I would assume that he wanted to set a really good national record, so he did it on the race that he was fresh for. If he had decided to blast the final, he wouldn't have recovered from winning the semi-final the day before. You're only fresh for one race, and that's the prelims. Record-setting is for the prelims. Finals is for winning.
Just ran it in the prelims of ACCshttps://results.flashresults.com/2021_05-13_ACC/025-1_compiled.htmhttps://twitter.com/NDXCTF/status/1392997216852320256https://twitter.com/NDXCTF/status/1392994918918987776 LRC note....
Amazing story. Everyone should read. He breaks the record on the day his dad explodes at him and his mom and destroys the house for returning 5 minutes after his “curfew” from an award ceremony for getting a top 10 gpa. Some serious resilience there.
I now look at Granville in a completely different light and am happy to see that he is in a great place in his life. I once asked his teammate Ato Bolden why Michael never ran faster and he did not have an answer.