Shaking off the Rust

Chloe Rogers earned a little early-season notoriety with a 5-7 clearance in the high jump. Photos by Alan Versaw.

The names were familiar. The performances posted by the owners of those names were sometimes familiar and sometimes not. This is the first meet of the indoor season, after all. And, every season starts somewhere.

We'll start with the most familiar. And that would take us straight to MaryBeth Sant and Zainab Sanni, who managed a 1-2 in the 60 meters with times of 7.46 and 7.57. Figure those times will drop before the indoor season is over, but they're a nice place to start.

Alex Mead was another familiar name at the meet. His third in the men's 60 at 6.95 also rings familiar. We've seen Mead post times like that before.

If Bailey Roth, pictured at left edging Evan Fortney of the Air Force Academy at the finish line, had previously run a track season in Colorado (see Roth's individual page for some track results from Georgia), we might look at his win ...