With so many "emerging elite" pros like Rodenfels, Donaghu, Werner, etc wanting to get as close to the 14:52 Oly Q as possible . . . we may not see a sub-14:52 . . . but likely a couple or more sub-15s . . . and (14:40/5k road) Doris Lemengole/AL could be in that group . . .
That's what they said last year and a woman made the 800 team without even breaking 2 minutes. That's why they run races, because you never know what can happen.
Yeah, last year Rose was pretty gassed by the Olympic Trials. Whittaker and Roisin Willis weren't near their best. And runners like Sage Hurta-Klecker, Allie Wilson and Ajee Wilson looked like shells of their former selves. There's huge potential, but it feels like only Mu, Akins and Rogers have been reliable of late.
The BU tracks was already notoriously fast, then this year was resurfaced with a state of the art track surface that is advertised as bringing older tracks up to world class standards, and then the records began to fall. Seems noteworthy.
The NCAA 5000m record fell three times in a matter of weeks on the track, and a number of other superfast times were run. Deflect all you want, but that is still the reality.
Give me a break. Lots of records were set on that track BEFORE the track was recently redone. You are well aware of that fact, but conveniently choose to ignore it, because it doesn't fit your narrative of claiming that Touhy is the greatest thing since sliced bread.
No uncertainty about Yee's jump in fitness this year: 8:38 last wkend (10-sec pb) and 4:24 today (first ever sub-4:30). Yee didn't advance beyond the steeple heats at Worlds last summer, I imagine she anticipates a different result in Paris.
No uncertainty about Yee's jump in fitness this year: 8:38 last wkend (10-sec pb) and 4:24 today (first ever sub-4:30). Yee didn't advance beyond the steeple heats at Worlds last summer, I imagine she anticipates a different result in Paris.
she just said her goal is Olympics final
Same for Markezich and McCabe, I'd think, but Yee looks likelier than either to get it done. For now.
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