Yvtvygvgyvgy wrote:
Beach did not clear 5.15. 3 guys are still alive at the next height of 5.25.
How fast would Beach need to go at the 1000m to break the NCAA record of 6499 points?
He doesn't stand a chance for this.. being at altitude will make it even more difficult.
Is Curtis still favored to win?
Beach will be 4th after 6 events. He may even be 5th depending on how high McCune goes (McCune just cleared 5.25 on his first attempt).
3 guys cleared 5.25. They are going up to 5.35!!!! At WC, only 1 guy went higher than 5.20...
Also please remember that 5.44 was good enough to get you to NCAA in the PV.
McCune cleared 5.35 on his first try. However, he will be alone at 5.45, sine the 2 other guys failed at 5.35.
I'm thinking that Beach will be 5th after 6 events.
McCune just cleared 5.45. That would rank him 10th in the individual PV event this weekend. Nobody went higher than 5.40 at the indoor WC.
Not sure what height he is going after next, but the top 5 will be incredibly tight after 6 events.
He is trying to clear 5.55. He failed on his first attempt. Only 4 guys in the NCAA have cleared 5.55 this season.
McCune failed on his second attempt too. It's tough when you are alone, since you don't get much rest. The PV went for so long however, that it is allowing more rest time for Beach (for the 1000m).
hemight wrote:
Is Curtis still favored to win?
Although he will be 5th after 6 events, I would be very surprised if he didn't win. The other 4 guys did not gap him enough in the first 6 events...
Beach is actually 4th avert 6 events with 5188 points. What time do you need to run to score 1212 points at the 1000m? (required to get the NCAA record). I think that's sub 2.20...
Beach is only 28 points behind first place, so he's a shoe in for the win...
Sorry, he would need 1312 points...
Beach goes from 4th to the win with a 2:28 1000m.
...for a total of 6190. That score would have given him 5th place at the indoor WC (8 points away from 4th)...