WEEKEND ROUNDUP: All-Time Collegiate Efforts Continue Indoors

Within the span of an hour on Friday afternoon, two women added their names to the pantheon of all-time collegiate greats in the pentathlon.
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Tyra Gittens of Texas A&M was first, amassing 4612 points at the Texas Tech Invitational to become the third best performer in collegiate history.
Gittens opened competition with a 8.33 PR in the 60H, followed by another PR in the high jump of 1.91m (6-3.25). After a heave of 12.94m (42-5.5) in the shot put, Gittens nearly PR’d again in the long jump. Gittens soared 6.58m (21-7.25) on her final attempt, barely missing her PR of 6.62m (21-8.75) that she set two weeks ago at the Ted Nelson Invitational. All that was left for Gittens was the 800, where she turned four laps in 2:30.86.
All told, that made Gittens only the third woman in collegiate history to eclipse the 4600-point barrier in the multi.
Less than an hour later, Anna Hall of Georgia wrapped up competition at the Razorback Invitational in a big way. We’re talking a 2:08.19 mark over 800 meters that gave her 991 points. Add that to her four-event total of 3599 and Hall charted 4590 points for the fourth best performance in collegiate history and a Razorback Invitational record.
How did Hall get to 3599 points in those four events? Well, Hall started things off with a time of 8.48 in the 60H, followed by a PR in the high jump of 1.86m (6-1.25). Then, after Hall launched the shot 12.26m (40-2.75), she flew to a 5.99m (19-8) PR in the long jump.
If you’re counting at home, SEC athletes own six of the top-7 spots in collegiate history: Kendell Williams of Georgia at No. 1, Tyra Gittens of Texas A&M at No. 3, Anna Hall at No. 4, Erica Bougard of Mississippi State at No. 5, Taliyah Brooks of Arkansas at No. 6 and Makeba Alcide of Arkansas at No. 7.

An All-Time Double For Hunter

Charlie Hunter had himself a weekend.
On Friday night, Hunter toted the baton third for Oregon’s Distance Medley Relay team that not only demolished the collegiate record by more than five seconds, it set an all-time world best in the event with their time of 9:19.42. Hunter ran 1:47.65 for 800 meters.
Then on Saturday, Hunter doubled back in the mile and matched the fourth best performer and the fourth best performance in collegiate indoor history with his 3:54.54.
Now 2.53 seconds stand between Hunter and the Oregon school record, which also happens to be the collegiate record as well: Edward Cheserek ran 3:52.01 back in 2017.

Siroki Improves NCAA Division II All-Time Score

In his first heptathlon of the season, Trpimir Siroki of Angelo State walked away with a PR of 5602 points at the Texas Tech Invitational.
It was a 6-point improvement for Siroki, who is already the No. 6 performer in NCAA Division II history in the event. He is 13 points away from matching the No. 5 performer on the all-time list.  Siroki set collegiate bests in the the 60 (7.22) and the shot put (12.97m/ 42-6 ¾), while winning the high jump with a clearance of 2.06m (6-9) en route to his PR in Lubbock, Texas.

Azamati Continues Getting Faster

It didn’t take long for Benjamin Azamati to revisit the NCAA Division II all-time list.

After becoming the No. 5 performer at 60 meters in divisional history two weeks ago, Azamati improved his mark with a blistering time of 6.59 at the Washburn Open. A PR of 0.01 seconds makes him the second NCAA DII athlete to run under 6.60 in the event since 2004.

Only 0.02 seconds separates himself from a three-way tie for No. 3 at 6.57, while 0.05 seconds stands between him and the NCAA DII record of 6.54 set by Jason Smoots in 2003.

Busy Weekend In NCAA Division III

(NOTE: This was written at 3:22 pm CT on January 30)
Fifteen new national leaders were anointed in NCAA Division III this weekend.
Many of those performances came from the Wartburg Friday Night Lights Meet, where Wartburg hosted conference rival Loras as well as NCAA Division I member Northern Iowa.
Among those efforts were impressive doubles from Loras teammates Josh Smith and Marion Edwards, who are both now leading the nation in both short sprints. Smith went 6.88 and 21.86 in the 60 and 200, while Edwards turned in efforts of 7.77 and 25.54.