:58.77, the quickest time by an American in 2022 and the second-fastest on the earth. Rogers was the one girl to interrupt 2:00, as Canada’s Lindsey Butterworth was second at 2:00.40.
All seven ladies within the 400m had been even down the backstretch, preventing a wholesome headwind, and coming off the ultimate bend Jaide Stepter-Baynes had the quickest end to take the win in 51.43 forward of Shamier Little, who was second in 51.65. Former 400m hurdles world document holder Dalilah Muhammad was fifth in 52.60.
Sprinting previous early chief Ryan Sanchez of Puerto Rico over the ultimate 30m, Bryce Hoppel gained the boys’s 800m in 1:47.27. Sanchez had lead by way of 400m in 52.07, a second up on Hoppel, however the World Indoor bronze medalist stored pushing across the last bend to place himself in placing place after which made his decisive transfer midway down the ultimate straight. Sanchez held on for second in 1:47.58.
American document holder Valarie Allman had the seventh-best throw of her profession and the seventh-best throw in U.S. historical past, crusing the ladies’s discus out to 69.46m/227-10 on her fourth try and win by greater than 20 ft over Jorinde Van Klinken of Arizona State and the Netherlands.
Already the world chief within the ladies’s hammer, Brooke Andersen capped off a stable sequence with a 76.76m/251-10 to win by greater than three ft over Camryn Rogers of Cal and Canada, who had a better of 75.73m/248-5 in spherical 5. Andersen’s throw was the second-best on the earth this yr, behind solely her personal world chief. Janee’ Kassanavoid was third with a throw of 73.76m/242-0 to maneuver to No. 7 on the 2022 world listing. American document holder Rudy Winkler had 4 throws adequate to win the boys’s hammer, hitting a U.S.-leading 79.11m/259-6 within the last spherical to win by virtually 10 ft.
Vashti Cunningham had the perfect outside excessive soar by an American girl in 2022 and tied for the world outside lead, successful with a 1.96m/6-5 clearance. Cunningham needed to take all three makes an attempt at that top to go over, and he or she missed thrice at 1.98m/6-6. Rachel McCoy was second with a better of 1.85m/6-0.75.
A fifth-round throw of 21.68m/71-1.5, the perfect outside efficiency by an American this season, lifted Darrell Hill to the lead within the males’s shot put and he held on to edge Josh Awotunde, who was second with a better of 21.63m/70-11.75. Tripp Piperi of Texas was third, hitting 21.52m/70-7.25. Keturah Orji, the American document holder, gained the ladies’s triple soar by greater than two ft with a wind-aided better of 14.53m/47-8 in spherical three.
Sam Houston State’s Clayton Fritsch gained the boys’s pole vault over Jacob Wooten on the premise of fewer misses, each males clearing 5.80m/19-0.25, and Olivia Gruver and Rachel Baxter tied within the ladies’s pole vault at 4.50m/14-9 after abandoning the jump-off course of after 4 makes an attempt.
Jamaica’s 2019 World Championships silver medalist Danniel Thomas-Dodd edged Jessica Woodard within the ladies’s shot put, hitting 18.92m/62-1 on her second try. Woodard’s better of 18.77m/61-7 got here in spherical 4.
Laquan Nairn of the Bahamas and Will Williams waged a back-and-forth battle within the males’s lengthy soar, however Nairn had the final soar of the competitors and made essentially the most of it to span 8.22m/26-11.75 and go Williams, who went 8.18m/26-10 on his last try. Williams held the lead by way of the primary two rounds earlier than Nairn’s 8.17m/26-9.75 in spherical three, after which regained it on his last soar earlier than Nairn’s successful leap.
Finishing a California hat-trick that noticed him win three meets in simply over per week on the West coast, Olympic champion Daniel Ståhl of Sweden took prime honors within the males’s discus with a throw of 67.65m/221-11. Sam Mattis was the highest American, inserting fourth with a better of 63.71m/209-0.
Full outcomes could also be discovered here.
Subsequent cease on the Journey to Gold is The Prefontaine Traditional in Eugene, Oregon on Could 27-28.
