What A Weekend

Some other alumni who couldn't golf with us this weekend, all with equally good excuses. While we were at hacking around Mountain View Country Club, these folks were busy globetrotting.

On the other side of the world in China, at the Shanghai Diamond League meet, Joe Kovacs and Ryan Whiting were part of a United States 1-2-3 sweep. With Joe throwing a personal best of 70' 1/4" (21.52m). Joe and Ryan notched 2 and 1 Diamond Point(s) respectively. Some big money to be won if they finish yeah atop the Diamond Points standings.

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Result Wind		Diamond Points	Diamond Ranking			1.	2.	3.	4.	5.	6.
1	CANTWELL Christian	USA	21.73	MR	4	1			21.06	x	20.56	21.18	21.73	x
2	KOVACS Joe	USA	21.52	PB	2	2			20.64	20.50	x	20.94	21.52	20.85
3	WHITING Ryan	USA	21.31	SB	1	3			19.98	x	21.31	20.86	x	x
4	STORL David	GER	21.09						20.76	21.09	x	x	20.46	x
5	MAJEWSKI Tomasz	POL	20.93						20.25	20.59	20.59	20.66	20.93	x
6	ROBERTS Kurt	USA	20.60						19.34	20.37	20.60	x	20.59	20.33
7	MARTIN Cory	USA	20.11						19.87	20.11	19.89	x	20.02	x
8	IVANOV Georgi	BUL	20.06						19.15	20.02	20.05	x	x	20.06
9	RICHARDS O'Dayne	JAM	19.78						19.13	19.78	x
10	WANG Guangfu	CHN	19.18	SB					19.18	19.09	19.05
11	CHANG Ming-Huang	TPE	19.18						x	19.18	x
12	TIAN Zhizhong	CHN	18.33						18.33	17.92	18.20

In Puerto Rico, at the Ponce Grand Prix, Cas Loxsom took 5th in the 800 in a time of 1:46.79.

Event 112  Men 800 Meter Run IWC
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       World: @ 1:40.91  8/9/2010    David Lekuta Rudisha, Londres,GBR  
    Ponce GP: # 1:45.41  5/12/2012   Rafith Rodriguez, COL              
       NACAC: % 1:42.60  8/28/1985   Johnny Gray, USA                   
    National: * 1:44.64  4/19/2014   Wesley Vazquez, Barcelona, ESP     
    Name                     Age Team                         Finals
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Finals                                                                  
  1 Duane Solomon                United States            1:44.79#
                      
  2 Wesley Vazquez               Puerto Rico              1:45.40#
                           
  3 Harun Abda                   United States            1:45.55
                                   
  4 Charles Jock                 United States            1:45.90
                                  
  5 Casimir Loxsom               United States          1:46.79
                              
  6 David Torrence               United States            1:47.25
                              
  7 Mark Wieczorek               United States            1:47.27
                              
  8 Tayron Reyes                 Dominican Republic      1:47.55
                                  
  9 Jozef Repcik                 Slovakia                 1:48.15
                               
10 Richard Jones                United States            1:49.78
                                   
-- Matt Scherer                 United States                       DNF

The American Track League made its third stop of the season in Atlanta, GA where Fawn Dorr competed in the 400 meter hurdles. Running 1:00.39

There is also much to discuss from the Big Ten Championships, where the women won yet another team championship. Their ninth overall, second consecutive outdoor title, and second Big Ten win of the year. They took the team title at the indoor championships as well. More to come on Big Ten weekend later.

Also worth a mention. The State College High track team won it's first boy's PIAA District 6 AAA championship in 19 years. Worth mentioning because Artie Gilkes and Steve Shisler are on the coaching staff.