![]() ![]() The track and field invite has, in years past, been a part of Quincy’s All Sports Day, a day that has traditionally seen track and field joined by baseball, softball and soccer for a full day of invitational action. Quincy High School welcomed nine other teams to town Friday night for the annual Quincy Track and Field Invitational. ![]() Allman is the heavy favorite to win.The Quincy Orioles defended home field Friday night, winning the championship of the Quincy track field invite The women’s discus final is scheduled for Saturday at 6:42 p.m. Allman’s mark is the second best in the world this year. Olympic trials and stadium record with a throw of 229 feet, 8 inches (70.01 meters) in the qualifying round of the women’s discus. Women’s discus thrower Valarie Allman etched her name in the record books.Īllman set both a U.S. He ran the last lap of the 25-lap race in a blistering 53.47 seconds. Both are 24 years old.Įach of the Olympic qualifiers hovered toward the front of the pack for the majority of the race before Kincaid, a Colorado native who ran collegiately at the University of Portland, bolted down the stretch. Kincaid, 28, will be joined in Tokyo by two other first-time Olympians: Grant Fisher, who came in second, and Joe Klecker, who finished a close third. Woody Kincaid used a ferocious kick to pull away and win the men's 10,000 meters, securing his first trip to the Olympics with a time of 27:53.62. Kincaid wins 10,000 to earn first trip to Olympics And you guys should all tune in for it," Kovacs said. It's good that everybody else who is going to watch the Olympics, there's an event to watch, it's the shot put. “Any time somebody's able to throw that far, it's good for the sport. Yet, it was Crouser who stole the show Friday. The two are the favorites once again to land on top of the podium. Without a doubt the deepest shot put competition in history coming from one country,” Crouser said.Ĭrouser and Kovacs finished first and second at the 2016 Olympics. “One of the deepest competitions in history. The top five finishers in the men’s shot put all threw over 70 feet. Joining Crouser at next month's Olympics will be runner-up Joe Kovacs (73-3½) and Payton Otterdahl (71-11), who finished third.Įntering this year’s Olympic trials, the men’s shot put was considered one of the most competitive events. His world-record throw easily won him the competition at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon. It was one that I’ve been after for a long, long time.”Ĭrouser emphatically stamped his ticket to Tokyo. “It still hasn’t quite set all the way in,” Crouser said Friday night. The previous world record was 75-10¼, set by Randy Barnes in 1990. The Oregon native set the record during his fourth attempt, crushing the previous mark by 10 inches, in the final on Friday evening. Crouser now has inserted his name into the outdoor record books.Ĭrouser broke the world record in the men’s shot put with a monster throw of 76 feet, 8¼ inches. Olympic track and field trials as the indoor shot put world-record holder. Reigning Olympic shot put champion Ryan Crouser entered the U.S. Corrections & clarifications: A previous version of this story incorrectly reported the margin by which Ryan Crouser bested the previous world record. ![]()
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