In the men's 100, you had to run 10.09 or better to get into the final. Crazy.
The final guy into the final was Clayton Vaughn of UT-Arlington. He made it by ONE THOUSANDTH of a second over teammate Quentin Butler. Butler might be a little peeved right now as Vaughn had a better wind in his heat (1.4 vs. 0.9).
The NCAA record is in serious danger in the final. Right now it's 9.89 and Bromell just ran 9.90.
I caught up with Michigan steepler Mason Ferlic after the steeple semis. He said he's not conceding the title to Kebenei or Rotich. Having run in the low 8:30s already this year, he wants to compete for the title. He also reflected on how 1 year ago (after the semis of NCAAs), I was the one who inadvertently broke the news to him that Alex Gibby was out as his coach at Michigan.
Defending champ Anthony Rotich said he's in great shape. He thinks he's got al lot of speed (he's the mile champ) and strength (fast 5k) :
I also talked with Tanguy Pepiot of Oregon, who showed up in Eugene with an 8:33 pb but has never able to break that, after he failed to make the final.
Pepiot said he suffered an injury in April and did his best:
I also caught up wtih Florida's Mark Parris after heat #1. Parrish, who would get in on time, didn't know at the time if he'd made the final:
John Teeters DNS, What's up with That???
Well I mean they kind of acknowledged it eventually when they said afterwords that it was #2 NCAA all-time + whatever world ranking it was. I don't mind these two's calmer style of commentating, it's a hell of a lot better than Flotrack's stumbling, over-hyped method.
Those two guy's who commentated the 12' Olympics are still the gold standard though (pun kind of intended).
Bromell turns 20 on July 10th so it's not a world junior record.
But what a stud.
It's a shame Oregon doesn't have 9 lanes as they had to break the tie for the final spot to the final. And tet this - it came down to .001 and the tie was broken between two teammates from UT Arlington.
Imagine running 10.09 and not making the final.
Clayton Vaughn ended up getting in by .001 over his teammate Quentin Butler despite having an extra .5 in wind. OF course, at their conference meet Vaughn dominated - running 9.93 and winning by .30 so maybe it was the 'just' outcome. Conference results here:
http://www.tfrrs.org/results/40315_2553860.html?athlete_hnd=3300969
Place Name Affiliation Time Heat (Pl)
1 Trayvon Bromell SO Baylor 9.90 Q +1.7 1 (1)
2 Andre De Grasse JR USC 9.98 Q +1.7 1 (2)
3 Senoj-Jay Givans SO Texas 10.03 Q +0.9 2 (1)
4 Jarrion Lawson JR Arkansas 10.04 (10.032) q +1.7 1 (3)
4 Kolby Listenbee SO TCU 10.04 (10.032) Q +1.4 3 (1)
6 Kendal Williams FR Florida State 10.07 (10.062) Q +1.4 3 (2)
7 Tevin Hester JR Clemson 10.07 (10.067) Q +0.9 2 (2)
8 Clayton Vaughn SR UT-Arlington 10.09 (10.085) q +1.4 3 (3)
9 Quentin Butler SR UT-Arlington 10.09 (10.086) +0.9 2 (3)
10 Beejay Lee SR USC 10.10 +0.9 2 (4)
11 Aaron Ernest SR LSU 10.12 +1.4 3 (4)
12 Tremayne Acy SO LSU 10.16 +1.7 1 (4)
13 Markesh Woodson JR Missouri 10.18 (10.173) +0.9 2 (5)
14 Dedric Dukes SR Florida 10.18 (10.177) +0.9 2 (6)
15 Christian Coleman FR Tennessee 10.19 +1.7 1 (5)
16 Jalen Miller SO Mississippi 10.22 (10.215) +1.4 3 (5)
17 Carl Horsley SR Cal St. Northridge 10.22 (10.219) +1.4 3 (6)
18 Shavez Hart SR Texas A&M 10.24 +1.4 3 (7)
19 Maurice Eaddy SO N. Carolina A&T 10.36 +1.4 3 (8)
20 Ryan Billian JR Buffalo 10.41 +1.7 1 (6)
21 William Buckley SO Appalachian State 10.45 +1.7 1 (7)
John Teeters JR Oklahoma State DNS 1
Drew Duggans SO Kennesaw State DNF 2
Cameron Hudson JR Alabama DNS 2
The struggle to keep this live thread going is real.
Here we go. I got some of the quotes from Saarel:
“I think I need to sit down and figure out for myself what I want to do with my running career - how good do I want to be and what do I need to do to get better,” said Saarel who ran 4:02 in HS. “Hopefully I can find a solution and a way to get better or if I’ve tapped out (well) I’ve had a good run while I was at it, but I’d definitely like to get better.”
Listen here:
rojo wrote:
Here we go. I got some of the quotes from Saarel:
“I think I need to sit down and figure out for myself what I want to do with my running career - how good do I want to be and what do I need to do to get better,” said Saarel who ran 4:02 in HS. “Hopefully I can find a solution and a way to get better or if I’ve tapped out (well) I’ve had a good run while I was at it, but I’d definitely like to get better.”
Listen here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWWDwWVVdgc
God dang, must be such a mental struggle to choose between going full-blown DI runner, putting academics on the backburner or continue pursuing his intended degree while going through CU training off of no sleep.
If I remember correctly, Saarel said that he averaged 5 hours of sleep a night back during XC. This paired with the rigor of the Buff program is the kind of thing that kills people after enough time.
I really hope Ben realizes that talent isn't the issue but the (EXTREMELY) far from ideal training situation he's tangled up in.
That was a finish by Kemboi. Just the heats, but still.
The heat of deaht in the men's 800 certainly lived up to the hype. The top 2 guys in the nation plus the reigning indoor champ.
And it was the indoor champ Kemboi who made a big move from 3rd to first by passing on the rail to take the heat. His time tied the national leader of Kidder - 1:45.58..
Heat 1
Place Name Affiliation Time Heat (Pl)
1 Edward Kemboi SR Iowa State 1:45.58 Q 1 (1)
2 Brannon Kidder JR Penn State 1:45.95 Q 1 (2)
3 Shaquille Walker SO BYU 1:46.24 q 1 (3)
4 Collins Kibet SO Arizona 1:47.11 q 1 (4)
5 Goaner Deng JR Minnesota 1:47.32 1 (5)
6 Charles Grethen SR Georgia 1:48.67 1 (6)
7 Nick Hartle JR UCLA 1:49.73 1 (7)
8 Ryan Schnulle JR Florida 1:51.73 1 (8)
WHY DOESNT SORATOS HAVE A REAL UNIFORM
Like the montana state uniform is a sleeveless shirt
not even a singlet
it looks real dumb
Capwell out! finishes 3rd in his heat, redemption for Jesse Garn after getting dq'ed indoors
Kemboi breaks his 4-year old PB (1:46.06) in the semis, running 1:45 mid looking EASY. McBride is officially in trouble.
Inb4 McBride rips a 1:44.xx in his heat. It ain't over till' it's over.
Yorks is in the 1500m Final!
Hardy DQd, as he should have been.
Some of these 8'hundo bros need to remember to lean.
Is anyone else just always super unimpressed with Brandon McBride?
Also, Larry Rawson is horrendous. Just horrendous. Not even I think he's bad and that's my opinion kind of bad, he is just objectively terrible.
Schnulle really crapped the bed. Fortunately Arroyo ran a good race -- he's going to need a top 4 finish to make up for his teammate's bad day...
AT wrote:
Is anyone else just always super unimpressed with Brandon McBride?
Also, Larry Rawson is horrendous. Just horrendous. Not even I think he's bad and that's my opinion kind of bad, he is just objectively terrible.
Well objectively I think he's solid. EXTREMELY knowledgeable, doesn't miss a thing, and rarely stumbles over his words/misspeaks. I guess you're just not a fan of old people or something (not a great pre-disposition to have if you watch a lot of sporting events btw).
You like FloTrack's commentary...don't you.