Harvard's Maia Ramsden runs a NR and PB of 4:02.58 - the #2 time in NCAA history. The bad news is she missed the Olympic auto time by .08. The good news is her world ranking point total will improve to 1194 which will rank her #39 and they take #45. She's currently #48
Meet was such a mixed bag of stellar and abysmal performances
I just looked at all the results. The meet had mostly stellar performances or at least decent. Not that many abysmal. A few events were adversely affected by headwinds, e.g. the men's & women's 100m. Overall the mid distance and distance events were very solid. The sparse crowd was a downer but it's L.A. Too bad the great weather can't be magically transported to areas of the U.S. with a more passionate fan base.
Meet was such a mixed bag of stellar and abysmal performances
I just looked at all the results. The meet had mostly stellar performances or at least decent. Not that many abysmal. A few events were adversely affected by headwinds, e.g. the men's & women's 100m. Overall the mid distance and distance events were very solid. The sparse crowd was a downer but it's L.A. Too bad the great weather can't be magically transported to areas of the U.S. with a more passionate fan base.
I lived in socal for a short time, isn't San Diego an option? Isn't it known as an active community.
Meet was such a mixed bag of stellar and abysmal performances
I just looked at all the results. The meet had mostly stellar performances or at least decent. Not that many abysmal. A few events were adversely affected by headwinds, e.g. the men's & women's 100m. Overall the mid distance and distance events were very solid. The sparse crowd was a downer but it's L.A. Too bad the great weather can't be magically transported to areas of the U.S. with a more passionate fan base.
Mostly referring to Thomas and Rodgers - hope they can come back asap
Taking it back to the 5k - and I know what others have said about this was just a stretch out for some of these guys - but doesn’t this race show that if Olympic final is similar pace then fisher needs to take it up with 3 or even 4 laps to go and start hitting 59’s. I’m not sure they will run 54 last laps with a 1.57/58 800 right before it… that’s his only chance
2) Bad races happen and aren't the end of the world. But 2.06 for a 1.56 runner is beyond eye-raising.
3) Ajee Wilsons career is over. Great career, but it's time to move on
4) Pacemaking again messed that up. It doesn't matter if the "right" time was hit at 400m, the pacer was 5-6m up on the front of her blue lights after only 200m. It's hard to comprehend how in the womens events it is still so hard for the pacemakers to get this right.
Love Benjamin, especially after hearing a few interviews last year. Super smart, articulate, purposeful, and a dry wit. Good for him to stick to his stride pattern - could easy have stuttered at the last hurdle seeing as he was so far ahead, but you can tell he's focused on Paris, and knows that if he's going to beat the other guys he needs to 'Go Warholm' in every race - no holding back.
“…mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy."
You incels always with the race card. I wish trump, the functional illiterate buffoon could be at least half as articulate.
Huge win for king, tobogo had maybe the second worst start in the field, less than ideal, aren’t going to be able to win the Olympics having to do that much work the second half of the race
King looked fantastic, really intense.
Ato was right, Tebogo looked a little lethargic, maybe he’s still working into the feel of the 100 after starting his season with the long sprints
Have none of you ever heard of jet lag? You people must never leave your home town.
The Olympic Trials 5000 will be slow. Probably 13:30 or so. Teare has a great shot at making the top 3; because of his speed he has a very good shot at winning.
Not always the case, there can always someone in the final that still needs the standard and thinks their best shot to make the team is to get the standard in that race so the pace can be fairly honest from the start...