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Weekend Recap: 100? 200? It Doesn’t Matter To Steiner
EDITOR’S NOTE: We’ll continue to update this post throughout the weekend.
Raise your hand if you thought the season was slowing down.
That’s what we thought.
From The USTFCCCA InfoZone: Meets & Results | Records & Lists
Athletes hit the ground running, jumping and throwing in 2022.
Here are some moments that stood out the most from this past weekend.
Steiner Leaves Her Mark
Abby Steiner is quite fast over 100 meters, too.
We already knew that, but maybe you didn’t.
Steiner equaled the fifth-fastest performers in collegiate history in the event with her winning effort this afternoon at the LSU Joe May Invitational. We say performers (plural), because Steiner is now tied at No. 5 with both 2015 The Bowerman winner Jenna Prandini and Cambrea Sturgis.
Later in the meet, Steiner ripped through a 5.6 m/s headwind to win the 200 in 22.38. That is the fastest mark ever run into headwind greater than 1.8 m/s in collegiate history (Merlene Ottey went 22.29 into a 1.7 m/s headwind back in 1982, which has her as the 18th fastest performer now).
During the indoor season, Steiner left no doubt as to her place on top of the collegiate landscape in the one-lapper. Steiner clocked three of the fastest marks in collegiate history, including the CR of 22.09 to win the individual title at the SEC Indoor Championships. Later in the season, Steiner defended her NCAA title with a scintillating 22.16 in Birmingham, Alabama.
More Fast Times For Azamati
It’s business as usual for Benjamin Azamati.
Azamati shined on his home track as he matched his NCAA DII record in the 200 with his 20.13 (+1.4) winner at the Jo Meaker Classic & Multi. His first record-breaking run came at the Lone Star Outdoor Track & Field Championships last year.
You’ll also recall a few weeks ago that Azamati became the fourth-best performer in collegiate history in the 100 meters after clocking 9.90 (+2.0) at the Texas Relays. That also shattered his own NCAA DII record in the event.
Azamati is now the collegiate leader in both the 100 and 200 this year.
During the indoor season, Azamati blazed to the NCAA DII record in the 60 (6.54) and became the No. 2 performer in NCAA DII history in the 200 (20.57).
Noble Scorches The Track Again
Christian Noble added his name to another all-time NCAA DII chart.
Noble, competing on his home track at the Flames Invitational, covered 1500 meters in 3:39.42 to become the fourth-best performer in NCAA DII history. That put him behind NCAA DII record-holder David Ribich (3:37.35), James Young (3:37.72) and Kip Cheruiyot (3:38.91) in divisional history.
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It was a dominant win for Noble on Friday night, as he won by more than eight seconds. Noble went out in 43.53 through 300 meters, traversed the next lap in 1:02.34, before closing in 57.92 and 55.64.
If you want to know why we said “another all-time NCAA DII chart,” it’s because Noble is the NCAA DII indoor record-holder in both the mile (3:56.10) and 3000m (7:50.98) – which were set within 90 minutes of each other in Boston – and clocked the second-fastest performance in NCAA DII history over 5000 meters earlier this outdoor season (13:24.78).
Look Out Below In Tempe!
Jorinde van Klinken made her season debut in a big way.
Try 62.38m (204-8).
That’s how far van Klinken flung the discus on Friday afternoon.
van Klinken soared to the national lead in the event by more than nine feet, based on the Descending Order List as of Saturday afternoon. That was part of a series where The Bowerman Watch List member launched three different throws farther than 60.00m (196-10).
The defending NCAA champion has now won nine consecutive discus competitions against collegiate competitors. It was also van Klinken’s fourth-best mark as an attached collegian and puts the nation on notice, as all of those other offerings came in May and June.