Rogowska’s 4.60m tops-out results at Polish Indoor Champs

Anna Rogowska took her first ever Polish indoor title and her 4.60m was named the best result of the 51st Polish Indoor Championships held in Spala over last weekend (17 / 18).

Seven over 4m or more

Rogowska was principally competing against Roza Kasprzyk who levelled her outdoor season personal best with a jump of 4.50, while the winner very nicely cleared 4.30, 4.50 and 4.60 all on her first attempts. After that Rogowska asked for 4.75m but after only running below the bar she gave up her other attempts. The bronze medal went to Joanna Piwowarska who jumped 4.40m, and along with Rogowska and Kasprzyk will be representing Poland during the European Indoor Championships in Birmingham. Marta Plewa jumped 4.30 for the first time in her career, Paulina Debska 4.20. All together 7 competitors jumped 4 metres or more.

An injured Monika Pyrek who had won all nine Pole Vault titles so far contested at previous Polish Indoor Championships had to withdraw some hours before the competition. Quoting her official web page http://www.monikapyrek.pl  -

“Monika has pulled out of Polish Nationals because her foot is not fully healed. Monika was hoping to recover after foot surgery (in October) and jump at least a 4.60 height during the indoor season. But after a medical check on Friday (16) doctors have advised her that she must let this heal 100% before competing again or she will risk further injury. Monika finished the indoor season with one successful competition in Donetsk with 4.52 height. Now she plans to rest for 2 weeks and take care of the injury. She is going to start preparation for the outdoor season in the second week of March.”

Chyla and Kolasa take confident victories

The men’s 60 metres was won by the favourite – running in the 8th lane Lukasz Chyla, set a qualifying time for the European Indoor Championships in Birmingham. His winning time was 6.64 seconds and the minimum standard was – 6.65. After a false start in his heat Chyla was beaten by Zbigniew Tulin, but the latter could only finish last in the final. The European outdoor championships finalist Dariusz Kuc is not in good form, losing silver to Marcin Jedrusinski who is specialising in 200m. Jedrusinski won that race in 21.06 but due to an Achilles tendon injury picked up in November Jedrusinski’s long term rival – the other Marcin – Urbas was unable to compete.

Adam Kolasa won his fifth title in men’s Pole Vault title (previously ’96, ’00, ’02 and ’05). After securing his victory with a jump at 5.50 Kolasa ended his competition. Kolasa who had an operation on his Achilles tendon in September 2005 which he had to repeat in February 2006 last year began regular training again at the end of 2006 season, jumping 5.51 in Miedzyzdroje. Before the Polish Champs he was able to level his indoor personal best (5.70). Kolasa will be representing Poland in Birmingham along with Przemyslaw Czerwinski who had only one successful jump in Spala – 5.40. For the first time in the last 11 years 5 athletes jumped 5 metres and more during Polish Champs. Moreover 3 of them were 18-20 years old. The bronze medal went to junior Lukasz Michalski, who settled for 5.30, although this season he was able to better the Polish indoor junior record clearing 5.32, 5.35 and 5.40.

A record jump of 16.75m from Pawel Kruhlik gave him the victory in men’s Triple Jump. That mark is second on the Polish all-time list with only Michal Joachimowski jumping further (17.03m gave him the golden medal in the European Indoor Champs in Gothenburg 33 years ago!). Kruhlik’s result is exactly the minimum for the Championships in Birmingham. Getting back to good shape was 7-time Polish Champion Jacek Kazimierowski who lost only by 14 cm.

Shot shock for Majewski

The biggest sensation of the first day was Tomasz Majewski’s first Shot Put defeat in 4 years by a domestic rival. 21-year-old Jakub Giza, Grosseto World Junior Championships runner-up, who 8 days ago threw above 19 metres for the first time in his career (19.14m in Leipzig) was his vanquisher. From Giza’s first four tries three valid attempts were below 18 metres, placing him just fourth but then he had a tremendous put of 19.82. Majewski, the indoor Polish record holder (20.83) had good throws of 19.69 and 19.68 but was not able to respond for his courth title. Third was Dominik Zielinski with personal best of 19.45m. On the podium Giza (187cm / 137 kg) looked rather modest next to the 17cm taller Majewski.

Down with a throat illness Karolina Tyminska withdrew two weeks ago from the Polish Indoor Champs in the Pentathlon after the first event, and though still not fully fit Tyminska competed in Spala. In the Long Jump she beat favourite and two-time champion Malgorzata Trybanska. Trybanska was in the lead with 6.40m in the first round (and in fourth). Tyminska jumped 6.42 in the fourth and then added 3cm more in the fifth to secure her victory. Both of these results were her indoor personal bests. She also competed in the 60m Hurdles, equalling her personal best (8.66 seconds), and in Shot Put she had her second all-time best throw of 13.85.

However, while Malgorzata Trybanska may not have obtained the Long Jump title, in the Triple Jump (her first start this season) she won by half a metre, jumping 13.82m for first place.

Lining-up Relay ambitions

Both Polish relay squads are going to compete in Birmingham, and the Polish Champs were supposed to help decide the line-ups.

There are many missing big names in the women’s team, as Anna Pacholak-Guzowska has retired and hurdlers Anna Jesien, Malgorzata Pskit and Marta Chrust-Rozej are not competing indoors this season, while Monika Bejnar, European Championships from Gothenburg 200m finalist. picked up an injury excluding her from competing in the Polish Champs. So the composition of theside looks to be as follows: Regularly competing in the 800 metres Aneta Lemiesz won the 400 metres beating her personal best twice: 53.58 & 53.12. Zuzanna Radecka-Pakaszewska is coming back to the relay team after the injury as she was second (53.61). The relay will be strengthened by the winner of 800 metres Ewelina Setowska, and traditionally one of the strongest points should be Grazyna Prokopek even though she wasn’t able to go below 24 seconds in the 200 metres final losing to Marta Jeschke (23.86).

Mackowiak retires

In Spala, the biggest successes of Polish 4x400 relay history were remembered as Robert Mackowiak officially ended his career. He was second during the European Champs in Budapest and in the relay he won the silver medal in the World Championships in Sevilla 1999. IAAF Council Member and Polish Federation President Irena Szewinska said: “You were a warrior, who fought until the end, to the last breath. Many times my heart was beating faster with you finishing the relay on a medal place.”

Mackowiak’s successors did not show top form. Daniel Dabrowski won the 400 metres, but couldn’t run below 47 seconds. A tough battle behind him led to the disqualification of Piotr Kedzia and Piotr Klimczak not finishing the race. In this situation the bronze medal went to the winner of the B final – Lukasz Pryga, who during the victory ceremony was on his way home, not having suspected such a change.

Lidia Chojecka won her national 14th title (in 800m, 1500m and 3000m). She took the 3000m race very seriously and started her attack after half of the distance. For Chojecka this was the final test before defending her European Indoor title which she gained in Madrid in 2005.

Tomasz Scigaczewski won his tenth 60m Hurdles title (4 outdoor) beating Mariusz Kubaszewski by 2 hundreds of a second.

Aleksander Walerianczyk is getting back to shape, as he won the High Jump with 2.27m and was very close to jumping 2.30m. This season’s best Polish high jumper Michal Bieniek pulled out of the competition after picking up an injury on 2.25.

Janusz Rozum for the IAAF
 

Results

Men:

60m: 1. Lukasz Chyla 6.64, 2. Marcin Jedrusinski 6.69, 3. Dariusz Kuc 6.71
200m: 1. Marcin Jedrusinski 21.06, 2. Marcin Nowak 21.39, 3. Kamil Masztak 21.49
400m: 1. Daniel Dabrowski 47.13, 2. Kamil Baranski 49.37, 3. Lukasz Pryga 48.14 (final B)
800m: 1. Lukasz Józwiak 1:55.45, 2. Michal Staniszewski 1:55.78, 3. Sebastian Papuga 1:56.31
1500m: 1. Rafal Snochowski 3:43.76, 2. Piotr Krupa 3:49.57, 3. Tomasz Osmulski 3:54.52
3000m: 1. Lukasz Parszczynski 8.03,09, 2. Piotr Krupa 8:32.19, 3. Jakub Wisniewski 8:35,81
60mh: 1. Tomasz Scigaczewski 7.79, 2. Mariusz Kubaszewski 7.81, 3. Michal Grudka 8.07
HJ: 1. Aleksander Walerianczyk 2.27, 2. Grzegorz Sposób 2.25, 3. Michal Bieniek 2.22
PV: 1. Adam Kolasa 5.50, 2. Przemyslaw Czerwinski 5.40, 3. Lukasz Michalski 5.30
LJ: 1. Marcin Starzak 7.82, 2. Michal Lukasiak 7.75, 3. Tomasz Mateusiak 7.63
TJ: 1. Pawel Kruhlik 16.75, 2. Jacek Kazimierowski 16.61, 3. Mateusz Parlicki 16.37
SP: 1. Jakub Giza 19.82, 2. Tomasz Majewski 19.69, 3. Dominik Zielinski 19.45
5000m W: 1. Grzegorz Sudol 19:32.79, 2. Rafal Augustyn 19:42.12, 3. Rafal Fedaczynski 20:08.99

Women:

60m: 1. Daria Onysko 7.32, 2. Dorota Dydo 7.36, 3. Iwona Dorobisz 7.47
200m: 1. Marta Jeschke 23.86, 2. Grazyna Prokopek 24.02, 3. Iwona Dorobisz 24.51
400m: 1. Aneta Lemiesz 53.12, 2. Zuzanna Radecka-Pakaszewska 53.61, 3. Agnieszka Karpiesiuk 53.90
800m: 1. Ewelina Setowska-Dryk 2.04.39, 2. Joanna Kus 2.06.20, 3. Anna Hazior 2.07.41
1500m: 1. Agnieszka Miernik 4:23.69, 2. Monika Wisniowska 4:24.96, 3. Joanna Kus 4:26.64
3000m: 1. Lidia Chojecka 9:06.07, 2. Sylwia Ejdys 9:19.00, 3. Barbara Niewiedzial 9:39.42
60mh: 1. Aurelia Trywianska 8.17, 2. Joanna Kocielnik 8.27, 3. Justyna Oleksy 8.35
HJ: 1. Anna Ksok 1.84, 2. Kamila Stepaniuk 1.84, 3. Urszula Domel 1.82
PV: 1. Anna Rogowska 4.60, 2. Róza Kasprzak 4.50, 3. Joanna Piwowarska 4.40
LJ: 1. Karolina Tyminska 6.45, 2. Malgorzata Trybanska 6.40, 3. Teresa Dobija 6.23
TJ: 1. Malgorzata Trybanska 13.83, 2. Aleksandra Fila 13.30, 3. Lilianna Zagacka 13.15
SP: 1. Magdalena Sobieszek 16.58, 2. Agnieszka Bronisz 15.95, 3. Agnieszka Jarmuzek 14.95
3000m W: 1. Katarzyna Kwoka 13:14.69, 2. Paulina Buziak 13:19.82, 3. Anna Mielcarek 13:23.53