Official 2017 USATF Outdoor Nats Day 1 Live Discussion Thread

sdifhdfhsoddfs wrote:

usnspecialist wrote:

murphy either has supreme confidence in his finish or was feeling the 800m more than he thought, because he left that LATE. 9th with 100m to go and moved up to 4th to get the first time qualifier.

Btw I know you're an ugly dude, but LOL at you marrying a fat chick.

o no, my wife getting insulted by a random internet troll, however will I survive without your approval.

Another Foreign IP Address wrote:

I am in tears after watching the first heat of the women's 1500. Go Gabe!

Kate Grace and Alexa Efraimson looked fantastic in heat #2.

Kate Grace moves to the early lead as everyone is bunched up behind her with the slow pace. Grace running way wide hoping someone else takes over the lead, but no one else wants it. They continue running super slow as Grace takes them through 400 in about 70-seconds. Alexa Efraimson and Amanda Eccelston moving up now on Grace’s shoulder. Gabe Grunewald starting to fall off the back of the pack with the pace accelerating a bit. Grace still leading with Eccelston right on her shoulders as they hit 800 in around 2:17. Grace maintains the lead as they come up on the bell lap, but Efraimson is moving up into 2nd with Eccleston in 3rd and they start to separate from the rest of the field (3:21 at 1200m). Grace stays smooth as she runs in to the heat win in 4:09 with Efraimson 2nd and Emily Lipari finishing hard to nab the final auto qualifying spot from Eccelston.

There was a group/hug prayer after it was over organized by Stephanie Brown I believe.

HEAT 1

PL ATHLETE MARK LN/POS

1 (1) Kate Grace

Nike 4:09.11 Q 9

2 (2) Alexa Efraimson

Nike 4:09.65 Q 1

3 (3) Emily Lipari

BAA 4:09.84 Q 3

4 (4) Amanda Eccleston

Brooks 4:10.04 4

5 (5) Angel Piccirillo

Unattached 4:13.40 6

6 (6) Ashley Maton

Unattached 4:14.17 8

7 (7) Stephanie Brown

Unattached 4:19.93 5

8 (8) Madeline Alm

Unattached 4:22.75 2

9 (9) Gabriele Grunewald

Brooks 4:31.18 10

DNS Dana Mecke

Brooks / Texas Elite TC 7

dogfarts69420 wrote:

fck Andrew Wheating

He's made a couple Olympic teams. So this is how you as a fair weather fan treat the runners?

tell us more about Centro's blonde hair

rojo wrote:

Heat #3 is going out fast. Wheating takes it out in 57 (Hutchigns called it a 55).

Centro has blonde hair.

800 - 159.

Is Hunter in or out?

periscope wrote:

Anyone want to periscope NBC Sports gold feed or live action if you are there???

+1

My dad is Drew Hunter and he is 100% OUT

Another Foreign IP Address wrote:

I am in tears after watching the first heat of the women's 1500. Go Gabe!

hunter still listed as in, but results also not final.

Please keep the play by plays coming.

According to USATF results, Hunter is the last qualifier. As a dumb 400m runner, why are there so few time qualifiers after auto-qualifiers as compared to the sprint prelims. Seems like that greatly benefits the third heat plus a lot of quality runners (ex. Merber, Wheating, Saarel, Fleet, etc.) got screwed IMO.

For themselves... wrote:

Is Hunter in or out?

He's in barring a DQ.

Heat #2 of women's 1500. Jenny Simpson was the boss, leading from start to finish.

Jenny Simpson has the early lead with the pack bunched up right behind her, 50-seconds first 300m. Simpson leading Sara Vaughn as they hit 400 in 68-seconds. Everyone all bunched up with the slow pace as Simpson continues to lead through 800 in 2:17. Vaughn in 2nd and Oregon’s Katie Rainsberger moving up on the outside into 3rd with 600m to go, but everyone is still in it. 3:07 with 1 lap to go as the top three remain unchanged and they hit 1200m in 3:23. Some contact as Nelson either gets clipped,s teps on the rail or hits Rainberger’s heels with 200m to go. Regardless, Nelson stumbles and staggered way out into like lane 3, losing ground and is immediately out of it (she bounces back to still get 4th), but . Simpson looks back in the final straight to check that she has it as Vaughn gets second and Rainsberger 3rd.

Simpson looks back in the final straight to check that she has it as Vaughn gets second and Rainsberger 3rd.

EAT 2

PL ATHLETE MARK LN/POS

1 (5) Jenny Simpson

New Balance 4:11.96 Q 4

2 (6) Sara Vaughn

Brooks 4:12.52 Q 10

3 (8) Katie Rainsberger

Oregon 4:13.48 Q 6

4 (10) Karisa Nelson

Samford 4:15.18 8

5 (11) Heather Kampf

ASICS / Team USA Minnesota 4:15.40 2

6 (12) Rebecca Mehra

Stanford 4:15.90 7

7 (13) Grace Barnett

Clemson 4:17.11 5

8 (15) Jessica Harris

Notre Dame 4:20.27 9

9 (16) Katrina Coogan

New Balance 4:22.29 1

DNF Stephanie Schappert

HOKA NJNYTC 3

We're seeing a changing of the guard in the 1500 ... Grace, Efraimson, Lipari.

cwarcarblue11 wrote:

It costs money to film a track meet,

This is 2017, it costs nothing.

Can't someone stream it from their phone? Come on.

Iceman400m wrote:

According to USATF results, Hunter is the last qualifier. As a dumb 400m runner, why are there so few time qualifiers after auto-qualifiers as compared to the sprint prelims. Seems like that greatly benefits the third heat plus a lot of quality runners (ex. Merber, Wheating, Saarel, Fleet, etc.) got screwed IMO.

The lack of time qualifiers is unfair and ridiculous.

Bad Wigins wrote:

cwarcarblue11 wrote:

It costs money to film a track meet,

This is 2017, it costs nothing.

Can't someone stream it from their phone? Come on.

Why didn't YOU fly to the meet and stream it for US for FREE? Looser...

Rogers has run 15:08 this year, could make the team and possibly win.

costs nothing wrote:

Why didn't YOU fly to the meet and stream it for US for FREE? Looser...

You misspelled your signature.

Grammarian wrote:

costs nothing wrote:

Why didn't YOU fly to the meet and stream it for US for FREE? Looser...

You misspelled your signature.

Nothing wrong with staying loose.