Taking Stock Of The Record Book … Again
If you like records, then you’ve loved the 2021 collegiate indoor track & field season!
From The USTFCCCA: Meets & Results | Records & Lists
Five collegiate indoor records have been smashed and 17 different additions have been made to the all-time top-10 lists. Just a few weeks ago, those numbers stood at two and nine, respectively.
That doesn’t account for the four all-time bests and 18 different additions to the all-time top-10 charts for NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III and the NJCAA (Our NAIA record book is growing, but incomplete).
The past few weeks have been nothing short of remarkable:
- Athing Mu of Texas A&M and Tripp Piperi of Texas did their own version of the Texas Two-Step at the Charlie Thomas Invitational on February 6: Mu became the fourth best performer in collegiate history in the 400 meters at 50.52; Piperi put together an amazing series in the shot put that saw him move up to No. 2 on the all-time chart with a heave of 21.74m (71-4).
- Trevor Bassitt of Ashland had a day to remember at the American Track League Meet on Super Bowl Sunday. Bassitt set the NCAA DII 400-meter record of 45.27 and moved up to No. 2 all-time in the 60H at 7.68. That all happened within one hour.
- Two different collegiate records fell at both the Texas Tech Shootout and the Tyson Invitational this past weekend: KC Lightfoot of Baylor (pole vault) and Turner Washington of Arizona State (shot put) starred in Lubbock, Texas; Cooper Teare of Oregon (mile) and the Texas A&M women (4×400 relay) made both collegiate history and world history in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
Let’s take a closer look at those all-time efforts this season.
All-Time Top-10 Additions – Collegiate Record Book |
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Name
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Program
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Event
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Mark
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All-Time
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Charlie Hunter
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Oregon
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800 Meters
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1:45.59
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No. 5
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Cooper Teare
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Oregon
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Mile
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3:50.39
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No. 1
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Cole Hocker
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Oregon
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Mile
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3:50.55
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No. 2
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Charlie Hunter
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Oregon
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Mile
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3:54.54
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No. 6
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Four Athletes
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Oregon
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Distance Medley
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9:19.42
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No. 1
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Four Athletes
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Iowa State
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Distance Medley
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9:27.90
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No. 8
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KC Lightfoot
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Baylor
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Pole Vault
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6.00m
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No. 1
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Isaac Grimes
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Florida State
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Triple Jump
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8.33m
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No. 5
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Turner Washington
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Arizona State
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Shot Put
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21.85m
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No. 1
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Tripp Piperi
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Texas
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Shot Put
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21.74m
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No. 3
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Abby Steiner
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Kentucky
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200 Meters
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22.52
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t-No. 10
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Athing Mu
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Texas A&M
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400 Meters
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50.52
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No. 4
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Athing Mu
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Texas A&M
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800 Meters
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2:01.07
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No. 5
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Four Athletes
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Texas A&M
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4×400 Relay
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3:26.27
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No. 1
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Ruth Usoro
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Texas Tech
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Triple Jump
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14.28m
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No. 2
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Tyra Gittens
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Texas A&M
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Pentathlon
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4612
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No. 3
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Anna Hall
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Georgia
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Pentathlon
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4590
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No. 4
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All-Time Top-10 Additions – NCAA DII Record Book |
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Name
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Program
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Event
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Mark
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All-Time
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Benjamin Azamati
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West Texas A&M
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60 Meters
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6.59
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No. 5
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Trevor Bassitt
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Ashland
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400 Meters
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45.27
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No. 1
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Butare Rugenerwa
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West Texas A&M
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800 Meters
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1:48.48
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No. 5
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Christian Noble
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Lee (Tenn.)
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Mile
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4:00.60
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No. 4
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Ryan Riddle
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Missouri Southern
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Mile
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4:01.07
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No. 6
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Christian Noble
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Lee (Tenn.)
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3000 Meters
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7:51.46
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No. 1
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Christian Noble
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Lee (Tenn.)
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5000 Meters
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13:37.39
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No. 1
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Trevor Bassitt
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Ashland
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60 Hurdles
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7.68
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No. 2
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Trpimir Siroki
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Angelo State
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Heptathlon
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5602
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No. 6
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Madi Wulfekotter
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Central Missouri
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Pole Vault
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4.17m
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t-No. 8
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Haven Lander
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Pittsburg State
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Pole Vault
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4.17m
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t-No. 8
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All-Time Top-10 Additions – NCAA DIII Record Book |
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Name
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Program
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Event
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Mark
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All-Time
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Taylor Rooney
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Gustavus Adolphus
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60 Hurdles
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7.87
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No. 5
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All-Time Top-10 Additions – NJCAA Record Book |
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Name
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Program
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Event
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Mark
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All-Time
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Matteo Capello
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Vincennes (Ind.)
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Pole Vault
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5.35m
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No. 2
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Courtney Lawrence
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Cloud County CC
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Shot Put
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18.92m
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No. 2
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Fred Moudani
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Barton County CC
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Shot Put
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18.08m
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No. 8
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Four Athletes
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Cloud County CC
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4×400 Relay
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3:44.34
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No. 7
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Ana Da Silva
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Barton County CC
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Shot Put
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16.10m
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No. 5
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Victoria Adu
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Iowa Central CC
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Weight Throw
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19.61m
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No. 3
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Don’t expect things to slow down as championship season is already underway!
There is something about competing for conference bragging rights and national glory that brings the best out of collegians each and every year.
We’ll see various conference championship sprout up over the next few weeks across all collegiate divisions (There are 16 this weekend, alone) as athletes try to punch their tickets to their respective national championships meets over the first few weeks of March.
