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So I looked up the Kondratyeva mark - it was achieved on 3 June, so I was in the ballpark. I can't remember how soon it was before it was "discredited",...

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Well, 1980 in the spring suggests that the DDR and the Soviet Union are good candidates for the countries involved. (Your wording suggests it was two...

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Easy to forget that Lewis grew up in Los Angeles since he made his mark in high school after moving up north.

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I don't know of anyplace outside of the federation that recognizes marks for 1600. And since Webb's mark was not in interscholastic competition, it...

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Nor should they be the same. They have different umbrellas.

The federation oversees interscholastic competition. And that's what their records...

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Which marks do you mean?...

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Given that they've ratified a windy 10.2h as a record-equaling 10.15, I don't think a curb issue is going to be a problem. <smirk>
(We may...

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I swear there was an out-of-this-world leg by Ana Quirot once that was sub-48 that didn't make this list. Perhaps not sufficiently attested....

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I don't think they're worthless at all. I believe they have their place. Most of their listed records are correct and now that I know who to contact...

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At the CIF-SS meet today, Roderick Pleasant of Serra Gardena goes 10.16w (+2.5) and 20.40 (+2.0)

Hot temperatures and high winds kept many...

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No "probably" about it. They are adamant that the mile and the 1600 are independent events. I'm not even sure that they will ratify it as a...

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Steve, I think the record was taken to 9:47+ in 2018 by Tuohy (at the Loucks Games, so definitely federation-eligible). At least that's the record we're...

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California has moved up a week, from first Saturday in June to last Saturday in May. Still too late?

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This weekend California gets rolling in earnest in the leadup to the state meet in two weeks. Worthy of its own thread?

I'll be at the CIF-SS...

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Doug had some serious health issues a while back - life-threatening, as I recall. Anyone know if he's close to back to normal?...

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I hope we never go to divisions in California - the meet format here assures that the best will go head-to-head. Allyson Felix would always have been...

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It's a bucket list event - after going to 40-some California state meets, Texas is the logical counterpart - a different vibe, from what I've heard....

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If Lex runs close to 3:42 it will make him the secon fastest Californian ever . . . . . .but not a school record or even the top guy on his team this...

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Or just wait until one country schedules a "U20" championship meet in which the final of an event just happens to fall on the 20th birthday...

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Interesting - with all four top guys healthy they could have put those records away for two generations. (Along with the DM if they wanted to.) So even...