banana wrote:
So you don't like our team with Simpson, Moser, Cain, and either McGee or Rowbury. Who would you send instead? Uceny? The only other runner that is good enough to possibly replace one of our top 3 is Martinez, who decided not to run.
Really, McGee is the only surprise here. I think the rest of the team would have been the same regardless of the pace.
And really, Rowbury was certainly in position but just faded. So why do you think she should go in place of McGee?
No, I don't, because it was a farce of a race. Sure, the 3 ran the best in the race, and maybe that would have been the case had the race been fast all the way, and probably so. But that is mostly not the case in races of this type.
This race was like you indicated "who do you 'think' should go", not who ran the fastest quality race and deserves to go based on performance standards, as is done in swimming and other sports.
Can you imagine if swimming was done based on place... yikes... it would be a farce, which is what the U.S. running system is that is based on placings.