Ninth title for Pyrek in Rogowska’s absence – Polish Indoor Champs

Ahead of the 50th Polish Indoor Championships which took place last weekend (25 – 26 Feb), fans had expected the main feature would be the duel in the women’s Pole Vault between Monika Pyrek, silver at the last World Championships, and Anna Rogowska, bronze at the last Olympic Games. Unfortunately, a few days before Rogowska had again felt pain in the Achilles tendon of her left leg and so withdrew from the meeting.

Rogowska had regained her Polish indoor record when jumping 4.79m in Birmingham (18 Feb) but she had already been experiencing pain and decided to appear in UK only 24 hours before the competition after visiting her chiropractor. On Wednesday (1 March) after the next consultation the decision will be taken about whether she can start in Lievin (IAAF indoor permit meet) on Friday, and at World Indoor Championships in Moscow (10 -12 March).

In the circumstances Pyrek, after one jump in Spala last weekend, a vault of 4.40m, was assured her 9th national indoor title, which means she has won ever national championship she has contested. She failed at all her attempts at 4.60m.

“In the last two years Anna forced me to make strong efforts to win,” said Pyrek. “Today I have not found big enough motivation. I am in good shape and I will go to Moscow to fight for the silver medal.”

Behind her the rivalry between Roza Kasprzak (2nd) and Joanna Piwowarska (3rd) took place. Both jumped 4.30 equalling their personal bests and Roza doing so for the 6th time.

Sprints - the centre of attraction

In the first day of the competition the main attraction was the final races of the 60 metres. In the women’s event the fastest Pole this year, Dorota Dydo (7.34), didn’t start. After a false start committed by Daria Onysko, the champion from 2005, the fastest at the finishing line was the European Junior champion - Iwona Brzezinska, who improved her PB by 0.06, when winning in 7.40 seconds.

In the men’s 60m sprint, Marcin Jedrusinski finished just ahead of Marcin Nowak but both were overtaken by 19-years-old Dariusz Kuc. His 6.67 was 0.03 slower from his personal best run three weeks ago in Prague. Though he didn’t gain the Polish Athletic Association standard for Moscow (6.60), his steady form should be awarded with a team place.

Eight days before the Polish Championships Karolina Tyminska won at the Estonian Champs setting her new personal best in the Pentathlon. In Spala, she added another 70 points achieving 4458 points and setting a PB in the Hurdles in the process.

In the Shot Put, the return of 38-years-old Krystyna Zabawska took place. In her first start after a 9-month absence caused by injury she fullfiled her plans. She won her 14th indoor title and exceeded the standard for Moscow by 2cm.

Trywianska prefers Athens

In the women’s 60m Hurdles the result of 8.40 seconds was good enough for the title to go to Joanna Kocielnik. The silver fell to Kaja Tokarska who is coached by her mother – Grazyna Rabsztyn, former World record holder at 100m Hurdles. Living in United States, Aurelia Trywianska preferred to start at “Athína 2006” (Athens 25 Feb), rather than the national championships, where she won, equalling her PB (7.93).

A good level of rivalry was observed in the 5000m Race Walk in which 7 athletes went below 20 minutes. The winner, Grzegorz Sudol, presented some good speed on the last lap and defeated Ilya Markov of Russia, the 1999 World champion. Markov was allowed to start the Polish championships because in the Polish League he often competes for the Kraków club.

Revelation of the meet

The discovery of the Championships was 22-years-old Pawel Kruhlik, who reaching for the title in the Triple Jump improved his PB by 44cm, to 16.72m, just 8cm short of the Moscow qualification standard..

On the second day of championships many of the athletes who will represent Poland in the relays in Moscow were on show.  Monika Bejnar was the fastest in the women’s 200m (23.55), and the finalist of last World Champs at 400m Hurdles, Malgorzata Pskit won at 400m (54.09). Grazyna Prokopek, Polish indoor record holder, after a slow run in the heat ran in the B final, and ended up running half a second faster than the newly crowned Polish champion (53.30).

Coach Józef Lisowski responsible for men’s 4x400m relay squad was satisfied with the shape of his charges. Daniel Dabrowski aleady having the third best result in Europe (46.46) beat Marcin Jedrusinski - 21.07 to 21.08 - over 200m. At 400m, Marcin Marciniszyn improved his PB by a quarter of a second, achieving 46.69.  But Marek Plawgo, is getting treatment for another injury, and so will not run in Moscow, while Robert Mackowiak and Piotr Rysiukiewicz are now aiming just for the summer.

Wojciech Theiner, European Junior High Jump silver medallist, was not able to reconfirmed his 2.28m, which gave him a ticket to Moscow, and was only third at the weekend behind Alek Walerianczyk (2.25) and the winner – Robert Wolski. The latter managed to jump 2.28m, and so joins the Polish team at the World Indoor Champs.

Finally, shot putter Tomasz Majewski produced 20.01m, Lidia Chojecka in a solo run achieved 4:11.78 at 1500m. However, though Pawel Czapiewski won his 800m heat, a slight injury kept him from the running in the final. He is expected to run in Chemnitz this weekend to reconfirm his good shape.

Janusz Rozum for the IAAF

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Results

WOMEN

60 m
1. Iwona Brzezinska 7.40
2. Iwona Dorobisz 7.44
3. Monika Dluga 7.47

200 m
1. Monika Bejnar 23.55
2. Joanna Gabrylewicz 24.30
3. Iwona Dorobisz 24.31

400 m
1. Malgorzata Pskit 54.09
2. Anita Hennig 54.63
3. Jolanta Wójcik 54.86

800 m
1. Ewelina Setowska 2.04.30
2. Anna Jakubczak 2.05.82
3. Joanna Kus 2.07.73

1500 m
1. Lidia Chojecka 4.11.78
2. Renata Plis 4.21.98
3. Sylwia Ejdys 4.26.33

3000 m
1. Wioletta Frankiewicz-Janowska 9.08.14
2. Sylwia Ejdys 9.33.56
3. Justyna Mudy 9.38.41

60 m H
1. Joanna Kocielnik 8.40
2. Kaja Tokarska 8.65
3. Monika Nabialek 8.82

HJ
1. Kamila Stepaniuk 1.81
2. Karolina Gronau 1.78
3. Marta Borkowska 1.74

PV
1. Monika Pyrek 4.40
2. Róza Kasprzak 4.30
3. Joanna Piwowarska 4.30

LJ
1. Malgorzata Trybanska 6.45
2. Ewelina Wilk 5.74
3. Monika Piotrowska 5.68

TJ
1. Aneta Sadach 13.79
2. Aleksandra Fila 13.46
3. Malgorzata Trybanska 13.32

SP
1. Krystyna Zabawska 18.02
2. Magdalena Sobieszek 16.84
3. Agnieszka Bronisz 16.64

Heptathlon
1. Karolina Tyminska 4458
 (8.66-1.67-13.96-6.27-2.12.19)
2. Beata Lewicka 3994
3. Olimpia Nowak 3685

Walk 3000 m
1. Agnieszka Olesz 13.31.60
2. Agnieszka Dygacz 13.41.59
3. Paulina Buziak 14.07.53

MEN

60 m
1. Dariusz Kuc 6.67
2. Marcin Jedrusinski 6.71
3. Marcin Nowak 6.73

200 m
1. Daniel Dabrowski 21.07
2. Marcin Jedrusinski 21.08
3. Marcin Nowak 21.49

400 m
1. Marcin Marciniszyn 46.64
2. Piotr Klimczak 47.24
3. Piotr Kedzia 47.75

800 m
1. Grzegorz Krzosek 1.50.29
2. Michal Podolak 1.52.27
3. Adrian Otolinski 1.52.30

1500 m
1. Ireneusz Sekretarski 3.43.07
2. Rafal Snochowski 3.43.92
3. Piotr Krupa 3.47.57

3000 m
1. Yared Shegumo 8.03.52
2. Lukasz Parszczynski 8.03.63
3. Rafal Snochowski 8.07.53

60 m H
1. Tomasz Scigaczewski 7.70
2. Artur Kohutek 7.90
3. Mariusz Kubaszewski 7.93

HJ
1. Robert Wolski 2.28
2. Aleksander Walerianczyk 2.24
3. Wojciech Theiner 2.22

PV
1. Przemyslaw Czerwinski 5.60
2. Krzysztof Skrzynski 5.15
3. Jakub Pewinski 4.85

LJ
1. Marcin Starzak 7.74
2. Michal Lukasiak 7.65
3. Przemyslaw Pochopien 7.39

TJ
1. Pawel Kruhlik 16.72
2. Robert Michniewski 16.21
3. Konrad Katarzynski 16.12

SP
1. Tomasz Majewski 20.01
2. Jakub Giza 18.78
3. Michal Hodun 18.60

Heptathlon
1. Lukasz Placzek 5591
 (7.00-7.52-13.66-2.04-8.63-4.00-2.49.14)
2. Krzysztof Andrzejak 5471
3. Marcin Drózdz 5435

Walk 5000 m
1. Grzegorz Sudol 19.04.24
2. Ilya Markov RUS 19.04.40
3. Beniamin Kucinski 19.22.38
4. Kamil Kalka 19.30.34