The Scoop: Record Breaking Weekend Across The Nation


1. Chicago Heights Bloom Township (IL) senior Jelena Rowe heighted 6-foot-1 at the Illinois Top Times Meet, converting on the best all-time girls Illinois high jump and 13th best all-time over the indoor season

While Jelena Rowe's effort in the high jump came just two weeks after New Balance Nationals Indoor, it doesn't make it any less significant. National title or not, it will stand as the best indoor effort in Illinois all-time and is the 13th best performance under the national indoor record book.

It was also just the fifth successful mark by a female at the height since 1987 -- OK, if you're discounting the name Vashti Cunningham, who hit 10 marks over that height in 2016 alone.

Not everyone is Vashti Cunningham.

But Rowe's effort will certainly stand in the record books for a long time. And if she can hit 6-2 over the outdoor season? She'd position herself in the top 20 all-time, too.