Polish news 2019

[Master Po]

Athlone
m1mile
1 Marcin Lewandowski 3:56.41 NR
The old record was Michał Bartoszak's 3:58.39 from way back in 1994.

Congratulations to him on this NR. What do you think his plans are for EIC this time around -- 800? 1500?

[Powell]

Almost certainly the 1500. He seems to have finally adopted it as his primary distance.

[Powell]

BTW, Adam Kszczot is talking of moving to the 1500 after 2020 as well. So far, he's only run it a couple of times, but he's already got a decent PB of 3:38 set while winning the 2017 national title.

[Powell]

Day 2 of the NC
w400
1 Iga Baumgart-Witan 52.05
2 Justyna Święty-Ersetic 52.16
3 Anna Kiełbasińska 52.32 PB EICq Polish no. 4 all-time (a 0.82 improvement!)
4 Małgorzata Hołub-Kowalik 52.89
mPV
1 Piotr Lisek 5.83 (had two pretty good attempts at 5.91)
2 Paweł Wojciechowski 5.60
3 Robert Sobera 5.50
mSP
1 Michał Haratyk 20.92 SB
2 Konrad Bukowiecki 20.78
3 Jakub Szyszkowski 20.23
mLJ
1 Tomasz Jaszczuk 7.93
m400
1 Karol Zalewski 46.84
2 Rafał Omelko 47.12
3 Jakub Krzewina 47.14 (first competition of the year)
m60H
1 Damian Czykier 7.71
2 Dominik Bochenek 7.75 SB EICq
m3000
1 Marcin Lewandowski 8:16.00 PB

[Powell]

Polish team for the EIC has been nominated and the lineup is as follows:

Men
60 Remigiusz Olszewski (SB 6.64)
400 Karol Zalewski (46.67)
800 Michał Rozmys (1:47.29), Mateusz Borkowski (1:47.78), Marcin Lewandowski (1:47.90)
1500 Lewandowski (3:36.50)
60H Damian Czykier (7.70), Dominik Bochenek (7.75)
HJ Sylwester Bednarek (2.26), Norbert Kobielski (2.22)
PV Piotr Lisek (5.85), Paweł Wojciechowski (5.80), Robert Sobera (5.70)
LJ Tomasz Jaszczuk (7.93)
TJ Adrian Świderski (16.51)
SP Konrad Bukowiecki (20.95), Michał Haratyk (20.92), Jakub Szyszkowski (20.47)
4x400 Zalewski, Dariusz Kowaluk, Jakub Krzewina, Rafał Omelko, Tymoteusz Zimny

Women
60 Ewa Swoboda (7.08)
400 Iga Baumgart-Witan (51.91), Justyna Święty-Ersetic (52.14)
1500 Sofia Ennaoui (4:05.22)
60H Klaudia Siciarz (7.95), Karolina Kołeczek (8.03)
SP Klaudia Kardasz (18.28)
4x400 Baumgart-Witan, Święty-Ersetic, Małgorzata Hołub-Kowalik, Anna Kiełbasińska, Justyna Saganiak

[andyjgt]

Why is Kiełbasińska not in the individual 400?

[Powell]

It looks like she decided not to do it. She's still a relative novice at the distance and doing potentially 4 races in 3 days might have been too much for her.

[Powell]

Clermont-Ferrand, mPV
1 Piotr Lisek 5.93 WL!
4 Paweł Wojciechowski 5.80

With Lavillenie withdrawing, the Poles look to be the top 2 favorites for the EIC.

[Atticus]

Piotr Lisek 5.93 WL!

I like that the SL has inched (cm-ed, as it were) its way up with different people.

[Powell]

Of course Lisek is now co-world leader with Sam Kendricks (who cleared 5.93 a few minutes later).