This is Deji’s Doodles, by Deji Ogeyingbo, and this is week 5 of his 2023 Deji Doodles! Enjoy!
2023 Deji’s Doodles #5: Terrance Jones makes the 60m look like a cakewalk, Ackera Nugent defends her NCAA title, and Fred Kerley ends his Australian tour with a bang!
It was another weekend of mind-blowing athletics events around the globe, and as usual, records fell in most of these meets. From the NCAA indoor Division 1 championship final in New Mexico, which saw Three athletes – Julien Alfred, Kyle Garland, and Britton Wilson – not only broke collegiate records but shoot themselves to second on the world all-time lists in their respective events to the Sydney Track Classic where Jessica Hull and Zoe Hobbs both set Oceania records, we weren’t short of highlights this weekend.
Terrance Jones justifies his indoor season with a title to match
Another 6.46s indoors. Texas Tech’s Terrance Jones wrapped up his indoor season in style to claim the men’s NCAA 60m title in what was a keenly contested race. But was it ever in doubt? The youngster had proved over the course of the season that he was one to beat in the distance.
Maybe Auburn’s Favour Ashe would have had a thing or two to say in the final, but he didn’t show up after he had copped an injury in his prelims the previous day. It still wouldn’t matter as he was the only one in the field comfortably running inside 6.50s. His win was one-hundredth of a second off the collegiate record he tied last year.
It was never in doubt! @TexasTechTF Terrance Jones runs a joint season’s best of 6.46s to win the men’s 60m Indoor title. #NCAAIndoors pic.twitter.com/x1Q0sst6e6
— RunBlogRun (@RunBlogRun) March 12, 2023
Like usual, Jones got his 6-foot-4 frame rolling and pulled away over the second half of the race, winning by nine one-hundredths of a second in an event that, at the highest levels, is frequently decided by a narrower margin. That’s how easy he made it look.
Still, there wasn’t an optimal indicator in his indoor season to show us that he is going to dominate the outdoor season. After running 6.45s last year, Jones could only manage 10.09s over the 100m outdoors. If you are a glass-half-full kind of guy, it is worth noting that Jones’ technique in his drive phase has improved drastically, and a good transition into the outdoors should see him run a sub-10 sooner rather than later.
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