Speaking of kicking someone when they're down - Michigan women miss NCAAs DMR for first time in 16 years

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6 years ago 02/24/2018 10:16am EST

They tried to go for a qualifying time last night at B1G but did not beat their best time from the season. Their three season bests are sitting 14, 15 and 16th on the descending order list at 11:04.64, 11:04.77, 11:05.63. We will see if any other conference races push them back even further since Notre Dame and Villanova are on the outside looking in too.

I did read that Michigan had some sort of issue at Alex Wilson - does anyone know what happened? Did they drop a baton or something? They surely have the pieces to have run faster than they have.

I am interested in seeing what Haley Meier can do at NCAAs since she won't have the DMR to either force her to scratch the mile (Michigan often does that to focus on the DMR) or force her to run the double.

6 years ago 02/24/2018 10:53am EST

re: Googler Master

It's hard to run fast dmrs at conference meets when coaches actually care about team score because many athletes double. Like every single woman on the michigan dmr team last night. I can't see nova making noise in the team competition since they are a distance power house so maybe they'll be able to run a fast time but it's also hard when there's no competition. who else in the big east could push them>? Notre dame may get pushed by nc state. but i think any team to qualify would need an altitude or track side conversion at this point like nm and boise state.

6 years ago 02/24/2018 10:58am EST

re: Googler Master

Googler Master wrote:
They tried to go for a qualifying time last night at B1G but did not beat their best time from the season. Their three season bests are sitting 14, 15 and 16th on the descending order list at 11:04.64, 11:04.77, 11:05.63. We will see if any other conference races push them back even further since Notre Dame and Villanova are on the outside looking in too.
I did read that Michigan had some sort of issue at Alex Wilson - does anyone know what happened? Did they drop a baton or something? They surely have the pieces to have run faster than they have.
I am interested in seeing what Haley Meier can do at NCAAs since she won't have the DMR to either force her to scratch the mile (Michigan often does that to focus on the DMR) or force her to run the double.

For a google master, you suck at it. From the Michigan website after Alex Wilson:

A dropped baton between the 400-meter and 800-meter legs cost the Wolverines valuable seconds and the lead in the race, as U-M -- comprised of Haley Meier, Jade Harrison, Hannah Meier and Gina Sereno -- ultimately took ninth in 11:05.63.

it is impressive that they ran 11:05 with a dropped baton. i usually would see teams get dqed after a dropped baton because usually they go off the track or cut off distance on accident. So i guess its unlikely that any team scratches from the dmr?

6 years ago 02/24/2018 2:53pm EST

re: fakename

Come on Mike, put those girls on a plane. Last chance tomorrow in Boston. I believe!

6 years ago 02/24/2018 5:02pm EST

re: Last Chance

Last Chance wrote:
Come on Mike, put those girls on a plane. Last chance tomorrow in Boston. I believe!

Woah that would be nuts - meet just finished in Ohio and then going to Boston for another dmr after every single woman on the relay ran 2+ times this weekend?

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