Official 2017 USATF Outdoor Nats Day 1 Live Discussion Thread

That's it for Nick. 1:51

Damn that's the end of Symmonds! The man!

Woof. Didn't break 1:50.

Last heat out the quickest, Sowinski leading it out in 51.7

Top 8:

PLACE ATHLETE RESULT 800 400 HEAT LN/POS

1 Erik Sowinski

Nike 1:46.55 Q

1:46.55

54.86

Pl: 1

51.69

-

Pl: 1 5 (1) 6

2 Ryan Martin

ASICS / ASICS Furman Elite 1:46.72 Q

1:46.72

54.77

Pl: 2

51.96

-

Pl: 2 5 (2) 4

3 Jesse Garn

HOKA NJNYTC 1:46.76 Q

1:46.76

52.96

Pl: 1

53.80

-

Pl: 4 1 (1) 8

4 Ryan Manahan

Ole Miss 1:46.87 Q

1:46.87

52.87

Pl: 2

54.00

-

Pl: 6 1 (2) 5

5 Charles Jock

Nike / NIKE OTCE 1:46.92

1:46.92

54.74

Pl: 3

52.18

-

Pl: 3 5 (3) 7

6 Donavan Brazier

Nike 1:46.97

1:46.97

53.63

Pl: 3

53.34

-

Pl: 2 1 (3) 4

7 Drew Piazza

Virginia Tech 1:47.11

1:47.11

54.71

Pl: 4

52.41

-

Pl: 4 5 (4) 3

8 Edose Ibadin

District TC 1:47.24 Q

1:47.24

53.94

Pl: 1

53.30

-

Pl: 3 4 (1) 4

OK. I'll go back and do it for you. I wasn't paying that much attention. They are on heat #5.

Symmonds is done. Loxsom is done.

Brazier will get in as a time qualifier despite finishing third in heat #1.

Heat #5. Sowinski not messing around. Takes it out in 51.69. Everyone is single file. Followed by Ryan Martin and Charles Jock.

Sowinski wanted to make sure he could get in on time but he held on for the win. Tons of time qualifiers in that one.

rojo wrote:

OK. I'll go back and do it for you. I wasn't paying that much attention. They are on heat #5.

Symmonds is done. Loxsom is done.

Brazier will get in as a time qualifier despite finishing third in heat #1.

Heat #5. Sowinski not messing around. Takes it out in 51.69. Everyone is single file. Followed by Ryan Martin and Charles Jock.

Sowinski wanted to make sure he could get in on time but he held on for the win. Tons of time qualifiers in that one.

Yup, and Brazier officially through now.

Sowinski will make the team

Thanks Rojo!I'm assuming Murphy won his heat and is through as well.

rojo wrote:

OK. I'll go back and do it for you. I wasn't paying that much attention. They are on heat #5.

Symmonds is done. Loxsom is done.

Brazier will get in as a time qualifier despite finishing third in heat #1.

Heat #5. Sowinski not messing around. Takes it out in 51.69. Everyone is single file. Followed by Ryan Martin and Charles Jock.

Sowinski wanted to make sure he could get in on time but he held on for the win. Tons of time qualifiers in that one.

It's gonna be Murphy, Sowinski, and big surprise in Jesse Garn for top 3.

Mmm Brenda looks good

Don't understand why heat #2 went out so slow knowing that heat #1 was faster. Either Harris, Loxom, or Walker wasn't going to make it. Lox lost out.

My boy Ryan Martin's gonna make the team mark my words

It sucks that I can't see Montano preening to the crowd after her 2:21.

Go Shaquille Walker!

Swaglord wrote:

Someone do a play-by-play for the 800m please!

800 Heat 1

Jewett takes it out in 52.78. Brazier in 2nd at 400 about 3-4 meters behind then another 3-4 meters to Dixon of A&M. At 600, Brazier has close to 10 meters on third. 650, third placer Garn making a ton of ground on Brazier. 700 to go it’s a battle for 2nd. As Garn paces Brazier, they both pass the early leader. Brazier looks like he’s fine with 10 meters to go and it’s not like he let up but he certainly didn’t go hard for the line and he was passed by Ryan Manahan right before the line!!! Brazier makes it on time later.

HEAT 1

PL ATHLETE MARK LN/POS

1 (3) Jesse Garn

HOKA NJNYTC 1:46.76 Q 8

2 (4) Ryan Manahan

Ole Miss 1:46.87 Q 5

3 (6) Donavan Brazier

Nike 1:46.97 q 4

4 (11) Isaiah Jewett

UC Irvine 1:47.73 q 7

5 (14) Devin Dixon

Texas A&M 1:48.03 3

6 (21) Chris Giesting

HOKA NJNYTC 1:48.56 2

7 (27) Avery Bartlett

Georgia Tech 1:49.01 6

Heat #2

Low and Loxsom out front at 400 (54.37) with Harris in 4th. Loxsom, wearing a Penn State singlet since he was booted from the Brooks Beasts, moves into the lead at 500. 121 at 600. Loxsom, is passed by Shaquille Walker as he hits the homestretch and then by Harris. However, it looked like he’d hang on for third but his last 10 meters was just awful and he passed by 2 guys right before the line and eliminated.

HEAT 2

PL ATHLETE MARK LN/POS

1 (15) Isaiah Harris

Penn St. 1:48.09 Q 2

2 (18) Shaquille Walker

Brooks 1:48.35 Q 6

3 (22) Mitch Hechsel

Minnesota 1:48.70 4

4 (23) Brandon Lasater

Atlanta TC 1:48.70 5

5 (24) Casimir Loxsom

Unattached 1:48.81 3

6 (30) Christopher Low

Brooks 1:50.18 7

Heat 3: 42.33 Murphy runing in nexgt to last on the outside staying out of trouble.

Very tightly bunched at 600. Murphy makes a move on the outside and gets into 2nd with 100 to go. Looks fantastic and cruises home for the win!! Joseph White of GTown a clear 2nd.

HEAT 3

PL ATHLETE MARK LN/POS

1 (12) Clayton Murphy

Nike 1:47.88 Q 7

2 (17) Joseph White

Georgetown 1:48.23 Q 6

3 (19) Quamel Prince

Unattached 1:48.52 4

4 (25) Harun Abda

Nike / NIKE OTCE 1:48.85 3

5 (26) Blair Henderson

Unattached 1:48.96 2

6 (28) James Gilreath

Team Green Running 1:49.23 8

7 (29) Charles Jones

Texas Tech 1:49.36 5

Heat 4:

Russell Dinkins was the early leader with Eliud Rutto right behing him . 52.89 for 400. Symmonds out in last. Symmonds never gets out of last. Ibadin was dominant over the final 200. Drew Windle went from 5th to 2nd in the last 100 as Rutto ended up third.

HEAT 4

PL ATHLETE MARK LN/POS

1 (8) Edose Ibadin

District TC 1:47.24 Q 4

2 (10) Drew Windle

Brooks 1:47.64 Q 8

3 (13) Eliud Rutto

Middle Tenn. 1:47.95 q 5

4 (16) Russell Dinkins

NYAC 1:48.10 3

5 (20) Derek Holdsworth

District TC 1:48.56 6

6 (31) Domenic Perretta

Penn St. 1:50.49 7

7 (32) Nicholas Symmonds

Brooks 1:51.52 2

Heat #5. Sowinski not messing around. Takes it out in 51.69. Everyone is single file. Followed by Ryan Martin and Charles Jock. Sowinski wanted to make sure he could get in on time but he held on for the win. Tons of time qualifiers in that one.

HEAT 5

PL ATHLETE MARK LN/POS

1 (1) Erik Sowinski

Nike 1:46.55 Q 6

2 (2) Ryan Martin

ASICS / ASICS Furman Elite 1:46.72 Q 4

3 (5) Charles Jock

Nike / NIKE OTCE 1:46.92 q 7

4 (7) Drew Piazza

Virginia Tech 1:47.11 q 3

5 (9) AbrahaM Alvarado

BYU 1:47.38 q 2

6 (33) Clay Lambourne

Utah St. 1:54.71 5

Sad to see Symmonds go. Leaves us wondering what the future of Brooks Beasts is. Cas and Symmonds bombed, Heath isn't running, unclear if Windle is still with Beasts or not.

Will Mackey keep his job?

Women's 800 Heats

3 of 4 are done. I'll post the 4th when it's over. In this race, it's the top 3 and then the next 4 fastest that make it.

Alysia Montano looking quite pregnant. About 50m back at 200m.

Chambers goes right to the front with everyone in pack behind and leads the field through a XXX first lap. Martinez back in 4th at the bell and starts to close the gap to Chambers on the backstretch, gaining contact right after 200 to go and then blows by Chambers in the final 100. Chambers falters in the final meters and gets beat just before the line by Shea Collinsworth and Dana Mecke.

Montano jogs it in at 2:xx with a big smile.

HEAT 1

PL ATHLETE MARK LN/POS

1 (1) Brenda Martinez

New Balance 2:02.31 Q 7

2 (2) Shea Collinsworth

BYU 2:02.82 Q 6

3 (3) Dana Mecke

Brooks / Texas Elite TC 2:02.85 Q 1

4 (4) Kendra Chambers

Texas Elite TC 2:02.89 3

5 (17) Rachel Weber

Ohio St. 2:06.76 2

6 (22) Rianna Goins

UC Davis 2:13.47 4

7 (23) Alysia Montano

NYAC 2:21.40 8

DNS Carsyn Koch

Cedarville 5

Heat 2

Ohio-Northern’s Emily Richards goes to the early lead, but Charlene Lipsey takes over at the 200 mark and brings the field through the 400 in xx (they didn’t say and no clock). Everyone bunched in a pack behind with Emily Richards and Hannah Fields 2-3. At start of last lap those three start to break away from the rest of the pack with Lipsey maintaining the lead all the way to the end as Hannah Fields takes 2nd and Richards 3rd.

EAT 2

PL ATHLETE MARK LN/POS

1 (9) Charlene Lipsey

adidas 2:03.28 Q 7

2 (10) Hannah Fields

Brooks 2:03.47 Q 6

3 (11) Emily Richards

Ohio Northern 2:03.61 Q 1

4 (13) Kenyetta Iyevbele

HOKA NJNYTC 2:04.82 8

5 (16) Rachel Pocratsky

Virginia Tech 2:06.70 3

6 (18) Brette Correy

Northern Iowa 2:08.11 2

7 (19) Brooke Feldmeier

Oregon 2:08.58 4

8 (21) Claudia Saunders

Brooks 2:09.24 5

Heat 3

Green leads at 200 with Sammy Watson boxed in 3rd and Rayevn Rogers on outside. Very bunched up the entire first lap with Green keeping the lead going through the bell. Williams 2nd, Rogers 3rd, Watson 4th. At 600m mark Green still leads, but 4 other women are right on her and in the final straight Green gets passed by Rogers, Watson and Williams who get the auto qualifiers.

HEAT 3

PL ATHLETE MARK LN/POS

1 (5) Raevyn Rogers

Oregon 2:03.01 Q 7

2 (6) Samantha Watson

Rochester Running Rebels 2:03.02 Q 3

3 (7) Chrishuna Williams

Nike 2:03.20 Q 4

4 (8) Hanna Green

Virginia Tech 2:03.27 1

5 (12) Baylee Mires

Brooks 2:04.20 6

6 (14) Madeline Kopp

Duke 2:05.52 2

7 (15) Megan Krumpoch

New Balance 2:06.04 5

8 (20) Alisha Brown

Oiselle 2:09.08 8

pure gold rojo. thanks again for the great play-by-play and updates