Evan Jager makes the team, right? Bor falls and Corrigan doesn't have the standard or ranking

They have hosted WA approved events at that track. They can borrow a rail from nearby Jesuit High School.

why would I care if Jager makes the team? He’s already been an Olympian and a team USA member since I think 2009 or 2011?

and he’s sad that he didn’t make the team. He sounds like a guy who might never be happy running.

also, why do they keep calling the guy a DIII standout? I think they’re thinking of Nick Symmonds or Will Leer. Matt Wilkinson is a DI transfer like the vast majority of Iowa State’s runners, where he got the chance to run alongside an all American and enjoy some incredible support, scholarship, and facilities

Great idea. I like this one

Lol... You're joking right?

Unless you're directly paying for LetsRun, you're not a customer of his and don't have the standing to criticize him. Reporters in general have less resources to work with, than they used to.

it's a nice sentiment, but these guys get money making opportunities from making the olympics, and possibly have clauses in their shoe contract that specifically give more money for making an olympic team. Making the olympics isn't just something that is rewarding in and of itself.

Jager would be a fool to give up the $ just to make himself feel better. these track athletes aren't making multi millions/10s,100s of millions like other professional athletes.

Yes. Clearly, the NBC announcers were told not to even try to explain what happens if the top 3 don't have the standard. But that's ridiculous. All they had to say after the steeple was, "There are two ways to meet the Olympic standard--time and world ranking. Rooks doesn't have the time, but his world ranking looks good enough to get him in. Likewise, Wilkenson's ranking and Jaeger's ranking are looking good, although it's not a guarantee until the cut-off date of June 30. But Corrigan's ranking is too low for him to get in--he'll need to try to run 8:15 before June 30." Was that so hard?

No. It's the first 3 across the line with either the standard or requisite world ranking as of June 30.

You think Jager feels guilty??? hahahhahh

It's not Jager's fault Corrigan doesn't have a Q time.

This place is entertaining, always.

you do get jager turns it down, corrigan doesn't get it instead?

probably because corrigan is a college kid who likely didn't have to do much to set his own schedule, and didn't necessarily expect this to happen, and my guess is they are calling around trying to secure the funds and set something up. and these meets aren't necessarily open entry, and you might want to pick a field capable of pacing you to the time you need.

so it's likely being improvised as we speak.

i did another sport. i signed up for a pro world circuit event. my flight gets canceled last minute. this is international in some random place, no way of fixing it in time. i withdraw from the event, cancel air and hotel, email the director at the next circuit stop which is technically past the entry deadline. he makes an exception and lets me in. that kind of thing.

He graduated from Carleton and used COVID eligibility at Minnesota while working on a Master's. This is from the Carleton College website:

An eight-time All-American while competing in cross country and track
& field at Carleton, Wilkinson won a pair of NCAA individual track
titles while competing for the Knights, capping his senior year with
first-place finishes in both the steeplechase (8:47.39) and 5000-meter
run (13:55.27). After graduating from Carleton, he competed for the
University of Minnesota (NCAA Division I) while pursuing his master of
public health – epidemiology and added two more All-America awards to
his résumé, finishing eighth in the steeplechase in 2022 and fifth in
2023.

I watched the replay earlier and they actually did say something like that. I think it was near the end of the race. But, I agree, they could manage to seem more informed and less clueless.

The above was in reply to this:

Yes. Clearly, the NBC announcers were told not to even try to explain
what happens if the top 3 don't have the standard. But that's
ridiculous. All they had to say after the steeple was, "There are two
ways to meet the Olympic standard--time and world ranking. Rooks doesn't
have the time, but his world ranking looks good enough to get him in.
Likewise, Wilkenson's ranking and Jaeger's ranking are looking good,
although it's not a guarantee until the cut-off date of June 30. But
Corrigan's ranking is too low for him to get in--he'll need to try to
run 8:15 before June 30." Was that so hard?

Yep. He'll be a half lap behind in Paris.

Unless you entire world is about free tracksuits and shirts

I'm sorry, is this something new?? How many times in the past has this happened and yes, track meets happen all the time in between trials and the Olympics. So let him try and get the standard. Otherwise, don't hold trials for people without the qualifier?? Only send the ones in an event that have the qualifier by now?? Come on Rojo, this makes no sense..

Cannot setup a meet at this point. It would need to be a meet on the WA calendar for 60 days to qualify as a qualifier. He's got a tough task to even find an event to give it a shot.

FYI the Penn Relays Summer Showcase meet on Saturday, which is on the World Athletics Global Calendar, is going to be the meet where Corrigan makes his attempt on the Olympic standard of 8:15. Penn confirmed to us that they have added a steeple and that Corrigan will be running.

That's nonsense. Everyone has totally free rein to criticize Rojo, as well as to criticize you. Ya moran.