A little off topic but my daughter asked why women don't do the deca and I tried to explain the history, records and pv and such and her response was, well that's dumb. I pretty much agree. Any idea on if they are planning on switching at some point? I would think a 3-4 yr heads up is needed.
There is a pretty significant difference between the two events. It is not just three more events. The 800 becomes the 1500, the 200 becomes the 400, not to mention the addition of the 100 open, disc and vault. Not that it cannot or should not be done, but it becomes much more technical (disc and vault), and grueling. I think it would be cool though as many of my female teammates and friends in college that were vaulters always wanted to do multi's, but felt the vault was a wasted skill when not included in the Hep.
I have seem some high school meets try and add it but it never seems to get much traction. A little too much as the athletes are "trained" for it specifically because it is not a true event. Pole vault might be elephant in the room initially.
Steiner botched early accel in the 100–honestly, I didn’t see the required power, the force to accelerate the entire mass a lot on every stride.
After that 200, now I don’t know if the 100 botch was due to fatigue, or just plain bad body position. Or maybe both.
She is SO close to 100m excellence. Better conditions, put her 200m 20-50 in her 10.90 and bam 💥 you have 10.80 at least, those pieces are already available to her. Add better body position from 0-20, and you have a possible 10.70, if she runs fresh.
Tough to see her improving on this 200, but if she runs the same race fresh, look out. The best all-around woman sprinter at the moment, imo. That 4x4 comeback was better than Fahnbulleh!
For a collegiate athlete decathlon training is a full time job and to have to go to school also is just way too much.
Male college athletes do the decathlon and they manage to go to school. Why would you even bother to write something that is so obviously wrong?
Why do ladies collapse at the finish of c-country races en masse? It is not like 1 or 2 but whole legions of them collapse. They can either handle the distance or they can't - so If they can't have them do like a 4K or maybe even a 3K.
Needs to think about moving up to the 400🤣 Do the MJ and be a 200/400 specialist...
.....Yes my thoughts exactly, forget the 100m if you trying to be the best athlete she can be and focus on the 200m and 400m. She could be the first American female with the potential to run a sub 48 open 400m in her career.
so what was the point of NC State throwing almost everyone good into the 5k? 1st place then 9-11th.. I feel like Sam Bush could've trained for the 1500m and done better than 10th
With the 9th place finish, does Starliper still rate First Team All American because Chelangat in 4th place is Kenyan (i.e. top 8 + top 8 Americans)?
Male college athletes do the decathlon and they manage to go to school. Why would you even bother to write something that is so obviously wrong?
Why do ladies collapse at the finish of c-country races en masse? It is not like 1 or 2 but whole legions of them collapse. They can either handle the distance or they can't - so If they can't have them do like a 4K or maybe even a 3K.
We are talking about the decathlon, not cross country. I know it's not easy for you but try to stay focused.
Besides Valby several others ran great. Van Camp of Arkansas with a big PR and Gregory with nice comeback after DNF in 10000. I had mused about Nichols and neither she nor Covert of CO were quite as sharp as they were several months back for whatever reason. Boreman ran well in 3000 s though. DeGenero ran ok but she stayed too far back. This was not Tuohy's best race either.
There is a pretty significant difference between the two events. It is not just three more events. The 800 becomes the 1500, the 200 becomes the 400, not to mention the addition of the 100 open, disc and vault.
Actually I think the 200 becomes the 100, and it's the 400 that gets added.
Outdoor is often a battle of attrition. Runners get worn down by the end of the season. May not have KT's best race, but she blew by Valby and all the weight of expectations and had time to smell the roses. Eased up visibly at the end. I thought Roe ran pretty well. Looked ragged at Regionals but hung tough. Chelanget finished where I thought she would. Nichols wore down. Valby ran well, having the freshest legs.
so what was the point of NC State throwing almost everyone good into the 5k? 1st place then 9-11th.. I feel like Sam Bush could've trained for the 1500m and done better than 10th
With the 9th place finish, does Starliper still rate First Team All American because Chelangat in 4th place is Kenyan (i.e. top 8 + top 8 Americans)?
I don't know what's up with all the negativity with the down votes, but my research finds that the selection rules are that the top eight finishers in each individual event, as well as American competitors who finish outside the top eight in their event but are among the top eight of the American finishers in an event, earn All-America designation. I am just seeking to confirm that. Perhaps LRC is not the place to do that.
Reminds me of Adam Goucher's form. A slight bend at the waist and leads with quads. That powerful and smooth stride is part of her genetic secret
My comment got removed lol. The amount of totally toxic stuff that is left up on this forum and this gets removed. Quite pathetic really. It's not only her stride but also her arm carriage which exudes a powerfulness and a general lack of wasteful movement that the other girls don't have and she maintains her impeccable form under fatigue such that you wouldn't think she's fatigued at all.