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FloAwards: Track & Field Release #19

FloAwards: Track & Field Release #19

Jun 16, 2015 by Taylor Dutch
FloAwards: Track & Field Release #19


Flo Performance

Andre De Grasse, USC
De Grasse put on a sprinting clinic Saturday at Hayward Field, first taking the 100m victory in a winning time of 9.75, which stands as the fastest 100m mark in the world this year under all conditions. He followed the race with another crowd-stopping performance in the 200m, running 19.58, which is the fastest 200m mark in the world under all conditions and the fastest ever by a collegiate runner. The performances helped the USC squad to a fifth-place team finish with 40.5 points. 
Jenna Prandini, Oregon
Prandini once again contributed big time points for the Oregon squad, scoring in the long jump, 100m and 200m. She started the competition with a runner-up finish in the long jump, and followed it with a dominating win in the 100m, taking the victory in 10.96 over Morolake Akinosun. She completed the competition with a runner-up finish in the 200m, just edged out by Dezerea Bryant of Kentucky. 
 
Dezerea Bryant, Kentucky
The Kentucky senior started the final day of the NCAA Championships with a third-place finish in the 100m and followed the performance with an exciting finish in the 200m, taking the NCAA title in 22.18, the third-fastest mark in the world this year. The time is also the second-fastest mark in collegiate history. 


Flo Freshman

Raevyn Rogers, Oregon
The Oregon Duck has been steadily improving all season, and the build-up led to one impressive victory at the NCAA Championships in the women’s 800m. After defending champion Natoya Goule took the field out in the first 400m, Rogers gradually caught the leader and threw down a hard kick around the Bowerman curve, taking the win in 1:59.71, just off Suzy Favor-Hamilton’s college record of 1:59.11. The time was nearly a two-second personal best for Rogers who is the second consecutive Duck to win an NCAA title in the 800m after Laura Roesler took the title last year. 
Blake Haney, Oregon
In a tactical men’s 1500m final, Haney unleashed a monster kick to finish third across the line and come away with his first All American honor. The performance not only helped the Ducks with the team victory, but it also established his presence as one of the top 1500m runners in the NCAA, taking down seasoned veterans Peter Callahan, Jordy Williamsz, Kyle Graves, and Cristian Soratos. 
 
Dior Hall, USC
The Trojan and Pac-12 Conference champion finished off her stellar freshman year with a third-place finish in the women’s 100m hurdles, behind senior Kendra Harrison and junior Cindy Ofili. Hall’s finishing time of 12.74 is a new personal best, a world junior lead and a new world junior record. 
 

Flo Elite

Evan Jager
In one of the most exciting races at the Portland Track Festival, Bowerman Track Club’s steeplechaser Evan Jager put himself on the map as one of the fastest 1500m runners in the country. In a furious finishing kick, Jager beat Brooks Beast Garrett Heath in a winning time of 3:32. The mark is the fastest time run in the U.S. this year and the second-fastest in the world. 
Emily Infeld
Infeld kicked things off at the Portland Track Festival on Saturday night with a dominating win in the 5K in 15:07, crushing both the U.S. and IAAF “A” standard marks. It was Emily’s first 5K in three years since coming back from nagging injuries. The time is currently the second-fastest 5K run by an American this year, just behind Nicole Tully’s 15:05 performance at Payton Jordan. 
Fiona Benson
The Canadian blew the women’s 800m out of the water Sunday at the Portland Track Festival with a win in 1:59, a new personal best for Benson that beat out a field that included Shannon Rowbury, Melissa Bishop, Jessica Smith and Katie Mackey. What is even more impressive is that Benson is currently riding a progression that started with a 2:09 personal best from 2012. She just recently returned to the 800m this year starting with a 2:01 on May 30. 
 

Flo High School

Christina Aragon, Billings, MT
The junior from Billings, Montana threw down a new personal best and victory in the adidas girls Dream Mile, taking down a field that included U.S. leader and Prefontaine Classic winner Ryen Frazier. Aragon took the win in 4:37.91, which now stands as a meet record. Aragon’s performance also led four other girls to new personal bests in the distance. 
Grant Fisher, Grand Blanc, MI
The sub-four minute miler had a predictably excellent day at the adidas Grand Prix, repeating as the meet champion of the boys Dream Mile in 4:01. Fisher was just 10 days removed from running 3:59 at the Nike Festival of Miles, where he became just the seventh high schooler in history to break the barrier. 
 
Michael Norman, Vista Murrieta, CA
The high school junior continued his impressive season with a win in the boys Dream 100m at the adidas Grand Prix, clocking 10.36 for the win. What is even more impressive is that Norman hadn’t run 100m in a year and a half, but clearly hasn’t missed a step. 

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