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Here's Blaskowski's sub-20, 200m:

It should be noted that Marco also ran 10.04 in his heat before the final, and the wind was a little less strong, 1.5w. So he ran 10.04 twice in within an hour and 15 minutes. That's very impressive. Emilie also ran well in the same heat - 10.09. An impressive outing for both of them.

Wyatt Lee won the Canadian Under 20 Championships handily in 10.25 (0.5w). 2nd place was 10.47. Wyatt just finished his senior year of high school.

The last of the straddlers. I loved his jumping style. I remember when he broke the world record. Another case of, 'what a shame' that injuries killed his career before he was 21 years old. What if, indeed!

I remember Damien Marsh and this race where he beat the world's best sprinters. I didn't know about his injury . . . such a shame! Australia had some good sprinters back then.

I would rate Blaskowski's result today as very good. He was up against top level competition, and finished 4th. Finishing behind Olympic and World Championship medalists like Bednarek and Christian Coleman is nothing to be ashamed of. Plus he beat Letsile Tebogo, who is the Olympic 200m...

Some notable times at the Japanese Championships: 19 year old Naoki Nishioka ran 10.09 in the semis of the 100m, and another 19yo, Fukuto Komuro, ran 10.07 in the heats. In the 200m heats, Soshi Mizukubo ran 20.07 (+0.5) - 2nd fastest Japanese all-time. In the 400m hurdles, 17 year old Taiju...

Taiju Goto of Japan set a World U18 record in the heats of Japanese Championships, running the 400m hurdles in 48.31! The previous record of 48.89 was held by Louis Van Zyl of South Africa. The time also makes him #6 all-time on the U20 lists (under 20 yrs old). **UPDATE** Goto improved his...

At an international junior meet in Germany, I see that Leendert Koekemoer of South Africa won the 400m in 45.11. Xenia Buri of Switzerland won the women's 100m in 11.13 (1.1w), which is the leading U20 time in Europe. She also ran 11.14 (0.3w) in the heats. Meanwhile in Greece, 21 yr old Nora...

Other NCAA news - Colin Sahlman, another former HS phenom, won the 800m in a time of 1:44.22. Simon Birnbaum of Oregon won the 1500m easily in 3:36.05. Ben Barton of BYU won the decathlon.

Finally, something to cheer about at the NCAA Championships. Vance Nilsson, a sophomore at the University of Florida, demolished the field in the 400m hurdles, winning from lane 9 in a great time of 48.06. 2nd place was 48.82. So he won by almost 8/10s of a second! A dominant performance. We...

Andrew Jones of Texas and Josh Hamblin of Utah, came 1st and 2nd in the 110m hurdles at the Brooks PR Invitational (high school). Jones ran 13.14 (0.9w) for the win. That's a PB for Jones and makes him #2 performer and performance all-time. Hamblin's 13.24 makes him the #5 high school performer...

Puripol Boonson ran 20.03 (0.3w) in Taiwan.

Ewa Swoboda also ran sub 11 today ... 10.99 in Poland, wind legal.

10.97, a new PB for Amy Hunt today in Stockholm to finish 2nd. Glad to see that she has joined the elite sub-11 club.

Trevor Bassitt ran a new PB of 47.37 in a 400m hurdles race that was about as close it could possibly be. He came in 2nd by 2/1000ths of a second!

Henriette Jaeger of Norway wins the women's 400m at the Rome Diamond league in a great time of 49.60. I believe that is the #4 time in the world. She is a little dynamo. Kelly Hodgkinson, the #1 800m runner, came 7th with a PB of 51.14.

Trey Cunningham with a great race in Rome, winning in a World Leading time, and a Personal Best of 12.98! He joins very elite company in the sub-13 club.

Today in Austria, Karolina Manasova of the Czech Republic set a new national record with a time of 11.01 (0.9w). Rebekka Haase of Germany was 2nd in 11.04, and Isabel Posch was 3rd in a NR of 11.10. On the men's side, Elliot Jones of Great Britain won the men's 100m in 10.09 (-0.3w).

Here's a good video of Bobby Morrow winning the AAU (US) Championships in 1956.

Here is Andrew Rock finishing 2nd at the 2005 World Championships at Helsinki. Jeremy Wariner took the gold medal.

Since we're all talking about Sam Blaskowski and how he's gone from DIII Champion to a world class sprinter, it reminds me of another DIII Champion, who also attended The University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse, and also became a world class sprinter. That sprinter is Andrew Rock. Rock was a 9-time...

Here's Camden Capehart at the top of Boy's High School 100m list.