A couple of thoughts I had while watching the Conference USA Championships in Birmingham yesterday -
-The meet had to be rescheduled at the last minute from a two day schedule to a one day schedule - did this cost Anthony Rotich his triple? He tried the 5k/mile/3k triple again, but only came away with the title in the 5k and then narrowly missed in the mile/3k. It's worth noting that the mile was only 25 minutes after the 5k.
- Great run by soph Cali Roper from rice to win the women's 5k in 16:14 by 30 seconds. Something like a 30 second indoor PR (and damn fast for someone with a 3k pr of 9:46)
- Three people scored out of the slow heat in the women's mile. Oops.
- There are a LOT more schools in this conference now, but it seems like across the board it's weaker in T&F.
-Is Tony Houchin still at UAB? I don't think he was at conference and the distance girls seemed to have a different coach.