I don't think 3:43 is terrible for Deng. The guy doesn't run more than 30km per week so 1500 will be a long way for him. He's also wildly inconsistent at the best of times. He's now being coached by Templeton, which is an interesting move. I guess he didn't have a lot of other options in terms of good coaches who could also be bothered dealing with him.
Last year after the social media comments on Instagram Deng made a post a week later saying he was skipping the Diamond League in China and heading home, despite being fit. I was wondering if that was maybe Justin/adidas/AA telling him he can't race until he gets everything together and stops "bringing the sport into disrepute".
Not sure what the story is with Perrot in the 1500, but he ran the 800 the day before in a okayish season opener of 1:47.7. I wouldn't be worried about him yet.
Bol ran 3.34 off the same low volume.
1:47.7 on the fastest track in the world with a personal pacer is terrible for Perrot, and 3.49 is a whole lot worse. I'll give him the benefit of the doubt, and assume he's recently had covid.
Hope Deng doesn't derail Myers.
Myers needs to lean more into Edwards and Rory Hunter if he's going to keep training in Canberra after HS. Though both Jye and Rory are perpetually injured for some reason.