Koech looked really relaxed. Green was straining, Hobbs and Strand pretty chill. We got 5 guys and 3 spots
Hocker
Nuguse
Hobbs
Strand
Koech
3 of those 5 are going
Koech looked really relaxed. Green was straining, Hobbs and Strand pretty chill. We got 5 guys and 3 spots
Hocker
Nuguse
Hobbs
Strand
Koech
3 of those 5 are going
It doesn't seem like Nathan Green has a chance to make this team.
Hal1983 wrote:
Wow, Hocker sending a message there. Big things coming, you don't run a 3:32 in the heats unless you're feeling great
^ Some people on this message board have short term memories and forget that he ran 7:23 indoors + his regular season last year wasn’t flashy either.
jabouko wrote:
Alright, time for the M1500m. Big Q guesses:
First Heat
Kessler, Strand, Teffra? Scared to pick Koech
Second Heat
Hocker, Green, Waskom
Third Heat
Nuguse, Ciattei, Murphy
5/9 ain't bad. Shoulda trusted Koech, surprised at Martin over Murphy. Waskom/Green along with Houser scrape it in, UW guys sweep the lil qs there
Been saying it all season--just making that final is a major achievement.
Woodhall on the brink! 2 fouls
Strand is the only one who ran smart.
Shocked at how comfortable all three of the favorites looked in the heats. Obviously anything can happen in the final but god damn these guys are legit as hell.
Hocker may not have even graduated from Oregon clown college, but he's not an idiot. Long season, not worth it to go balls out in the middle of the season at the expense of making teams.
whattheclose wrote:
also 3:33:17 from Green and not even auto-qualifying is diabolical.
Just amazing where USA Men’s 1500 is right now. I remember back in the 1990’s-2000’s when 3:45 was good enough to win USA’s, and we were lucky to even have one guy with an Olympic A standard. Now we have multiple guys dropping 3:32-3:33’s in the heats, and 3:35 isn’t good enough to make the final.
It’s a shame interest in track is so low, because this is great stuff.
WHAT ABOUT HOLT!!!! JK, still crazy he even made the finals - what a run by him today!
Live from Eugene, Oregon wrote:
Press Conference from yesterday
4:00-15:00
Tatyana McFadden - Para
Grant Fisher - 5000/1000015:00-25:00
Anna Hall - Heptathlon
Jaleen Roberts - Para25:00-36:00
Rudy Winkler - Hammer
Noelle Malkamaki - Para36:00-43:00
Tate Taylor - 100 (high school)
Maurice Gleaton - 100 (high school)43:00-56:00
Tara Davis-Woodall - Long jump
Hunter Woodall - Para56:00-1:13:00
Ezra Frech - Para
Grant Holloway (sporting a Huntington Univ T&F shirt) - Hurdles
Masai Russell - Hurdles
Can someone explain to me why Grant Holloway would be wearing a Huntington shirt??? Am I missing something obvious?
Live from Eugene, Oregon wrote:
Possibly the best thing to track today may be Anna Hall in the Heptathlon. She recorded the 2nd highest score ever on June 1 with 7032. Her times/distances/heights from that meet:
100 Hurdles (11:00 am) - 13.19 --> 1096 pts = 1096 total 13.12 SB--> 1106
High jump (12:15 pm) - 1.95m --> 1171 pts = 2267 total 1.90 --> 1106 = 2212 total
Shot put (6:20 pm) - 14.86 --> 852 pts = 3119 total 15.02 PB --> 862 = 3074 total
200m (7:36 pm) - 23.37 --> 1042 pts = 4161 total (end of day #1)
Long jump (2:00 pm) - 6.44 --> 988 pts = 5149 total
Javelin (4:05 pm) - 46.16 --> 786 pts = 5935 total
800m (5:55 pm) - 2:01.23 --> 1097 pts = 7032 total
PB for Hall in the shot closes the gap a bit
I'll be muting the broadcast during the Hiltz race. If I hear another announcer use "they" in the context of a track race, I'll lose my mind.
Well I'm less confident now in my picks for the team. Hocker/Nuguse clearly looked the best, jogging in at 3:32. After that, it's wide open.
Impressive runs from Holt, Martin, and Prakel, but they burnt themselves too much I think to have a realistic shot now (likely same for Green).
After that, you've got the group that was expected to go as easy as they could to still qualify, the group everyone thinks are the real contenders for the 3rd spot: Ciattei, Strand, Kessler, Koech (Ciattei at the bottom of that list)
And then you've got Waskom and Houser who are both capable of upsetting a slow race that gets too tactical.
Saturday is going to be absolute fire! I think I'm still leaning towards Koech...
Its going to take a 3:29 to make the team, probably a 3:28 to win it. It is so crazy deep. I wonder if Hocker or Yared take it out. Probably let Holt jump out for like 600-700m then take it on.
Liam Murphy ran 3:40, did not look good
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Rachel could place higher than Cooper
Chamberlain getting walked down with her kick? Rarely seen, though held on for 3rd.
We know why Koech was MIA for a while.