michiganrunner55 wrote:
rojo wrote:
Here is the final lap.
https://twitter.com/aggietfxc/status/1365826268696993795Man I wish i was commentating instead of them. Show some excitement. I would have been like Dick Vitale over the last 200.
Come on... Dwight Stones is Mr Excitement!! LOL. They needed the kid who commentated Alan Webb’s American record in 2007
THE GHOST OF STEVE SCOTT!!!
Her Coach
"Like I've said before, she might be the greatest freshman athlete in any sport ever at Texas A&M and maybe the greatest collegiate freshman athlete in the sport of track & field. I've never seen a freshman accomplish the things that she has achieved and we're not even done with the season. They are going to replay the broadcast of the championships and they're going to interview her, if you want to find out what kind of young lady she is then you might want to watch that broadcast replay. She's a great Aggie, in our meetings she is always on me to say a couple things about certain things and she loves to hear "Remember who we are, we're Texas A&M", she loves that and it tells you a lot about that young lady."
Definitely better than I previously thought. I did not expect the 400 time or this 800 time. I was giving her a 50% chance at best of making the team. I now see that she has the talent to win the trials. It only depends on if she runs 400 and 800 and how she does in tactical races.
Typical Let's Run messageboard, a few naysayers jumping in to say it's ridiculous to imagine her running 1:56 and medalling. There's an inherent bias toward the older, established athletes. But don't bet against a young athlete who is improving rapidly. Experience is overrated. I'm sure there were people who discounted Edwin Moses in the spring of 1976.
Just like Jakob Ingebrigtsen, Athing Mu is here to stay and humble all pros. I say olympic gold next year.
naw nau wrote:
Definitely better than I previously thought. I did not expect the 400 time or this 800 time. I was giving her a 50% chance at best of making the team. I now see that she has the talent to win the trials. It only depends on if she runs 400 and 800 and how she does in tactical races.
hOLD ON people. Could she win the Trials? Yes. Could she win Tokyo gold? Yes.
But I think the odds that she doesn't make the team are greater than her winning the Trials. Much greater.
1)June is a long way off.
2) THe competition is stacked assuming everyone is healthy. Ajee Wilson has without a doubt been the best XX women in the 800 in the world over the last 5 years. Raevyn Rogers has a world silver medal.
3) The US team is picked after 3 races which doesn't benefit a sprint oriented 800 runner like Athing. Mu.
I'm going to take the other side of that bet. Finishing speed wins championships. I give her an 80% chance to make the team.
And my money's on Jenny Simpson, too, for the record.
Will be interesting how this all plays out. A&M is the right place for her to get support right through trials. She has a good case for either 400 or 800, I'm not sure which field will be deeper.
Does she make the women’s 4x400 team? It’s funny you’ll have an 800m specialist, two hurdlers, and Queen Felix bringing home gold.
Her name is Athing. A thing. Is there some mis interpretation or something? Oh well.
She should negotiate a contract immediately following the outdoor NCAA meet, especially if she runs 1:57.
VroomVroom wrote:
Her name is Athing. A thing. Is there some mis interpretation or something? Oh well.
We need to ask her parents why they named her Athing. At least she has survived her parents' upbringing. Good for her. I wonder if her amazingness has surprised them?
steve. the. addict... wrote:
VroomVroom wrote:
Her name is Athing. A thing. Is there some mis interpretation or something? Oh well.
We need to ask her parents why they named her Athing. At least she has survived her parents' upbringing. Good for her. I wonder if her amazingness has surprised them?
Its actually a fairly common name in South Sudan but is usually spelled Athieng
VroomVroom wrote:
Does she make the women’s 4x400 team? It’s funny you’ll have an 800m specialist, two hurdlers, and Queen Felix bringing home gold.
Relay pool to consider as of now, Athing Mu, Shamier Little, Syd da kid, Irby, Felix, Wadeline Jonathas, Francis, Wimbley, Okolo, Ellis, Muhammed, maybe Diggs from Florida?
Could run three different teams and sweep the medals
I posted a reply here yesterday asking what her chromosomes are and it's been removed. You just know if she were not an American athlete the reply would've been left up just like the replies in a thread about of 15 year old Keely Small a couple of years ago where they were speculating about her being like Semenya. Americans are a-grade hypocr1tes when it comes to this kind of thing.
dullard wrote:
I posted a reply here yesterday asking what her chromosomes are and it's been removed. You just know if she were not an American athlete the reply would've been left up just like the replies in a thread about of 15 year old Keely Small a couple of years ago where they were speculating about her being like Semenya. Americans are a-grade hypocr1tes when it comes to this kind of thing.
Considering those type of questions are sometimes posed in bad faith, it's understandable why your post was deleted, alleged hypocrisy notwithstanding.
You never offered any context to your question in your original post, so do tell, what seems off to you Dullard?
Same spikes as any nike school, nothing special in her spikes. She's the special one