The track and field world championships in August offered lots of big throws and interesting storylines on the individual level. We’ve recapped all the events here and here, as well as on last week’s podcast. But beyond the individual stories, there are some interesting stories at the country and continental level as well. Below as some of the most interesting trends we have identified after crunching the numbers.
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The summer season has officially ended. Below are the final 2023 high school hammer throw national performance lists.
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The World Championships wrapped up last weekend. Last week things got off to an exciting start, as I detailed in our halftime report. Below I continue the analysis by looking at the last four throwing finals: women’s hammer, women’s shot put, and both javelin finals.
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Perhaps my favorite podcast episodes to record are those where we get to comment on the throwing events: who is hot, who is not, technical trends, training trends, and more. Last week we posted our World Championship preview episode with Don Babbitt. Since then I have been immersed in the sport as I watch the action unfold every day in Budapest.
Read moreWe’re late in the season, but still plenty of big improvements on the national performance lists. Skylar Soli (Douglas County, GA) improved her nation leading mark on the girl’s list with a two foot personal best and Alice Mihas (Chicago Latin, Chicago, IL) climbed up two spots in the top 10 as well.
Read moreFreshman Kim Beard (Kings, Shoreline, WA) moved up several to third in the nation with a new personal best of 176’1″ last week. In addition to improving her best, she broke a few records along the way as well including the Washington state record, and the national freshman class record previously set by Casey Kraychir back in 2007.
Read moreAs July nears an end, there were fewer improvements on this week’s national performance list. Sophomore Isabella Piette (Woonsocket, RI) moved up a few spots to 14th as the sole improver in the nation’s top 20.
Read moreAdrianna Coleman (Kings, Shoreline, WA) added more than four feet to her best to climb up to second in the nation on this week’s national performance lists. On the boy’s list Connor Jones (Oologah, OK) added nearly eight feet to his best to break 220 for the first time and climb up to 7th.
Read moreA new personal best and US #2 mark by Angela Schykerynec (Orland, CA) at the California State Hammer Championship led improvements on this week’s national list.
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The California State Hammer Championships took place over the holiday weekend, with both winners improving their bests. Angela Schykerynec (Orland, CA) notched a new best to win the girl’s competition, while Jake Stafford (Dana Hills, CA) added nearly 10 feet to his best to win the boy’s competition.
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