Athens XC & TF

Addie Stadsholt is your STATE CHAMPION in discus with a throw of 39.86m!!! CONGRATS ADDIE!!

4x1: Boys 46.97->44.50 4x1: Girls 56.44->54.87 4x2: Boys 1:53.61->1:37.92 4x8: Boys 11:21->10:44 4x8: Girls 16:11->14:23 Shot: Jones 12.87m-> 13.64m Shot: Baker 7.54m-> 8.28m Disc: Jones 42.76m-> 44.54m Long: Bee 4.84m-> 4.93m Triple: Womble 9.63m-> 10.02m

Tomahawk ‘25->’26: 100m: McNeal 11.78->11.51 200m: McNeal 24.11-> 23.47 1600m: Mitchell 4:56.41->4:48.34 1600m: O’Neill 7:34.43-> 7:05.31 3200m: Mitchell 10:40.85->10:30.51 110H: Seman 20.41-> 19.68 300h: Heffner-Dewitt 57.85->56.49 300h: Seman 53.06->50.06

4x2: Boys 1:52.40-> 1:45.39 Shot: Harlan 7.09m-> 7.95m Shot: Baker 7.45m-> 8.20m Discus: Jones 42.86m-> 44.92m Discus: Stadsholt 16.97m-> 19.18m High: Woodrum 1.40m-> 1.52m

Pre conf. Meet ‘25->’26: 100m: McNeal 12.06-> 11.51 100m: Caruso 13.36-> 12.00 100m: Kirk 12.88-> 12.31 100m: Lewis 14.99-> 14.64 200m: McNeal 24.24-> 23.29 800m: O’Neill 3:24-> 3:08 1600m: O’Neill 7:37-> 7:03 100H: Wiley 25.49-> 25.03 4x1: Boys 47.79-> 45.28

Updated Frosh List: 200m: Rector 2nd, 24.69 3200m: Dunford 9th, 11:36.27 110H: Yambo 5th, 21.12 300h: Yambo 2nd, 48.62 Shot: Harlan 3rd, 8.56m

High: Heffner-Dewitt 10th, 1.27m Triple: Bee 5th, 10.24m

Updated All-Time List: 100m: Caruso 9th, 11.97 100m: Bee 5th, 13.19 110H: Seman 5th, 19.68 110H: Yambo 8th, 21.12 300h: Yambo 5th, 48.62 300h: Seman 8th, 50.06 300h: Woodrum 9th, 56.44 4x8: Girls 7th, 14:23.54 Shot: Jones 5th, 13.64m Shot: Harlan 3rd, 8.56m Shot: Baker 5th, 8.28m

The girls repeat again! That’s FOUR years in a row⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️

Some 🔥🔥🔥 came in before conference season!

What in the world did we just see! The 2 hour marathon barrier has been broken. Three guys went under the old world record... Sabastian Sawe just ran 1:59:30 with crazy negative splits, closing the last half in 59:01....faster than the American Record in the half. One of the most mind blowing performances we've seen. How did we get here? Every breakthrough is a mixture of belief and progress. It takes folks daring to see what's possible, surrounding themselves with a quality team and doing the work to give themselves a shot. You've got to bet on yourself in a big way. When asked whether he believed he could run a sub-2-hour marathon before the race, Sawe answered with one word: "Yes." Let's get the obvious out of the way. Performance enhancing drugs are the legitimate question mark to every breakthrough. So Sawe did as much as he could about taking that off the table. He and his team asked to be tested all the time. His sponsor put up 50K to the Athlete Integrity Unit. The tests are run independently, no advance notice. Over a 2 month stretch, he went through 25 drug tests. There's always a doubt. There has to be given what we know. Hopefully there's transparency in the results. But hats off to Sawe for addressing it: "I want to prove that I am clean when I set foot at the start line." But how'd we actually get here where two guys went sub 2 in the same race? 1. Shoe tech We've had a revolution in shoe technology that boosts running economy. For years shoe companies said their shoe would make you faster and was mostly marketing. Until 2016, when it actually did. Initial research showed a 3-4% saving in economy, while subsequent work has shown it's highly variable. Now, it's a matching game. Find the perfect shoe for your form and you can get a big boost. Normally, it takes years of lots of miles and strength training to boost economy. But now we get that instant boost that not only helps boost performance but often leaves us feeling less beat up in the later stages of the marathon. So we get a little bit less hitting of the wall... 2. The fuel For a long time, fueling was limited by biology. You can only take in and process so much. Then in the 2000s, researchers found if we mixed sugars, we can boost intake because they're processed differently. Then recently, Maurten found if you use a hydrxogel, you boost utilization without GI distress anymore. We've gone from pushing 60g/hr to 120g/hr in a few decades. Again...less bonking. 3. Depth A few decades ago, you spent your career racing on the track and then once your speed started to fade a bit you went to the marathon. Now, many skip right to the marathon. That's where the money is. And with the economy boost from the shoes, you can make that jump quickly. More depth of talent means more competitors in their prime pushing barriers. 4. Belief Even with the shoes and tech, a few years ago sub 2 hours seemed a long way off, until Kipchoge pushed that barrier in a series of time trials. Yes, they weren't official races and had contrived pacing. But it absolutely shifted everyone's thinking on what is possible. A generation of runners saw Kipchoge go for it. Our prediction of what is possible changed. It's mind blowing how far we've come in such a short time. What once seemed decades away, just got smashed twice in the same race. Hats off to Sawe, especially for addressing the scourge of doping and showing folks what is possible with a lot of hard work, some crazy belief, and some fortuitous advances.

My favorite day: 23/27’s for sprints/mids and the ROHO for distance ⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️

Midwest Central ‘25->’26: 200: Blom 29.0-27.0 100H: Heffner-Dewitt 19.6-18.6 100H: Wiley 33.1-21.0 110H: Seman 20.0-19.6 LJ: Bee 5.03-5.08

Olympia Relays ‘25->’26: 1600: O’Neill 7:15-7:14 4x1: Boys 46.75-46.53 (2 alts!) SMR(800): Girls 2:04.14-2:03.30 SP: Baker 7.17-7.97

Don Hartlaub Invite ‘25->’26: 100: McNeal 12.15-11.61 100: Crispen 13.12-13.07 200: Crispen 26.17-26.16 1600: Mitchell 5:26-4:42 1600: O’Neill 8:06-7:42 100H: Heffner-Dewitt 19.53-19.49 4x1: Boys 46.99-44.21

SP: Harlan 7.10-7.76 SP: Jones 12.71-12.73 Disc: Stadsholt 13.75-17.57 Disc: Jones 40.97-43.38

Maroa Meet ‘25 -> ‘26: 100m: McNeal 12.27-11.88 100m: Lewis 15.41-14.42 100m: Harlan 16.67-15.56 200m: Lewis 31.81-30.41 100H: Heffner-Dewitt 20.53-19.34 100H: Wiley 29.38-23.81 300H: Heffner-Dewitt 59.33-57.30 1600: Hill 5:37-5:16 4x1: Boys 47.83-44.89 SP: Baker 7.28-7.97

Updated Indoor Board ⚡️⚡️⚡️

Updated All-Time List: 400: McNeal 6th - 52.6s 4x2: Boys 1st - 1:34.95 4x4: Boys 1st - 3:36.65 4x8: Boys 9th - 9:31.16

Antoine Cato places 9th in long jump!

Nathan Garrett places 6th in high jump, while Kayden Beatty places 12th!