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Clearly, Prandini was the performer of the day--that was the stuff of legend. However, I want to draw attention to the incredible work of Bilderback. He was running on a hugely windy day. Both the 100 and 400 had wind readings of over 4. Wind is death to 400m runners, as indeed it is death...

Well, sirs, I'll match your John Teeters and raise you one Jenna Prandini. She ran an unbelievable 11.11 to blow away everyone at Mt. Sac. The second place girl from Alabama wasn't even in the same time zone. Also, the incomparable Laura Roesler, now a senior at Oregon, crushed a field of...

Look forward to your wrapup on Arcadia, Jack. Don't forget to mention the 1-2-3-4 sweep in the men's 400!

Those are superb times for any time of year, but guess what: Steve Solomon did even better. He just won the Australian national champs in 45.36, despite very windy conditions. Also, I'm intrigued by Josh Ralph, a young 400 runner who moved up to the 800, and won the championship. He...

Jenna Prandini currently has the WORLD BEST time in the 200m, after winning the event in the Aztec invitational yesterday. Her teammate, Marybeth Sant, won the 100m in 11.74. Speaking of Oregon, no one ever reported on the NCAA's here, but one of the most memorable performances was Laura...

I think Kilty just won!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It was close. Waiting... Waiting..... Kilty did it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 6.49. Wow MASLAK and KILTY ==both world champs!!!!!!!!!!

Maslak--WORLD CHAMPION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Blew away the field from beginning to end. Announcer "he took them to the cleaners."

Richard Kilty--6.52 in the semi-finals! That was the second fastest time. He's a legitimate threat for a medal.

Pozzi was the fastest qualifier out of the 60mh heats. Shubenko and others qualified as well. I don't have time to post all of the links, but I think pretty much all of the races can be seen at either Watchathletics or on youtube. Unfortunately, I can't find a working live stream this...

Pavel Maslak just jogged to first place in his semifinal of the 400. He was glancing back at his competition, all of them way back. I'm crossing my fingers and hoping he takes the gold in the finals.

Yep, in the heats Kilty 6.53, Lukas J. 6.57, and D. Kuc 6.58. Those are good numbers.

Following Kilty's amazing heat, Lukas J. and D. Kuc looked to finish 1-2 (and under 6.6) in the next heat. It'd be nice to see several guys go under 10 this summer.

Kilty just ran 6.53 while turning his head to check on the competition at the finish. He was sub 6.5 if he ran all the way through. All he has to do is stay healthy now, and he's a lock for sub-10. Heck, yeah! Also, young Anita Hinriksdottir set the World Junior Record for the indoor 800...

Still waiting on that long-promised improvement. FWIW, Pavel Maslak, a 400 meter runner, and therefore someone who never practices starts, has about the same 60 time (6.65) and Maslak has a faster 200 time--20.52. Of course, the good news is that Maslak has the fastest 200 time this year on a...

Followed by an inexcusably awful drive phase and an inexcusably slow finish. Note: the guy that one the race had a worse start than LeMaitre. He flinched then had to relax and restart a second time after even LeMaitre had left the box. Unlike LeMaitre, however, he simply started running fast...

Meanwhile, in the final (which LeMaitre was waaaay too slow to make) Richard Kilty went 6.57, and looked good the entire race. Kilty is quite a bit faster than LeMaitre now.

The ugly results are in. Nine runners (from two heats) beat LeMaitre. Old guys, young guys. Lots of mediocre guys. The regression continues. He barely ran any faster than Sophie Papps on the women's side. The good news is that Sophie is really fast, and in fact has now edged ahead of...

Well, Christophe may have had to make a lot of excuses for bad races the past few years, but at least he hasn't ever had to make up excuses for failing blood tests. I'd rather hear Christophe blame the weather than hear Tyson Gay, Veronica Campbell Brown, and Five other Jamaicans blame their...

Sickening. I had to turn off the video before they even started the slow motion replay. Where was Christophe's vaunted top-end speed. He not only was blown away in the second half by Vicaut, but he did absolutely nothing to pull away from the dreadful non-elite runners who pretty much...

Christophe just finished 3rd at 20.07. I watched it live and saw the replays. As always CL started horribly and ran a dreadful curve. He might have been last coming out of the curve. Jason Young to his inside had made up the stagger within the first ten steps. But once he came out of the...

Jimmy C. has done good work. One example he may have missed. Alex Mead, as dominating as he is, actually got nudged out in some races, including a recent national event, by another runner from his state. I believe his name was Zac McCoy, and he's worth looking up. An elite 200/400 talent...

Who gives a flying s--t about Jimmy Vicaut? I have no idea why people keep posting about him. This isn't an all-purpose "Runners under the French flag" message board. Usain Bolt and Tyson Gay are far superior to Vicaut. If you're going to ignore the reason for the board altogether, why not...

A few good hs results from the weekend. 1) Wesley Frazier is making headlines, as a kind of Mary Cain-lite. She won the 5k, the 2mile, and the mile at the New Balance nationals this weekend. No one could touch her--but Mary wasn't there. 2) Speaking of not there, I don't believe Sant or...

It's no fluke, either. KH is very consistent, ran 10.43 in the prelims, 10.46 in the finals. Earlier in his first 100m of the season, he ran 10.53 into a stiff -1.0 headwind. Oh, and he's already sub 21 in the 200 (he just ran 20.96). This is one crazy fast 15 yr old. My only concern is...

Oh, Zell, don't be such a grump. It was a great day! You've got to change your analysis to suit the results. Last year, for example, I was miserable and negative over the start to Christophe's season--and proven right to be so. This year, I've felt much better, especially after the...