2023 USA Track & Field Indoor Athletics Championships, February 16-18, 2023, four stories...

This was supposed to be an off year at the USATF Indoor Championships. Au contraire, mes amis. Keen observers were fortunate to see an AR by Anne Hall in the pentathlon, scoring 5,004 points, missing the WR by only nine points on February 16, 2023. On February 17, 2023, DeAnna Price, 2019 WC at the hammer throw, destroyed the WR in the weight throw with a massive 26.02 meter throw/85 feet, 4.5 inches! On February 18, 2023, Aleia Hobbs won the 60m and set an AR, the number 2 times ever at 6.94m!

On top of that, the NBC broadcast was excellent, giving the US audience an intimate view of the three ring circus that make track & field so frustrating to watch and so fascinating to experience, all at the same time!

2. Anna Hall breaks AR for the pentathlon with a score of 5,004 points, and misses WR by only nine points! https://www.runblogrun.com/2023/02/anna-hall-opens-usatf-indoor-champs-with-ar-in-pentathlon-scoring-5004-misses-wr-by-nine-points-2-performance-ever.html, by Larry Eder/RunBlogRun

DeAnna Price sets WR in weight throw, photo by Kevin Morris

3. USATF Day Two: DeAnna Price breaks WR in Weight Throw twice, to highlight 2023 USATF Indoors Day 2! https://www.runblogrun.com/2023/02/deanna-price-breaks-wr-in-weight-throw-twice-to-highlight-2023-usatf-indoors-day-2.html, by Larry Eder/RunBlogRun

4. USATF Day Three: Aleia Hobbs takes 60m in 6.94 AR, Joe Kovacs wins his first indoor title, Sam Kendricks back, clears 5.91m, Sam Prakel doubles 1,500m/3000m: https://www.runblogrun.com/2023/02/aleia-hobbs-sets-ar-at-60-meters-sam-prakel-doubles-at-1500m-3000m-joe-kovacs-gets-first-indoor-title-on-day-3-of-the-2023-usatf-indoor-champs.html, by Larry Eder/RunBlogRun,

Noah Lyles arrives at ABQ Convention Center, photo by Kevin Morris, all rights reserved.

5. 2023 USATF Indoor Champs, Day 1-3, February 16-18, 2023, Compiled results: https://results.usatf.org/

Katie Moon wins PV at USATF Indoors 2023, photo by Kevin Morris, all rights reserved.

6. 2023 USATF Indoor Champs results, complete pdf: https://www.flipsnack.com/USATF/2023-usatf-indoor-championships-results/full-view.html

Photos by Kevin Morris Photography

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Larry Eder
Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys. Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."
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