A couple things …
— Olympic gold medalist Ryan Crouser picked up in 2017 where he left off in 2016.
Crouser, who prepped at Barlow High School in Gresham, won the Big Shot competition Sunday in Christchurch, New Zealand with a monster throw of 72 feet, 4 1/4 inches (22.05).
His winner answered a put of 70-5 by New Zealander Tom Walsh, which gave Walsh a brief lead.
Crouser told the New Zealand Herald he wasn’t expecting a mark that big this soon.
“That surprised me a little bit,” Crouser said. “I was feeling pretty good and Tom opened up well early, so he kind of pushed me me to step up and make a big throw.”
Crouser set the New Zealand all-comers record with his winning throw.
Here is the Herald’s complete story about the competition.
And here is the IAAF’s report on the Big Shot.
— The experts at LetsRun.com do a nice job here of breaking down Saturday’s Birmingham Indoor Grand Prix.
Among other observations, they pay tribute to Mo Farah as his career on the track barrels toward a conclusion, compare Scottish mid-distance runner Laura Muir to Steve Prefontaine, and laud Ben Blankenship’s tactics.
OK, more links:
Farah and Muir win in record-breaking fashion in Birmingham, and Blankenship clocks a world-leader.
Larry Eder for RunBlogRun: Farah was on a mission.
Big move at the bell takes Robby Andrews to a victory in the mile over ex-Ducks Andrew Wheating and Daniel Winn at the Ocean Breeze Grand Prix.
Leonard Barsoton and Irene Cheptai take Kenyan cross country titles.
Barsoton stuns favorites Geoffrey Kamworor and Bedan Karoki to win the Kenyan men’s title.
Cheptai upsets defending champion Alice Aprot.
The 2020 Tokyo Olympics are expected to be the hottest and most humid in history.
Lexi Weeks of Arkansas vaults 15-1.
Texas A&M has a 14-foot vaulter.
Sam Nichols and McKenzie Warren of Concordia win shot titles at the GNAC Indoor Championships; the Cavaliers finish fifth in both the men’s and women’s competition.
Winning double by David Ribich propels the Western Oregon men to second place at the GNAC Indoor.
Paul Merca: The Seattle Pacific women hang on to win the GNAC Indoor title.
The front page for LetsRun.com.
The links package from Track & Field News.
The links from Duck Sports Now.
The links from Beaver Sports Now.
— Ken Goe
kgoe@oregonian.com | @KenGoe
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