World Indoor Track and Field Championships

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The IAAF World Indoor Track and Field Championships took place this past weekend in Sopot, Poland.

Day 1
Ryan Whiting won the gold in the men's shot put. Whiting tossed 72-4.25 on his fourth throw to claim the gold.

Sharon Day-Monroe was just six points short of winning a bronze medal in the women's pentathlon with 4718 points. Nadine Broersen of Netherlands won the gold with 4830 points. Brianne Theisen Eaton was second with 4768 and Alina Fodorova of Ukraine was third with 4724 points.

Day 2

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Ashton Eaton won another championship over the weekend. Eaton won the World heptathlon championship with the second-highest point total ever. He finished with 6632 points. In the last event, Eaton missed setting a world record by a second.

Nia Ali crossed the finish line first to defeat defending World Indoor champ Sally Peason in the 60m hurdles. Ali's time was 7.80, which is a PB (personal best), and Pearson's time was 7.85. Former Michigan Wolverine and American, now from Great Britian, Tiffany Porter claimed bronze with a season best time of 7.86.

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Francena McCorory was in third place with 100m to go in the women's 400m and passed everyone to win the gold in 51.12. McCorory was the third consecutive American to win the world title. Jamaica's Kaliese Spencer was second with a PB of 51.54 and Bahamas' Shaunae Miller was third in 52.06. Joanna Atkins of the USA finished sixth in 52.55.

Marvin Bracy came up short against Great Britian's Richard Kilty. Kilty won the 60m with a PB in 6.49. Bracy won silver, just finishing .02 seconds off of Kilty in 6.51. Bronze went to Femi Ogunode from Qatar in 6.52.

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In the men's 400m, Pavel Maslak from Czechoslovakia, set a national indoor record with his time 45.24 to win. Chris Brown from the Bahamas was second with a PB of 45.58 and Kyle Clemons from the USA was third in 45.74. Clemons teammate David Verburg was fourth in 46.21.

The USA didn't fare too well in the women's and men's 1500m run. Abeba Aregawi of Sweden won the women's 1500m in 4:00.61. Axumawit Embaye of Ethopia was second with a PB of 4:07.12 and former Michigan Wolverine, Nicole Sifuentes of Canada was third in 4:07.61. Sifuentes set a national indoor record with her time. Treniere Moser originally finished in sixth with a time of 4:07.84. That was a PB for Moser. Moser was moved up to fifth after the disqualification of Rababe Arafi. Heather Kampf lead until the 200m mark. Shortly after, Kampf stepped on the inside rail of the track and fell. Kampf finished in 9th in 4:21.78, but was disqualified.

In the men's 1500m, Ayanleh Souleiman won the event in 3:37.52. Aman Wote was second in 3:38.08 and Abdalaati Iguider was third in 3:38.21. American Will Leer ran in the back for most of the race and finished in seventh in 3:39.60. Leer was moved up to sixth after the disqualification of New Zealand's Nick Willis.

Day 3

The USA men's 4x400m relay set a world indoor record with their time of 3:02.13. Besides setting the indoor record, they also received a world record bonus of $50,000 that was offered by the IAAF. Kyle Clemons, David Verburg, Kind Butler and Calvin Smith were the athletes on the world record relay team. Great Britian finished in second with a season best time of 3:03.49 and Jamaica was third with a national indoor record of 3:03.69.

The USA women's 4x400m relay also won gold. The relay team of Natasha Hastings, Joanna Atkins, Francena McCorory and Cassandra Tate clocked a 3:24.83. Jamaica set a national indoor record with their time of 3:26.54 for silver and Great Britain had a season best time of 3:27.90.

In the women's 60m, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce won gold with a PB of 6.98. Murielle Ahoure was second with a season best of 7.01 and American Tianna Bartoletta was third in 7.06.

Caleb Mwangangi Ndiku of Kenya won the men's 3000m in 7:54.94. American Bernard Lagat won silver with his time of 7:55.22. Lagat was the oldest finalist ever and the oldest medalist ever in an event at the World Indoor Championships. Ethiopia's Dejen Gebremeskel was third in 7:55.39. Galen Rupp finished just outside the medals in fourth place with a time of 7:55.84.

Chanelle Price of the USA, went wire to wire to win the women's 800m in 2:00.09. Angelika Cichocka was second in 2:00.45 and Marina Arzamasova was third in 2:00.79.

In the men's 60m hurdles, American Omo Osaghae ran a world leading time to win gold in 7.45. France's Pascal Martinot-Lagarde was second in 7.46 and teammate Garfield Darien was third with a PB in 7.47.