It didn't occur to me that Solinsky never got the A standard for the 5000M. That fall in the Diamond League race was bigger than I thought in hindsight. Of course maybe he is not going to do 5000M at all.
Also, its interesting that Centro had only the 5th fastest time in that list of 1500M qualifiers.
They said the same thing for Daegu and guys were allowed to chase (Bruce in steeple for example). Sandy also said that the names have to be in by July 9th. Still 1-2 weeks depending what evern and at least 2 Euro meetings to attain it.
ryan foreman wrote:
It didn't occur to me that Solinsky never got the A standard for the 5000M. That fall in the Diamond League race was bigger than I thought in hindsight.
After the race in Monaco, Solinsky said he should have kept going in order to get the A standard. He doesn't have the A standard in either the 10,000 or the 5000, and I believe he wants to keep his options open to double.
The pros (including Jager) will find an opportunity or two to run fast before the Trials.
The college kids will have a tough time finding chances with that regional schedule that they have to run.
But there's a shot.
I feel pretty good about the chances of the top three finishers at the Trials being named to the team next year.
In past years, getting more than 3 qualifiers for the entire year was a stretch, so you could finish out of the top 3 and still make the team. This is the best group of American 5000 runners ever heading into an Olympic Trials.
asdgfh wrote:
ryan foreman wrote:It didn't occur to me that Solinsky never got the A standard for the 5000M. That fall in the Diamond League race was bigger than I thought in hindsight.
After the race in Monaco, Solinsky said he should have kept going in order to get the A standard. He doesn't have the A standard in either the 10,000 or the 5000, and I believe he wants to keep his options open to double.
Solinsky could cruise a 13:18 at Mt. Sac then a 27:20 at Stanford in May. If Ritz ain't marathon ready then he might be doing something like that too. Of course, the first B Standard bearer to cross the line is in.
As far as it being hard to run the A Standard, Run the Trials, and be ready to race well at the Olympics, Solinsky showed in 2010 that sort of thing can be done.
He ran 26:59 in May and maintained this to September where he ran 12:56 and 7:34 (in between May 1 and September 1 he ran 12:56, 13:08, and 12:55 also).
lawi lalang for president wrote:
Of course, the first B Standard bearer to cross the line is in.
No, that's not true. The rules for the Olympics are different than the World Championships. If a country sends more than one competitor in an event, they all have to have the A standard.
I don't know. I see what you are saying. Its certainly will not be any trouble for a healthy CS to get the standard. He just needs to line up at the starting line of some rabbited race in the spring and get it. But I think it is annoying for runners to have to deal with that travel and racing just for the sake of getting the standard. I disagree that Solinsky showed you could sustain a high level of racing for 5-6 months. The early to mid summer months of 2010 were good but underwhelming for him. And in any case, the big question for him is whether he can do the training that got him to that point without getting injured again. But I'll leave that for another thread.
lawi lalang for president wrote:
asdgfh wrote:After the race in Monaco, Solinsky said he should have kept going in order to get the A standard. He doesn't have the A standard in either the 10,000 or the 5000, and I believe he wants to keep his options open to double.
Solinsky could cruise a 13:18 at Mt. Sac then a 27:20 at Stanford in May. If Ritz ain't marathon ready then he might be doing something like that too. Of course, the first B Standard bearer to cross the line is in.
As far as it being hard to run the A Standard, Run the Trials, and be ready to race well at the Olympics, Solinsky showed in 2010 that sort of thing can be done.
He ran 26:59 in May and maintained this to September where he ran 12:56 and 7:34 (in between May 1 and September 1 he ran 12:56, 13:08, and 12:55 also).
usually there are very fast races in europe and the middle east in may and early june in case Stanford and Australia don't pan out earlier.