Grand Slam Track Philly Day 2 Live Thread

longjacksss wrote:

eagleeye wrote:

Birthday boy Nuguse didn't have it today, but an impressive showing from Arop. I'm impressed with him most of all. Kessler is "good" at both events but not "great" at either (compared to competitors), so it's not surprising he didn't factor. Hoey was better than expected in the 1500. Nice to see Hocker in better form. But yeah, the story here is Arop ran smart. Did what he needed to get the Slam championship.

dumb dumb

Kessler has advanced from prospect to elite and closing in on the top 5 guys on the planet.

what do you want? who on the planet has progressed better? a handful?

his 800 opener is just that, and what do you want? more than a 143?

as far as the 1500 goes, he's less aerobically fit as the others, and perhaps a tad faster, though all the other boys can go at least 144 low if they are peaked, as Hobbs was at the trials. which means in the stretch, it is all about strength, except for Hocker, who can pull out 40 m of turbo, on his day.

if Hobbs keeps progressing as he has over the past 5 years, he will be on the podium next year, and even this year, as people go for it and peak in the coming weeks.

eagleeye wrote:

Link:www.grandslamtrack.com/events/philadel...

Schedule of events (Pacific time, because you eastern USers always get preference)

M Long Hurdles - 400m 12:41pm

W Long Hurdles - 400m 12:50pm

W Short Distance - 800m 12:59pm

M Short Hurdles - 100m 1:09pm

W Short Hurdles - 100m 1:18pm

M Long Distance - 3000m 1:27pm

W Long Sprints - 200m 1:43pm

M Long Sprints - 200m 1:52pm

M Short Distance - 1500m 2:01pm

W Short Sprints - 100m 2:13pm

M Short Sprints - 100m 2:22pm

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Distance storylines:

-Welteji sprinted past Hull in the Women's 1500; can she hold off Moraa and the 800m challengers (Wiley, Akins) and the others for the Slam?

-Fisher still the favorite in the 3000, but some young blood should be fun to mix it up (Blanks, Young, Robinson). Coscoran returning might force Fisher to take it fast earlier too.

-Winner of the men's 1500 is far more likely to take the Slam than Arop this time because I doubt Arop finishes top 6 here. Nuguse, Kessler, Kerr, Hocker was the order in the 800 for 3rd-6th, but realistically, whoever wins the 1500 should take this Slam.

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Other thoughts: I like the compressed schedule, and I'm even ok with doing only 1 event for Long Distance (would prefer 5000). That said, it completely sucks money-wise and points-wise for Athlete of the Year category that this group gets completely screwed. Agnes and Fisher have been putting on some fantastic performances, but they are being removed from any chance at the end of the year points standings with this format. The very easy solution is to do 1 race for the Long Distance category with a total purse of $100k and max points for the winner of 24. They could disperse some of the money and points throughout the race itself if they want to make it exciting, but I don't care as long as it's fair. Right now, it's not a fair setup with the current change of format, and it's terrible for optics.

runn wrote:

eagleeye wrote:

Link:www.grandslamtrack.com/events/philadel...

Schedule of events (Pacific time, because you eastern USers always get preference)

M Long Hurdles - 400m 12:41pm

W Long Hurdles - 400m 12:50pm

W Short Distance - 800m 12:59pm

M Short Hurdles - 100m 1:09pm

W Short Hurdles - 100m 1:18pm

M Long Distance - 3000m 1:27pm

W Long Sprints - 200m 1:43pm

M Long Sprints - 200m 1:52pm

M Short Distance - 1500m 2:01pm

W Short Sprints - 100m 2:13pm

M Short Sprints - 100m 2:22pm

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Distance storylines:

-Welteji sprinted past Hull in the Women's 1500; can she hold off Moraa and the 800m challengers (Wiley, Akins) and the others for the Slam?

-Fisher still the favorite in the 3000, but some young blood should be fun to mix it up (Blanks, Young, Robinson). Coscoran returning might force Fisher to take it fast earlier too.

-Winner of the men's 1500 is far more likely to take the Slam than Arop this time because I doubt Arop finishes top 6 here. Nuguse, Kessler, Kerr, Hocker was the order in the 800 for 3rd-6th, but realistically, whoever wins the 1500 should take this Slam.

-----------------------------------------

Other thoughts: I like the compressed schedule, and I'm even ok with doing only 1 event for Long Distance (would prefer 5000). That said, it completely sucks money-wise and points-wise for Athlete of the Year category that this group gets completely screwed. Agnes and Fisher have been putting on some fantastic performances, but they are being removed from any chance at the end of the year points standings with this format. The very easy solution is to do 1 race for the Long Distance category with a total purse of $100k and max points for the winner of 24. They could disperse some of the money and points throughout the race itself if they want to make it exciting, but I don't care as long as it's fair. Right now, it's not a fair setup with the current change of format, and it's terrible for optics.

The first 3 events are over. I've been a track fan for about 55 years. My thoughts:

I like the format. It DOES need tweeks-

1. The 400 hurdles should maybe have a 200 hurdle as the other event.

2. There really is no logical event to go with the 100/110 hurdles.

3. The other events are fine as they are.

4. As far as longer distances- I think one race is the only way to go and it should be a 5000.

Maybe the prize money should be tied to how fast they run.

Have modest prize money for place then bonus money for times.