2013 Indoor Track Season Results

[Trolling for Hollas]

Another young sprinter to look out for is a senior at Cornell U. in NY via Canada/Spain in Bruno Hortelano-Roig. He is tall and skinny but he recently ran a 6.68 60 meters at the Boston U. Terrier Classic.
He had a pb of 10.58 in the 100 meters 3 years ago but has had serious injury problems since then. He ran a personal 100 meter best last year of 10.27 so despite all of the injuries this guy may climne into the 10.1 range this spring. He does compete for Spain at the international level but resides now on Burlingotn, Ontario.

 

[jacknyc]

Brian Gregan, a young Irish sprinter just ran a pb of 46.07 in a meet in Ireland.
It is the 2nd fastest time in the world this season.
Hopefully this will be a break out season for him. He's 23 yrs old.

 

[jacknyc]

Pavel Trinikihn just ran a 46.5 indoor time for Russia in Glasgow, Scotland 3 days ago. I had never heard of him but he has a personal outdoor best of 45.00 which he ran in London last year. He is 26 and that outdoor time is quite impressive considering the age. He may be a late bloomer as I can find nothing on him pre 2012.

Pavel Trinikihn has been around since at least 2010, running anchor on the Russian 4x400m teams. He made it to the semi-finals of the individual 400m at last year's Olympics, along with another Pavel - Pavel Maslak of the Czech Republic.
But your mention of him reminded me of Vladimir Krasnov. He came in 4th at the 2010 Euro Championships at the age of 19 or 20. But I haven't heard much about him since. Unfortunately a lot of these Russian sprinters pop up for a season or two and disappear.
I'm hoping Krasnov will come back and the Pavels will continue to improve.

 

[white lightning]

The reason that so many good Russian Male Athletes dissapear is because they have to serve in the military service and often are being trained in other areas outside of athletics. It's a shame as some of them have the potential to be future stars and then they are gone as fast as they come into notice. I hope this changes in the future or at least slows down. I'm really hoping the since the World Championships
of Track & Field is in Moscow this summer, it will help the country to realise just how important athletics are. Boys and even men need role models who are champions! Menkov has all the looks of a future gold medalist in the long jump as well as their 110 high hurdler. He shoud at least medal by 2016!

Now if we can only find some more Borzov types, I will be a happy camper!

 

[white is right]

The reason that so many good Russian Male Athletes dissapear is because they have to serve in the military service and often are being trained in other areas outside of athletics. It's a shame as some of them have the potential to be future stars and then they are gone as fast as they come into notice. I hope this changes in the future or at least slows down. I'm really hoping the since the World Championships
of Track & Field is in Moscow this summer, it will help the country to realise just how important athletics are. Boys and even men need role models who are champions! Menkov has all the looks of a future gold medalist in the long jump as well as their 110 high hurdler. He shoud at least medal by 2016!

Now if we can only find some more Borzov types, I will be a happy camper!

Yes when the country was communist exceptional prospects were allowed to train in the army in the reserves. Military training can ruin a sprinter or thrower. An athlete could lose critical muscle mass by eating rations and over training in basic training.

 

[white lightning]

Yes when the country was communist exceptional prospects were allowed to train in the army in the reserves. Military training can ruin a sprinter or thrower. An athlete could lose critical muscle mass by eating rations and over training in basic training.

Since Putin has been back in charge, things are very similar to the old days in alot of ways. Too many very good male athletes don't just vanish for no reason. Trust me on this. Alot of them are serving their country. As far as the second point, I couldn't agree more.

 

[jacknyc]

Well, speaking of male Russian athletes, I just found this:
Aleksey Brednev 6.66 at a meet in Russia. Very solid time.

 

[greyghost]

great to see that barrett nugent starts as a pro ,in karlsruhe this saturday 60m hurdles

 

[white lightning]

It's exciting news about Barrett. I'm hoping that he can become the first white american world class hurdler in a very long time. He will have to get faster and continue improving but he is more than capable of it. He was so dominant in college. Incredible athlete.

Oregon will be the school to watch now in college as they will have two elite white hurdlers. Devon Allen is going there soon and he will be the second guy.

 

[jacknyc]

In Austria today, Greg Cackett ran 6.72 in the finals and 6.68 in the heats.
Pretty consistent so far this season, but would like to see his times drop a bit...

 

[white lightning]

Well, speaking of male Russian athletes, I just found this:
Aleksey Brednev 6.66 at a meet in Russia. Very solid time.

You haven't seen anything yet jacknyc. Trust me they are finally taking athletics a little more seriously so that they can be more competetive on both the mens and the womens side in athletics. Today we had another big breakthrough for another russian sprinter.
Yevgeniy Ustavschikov won today in a very fast time of 6.60! He looks good as do so many of their sprinters. I'm just happy to finally see
some men doing what the Russian Women have been doing for years. On that note, I will drink a little vodka to celebrate.

The 2013 World Championships of Athletics in Moscow, Russia is going to be really great and I can't wait!!

 

[Trolling for Hollas]

You haven't seen anything yet jacknyc. Trust me they are finally taking athletics a little more seriously so that they can be more competetive on both the mens and the womens side in athletics. Today we had another big breakthrough for another russian sprinter.
Yevgeniy Ustavschikov won today in a very fast time of 6.60! He looks good as do so many of their sprinters. I'm just happy to finally see
some men doing what the Russian Women have been doing for years. On that note, I will drink a little vodka to celebrate.

The 2013 World Championships of Athletics in Moscow, Russia is going to be really great and I can't wait!!

Thanks for the update WL! I once agian am surprised I have never heard of this guy. The IAAF site sais he is 24. Usually the IAAF has a whole history of all of their competitors times as professionals. He does not have a history at all meaning he has just been running recently.
I found 2 other Russians that finished 2 and 3 respectively in that race and they finished in 6.71 and 6.72 and they are both 19 and 20 years old. I am exuberant for the outdoor season as this may be the best season caste football or any season for that matter for white/asian sprinters in 40 years or so. I hope I am not jumping the gun on this one.
I really think Lemaitre will break 9.90 twice this year legally. Maybe his past success has helped people attack that mental barrier.

 

[white lightning]

Yes the Russians are coming. Young, Fast and Talented. The future is looking a little brighter but remember that outdoors is an entirely different season and some guys are only good at one and not both.

I would love to see Lemaitre go sub 9.90 even once let alone twice. He should have a good year from how his training is going!

Verena Sailer and Ivet Lalova ran a dead heat in the 60 finals yesterday. They both were timed at 7.19 seconds but they gave
the win to Lalova! What a race it was. Reif won the long jump with a leap of 8.01 at home.

 

[elispeedster]

Yes the Russians are coming. Young, Fast and Talented. The future is looking a little brighter but remember that outdoors is an entirely different season and some guys are only good at one and not both.

I would love to see Lemaitre go sub 9.90 even once let alone twice. He should have a good year from how his training is going!

Verena Sailer and Ivet Lalova ran a dead heat in the 60 finals yesterday. They both were timed at 7.19 seconds but they gave
the win to Lalova! What a race it was. Reif won the long jump with a leap of 8.01 at home.

Christophe won his first 60 meter heat today at a very, very slow 6.79. They said he strained his hip, we shall see.. i hope he made significant changes in his training as has been stated. He needs to peak at minimum 6.50 - 6.53 if he is to break 9.9 in the 100 this summer.

 

[Finn_Track]

Forget Lemaitre.

Michael Tumi of Italy ran a blistering 6.53 equalling the world leading time today in Magglingen, Switzerland.

 

[white lightning]

It's too early to worry about Lemaitre. He will be fine when it counts outdoors as long as he is healthy.

Michael Tumi has come out of no where! Simply incredible time. Even Craig Pickering never ran that fast nor has Lemaitre indoors. Morne
Nagel is the last white sprinter to go faster in recent memory. Fantastic times and I just hope it continues. Viva Italia!


It was sad to see Galen Rupp get upset today but finishing 2nd in a great time is nothing to worry too much about. Even the greatest
lose occasionally.

 

[white lightning]

This kid is the real Italian Stallion. Haha. He is going to have one hell of an outdoor season for sure. So explosive and from this article he didn't even get his best start out of the blocks. Congrats again to Michael Tumi on a new Italian National Mens 60 Meters Record!


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[trackster]

As of right now, the lead story on Flotrack is Patrick Feeney's blazing 400 from yesterday. He ran the second fastest in the NCAA this year, so not too shabby. Right behind him was his teammate Giesting, who had to run the entire race (with the extra turns of an indoor track) in lane two or wider, as he never had the opportunity to cut in.

Hard to watch a great 400 like that without being reminded of Brady Gehret, who made the finals of the Olympic trials last year. The message board rumor about his leaving Penn State is that it was academics. Hopefully, he'll find somewhere else to compete.

Here's the Feeney video.

 

[trackster]

Fun stuff:

A New Zealand field hockey player decided, as a lark, to race some sprints, and beat New Zealand's champions. She's sticking to field hockey (too bad). Article here.

 

[trackster]

More fun:

Mitchell Watt is so good that he took only ten steps in his run up to the long jump and still won yesterday. Article here.

Also Nicholas Hough continues to improve as a young Australian hurdler/sprinter. Article here.

 

[white lightning]

Thanks trackster. You always find some great links to articles and videos. Exciting times indeed.


Here is another shout out to two ladies I love. Verena Sailer and Ivet Lalova. They are really good friends even off the track
but no one wants to race them on the track. I thought that Schippers looked descent too for this point in the season.

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[Trolling for Hollas]

Forget Lemaitre.

Michael Tumi of Italy ran a blistering 6.53 equalling the world leading time today in Magglingen, Switzerland.

This is very good news indeed! I wonder if he could get under 6.5 this season. It will be interesting to see what he does in the 100 meters. He is on the short side and if I recall 3 Greek sprinters of the same stature running similiar times in the 60 meters but struggled to get near 10.1 in the 100. Theodoridis, Papadias and Pavlakakis I believe are there names.

 

[white lightning]

This is very good news indeed! I wonder if he could get under 6.5 this season. It will be interesting to see what he does in the 100 meters. He is on the short side and if I recall 3 Greek sprinters of the same stature running similiar times in the 60 meters but struggled to get near 10.1 in the 100. Theodoridis, Papadias and Pavlakakis I believe are there names.

To be fair though, many short guys have been great spinters. Maurice Greene, Walter Dix, etc. Just last season, Julian Reuss of Germany went 10.09 and he is very short. I expect him to beat that p.b. this year. Michael Tumi has one hell of a quick stride rate! That's for sure and the future looks very bright.

Lucas J. of Germany opened his season with a 6.71 yesterday. He ran 10.20 last year and it was his first full year as a sprinter. He was a former long jumper but kept getting hurt. I wish he wouldn't have waited until he was 27/28 to switch but maybe there is still time.

Andrew Pozzi open up his season with a win in the hurdles yesterday in a fantastic time of 7.51 seconds! Great start for him.

 

[white lightning]

Julien Reus wins again today running a 6.65 for the victory. I just read an short article about him. He said that his training was cut short this winter due to him becoming a dad in late November. He went on to say that he is not in top shape yet but will be more than ready come summer time. To be honest, he is still running consistant mid 6.6 times so all is not lost. He will get faster as he tones up more. I'm really hoping for another good season from him and many of the other young german sprinters.

 

[Trolling for Hollas]

To be fair though, many short guys have been great spinters. Maurice Greene, Walter Dix, etc. Just last season, Julian Reuss of Germany went 10.09 and he is very short. I expect him to beat that p.b. this year. Michael Tumi has one hell of a quick stride rate! That's for sure and the future looks very bright.

Lucas J. of Germany opened his season with a 6.71 yesterday. He ran 10.20 last year and it was his first full year as a sprinter. He was a former long jumper but kept getting hurt. I wish he wouldn't have waited until he was 27/28 to switch but maybe there is still time.

Andrew Pozzi open up his season with a win in the hurdles yesterday in a fantastic time of 7.51 seconds! Great start for him.

I will not comment on Maurice Greene as I always believed he was dirty. If I recall Pavlakakis ran a 10.11 100 meters but never again came close to that time. Papadias ran a pb of 10.14 but never really broke out of the 10.2 range.
I just always had the belief that shorter/lighter sprinters excelled at the 60 meters as compared to the 100. I did not know Reus was on the shorter end. If you recall the worlds fastest junior time ever recorded was by American Caucasian Casey Combest. He probably did not weigh more than 140 pounds. His pb of 6.56 may never be broken though most high schoolers run the 55 meters and not the 60 obviously. Combest I believe never ran better than a 10.4 100 meters. Every sprinter is different but I just wanted to throw it out there. I think if Tumi is running this fast so early in the season he may just break that 6.50 barrier and I believe Morne Nagel did it 3 times back in 1999. FYI, Nagel actually competed in the 60 meters last year and ran around a 6.70 I think. If Kim Collins can run at the age of 37 so can Nagel at the ripe sprinting age of 34.