Looking at the US women’s rankings, it seems Top 3 is still required to make the team. I don’t think they would send Izzo (in place of a top 3 finisher) if she wasn’t one of the top 3.
….since the chances are low of someone possessing a very low ranking making top 3.
Looking at the US women’s rankings, it seems Top 3 is still required to make the team. I don’t think they would send Izzo (in place of a top 3 finisher) if she wasn’t one of the top 3.
….since the chances are low of someone possessing a very low ranking making top 3.
So they either don’t send 3 or send someone who doesn’t finish top 3. Sub-ideal either way. That is why I don’t mind having the 10K in better conditions and hire a pacer to take it through in 15:25. Get the top 3 in. Kenya’s geography and the lack of reallocation slots means a domestic 10k Trials is bad.
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Rapid east-to-west travel is the definition of jet lag. You can read a good study on the topic, "Living in the wrong time zone," in the journal Time and Society (2022).
So yeah that’s who I meant but Kenya is essentially ensuring they have all their best runners and the top 3 are the team. I don’t find it a separate issue because the US Trials system doesn’t worry about delivering a race that will ensure the top 3 get in. It might’ve cost us an entrant in the marathon, and it might cost us one here if we send a non-top 3 finisher or two. Kenya looks like they will pace their men’s race which will ensure the auto selection spot are filled.
Looking at the US women’s rankings, it seems Top 3 is still required to make the team. I don’t think they would send Izzo (in place of a top 3 finisher) if she wasn’t one of the top 3.
I hope she doesn't make it. She's talentless and is scamming the system.
Rapid east-to-west travel is the definition of jet lag. You can read a good study on the topic, "Living in the wrong time zone," in the journal Time and Society (2022).
The time zone change makes it feel easier. If I leave DC and arrive in LA, it's only 2.5 hours later.
Rapid east-to-west travel is the definition of jet lag. You can read a good study on the topic, "Living in the wrong time zone," in the journal Time and Society (2022).
The time zone change makes it feel easier. If I leave DC and arrive in LA, it's only 2.5 hours later.
Duh, we agree.. East to west is easy to adjust to. West to East is the problem.
Exactly. Call me chauvanistic or jingoistic or whatever. But why are we using a high profile domestic race to host the Kenyan Olympic qualifier? And it is not as if Kenyan athletics has a record of integrity that makes the results remotely interesting.
who's we? it's a nike sponsored diamond league meet not the us trials.
they always have great distance fields full of africans, weird to complain that this year there will be even more top athletes there
Our Trials are done in sub-ideal conditions and do not set up our athletes to hit the qualifying standards. Don’t understand the confusion. It promotes “racing” but with no reallocation it also promotes teams of under 3 and not the top 3 getting in necessarily.
This has been a problem with US distance running for over 25 years. 10,000m runners have had a year and a half to hit the qualifying standard, if they don't have it before the trials they probably wouldn't get it no matter where we hosted the trials. When you look at how strategic and slow distance races tend to be at US nationals, especially when there are Olympics or WC spots on the line, I see no reason why USATF should try to accommodate these events by hosting the trials somewhere more conducive to fast distance times, at the expense of all the sprinters, hurdlers, jumpers and throwers who would prefer being someplace warmer. In theory we hosted the marathon trials in pretty good conditions back in February, 8 women ran under the Olympic standard but 0 men did. The reality is US mens long distance running is still pretty weak, with a few exceptions, and that weakness is being exposed by the Olympic standards shutting out some of our athletes. It could be worse, as far as I'm aware we only have 1 high jumper with the standard right now.
Why can't Noah Lyles use correct spelling and grammar when he is talking to the whole world? His butchery of his native language sends a terrible message to young fans and goes a long way towards invalidating his points.
This has been a problem with US distance running for over 25 years. 10,000m runners have had a year and a half to hit the qualifying standard, if they don't have it before the trials they probably wouldn't get it no matter where we hosted the trials. When you look at how strategic and slow distance races tend to be at US nationals, especially when there are Olympics or WC spots on the line, I see no reason why USATF should try to accommodate these events by hosting the trials somewhere more conducive to fast distance times, at the expense of all the sprinters, hurdlers, jumpers and throwers who would prefer being someplace warmer. In theory we hosted the marathon trials in pretty good conditions back in February, 8 women ran under the Olympic standard but 0 men did. The reality is US mens long distance running is still pretty weak, with a few exceptions, and that weakness is being exposed by the Olympic standards shutting out some of our athletes. It could be worse, as far as I'm aware we only have 1 high jumper with the standard right now.
If you combined The TEN and a standalone 10K qualifying race with lights, the points from both events would slot the likely top 3 finishers as almost certainly in regardless of qualifying time. It’s basically what the UK did and it’s a good formula.
We aren't "hosting another country's qualifier" we are having a track meet. Kenya decided this track meet would decide their team, regardless of what goes on in front of or behind their runners.
That's like saying a HS team is using Mt. Sac to set it's varsity team for the next week.
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