(un)Official Australian championships discussion - Hoare wins 1500, Linden Hall is upset

Ramsden > Anstey for silver.

You're probably right

"Linden Hall comfortably through, probably looking unbeatable."

Event 382 Women 1500 Metre Open

1 Caldwell, Abbey 01 VIC 4:10.75

2 Griffith, Georgia 96 VIC 4:11.26

3 Hall, Linden 91 VIC 4:12.44

4 Rule, Natalie 96 VIC 4:14.93

5 Hancock-Cameron, Jaylah 02 NSW 4:18.19

6 Billings, Sarah 98 VIC 4:19.43

One of the fascinations of our sport is that no one is unbeatable.

Twenty year-old winner.

Women's 1500 video:

Yeah, I was shocked watching this. I'm sure Linden will bounce back well - her indoor season wasn't great, but she came good in Belgrade so the form can't be terrible, and she's truly elite.

Caldwell is a bright star for the future. Women's 1500 team all but certain with Hull, Hall and Caldwell now. She should be able to get the standard in a fast race

Men's 1500:

1 Hoare, Oliver 97 NSW 3:40.79

2 Ramsden, Matthew 97 WA 3:41.43

3 Davies, Callum 99 QLD 3:42.90

4 Stanovsek, Mick 97 VIC 3:43.93

5 Thomas, Jude 02 QLD 3:44.43
6 Hussey, Matthew 01 VIC 3:44.46

7 Hunter, Rorey 93 NSW 3:45.30

8 Lewis, William 00 VIC 3:46.07

9 Anstey, Jack 97 QLD 3:46.46

10 Griffith, Cameron 96 NSW 3:46.61

11 Herd, Lachlan 98 VIC 3:48.91

12 Huffer, Craig 89 VIC 3:49.52

2:06 first 800. Hoare basically gun to tape

Men's 1500 video:

Aussies,

Can you tell me what impact this has on Worlds. Is winner guaranteed a spot? Top two?

Also, it looks like this meet goes on forever. You have your paralympic stuff at the same time?

I had never seen Frame running before. Is that in the Paralympics? It reminds me of harness racing.

Can someone tell me what Frame 100 running is?

Live stream is here:

Results here:

I added in the 1500 race videos above.

People are sleeping on Caldwell.

20 years old, 4:04.8 PB, and she just beat 6th place in Tokyo (also 6th place in Belgrade) multiple sub 4 runner Hall. Yes Hall likely tired from travel but regardless. What's the PB of the fastest 20 year old in the USA right now? How many collegiate athletes of any age broke 4:05 last year?

If Caldwell can stay healthy and continue to progress she could be a real name in the sport.

Only the winner is guaranteed a spot at Worlds (and Commonwealth Games for what that is worth) provided they have the standard. The winner can chase the standard too, if they do not have it already.

I watched an On Athletic Club video the other night. It's no wonder Klecker is injured constantly, their training is insane.

Paging Mary Decker.

Are the big Aussie 100m guys going to show up? I’d like to see Browning finally go sun 10 legal

I'd like to see what Morgs could do in that squad if he ever gets healthy. Hopefully he gets a good run after he's done with Covid

It's probably Tuohy who has a PB of "only" 4:12. She just got a win vs. some pros, good collegiates and should stand to improve that time. Bit of a dry spell for 1500 talent in the US ranks with a lot of injuries to the athletes who thrived out of high school.

That being said, 9 US women ran 4:02.94 or faster in 2021 and besides maybe Kate Grace and Cory McGee they're all still firmly in their prime.

Caldwell looks promising, but Hall was definitely pretty ragged out there.

I’ve heard of wind legal but not this. What the legal limit for sun?

1:48.88 last 800m for Ollie

It seems impressive but Ramsden who’s an ok 1500m guy wasn’t getting blown away which stuck out to me. Makes sense as Hocker closed in 1:48.8 in a 3:35 race with a bigger disparity between the last and penultimate lap. Not that Hoare’s in bad shape, but World Indoors and this indicate to me he’s not close to medal form yet.

I mean, you might be right....but it's tough to take too much away from a race where there are no other potential world medal threats. Olli did what he came to do and got the job done.