■ The U.S. Olympic Trials2020, June 19-28 at the new Hayward Brussels, plus Field’s state-of-the-art setting at the University of Oregon. the Berlin ISATF meeting in 2019) and construct one of our This tour is sold out and a wait list has been established. A famous peripatetic trips to European capitals. No details yet, $200 refundable deposit gets your name on the wait list. but sure to be popular. $100 deposit per person required. ■ The U.S. Nationals/World2021 Championship Trials. Dates ■ World Track & Field Championships,2023 Budapest, Hungary. and site to be determined, but probably Eugene in late June or The 19th edition of the IAAF World Championships will early July. 4-5 day tour. This is certain to be a fantastic meet be held at the Hungarian capital’s beautiful track stadium, as it will determine the team for the World Championships August 26-September 3. Budapest is a delightful travel in Eugene in August. $100 deposit per person now accepted. destination, with lots to see and do. And we’re sure to offer an attractive Diamond League extension before or after the ■ World Track & Field Championships. Eugene, OR, Au- Championships. $250 per person deposit now accepted. gust 6-15. The first outdoor Worlds to be held in the USA. At the moment, the only lodging we have contracted for is at the Village Green resort in nearby Cottage Grove, but we ■ U.S. Olympic Trials. 2024Dates and site to be determined. are hopeful of obtaining motel space walking distance to Probably late June. $100 deposit now accepted. the stadium. More than 250 signed already. Current deposit requirement is $1,100 per person for this historic meet. ■ 2024 Games, Paris. Dates are July 26-August 11. $100 deposit now accepted. ■ European Diamond 2022League. We’ll select three prime T&FN has operated popular sports tours since 1952 and has Diamond League meets in Europe (it was Paris, Zurich, and taken more than 22,000 fans to 60 countries on five continents. Join us for one (or more) of these great upcoming trips. www.trackandfieldnews.com/tours Track & Field News Tours 2570 W El Camino Real, Suite 220 Mountain View, CA 94040 [email protected] Phone 650/948-8188 • Fax 650/948-9445 TABLE OF CONTENTS Volume 72, No. 9 September 2019 From The Editor — 4 Decades Of World Championships Memories . 4 2019 High School Boys All-America Team . 5 2019 HS Boys Athlete Of The Year Matthew Boling . 9 2019 HS Boys Absolute Top 25 Lists . 12 2019 High School Girls All-America Team . 20 2019 HS Girls Absolute Top 25 Lists . 24 Birmingham DL — Glimpses Of What To Expect In Doha . 33 International Dual Meet Records . 34 Paris Diamond League — A Great Day For Triple Jumping . 35 A Change Of Scenery For Hanna Green . 37 Zürich Diamond League Men’s Reports . 38 Blazin’ Brazier Now Just A 10th Away From 800 AR . 40 Zürich Diamond League Women’s Reports . 41 Brussels Diamond League Men’s Reports . 43 Brussels Diamond League Women’s Reports . 45 Yulimar Rojas Scares World TJ Record . 47 The U.S. Comes Off Second-Best In Clash With Europe . 48 5th Avenue Mile Titles To Old Regulars Simpson & Willis . 50 Copenhagen Half-Marathon — World Record For Kamworor . 51 Miler Nikki Hiltz’s Parallel Success Stories . 52 Woody Kincaid Suddenly A Sub-13:00 Guy . 53 2019 Collegiate Cross Country Preview . 55 NCAA Cross Country Preview Part 1: Men’s Top 10 Teams . 56 NCAA Cross Country Preview Part 2: Women’s Top 10 Teams . 57 NCAA Cross Country Preview Part 3: Men’s Top 10 Individuals . 58 NCAA Cross Country Preview Part 4: Women’s Top 10 Individuals . 59 Christian Coleman Escapes Missed-Test Suspension . 60 2019 World Championships Top 10 Predictions . 61 ON YOUR MARKS . 64 LANDMARKS . 65 STATUS QUO . 66 FOR THE RECORD . 67 CALENDAR . 67 LAST LAP . 68 2019 World Championships Timetable . 70 • cover photo of Matthew Boling by Kirby Lee/Image Of Sport • Track & Field News September 2019 — 3 From The Editor — 4 Decades Of World Championships Memories BETTER TRACK MEET than the 1500? In each race “everybody” Olympic Games? That’s my take on was in contention with 100m to go the World Championships . Really . and almost all the places changed None of the overblown hype that from that point on. And how about I think characterizes the IOC’s big out-of-nowhere basketballer Donald show. Just all track, all the time. Thomas in the high jump? There are only two things I regret BERLIN ’09—The Usain Bolt Show, about the WC: that the IAAF didn’t with a pair of WRs that were after start it years earlier and that it didn’t his Beijing breakout the year before decide to have the meet in every surprises only in the sense that no- non-Olympic year . b o dy c ou ld do t h at t wo ye a r s i n a r ow. Traipsing down memory lane— Could they? Well, not among mortals. as I first did in this space in the DAEGU ’11—This would be the November ’13 issue—here in chrono Usain Bolt Non-Show, with one of order are the things that stick in my the most famous false-start DQs in mind the most from each of the in- the sport’s history. Even if few were stallments, not all of them necessarily there to see it . h av i ng h app e n e d o n t h e fie ld of pl ay: MOSCOW ’13—The green & gold HELSINKI ’83—Mary Slaney’s Bolt Show expanded to include fellow 1500/3000 double golds, beating Jamaican Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, t he favored Soviets. “Little Mar y” who matched her famed compatriot’s (Decker at the time) wasn’t the sprint triple . easiest person for journalists to BEIJING ’15—What I remember most warm to, but her performances is the political significance of the brought tears to the eyes of this pre-meet IAAF Congress, featuring supposedly impartial scribe . the first contested election for IAAF ROME ’87—Ben Johnson’s head-to- President in many a year . High head century with Carl Lewis drama, with two former superstars (forget the disgraceful aftermath; duking it out for the top spot, Seb we’re talking real time here) cap- Coe defeating Bubka . Coe immedi- tured the world’s imagination. ately began laying out his plans for And how about Stefka Kostadino- markedly revamping the running of va setting the still-standing World Record in by E. Garry Hill the sport from top to bottom, a process that the high jump just 12 minutes later, while the continues to this day . s t ad iu m wa s s t i l l a b u z z a nd t hu s ig nor e d h e r? August vacation over his World Champion- LONDON ’17—My September ’17 column was TOKYO ’91—How could it be anything but ships . They missed Sergey Bubka’s historic headlined this way: “Heretical thought: is it probably the greatest field-event duel of all gold No . 6 in the vault . more f u n watc h i ng t rac k on you r computer?” time, Lewis vs. Mike Powell? I was lucky I experienced the British version of the meet enough to watch the first 5 rounds from close SEVILLE ’99—Michael Johnson’s 400 WR . Has anyone else ever threatened the all-time best from the comfort of my home office with to the pit on the backstretch, and extra lucky multiple computer screens up and running . to have made it almost back to my seat in for so long before actually getting it? I mean, remember, he was No. 1 in the event in ’90, It still doesn’t compare with the in-person the pressbox in time for the World Record, sp e c t ac le, but it wa s mo st i n for m at ive to h ave watching while standing at the top of the and didn’t claim the big prize for almost a decade, just shy of his 32nd birthday. so much data right at hand pretty much on stairwell. Many thanks to the cleaning crew demand . The best part is that I’m optimistic EDMONTON ’01—Hard for my first job beh i nd who shooed me out of the bathroom on the t h at pr op e rly do n e, t h i s c a n b e a way to r e c ap - the WC mike not to take precedence . On the way, saving me from missing it. ture a dwindling audience for our sport. Like actual battlefield, the women’s vault duel, won STUTTGART ’93—It was a great meet for WRs, it or not, electronics is our future. No matter by Stacy Dragila over Svetlana Feofanova . and who can forget Michael Johnson putting how you watc h e d t h i s o n e, you c ou ld n’t c ome up h i s tor y ’s fi r s t s ub - 4 3 r e l ay leg? But for s h e e r PARIS ’03—The Arc de Triomphe, the Champs away without a searing memory of Bolt’s ca- drama, it had to be the protracted photofinish Élysées, the Louvre, the pommes frites… oh reer coming to a close pulling up in the relay .